The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-08-05
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| SciotO River, near Westield.
John Brown of Bellefontainp, was en-
| gagged in hiving a swarm of bees in a tree,
when the tree feel ON him, killing him
instantly.
James Stonebraker, a miner was run
over and killed by freight train on the
Cleveland, LOrain and Wheeling Railroad
| at Barton Station.
Mrs. John Slosser of Fostora, spilled
lard on the face and right side of an IL
months old infant, scalding it so badly
that death is probable.
| Walter Sang, 16-Year-o old boy of
| Wooster, received terribla gunshot
wound in his left side. lie was trying TO
shoot cat and fell as he was climbing
over a fence, when the weapon was dis
charged. He may recover.
| The wife of Edward Green, farmer
near Tiffin, hanged herself to rafter In
| her husbands barn. She had been BROOD
| ing over the religious training of her three
small children, she and her husb band be-
| longing TO different churches.
At Portsmouth, Sherman StahI,
| young man, was fatally stabbed recently
| by Joseph BOldman. Sthal is dying,
and Boldman has fled and has not yet
been apprehended. The two men had
quarreled about a young lady in the
vicinity.
Mrs. Vernon BisSeli snd her two chill
dren, Frank and Maudie. of Akron, were
seriously burned. The little girl will die.
Mrs. BisSell was cleaning woodwork with
gasoline. One of the children stepped on
| match and set it afire. The house was
destroyed.
Arrangements have been made whereby
the Ohio Alaska Gold Mining Company
will be formed in Warren to prospect in
Alaska. A party of ten, mostly OF War
ren, and including several professional
men, will cave soon prepared for an in
definite stay.
Miss Lillian NJ. Rohrbaugh of Youngs-
town, who graduated from Heidelburg
University in Tiffin recently, will soon
take her departure as missionary to
Sendai, Japan, under the auspices of the
WOman's Missionary Society Of the Re-
formed Church.
John CoCghlan dropped dead in Elyria.
He was member of the famous "Bln-
key" Nor gan gang, and was indicted and
tried several years ago for the murder of
Detective Hulligan of Cleveland. Nor
gan was convicted and hanged, but
Coughlan was acquitted.
Herman Sperm, a travelling printer,
aged 43, jumped from train at Defiance,
and was thrown under the wheels, having
both legs broken. Spenn'S home is in
St. Catherine, Ont, where he has wife
and child. He is member of the Knights
of Pythias and is being cared for by the
local lodge.
Otto and Casper Harmon leave Leipsic
for Alaska soon. Their father, Ira Har-
mon, was a iorty-niner. Their uncle,
John Harmon, spent five years in Alaska,
and has son there. who, it is supposed,
found something rich. Their brother Ira
has mines in California. They are not
noviceS, and have been in the mines West,
and leave farms and families.
Arthur Dement,, once wealthy farmer
near Portsmouth, has filed suit to set
aside deeds OF his property made to his
son, John ii. Dement,, several yeirs ago.
lie says that the deeds were executed un-
der consideration that his son should give
him a home and clothe and board him.
This, he says, young John refused to do,
compelling him to i've on charity.
John Turner of Portsmouth, was shot
and seriously wounded by William Sim
pier at dance at Simpler's Grove, near
South Portsmouth. Turner and Harry
Hicks were fighting. Simpler, who had
charge of the dance, interfered. Turner
assaulted him and Simpler drew his re-
voIver. In the scuffle that ensued the re-
volver was discharged. Simpler has not
been arrested.
Farmers in Crawford County, and, in
fact, all through Northern Ohio, are in
quandary. They have more wheat this
year than they can comfortably handle.
The yield in some portions of the county
is reported to be in the neighborhood Of
fifty bushels TO the acre. Farmers are
unable to get it threshed, and the grain is
sprouting in the shock. Hundreds of
dollars are being lost by every weeks
delay.
A quarrel at Frankfort between John
Bigler, saloon keeper, and his brother
n-law, John Kaiser, terminated in
shooting scrape in which kaiser's face r.
and shoulders were filled with small shot.
When Kaiser entered the saloon Bigler
opened fire on him with revolver loaded
with shot cartridges. lie fired five times,
but inflicted no serious injuries. Kaiser
was armed but did not return the fire.
Bigler left town.
An S-year-old son of William Kirkpat-
rick, a farmer living near Grceryille, met
with a horrible death. His father sent
him TO the field to drive a heifer home,
when the little fellow attached himself TO
the animal with piece of binder twine.
The animal started TO Iun and dragged
the hoy around the field several times be-
fore it could he stopped. The little fell
lows back was broken and he was mashed
into an almost unreeOgnizable mass.
Three runaway accidents occurred in
Defiance in one day recently, resulting
injuring five persons, one of whom at
least will die. John Hagan, German
aged 80, was kicked in the
forehead by his horse in a runaway. His
skull was crushed and he cannot recover.
l.. c. Thompson of II0lgate, was
thrown from his carriage in a run
away and dragged two blocks and may
die. Wilbur McGushen, Nelson and Wall
ter Burtsch, all under Syears of age, were
thrown from a wagon and seriously in
jured.
Attorney George w. Emerson, aged As,
died suddenly at Bellefontaine, from
bursting a blood vessel in his brain. He
Was former Prosecuting Attorney for LO-
gan County, ex- City Councilman and Re-
publican candidate for State representa-
tive. He leaves wife and three chill
dren.
David Spruce, student of the TheolOg-
ieal Department of Cedarville College, is
missing since the 18th. He was last seen
in Cedarville near his boarding house.
He was involved in debt, and friends
think he has destroyed himself. Spruce
is native of Philadelphia, and inquiries
to that point have met with no response.
John w. King, a farmer living few
miles south of Washington c. H., was
struck by train while crossing the Ohio
Southern Railroad track at Hale's Cross
ing. He was hurled fifteen feet through
The air, but was not dang rously injured.
Both horses were killed outright and the
large hay wagon was completely demol-
Shed.
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Blackburn has received information that
The groccrs have moved more than fen
.Ons of adulterated sugar out of the State