The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-01

Rev. j. Knox Montgomery has been in
augurated as president of the Muskingum
College at GAINESVILLE.
A 7-year-old daughter of Lester Bucher,
merchant at BOokwalter, was fatally burned
after upsetting an oil lamp.
| While hunting near GAINESVILLE, George
Smith shot at eovey of quail and hit Sam
uel Sines in the face. Sines was seriously
but not fatally injured.
Murphy & Buekley's abattoir was de-
| stroyed by fire with all its contents at Will
mington. Thirty-eight hogs were among
the property consumed. The loss is 81, $50.
The Akron-AllianceC Connecting Railway
is being reorganized with Arthur Wright,
DR.. C. L. Morgan, and Gen. G. r. Gyger,
as new directors. Eastern capitalists are
enthusiastic over the proposed line.
| Mrs. Kate Schneider, 50 years old, was
| caught by freight train on a crossing at
Bellefontaine, and instantly killed. Her
daughter was killed some months ago by
an explosion at the novelty works
Judge Mclaughlin, referee in bank
| ruptcy, has declared the first dividend TO
| depositOrs in the Surface Bank of West
Liberty, which failed some months ago. 1t
Is now believed that depOsitors will be paid
| in full.
Frank F. Maxheimer, aged 4S, wealthy
and prominent farmer of near MassillOn,
committed suicide, shooting himself with
rifle. His wife last week applied for di-
vorce, charging him with habitual drunken
ness.
Daniel Smith, an aged man Of C0nneaut.
was run over by Lake Shore train as he
was hunting coal along the tracks with
lantern. Although he was not mangled,
1t was found that nearly every bone in his
body was broken.
Alva Smith of Mount Vernon, has sued
damages. He claims that he was elected
from passenger train at Galena without
cause and after he had paid his fare from
Columbus to Mount Vernon.
Mrs. Lydia Miller, aged IS years, widow
Of F. C. Miller, the well known druggist of
New Philadelphia, while descending the
stairs with lamp in her hand at her homes
fell. Her clothing took fire and she was
so badly burned that death resulted soon
after the accident.
In spite of the appeals of a committee
representing the joint synod, the congrega-
ton of Zion Lutheran Church at SaldusKy.
has refused to release Rev. A. H. Born
birer to permit him to accept the position
of director of the W OOdyille Normal School,
lutheran church institution.
John Hess, Big Four Agent at Gretna,
died suddenly. Deceased was IS years old,
and had been in the employ Of the Big -Four
Railroad for many years as agent at vari-
Gus towns. He was in his office and sud-
denly became unconscious from a brain
hemorrhage and died few hours later.
Carol Withowsky of Cleveland, fell from
the fourth floor of an apartment, into a
courtyard and was almost instantly killed.
His mother, who had witnessed the acci-
dent, attempted to throw herself from a
balcony, but was restrained by neighbOrs.
For hours she had to be watched to prevent
her making way with herself.
A. NJ. McCarty, referee in bankruptcy,
has made decision in the claim of the
Bourne Fuller Company Of Cleveland,
against the Structural Steel Car Company.
The claim was $4,000 for 1000 tons Of
material which was never delivered. The
referee allowed s7,2nO, which represents
the profit that would have resulted by fill
ing the order.
J.T. S. Milligan of Bell Center, while
residing in Kansas 81 years ago, purchased
a horse that he has possessed ever since
and now he has shipped the faithful old
family animal to Denison, Kansas, where
his son Knox will care for it during the
remainder of its days. The age of the
horse is not known, but Mr.. NIilligan has
owned it for 81 years.
Seven months ago Mrs. Daniel Huffman,
so, of Green Camp, near Marion. became
violently insane, as result of sickness,
and wandered away in her night clothes.
She was found half dead along the Big
SciOto banks out of Green Camp. Recently
Mrs. Huffman was awakened from sound
sleep by severe bleeding at the nose, fol-
lowed by complete restoration Of her men
tai faculties. Attending physicians say
the hemOrrhage of the nose relieved blood
pressure on the brain.
Mystery surrounds the suicide of the
strange 'Mrs. Henderson," the young
woman who ended her life with poison at
Cleveland 1t developed that she took
every precaution to prevent revelation Of
her identity. The makers labels had been
removed from her jacket, hat and shoes.
There were no marks Of any kind upon her
lingerie, and no letters, cards or anything
calculated to bring light upon her identity
were found in her room.
The village of Silver Creek, near Akron.
is slowly sinking, and residents have be-
come panicstricken, fearing that the place
will! disappear in few months. Many
families have moved into open air, pre-"
ferring to suffer from the cold rather thar
to risk having their houses tumble dowr
upon them. 1t is thought that the strange
sinking is due to the fact that all of the
vicinity is undermined by coal tunnels dug
since the Silver Greek mines were first
opened, and that general cave-in is liable
to occur soon. Already the roadbed has
sunk at least two feet in many spots.
John Kennedy, aged H. of Hamilton, was
found lying along the roadside near the
Reilley School with bullet wound in his
leg. The boy does not know who shot him.
1t is believed stray bullet from hunters
rifle struck him..
John Graf. aged 40 years, while ehoppinS
down a tree at his home near Lancaster,
was struck on the head by falling limb
and his skull was badly fractured. Not
his serious injuries he walked
a mile to the traction line. boarded car,
went six miles to the city and underwent
an operation in which large portion OF
the skull was removed.
Seven inmates escaped from the Boys In
dustrial School at Lancaster. They over
powered the guards after supper. Two OF
them were captured near the institution,
but the other FIVE are still at large. The
plot had been made for twenty to go, but
thirteen of the boys weakened at the last
minute.
Roy Herbst aged IS, of st. Marys, was
killed by the accidental discharge of shot
gun while hunting quail. He had placed
the cooked gun against tree and was
awaiting the arrival of companions. The