Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-23
OHIO NEWS NOTES.
Gathered from Various Parts of the
Buckeye State.

Gathered from Various Parts of the
buckeye State.
Harry Noel, friendless boy of seven
teen, suicide3 near Portsmouth, o. Tired
of life.
Miss Lizzie Hare suicided at Columbus,
o., Wednesday over love affair. She was
sixteen years old and remarkably pretty.
Al Fipdlay, o., the practice of putting
salt on The afecpric car tracks cost the
company here over $1,000 The brine
slowly eat into the insulation of the wires
with disastrous results.
Near Hndlay, o., Rev. Belts, of Center
chapel swore out warrant before Henry
Snyder, a justice of the peace, of jackson
township, against Henry Treece for spit
ting on the floor at meeting held in the
church Sunday night. The only evidence
offered in the case was a pool of tobacco
juice in front of where Treece sat. He
was bound over.
Malignant diphtheria at Glouster and
Trimble, o.
As result of the strike Simeon Shecll-
ler a miner, fatally shot James Barcus, a
miner, at Bergholy, Jefferson county, o.
Near Harveysburg, o., William Atles
was knocked down by footpads, who Sc
cured nothing. 1t is thought his skull
was fractured
At Scott, O., George A. Gardner mes
merized Levi Wooten, but after the enter
tainment could not bring him from under
the influence Doctors have relieved
Wooten somewhat, but Gardner is being
held.
Night Watchman McCurdy, of North
I1o1 n hno W
notice, which states that unless he desists
his prosecution of saloon keepers, his Office
will be filled by another man, and that q
coat of tar and feathers will be admin
istered in the latest approved style.
In southern Indiana it seems that after
all the farmers and fruit growers seem tc
have been unnecessarily alarmed about
their crops 1t develops that the cold has
not injured the peach trees on the knobs
much, and not at all under the river hills
though late frost may get in its work
Other tree fruit also shows no injury
Wheat looks remarkably fine in this sec
tion.
Ohio City, o., claims to have a haunted
house.
At Circleville, O., some unknown enemy
poisoned seven fine horses of Adam Wag
erly.
At Portsmouth, o., while John Rus
was painting ound in his ladder broke
and he fell tolhs ground, forty feet below
He was badly Injured. ks
A. A. Bartlett and A. 81 Hudspeth, o
Akron, o., were not drowned in the Gul
of Mexico as reported. They were caugh
in storm and escaped miraculously
Food and Dairy Inspector McNeal ha
issued circular to the people of Ohio, il
which he makes the alarming statemen
that 80 per cent of $40 samples analyzet
by his department were found to be i'm
pure.
Simenn Sheckler, the murderer of Jane
H. Barcus, has been arrested. Sheckler i
the mine boss at Berghalty, o., and killet
Barcus on account of some trouble abou
discharging unmarried men from tn
mine.
Gus Keinath was struck by switch en-
gine and killed at Addyston, a suburb o
Cincinnati.
Oscar Daken, afarmer near Wapakoneta
O.. blew his brains out because his wifi
deserted him.
AT Hazelwood, o., Archie Brown, forty
a farmer, was found frozen to death, will
d bottle of WI sky ~ his side.
Steubenville, o., was very much excites
Sunday night by a severe wind and snow
storm Considerable damage was don
TO windows, chimneys, signs, etc.