The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-09-06
WITHIN OUR BORDER.
A WEEKS RECORD OF OHIO
HAPPENINGS.
An Interesting Summary of the Moro I'm
portant Doinss Of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings mud Deaths-Crimes, Casualties
aud General State News Notes.


| Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel toOnS, oil SkldmOrc
street, Columbus, died of hydrorhOba.
Elmer Fitch. a laborer, aged q, was run
over and instantly killed at the Ohio South
ern Depot. in jackson by a yard engine.
Jacob Ncusbaum. Big Four brakeman
fell between the ears at Delaware and was
instantly killed. His home was in Lima.
John I.afrance of Toledo. aged 30 years,
received Fat | injuries few miles east of
that city, by falling from his wheel during
a century run.
James Gault of Ashland, while en-
route home, was attacked by rObber
and stabbed seriously if not fatally. Ho
claims hc recognized his assailant.
Augustus Skinner, of lIart's Grove was
plOwing when his horse ran away. and
skinner became entangled in the reins.
His skull was fractured and he died in a
few hours.
Samuel. T. McCandless, a prominent
physician of Alliance, while cOnversine
with his wife, suddenly fell to the floor and
expired before medical assistance could
reach him.
| Andrew Bane was found dead in b., II.
and c. Railway box car at Bellaire. He
had relatives living on Green street, Alle-
gheny. Penn, and was mOlder by trade.
Cause of death unkI own.
Mrs. Kate Carpenter, a widow, - years
Of age, died rather suddenly at Dayton,
from pneumonia. The contributing cause
Of death was cigarette smoking, to which
she had been addicted.
Charles Hall of Pittsburgh, a camper al
Cold Springs. on the Grand River, near
Jefferson, while in a boat fishing was over
come by the heat, and, falling forward
with his head in the water, drowned be-
fore assistance could reach him.
A year ago Mrs. Isaac FinkbOne sus-
| tanned stroke of paralysis at her homo
ucar Kirkersyille. and she is still helpless
Mr. FlnkbOrc. her husband, 73 years Oi
,ge. also sustained a stroke of paralysis,
| last week. ard is in critical condition.
The 3-ycar- old son of Albert VOgie was
drowned in an open cistern at Findlay
| The mother missed the little one, and, act
ing on a suspicion thrust hoe into the
| lark waters of the cistern, and, to her
| horror. stirred the little baby's dead body
| % the surface.
Jack Cronin, railrOader, was instantly
killed in GAINESVILLE, his body being cut in
| two by IN engine. Letters and cards in
lis coat pocket indicated that he was an
amployc of the e. ii. V. and T., in the ca
paciiy of brakeman. lie came from
Thomas, Penn, only a few days ago.
Two thousand employees of the old At
.antic and Great Western and the Erie
Railroad held reunion at Kent. Officers
elected: President, Hon. Marvin Kent,
Kent; Vice-Prosident, Hon. p. n. Sprague.
Jamestown: Secretary, W. f. Nichols,
| Meadville, Penn. Next annual reunion in
Gallon.
When Mrs, Samuel Crider, living near
circleville. went out to meet her husband,
whose horse and buggy had arrived at the
gate, she found him sitting upright in the
,ehicle, hut dead. He left Laurelville only
short time before in good health. lie
was wealthy farmer. The shock of the
discovery has Frustrated the wife.
Statistics of the work Of the Divorce
Courts of Ohio for the year ending June
30, 1900, compiled by Secretary Of State
Kinney, were made public recently. The
able shows total cases pending S,i57, as
compared with total for the preceding
year of 7.4i5. an increase OF more than
900, and the number Of divorces granted
Turing the past year were 3,S7S, as COM
pared with 3,2i7 for the preceding year, an
increase during the past year divorces
granted of 66l.
Il. NJ. Laird. Of Company q, FOrty-third
L. $. Infantry. reported dead in the
Philippines, reached Warren the other
day. and is with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
j. II. Laird. of MesopOtamia. after an alb
,ence of ten wears. I.airi's left arm was
nearly cut off in Il fight with two FiliPinOs
while he was on guard duty at commits
,ary house. One of the natives he shot
and the other he fought with one arm until
lhe Filipino fell dead. Laird is perman-
| entity disabled.
Benjamine F. Landis and Frank Wade,
10Th of Toledo, who were arrested there
On suspicion of having stolen large num-
ber Of horses in Northwestern Ohio, have
made confessions proving that for many
months they have conducted an extensive
industry in stealing horses, buggies and
harness. and dispOsing Of them in Toledo
and Michigan. Lands was taken to
Leipsic TO answer one charge. Wade will
he taken to Lima. Lands and Wade gave
the name of Il pal whom the police are
after.
One hundred and fifty feet of county
roadway south of Middleburg near Belle
fontaine. sank and disappeared from sight
recently. An upheaval of 200 tons of earth
now stands on either side Of the chaSm
| where the highway was located. Prof.
Edward OrtOn. of Columbus. State GeOlO-
gist. visited the scene. lie says that
Logan and Union Counties are underlaid
by immense lakes and caves, caused by
disintegratUn Of limestone formation
found east of the Miami River. Men were
lowered by ropes into the cave to dis
tance of 200 feet and no bottom was dis
covered. Preparations for extensive ex-
plOrations are being made.
Major Charles W. Moss, aged so years,
died suddenly Of heart failure at rrazil.
He served in the Mexican War, and held
the position of Major in the Civil War.
Frank Hopkins suicided in cell at
Washington c. ii. prison. He was locked
| up for drunkenness. When Chief Skinner
went TO the cell to give Hopkins his sup
per he called to him. but no response
| came. Striking match he discovered
Hopkins hanging from Il small wire
which was looped around his neck and
fastened TO the window grating, his feet
touching the floor. Life was extinct. The
| deceased was well connected.
Workmcn. while cxcavating in Liberty
Township, Logan County, unearthed the
| skeleton of mastOdOn. One whole tusk
| discovered measured seven feet in length
| and ten inches in circumference. 1t will
| he sent to the Smithsonian lnstitutibn IN.
The State canal property will not be
| leased by the State Board Of Public Works
| this year. This statement may be made
positively. Half dozen corporations, at
! least oof them boasting capital running
into the millions. are after lease of the
Miami and Erie Canal. from Toledo to Gin