The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-03
OHIO STATE NEWS.


Findlay Her clothing caught fire from
CRATE.
SCARLET fever has made its appear
ance in East Liverpool.
THE citizens of Portsmouth gave n
Thanksgiving dinner to the newsboys.
AT Coalton, VIM Mccullough, alias
Lindsey Goodman, shot and killed his
uncle, VIM. Goodman.
THE convicts at the Columbus peni-
tentiary celebrated Thanksgiving in
grand style
JOSIE JOINER, well-know to the police
of Columbus, committed suicide with
laudanum. She was a member of the
famous suicide club of South Seventh
street.
AT Kenton, the safe in Seymour's
warehouse was robbed of 5000. This
burglars opened it by working the COM
bination.
CORONER T. f. DAVIDSON, of Ports
mouth, was perhaps fatally injured dur
ing a runaway.
TIE following syllabus in the case of
I Benjamin Riley VS.. George HITLER, a
Cincinnati case, was given out the other
day: "a debtor residing with his wild
owed mother or invalid brother, who
are supported by him, is not thereby
entitled, under either section 5430 or
54S3 of the revised statutes, as the head
of q family, to hold exempt from execu-
tion or attachment his personal earn
ings for three months"
AT Bucyrus Lizzie Chrisman, n dim
e. -. Il -
fire in the stove by the liberal applica-
tion of oil. The result was instantane-
Gus, and the girl was thrown to the
floor, her face and neck being terribly
burned.
MosE ALLEN, the South Carolina mail
robber, who prayed so fervently forpos-
sum at the penitentiary, was the recipi-
! ent of no less than five toothsome ami
/ mails. Nose had the seat of honor at
the table, and was bedcclSed in "hy
clothes" fDr the occasion.
GEORGE MILLEN, married man,
manager at the Manhattan refinery,
North Baltimore, was caught between
the dead woods of an oil car and badly
injured.
THE stock sheds of the Bryan Fair Co.
took fire and burned TO the ground. 1t
was of incendiary origin.
JAMES NEER, a farmer residing south
east of Van Vert, was perhaps fatally
shot by his fve-year-old-child. He was
preparing to go hunting and had loaded
one barrel of his shotgun. AS he was
about to load the other barrel the child
came up, and, unnoticed by the father,
raised the hammer of the loaded barrel.
The hammer slipped from the innocent
child's fingers and the gun was dis
charged The entire load of shot struck
Neer in the left side of the face. The
| jawbone was splintered and the flesh
torn in a horrible manner. His recov-
cry is thought to be impossible.
AT Columbus Jake Weber, a gambler,
sat As hours at the faro table, and drop
ped 5000. He had his meals sent to
him while at the game.
The jury in the trial of James Law
son, at Findlay, for killing Harry Soon
ten, after being out about eight hours,
returned verdict of manslaughter.
AT Trinity church, Columbus, Miss
Virginia A. Thurman, daughter of.Allen
w. Thurman, and granddaughter of
Judge Allen G. Thurman, was married
to II. Kelley Cole, of New York
JOE SELTzER bought ex-senator
Mickey a new pair of shoes, put them
on Mickeys feet and shined them. All
this took place on the public square at
Sidney. Settler bet on Harrison.
TIE sale of A. II. Austin, treasurer
of Harrison township, Licking county,
was robbed of about 81, 500 by burglars.
The job was done by experts, who left
no clew.
Mr. MCNEAL, state food and dairy
commissioner, secured n sample of one
of the most outrageous authorizations
with which his department has ever had
to deal. The article purports to be
ground coffee, and is furnished to retail
dealers in large quantities at two cents
pound. In reality it is composed of
parched corn and ground wheat, both
of these ingredients being colored so as
to have the appearance of coffee. The
commissioner will institute proceedings
to exclude this fraud from the state.
MRS. VIM AURAND, living six miles
from Logan, suicided by hanging her.
self She had been an invalid for sew
eral months.
CITIZENS of Norwalll have subscribed
Sl5 900 towards an electric road.
l.. d. RICHARDS, of Racine railroad
tie dealer, was thrown from his buggy
! and killed.
ED. KUPP attended the jollifcation at
Newark and had trouble with James
Clark, during which Clark gouged
Kupp's eye out with his umbrella.
AT Findlay Willie Webber, aged 4,
was badly bitten by hog while feed
ing it. May die.
IN 1870 Mrs Samuel R. Irwin, of
Lima, swallowed needle. 1t has juss
come out above her knee.
AT Cambridge Mrs. Barber, mother of
Judge Barber, had her left foot injured
by nail in her shoe. Gangrene set in,
and amputation was necessary. The
| limb was removed close to the knee,
and Mrs. Barber, who is 70 years old, is
getting along nicely.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY raised LOGO, bS4
bushels of wheat this year. DarlSe
county had 100000 bushels more.
THE body of George Thrush was
found by the railroad track at Findlay,
but in such position as to indicate
| murder.
IT was found that the twenty persons
made i'll by corned beef at Columbus
were poisoned by decomposed albume-
mold.
OLLIE BROWN, the actress, has sued
Henry Mithoff for $4,000 damages and
a doctor bill of fifty dollars, for injuries
she received October 90, 1891, at the
Grand Opera house, Columbus. She fell