The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-10-08
Buckeye New. In Brief.

ment 10 tne Cnair OF fOlltlcdl JurlSpru-
dence at Princeton University.
Mrs. J. P. Carlisle, wife of contractor
of Columbus, committed suicide by
drowning herself in cistern. She was
50 years old and was respondent over ill
| ness.
| Herbert Mosher died at Ashta buIa, from
the shock. according to the CorOner's in
| quest, Ofhaving cod water poured on him
while he was under the influence of liquor.
J. S. Fuller and ID. w. Button, saloon
keepers. are under arrest, charged with
manslaughter.
| The Wickham, Chapman & Co., the
! largest piano plate mandatory in the
| world, burned to the ground at SPRING
| field. The fire was caused by an explosion
| of gas in drying kiln. The loss is es-
timated at 100000, with insurance
amounting to $4,000.
The birth of little son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Willison OF Dover Township,
| Union County, brings to light a most
singular fact. Mr. aud Mrs. Willison
reside in the old Buxton home on the
Watkins pike, which was bdilt about
| seventy five years ago and has sheltered
four generations Of children. but never
until now had it the honor Of witnessing
| the birth Of child. 1t is doubtful il there
is another house in the State OF its age in
which so many children have been reared
and but one born.
Red foxes are so plentiful in the'ficinity
of Ripley, this fall, that farmers are i'm
plOring hunters to bring out their hounds
and hunt them down in order to save the
hen roosts. Captain Fred Ritner is pre-
pairing for big chase as soon as the
weather will permit, and he has the as
surance that the West Virginia hunters
will be there in force. He requests that
the Central Kentucky sport lovers who
formerly made runs there be notified that
the game will be finer than ever and that
dogs are plentiful.
A. B. Brownlee, aged so years, shot and
instantly killed his wife, Henrietta, aged
81 years, at youngstown, and then fired
three shots into his own b6dy, dying with
in few minutes. The shooting occurred
IN the dining room of the family residence
Mrs. Isabella Hollingsworth, the aged
mother Of Mrs. Brownlee, who has long
been an invalid. managed to give the
alarm. BrOwnlee was well connected
and some years ago was a member of the
city council. Ill health and dependency
are supposed to be the cause.
An "anti-screen" ordinance went into
effect in the village of Dresden recently
There are four saloons in the village and
all did thriving business in spite of the
fact that there was no obstruction to the
public gaze. Strange faces appeared at
the bar. Men entering the back doors
we're supplied with false faces, and with
an enlarged mouth, the masks made an
effective covering. Others brought UNI
brellas and would drink in peace under
their sheltering spread of canvas. Busi-
ness is said to have been more brisk than
for many weeks. s
Frank N. Beebe, Supreme Court Libra
rian, died at-his residence in Columbus,
OF blood poisoning. superinduced by
cancer. He had been i'll for many months.
He was 80 years old. widow and two
sons survive. In 1880 he succeeded his
father, James H. Beebe, as Law Libra
rian, and held the place until his DEATH
In 1856, at the age Of 16, he was appointed
Assistant Law Librarian, so he spent
practically all Of his life among the law
books of the Supreme Court. He was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1875. and was the
author of several important legal works.
Twenty-Five years ago, when F. Hous-
ton of the F. Houston Grocery Company,
Urbana, was in business by himself, he
had among his customers a woman who
was in straitened circumstances, and who
was working hard to support a family of
children. Mr.. Houston accommodated
her with groceries for time. and which
he long ago charged to the profit aad
loss" account. The other day while walk
ing along the street, Mr.. Houston was
approached by the lady, whom he had
almost forgotten. She handed him 81.
When Mr.. Houston hesitated she told him
that he had befriended her twenty-five
years ago, and now that her children were
prospering she was anxious that he should
be paid.
The residents of the little college town
Of Oberlin- are greatly excited over the
plague of incendiary fires that has struck
the place. During the past summer a
score Of fires have occurred at night, en-
failing an aggregate loss of $4,000, and all
Of them indicate the work of an incen-
diary. Among the buildings fired was the
college chapel, large school building,
several business blocks and some resi-
dences. Since September ten fires have
occurred, entailing loss of s25, 900. The
National Board of Fire Underwriters has
offered $500 reward, and she Council of
the village will offer $500 more. A Wig
Ia No. hoe hoe ;rfo
a thorough investigation will be made
with the aid of the detectives. One arrest
was made, but the man proved an alibi
and was released. The State Fire Marshal
has been probing into it, and thinks it is
the work of a pyromaniac, but fhe Mayor
thinks differently. He says it is the work
OF some one who is seeking revenge.
the victims of the incendiaries'
work is the Mayor himself, whose large
barn was burned few nights ago. He
vows that he will catch the fiend.
Attorney General Sheets has given Gov
ernor Nash an opinion in which the
States legal adviser holds that women
cannot act as Notaries Public. Recently
the Governor has had many requests from
for Notarial authority, and the
matter was put to the Attorney General.
Judge Sheets holds that the position of
Notary Public is an Office, and in order to
hold public Office one must be an electOr.
The question was decided by the Courts
ten years ago, but since women have been
allowed to vote at school elections the
has been frequently brought
10 the Governor.
Robert Reid of Springfield, who has
been mourned as dead for over forty years,
has been located in Prairie City, Grant
County, Oregon, by his brother, Adam
Reid of Lima. He is engaged in the gold
mining business there. Robert Reid left
Springfield in 1876, and is now about IS
years old. He went to California in search
of gold.
Chief Clerk R. l.. Allbrittain of the
State Dairy and Food Department, was
stricken with paralysis, and is lying in
critical condition at his home, on Warren
street, Columbus. Allbrittain is a we'll
known educator. and was clerk to State
school Commissioners Tappan, Hancock
and COrSOn.