The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-01
OHIO STATE NEWS.

passes but houses are entered.
A YOUNG boy threw switch on the
Big -Four railroad MT Dayton, just to see
wreck. He saw one but isn't old
enough TO go TO Jail,
NEAR New California, Mai Ellis and
wife, living on the A. Il. Kenton farm,
were assaulted in their room by an un-
known, who shot at them and then cut
MIR Ellis
The West Park glass works will be
paid $1,000 bonus to locate at Ports
mouth. The board of trade may offer
the c. T.. t6 " Railway Co. $4,000 with
which to rebuild its shops, and the town
also wants a West Superior (Wis.) knit
ting factory to move there.
WM Wills, a wealthy farmer of Ma
rystown, was fatally injured by being
struck by piece of stump blown up by
dynamite on his farm.
The cornerstone of the new Masonic
home at Springfield is to be laid with
impressive ceremonies October 49, All
the Masonic lodges in the state will be
represented.
The strike of 200 miners at the coal
mines, Massillon, is ended. They with
drew their demand and agreed to go to
work.
MRS. e. A. SHARP, of Fremont pio-
neer and well known, is dead.
The company that has been organ
lied to pipe natural gas from the Fair
field county field to GAINESVILLE, was
much elated the other day by the news
that their first well was gusher. The
other morning gas was struck at the
depth of 2,2O5 feet, and it's capacity is
estimated at 10000 cubic feet daily.
ADJT. GEN. PoCoCK is pushing the
work on the roster of Ohio soldiers as
rapidly as possible. Volume II. of the
cavalry roster has been completed, and
is now being sent to the various grand
army posts of the state, and the twenty
seven regiments of three months men
have all been enrolled.
THE Cincinnati Hamilton e Dayton
Railroad Co., is engaged in building a
fivenile piece of track from Wellston
to Glen Roy.
The leaders of the peoples party of
the jackson congressional district nomi-
mated Alva Agee, OF Gallia county, eX-
president of the Farmers Alliance, for
congress, and John C. Stevenson, of
Jackson county, for presidential elector.
The republican majority in that district
is over 1000.
BURGLARS blew open the safe in A.
n. Sheppie & Co.'S Office, Warren, the
other night, and stole about s40O in
money and several notes. The work
was apparently done by experts, and
there is no trace of the burglars.
GRACE PATKuUBsT, fourteen years
old, died at Columbus, a few days ago,
from no other apparent reason than
grief. Her brother Arthur, to whom
the dead girl was very much attached,
died a week ago, and Grace took his
death so much to heart that she dropped
and died of sorrow.
JAMES WooD, the Springfield carpen-
ter, who has been in England for two
years establishing his claim to the IA
nous Wood estate, amounting to e135,-
600, arrived home few days ago. The
estate was owned by John Wood, his
great -granduncle, who died at Chester
Arden, Stockport, on August 10, 1890
Mr. Wood was the nearest direct heir,
and received one-fourth of the estate,
which is equal TO $133, 750 He brought
home $40, GOO, with three years interest
added, March 81 when the final settle
ment is made. There are twenty-one
heirs to the estate. While in England
Mr.. Wood discovered that he was also
heir tc the great Hatfield estate on his
grandmother's side. This is in chan
Gerry, and twill be several years before
it is settled. The estate amounts to
about 81, 900, coo. Mr.. Wood was poor
man until he received this money and
made his living by working by the day.
SAM SHoCEY was arrested for drunk
enness, the other night, and locked up
in the city prison at Ada. About 2
O'Clock next morning fire was discovered
in his cell, he having set fire to his bed.
He was in an unconscious condition,
having been overcome by the smoke.
Shocey is a familiar character, having
been arrested in nearly every large city
in the country, and always creates a
sensation by attempting suicide. He
has frequently been cut down when al
the point of death. He is the author OF
a book, which has been published re-
Gently, entitled "Twenty-fve Years
Fighting Fate"
THE state association of county treas
urers met in annual session at Colum-
bus, few days ago. 1t was decided to
petition the legislature to make the
term of Office three years instead o1
two. Messrs E. n. Wickerham, oi
Adams; S. NJ. Veail, of Ross, and S. A.
Hunter of Lucas, were appointed as q
committee to attend to the matter
The committee investigated the question
and learned that no such amendment
to the law could be made. There was
considerable doubt expressed as to the
proper construction of sections 1,0S4
and 1,117 of the CARRIER law fixing the
salaries of county officers A committee
to investigate this question was ther
appointed
DETECTIVES have recovered $500 o
the 81 800 stolen from Jos, Hall anC
David Marsh, aged farmers, of nea
Lima, some time ago.
JOHN PRIOR, township clerk at Lima
is missing, About $500 of the schoo
boards money is said to have been givel
out on bogus orders. .s
ANTONIO PICcINo, life convict in tn
penitentiary, was allowed to visit tn
state fair, attended by o guard
A b. AND Q. freight broke in two III
other morning west of GAINESVILLE. Th
rear end ran into the front, wreck
ipor four oars Ono pa1, contained fiOul