The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
Minor Mention.

John Arts was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for killing
Charles Henderson at Columbus.
A. j. Rounds, electrician in the light
plant at NOrwalk, was killed by coming
in contact with an arc light dynamo.
The annual report of Miami (Oxford)
University, filed with the Governor, shows
that 2S6 students are enrolled, double the
number of last year.
John Dement,, Portsmouth steel
worker, in attempting to alight from
moving car. was throa under tho wheel.
and instantly killed.
John Fleming, q window glass worker,
boarded q freight train in Barnesville to
ride to Bellaire, on the top of the car. His
head struck girder Of bridge, killing
him instantly.
Wesley Snitson Of Feesburg, near
Aberdeen, found on the premises a violin
| over 200 years old. Burned into the wood
OF the old instrument is the inscriptions:
"Andras Guarnerius, Facit Cremona Sub
titulO Santa Teresa. 170O."
| The number of saloons in Lucas County
has increased from TIT last December to
755 this December, according to the Dow
tax collections. The saloons in the county
last month paid s152, 700 80 in Dow tax.
The money maintains the infirmary, sup
ports the poor and pays the policemen.
| Following an nentertainmentin in the Town
Hall at Santa Fe, Logan county, andwhile
| the audience was descending a flight of
stairs to the first floor, the stairway gave
away and precipitated half score Of
| people to the lower floor. Mrs. William
Thompson and Mrs. c. Boogher were
probably fatally hurt.
After an absence of thirteen, years and
his whereabouts unknown, Myron Stuck
man has returned to the home of his youth,
farm in the southern part of Williams
County, to find that his father died three
years ago, and the estate has been settled
and divided among the known heirs.
Myron will likely sue for his share Of the
estate.
At the request OF the City Clerk Of Del
aware the Attorney General construed
Section 1877 of the municipal code to mean
that policemen and firemen in the employ
of municipalities will not be dismissed
when the code is effective. These i'm
portant employees may be removed only
for cause, and under the rules Of the merit
system as set forth in the code.
Jndge Phillips of the Common Pleas
Court at Cleveland, has handed down a
decision holding that the Tax Bureau,
maintained at the the expense of the city.
is illegal. The City Auditor and Treas
urer are restrained from making any
TO nf caIo
ofthe bureau. Mayor johnson established
the bureau 'to educate the people on the
tax question:"
man lying on the tracks Of the
Northern Ohio Traction Company, be-
tween Akron and BarbertOn, was cut in
twain. 1t is believed he was the victim
Of foul play. lie was identified as James
Naylon, aged 40, employed in building q
railroad bridge over the canal. An attempt
was made to stop the car, but it wasn't
stopped until the front wheels had crossed
his body. Police are investigating.
The Attorney General has under con-
sideratiOn the advisability Of bringing
custer proceedings against the Aetna and
Travellers Life Insurance Companies.
These companies are doing an employers
liability insurance business in Ohio. The
law provides that life companies may
assume only life, accident and health
risks. The Attorney General thinks that
employers liability insurance is not legal.
The companies will have an opportunity
to file briefs before action is taken.
Chief Inspector Morgan of the Depart
ment Of Workshops and Factories, pro-
poses to enforce the child labor laws.
Quiet investigations have been made
throughout the State during the past few
weeks, and it is said thousands Of children
are employed contrary to law. The stat
utes provide that during school time no
child under IA shall be employed and that
children under is may not be employed
unless they present a proper schooling.
certificate. Chief Inspector Morgan will |
attempt to have School Superintendents |
cooperate with him. He says the city of |
Sandusky is remarkably free from child |
labor abuses, because the School Super
lntendent there advises him of infractions
Of the laws.
Ben and Alice Jewell were buried in the
same grave in Greenwood Cemetery at |
GAINESVILLE, and their untimely deaths
and burial are the pathetic climax Of
brief welded life. The young couple
were married on October 2l, 1901. On the
drst anniversary of their marriage they
together entered the County Infirmary.
This unfortunate turn in their married
life was only reached after q brave, but
futile, struggle with sickness, privation
and poverty. Both were in the last stages
~ xuif fa ID
the husband died five hours later. Mr..
and Mrs. Jewell were devotedly attached
to each other, and in the darkened days of
their final illness they afforded pathetic
spectacle to the County lnfirmary officials
and visitors. They were both 81 years
Did. Owing to the poverty of the young
souple the husbands funeral expenses
were horne by the County Infirmary Di-
rectors, while the wife was buried at the
expense of the Trustees Of Brushcreek
Township, where the young couple began
;heir married life.
A west-bound Erie train, two hours late
Z surrey in which were seated five persons,
near Mansfield, killing one instantly
and severely injuring the rest. The oc-
,upants Of the carriage were: &. W. Fast,
Mrs. G. W. Fast, Fred Fridgen, Mrs. Fred
Fridgen and their small son. all of Cook
estOn. Mrs. Fast was killed instantly.
Of the others, no one received injuries Of
= necessarily fatal nature. although each
was badly cut and bruised. The mishap
occurred on the homeward trip of the two
families after day of Christmas shopping
at Mansfield.
The annuel report of the Trustees of the
Boys Industrial School, Lancaster, has
been filed with Governor Nash. During
the year l, ,260 Eoys were cared for and 455
making the average enrolment
80. Per capita cost of maintaining the
was sl56.40. Hamilton County
sent 90 boys to the institution during the
year; Cuyahoga, IS; Franklin, 90, and
Lucas, 40.
The Erie pay car. loaded down with
$50, 900 for the employees, crashed into the