Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-05-25
OHIO NEWS NOTES.
Gathered from Various Parts Of sh
Buckeye State.

Gathered from Various Parts of sh
Buckeye State.
John W. Howell, 53, was killed at Bel
laire, o., on running switch by the ear
of the Baltimore and Ohio.
The lower part of Youngstown, O., ant
the Mahoning valley is flooded Man,
mills have shut down on q ccount of tn
high water
Miss Mona Fay, prominent teacher o,
Ostrander, o., near Delaware, o., is &C.
cused of whipping a student brutally
She has been arrested and is now under s
$500 bond pending trial.
Miss Laura States on the day she was t.
be wed, abon doned her betrothed husband
Harvey Embly, at Canton, O., and skipped
to Wheeling, where she married her ole
sweetheart, William Thomas.
The 6-year-old daughter of ]. W. Sal
mon of New Philadelphia, O., took dyn
amite cartridge from her fathers YES
pocket to play with while the garment
was hanging on chair. II exploded
manning her for life.
James Sheppard, II, of Janesville, o.
was shot and slightly wounded by an un
known colored man who had taken the
place Of union man in a rolling mill
Young Sheppard was in a crowd who were
following and calling the negro names
The negro escaped.
The Ohio Grand Army elected L. H
Williams of Ripley department com
mander.
Secretary of State Taylor of Ohio has re
ceived 81, 500 in fees for issuing ch arters tc
consolidating railroads.
Sfota n,ol e
burg, O., mysterlously disappeared from
Mount Vernon, o., May II. He had SIS 90
Henry Tillingbast %, brakeman, fel;
between cars and was cut to pieces ear
Norwalk, o. He was to have been mar
ried soon.
The damage done to the Miami and Erie
canal by the bursting of the Lewistown
(O) reservoir is estimated by the state
board of public works, at about S25,0o0.
Bill Britton and Thomas Lewis, negro
deckhands, got into aquarrel at Cincin.
natl Lewis cut Britton, who died in a
few hours The murderer fed, but was
captured.
Van Loon, the condemned murderer in
the Ohio penitentiary, still has hopes OF
having his sentence commuted Eight of
the jury and Prosecuting Attorney Frazer
are said to have signed petition for Glenn
ency, and they believe that the Judge will
also sign it. If he does Cashier Maple will
also sign it,
Joe Mason, negro, was found dead
near Gallipolis, o. He had wandered
from home while crazy.
John Mcintosh, tramp, had his head cut
completely off by cars at Columbus, O.
His pockets were full of loving letters
from his mother and sisters.
1t is said that Henry S. Ives has secured
control of the Columbus, Akron and
Cleveland railroad. The Ohio Central
railroad Is also in the scheme, which
means that Ives is preparing to control the
best coal fields in Ohio The property
comprises about 100000 acres of coal and
iron lands in jackson county and about
400 miles of railway. 1t is the intention to
extend the Ohio Central road into the
newly acquired fields. A through line te
Lake Erie forms part of the plan.
Miss Ardie Ross, aged 16, was killed by
a train near College, o.
y The body Of Willie McFoyler, the High.
land dancer of Toledo, was found in thu
river there.
1t is said that the finan ,ial cloud over.
hanging the Normal university at Leb.
anon, o., is in fair way to be cleared.
A jury at Youngstown, O., gave Julius
Musrich, laborer, injured on the Pitts.
burg and Lake Erie railroad, verdict
for 81 ,250, after being out less than an
hour.
Al mill of the Miami Powder works
near Xenia, o., was struck by lightning.
AS there was but little powder in the mill
at the time no other buildings were in