The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-02-02

Up neNU week.
The young gentlemen who late
ly took the girls to Jacksonville on
Il sleighing trip, gave the girls an
oyster supper nt the home of Miss
Lucy Westenhaver Friday evening
On Tuesday night Of this week
they gave IL surprise on Mr.. Earle
Lindley, it being his birthday.
Efforts have been made to stop
the miners who leased the X X
mines at Shawnee by those In au.
thority in the United Mine Works
of America. 1t Is claimed thatthese
miners will get less than the sched-
ule prices. So far the miners have
refused, claiming that on the CO.
operativeship they will make more.
The Macarthur Band will ac-
company j. Is. Emmets Minstrel
Show, which srarts from Chillicothe
the latter part of February. The
band will leave here February ii.
The boys from here are Fred Hor-
ton, Will Bowen, Ned Peacock, and
all the Shockey boys except viii,
with others from Gallipolis and
Logan.-Mc rthur Dem Enquirer.
Mrs. Stanhope, aged thirty-five,
an inmate ofthe Athens State Hos
pital, escaped from that Institution
on Friday night last, and started
to walk to her home near Chilli
cothe. She was found at Daleton
by the crew Of a t-bound freight
train, almost frozen, and was taken
in the caboose of the train to Ham
den. Marshal Grimes of Hamden
brought her back to the State Hos
pital Saturday morning.
An exchange gives us the
following information:
General Passenger Agent Fisher
of the blocking Valley has complet-
ed the plans for the bathhouse
which will be constructed at Buck
eye Park, the resort eight miles
north of Lancaster. The building
will stand about 40 feet from the
edge of the lake and will be so feet
long. There will be 40 rooms i'll
the building and will be finished
and furnished in the most modern
style.
= ,thens is making an effort to
get the Logan Natural Gas Compa-
nyto pipe gas to their town. This
company, which is already supply
ing the Boys Industrial School and
Logan, obtain their supply of gas
near Sugar Grove in this county.
In letter from A. j. Mercer, the
president and principal stockhold'
er of the Logan company, he says
ave are extending our lines to Cir.
cleville and Chilllcothe at present
and will be pleased to look after
your city in the near future"
"Wednesday morning at Brush
Fork junction, Eugene Wharton
son of Joseph Wharton, formerly o.
near Sugar Grove, attempted tt
board the labor train. lie fell un.
der and had his right leg cut off at th'
ankle and left leg run over at foot
1t is customary for the boys to stea
rides from the junction as j
saves them mile walk. Just be
fore leaving home his father tol,
him to stay off the train. He prom
ised to do so. Train is due there a
$3.50 Il. m, before it is light. Drs
Crawford, Pritchard and Lee am
pututed the leg near the ankle
They hope 10 save the other foot.
THE DEMOCRAT is i'm receipt o
a copy of the report Of the Stat
School Commissioner O. L. Corser
r
The Commissioner says that "judg
ing from the large number of in
quiries at this Office, / am led to be
lieve that many are of the opin
ion that the Workman law, whicl
provides for the election of of on
director in each sub-district ha
been repealed or amended, such
] not the case. The law has no
been changed in any particular.
! feel sure that you will confer n fav
or upon this Office, by setting thi
. matter right in AN early issue c
your paper"
MIR. S. +. Beverage, secretnr
, of the County Farmers Institute
be held at Athens Ohio, Friday an
Saturday, February Sth and Oil
informs MS that every effort is be
ing put forth to mako the comm,
I institute success. Excursion
rates have been secured on all tn
railroads entering Athens, so tina
travelling expenses from any pal
: of the county will be comparative
| ly insignificant. There is every ir
ducement for large Attendance {
the farmers of this and adjoinin
counties. Come and conmingle t.