The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-05-01
buckeye New. In Brief.


Henry Seitz, glass blower, was killed
t Massillon. by a train.
Frank Logan, aged %, committed sui
eide at Findlay, by taking morphine.
John Wesley Hosler died at his home
near Arcadia. as a result of kick from a
colt.
At Newark, Bert Simmons, while riding
bicycle. was knocked down by a horse
and probably fatally injured.
Jeffrey Scheney. aged 3, residing at Mill
and Harrison streets Toledo. was drowned
in the canal. falling in while playing.
Charles o. McCammon, brother-inlaw
OF Sheriff Bolin of GAINESVILLE, was killed
at Mt. Sterling. while attempting to stop
runaway team.
Mrs. Nancy Abrams of East Liverpool,
60 years old, died from burns received last
week. She was seized with paralysis and
fell upon hot stove.
Allen Finnicum, section hand, was
instantly killed by Pan Handle train.
while trying to stone COW from before a
W. and L. E. train near Jewett.
George Roberts of Columbus Grove,
went to sleep on the Lake Erie tracks at
Lima, and was fatally injured by freight
train, which knocked him from the track.
The second largest tin-dipping plant in
the country has arranged to move to Mar
ietta, Immediately from the East. 1t will
be run in connection with the steel plant.
Harry FOote, the only support of
widowed mother, was found dead on the
railroad track at Akron. His foot caught
in frog and he was unable to escape from
an approaching train.
East Liverpool capitalists independent
OF the trust are about to erect one of the
largest sewer pipe manufactures in the
country. 1t will have a capacity Of at
least twenty-five kilns.
Ernest Vanscoy, a section hand in the
ington, was shot, probably fatally, by
Lester Kelley, fellow laborer. The
shooting was accidental.
A pocketbOok containing $1,000 in notes
and certificates was found under the board
walk at Bucyrus. 1t had been taken from
J. b. Gartner of BiOomville, at the county
fair last fall by pickpOckets.
AZ La tcus cpsSph dlhCi,
killed his wife with razor, and attempted
to end his own existence with the same
instrument, inflicting a terrible wound.
but he may recover. Jealousy.
The Builders Exchange of Youngstown,
has notified the Building Trades Union
that their demand for an eight-hOur day
will not be granted, and general strike.
affecting 1000 men, seems inevitable.
Gazing out the window from her sick
bed, Mrs. Harvey Stiles of Bellefontaine,
beheld her S-year- old daughter a mass of
flames. The mother was badly burned in
her unsuccessful efforts TO save the little
one.
John Randolph Walters, a prominent
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern en-
gineer, living at Chillicothe, returned from
Cincinnati on Train 2 with his engine and
started home. He was found dead, sup
posedly from heart disease.
John Schwartz attempted suicide at
Elyria. He first took dose of rat poison,
then tried to hang himself. Both methods
falling he was about to shoot himself when
the revolver was taken away from him by
his father. Then he drew a knife, cut
open his abdomen and slashed both wrists.
He is still alive, but probably will not
recover.
Shortly before the funeral exercises were
to be held over the remains of Helen.
laughter of Thomas Tanner of Wooster.
the house was discovered in flames and
was badly damaged before the fire was
got under control. The body was re-
moved from the house with considerable
difficulty. Funeral services were held
from the home of a neighbor.
A deal was closed at Toledo, for the
location Of two big manufacturing plants
along the Terminal Railway. The S. W.
Booth Company of Detroit, manufactures
of wood columns, is one of the concerns,
and the other is factory for the manu-
facture of safes, with X. Schwab OF Fos-
toria, and several Cincinnati parties inter-
ested. Both concerns got free sites. and
guarantee to employ about 200 men.
The Springfield Health Officer is in
receipt of letter from Mrs Agnes F.
Pagan 0fSl5 Slate Street, Schenectady, n.
Y, asking him TO search the birth records
Of 1874 and ascertain if daughter was
born to William +. Harris and Mary
Parnell Harris, and il she is of Jewish
persuasion. Mrs. Pagan is very anxious
to secure the above information, as fort
ane awaits the child, who is now yonng
lady. The records of the health office do
not date back that far.
The present high price of meat is proving
too much of temptation for farmers and
local butchers. who are selling to Cleve
lopJ xrhnlaca 10 houcos unaaf that ia h.
sOlutely unfit 10 eat. II cOnfiscated two
beeves which were putried," said Julius
H. Schmidt, Superintendent of Markets.
''In both instances" said Schmidt, Il
think the cattle died from disease or acci'
dent. The trouble is that these local
butchers go about the country buying
cattle, pigs and sheep Of the farmers. Old
or sick cows that are past milking, or
cattle that are hurt or diseased can be
bought for almost nothing. The animals
are driven TO the butchers home and |
slaughtered, then the butcher comes into |
the city and peddles his meat TO the
wholesalers
Efforts are being made to secure the |
return from South America of J. II. Me- |
Crum, the defaulting Treasurer Of the |
Akron Varnish Company. John GOehr- |
ing, a wealthy brewer of Cleveland. |
brother in-law of McCrum, is interested |
in the matter.
Nathan +. Luckey, one of the oldest |
Knights Templars and Odd Fellows in |
the State, was crushed to death at the |
Main Street crossing, Lima, by an Erie
engine. He was on his way TO attend a
funeral. and attempted to cross the track |
ahead of a train, when he stumbled and |
fell. He was 81 years old.