The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-04-18
Minor Statc Items.


County.
Minor State Items.
Ernest Scott, near Caldwell. was fatally
kicked by horse.
John Slater's general store at Leapors
POstoffice, was robbed of goods and money.
John Saluski, aged 8. was drowned at
Toledo, by falling into a cistern while
pumping water.
Walter Lancaster, aged 80, despondent
because of i'll health, shot and killed him
self at Marietta.
When S. b. Williams Of Lima, returned
from work he found his wife lying on the
floor dead. Heart disease was the cause.
James Childers, one of gang of bridge
builders, fell into O'Bannion Greek, near
Loyeiand, from bridge and was seriously
hurt.
Second Lieutenant Arthur A. Grimm of
Company F. Fourth Regiment, has been
appointed Battalion Adjutant by Colonel
Potter.
A 4-year-old son of Andrew Decken of
Delaware, licked cOloring matter OFF an
Easter egg and died from its poisonous
effects.
Mrs. W. T. Hill and niece, Matte Hill,
of Defiance, were dragged half mile by
runaway horses, but escaped with slight
injuries.
Frank Ellis was probably fatally in
jured at Newark, in runaway. Ellis
was thrown against telephone pole sus-
tanning internal injuries.
At Ashtabula, Miss Lillian Hawkins
was badly burned by carbolic acid thrown
by woman dressed as a man. This is
the third attempt to disfigure her.
Frank Daniels. aged 70, stumbled and
fell on a huge revolving circular saw at
Minerva. 1t struck him squarely in the
face and split his head, killing him.
While the Alliance Fire DEPARTMENT
was fighting fire the cap blew off the
acid receptacle of the chemical engine, in
stantly killing Fireman TORY Walker.
The Soldiers and Sailors League of
Franklin County, has decided to start a
colony in the Kiowa Indian Reservation,
which is to be thrown open to settlement
next August.
A new ordinance requires that all saloon
screens at East Liverpool, be lowered
when curfew bell rings. The salOonists
refused to obey the ordinance, and will
test its validity.
Puddlers are wanted in the Mahoning
Valley. This is on account of the starting
of the Hazelton Mill, which has been idle
since the Republic Iron and Steel Company
took hold two years ago.
A young man, supposed to be William
Ryan Of Erie, Penn. threw himself on the
train, one mile east of North Amherst.
and his body was cut to pieces.
Louis Dysert, an employee at the Long
n Allstatter shops at Hamilton, lost an
eye as a result of a flying chip of steel
piercing his right eyeball The operation
of removing the eye from his head took
place at Mercy Hospital.
Not being satisfied with giving $4,000
library to East Liverpool. announcement
was made at ST. Stephens Episcopal
Church that Mr.. Carnegie had donated
pipe organ to the church, provided the
same did not cost more than $1,000.
At a conference of representative min
listers of the several denominations of the
Protestant faith, held at Columbus, pre-
liminary steps were taken for the forma-
ton of state federation among churches
and Christian workers. \ permanent
committee consisting of DIR. J. w. Bash
ford of Ohio Wesleyan University, Della
ware, chairman; Rev. c. II. Small. SPRING
field, secretary; Rev. John Clark Hill.
Springfield, treasurer; Rev. a. c. Miller.
Plymouth, Ohio: Rev. 5. W. Seaman. j.
W. Atwood, Columbus; Rev. Levi Gilbert,
editor Western Christian Advocate. Gin
cinnati; President Alfred I. Perry, Mari
eta College: President I. J. Sanders OF
Otterbein College. Westerville, Ohio. and
Rev. T. NJ. McWhinney of Dayton was
appointed.
Two IRON bound boxes, dating from the
time of the Civil War. and marked Cap
tain Filler, Paymaster. L. 5. A. were
recently discovered in the attic of the
government building in Columbus. Both
are locked, and no one knows what either
contains. They will be sold at auction.
The State of Ohio, through Attorney
General Sheets, has brought suit against
the Southern Ohio Traction Company for
81, $50. In the petition it is averred that
the Southern Ohio Company has stead
fastly refused 10 place safety devices at
its crossing over the c. ii. N ID. Railroad
tracks near Trenton.
Jack Lowry, one of the bank robbers
under arrest at Chardon, has been recog
l,,-r chief Of nafant;yaS InE 4 oh
of Cleveland. as one of the most desperate
criminals in the country, and is one of the
old Blinky Morgan gang. The police of
Chardon have been notified to guard
against Jail delivery, as his pals all over
Ohio have been unusually active recently.
The Jail is guarded by seven men armed
with Winchesters. The prisoners have
been indicted by the grand jury for burg
larry.
Z. Snyder, a business man of Delaware,
has just received from former resident
of that city $500 owed him for 20 years,
with interest.
Robert Irwin, a young employee of the
Portsmouth Stove and Range Works. in
jured several days ago by blow from
heavy casting. has since died. Six months
ago. while recovering from an injury
sustained at another foundry, he dreamed
three times that if he was ever again EN-
ployed in stove foundry he would meet
death through an accident. This weighed
upon his mind so heavily that he resigned
a few weeks ago. However, he returned
TO his old employment and met with the
accident which resulted in death.
State Labor Commissioner Ratchford has
Miss Ethel lie Sage of Gin
cnnati. clerk in the free employment
office in that city.