The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-04-09
Brief State Items.

Mrs. Elias King of WilmOt, was struck
and instantly killed bya Wheeling and
FAKE Erie train at MasSillOn.
Eva Pierson of Chicago, fell dead in a
coach on a Panhandle train, near
COshocton, of cerebral apOplexy.
James T. Minoughan of Marion, Is years
old, fell beneath an Erie freight train
while returning from Gallon, and is dead
Christian Hefr, aged IS, well-knOwn
business man of Eastern Ohio, was found
dead in bed at Bridgeport, of heart disease.
At Ironton, Harry Twigg touched live
wire while working on top of pole and
pitched head first to the street, crushing
his skull.
Mrs. Margaret Deitz of Warren, was in
stantly killed by B. l. o. freight while
returning from decorating the grave OF
her husband.
The main plant of the Ironton Lumber
Company burned recently, only the plan
ing mill being saved. Loss, sci, 5,O0G; in
surance, sl1, 900.
Alva Bloom, aged 16, was run down by
runaway horse at st. Mary's, and thrown
to the pavement, and died three hours
later from his injuries.
Valentine Smith was crushed into an
unrecognizable mass at CoshOcton by fall
ing under six-horse wagon, drawing a
monster engine and boiler.
Patrick Daley, Wellston molder, who
committed suicide by taking carbOlic acid,
assigned as the reason that he had con-
tracted the itch from Wellston parties.
The village of Cortland, Trumbull
County, is stirred up over the finding of
oil there by the Jones Company of Pitts
burg, and farms have advanced ten-fold.
Burglars entered the postoffice at Fair
port and stole stamps and money to the
value of $500. The contents of four regis
tered letters were taken, and 80 or 40
letters opened.
Toledo is likely to lose $780, 900 worth of
park property, donated by private indi-
viduals, because the city has failed to
comply with the condition of the grants to
improve the property.
Jesse Miller, the 4-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. Miller, of 1924 Defiance street,
Toledo, died from blood poisoning, caused
by the child scratching chickenpOx pus-
tule three days before.
Emmett Hoyle, aged %, brakeman on
the Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling
Railroad, died in the hospital at Alliance,
of blood poisoning, due to his hand being
crushed while coupling.
The body of the burglar who was shot
and killed in the battle at Bedford last
week, has been identified as that of Frank
Adams of Toledo. The Identification was
made by sister of the dead man.
Timothy Hanrahan, an oil well tool
dresser, who came to Lima, recently from
near Olean, N. Y, fell from a sixty-foot
oil derrick and fractured his back, suffer-
ing internal injuries. He will live.
Sylvester Grilley, Central Union Tel
ephone lineman, was perhaps fatally hurt
at CoshoctOn, by being struck by a tele-
phoae pole. The iron buckle of his belt
was driven into the flesh of his side.
When James Ross found his farmhouse
OF fire near COshocton, he braved the
smoke and pried telephone off the wall
with pick. He hung tine instrument to
tree and notified neighbors, who arrived
in time to save his home.
Malatios Carrom, and archimandrite of
the orthodox Greek church, states that
Toledo will be made the Cathedra, or head
of Greek diocese which will include
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit,
Fort WAYNE and numerous other cities.
AS the result of the oil man putting gas
Oline into coal oil can by mistake, Mrs.
Martin McIlvaine of Mansfield, aged 29,
was burned to death while building fire
in an air-tight stove. Her husband was
in the barn when the explosion occurred.
A ladder was employed and the three
small children asleep upstairs were res
cued.
Some men driving north of Mansfield,
discovered small, newly-made grave in
a field. On account of its location they
suspected that all was not right, and dig
ging down, discovered what looked like
coffin. Coroner Bushnell was summoned.
He opened the coffin and disclosed the re-
mains of a pet dog that some children had
buried.
AS result of rear-end collision on
the Erie. Just west of Ashland, two fire.
men are dead, two engines partially de-
stroyed and half dozen heavily loaded
freight cars totally wrecked. The fire.
men were 7. H. Sief, aged 81, and William
Z. Winnie, aged 20, both of Gallon. 1t
is said the wreck was caused by an Oper-
ator displaying wrong signal.
The Ohio Coal, Oil and Land Develop
ment Company, composed principally
of Pittsburg capitalists, has secured op-
tions on 4, 600 acres of land near Warsaw.
which it is proposed to develop. Besides
and bituminous coal, the land is
said to be rich in fire clay and red ochre.
Oil and gas will also be drilled for. Fac
tories for the utilization of these products
will be erected if present plans are carried
out. There is more than 81 ,OOO, 900 of cap
ital behind the project.
The American Sheet Steel Company has
beed temporarily enjoined frsm removing
its plant from Dennison. The petition
was filed by number of business men
from that town with Judge Showmen of
New Philadelphia, and the injunction was
served on Division Superintendent T. J.
Haley. The petitioners allege that the
made contract some time ago
not to remove the mill.
DespOndent over illness and a quarrel
with her husband, Mrs. Charles Richards.
alias Elizabeth Head, took carbolic acid
on the boulevard, Cleveland, and died
before aid could be given.
The Civic Federation has taken up the
matter of discriminating weeds on vacant
lots in Columbus. The City Council will
be called upon to act. but if nothing is
done the women will rid the town of OBJ
noxiOus grOwths. At a meeting at the
home of Mrs. Alfred Thomas the proposi-
ton was discussed. 1t was suggested that
If no other means were at hand all women
lovers of landscape should take hoes. dig
into fields and empty lots and thus shame
the city authorities.
The biggest lump of coal ever mined
in Coshocton County has been sent to
Wooster. 1t is camel coal, and weighs
1880 pounds. Six horses were required to
draw it.
Funny.