The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-08-02

Vaughn, serving two years. sentence from
Holmes County for Criminal assault. The
pardon was granted because Of the INSULT
cheney Of tbs evidence.
The Fire Department, with hooks and
ladders, under command Of Health Officer
GrOsh, caused much excitement at Toledo
by tearing down hundreds Of square yards
OF bill boards In various parts Of the city.
The nineteenth child was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Moore, Of Monroe Falls.
recently. This Is believed to be the largest
family In the state. There are three pairs
of twins. Moore works for $3.50 per day
and has bank account.
John Haver, business man Of Bucyrus,
was struck by lightning while driving in
the country. His horse was instantly
killed. Mr.. Haver's clothing was torn
from his body and set on fire. He was
badly burned, but will recover. The resi-
dences Of George Daiber and T. Price were
also struck.
At the lime quarries of the COrnelia
Mining Company at Wellston, premature
explosion of blast Of dynamite injured a
number of men. Eph Huston, aged q,
single, had his left hand blown off. Pieces
OF his hand were blown into his body. He
will die. Elliott Marks, Lewis Barnes
and John Irvine were hurt.
In response to request from the Prose-
cutting Attorney Of Marion County, At
torney General Sheets has rendered an
opinion to the effect that coroners have the
riohf tn hold ;pruocfo only xrhau tbor, 4.
doubt existing as to the manner in which
the deceased met death. Under no other
circumstances should the fees be paid.
During storm John Ripper and John
Rogers, T. and D. c. section men working
north of Kent0n, were struck by lightning,
and both seriously injured. Rogers has
the image of a tree burned on his left side.
His left shoulder, leg and face are badly
burned, Ripper is even worse injured
than Rogers. 1t is thought, however, that
the men will live, though they may be
crippled.
The west bound passenger train on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad struck
wagon at a crossing four miles west Of
Tiffin, killing the teamster, Andrew Kuhn,
and his horses. Three young men riding
ON the locomotive pilot were struck by
flying fragments. William Wilson was in
stantly killed, Charles Matz had q leg and
arm broken and will die, and Roy Fon-
cannon was injured. All four belong to
Tifiin.
1t is the hope Of Governor Nash that q
large party Of representative Ohio citizens
can be made up to attend the launching Of
the battleship Ohio, at San Francisco some
time in November. The exact date Of the
launching has not yet been set, though
sufficient notice will be given all who in
tend to go: He has appointed Colonel j.
ID. Ellison. NJ. G. Dennis0n and W. &.
Bowerland. all of Columbus, as q Com.
mittee OF ARRANGEMENTS
: Three men claiming the West as their
home, but who have been working on a
farm near Delphos for the past two weeks.
few DAYS ago purchased keg Of beer
and went into the woods to drink 1t.
Shortly after they had finished the beer
one of the men, named Henry, became
violently ill and died. The other two men
are deathly i'll and It is thought they will
die. They told the attending physicians
that the beer had made them i'll. The keg
was procured and knocked to pieces, when
1 dead rattlesnake about two and half
feet long was found to have made its home
in the keg.
James HOLMAN, aged IS, was run over
in the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad
yards at Bellaire. His legs were cut of
and he was injured internally. He died
in few hours after the accident. 80
A rat was responsible for bad fire in
a North HOward-street tenement house,
Akron, One of the bOarders arose to look
for a rat which had been bOthering him by
gnawing at the door. He found the rodent,
but in the excitement dropped the lamp,
and an explosion followed. The house
was in flames in an incredibly short time.
Several people were nearly suffocated be-
fore they could be rescued by firemen.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hawley little Leila McDiil, daughter of
Alex. McDill, a prominent miller of Col
lege Corners, was shot through the neck
with shotgun. The child had gone to
visit the Hawley family, and while romp-
ing in the kitchen knocked gun down.
The weapon was discharged and the con-
tents passed through the child's neck,
causing instant death by severing the Jug
ular vein.
The lie sentence of George Burchell,
who has been an inmate of the peniten-
tiary since 1892, was committed TO twenty
years by Governor Nash. Burchell is
Williams County murderer. Communication
will release him in five years.
While County Clerk and Mrs. Jasper n.
GOsnell were out riding at Marysville, in
a phaeton their spirited horse became
frightened and ran away. Both occupants
were hurled down the steep embankment
at the Fair Grounds, the phaeton falling
on top Of them. They were dragged in
this manner considerable distance, and
Mrs. GOsnell received several broken ribs
and injuries to her head, while Mr.. Cos
nell sustained a fracture Of the spine and
internal injuries from which it is feared
he will never recover.
At Bellefontaine, Ervine Lane, aged S.
is dead as result OF eating g0Oseberries.
which had been spripkled with paris !
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