The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-22
OHIO STATE NEWS.

squaw. Tho debut of Elsie into the
literary world is matter of more than
passing notice-to her at least She
committed to memory the first four let
tcrs of the alphabet the other day, and
was as ticl,led as o boy with pair of
red-topped boots.
Ex-SnERIFF JOHN u. RIcKENBACKER
died, few days ago, at the residence
of his son-in-law, Mr.. Hartschrader, Co
lumbus, from the effects of stroke of
apoplexy. He was 10 years old.
Mrs. E. T. UMsTEAD was killed by an
engine at crossing near Tiflin.
FINDLAY must return the $4,000 in
taxes collected on farm lands near the
city.
The body of the man found at Car
rollton proved to be that of Fred BurlS-
hart, of Sidney.
ELMER FAITH, IS, of Dayton, was
kicked on the forehead by horse and
will die.
G. H. BECK was horribly burned by
molten lead near Van Buren,.
TIE following fourth-class postmas-
ters were commissioned few days ago:
d. G. Anderson, vice A. M. Beboutc. re-
signed, at Purity, Picking county,
Mollie M. Bay, vice j. S. Neill, resigned,
at Union Furnace, Hooking county.
TIE deeds for the site donated by the
city of Massillon to the state of Ohio
for insane asylum purposes were signed
the other day, and the institution is
now assured to that town beyond any
possible doubt.
ARTHUR MAPEs, young man of %,
was fatally crushed while at work in
the Gosline &c Barbour coal mine at
Coalton.
MRS. JANE GLOVER, of Coalton, aged
70, was feeding some slop to her pigs.
She lost her balance and fell into the
pen upon sharp stick, which entered
her side and will cause her death.
THE Northwestern Eclectic Medical
association elected officers: President,
DIR. j. d. Southwark, Carey; first vice
president, DIR. w. s. Van Horn, Findlay;
second vice president, DR.. j. II. Hens
ley, Marion; secretary, DIR. L. E. Cook,
Forest; treasurer, DIR. B. Jones, Ken
ton. The next meeting will be held at
Kenton, January II next.
GARDENER DAN SNYDER, of Finday,
has a fve-acre patch of muskmelons.
surrounding the patch with crude
petroleum and touches it off, In this
way, Jack Frost doesn't stand ghost
of a show.
THE back taxes due from the Thos.
w. Cornell estate, at Akron, amounting
to S1O2, ,69s.9 have been paid. This is
the largest tax case ever settled in this
state.
THE state board of pardons has
recommended Communication of sentence
of Henry Wehrle to imprisonment for
life. A pardon was recommended in
the case of Ralph Wintergill, convicted
in 1878 of murder in the first degree, in
Columbiana county, Gov. Bishop COM
muted the death sentence to life i'm
prisonment. Applications for the
pardon of Harley Davis, sent from
Miami county in 1891, for shooting to
wound, was rejected. The board has
adjourned until January.
CHARLES Bishop and Charles Flick
niger, both T. g. O. G. engineers, were
hunting at Bucyrus, the other day,
when Bishops gun, a 25-caliber rifle,
accidentally went off the bullet striking
Flickinger in the neck. The wounded
man was brought to town and the
wound dressed. He is resting easy.
MRS WIN. HICKMAN, an inmate of the
Noble county Infrmary, and aged about
rs years, was frightfully burned at
that institution by her clothes igniting
from spark from her pipe.
THE 11Sth o. V. /. held their twenty
first annual reunion at Kenton. About
one hundred members were in attend
ance, and a most enjoyable time was
had The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Capt.
j. S. Rhodes; secretary, j. S. Slum, and
treasurer, James Johnson. Fort Re-
covery was selected as the place to hold
the next reunion.
Gov. MCKINLEY has pardoned the fol-
lowing from the penitentiary: Mabel
Watson, Hamilton county, grand lar
ceny, ten years; Milton Phillips, Wood
county, assault to rape, fifteen years;
Caroline Fair, Auglaize county, tech
nically guilty of bigamy, one year.
Warden James has recommended the
pardon of Peter Ehrig,. Montgomery
county convict, serving two years for
manslaughter, and received last jan
uary. He is insane, and also suffering
from other diseases He can not live
long, and the prison officials want him
released.
A CoLoRED man with grievance fol
lowed Police Judge Martin, of Colum.
bus, at night and hurled stone at him
He then made his escape.
ROE EMERSON, a leading merchant oi
Newark, fell from chestnut tree, a
distance of twenty feet, breaking his
collar bone and sustaining serious in
ternal injuries.
EVAN JONES, father of Represents
tive Jones, blew out the gas in his room
at the Diclzey house, Dayton, and wen
to bed. Two hours later he was found
unconscious. He may possibly recover
c. R. Ness, of Gallon, an engineer or
the Big Four railroad, was fatally
injured by leaning out of car window
his head striking siphon water-spout
JOHN KELLY's lantern exploded, gas
accumulated in an empty car at Buoy
rus, and he was fatally burned.
The residence of j. j. Luskey, ST.
four miles from Toledo, burned few
days ago. Mrs. Luskey and daughter
were burned to death.
EIGHT attempts have been made re
Gently to burn the Arcade hotel a
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