The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-16
Buckeye News In Brief.

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The body Of Charles Morrow, aged l3,
was found floating opposite Steubenville.
lie was drowned at Toronto, March IS.
| The tallest and oldest man in COlumbi-
ana county. Benjamin Goddard, is dead in
Middleton township. He was lo4 years
old, and 6 feet inches tall.
Mrs. Minnie Meek of East Liverpool, has
sued the Fairfield Coal company for s1O.-
600 for the death of her husband, a miner,
who was killed by falling scaffold.
DIR. NJ. II. Fletcher OF Cincinnati. has
resigned his position as member of the
State Board of Dental Examiners, on ac-
count of the press Of private business.
A. II. Welsh was arrested at Columbus
on charge of stealing tie horse and wagon
belonging to Henry Wilson, Madison
county farmer. He confessed the theft.
Willie Walterscheidt, aged IL, was killed
by C., A. and c. engineer at Akron. A
hundred schoolmates witnessed his fatal
attempt to cross the track in front Of the
engine.
Fireman Axle Wheclen fell fifty feet
from the top of Engine House No. at To-
ledO, but was not seriously injured. He
held onto his pipe, and when picked up
| was still smoking.
The village of Maumee has stopped the
Toledo, Waterville and Southern Traction
line from passing in front of lis cemetery
on the grounds that ii would be desecra
tiOn Of sacred ground.
The 6-year-old daughter of Charles Ad-
ans Of Yellow Springs. is lying at the
point OF death from wounds inflicted by
two bulldogs, the property of Mrs. Ellen
Mendenhall, neighbor.
Food Commissioner Blackburn has re-
ceived the report of the poisoning of two
families at Waterville, Lucas county,
through eating impure pressed beef. The
cause of the trouble is a mystery.
The electric railway between st. Marys
and Piqua, by way of Sidney, is now
assured. The contract for the construction
OF the road has been given to the Western
Ohio Electric Railway Company.
Mr.. II. N. Hanna, brother Of Senator
Hanna, has given to Western Reserve
University $4,000 to establish a research
fellowship in its medical school depart
ments of physiology and pathology.
Pedretti Sons of Cincinnati, who have
the contract for the interior decoration OF
the Statehouse addition, have begun work.
They state that if not unduly hindered the
building will be ready for dedication
July 4.
Joeeph l.. Metzger, aged "a. was found
dead on the Fremont Electric railway.
near Toledo. There is a suspicion of mur-
der. He was to have been married next
week, his marriage having been already
postponed on five previous occasions on
account of deaths in the families.
Dan Myers, prisoner in the village Jail
at Barberton, turned the tables on Marshal
David Il. Ferguson. The marshal entered
Myers cell to question him. Myers stepped
out quickly, slamming the door after him.
and locked in the marshal. The officer
yelled for assistance, but it was long
time before lie attracted any attention.
Discouraged and tired of the battle
against poverty and bad luck, Jacob
Emish Of Nelsonville. blew out his brains.
A note in his pocket read: "My dear wife
i am discouraged and tired Of this life. l
will leave. l love you and all the child
rem. Kiss them all for me. May God be
with you till We meet again." There are
eight fatherless children.
Meat and Milk Inspector Schurtz Of
Toledo, says that he has come across
manufactured cream which resembles in
color and tastes like the real article. He
says the stuff is made in Ohio, near Col
umbus, and is being sold all over the State
for table cream and for the making of ice
cream, as it costs about twenty per cent.
of the genuine article. Mr.. Schurtz is
having the stuff analyzed by the chemist,
as he suspects the presence of embalming
fluid.
Z. Clarke, an agent, called upon a
number of women in East Toledo and sold
them furniture polish warranted to make
as good as new. The women later found
the preparation to consist of coal oil col
Ored with analine, and score of them
started on the warpath after the agent.
They found him in aneighbor's house and
opened hostilities on him at once. He
showed fight at first, but the women soon
had him on the floor and mauled him with
broom sticks, mop handles and bed stats
in good style, and threw his varnish into
the street. They finally let him 60 in a
battered condition.
A fall saved DR.. John Gillespy. who is
serving penitentiary sentence for cOun-
terfeiting, from being speechless through
life. He was stricken with apOpleXy
some months ago. and on recovering could
not speak. The other day he was taken
with racking pain in the head, and on
his way to the physicians office fell, strik-
ing his head against a stone step. On re-
covering he could hear and speak as well
as ever, though for some time he was
totally blind. He has now recovered his
sight. 1t is the theory of the prison ply
sicians that the fall dislOdged a blood clot
in his brain, which. If it had remained,
would ultimately have killed him.
Governor Nash has ordered court
consider charges made against Lieutenant
Colonel Dodge. OF the Fifth regiment, now
the commanding officer of that regiment,
on account of the forced suspension of Col
onel Zimmerman. Dodge is accused of
having rented an armory for the use of the
regiment in his own name, and Subrentin2
it to his private advantage. 1t is held that
receipts from this source should be turned
into the regimental funds. Dodge does
not deny the truth of the charges, but
claims that he had perfect right to do as
he did.
Mail service will be started on the To-
ledo and Ohio Central railroad May %
next, and the old star mail route between
WapakOneta and st. Mary'S will be dis
continued on that day. The star route
between these two towns has been in con-
tinuous operation. twice day, six days IN
the week, for nearly 55 years, over mud
roads. corduroy roads, plank roads, smooth
pixies and here lately paved streets. The
first hack was started by Mr.. Fred Decker
of st. Mary's, who owned the route for
many years afterward.
Mrs. Mary a. Brane of Dayton. aged S6
years, fell out Of bed and fractured her left
hip. Owing TO her advanced age it is
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