The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
OHIO STATE NEWS.

DENNIS WOLFE, Of Springfield, was
arrested for burglarizing Carson g.
Fox's Wholesale grocery.
MISS LoRENA TRACHT, of Galicn, was
overcome by heat and died while play
ing the piano.
HENRY Boris 9-year-old daughter
was killed by a falling tree at West
Carlisle, near Uoshocton.
THE Sixth ward in Youngstown
started Cleveland and Stevenson club.
with 100 members as starter.
FRANK MCCURREN was found dead on
the railroad track at Lima, is believed
to have been robbed and murdered.
4. s. SALT has been appointed post
master at Walnut, Pickaway county,
vice II. o. Blue, resigned.
CHILLIcoTHE is to have electric lights
and electric street cars.
THE Columbus Post has been placed
in the hands of receiver.
WILLIE MULLEN, aged ten, was killed
by falling tree during a storm at San
dusl<y.
PATRICK CUsIcK, of Marion, was
drowned while fishing in pond in the
Terrell quarries.
STATE FooD COMMISSIONER MCNEu.
will enforce the law against the
adulteration of wine and beer.
The heaviest rain-storm of the season
took place at Millersburgh the other
afternoon. The large barn, full of
grain, owned by Jacob Netherow, three
miles west of town, was struck by
lightning and burned.
WHILE Carl Fritz, aged years, of
Millersburg, was playing around some
marble slabs at Killbuck, the other
evening, one of them fell on him,
breaking both legs and otherwise in
juring him.
ANOTHER severe storm passed over
Wooster the other night between 10
and IL o'clock. At IL o'clock the re-
Elections from three burning barns in as
many directions could be seen at one
time. One was William Myers, south
west of town, loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000. John Lindsey's, northwest,
loss nearly $4,000; no insurance. An
other Peter Conrad's, northeast, loss
$1,000; insurance $4,000. They were all
struck by lightning.
ATTORNEYS T. NJ. MARRIOTT and
Gen. j. S. Jones had fight in the Del
aware probate court over a case.
DURING the hearing of the famous
Shoupe divorce case at Delaware, Mrs
Shoupe's father called Judge Saltwater
liar.
MARSH SIDDoNs, a well-known Co.
1umbus sport and gambler, is broke,
having lost about $4,000 against faro
since the first of June.
NJ i
shot and fatally wounded Fireman
Decker, his former employe. Decker
ruined Marvin's sister
CHARLES, alias Jesse James, of CALI
polls is twenty-one years old, and is
now working out his twenty-fourth
police court sentence on the streets.
j, w. JEFFRY, of Newark, borrowed
$3.50 from Nj ;. Lizzie Ross on, a promis'
sorry note payable only after his death.
JOHN BRowN's hotel at Kirby, near
Upper Sanduslly, caught fire from a
locomotive spark and nearly the whole
business portion of the town was
burned.
FRANK McCURRAN, a bricllyard pro-
prietor of Lima, was killed with a coup
ling pin. Robbery was the object.
Mrs FRANK WILLIAMS was perhaps
fatally injured by an East Liverpool
electric car on which she was a passen
ger going over an embanlkment
At Mauds, B. p. Fox, who recently
received pension of S24S from Uncle
Sam was robbed of 800.
MIsCHIEvoUs boys at Dalton placed
a dummy man on the track of the w. &
l.. L. railroad few days ago. The
engineer of west-bound train saw
the dummy and applied the air brakes
suddenly, bringing the passengers NJ
standing. A detective is now hunting
for those boys.
j. 7. MURPHY president of paten
medicine company located in Columbus
was nearly boiled alive by the explosion
of tank of hot cough sirup the othel
day. He was standing near the tank
when it suddenly gave way, delugint
him with the hot fluid. With remarka
BILE presence of mind he ran to vat o
cold water, near by, and jumped il
headforemost His eyesight was thu
preserved. His body was almost cooked
but it is thought he will recover.
MYSTERIOUS death occurred in tn
Scioto river short distance south o
Columbus. The dead body of a colore
man was found floating in the stream
and circumstances indicate that he wa
murdered. i,It
GEO. ADAMS shot three men at Steu
penvi!le and attempted to shoot Minerv
Mitchell because he was jealous of a.
parties concerned. All are rather "hy.
Mrs. WIN. GURGE was killed by light
ming at Salineville
MICHAEL TANNER, a Youngstow
italian, murdered Louis Marsh and fl
tally wounded Frank Marsh and Aquin
Knott without cause. Tanner fled.
CITIZENS of Cadiz sent 1928. so to tn
Russian sufferers.
lr is rumored that the Citizens Stree
Car Co., of Springfield, either is or 500
will be sold outright to Cincinnati an
New York parties
DWIGHT w. FULLER, president of tn
Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Co.,
dead at his home in Norwalk.
MRS. EDITH THOMAS, an old colore
lady, who has reached the centur
mark, died in Urbana, a few days ag'
JOHN RocKAFIELD, of fremont
missing, and diligent inquiries fail
locate him. He left for Dayton tn
other day with large amount of none
for his brother, and has not been see
since.