The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-11
Rrief State Items.

Brief State Items.
The Masonic Lodges of Portsmouth,
have decided TO erect temple at Gosh
Of sl5O, GOO.
The 12-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Armstrong, residing near De.
gr Fl, died from hydrophobia.
The house of John Harper at New
Haven. burned and Mr.. Harper and hs
wife, both over so years old, were burned
to death.
Lightning destroyed the barn belong
ing to William Allcock of junction City,
together with one horse and several bug
gies. Loss 1000.
Josephine. the 7-year-old daughter Of
C. o. Franklin of Lancaster, was pain
fully burned on the face and neck by up
setting boiling lard.
Allie Davis, aged 16, at West Union,
mistook his grandmother. Mrs. Harries
Davis, for burglar and shot her. She
died few hours later.
E. E. Thomas Of Warren, was struck
and Instantly killed by an Erie train
while gathering coal along the track. He
is survived by a wife and one child.
Because his 17-year-old wife insisted on
going to picnics against his wishes, James
Good Of Lancaster, a maehinist, shot and
killed her and then committed suicide.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Harris Of st.
Clairsville were held up near Pasco by
three negroes and robbed Of fifty dollars.
The man was mistreated but not much
hurt.
John Rockers. 80 years old, married, OF
Sherbrook street, and Jacob Margo, "a
years. single, of Norwood avenue, Cleve-
land, were drowned in Lake Erie while
fishing from boat.
Fred Grotte Of BeIwood. drank the
contents of two-ounce bottle of carbolio
acid and expired in fifteen minutes. He
made another unsuccessful attempt sew
eral years ago.
David Young and family were thrown
from their carriage in runaway accident
at Belle Center. Young and his daughter
Julia are both fatally injured. Two
others escaped unhurt.
Ida Fornshell of Miamsburg, while go
ing to work was suddenly overcome by
the heat and fell, striking her head on the
curbstone. She was taken to her home
and is said to be in serious condition.
Charles Degarmo. aged 10 years, was
run down and killed in the W. & l.. E.
railroad yards at Warrenton. He stopped
between cars to gather some coal and
the train started and he was crushed to
death.
Prof. Baldwin of Springfield, was seri-
ously injured while making balloon as
cention in Silver Lake Park, Bellefoun-
taine, during a grocer's picnic. His
balloon was torn on a tree limb and he fell
about thirty feet.
The Jones-Smith Piano Company has
hocton General Manager and Secretary,
and A. B. Smith Of Akron. Stores will
be established at once at Coshocton,
GAINESVILLE and Newark, embracing all
musical Instruments.
Jerry Condo, the prison turnkey who
was so brutally beaten by the five prison.
ers who escaped from the Center County
Jail last week. is dead. Notwithstand-'
ing the fact that hundreds OF men have
been searching day and night since the
prisoners escaped. no clue to their where
abouts has been obtained.
Jack Wardell. employed as lineman by
the Electric Light Company at Elyria,
was probably fatally injured by coming
in contact with live wire in Broad street.
He fell from the pole on which be was
working and sustained q fracture OF the
skull. This and the very severe burns he
received will probably cause his death.
Robert Burnett, section boss on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad living at Re-
public. was killed Instantly at Republic
by fast line westbound passenger train.
The r. & U. is double tracked at the point
where the accident occurred, and Burnett
had stepped from the south track onto the
north to escape an approaching freight.
He was horribly mangled.
severe rain and wind storm passed
through the region OF Centerville, south
of Dayton, and the loss occasioned by the
damage to the tobacco and corn crops Is
estimated at many thousands of dollars.
The tobacco crop was entirely destroyed
within a radius Of ten miles around Gem
terville, while the loss is incalculable.
A heavy wind prevailed during the storm,
and many trees and fences blown down.
Several buildings were also unroofed.
William O'Neil. colored penitentiary
convict from Cincinnati, committed sui
eide by jumping from an upper tier Of
cells to the stone floor below. He was
sent up for one year for cutting to kill.
His term would have expired in Novem-
Der He had just been released from his
cell for the day, when he was dashed to
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insane. There is a possibility Of his hav-
ing fallen from the platform, but it Is not
considered likely.
The common pleas court Of Cleveland
has decided an important question. 1t
was the first time in the history Of law
that the question has been fairly and
squarely decided. Judge Phillips held
that baby buggy was household ne
cessity. II am not decided" said the
Judge. whether baby is a necessity or
not; but baby buggy certainly is a ne
cessity if there is a baby in the house
hold" The defendant denied the buggy
was a necessity and wanted an attach
ment dismissed. Judge Phillips held the
attachment would be good.
Emilio Lorini was accidentally shot and
killed at Portsmouth, by fellow work
man, who was cleaning gun. The latter
fed, and his companions fear he has
drowned himself.
The numerous delivery wagons and
their youthful drivers at Wapakuneta are
thing of the past and new delivery
system has been introduced. The grocers
have formed combine and placed the de-
livery of their goods in the hands of one
man. Hereafter deliveries will be made
only at certain hours of the day in large
wagons especially constructed for that
purpose.
"Watch me hang myself, Henry" said
Ora Hancock, aged Is, to his playmate,
Henry Longbrake, aged Q, while swing
ing on rope swing in barn Of his faith
er, Bennett Hancock, west Of Kenton.
With that the elder lad made a moose In
the swing and inserted his head. This
strangled the boy, and he fell. the drop
causing the rope to break his neck. Ths
lads object was only to frighten his play
mate. 1t had tine desired effect, ana the
smaller boy ran to his home. some dis,
tauce AWAY Meanwhile the sister OF the