Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-03-16
OHIO NEWS NOTES.
Gathered from Various Parts of the
buckeye State.

buckeye State.
Treasurer Lenhart and Auditor Reid
went over the books of the county treas
urer at Ottawa O., and found that over
&, 800 was missing.
Startling were the developments Tues
day at Columbus, o. 1t was at first sup
posed that Walter Houston had commit
ted suicide, but it was learned later that
he had been murdered.
Jud Holland. the Columbus (O.) negro,
charged with mutilation of animals, was
convicted on one count and pleaded guilty
to seven others. He will no doubt get
long sentence. His defense was insanity.
The body of Stanley Hott, missing 4
year-old boy, was found in the canal at
Columbus, O., tied up in a skirt. Circum-
stantial evidence points to negress
named johnson and her 15-year-old son as
the murderers. They are under arrest.
Epidemic of measles at Woodsfield, Mon
roe county, o.
Cooney Coon, hard drinker, suicided
by cutting his throat at Marietta, o.
Joseph Davis, 80, a coal miner, was
struck by train and killed near Coalton,
Ohio.
At meeting of the supreme council of
liar to the Iron Hall, it was determined to
wind up the order as soon as possible.
Edward r. Jones, receiving clerk in the
Adams Express Office, Columbus, o., has
been absent for over week. 1t is esti-
mated that his accounts are short about
5000.
The 6o-foot brick water tower at the
boys industrial home, Lancaster, o., fell
Wednesday evening demolishing the laun-
dry and engine house The institution is
without water. A few moments before
the crash 25O boys had marched by the
base of the tower. Their escape was provi-
Dental
Near Fremont, O., John Kline was
struck on the head by a limb of a falling
tree and instantly killed.
The Ohio Association of Ex-Prisoners of
War will hold its next annual reunion at
Greenville, June IA and Is.
Farmer Kinsman, living near Youngs-
town, proved an easy mark for brace of
bunkoists. They let him off with $1,000
At Greenopolis, O., Dick Walker caught
Frank Scott stealing baked potato from
the stove in his house. Taking another
potato, Walker went after Scott, and
catching him, crammed the hot potato
into Scott's mouth, burning his mouth and
tongue SO badly that the latter swelled to
double it's natural size
At Dayton, o., Elmer Mindorff, 10, was
struck by motor car and fatally injured.
At Gallipolis, O., Mrs Milton Ralph
used carbon oil to start the kitchen fire,
and was badly burned
The coroner at Coalton, O., has decided
that the Tom Corwin mine disaster re-
fleets blame on no one.
At jackson, o., an eyeless baby was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Husch. The child
is apparently healthy, and is fully de-
veloped in every way, except that where
the eyes ought to be the face is perfectly
smooth
Leipsic, O., comes to the front with a
ghost that shotgun can not hurt.
At Macksburg, o., o. S. Gilchrist's gen.
eral merchandise store was robbed of 81 900
worth of jewelry-
The dead body of Mrs. William Huff
man was found near Springfield, o. She
had been burned to death.
At Winchester, O., a 3year-old child of
Martha Adams fell into a kettle of boiling
water, and was scalded to death.
Barbara Sehaefer, an aged lady, was
struck by an engine at a crossing at
Akron, o., and killed. She was on her
way to church.
The Youngstown (O) stamping works,
through the failure of which Governor
Mckinley became financially involved,
will resume business under the manage
ment of the receiver
At Lykens, O., Jacob Fike and his wife
celebrated the 18th anniversary of their
marriage-the.r diamond wedding. Mrs.
Fike is 96 years old, but she does all her
own housework, while Mr. Fike, at 80,
superintends the work on his farm
Burt Lemons and Stanley Hayden, two
Tallmadge (O.) lads, fought to see who
should be entitled to pay exclusive atten-
tion to Miss Ella Simpson. They went at
it in regulation style, and fought several
fierce rounds, Hayden being the winner.
Grand Army post at Caldwell, O., passed
resolutions denouncing anti-pension legis-
lation enacted by the veterans enemies
in the last congress. They also urged
that on Decoration day all Grand Army
men resolve 'that il any man tear down
the American flag or American pensions
to shoot him on the spot, to the ,end that
all men may beware and take warning"
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