The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-09-02
WITHIN OUR BORDER.
A WEEKS RECORD OF OHIO
HAPPENINGS.
An interesting Summary Of the More I'm
portant Doings of Our NeighborsLWed-
dings and Denths-Crimes, Casualties,
and General State News Notes.
Minor Efatc Items.


j. w. McKinnon. who has been Super
intendent of the London schools for the
past twenty years, has been chosen to a
similar position at MiddletOwn.
At London the County Commissioners
have sold s13, $50 of road improvement and
county ditch bonds to Seasongood & May
er of Cincinnati, at their bid of $3.50 90
premium.
Henry Gillespie. farmer, dropped
dead in the Star Restaurant at Findlay.
The case was considered mysterious, but
a post-mortem held showed death was
due to heart failure.
The barn of Ben jamin E. Beal, just
south of BucyruS, was strucd by light
ming and destroyed, with 1,5OO bushels
of wheat. John Kannel also had two
barns destroyed by lightning.
A chicken Matched in James Noonan's
poultry yards in Tiffin has three separate
and distinct legs, and is able to use all of
them. One leg carries "club foot, and
another six well-developed toes.
Mr.. F. o. Mcmillan, a wealthy citizen
of Jamestown, died very suddenly while
seated in the Main Street NJ. E. Church.
Mr.. Mcmillan was member of the we'll
known firm of Wickersham & Mcmillan.
A party of Findlay capitalists are in
ferested in valuable gold fields in the
Southern part of Richland County, near
Butler, and have Eeen quietly prospecting
for the past month, with very satisfactory
results.
At the Green County Fair, the Hon. JO-
ID xx,yoD Dr.
resentative in the Legislature, was seri-
ously injured in runaway, which oc-
Cured on the grounds. His little grand
child was also hurt.
The residence of Gus Kuemmerling Of
Hamilton, was entered by burglars and
s8 in money was secured. Some 5000
worth of jewelry was pushed aside and
left behind. Other places were visited,
but no entrance made.
The National Wall Paper Company of
New York has qualified under the act of
1884 to do business in the State, with
headquarters in Toledo and Cincinnati.
The capital stock is s30,0OO,0O0. This is
the National Wall Paper Trust.
The youth who was found ON the streets
of Tiffin several weeks ago, after having
Cteu ONcICOiUc Will neat, duu WIN was
taken to the County Infirm-
ary, has not recovered consciousness, and
is thought to be dying. His identity is a
At Chillicothe, Henry Ackerman, who
tried to commit suicide by setting his bed
on fire and was recently placed in Jail to
await an examination into his sanity by
the Probate Judge. has been released, but
died an hour afterward. He was IS years
years old.
William Brown, married man, was
at Fox for criminal assault upon
Mrs. Charles Eagleson. He was ar
raigned before Squire Ridgeway, and gave
bond in the sum of $500 for his appear
ance. Mrs. Eagleston's dress was torn off
and she was otherwise injured.
The other day SamSel Williamson was
sent to the POorhOuse at MiddletOwn. A
few days later he was released. BY the
death of relative in Horseham County,
Sam and his children have
fallen heir to 5000. The settlement of
The estate is in the hands of p. p. La
Tourette of Middletown, and the money
will be there in few days.
j. P. Purdum, attorney for the Equit-
able Savings and Loan Association Com
pany, has filed suit against ex-Mayor
Volney II. Row of Portsmouth, 10 collect
z, ,637, which he claims Row is short in
lis account as Secretary of that associa-
ion. The directors of the association last
ipring published signed statement that
Row was not short.
Harriet Cotton, agod % years, and re-
siding near Hamlet, attended country
lance at Centerville. After dancing all
evening and while still dancing, she fell
10 the floor unconscious. 1t was at first
thought that Miss Cotton had injured her
read, but it now develops that she did
lot. and the attending physician is puz-
lied by the symptoms.
George Englert of Portsmouth. commit
ed suicide in the presence of his mother,
Mrs. Mary Englert, proprietor of res
by shooting himself in the head
lie was % years of age, and leaves wife
who is residing with relatives in Cincin-
lati. The son was talking to his mother
md was apparently in good humor.
he drew a revolver, and before
lis mother could interfere sent the bullet
through his brain.
Charles Lace, an aged resident OF Con-
ord, was cruelty tortured by burglars.
Four masked men entered his house and
hreatened to kill him if he would not
land over his money. Lace declared that
le had none to give them. The robbers
hen bound and gagged him, and started
O ransack the house. Finding nothing of
'alue they burned the feet of the old man
With lamp in an effort to make him tell
har nf
eriOusly injured.
Schlatter, the healer at Canton, through
"manager," has made the announce
nent that all who desired his services
would be requested to put up in advance,
or he would not "touch" another palm
nless it was lined with coin. When the
'layor heard this lie sent Schlatter word
hat he would have to take out permit
osting s. day, the same as any other
akir or vender. The manager says that
ather than pay the fee Schlatter will
lose up his ''healing" business there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Conington, while
irving up geek near Batavia, were
brown from their buggy, and Mr.. Con-
ngton was seriously injured. Thomas
,tillman, farmer, caught the runaway
orse Just in time 10 save Mr.. Con-
ngton from being hurled over bridge to
lis death.
Mrs. Theodore Burkey of Canton, on
he way to Bellefontaine in a wagon
without any covering, became the mother
f baby boy one mile south OF Wooster.
The wagon was run into piece of tim
er, and all that sheltered mother and
abe from steady rain were several
'ieces of old carpet.
Sheriff Brucks and Architect Backman
f Hamilton, are working on scheme to
ave criminals carried by express COM
anies in steel wire cages as express mat
er, thus doing away with extra expense
ttached in sending deputies and the an
oyance connected with it. They will
resent their plan to the Auditor of State
a short time.
Samuel HOstetter, a farmer near WOos-
er, while craZed with religious excite
lent and laboring under the delusion
nat the Lord had called upon him for a
acrifice, tried to cut young sons throat.
Irs. Hostetter came to her sons rescue,
nd was terribly cut about the hands
'hile getting the razor from the crazed
IAN. Uostetter is in Jail.
News has reached ChilIicothe OF an at
,n,nt to ,nnicnn tho family 0f InsQnh