The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-27
Brief State Items.

| drowned in Black River, sOuth Of Elyria
while swimming.
Wallace Temple, a Central Union Tel.
ephone lineman. fell from a pole at Col
umbus, and was killed.
Mr.. Ira Bear. prominent farmer near
Germantown, was fatally injured by
falling from load of hay.
| Lester. aged 20, son Of John Graham. a
farmer living near Piqua, was struck by
G. II. Il. ID. train and instantly killed at
Harrington Station. j. NJ. IRWIN COM
panion, was seriously hurt.
| Jacob Neufer. aged 30, an insane inmate
Of the COlumbIana County Infrmary, who
Is now dead, for forty days refused to eat
| solid fot d. Attempts were made to force
| food into his mouth, but he resisted.
Damage suits agereeatinR $4,000 have
been filed against the United Power Com
pany, which operates the street car sys-
tens in East Liverpool and WeIlsvIlie.
The plaintiffs were injured in a wreck.
| The Cleveland and New York express
| on the Erie Railroad ran into a switch
engine on an open switch at Cleveland.
Miss Justus and Mrs. Conover OF Gieve--
land. were bfnised aud several trsihmen
were hurt.
Grief caused Mrs. Edward Sziber, aged
26, to commit suicide by hanging herself
in cell at Central Police Station. Cieve-
land. The woman had been sent Into the
station by policeman, who iound her
| wandering about the streets.
VIM. Burns, astationary engineer. em-
| ployed by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company near Girard. was knocked
down and stabbed by an Italian workman
with whom he had Quarreled Burns
pulled q revolver and shotthe man, killing
him.
Local Internal Revenue officers Of To-
Iedo, seized 5000 pounds of colored oleo-
margarine. The oleo was found in the
hands Of Toledo merchants II comes in
the class taxed at 10 cents pound. while
only one quarter cent tax was paid on 1t,
| the same as uncolored Oleo.
| William J. Mueller, serving a fifteen
year sentence at the Ohio penitentiary
for numbering hts sweetheart at Column
bus. four years ago. escaped the other
night. lie was trusty member OF the
| prison fire department. Being allowed
privileges outside be walked away and
had been gone some honrs before his
absence was noticed.
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture j.
NJ. Brigham, T. C. Cromley, President OF
the Ohio State Board Of Agriculture; W.
| A. Miller, Secretary, and J. l.. Carpenter
called on President Roosevelt, at Oyster
Bay, N. y, to invite MIN to speak at the
| Ohio State Fair, to be held at Columbus
the last Of the month. The President was
| obliged to decline the invitation, but
promised to request Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw to make an address at the
Fair
According to an examination OF the
| records. of Massili0n, as made by w. L.
Huntsman, of the State BuTeau OF In
xpectton, the ordinary receipts exceed the
ordinary expenses by sl9,625 s6. This is
considered remarkable showing. But
few clerical errors and tney were trivial,
were found. The CITY has available
sssets Of s8l ,743, with total liabilities OF
$7S. 1873, leaving q surplus OF 81. 500. The
city is in such good condition that the in-
specior particularly refers to the 'ex-
criiept showing"
The Iumbermsn Of Northern Ohio
formed a permanent organization al Can
ton, by elect,ng Daniel Ilolwick OF
Canton, President; Fred Weeks OF Akron,
Vice President, and John Pierson Of New
Berlin. Secretary and Treasurer. A COM
mittee, composed OF Frank Weybrecbt.
Joseph Weaver Of Canton. and l.. N. VIII
son OF Akron. was appointed to promote
the organization and select an Executive
| C0upcil OF five members. A Governing
Board. composed of one dealer from every
county III the district, will be at the head
OF the organization.
Miss Ethel Bartram, in company with
| Misses Ada and Rose Brasby, was pleas
ure driving at Upper Sandusky. Return
ing home late at night at ROuk's bridge
the horse SHE'D and backed off fifteen
| foot embankment. The horse and buggy
rolled over three times and alighted partly
in the Sandusdy River. The Misses
Brasby escaped without scratch, but
Miss Bartram is injured so badly that she
will probably die. When she was picked
up the reIns were tightly wrapped about
her neck. and it was by the merest chance
she was not hanged. In rolling down the
embankment the horse also started ZOO
pound stone that struck Miss Bartram.
Cavalry Morris of Cleveland, is at the
head of new 10000, 900 combine to ac-
quire title to mineral lands in Ohio.
Articles Of incorporation will be filed
soon. Options have already been OBJ
tanned on the coal fields OF Harrison, JEFF
fersOn and Belmont Counties, and agents
are reaching out for more territory. The
purchase few days ago of the property
of tho IDnctiI1 Caai Cnu,papv ar H00caa
for $500, 900 dollars by the Morris syn
dicate was the first step in the deal. 1t is
said that there is great wealth behind the
combine, and that it will develop into the
biggest concern Of the kind in Ohio. c.
| l.. Posten, who recently sold his Hooking
Valley coal lands to the J. r. Morgan
syndicate for 5000, 600, is interested with
Morris in the promotion Of the new cor
poratioD.
Pennsylvania engineer Charles b.
Eaton. who was killed in the wreck OF
the Seashore Limited in Van Vert, re-
Gently, formerly resided at Crestline. He
formerly ran the famous Pennsylvania
Special and held the record for fast runs
between Crestline and Fort Wayne.
At Bowling Green, while seated in a
friendly game of checkers with his neigh
Dor. Ashe, Cook, Aaron Phillips, aged n,
died suddenly. Mr. Phillips failed to
m We" when his time came to play, and,
looking up, Mr. Cook was Mortified to tind
him dead Death was caused by heart
failure.
While delivering milk at Dayton,
Charles I.orne attempted to leap over the
front-yard fence at the residence Of
Joseph Backus. His foot slipped and he
WAS impaled on the iron pickets, where he
remained half an hour before he could
extricate himself. His recovery is doubt
tu;.
The people of Wooster are eiated over
the discovery Of oil east Of that city. The
well was shot at the depth 1887 feet.
Tho well filled with d Z green oil.
The drillers say the well wi yieldtwenty-
I'VE barrels per day. The md was made