The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-11-27
Minor Mention.


While hunting, Floyd Ferrell of Free
port, was accidentally shot and killed.
At Marysville, William Jaggers, aged
81, swallowed a teaspoonful of arsenic by
mistake and died.
John Evans, Pennsylvania freight
conductor, whose home is in Marion, was
killed by train at Toledo.
Joseph Dawo of Owen street, Toledo,
aged 60, was struck by the Lake Shore
Flyer and instantly killed.
The safe in the Office OF j. /. Marsh's
abbatoir and mineral water works at
Portsmouth, was robbed Of $500.
The police authorities of Toledo, ordered
all classes of gamblers to suspend busi-
ness instanter and move their parapher-
MALTA beyond the city.
John Evans of Marion, aged S5, was
found dead on the tracks of the c. II. V. &
T. at Walbridge. Some people believe
that Evans was murdered.
Thomas Farrell of Freeport, while
hunting, received the c0ntepts of both
barrels Of shotgun in his head and back
and lived but few minutes.
John Cannon, aged so, a pottery worker,
sat down to rest on railroad track at
East Liverpool. An engine struck him,
infiicting probably fatal injuries.
James Robinson Of Toledo, aged 7s, at.
tempted to start a fire with what he SUPP
posed was kerosene. 1t happened to be
gasoline. Robinson was roasted alive.
Edward Mcbride, aged II, of Niles, son
OF Sanitary Policeman James Mcbride,
was accidentally killed while hunting
with a companion near North jackson.
Nicholas Butts, aged S5, attempted
suicide in the City Prison at Murray City,
by re use Of a pocket knife, and says he
attempted his life because he could not
get any more whisky.
Alta depth of $50 feet the Central Ohio
Natural Gas Company, at Utica, struck
pocket Of gas that flowed at the rate of
4,000. 900 feet day. The drillers say that
1t is the biggest "pocket" they ever found.
The headless body of Peter Egnes was
found one mile west Of Upper Sandusky,
while the head was picked up at the Hazel
street crossing, nearly oneand half miles
away. 1t is supposed night train struck
him.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Heron Of Miami
street, Toledo. have been informed that
they have fallen heirs to a fortune OF
$500, 600 by the death Of Mrs. Herron's
grandfather, David Mariaut of Montreal,
Canada.
John Kohberger, an inmate Of the
County Infirmary at Marion, has received
word that through the death of his father
in Germany he would come into enough
realty and money to make his days com
Portable for the rest Of his life.
w. H. Fratenjohann of New Knoxville,
has obtained the right of way for a pro-
posed interurban line from Fort Wayne,
Ind, to Springfield, via Wapakoneta,
Sidney, st. Paris and Addison. He de-
clined to tell who were the money men
back of the road.
The residence OF Mrs. Gust Burrelbrink
at woodville, was broken into during the
absence Of the family and ransacked COM
pletely. About 500 in cash Is missing,
but nothing else was taken. They failed
to find one pocketbook containing $25.
The robbers broke a window in plain
view Of the neighbors, though no one hap
pened to see them. No ciue.-
The Trustees of the Toledo State Hos
pital for the Insane met at Toledo, and
the annual report Of Superintendent II. A.
TObey was submitted. The average
number Of patients during the year end
ing November Is, 1902, was SS5 men and
766 women. Total l.60l. The number,
cared for during the year was 1850!
Number admitted during the year, 437;
died during the year, Isl; discharged as
CURED, 2s2; Average cost of each patient
to the State, $1l9.Ss.
Ten men, a woman and three children.
owe their lives to the promptness Of J0hl}
Muldoon and Frederick King. Muldoon
and King are employed ON the Columbu
street bridge at Cleveland, as tender and
captain, respectively. Fire broke out in
the boarding house Of John McDermott.
The boarders in the upper story werJ
aroused and were frantically calling for
help. King and Muldoon secured long
ladder, which is used around the bridge.
smashed in a window and began to bring
the half-suffocated men safely to the
ground. One man, James Moore, was
scared into commissions and fell to the
floor in the interior Of the house.
By the explosion of gasoline lamp in
the store Of Stiles & Weokerly, at White
house, eighteen miles south of Toledo,
several persons. who were in the store at
the time, were seriously burned, and three,
Max Barinski. aged II; Ora White, aged
Is, and Ross Whitmore. aged IL, so badly
that little hope is entertained for their
recovery. Among the others severely
burned were A. NJ. Stiles, one Of the pro-
prietors; Elijah Mohler, A. NJ. Stiles, Jr.j
and w. c. Whitmore. Several others in
the store at the time escaped with Slight
burns about the hands and face. Thj
crowd was gathered under the lamp at the
time listening to Mr.. Stiles reading an
article from newspaper that interested
them. Some one in the crowd turned on
a ''little more light" when the explosion
followed. Those directly under the lamp
were spattered with the fluid.
Attorney-General Sheets has construed
the Chapman law relative to the compen-
sation Of Deputy Supervisors of Elections.
He holds that Supervisors are entitled to
81 per day in all elections where returns
must be transmitted to them. The mini
mum compensation per annum. however.
shall not be less than 800. In spring
returns are not made to the
Supervisors. This means that they receive
payment Of 81 per day at the fall elections
only. Some enterprising election officers
the State we're anxious to re-
ceive pay both for spring and fall elec-
tiOns.
There is in the Treasury of the State of
Ohio, according to Auditor of State
Guilbert's figures, the large sum OF
s., 5,2, pa 81, as compared with 81 $50, ,723 81
a year ago. The excess is Sl.SSS,5 ,52l IS. Ii
is figured that this balance would run the