The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-26


eventually be put out at the expense Of
lie State.
Minor State Items.
Senior Courtney, living few miles
north of West Union, has lost four chill
dren in the past month of diphtheria.
Jacob Mahan Wells, who nearly fifty
years ago begun the practice of law in
West Union, was found dead in bed at his
home the other evening.
Alexander Fields. fireman on the tow
boat Ark, was killed the other day on board
that steamer short distance below Gal
| lipOlis, ly being struck by the pitman of
The wheel.
| Bert Lewis, 90 years old, was crushed to
death by a tree while coon hunting near
North Baltimore. He was watching the
| coon while his friends were chopping
down the tree.
George Matters, hobo, claiming New
| Hope as his home, was run down by a
Big Four yard engine at Springfield, and
had one foot cut off. His head was also
badly injured.
To the use of lead pencils, which are
distributed prOmiScuOusly and collected
each day, in the public schools, at Day ton,
is attributed much of the diphlheria which
is prevalent to an alarming. extent in
some districts.
With the exception of the Thomas
furnace, which will soon be started, every
industry in Niles is now in operation,
most of them to their full capacity. The
situation in Warren is about the same, all
the works being in operation nearly full
time.
William Roberts, farmer, living near
West Union, was probably fatally injured
in peculiar manner. He was chOpping
wood, when his AK struck a clothes line
overhead and flew out of his hands. The
ak descended upon his head, splitting it
open.
The County Auditors of the State, at
their annual session, held at Columbus,
elected the following officers: President,
Frank Duer, Butler County; Vice Presi
lent, Lyman P. Lewis, Delaware; Secre-
tary, E. NJ. Full ington, Union; Treasurer,
jeff Lindsay, Fayetle. The next meeting
will be held in November, 1897.
ellison Lyons, colored porter at the st.
James hotel, Spring field, has received no.
tice that he and his half-sister, NJ iss Den
ty, whose home is in Cleveland, are equal
heirs to an estate valued at $4,000, left by
their mother, who died twenty seven
years ago, and while they were quite
young. The estate is located in Harr ison
County, KY.
Miss Helen Gwendolin Kelly has pre-
sented to the State Library bust of her
late grandfather, Hon. Alfred Kelly, who.
in his day, was prominent figure in the
affairs of the State. Mr.. Kelly is ac-
credited with having secured many legis-
ative reforms bearing upon court prac-
tee, among them the repeal of the law
providing for Imprisonment for debt.
A heavy charge of dynamite was ex-
ploded in the Court House yard at West
Union by unknown parties. Several per-
sons on the public square were knocked
down by the shock. The Court House
was considerably damaged, every window
in the building being shattered. The
Palace Hotel was seriously damaged, and
glass was broken in buildings in all parts
of the town. 1t is the third dynamite ex-
plosion that has occurred there in three
weeks, and tvtsy effort will now be made
to locate the users of the explosive.
Adjulant-G General AXline has commits.
stoned officers of the National Guard as
follows: Arlington U. Belts, TO be Lieu
tenant Commander of the First Battalion,
Naval Brigade, and Edward L. Pixley,
Junior Grade, Second Division,
First Battalion, Naval Brigade, Toledo.
The following designations have been ac- |
cepted: w. IL. Blakely, First Lieutenant |
Company NJ. Third Infantry, Sabina;
Charles w. Rawler, First Lieutenant Bat
ery B, First l.. A., Cincinnati; George
II. Welch, Major and Surgeon, Seven
eenth Infantry, Chillicothe.
At Sabina horse kicked a lamp over in
he stable of Wilson & Zimmerman, and
caused the following losses by fire: w.
(. Greely, flour mill, 10000; no insur-
lnee; Lewis Bros, contents of stable,
2 1000; insurance, $1,000; F. NJ. Botten-
ield, new hearse, $1,000; NJ. Kennedy,
)arn, 1926; insurance, 500; Wilson &
stable, $1,000; insurance,
2 900; B. J. Dailyshine, barn, 800; no in
urance; Mrs. Isaac Roberds, tarn, $500;
insurance, 500; B. & o. Railway, two
,ars loaded with shelled corn; G. & V. NJ.
Railway, two cirs loaded with shelled
orn.
In deciding a petition for demurrer by
he State Board of Agriculture because of
damage suit brought by a friend OF
William Fairman, Common Pleas Judge
ugh of Columbus, held that the Supreme
'ourt had reversed itself upon the point
hat a State Board could not be held liza
lie for assault and battery or false i'm
second, that even if the de.
endant was not organized for profit il
till might have fund that was liable;
bird, that a board could be sued even il
was State Board, and fourth, that the
efendant. whether a public or private
was liable for its action. The
clifton was over-ruled.
Governor Bushnell has appointed James
). Wood of Athens County, and F. c
Wiley of Fairfield County, trustees o;
le Ohio University at Athens, the former
, succeed Perry Wiles of Muskingum
Ounty, and the latter TO succeed John T
forehead of Hamilton County, both OF
HON have resigned.
ian, Watson & Bernheimer, was pump
lg well on the Sam Nichols farm neal /.
pencerville, and laid down behind the
Oiler. The cap blew off the boiler and '
Q was scalded to death. His body was c
'uHu oCNCldt ldtci, Win | :
most cooked off. 1t was shipped to his
ONE in Findlay. lie was 21 years Of
&c, and the support of an aged mother. 1
Derricks are beng erected near Piqua,
to drilling for oil. Nearly :
lree thousand acres of land have beer Z
ased in this vicinity and drilling will I,
next week. The first well will h
, put down on the Thomas farm, adjOin- "
G the city. Should the first we'll prove 5
others will be put down, az I
is the intention TO thoroughly test the y
rritOry. Eastern operators have con.
derable faith in the outcome.
An unknown cOlOred man was instantly ;.
lied at Franklin by a south bound ex- "
'ess train on the Big Four. The man is
'parently "a years of age, feet 10 inches
gh. There are also a number of old CT
ars on his body, which indicate that be
i'd been burned