The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-07-16
BUCKEYE BRIEFLE1'S.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY
CONDENSED.
cn interesting Summary OF the More I'm
portant Doinss Of Our Seighbors-
dings and Deatiis-Crlmes, Casualties, and
General Ohio News Notes.
Minor State items.

| shoe dealers al Elyria, m de an assign
ment. The liabilities will be about ii, 900
a II the sSetS not quite SO Tuch.
Peter FEEDS and his vile were boil
burned in Portsmouth, in their store. Mr..
Fields burns are pronounced fatal, and
| their is little hope for the recovery of hi!
| wife.
c. ii. Wright, the we'll known "Snecia
| Edition. newspaper man, reports that IL
was touched for his gold watch and chair
while taking in the sight Of Dayton by
giSlight.
Noah Lowtcnschleger was shot through
the lung at Millersi urg by Jacob Lint
and will probably die. Lint and a third
party hal trouble, when Lowtenschl, gel
interfered and was shot by Lint.
| John McQuade, an old and wellknowr
citizen of Portsmouth, was fatally injured
bt falling from a street Car, fraciurng his
skull. The accident was caused by TIE
car swinging quickly around corner.
| Mrs. Name Fitzgerald. saloon keeper
of Yellow Springs, attempted to commit
suicide by taking trough on rats" on dis
covering that she had been robbed of q
large amount of money she had secreted
in her house.
| The State Board OF Medical Examiners
at Columbus, adopted the report of the
specia. committee advising against TIC
recognition of the American Electric lly-
genie Medical and American Health. Col,
leges of Cincinnati.
Prof. f. F. BRIGGS, who occupied the
char of English and Economics in Heidel-
berg University during the past year, has
be n elected TO the chair of English Lit
erature in st. Johns College, in Annapo-
lis, Md, and will accept.
Martin Schouder, Sr., an cid resident
contractor and merchant, slipped and fell
| down stairs at his home in Tiflin. He
" IS picked up unconscious, and expired
in a few rOmrntS. An examination
proved that his ntc ci was broken.
A. N. Williams, Probate Judge of Cln-
ton County, is dead at his home in Will
mngton. Judge Williams had served as
Probate Judge of the county for more
than eleven consecutive years. ii was a
mem er OF the Odd Fellows, the Masons
the Royal Arcanum, and the G. A.. K.
Mr.. Charlie l.. Kurt7, Oil Inspector fcl
the Southern District, announced the az
polntment of the following additional de :
aties: j. NJ. Ickes, Newark; Jacob Meiz-
rer, Zanesvllle; Charles Il. Nrvin, Day
ton; Clo;d IL. Weilder, Chillicothe; Law
renee I. P,ishlev, GAINESVILLE; Fred
Zehner, POrtSm Juth.
Governor Bushnell has appointed o
"Bril." Brown OF Clark County, Judge o.
the Common Pleas Court of the 1hird
Subdivision of the Second District to Fl
ihe unexprcd term of Judge Henderson
Elliott, deceased. Mr., Brown h is also re-
ceved the Republican nomination fol
Judge Tor the succeeding term.
The city detectives are after man and
woman at COluml us who are supposed tC
have Irn away IRON Logan. The Woman
is said to be Ethel Hopkins, the daus h,eI
OF wealthy hotel keeper of that city, and
lhe mans t. lie name is unknown. He en-
tict her from her home, according to in
formation received, and her parents are
wild with grief.
Nelson Turner, contracting carpenter,
f.d with the wife CT his brother Joseph al
COumuus, and the whereabouts of the
gully couple have EOt yet Leen found
The woman in the case is very handsome
and q years of age. Turner Is So years OF
age Joseph Turner swears he will bring
tnem to Justice. Nelson also deserted q
wife and family.
Settlement of Dow tax collections have
been made with the Stale hy thrty-o
counties. These counties have paid in as
th,. STATES share of the TAX the sum ti
sl.O 376.13 Last year these same coun-
| lies paid in So. 2.47390. This is an in
crease Of 90 per cenl. The decrease in the
hunter Of saloons in these counties is
only 81 per cent.
| A severe thunderstorm swept over the
section of country around Titfin and did
considerable damage. The barn of Jo-
seph Shane near Attica, was struck 10y
lightning and destroyed with all its con-
tents, entailng loss OF So QUO with no IN
surancc Near MelmOre the barns OF IL
c. Pnman. John Burnes and William See
YER were also struck and number Of
head OF stock killed.
| McDonald's store at Allentown was en-
tered by burglars, and notes and casi
amounting to about 81 900 were taken from
The safe, which the burglars opened 10y
| the liberal use of dynamite. Colonel brit
ton of Williamsburg, arrived there will
his three famous hounds. They were pu
on the trail, and went out tn. railroad TO
house and would go no further. They
made the same trip twice.
Governor Bushnell has issued requisi'
ton upon the Governor OF Louisiana, fol
Lorenzo and Matthew Gilmore, under in
| dictment for shooting TO kill in Lawrence
County. A third brother has been con-
vlcted on the same charge. y requisilior
was also issued upon Governor Matthew:
of Indiana, for David Bingham, who il
wanted for selling whisky in the prohibi
tion town of York, Van Vert County.
There is much excitement abou
Holmesville over an attempted assault
upon Mrs. Lecky, aged Is years, by &
negro. 1t occurred while all were away
from home Tut the old lady. She wa:
thrown violently down, but her scream:
frightened the brute away. He was cap.
turd by Sheriff Korns and quietly JAILED
in MilIersburg. Mrs. Lecky fully idenu.
fled her assallant. The leeling Is very bit
| ter against him.
| Charles Locke, laborer, was using ;
piece OF water pipe as Il cannon al O0erlll
OH the Fourth. 1t burst and penetrated
| HIS SlOlD 10 SUCH all cNtcilt tldl tIc uOCtot
| hand was easily inserted in the wound
Earl Gibson, about 10 years old, was alsc
badly cut about the head and face by th'
explosion of a toy cannon.
Johnny Cracker, aged years, had boil
his eyes blown out by the premature eX
plosion of cannon fire cracker at ii mil
ton. He thought the cracker was no
lighted and blew on the iuse just as th'
cracker exploded. He is the son of JOIN
'racker, a we'll Known resident oil tn,
FIRST Ward. He will never see again.
Herman Riesin of Springfield, shO
Joseph Jones, school boy of North Lime
stone street. The boy had stopped Il
pick an apple off the ground in Re'san'
orchard. The all entered the body nea
the stomach, but the doctors say it is no
fatal wound.
The Coruner's jury, empaneled to in
qure into the cause of the death of Cap
tam Meyer of Van Vert, found that it wa!
| due to a bullet wound fired from revolv-
er in the hands of E. K. Conn, Sher If o
| Van Vert County. Immediately after III,
verdict the Shei ilf was arrested on {
| charge of manslaughter and put under {
| $500 bond. He fu nished bond, and wa:
released. The evidence has caused deel
| feeling.
uho I a,uno of V,pocyillo