The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-01-31
Buckeye News In Brief.

News Notes.
Buckeye News In Brief.
At Gallipolis. Samuel Wilt accidentally
shot his brother Melvin in the center of the
forehead. the pistol ball penetrating his
brain. Melvin cannot recover.
Well diggers on the farm of John Gut
terry at Spring. Hill, five miles west Of
Wilmington, struck gas and oil at IS feet.
Options are being taken on adjoining land.
Clarence Walker and Eli Denney, Hook
| ing Valley Railroad section hands Of Ever
green. quarreled. Walker hit Denney
behind the ear with a shovel, fracturing
the skull. Denney will probably die.
Fifteen tons of molten iron belched forth
from casting at the Canton Roll and
Machine Works. Findlay. probably fatally
| burning VIM. Fowler and Roderick o.
Davies. Accumulated gas caused the ac-
cident.
Governor Nash has granted pardon to
Frank Peck Of Lucas County, serving
term in the Mansfield >Reformatory for
robbery. The Governor gives as his rea->
son for pardoning the man his belief that
he was not guilty.
Mrs. s. c. Reynolds. wife of the multi
millionaire grain dealer and banker. Of
Toledo. was rescued from her burning
home by firemen. She was sick in her
room, unable to move and surrounded by
flames when carried down the ladder by
| fremen.
Since October 81. 1899. there have been
thirty-fve National banks organized in
| Ohio. OF these nineteen have a capital
stock of less than $4,000. aggregating a
| total Of $495.O00. and sixteen have capital
stock of $4,000 or over. and aggregate a
total capital stock Of s.. 10000.
The Ohio Associated Dailies. an assOcia-
tiOn Of editors of the state. held its annual
session at the Neil house, Columbus. Of
ficers were elected as follows: President.
John T. Mack, of Sandusky: vice-presi-
dent, G. W. c. Perry, of Chillicothe; Sec
retary, L. H. Brush. Of Salem; treasurer,
J. P. Chew, Of Xenia.
Ethel Carl, the 5-year-old daughter Of
W. j. Carl, well-known travelling sales
man of Columbus, died from fright attend
| ant upon severe burns. 1t is believed BY
the physicians that she did not inhale any
| OF the flames, and that the burns were not
in themselves sufficient to have caused
death, but that the shock and fright killed
her.
General j. Warren Keifer of Springfield.
lost his voice while arguing case in the
Supreme Court at Columbus. The affec-
ton seemed to be paralysis of the vocal
| chords and no treatment afforded the suf
ferer any relief. General Keifer finally
left for Springfield. where he will be
treated by his family physician. 1t is mot
believed that the affection will prove per-
| manent.
Captain J. C. Gilchrist of Cleveland. mas
practically reached the point where he will
soon be the owner Of the largest fleet on
the lakes. He has IS boats Of his own and
eight others in course of construction.
Recently he obtained an option On the
Wilson fleet of fourteen vessels. He has
lines out for several other steamers. He
aims at the control of the coal-carrying
trade on the lakes.
At Bellaire on New Years Day William
Burge, a l6-year-old boy, was accidentally
shot and killed by William Danford. Re-
Gently Deputy Sheriff Majors arrested
Danford. he having been charged with
murder by the grand jury, and took him to
st. Clairsville. Burgess father went before
the grand jury and claimed there was an
old grudge between the two, and that
Danford murdered the boy.
George Smith and Amos Rayl, butchers,
bull in the outskirts of East Liverpool.
The animal had escaped from the slaugh-
tering house, and, when the men attempted
to capture it, turned on them, and for FIVE
minutes they fought it with fence rails,
backing all the time toward some small
saplings. up which they finally Skinned to
place of safety until William Allison. a
farmer cleverly lassOed the animal Al
lison was formerly cowboy.
symptom the fish in the Ohio River at the
mouth of Little Beaver Creek. just east Of
East Liverpool. are being caught in large
| numbers with but little effort on the part
of the fishermen. The fish are found
floating on the surface OF the water in a
comatose state. and revive Immediately
with the warmth of the hand. This pc
culiar action of the fish has been noticeable
at this season of the year for the past three
years and no solution can be given. Ii
was at first thought that they were
poisoned and they were not eaten. This
has since been disproved. and they are
picked up and sold in large quantities.
The FIVE farmers of Marshall County,
Indiana. who captured Marvin Kuhns.
have put in claim with Governor Nash
for the reward of $3.50 offered for the return
of the outlaw to tine penitentlary. There
is no doubt that these men are the only
ones entitled to the payment of the reward
under the terms offered. but they made the
mistake Of selling their rights to Town
Marshal Clancy Of Plymouth, Ind. who
paid to them the $50 reward offered for
Kuhn's arrest on the charge of horse
stealing. CLANCY has therefore been paid
the reward, and will divide it with the two
other men who accompanied him to COlum-
bus when Deputy Long brought Kuhns
back. The farmers will have to bring
civil suit if they hope to get their money.
A company is being formed in East
Liverpool for the purpose of manufacture
ing gas from coal found at Negley, a small
town north of that place. A charter will
be applied for under the laws of Delaware,
and the capital stock will be s2,0G0.OOO
The company is being promoted by Frank
B. Felt and J. l.. Francis of Chicago
They are affiliated with the Baltimore 4
Ohio Railroad Company.
Philip Volk, proprietor of the Exchange
Hotel at Perrysburg, tripped and fell on
the stairway while conducting guest up
stairs and ruptured blood vessel so badly
that he bled to death.
A piece of she'll that entered the body oi
Veteran W. l.. Green of Toledo. in 1854
was recently taken out at his knee after
journeying through his leg. The frag-
ment was an inch wide and an inch and
half long.
The Supreme Court has granted new