The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-01
ALL AROUND
THE STATE
Is Where These Specials Are
Gathered Up.
OHIO NEWS INCoNDENsED FORM
A streetsboro Man Drinks Poisoned Water
IAN Aged Married Man shumes
on His Mortal Cou--Death
On the Rail, Etc.

Tiffin, July 31.-Paul Lehman, aged
10, residing at Attica, near here,
drowned while bathing.
Wellsville, July 81 Owen Pry, aged
16, son OF Robert Pry, was drowned
while bathing. The body has been re-
covered.
Blauchester, July 31.-Harley Klock,
an epileptic, fell in front of B, 81 o.
S. w. freight train and was killed at
Klock's crossing.
Kent, July 31.--Dudley Hobart, OF
Streetsboro, drank water into which
his little child had thrown poison He
Is not expected to recover.
Fremont, July 31.-Melvin Parks,
aged "a and married, hung himself In
a carriage shed. He was found dead by
his wife. III health was the cause.
Newark, July 31.-John Wheeler,
one OF the best known engineers on the
B. & o., has sustained stroke OF par
alysis. He is speecbless and will likely
die.
Marion, July 31.-The latest freak in
this locality Is six-legged calf. The
extra feet are perfectly formed and
grow out at the knee joint of one Of the
front legs.
Lima, July 31.-Will Deitrick, aged
81, fell aseep while stealing ride on q
Q. 81. & d. freight train. His body
was picked up at Columbus Grove in
an unrecognizable heap.
Mansfield, July 31.-Mrs John Sher-
man has experienced another stroke of
paralysis, and though the stroke was q
slight one, her condition previously
has been such as to make her case SER
ious.
Carey, July 31.-James M. Widney,
a resident OF this place, is wanted for
deserting from the U. S. army. He got
as far as San Francisco and was then
seemingly lost in the shuttle.
Akron, July 31.-Sheriff Bokart, of
Lima, arrested w. II. Reynolds here
on the charge of embezzlement. While
the sheriff was purchasing ticket his
prisoner escaped. He has not been re-
captured.
Lima, July 31.-Edward Parish, COL
ored, shot bullet through the breast
of Harry Huffman, white, while show
ing how to shoot Mexicans. The lat
ter has been arrested and Parish is
likely to die..
Painesville, July 31.-Jacob Matti-
SUI, - ldoorSr, yduDSu hulic u6bW6Sn
the ribs of an Italian named Charles
Tuna. The blow was aimed at Tuna's
heart, but the blade struck a whiskey
flask and glanced off.
Ravenna, July 31.-Henry Henle, who
has been employed at the Standard Oil
company's Office in Cleveland, came
home here and after giving his mother
the money he had saved for three
f,oOntho mapt fn tho oh ad opl hlauy
out his brains.
Tiffin, July 31.-Sheath & Cunning
hams grain elevator at Green Spring
was totally destroyed by fire. The
firm named are lessees of the building
and 10000 bushels of wheat were burn
ed. Total loss about $50, 900. Insurance
ION building $4,000 and grain fully in
sured.
Warren, July 31.-Grant Bartholo-
NEW, the six years old son of Arthur
Bartholomew, was shot in the face and
badly wounded. The ball entered, be-
tween the bridge OF his nose and his
left eye. A Youngstown boy, whose
name could not be learned, did the
shooting. He has not been found.
Cleveland, July 31-Frank Spangler,
while in q drunken stupor, mistook the
Cleveland & Chagrin Falls electric
track for bed and went to sleep on
the rails. A car came along and he
was dragged quite distance, but
strange as 1t may seem, he was only
slightly hurt a fracture OF his collar
bone being the most serious.
Newark, July 3l.-The Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad company have decided
to abandon the tunnel at Cambridge,
o., which was constructed in 1868, and
has made great deal OF trouble by re-
peated cave-ins. A number OF men
have been killed in the tunnel, and the
most recent cavern was on Thursday
last. They will build track around
the tunnel, and have already begun the
work.
Steubenville, July 31.-An engine
and three dirt cars, standing on steep
grade switch track at Portland, were
started down grade by a loose Car
which struck them, and they were all
ditched at the bottom and damaged,
main track. Engineer Mel Lewis was
| cut about the face. All the others
saved themselves injury by jumping.
Findlay, July 3l.-An awful tragedy
occurred in Pleasant township at the
home OF George Dunn, prosperous
farmer. In play George, Jr,, a six
year-old son, accidentally shot and
killed his seven-year-old sister, blow
ing the top of her head off. The fran
tic parents heard thereport and rushed
into the room. They found their
daughter lying in pool of blood aud
the baby boy still holding the smoking
shotgun. The gun had been carelessly
left in corner OF the room. The par
ents are crazed over the act.
Columbus, July 31.-Jesse Castle, an
eight-year-old boy who had been miss
ing for several days from a camp along
the banks Of Big Walnut creek, where
he was with number OF young COM
panions, has returned and Is now safe
at home. He tells most remarkable
story as to the cause OF his disappear
ance. He says big burly negro en-
tered the camp and forcibly carried
him away, despite his cries for help. A
dog in the camping party followed the
negro and bow, and finally effected the