The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-08
Buckeye News In Brief.

| Joseph Pheils of 1919 Utah Street, Tole-
do. a wealthy contractor, slipped and fell,
fatally injuring himself.
J. II. Matheny. car repairer, fell from
a scaffolding at the Pan Handle shops at
Columbus, and can hardly recover.
Charles Shea. aged %, fell asleep on a
window sill at his house at 5701l East Long
Street, Columbus. He fell out and may
die.
Clark Z. Stewart of Marietta. fell from
the cupola of the Curtis steel plant, forty
eight feet to the ground and was instantly
killed.
Arch Wheeler. chef of Henry Sacker's
restaurant at Ripley. died from heat pros
tratiOn. He had spent the day at Cluxton's
| Grove.
Frank Sugrove, who is serving two years
sentence from Franklin County on the
charge Of burglary and larceny.
| Mrs. J. Rowan and daughter were
thrown out of a buggy during runaway
at SOuthworth. The daughter was killed
instantly, and Mrs. Rowan is thought to
! be fatally injured.
| The Polar Bear and Old Nut department
of the Continental Tobacco Company has
opened its plant at Middleton. All the
machinery has been placed. The plant
employs more than 800 persons.
Attorney General Sheets has rendered
| an opinion to the effect that Section
Twenty-nne Of each township in the Ohio
and Simms purchases set apart for relig-
iOus purposes are not exempt from tax
| alton.
| The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| VIM. Starck was trampled upon by a
vicious horse in Starck's Grove, near Day
| ton. while the parents were entertaining a
half hundred guests, receiving fatal in
| juries.
James Hackett, night operator at the
lnterlOcker in Bueyrus, was struck by a
fast train on the Pennsylvania Railroad
and fatally injured. 1t is supposed he sat
down on the platform, fell asleep and was
| struck by a train.
Julian Lalond, Of 35 Summit Street, To-
| ledo, went to look for gas leak with a
lighted candle. An explosion blew the
| front out of two buildings involving loss
of $1,000, and so seriously injuring LolOnd
| that he has slight chances Of recovery.
DR.. W. Fl. Scott. one of the most promi-
nent physicians of Chillicothe. was fatally
injured while experimenting the removal
| of veranda at his home, Fruit Hill, the
historic home of Governor Allen. A great
beam fell upon his head. fraeturing his
| skull and destroying his sight.
| Henry Ruffing;; an emplOye Of the Me-
| Crillis Handle Factory at NOrwalk, caught
his right leg in the belt on the grindstone
shaft at the factory and the leg was pulled
off above the knee. Ruffing. who IS about
30 years of age, with a wife and three
small children, will probably die.
The tri-colOred flag which was designed
| by the Commission to the Pan-American
Exposition, and intended to hang over the
walls of the State building in Buffalo. has
| been turned over to the custody Of Governor
| Nash and is now in the executive chamber
| in the Statehouse. At the next session OF
| the Legislature the lawmakers will be
| asked TO adopt it as the official flag Of the
State.
While feeding thrashing machine in
Defiance County, Geo. Priest was bitter
or stung on the neck by an insect. His
neck and head began to swell in terrible
manner until his features we're scarcely
recognizable. Before doctor was called
his limbs began to swell so that he was
unable to walk The physician pronounced
it the bite of seven-year locust. He will
recover.
Frederick Petty was instantly killed at
GAINESVILLE, in peculiar manner. He was
on his way home from down town, when
he noticed that an electric street lamp near
his home was not burning. He lowered it
and attempted to make it burn again.
While he was holding the iron frame with
one hand and manipulating the carbons
with the other it came in contact with the
magnet and the full force of the current
went through his body like flash. killing
him instantly. He was 80 years old and
married.
Joseph Brickman, the Alaska gold
digger who quit his work in the mines to
come to Ohio and marry Miss Nancy
Finnell. now confined in the Girls indus
trial Home at Delaware, has succeeded in
convincing Governor Nash that he is all
right, and the Governor will communicate
with Captain Stiles, Superintendent of the
institution, and see if Nancy's release
cannot be obtained. Briekman was en-
gagged to the girl when he left for the
KlOndike to dig gold, but after he left her
she got into bad company and was sent to
the Home.
Two of the best known citizens of COL
umbus, were injured in street car acci-
dent. They are Colonel Dan McAllister,
L. 49,
for score of years, and Colonel E. l..
Taylor, who has occupied prominent
position at the bar and in Republican poll
iticS for almost the same length of time.
They were run into on the Mound Street
road while driving by street car. and
both were thrown out. Both were serious
ly hurt internally, but the extent Of their
injuries cannot be ascertained until an
other examination can be had.
Two horses valued at 500, belonging to
Luther GriswOld Of Milford Township,
Defiance County. died from paris green
given them the night before in their oats.
The poisoning was done by Griswold's
enemies. A few days ago GriswOld shot
a neghbOrs's dog. and he has often fred
shot while people were passing his prem
alton by jeers.
At meeting of the Trustees of the Ohio
Hospital for Epileptics held at Gallipolis.
the resignation of Superintendent Rutter
was accepted. The board will confer with
Governor Nash TO name successor.
When the turnkey entered the county
Jail at Toledo, with the prisoners break
fast the other morning be was held up at
the muzzle of two rsvolvers and locked in
a cell. John Brown. alias Topeka joe"
Thomas keegan and James Stewart, all
held for robbery of the West Toledo post
office. and David Morgan, local prisoner,
then marched out of Jail and so far have
not been caught.
The Youngstown plant of the Tin Can
Trust will be removed to Cleveland. where
it will be operated in connection with the
plant at Cleveland. When the trust was
formed it was expected that the Youngs-
town plant would be one of the most i'm
pOrtant in it.
lVhilo Nrs Iapas RroyvpiuU of NOnrOp-