The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-08-27
Minor State Itena.

NallrOau, was thrown under the WneclS OF
moving train near Big Stone Gap and
instantly killed.
Walter BrOOker, a young man, was fatal
ly injured by being thrown from swing
at South Portsmouth, his skull being
fractured and his spine injured.
Gov. Bushnell has pardoned Edward
Pollog of Scioto County, serving four
| years sentence for grand larceny. Pol
log is dying of consumption,
| Sarah and Florence NJ. Haas of Circle
vile, have severally sued Wilson Fl. Pom
| titus for 81 900 for an alleged assault and
applying vile and opprobrious epithets TO
them.
| William Taylor of GAINESVILLE placed ST.
| 400 insurance on his barn, situated just
below the city, and at II o'clock the same
| evening the barn and contents were de-
stroyed by fire.
Jacob Vaughn of Ada, is mysterlOusly
missing. lie left home with considerable
money, saying he was going to Lima. An
Ada officers traced him TO Lima and
learned that he had left for Cincinnati.
The rolling and nail mills of the Kelly
Nail and Iron Works at Ironton and the
BelfOnt Iron Work, will resume opera
tions in full, after an extended shut down.
The two plants give employment to 200
men.
Joseph POinssatte, 35 of CuyahOga
Falls, was struck by Cleveland, Akron
and Columbus freight train near Akron
and instantly killed. He was walking on
| the track, and evidently did not hear the
train coming around the sharp curve.
VIM. Myers, an iceman, was fatally in
jurcd at Portsmouth by his loaded wagon
Overturning and falling upon him, caus-
ing internal injuries. He was taking q
load of ice to a Loaf and the accident Oc-
CURED while he was descending the levee.
Albert Coins, highway robber of Ath-
ems County, who is dying of consumption
and Is not expected to live more than day
or two, has:.been granted pardon by Gov.
Bushnell at the request of Warden Coffin.
Coins was sent up in 1892 to serve eight
years.
The residence and drug store Of d. W.
BOnnell at Hubbard, six miles north of
Youngstown, was burglarized. The
thieves secured $40O in jewelry and med
ais won by his son w. w. Bonnell, BIZ
cycle rider. There is no clue tG the per-
petratOrs.
John NJ. Shaffer one of the oldest mem
b,rS OF the Preble County Bar, living in
Winchester, nine miles southeast of Eaton,
committed suicide by taking laudanum.
He had been in bad health, and made an
attempt to take his life several weeks ago,
but medical aid came in time to save him.
Fred Hartman, aged Q, fell into a sixty
foot we'll at Ironton while leaning over TO
draw out bucket of water. There was
ten feet of water in the well, but the little
fellow pluckily hung on to the bucket and
was pulled out in safety. lie had large
portion of his epidermis scraped off, but
no bones were broken, and he suffers no
serious effects from the tumble.
Ben Gehring of Chillicothe, shot and
seriously wounded Lizzie Farley, and
then turned the pistol ON him self, infiict-
ing flesh wound just under the right
nipple. He made his escape, but was
captured eight miles in the country. The
quarrel started over a high board fence
which the Farley worAan had erected be-
tween her house and that of a neighbor.
A boy named Ezra Calender was the
victim of painful and peculiar accident
at Portsmouth. lie was carrying large
bottle of carbolic acid under his arm,
when it was struck by stone thrown by
some unknown person. The bottle was
broken, and the burning liquid ran down
his left side, frightfully burning him clear
down to his feet. His case is considered
serious.
A convivial party of serenaders went
boating at GalIipolis. The party was
made up of Thomas Lucas, Frank Pres
ton, nanley Karnes, Jacob Levisay and
Fatty Maxwell. They had got forty feet
from shore when the boat began dipping,
the water coming over the sides. An at
tempt was made to get ashore, but in
turning around the boat sank. Maxwell
was drowned and the others were rescued.
Will Bray was killed and AL Cole and
j. c. Brown seriously injured while work.
ing on wreck train at Windham, east of !
Kent, on the Erie Railroad. They be-
longed to the wreck crew and were sent
to remove n wreck which was caused by
the falling of draw-head. Twenty cars
were derailed, and the men were engaged
in clearing the wreck when a chain broke
and hit Bray on the head, killing him in
stantly. Cole and Brown had their rits
broken and suffered internal injuries.
Louis Baehr was tending bar at his sa-
loon, No. q South Front street, Columbus,
as usual. He had just served two GUS
toners, when he took out tho revolver he
keeps under the bar and asked one Of
them how 10 point to shoot himself in the
heart. The customer saw he was in earn
est and made grab for the gun, but
Louis wrenched it away and shot himself
dead, but through the right breast and
not through the heart. He was 30 years
old nd ,ip tn
have been the cause.
Miss Lille IIarter, 20 years old, daugh-
ter of George Harter, farmer of East
LewistOwn, left her home in the first part
of August to visit friends at New Water
terford and Salem. Nothing was heard Of
her until the other day, when she was
taken to the home of Fred Snake, at Co.
lumbiana, by some unknown parties, who
stated that she was unable to proceed |
home and wanted to stay few days. |
Soon after her arrival she was taken .vio- |
lently i'll and died. Considerable mystery |
surrounds the case. Doctors claim she |
died of peritonitis. An inquest will prob
ably be held.
Jacob Krupp, Swiss farm hand, mys-
teriOusly disappeared near Alliance. |
His remains in an advanced state of de-
conf mp0SltlOa were discovered IN 1enCO |
corner partially covered by wood. A bull
let hole in his side and revolver lying |
by his side would indicate that he commit
ted suicide.
A grOce;'s account book was instru-
mental in causing the arrest of William
Blankenshet, charged with stealing sheep
from ii. Stctson, Il firmer near Loran.
The book was accidentally dropped the
night of the theft, and it furnished the pO-
lice an excellent c!ew. Blankensbet was
bound over to the grand jury.
John Leonard, "a year old boy of Co.
lumbus, stopped an ice cream wagon anC
bought some ''hokey-pokey," which he
shared with his mother and three little
sisters. All were taken violently ill, and
q physician worked over them all night.
The ice-cream will be investigated by the
Health Board.
Arthur Reuter-, the 12-year-old son oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav Reuter-, &7 Henry
street, Dayton, met with very painful
accident. In company with an elder
brother he was shooting sparrows. The
brother shot at a sparrow, the ball strik-
ing Arthur in the face under the right eye.
tearing its way to the nose. The eye-bal,
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