The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-26

who was. sent to the Ohio Pen
about a year ago from Athens for
forgery, died at that institution Of
consumption. His remains were
taken to Ilesboro Monday evening
for interment.
-On Friday evening last week
a tramp named Hooker got his
foot under the wheel of a train on
the r. r., crushing his leg and foot
| so that It had to be amputated
which was done by Dr.. Campbell,
assisted by Drs. Pullen and Smith.
"A farmer near Pittsburgh,
thinking banks were no longer
safe drew out his 5000 and his wife
sew it up in his coat lining. He
went out to work and hung his
coat on post. The grasshoppers
riddled his coat, money and all
like sieve.
up to the present time there
has been no agreement between
the operators and miners. The OPP
orators claim they can not obtain
the money to pay the miners cash
down on pay days, and offer to pay
in go day notes. The miners have
refused to accept it that way, and
so the matter stands.
| Base Ball-There will be a
game of base ball between the
Logan Club and the McCunesville
Club this afternoon on the home
grounds. There should be q large
crowd out to see the game as oul
boys are playing good ball this sea-
son. The people should help them
along by paying the expenses of
; the visiting club.
Last Saturday night at Gloust-
er, VIM Howard shot a young man
. named Harrington through the
: lungs and it is thought he will die.
Harrington had been threatening
and following Howard through the
/ day with knife, and in the even
, ing followed him into a restaurant
with a knife in his hand when
Howard shot him.
81 "A man near Tiffin. Ohio, drew
his money, $4OO, out OF the bank
and took it home for safe keeping.
!, About 2 o'clock Sunday morning
three armed and masked burglars
entered his house and made him
open up his safe and give up the
y money. They divided in his pres
ence and advised him that the
. only safe way to keep money was
in a bank.
AT a place near Waymansville
> Ind, last Monday night eight mer
with blacked faces and wearing
white caps went to the house O
: Andrew Schrader. They held re-
1' volvers on him and seized his wife
" and beat her with hickory sprouts
9 in a horrible manner. They KEEP
a up this treatment till from exhaus
g ton and loss of blood she was TOT
:. week to stand. She is about 81
n years old. Her offense seems t
j. be that she does not belong to th'
I. same church her husband does,a
refuses to have the children at
|. tend and be brought up in tina
% church.
" The boys about the Slishe
corner amused themselves Thurs
n day afternoon at the expense O
r Senator Kobell while he was ad
t. dressing them from an old stor
box in regard to the momentou
Al issues of the day they shot off fir
N crackers under the box. This di'
% not disc0ncert the orator in tn
least, but he went right on. The
, they fastened a cannon cracker Il
n =, the seat of his trousers and set j
:. of. 1t tore off all the rear of hi
pants and made the Senator ex
y claim: "Boys, you have shot m
leg off," The speech here ende'
.. but the boys had to pacify the ore
" tor and get him a new pair c
= trousers.
The robberies throughout tn
, country are unprecedented in nun
~ Der and rich in reward, and ther
~ ~ is very patent reason why this
~ so. The vagrant knights ofthe roa
know as we'll as any one that man
rural people have foolishly will
or drawn their deposits from bank
OF and loan associations, and ar
la boarding the proceeds of the
I'D farms at home. This fact occasion
in ed by i'll grounded fears, is pre-
sing invitation to robbers to ca
e. and help themselves, and they r.
or spond with most sudden promp
IN ness and amazing cheerfulnes
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