The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-30
OHIO STATE NEWS.


the request of the republican postmas-
ter.
AT Canton, in a fit of insanity, the
other morning, Mrs. Geo Offenberger
swallowed quantity of lye, and beat
herself on the head with hatchet,
inflicting injuries which will cause her
death She has a husband and four
children.
The two-yearold son of George Crise
was left alone in the house by his moth.
er at Massilion, the other morning. lie
got some matches, set his clothes on
fire and was burned to death.
THE cold snap is driving tramps to
Bluffton by the score. The other night
one went to the residence of Mrs. c. u.
Mann and demanded place to sleep.
She told him to wait until she saw her
husband, as he was asleep, he being
the night police. The tramp at once
knocked her down. The noise nwali.
ched her husband and she was found
unconscious. The tramp fled, and Off
GERS are in hot pursuit. Mrs. Mann is
in precarious condition.
FREIGHT conductor c. C. Cronin of
the Chicago and Erie road was killed
near Judson early the other morning.
The engineer waited an unusual time
for him to come forward and sign or
ders, then sent brakeman back to
look for Cronin. His body was found
some distance down the track, horribly
mangled 1t is supposed he fell be-
tween the cars and under the wheels
He was very popular man. and an
officer of the order of railroad conduc.
! tors.
ALBAN DAVIES, an ex-membcr of the
legislature and president of the POM
eroy Machine Co., died at Pomerov the
other morning of an abscess of the inner
ear.
HOWARD ToLERToN was nearly killed
in sleigh race at Alliance.
WM. NYE was crushed to death at
Columbus by piano.
A CAT and big rat were found sleep
ing together in John Scymour's grain
elevator at Kenton. When awakened
the cat killed her bed-fellow.
Mrs FOWLER, of Mt Vernon, acci.
dentally run knife into her arm, sew
| ering an artery. She was almost dead
/ before physician arrived.
THE safe at Redmond's mill, four
miles east of Springfield, was cracked
+ the other morning. The burglars used
so much powder that the safe was
! blown to fragments, and part of the
mill was badly damaged. About $40
/ in money is missing.
| THOMAS MCGOWEN, an old soldier,
was found frozen to death near the en-
trance to the Dayton Soldiers home.
ROSE HILL, Darl1e county village,
! is in the clutches of a scarlet fever epi-
demic of the most malignant form. The
! schools have all been dismissed, and
several deaths among children have oc-
Cured. The origin of the disease in
that vicinity is somewhat mysterious,
as the first child taken with it had not
| been exposed. 1t is thought that it was
brought into the neighborhood by a
tramp who stopped at farmers house
to get something to eat. The local ply
sicians have been unable to check it's
ravages thus far, and serious results
are expected.
AT Springfield, A. w. Cheney and
Miss Hagerman had miraculous es-
cape from death while out sleigh riding
In attemptiong TO cross the railroad
track at Western avenue, Big Four
passenger train struck the cutter,
knocking them out and killing the
horse. Both escaped with few slight
injuries.
JOHN DANNER, an eccentric farmer,
living alone, four miles south of Lima,
died the other day. A few days later
relatives were examining his effects
and in an old red chest they unearthed
$4,000 in gold, silver, and currency. He
was known to be we'll off, but the find
was big surprise,
The Holiday law enacted by the last
legislature, prohibiting minors from
entering saloons makes both the saloon
keeper and the minor who entered his
placs criminally liable. This double
acting provision operates against secur-
ing testimony to convict saloon-keep-
ers, for the reason that minors giving
evidence thereby criminatc themselves.
| Mr.. Haskell, of Lorain, introduced a
bill in the house to amend and enlarge
that section of the law relating to evil
dence, so as to enable minors to give
this class of testimony without endan-
gering themselves.
A BILL was introduced in the house
by Mr., Griffin which provides that a
garnishee may have the same right as
other witnesses to demand the fees in
advance. Otherwise he may not go into
court and make disclosures. This bill
is in the interest of laboring men, who
are frequently put to great expense and
annoyance by reason of having their
wages garnshced when the plaintiff
knows that there is nothing coming to
him beyond the amount exempted by
law.
CHRIS, SEIGLER, of Cleveland, ate
some homemade sausage and died soon
aftcrward Trichina.
SIX ladies broke through the ice
while skating at Springfield and mar
rowly escaped drowning.
CHAGRIN FALLS will be tied to Clcve-
land by an electric railroad.
On February 2G Gov. Mckinley will
be As.
THE senate passed bills appropriating
500 900 each for public buildings al
Mansfield and GAINESVILLE.
FRANK KIEGER, aged 1O4 years, died
at Cleveland. He was Bohemian and
came to this country forty years ago
HENRY BONE, pioneer, died recently
at Martins Ferry, aged ninety.
JOHN MANLEY, of Bcllairc, was frozen
to death while drunk.
A BIG Four engine ut Springfield
went on tear and ran into the frame
raEidanra of Trpu Morrison