Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09
OHIO NEWS NOTES.
Gathered from Various, Parts. of
Buckeye State.


At West Charleston, o.. it is now
claimed that Mrs Jefferson Shank was
chloroformed before being murdered. A
woman is now suspected of the crime.
William Padelford was. dismissed at
Franklin, o., on serious charge. his
daughter, it is claimed, having been spirit
ed away to keep her. from testifying
against him.
The.wife of General r. P. Kennedy died
at Bellefontaine, O., of heart disease.
Rev. John r. King has resigned from
the Christian church at Oxford, O, and
sued for SIS salary due him.
Burglars used ohloroform, in making
haul of jewelry,. etc., at the, residence of
B. Goddard and W.. Davis, at Wellston,
Ohio.
At Otway, o., Thomas Finn. n saloon
keeper, was found with his skull crushed
and his pockets rifed, An. ax was the
murderers weapon,
George W.. Pushit,, I'M Jail at George
town, O., for forgery, madA key out of
broken knife and effected the escape of
himself and A. L, Hpuselman, held for
forgery, and John Williams, colored, for
burglary.
Figures from the report Of 0hio's rail
road commissioner: pnrimg the year there
were 1Es railroad emploEes killed and 2,595
injured; thirty-two passengers killed and
255iniured; 500 trespassers killed and 344
injured; forty-eight Others killed and
seventy three injuredS making total of
16S persons killed aud 8261 injured in the
state.
Bogus silver doAnars are in circulation in
GAINESVILLE, o.
Patrolman John Broderick was fatally
shot by burglars at Columbus, O.
May Barrett was burned to death In a
fire at the Stallman & Starr trunk factory
at Columbus, O,
The yearold SON Of John Egbert, of near
Tif1n, O.. died from inflammation of the
stomach caused by eating popcorn.
The regulators refused to work at Ur-
bana. o., and natural gas rushed into the
city under a pressure Of ten pounds in
stead Of four ounces as usual AS result
about half the meters burst filling cellars
| with gas. At the residence Of John H.
| Shofstal the gas ignited, blew the building
| to pieces and set fire to the debris. Mr.
| Shofstal escaped with terrible burns, but
| his daughter Nellie and mother-in-law,
| Mrs. Sophia Clark, were fatally injured
| The residences of L. A, Steinbarger and
DR.. Kerr also caught fire and burned.
| Cincinnati bakers want shorter hours
| and more money.
Point Pleasant, O., had $1,000 fire in
the business portion.
| Charles Vastine Is under arrest charged
with assault of Tom Finn, saloonist at
| Henley, O., who will probably die. Rob
berry was the cause. Money was found in
| Vastine's barn. He declares he is inno-
| cent.
At Corning, O., William Clifford, a
tough, assaulted Barber Craney and was
shot dead. Clifford was drunk. Craney
/ surrendered, but as he acted in self de-
fense he is not at all likely to be pros
ecuted.
j Footpads have fairly taken Sandusky, O.
i Mrs. E. L. Thomas, the tenth victim OF
smallpox, has died at Akron, o.
Near Wapakoneta, o., James Seferd,
sixty-seven, was thrown from sleigh and
killed.
4 At Frazeyburg, O., Thomas Blizzard, a
farmer, was dragged to death by a runa-
way horse.
i Mrs. Richard Digby, of Bowling Green,
o., suicided by cutting her throat with q
razor. Sickness.
The body of an unknown man was found
in the Ohio at East Liverpool, o., with a
! strap tightly buckled around his neck.
The seven-year-old son of G. Snyder, of
German township, Fulton county, o., was
horribly mangled by the explosion of a
i dynamite shell.
4 Mrs. M G. Allen, of Yellow Springs, o.,
committed suicide at Atlanta By throwing
herself in front of train. She was tem-
porarily insane.
J At Delaware, o., fire Saturday night
j, damaged Bo Durtha's photograph gallery
to the extent of $4,000; Franks clothing
store $11, COO, and O'Kane's book store,
$4,000 worth.
!, A thorough investigation is to be made
, into the causes which led to the explosion
of natural gas at Urbana, o., Friday. The
city council will provide relief for the un-
fortunate victims.
1t is reported from Findlay, o., that
much interest is being taken by eastern
capitalists in the Ohio oil fields, and that
the outlook is for old time activity In the
Ohio oil fields the coming spring.
At Portsmouth, o., Garrett Marsh way
laid and assaulted Albert Windel with q
leaden slungshot. Windel's head was
frightfully gashed, and his skull was
/ fractured Marsh has been arrested on a
|, charge of assault with intent to kill
Negotiations are under way looking to
the construction Of an electric railway
from Catawba Island to Findlay, o., via
, Port Clinton, Fremont, Tiffin and Upper
Sandusky. 1t is said the projectors are in
earnest. 1t is hoped to have the line com
pleted in time to profit by the excursion
: traffic to Put-in-Bay and Lakeside the
I coming summer