Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-13
SOME TRI-STATE EVENTS.

At Aetna, near Reading, Pa, Hettie
Anspach, aged II, was struck by
lightning and killed.
At Toledo, O., Joseph Kelley, aged
90 years, fell off government dredge
| into the river and was drowned. His
home is said to be at Plattsburg, N. Y.
John Williams, a well-knoWn tin
worker, formerly employed in the Star
mill in Pittsburg, was killed by a train
near Washington, Pa.
Paul Atchison, a pottery worker,
aged 43, white lying on the street
railway track, was crushed to death
Ly a car at East Liverpool, o.
At Warren, O., A. sotnger attempt.
ed to commit suicide with laudanum,
but prompt service of a doctor saved
him. He had been drinking heavily.
At Springfield, O., Samuel Parker,
charged with criminal assault by Mat
tie Merrett, his 15-year-old stepdaugh'
ter, was bound over to the grand jury.
Albert Lacy, it is charged, stabbed
Leonard Scott in the left side in
fight at Conesville, near Coshocton,
q. Lacy escaped.
Belle Center, near BeIlefontaine, O..
had Beal law election, and by a ma
;oyity Of 107 voted to remain dry.
At WiIIoughby, O., in the local op'
ton election under the Beal law, the
lrys won by vote Of 800 to 100.
Rev. Charles Allen, Of Peninsula,
rear Akron, O., is endeavoring to
have the mayor and town marshal
and the county sheriff removed from
office, because they refuse to stop
Sunday ball playing.
At FindIay, O., M. A. curtess, a
prominent merchant, returned with
bride, having been married. to Miss
Ida McElroy, Of Galian, in Windsor,
Canada, few days ago.
The automobile lost off the steamer
Stanley at Aberdeen, o., has not been
found, as first reported. One hundred
dollars will be given to the one who
RECEIVERS 1t.
At Wheeling, w. Va, Joe Curtis,
yaung man of a prominent family
died at the city hospital in great
agony as a result of a protracted
drunk. He was found on the streets
raving maniac.
The annual reunion of the Seventy.
eighth regiment, Pennsylvania volun.
teer infantry, will be held at New
Bethlehem, Pa, Sept. 10, the thirty
rinth anniversary Of the battle OF
Chickamauga. '
During a storm at Allentown, Pa,
q new three-story house being built
for Frank J. Schroth was blown down
and Schroth, who was on the roof,
was killed. Eight other mon were at
work in the building, but only two OF
them were hurt.
The citizens CT jackson Center, Mer.
Ger county, Pa, have petitioned the
court to dissolve the school board OF
that place for failure to elect teach
ors, there being deadlock.
The Keystone Electric company, ct
Erie, Pa. makers Of electrical ma
c!linery. has been bought by COM
Tany of New York capitalists, headed
by P. B. Clarke. The capital will be
increased to 100000.
At Chllcothe, O., George Caldwell,
formerly detective, but now a sa-
loonkeeper, swore out an affidavit
against Uncle" Jake Warner, pro
prietor of the Warner house, charging
i. m with selling intoxicating liquors
on Sunday.
At Weliston, O., William Woods has
r2en adjudged insane. Some time
sgo he drew some money from the
county and was visited b. masked
1cbbers, who relieved him Of his coin.
Woods brooded over the affair until
his mind gave way.
At Columbus Grove, O., the prose.
cution of Miner Thompkins. a tele-
phone lineman. on the charge of Grim
iral assault. the charge preferred by
Jessie Point, aged 16 was terminated
i.v the defendant marrying the gil.
At Newark, O., the police were Icok'
Jig for David Mclaughlin, Of North
Fourth street, who is accused OF an
unnatural crime. G.. w. Married.,
father Of McLaughlin's alleged vic
tim. aged years, made the charge
public.
Joseph Allen was held by the cor
Cner's jury at Pittsburg to await the
action If the grand jury for the muir
der Achsah King. The prisoner was
identified positively by Nellie Reed.
who was present in the back room Of
Curran'S saloon. and who witnessed
tie murder. She says she is positive
that Allen is the man who welded
the deadly knife that let out the girls
life blood.
WiIIiant Bonnet, accused of muir
der at a picnic in Writ county, w. Va.
some years ago. who escaped from
jail and was captured afterward by
Prosecuting Attorney Copen and re-
turned to Jail, escaped from the jail
at Elizabeth, w. Va, by breaking
through the walls. Samuel Sheppard
who was taken TO the penitentiary un'
der death sentence, but who was al