The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-07-15
Minor State Items.

| Jesse Lands OF New Springfield, hve
miles northeast of COlumbana, suicided
by shooting. Family trouble is said to be
the cause.
Two little boys, named Estep and Zig
Ter, while bathing in small stream near
Mexico were drowned: They were aged Z
and years respectively.
At Cecil, few miles south of Defiance,
in Paulding County. rich strike of oil
was made recently. The well is the first
! paying one in Paulding County.
Mrs. George Hertel, living at Clinton.
| Summit County, is ill from the effects of
| taking carbolic acid. She mistook the
acid for cough medicine, She may re-
! cover.
Scarlet fever broke out in the family of
George Henderson of Portsmouth, the in
fectiOn teing traced directly TO letter
| received from friends in Akron who had
| the disease.
Peter Plapperts' S-months-old child
fell into vessel of bathing water just as
the mother was preparing her for a bath.
She was frightfully scalded and died
shortly after.
Lafayette Dunno, a farmer living
southwest of Tiffin, was crushed against
horse. His ribs were broken and he was
injured internally.
Herman Siebert was attacked at Akron
while returning from dance. He had
trouble with the men at the dance and
one struck at him with knife. The
knife severed three fingers.
David Hanley, Jr., brakeman in the
Panhandle yards in SteubenviIle, in at
tempting to step on the shifting engine
missed his footing and fell Under the
wheels. He was killed instantly.
j. w. Bowen, who established the Nc
Arthur Enquirer in 1867 and was for six
teen years publisher of the paper, died at
his home in Macarthur. lie had been
confined to his bed for eight years.
The 3-year-old daughter of DIR. A. C.
Schwartz of Tiffin, set her clothing on
fire with matches, and was probably fa-
tally burned. Mrs. Schwartz was pain
fully burned extinguishing the flames.
Adjutant General Axline has commits
stoned E. II. Mueller Regimental Com
missary First Light Artillery, Cincinnati;
William Mcmillan Second Lieutenant
Company e, First Infantry, Cincinnati.
The Council of Springfield has passed
an ordinance regulating the sale of cigar
cites. All dealers are required to pay an
annual license OF $40, and all cigarettes
sold must be analyzed by the Health Off
Ger.
DIR. l.. D. Craig, young physician of
Degraff, was drowned in the Miami River
while bathing. He was within 100 feet
of the shore when he was taken with
cramps and drowned in sight Of his wife
and large crowd of people.
Ralph Burt, the 12-year- -old-son of Ly-
man Burt, a business man of Defiance,
was drowned in the Maumee River while
bathing with two companions, neither of
whom could swim. The body was re-
covered after an hours search.
The telegraph tower of the Pitts burgh,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, five
miles east of Orville, was blown over by
wind storm and demolished. Operator
Mathew Misery, who was in the office at
the time, was perhaps fatally injured.
The County Commissioners have re-
fused the petition to annex territory to
the city of Akron, which would add 1000
to its population. They decided, how
ever, to allow the city to take strip
south of the city which contains about g.
500 people.
Four Cinnamon, Sam Lee, LOi Joe,
FoOng Long and Lung Hen, were re-
ceived at the Penitentiary recently from
Texas, to serve short terms for forgery.
Warden Coffin decided not TO enforce the
hair cutting rule in the Celestials' case,
and their queues we're not cut off.
Charles Fletcher, carpenter, assaulted
James Hammond at Chillicothe, beating
him over the head with a club and cut
4 II bot l-,,if Iaa
victim in a critical condition. Fletcher
was building house for Hammond and
the quarrel arose over the number of f1ues
to put in chimney.
At last the Penitentiary is self-sustain-
ing. Warden Coffin has made his report
for the past month to the Board of Man.
ayers. The report showed that in June
the institution had earned for the State
81 2S0.60 over and above all expenses.
This makes the average balance for the
past four months ON the right side of the
ledger, and is the best showing the Peni-
tentiary has made.
Miss Sarah Wright, maiden lady,
aged " years, of Dayton, accidentally
fell or plunged with suicidal intent fiom
a thrd-story window at the DeacOness
Hospital, and received injuries that
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means led to the discovery of the injured
woman.
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