The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-15
Buckeye News In Brief.

! DamOre Frank fatally injured by being
run down in dense fog by work tain on
the C.. e Z. Road at New Salisbury.
Arthur Parks, an S-year-Old boy, of CO.
shOctOn, picked shotgun cartridge with a
penknife. The cap exploded, sending the
shot into his face. The boy is seriously
hurt.
The venerable Alexander McCracken,
well known in Cambridge, celebrated the
ninetieth anniversary of his birth. He
was born in log cabin in Cambridge, No
vember %, 1914.
Glen Morrison, formerly of Cambridge,
has been appointed assistant superintend-
ent of the Louisville division and branches
of the Louisville Il Nashville RrailrOad
with headquarters at Livingston, ny.
A former Bellaire boy, Will Buchanan,
son of Mrs. NJ. Buchanan Of Guernsey
street, has been appointed private secre-
tary to GOvernor-elect Douglas of Massa-
ehusetts. He has been publishing paper
in BrOcton for some years.
While the family of IIarrG Tabor OF
BellefOntaine was at breakfast fire started
in the roof of their home from spark and
before they knew of the impending danger
the house had been burned be Jond saliva
ton and only part of the clothing was
rescued.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Hurr Of Bowling
Green Township are perhaps the most sue
cessful advocates of President ROOsevelt's
anti-race suicide doctrine IN Marion
County. Fifteen children have been born
| to them, all Of whom are living save one.
The last child, son, was born recently.
Walter II. Zeller, aged 25 years, assistant
secretary of the MaSsillon Building and
Loan Company and one of the most popu-
lar young men in that city, saOt himself
| through the heart, dying instantly. A love
affair with a yonng lady in Canton is the
only cause advanced by intimate friei. Is.
Almost at the same hour of the death OF
| Mrs. Mary Robinson, an aged resident OF
Ottawa, came the announcement Of the
death of her son Thomas, which occurred
at the Toledo State Hospital. The funerals
of mother and son were held at the same
hour and the bodies consigned to the same
grave.
Clint Baker, resident of Galatea, was
badly injured in a runaway at Findlay.
The horse became frightened at l0comO-
tive and ran away. One of the reins broke
and the driver attempted to jump from
the rig. lie caught his foot and was thrown
violently to the ground, the wheels passing
over his body.
George w. Cooper is dead from heart
disease at his home in COOperdale. lie
was prominent resident of the county,
the place where he lived having been
named after him when the Cleveland, Ak
ron 4 Columbus was built. He had been
in the merchandise business at Dresden,
West Carlisle and Wapat0mika.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amor GLADDEN. observed
the siXty-eighth anniversary OF their we'd
ding at their home north of Urbana. Not
wthstandng the fact that the venerable
people are each in the ninety-second year
OF their life they still maintain their every
faculty and each reads without glasses.
They came to their home in 1851 In a road
wagon.
Mrs. Louis Neil, aged 20, was burn cd
to death at her home near Davis Station,
a small village six miles east Of Portsmouth
on the Norfolk Il Western. Her clothes
ignited from crate. She was alone at the
time Of the accident and became hysterical
She ran TO her front yard and allowed the
wind to fan the flames with the result that
her flesh was literally cooked. She had
only been married u month.
l.. G. Mower. u tombstone merchant at
Baltic, has disappeared and II is alleged
I,. l.g,
checks bearing the forged signatures Of his
friends to the amount of several thousand
dollars. Canal Dover Banks have been
hard hit, and ii Is said some local banks
have been touched for small amounts but
all deny it. Mower was u leader in church
affairs and occupied an exalted position In
the community.
While standing in the presence of several
of her little nieces and nephews, Retta Noe,
beautiful girl, q years old, shot herself
through the heart, in the parlor Of the
home Of her br0ther-in-law, Eli johnson in
Hamilton. In the dead girls pocket was
found biscuit stuffed with paris green,
which she evidently intended to use If the
pistol failsd. Her death was instantane-
Gus. The girl claimed her that her rela-
tiyes mistreated her.
Theodore Dwight Shepherd, twice POST
master of Norwalk, died of Bright's dis
ease. He had been i'll in bed for week,
but for the past few years had not been
troubled. Mr.. Shepard was appointed
Postmaster by President Mckinley under
his first term and was reappOinted. The
deceased was 81 years old, and was at one
time grand regent of the Royal Arcanum
in this state. He also represented that Or
der in the supreme council.
The inauguration of DIR. Charles w.
Dabney, as president of the University of
Cincinnati, was followed within two days
by u donation If 5000 as beginning Of an
addition to the endowment fund that will
enable DR.. Dabney and the trustees to
carry out the plans they have made for the
future of the university. The donor is
William j. O'Dell, the broker, and the gift
is without conditions. 1t came entirely I'M
expected and has Just been announced.
Carrie Downey, aged II, of Hamilton,
was sitting beside window picking a
mandolin at her home, when stray bullet
fired from a rifle pierced the window pane.
1t punctured the mandolin and fell in the
girls lap. The bullet was evidently fired
by Thanksgiving hunters.
Carter L. Uhl, aged years, son of Ed
ward Uhl, living south of Wooster, while
watching older boys playing ball, was
struck on the forehead by thrown ball.
The little fellow did not seem to be hurt
seriously, walked home, but fell over as he
entered the house and died after suffering
terribly for few hours.
John Strain, aged Il years, the oldest
employe of the c. Il p, is dead. For
thirty years he was express messenger and
baggage-master between Bellaire and
Pittsburg, but for the past year has been
on the retired list.
But two bids were received for the 81 500
water works bonds of the city of Bellefon-
taine and the bid of W. J. Hayes Il Son of
Cleveland, was conditional one, and is
not considered, so the award will doubtless
be made to the Peoples National Bank of
Bellefontane, which bid par and accrued
interest. The bonds are dated September
iQot and are payable on or before SeD-