The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-15
Buckeye News In Brief.

| raiser OF Marion. cut MS throat from ear 10
ear with common pOcketknife and il
dead. No cause assigned.
W. o. Wright. who conducts a shooting
gallery at COshOctOn, was dangerously
shot by a small boy fooling with a gun.
The shot took effect i'm the groin.
While trying to stop a runaway horse
Mrs. Frank Stirred of Lima. was thrown
under the wheels of farm wagon, crush
ing her skull and killing her instantly.
Governor Nash has appointed j. A.
Howells of jefferson. a member OF tho
| Board OF Trustees of the combined normal
and industrial departments of Wilberforea
College.
| James Carson, Chillicothe boy, had
both legs crushed off by Hooking Valley
freight train at Valley Crossing, near
Columbus. His chances for recovery are
unfavOrable.
| Louis n. Ingham was killed near
W heelersburg. He was foreman OF q
bridge crew of the Norfolk and Western.
and was knocked into deep pit by falling
timber at Price Creek trestle.
A man fell off the dock into the Cuya-
hOga River at Cleveland, and was drowned.
The name G.. B. Tuttle, Williamsburg, Pa,
in memorandum book is the only clew-
A companion, Peter Meyers. is held by the
| police.
In a freight wreck on the c., S. and II.
Railroad. near Marion, five ears, loaded
with dressed beef and other valuable mer-
! chandise, were destroyed, as the cars took
| fire after the wreck. The loss will reash
$4,000.
A big elephant in Forepaugh's circus
parade at Toledo, caused a good-sized
panic on the street by seizing dog in his
trunk, tossing it high in the air, catching
the dog as it came down and then fiinging
it through a plate glass window.
The latest trust to be formed in Lima is
the liverymen's combination, which in
cludes every livery and boarding barn in
and agreed to advance horse board from
| SO and sl2 month to Sl4 per month.
While temporarily insane from drink
Alexander Mccullough of Crawford, shot
and killed his wife and then blew out his
own brains Five children Of the couple
witnessed the deed. which was done so
quickly they could do nothing topreventit.
Edward Partridge was assaulted in
Greenwood by a eolored man, who de-
mandeda nickel, and. being refused, struck
Partridge a stunning blow with a slung-
shot or pair Of brass knucks. cutting a
cash an inch and half long below the
right eye.
Mrs. Hiram Bruce of lronton, made a
cake and seasoned it with rattlesnake oil.
which she mistook for extract Of vanilla.
The family ate of the cake, and in few
hours were taken very i'll with symptoms
of poisoning. Liberal use of antidotet
soon cured them. &
Although the OHIO Department Of Shdf
and Factory Inspection won gold medal
in competition at the Paris Exposition,
Inspector Knaub was informed that it
would cost him $l45 to get the medal. As
he can get bronze one for nothing he will
take the cheaper metal.
1.-The growing crop has kept remarkably
green, considering the hot weather and
prOtraeted drought, though the plants are
small yet. With favorable weather from
now on there will be an average yield"
said A. r. Richardson of Ripley, when
asked regarding the condition of the grow
ing fields of white hurley tobacco. The
quality and flavor of the best tobaccOs are
splendid this year, while very little was
funked by sweating.
Governor Nash has issued the usual an
nual proclamation for Labor Day, which
falls on the first Monday in September,
which is this year the second day of the
month. He calls on the people of the
State to put aside their work for this day,
and join with the thrifty sons of industry
in celebrating the day. 1.-The prosperity
of the laboring classes is the corner stone
ON which rests the happiness of all, and
1t is proper that this day should be de-
voted to the advancement of their in
terests." =
The Ohio State Board of Commerce at
Columbus has sent letters to the principal
organizations of Cincinnati. urging CO.
operation in the enactment of three meas
ures: A general law for the organization
of villages and cities that will render
special legislation unneeessary;-
amendment to the constitution to allow
local option in taxation, and a general
simplification of the present tax system
and system Of public accounting that will
be uniform throughout the State. The
Chamber Of Commerce, Business Mems
Club and other organizations are asked to
pass resolutions on the subjects
Charles Sanders. Arthur Sanders. his
nephew, and Clair Crawford narrowly
escaped death on the farm Of Mr.. Sanders
near Norwalk. The trio was engaged in
storing oats in barn. When the third
load had been stored the timbers of the
barn floor gave way, burying the three
men and team of horses in the debris
Arthur Sanders escaped without injury,
and. securing help, rescued his tive
companions. Charles Sanders received
the full force of the timbers and oats,
between four and five tons, and sustained
injuries that may prove fatal. Crawford
was badly bruised.
Three burglars entored the home of
Linus Burk at Centerton. near NOrwalk,
securing So. Amos Cook, nephew,
opened fight, and was thrice knocked
down and shot through the elbow. The
robbers got away in a stolen rig. About
year ago Burke was bound. gagged and
robbed OF $500. The sheriff and posse are
in hot pursuit.
A committee of pastors representing the
Ohio Sabbath League, is sending out
circular letter to the ministers of the State
asking them to oppose the Sunday opening
Of the State Fair. They are asked to set
apart Sunday in which to deliver
sermon against the proposition, and TO call
mass meetings in every town in the State.
Miss Ruth Merryman, hOusekeeper for
her brother-in-law, Frank Boldneger OF
Steubenville, discovered the presence of
burglar in her bedroom by novel means
the other night. She is terribly averse to
perfumery in any form. and she was
awakened by the odor of man fresh from
the barber shop. After getting awake she
raised up and struck match, and, hear
ing the burglar crawling toward the door,
she gave the alarm, when the burglar fled
downstairs and got away minus any booty.
The police are looking for the perfumed
burglar.
At Wellston, Ed Banker, aged Is, was