The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
Odds and Ends.

The strike at Snowshoe. Pa, in the
soft coal district, has been settled.
President Cotton Of Paducah, Ky,
shot Charles Bowden in a quarrel ovef
girl
A resolution favoring NollaE suffrage
was adopted by the National Grange.
Patrons of Husbandry, in session at
Rochester, n. Y.
Col. Robert NJ. Sands, one of the most
prominent surviving officers OF the con-
federacy, died after two weeks illness,
aged TS, at Mobile. Ala.
The decision of ex-Crown Princess
Louise of Saxony to reside at Yentor,
England, indicates q partial reconc:lia
ton with the Crown Prince.
Ernest Gregg, 10 years old, OF Circle
vile, Ohio, who claims he was "shang-
haied' at San Francisco three years
ago, has returned TO his home
The stoneware manufacturers c:st 9r
the Mississippi river, meeting AT Zapes-
vile, Ohio, have formed a combination
with capitalization of $1,00O,OO0.
1t is reported at Rome that Saiiilei
Clemens Mark Twain is working on
three new books. One of these is entitled
"How an American Discovered Italy"
"a corps of 400 able. trained workers
and fund Of S1,OOO,OOO year is the
goal toward which the Ant;-Suioon
League of this country is working" ssid
State Superintendent z. A. Baker of the
Ohio League.
r. E. McCandless and George q.
Price fought a duel at Edmonton, Ey.,
both using pistols at close range. Pr;cs
died instantly and McCandless was NOR
tally wounded. The cause of the trng-
edy is not known.
New York is to be the home Of the
most costly clubhouse for workinsincn
in the United States. The clubhouse is
to be five stories high, 1O0X1O2 feet in
area and is to cost 100000. Facilities
for mental and physical culture are 10 be
the best obtainable.
The bottom of vat in the soap fac
tory of Joseph Stern & Sons, in New
York, was blown out by the steam pres
sure and FIVE men were scaldcd By boiling
fat.
John s. Pineover, who jumped frc;n
the Brooklyn bridge in December, 1901,
has been pronounced insane at Middle.
town. N. Y, and will be sent to the hos
pital.
The Rev. David r. Huber. pastor OF
Trinity Lutheran Church at Findlay, o.,
has resigned because members of his con
gresation criticised him for spending sew
eral days hunting quail.
The grand jury at st. Paul. MINI, re-
turned three indictments against Caspar
Ernst, now in Jail on charges Of en-
bezzlement and forgery. Ernst was once
reputed to be wealthy. Two of the ill.,
dictments charge him with having en-
bezzled 5000 belonging to Rev. J. 3.
Metzler of Chippewa Falls, Wis.
An explosion Of gas followed by FIRE
destroyed the signal tower and SWITCH
house of the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Powelton avenue, West Philadelphia.
Four men narrowly escaped death, the
local train service was impeded for hours
and the New York schedule was dsar-
ranged, The loss is estimated at S25,-
OOO
By the arrest at Ogden. Utah, Of
George Wells, the police claim to have
secured one of the ringleaders of n gang
of highwaymen and murderers who have
been terrorizing the country between Og-
den and Reno with series of crimes.
Secret service agents in New York
raided the apartments Of Mrs. Josie Di-
ondo. who had been arrested for attempt
ing to pass counterfeit coin. They found
metal molds and formulas for the compo.
sition of counterfeit coin; also four big
sticks Of dynamite weighing six pounds,
a coil of fuse and supply of fulminat.
ing caps. The woman's husband was ar.
rested. The family has Malta couaee-