The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-05-06
OHIO STATE NEWS.

Vlile, uiSpOSlnB Oh nitV-nlnc neaO,
which brought s4,220. Prices ranged
from $50 to- sl55. Chief Justice Brad.
bury, of Pomeroy, purchased several
head for his stock farm. Col. d. r.
Hunt, of Cincinnati, was present.
THE Grand Lodge of Ohio, Royal Ar
canum, elected the following officers.
Grand regent, Lucian Seymour, of ASH
tabula; grand vice regent, q. NJ. Steven
son, of I,ellcfontaine; grand orator, r.
l.. Mckee, of Toledo; grand chaplain,
n. II. Ashbaugh of East Liverpool;
grand guide, A. Il. Rawlerson, of Mt.
Vernon; grand secretary, J. M. Nc
Kinstry, of Clevcland: grand treasurer,
w. II. Becbe, of Ravenna; grand war
den, ID. McConnahcy, OF 'iippccanoe;
grand trustee three years., John X.
Duke, of Portsmouth,; representative to
supreme council two years., ]. NJ. Nc
Kinstry, Of Cleveland; alternate repre-
sentative two years., G.. w. Lawton, of
Cincinnati.
CLIFFORD Guy RYAN, q fourteen-year-
old lad, died at Springfield from smol-
ing cigarettes.
&. w. ASHTON, formerly of the Tele-
phone exchange at Gallipolis, was ar.
element. He was taken to Gallipolis.
HARRY OLGE, a car inspector of the
B. and o., died at Columbus from blood
poisoning.
A WILD Russian wolf is running at
large in Columbus. 1t is mystery
| where it came from. The police were
notified and encountered the animal,
but it escaped.
THE next grand lodge Ohio Royal
Arcanum will be held in Cincinnati.
JOHN SrElcru.YN, farmer, living q
few miles southeast of Ohio City, is the
posscssor of Il colt that is half calf.
| The colt does not ''whinny," but bawls
like n calf 1t is now three weeks old
and is healthy.
| THE $4,000 damage case of Effie Bru-
baker against her father-in-law, Homer
Brubaker, at Fremont, for the alien
alton of her husbands affection, was
decided after weeks trial, with .
verdict of s1,soO for the plaintiff. The
defense Immediately filed a motion for
n new trial.
ONE HUNDRED Italian laborers arc at
| Springfield to work on the Ohio cxten-
sion.
IN the election al Agosta the "wots"
won.
| The hazing sophomores, of Delaware,
will be tried May ) at 10 a, IN.
AT Coshocton. the other night, the
sheriff discovered that seven prisoners
had made their escape from the county
jail by cutting a hole through the Jail
floor into the cellar, and thence crawl
ing through the coal hole into the al
ley. Five of the men, Thomas Norton,
James Francis, Martin Cox, Michael
OConnor and james Norris, had all re-
ceived sentences of from eighteen
months to four years in the peniten-
| tinry at the recent term of the common
pleas court, and We're awaiting trans
! mission to Columbus. Parties are
securing the country in all directions
in search of them.
REV. CLAUDE WILSON, who formerly
had charge of n Methodist church at
Shawnee, suicidcd on the steps of Miss
Carrie Kingstons house, Columbus, by
swallowing rough on rats. He had
been home suffering from an affection
of the eyes, and had long courted the
girl, but the marriage had been post
poncd from day to day. Wilson told
| VIC = III llliib IL sic tllu 1lol 1lldFTN MN
at a certain time he would kill himself.
At the appointed hour he called, but
the young lady's brother informed Will
son that he could not see her. Wilson
drew pistol, but was knocked down
and disarmed. Springing to his feet
he drew package of poison from his
pocket and swallowed it. He died in a
few hours.
WADswoRTH has case of smallpox
JAMES SLIGHT, aged sixteen, is myste-
riously missing from his home at
Portsmouth.
CONSIDERABLE apprehension has been
aroused at Cleveland by the discovery
that the current sent into the ground
by the electric street railways is scri-
ously injuring the water pipes. Direc.
tor Hersicll of the public works depart
ment displays pieces of lead pipe put
down in August, 1890, six feet under
the rails, that have been clectrolized
and are worthless. They look as if
eaten by powerful acid and crumblc
to the touch. The current evidently
sought the moist pipe as the line Of
least resistance, and followed il until
its potency was lost. 1t is impossible
Io tcll now iIluCH ldHluSe HIS Decu uOIle,
but the water-works officials are great
. ly alarmed.
THE republican state central commit
tee met at the Neil house, Columbus,
the other day,with all members present
but Ira Crawford, of Dayton: William
A. Hunt, of st. Clairsvillc, and Levi T..
Meacham, of Cleveland Il. ii. Atkin.
. son presented the claims of Cleveland
to the convention, asking the secretary
. to read a letter signed by the Cleveland
hotel men agreeing to pay all the local
' expenses. Postmaster Brown, Col. j.
, c.. Bonner, w. |. Squire and Judge
! Cochran spoke for Toledo, and j. J.
. Lentz, Emmett Tompkins, Cyrus HUI.
: ing, ID. X Watkins and Mayor Karb for
Columbus. The committee at noon
went into executive session, and Gen.
c. H. Grosvenor was chosen temporary
chairman of the state convention. The
time WAS fixed for June and with.
ont much contest. BY vote Columbus
was selected as the place of meeting.
BY n concerted movement the pastors
Of the various churches of Findlay took
vote of their congregations Sunday
on the question of closing the saloons
of lindlay. In every instance the vote
was practically unanimous in favor OF