The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-03-15
AROUND A BIG STATE.
INTERESTING ITEMS OF LATR
OHIO NEWS,
What Our Neigfbors Are Doing-Asttsss
of General ard Local Interest-Mar-
riages and Deaths hs-Accidents and Grimes
-Porsonal Pointers About Ohio People.
Minor State Items.

| Minor state Items.
George Spade. while hauling hay at Bu-
cyrus, fell from the load. fracturing his
spine.
Defective furnace pipes caused the de-
structiOn of the First Baptist Church in
COnneaut. Loss total, insured.
T, The elevator and grist mill of q. ".
Weiser at Gilboa was totally destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $4,000, par
TALLY insured.
William Palmer, wanted in Carlise, Ky.
for horse stealing. was arrested in Spring
field and induced to accompany Detective
James Davis to Kentucky.
| Mrs. Rose Tauro of Niles, who forfeited
her bail in Warren on a murder charge. is
renOrted to have been located at Brier
| Hill, suburb of Youngstown.
Lemuel Irving. veteran hearse driver of
| Cleveland, is in a serious condition as i
result of a street car colliding with his fu-
neral van. He was thrown to the ground.
striking on his head.
| Mrs. Mary Henry of Akron, died from
the effects of washing soda. She swal-
lowed it believing that it was sugar. Since
| the accident she was unable to eat any
thing ard slowly starved to death.
| The little son Of Henry Dietz of Everett
street. LOrain, fell into the cellar of his
home and was drowned. The parents were
busy elsewhere. The cellar had about
| eighteen inches of water due to the floods
The County Commissioners have de-
cided to submit to the voters Of the county
| at the April election the question of re-
building the ''Y" bridge in GAINESVILLE The
proposed new bridge is estimated to cost
$3.50. 600.
Herbert Diehl, IS years old. while work
Ing at the works Of the Falls Rivet and
Machine Company in CuyahOga Falls.
| sustained fatal injuries. A large pile of
brick fell upon him and his back was
broken.
The damage suit of Mrs. Jennie White
| OF DelphOs, against Justin Brewer, the
| wealthy Ada banker and business man.
| was settled out of court by Brewer paying
her $1,000, she to pay her attorney fees
| and all costs.
\ petition in voluntary bankruptcy was
| filed in Bueyrus by A. J. Salzer, who has
been running department store. Salzer
came from Cleveland, where he has
wealthy parents, his father being in the
dry goods business.
Ernest Orphal, is years of age. Demo-
cratic candidate for Assessor from the First
Ward, WapakOneta, died suddenly from
heart disease. lie was nominated over
three opponents and was so OyerjOyed that
the excitement killed him.
Another pool of oil has been struck on
the Holmes lot, just east of Cadiz. 1t is
pronounced good for fifty barrels. Ad-
Joining and several pieces inside the cor
poration are commanding big bonuses. 1t
looks like town lot craze.
Abraham Marchand, SO years old, was
discovered frozen to death, standing
against tree in Eugene Stutz's woods,
near Mt. Eaton. He had been missed one
week, and il is presumed he was frozen to
death in the bitter cold recently.
At KentOn Judge MelhOrn sentenced
James Mctiraw TO serve fifty days and pay
the costs of prosecution for the killing of
Samuel Ewing last election time. Nc
Graw was indicted for manSlaughter, but
got Off with an assault and battery verdict.
Burglars at st. Clairsville set fire to
.JOhnsOn's furniture store. The building
and contents and the residence of Judge
Tallman were totally destroyed, and sew
eral other houses adjoining were badly
damaged. The loss will be $4,000, with
insurance to cover. There is no clue to
the parties.
Packages OF excelsior soaked with oil
were found in the ii. b. Camp Conduit
Works at Akron. The stuff had evidently
been placed there by parties who intended
to destroy the building by fire. Recently
Mr.. Camp received a number of threaten
ing letters. He was told to order his coffin.
Detectives have the names of the men who
wrote the letters, and arrests will probably
be made.
A well on the Vannette farm south of
Tiffin was shot with glycerine re-
Gently, which resulted in an enormous
flow of oil. A solid column flowed over
the top of the derrick tor three hours.
Fields two miles away were sprayed with
oil. Several houses a half mile from the
well were so saturated that the fires had to
be eXtinguished. The we'll is good for from
1000 to 1,5OO barrels per day.
Carey Brown, brother of Messrs. H. II.
and J. W. Brown of Washington c. H.,
and who formerly resided there, has struck
it rich. A number Of years ago he and
few of his friends invested in gold mine
in Mexico. Last year the mine turned out
about $S,000.0O0 of the yellow metal. An
offer OF Sl,50O,00O was made for the mine
by an English syndicate about two weeks
ago, but the offer was refused. Carey
Brown is 4 son of ex-Treasurer w. b.
Brown of Adams County.
While Fred Erven, aged II years. and
his brother, Harold, aged Z, sons of Har-
yey Erven of Cambridge, were skating on
the backwater of LeatherwOOd Creek, they
broke through the ice, the latter being
drowned. Rose Erven, their sister, plunged
into the water and made heroic effort to
save her brothers and, together with John
Richardson, who was walking in the
neighbOrhOOd. and was directed to the
scene by the cries of the boys, succeeded in
saving Fred. almost dead. but by this time
Harold had gone down and later his life
less body was taken from the water.
George Duncan. while out hunting on
his fathers farm near IIinckley, Medina
County, the other day. picked up piece
of stone about the size of wanut, which
he took to leveland for analysis. He was
told that it contained gold to the amount
of $50.
Samuel LittlejOhn, an embecile of Mid
dletown, met horrible death. lie has
been in private room for years. While |
his attendant was engaged in another |
room he set fire to his clothes and was
burned to death. LittlejOhn was q years !
old. and while he had full-grOwn beard |
he never wore anything but dresses.
At Columbus Charles Streams, an agent |
for the Prudential Life Insurance Compa- |
ny was sentenced 10 ten days in the COun |
ty Jail for obtaining 10 cents under false |
pretenses. Streams had failed to report /
the collection, thus allowing policy TO re- /
lapse.
The sugar season in Lake County is late
in opening this year and by all indications
will be short one. \ few sucarmakers /