The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-10

! At North Baltimore, young lad named
Ray Nier, while playing with some COM
\ paniOns. climbed into an empty gasoline
tank and was overcome by the fumes. He
was rescued with difficulty.
At Moore's Run, George Baldwin, a
farmer, died. In less than two hours after
his death Baldwin's 6-year-Old child was
also corpse. With the baby in its fathers
| arms the two were laid to rest in one coffin.
l.. n. & II. b. Camp have completed ne
gOtiations by which they will erect $780,
600 sewer pipe factory in South Akron. 1t
will be Independent of the American
Sewer Pipe Company. and will employ 800
| men.
c. LindO of Columbus, Hooking
Valley fireman, has smallpox, which he
, contracted from letter sent to him by his
sweetheart in Saginaw, Mich. 1t was
written on the day she broke out with the
disease.
Final right OF way has been secured and
| work will soon be started on an electric
railway from East Liverpool to Lisbon. 1t
is estimated the new road will cost 500. 600
and it will ultimately connect with the
new Alliance-Salem line.
Since the resignation OF Game Warden
Charles Ruekle, the terror of pOachers,
gill netting and spearing Of fish have be-
come SO extensive around Akron, that the
designations of dozen preserve deputies
will be asked, and Ruckle be urged to
return to the work.
F. NJ. German has been appointed post
master at Abanaka, Van Vert County, in
place of jeremiah Agler, resigned; Maude
Stuller, postmistress at Blakeslee, Will
liams County, in place Of Frank Stuller.
dead, and F. c. Sparks, postmaster at
ROckaway. Seneca County, in place of &.
l.. Hit, resigned.
T. ID. Wogan Of Marseilles, will sink
shaft, he says, on his farm by way of in
vestigating an alleged gold deposit there.
The State Geologist has analysed some of
the dirt from the farm and found alleged
indications Of gold. Several days ago Mr..
WOgan said three Boston gentlemen, Judge
Hamilton, Charles Bartlett and E. Favors,
visited there to look into the find.
The body of male baby was found
buried along the roadside on the outskirts
Of Fremont, by two little children, who,
noticing that the ground had recently
been disturbed, sought the cause and dug
up plain pine box. Opening the box the
baby was discovered. 1t had apparently
been dead a week, and was about ten days
old when buried. The Coroner is investi-
eating.
Daniel Rosenbecker, the l3-year -old boy
who confesses to having murdered his
playmate, Arthur Shanteau, at Toledo,
will never be tried for murder, as he is
under the age Of legal accountability.
which is IA years. The boy broke down
Wednesday, the first time since his arrest,
and he cried for some time. He said, how
ever, he did not feel bad because he had
killed Shanteau. but because of his in
generation.
George Fl. Allen, a wealthy East Cleve-
land citizen, was murdered by his coach
man, John Hagesfield, a German, aged 81
years, who shot him in the head with a
revolver. Allen had reprimanded Hayes
field for not attending to his work prop
erly, and followed him into the yard. The
wOrkmen went to the barn, secured his
gun, killed his employer, boarded street
car and surrendered himself to the police
at the Central Station, six miles away.
Only for the alertness of officials OF the
city bank of Lima, John Bower, rich
farmer, would have been $500 poorer.
Bower was taken in tow by gang offiim-
Hammers who have been at Lima from
Toledo for several days, and was made to
believe that he could win $500 at game.
Mr.. Bower fortunately did not have the
required amount with him, and was in
duced to go to his bank, where he has a
good sum to his credit, hut the same game
had been tried SO often among the farmers
lately that the bank officials were suspi-
cious, and persuaded Mr.. Bower that his |
cash was safer in the bank than in the |
hands Of the sharpers.
Third section of Erie Freight IS and |
Freight 81 met in a head-end collision |
near Alger, Hardin County. Both engines |
were completely wrecked and fifteen cars |
out Of each train were piled up. No one !
was seriously injured, the crews escaping |
by jumping.
NJ. l.. MckibbOn of the village OF Omar, |
holds the honor Of being the oldest school 1
teacher in Seneca County, and perhaps in .
that section of the State. He completed /
his forty first term of school in the county |
last week and the ladies Of the district in
which he teaches served a banquet in his
honor.
Western Reserve University at Cleve-
land. dedicated last week for the use of
its wOman's college beautiful chapel. 1t
Is the gift of Mrs. 5. V. Harkness of New
York and Mr.. l.. II. Severance Of Cleve-
and, as memorial to Florence Harkness.
The chief address was given by the Rev.
DR.. II. c. Hayden. The architecture is
gothic. with elaborate tracery. 1t will be
used for the daily chapel services and also
'os the vesper service on Sunday. 1t is the
twelfth building which the university has
dedicated within recent years.
George Enge, wealthy farmer living
near Toledo, will die as result Of an en-
counter with furious boar. The animal
nearly disembOwled him.
The Continental Coal Company, which
was incorporated about Two months ago
With capital stock of S., SOC, 900, is grad
lally absorbing all the independent mines
If the Hooking and Sunday Creek Valleys.
Its latest acquisition is the mine of the
Hooking Valley Coal Company at Nelson
lille, which has daily output of 300 tons
md taps field Of 100 acres. The purchase
Of the property of this company places
nearly all of the large mines of the Hook
ng and Sunday Creek Valleys in the hands
If three companies, the Sunday Creek, the
Pittsburg and the Continental.
Thomas J. Cantwell, Vice President of
he Kenton National Bank, is dead. He
vas 81 years old