The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-11-26
Minor Mention.

Minor Mention.
C. l.. Rausch, a we'll known saloon
keeper Ut Marysville, died of apoplexy
while hunting.
Silas Dudley of st. Martins, who was
bitten by mad dog two months ago, died
Of hydrophobia last week.
Jesse Williams o. Urbana, was acci-
dentally shot by his father, who was
hunting rabbits. He will recover.
J.F. Walsh, aged "a, Cleveland and
Pittsburg brakeman, late of Binghamp-
ton, n. Y, was killed while coupling cars
in Wellsville.
Stanley Moore, aged II, was accident
ally shot and killed by his brother Wal
ter, aged Is, at Centerville. Walter was
testing a shotgun. 1t is feared he will 60
insane.
Heavy machinery fell on Joseph Berry,
Of Middletown, single, aged 35, instantly
killing him. He was brother Of VIM.
Berry, and was soon to be married to .
Middletown girl.
Roy E. jacobs, aged 2b, Secretary Of tbs
Builders Exchange at Youngstown, shot
himself in the heart. He had ungone sew
eral operations for tumor and VS. about
to undergo another.
Mrs. William Zerby, aged 25, sister-in-
law Of Erie Travelling Passenger Agent
Oliver l.. Enos, was killed by a switch
four children survive.
Henry Rittenhouse, merchant of Mar
ietta, was accidentally shot in the face by
Harry Kester of Reno. The men were
hunting. Rittenhouse will recover, but
he will be disfgured for life.
DR.. r. s. Conner, dentist, Of Zanes-
vile, was shot in the face and head, It is
alleged, by DR.. Walters of Cumberland,
while hunting near Cumberland. lie
will lose the sight of his right eye.
The Aultman & Miller Buckeye Com
pany at Akron, will start operations
about December 1. employing a large
force Of men. Officials say that the COM
pany is not part Of the combine. The
new owners of the plant have immense
capital back of them.
! A company, with capital stock Of
s5O0, 900, is being organized at Springfield
for the purpose Of purchasing Blacks
Opera House site and erecting an eight
story hre-pr0of building, which will have
business rooms, theater and office suits.
James Shaw has an option on the site.
Earl Nef, 16-year-old boy from
Kingston, was received at the State Hos
pital, recently, incurably insane. Five
weeks ago at Frankfort, he " as hurt in
football game. he has a mania for the
study of electricity. in which he was
greatly interested before the accident oc-
CURED.
A spark from an anvil, alighting in
keg Of powder, caused an explosion which
seriously and perhaps fatally injured two
brothers and shocked a third. James
Snedeker is seriously burned about the
head, ears and eyes. Harvey Snedeker
is horribly burned about the face. Win
Snedeker escaped serious burns, but was
bruised by being thrown twenty feet.
At Lebanon, the Jury in the case Of
John w. Kent against the Cincinnati,
Dayton and Toledo Traction Company
rendered verdict in favor Of Kent for
$4,000. Kent was standing on the plat
form Of the car between Middletown and
Hamilton, January last, when one of the
trolleys fell, hitting him on the top of the
head, cutting to the brain, which is still
exposed. He brought suit for $4,000.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has rem.
dered decision which is taken to mean
that Christian Science may be practiced
in Ohio. Some time ago q family by the
name Of Bishop, in Hamilton, was tried
and acquitted on charge of manslaugh-
ter for having permitted child to die
without giving it medical aid. The State
carried the case upon exception and the
Supreme Court overruled the exceptions.
A dynamite explosion occurred on the
stock farm Of Dr.. J. B. Hartman, south Of
Columbus, killing four men outright.
Their names are Jesse N. Dyer, John
Cox, Richard Cox and man of the name
of Schlitz, all residents Of Columbus. A
crew OF men has been working on the
farm during the summer blasting rock
and stumps, carrying out the owners ex-
tensive ideas. Hills were being cut down
and hollows filled up. 1t is said the ex-
plosion occurred while blasting. rock in
one Of the hills.
~ believe that the day of school bells
or Of church bells, for that matter, 10
| past" said Superintendent III. v. Hotch-
kiss, of the Akron schools, at meeting
Of the School Council. The Principal Of
the Lane School requested the Board Of
Education for . school bell, as there had
been a great deal Of tardiness at that
building, and it was thought that a school
bell would lessen the tardiness. Mr..
Hotchkiss's opinion was asked, and he
declared himself to be against bells for
any of the schools.
While excavating for a bridge in Della
ware Township, Defiance County, work
men unearthed the jawbone and partsof
the skeleton, all petrifed, Of mastodon
Of prehistoric ages. Judging from the
size of the parts obtained the animal must
have weighed many tons and was thirty
feet in height. One tooth, molar, was
separate. 1t measured by 81 inches
and weighed two and one half pounds.
1t has the appearance Of polished ivory.
The specimens will be preserved by the
Defiance branch of the Maupee Valley
Pioneer Association.
Wheeling and Lake Erie passenger
train No. 81, the fastest on the road. ran
baggage car and sm' ker plunged into Q
ditch, the engine overturning, while the
cars shot across into a corn field. Fire
man James Burris of Cleveland, was ter:
ribiy scalded by steam and water Ex-
press Messenger James Greenwood Of
Cleveland, had both legs badly crushed.
The train had one hundred passengers
from Wheeling and GAINESVILLE bound for
Cleveland, but all miraculously escaped
injury. The injured men were taken to
Cleveland on special train.
The National Cash Register Company
at Dayton, has reduced its working force
25 per cent, it is said, in the making de.
partments. Bulletins have been posted
in the factory to the effect that hereafteI
the factory will operate eight hours each
day. 1t is rumored that the company will
soon manufacture automobiles.
Berry Smith, farmer, who died AZ
Bellefontaine, without blood relatives,
left 81 600 to the First PreSbyterian