The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-30
NEWS OF OUR OHIO.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
An Interesting Summary of the More Ir,-
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wcd-
dings and Deaths-Crimes, Casualties and
General Buckeye News Notes.
Minor State Items.


gathering eggs fell from a straw stack
and dislOcated her neck, dying instantly.
Attorney Franklin Defrees of Belle
fOntaine, while crossing a field, was at
tackled by ferocous boar and bitten on
both legs.
The new National Bank of Frankfort
has opened its doors for business. The
people Of Franklin have been without
bank for a year or more.
Miss Lutte, daughter of Alfred Eding-
ton of Rome, seized George LiteI's PEN
sion check and threw it into the fire. Her
mind is demended over religion.
Workmen employed in making exeava-
tions for new building in the center of
Tiffin found lead in small quantities i'll
the ground down about twelve feet.
Robert Watt of Portage County, arrest
ed in Youngstown for robbery of cas- at
Deforest, was sentenced to the Penitcn-
tiary tor one year hy Judge Gillmer.
The saloon of Ed Wemers was robbed
of lot of liquor and cigars in James
town. The contents of slot machine
and the cash drawer we're also taken.
Joseph and Gerhardt Brantz were
stopped by lone highwayman while on
their way to Wapakoneta, a revolver was
flashed in their faces and they were
robbed.
Albert Briggs, coored, of Marion, was
sentenced TO the Mansfield Reformatory
for an indefinite period. In August last
he stole horse and buggy from Mason &c
Dix and sold them in Columbus.
Arthur Ledyard, who has been on trial
recently in Port Clinton on the charge of
manslaughter, was acquitted. Ledyard
sho. and accidentally killed f. C. Linder
OF Johnscn's Island last summer.
At Springfield Daniel Geiger, Big
Four switchman, fell while making a
coupling and had both legs taken Off be-
low the knee. He died at the hospital.
The deceased was 80 years old and lived
at gainesville.
The Pickaway County Children's Home
was entirely destroyed by fire. The fire
originated from the explosion of lamp.
All the inmates escaped and everything of
value was saved. The loss is about s., 900;
insurance $1,000.
William Montgomery Brown, Archdea-
con of The Protestant Episcopal diocese OF
Ohio, has decided to accept his election as
Bishop COadjutor of Arkansas. His con-
secratiOn will take place in Little Rock
some time iii January.
Overpressure of natural gas at Toronto
caused the hot water boiler of .tSHe son
Salmon's large residence to explode,
| blowing the roof oif, firing the debris and
destroying the house and contents. The
family narrowly escaped. Loss, sS 900.
The marine season has just closed in
Ashtabula. Never in the history of the
| port have the receipts of ore been as great
| as this season. The entire ore receipts
amount to 3,016. lis tons. The coal skip
mentS for the season were 1,012, 755 tons.
Mrs. Henry Davis, young colored wo-
man of Pittsburgh, coming to Newark
with her husband for work, was knocked
off the Pam handle fridge by train into
Raccoon Creek and killed. The husband
| jumped from in front of the train aHd es:s
| capped.
! The construction of the longest electric
railway in Ohio will begin January 6.
1t will be known as the Columbus and
Buckeye Lake Electric Street Railway,
| and will extend from Columbus TO New
ark, "a distance of 80 miles. 1t is to be fin
ished by May l.
The Commissioners of Stark County
have at last offered a reward for the ap-
| prehension of the parties who robbed and
murdered John Har;ong, near Green
town, on the night of Dec. 2. They will
| pay $500 for the arrest and conviction of
the guilty ones.
Three weeks ago a fine barn on John
| Hague's farm near GAINESVILLE, along with
all the contents, was destroyed. y few
days ago another barn on the same farm
was destroyed, with loss of over $1,000.
Five horses and III head of cattle per-
ished in the fire.
Ira NJ. Allen, rs years old, and one OF
| Canton's oldest and hest-knOwn cit Zens,
has died of heart trouble. He served the
county as Treasurer two terms, was at
one time Superintendent of the Charity
School at Massillon and an ex-Superin-
tendent of the Canton Public Schools.
Mrs. Mary Cory, handsome widowolS
% years, bearing in her arms a baty girl,
| arrived in Akron recently from New York
| City. She was met at the depot by j.
Edward Writ of Akron, and they were
welded by Rev. E. LaypOft. The mar
riage was the result of e matrimonial
cad" placed in newspaper a year ago.
Gov. Bushnell has pardOned Eva Will
| son of Shelby County. She was serving a
twO-year-term for bigamy. and her guilt
! was simply technical one. Charles Z.
| Cortney of Fulton County, one year for
burglary and larceny, was also pardOned.
He had stoltA wheat to provide for his
family. Elias Anshe0 was the third pris-
oner favored. He was serving an
eighteen months term from Lorain Coun-
ty for manslaughter. His wife had died
recently, leaving several children.
Samuel Seaburn disappeared from his
home, near Adamville, twenty years ago.
He was thought to have been drowned.
The other day bearded man appeared at
the Seaburn homestead and told the aged
James Sealurn that he was his lOng-lost
son. He had rTn away TO sea. He had
| enough of the sea when he reach Austria
| liza and hired out to wealthy wool grow
er. The latter adopted him and when he
died recently left Seaburn his property.
Seaburn will return to Australia in the
spring.
The POultney Foundry and Machine
Company of Youngstown has assigned.
The assets are $4,000. and the liabilities
but small percentage of that amount.
Inability to realize on outstanding ac-
counts was the cause OF the assignment.
about fifty of Toledo most enterpris-
| ing business men me: in the Council
Chamber recently and organized stock
company to be known as the Ohio Cen
tennial Company, the purpose oil which
is to secure for Toledo the location of the
Ohio Centennial there in 1908. and to:pro-
vide for taking care of it. The company
| will be Incorporated In a lew days, Win
Capitalization of $5JO.000.
Ruth Bell The S-year- daughter of
John Bell of Canton, was burned to death
while playing with little brother. The
two were left in the house alone for few
moments, and when the mother came in the
little girl was burning from head TO feet.
She was sensible for some time, and just
before she died said: Mamma, Johnnie
did it."
There were at least score of accidents
in Massillon recently caused by the glare
| of ina nouarinn the strpaf and SiipWalllS.