The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-29
Minor State Items.

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Frank Brown, colored teamstcr Of
Sidney, was struck by C.. II. aud ID.
passenger train ami instantly killed.
Miss Eliza Young of Utway, who re-
Gently lost all her property by FIRE and
was thus rendered penniless, has become
insane.
The Council of Gallipolis has passed
an ordinance prohibiting girls of II from
being n.the streets without escorts after
9 O'Clock at night.
The tube works strike at youngstown
has taken an unexpected turn, and now
the management has announced that the
plant has teen shut down indefinitely.
Harry Daley, the brakeman, and John
Pagan, the fireman, injured in the loco
motive boiler explosion, have both died
at the st. Elizabeth Hospital at Dayton.
Word has reached Wellsvile that Frank
Beresford, who went to Mexico for his
health two months ago, has been found
murdered and plundered in greaser land.
At Portsmouth,, James Greenslate and
Henry BOllman were sentence to year
each in the renitentiary. This makes six
men sent up for the same offtnse at this
term of the Scioto County Court.
Mrs. Minnie Ilansett, aged 20 years,
lied at her home in Warren. She came
from the South in the sixties, and has
often spoken of her acquaintance in Ten
nassee with "Old Hickory" Andrew
Jackson.
Senator Charles NJ. Hogg of Bellaire,
has sold $1,000 pounds of wool to N. l..
Cutler, of the firm of Hobbs, Taft & Co.,
pt Boston, at 22 cents pound. This is
The highest price paid in that section for
long time.
Joseph Dodge, one of the most promi-
nent farmer of Grandview Township,
near Marietta, was found hanging in his
barn, having committed suicide. He was
dead when reached. No cause can lie
ascribed for the act.
Miss Nellie Baird, a popular young lady
of Wrightsville, in company with several
other young ladies, was engaged in play
ing ball, when one of the batters let go of
the hat accidentally and it struck Miss
Baird in the face, breaking her nose.
Pardons have been issued by Gov.
Bushnell for j. P. Mccarthy, Hamilton
County; William Lelbold, Sandusky;
John Huntley, Athens; John Cowan,
Auglaize; Matt Singer, Cuyahoga; John
T. Riddle, Shelby, ami Ross Miller,
Monroe.
In the case of William NJ. Warren vs..
the Interstate Casualty Company of New
York, to recover on an insurance policy
on the life of his son, tried in the Common
Pleas Court at Delaware, the jury re-
turned verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum of SIS 9i5.
In attempting to prevent her 1-year-o!d
oh fal 70 ha Ire
T. Hines of Spring Hills, dropped tea
pot of boiling tea which she was carry
ing, ON table. The contents splashed on
the child, scalding it so badly that it died
from the effects.
After period of more than forty years
of welded life Thomas Finney of Day
ton, has sued his wife Annie for divorce.
He alleges ill-treatment on the part
Of his wife, ard in consequence was COM
PEELED to live apart from Eer. Lie also
asks for alimony.
Elijah Kaufman, so years oil, and we'll
TO do, left Wooster few days ago in
company with several companions for his
home. The party had gallon of whis-
ky. Later Kauffman's body was found
along the road. The fact that his vest
was found bu,toned up his back. and
numl er of bruises on his body, leads to
suspicion that he met with four play. The
Coroner is investigating.
Frank Shaffer disappeared from Ports
mouth fourteen years ago. Snce that
time his parents and friends have made
svery effort to find him without avail.
The other day he was officially declared
legally dead, and j. z. Purdum was ap-
pointed administrator o. his estate. which
consists of money recently left him by his
mother. lie has relatives of the same
family name in Cincinnati and Piqua.
In the rear of Matt Mller's saloon in
Newark, Frank Davis of Homer,
shot Sampson Hartman twice. One bull
let struck Harriman's face, the other PEN
etrated his chest, just missing the heart.
Drs. Smith and Miller removed one
bullet from Harriman'S back, the other
having passed through his cheek. The
wound is regarded as fatal, yet the doc
tCrs admit there is a strong chance for re-
cOvery.
Miss Loretta Brookover of West Union,
lett few days ago for Oberlin College,
where her parents had made arrange
ments for her to attend school. Instead
of going to college, the young lady took
a trip to Detroit. Mich. Later her mother
received a letter from her, stating that
she had married gentleman OF that city,
but did not give his name. Her parents
are greatly worried over their daughter
strange action.
Thinking fire in the baseburner had
gone out Mrs. Philip A. Zeis of Fostoria.
poured gasoline into the stove. 1t came
in contact with live cO,l, causing All ex-
plOsiOn. Her cries soon brought neigh
bOrs to The scene, but her clothing had
caught fire and was almost all burned off.
In trying to get the remainder off Miss
Sophia Shaffer WAS painfully burned.
The woman was burned TO a crisp from
knees TO heal and died in few hours.
1t is said secret organization exists in
the northern rart of SciotO County, hav-
ing for its object the ASSASSINATION of
Isaac Smith, who was sentenced eight
different times to hang for the alleged
murder of Skidmore, and who was finally
pardoned. The conspiratOrs are said 10
be friends of the SkidmOre5. Smith mani
tests no fear, hut his friends. ii is said,
ire apprehens.ve lest he he the victim OF
ioul play. Smith is generally regarded at
Buena Vista as being innocent OF having
SIX idmore.
The last act of the Springfield City
Council which hIs Just gwen way to q
newly elected one was to pass the cuIfew
which has been before that
body for over year. 1t provides that all
children under Ii years of age must be in
heir homes al 9 O'c.Ock p. M.
The State SupreI-s Court has announced
he apI ointment of examiners TO: the
Cincinnati Law School for the suing
,ear as follows: e. f. Malsbury, Cincin-
lati; Aaron Blackford, Findlay: John
". McKeown, Dayton: Henry Gumble
md Walter Morrison, Columbus. AMI
Fred Hertenstein OF Cincinnati. The tx-
i'm nation will be held May ~.
After being mourned as dead for nearly
ixty years Coleman Cory has returned tc
lis native county, Trumbuil, and is now
-iSiting his older brother, Orin Cory, one
# the oldest settlers of the Western Re-
erve. The brother so long lost TO his
elatives went West and now resides with
lis family at Lebanon, Mo.
DIR. Salisbury, the veterinary surgeon Of
n ttx, 70. s