The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-08
Buckeye News In Brief.

Buckeye News In Brief.
The postoifice at Brookton, Noble County,
has been discontinued.
| At the city building at Martins Ferry,
woman tramp applied for lodging.
Mrs. Martha Leonard, aged nearly 50, Of
Columbus Grove, was kicked to death by
horse.
| Walter Partington, aged %, was run
down and killed by shifter on the Ft.
| Wayne road at tAlliance.
John NJ. Swart Of Newark, has been ad-
mitted to practise In the interior depart
ment at Washington, ID. G.
Arthur E. Kuehle, a G. Il P. fireman, who
was struck and badly crushed by passen-
ger train near Wellsville, is dead.
| While playing with stick Of dynamite
at Findlay, II was prematurely exploded,
and Jesse Jacobs left arm was torn of.
In runaway accident at East Liverpool,
DR.. A. l.. Lemon had his right shoulder
blade broken and was badly bruised and
shaken up.
| William Nealor, while hunting with
John Norman, near Wapakoneta, was ac-
cidentally shot in the face and badlywound-
ed by the latter.
| Mrs. John Burnworth of Cambridge, fell
on the board walk in her yard, badly splin-
tering one bone and dislocating the other
in her right wrist.
Sarah E. Thomas, the 4-year-old daugh-
ter of William o. Thomas, died at Zanes-
vile from burns. She stepped on match,
which set fire to her dress.
The Central Ohio, a Columbus company,
has drilled in a large gas well on the Bax-
ter tract south of Mount Vernon. 1t will
do better than 5,OOO, 900 cubic feet per day.
| A carrier pigeon bearing on its left leg
tag labeled 81 NJ. 1S457", was killed by
Jess Hager of Pickerington, along with
batch that was destined for a pigeon pot
pie.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Slower, aged 80, died at
Eaton. Notwithstanding that she lived in
the age that witnessed the development OF
American railways, she never rode on
train.
| Mrs. John Powers, aged 90, died at Desh-
Ter. Her husband, aged 81 years, is the
oldest Odd Fellow in the state, having
Joined Cincinnati Lodge No. l sixty-one
years ago.
David Caldwell, pioneer settler OF
BlOomdale, died at the advanced age OF 59
years. He was an old soldier and served
throughout the civil war as a member OF
the 1Olst regiment, o. vi.
| Vina, the 4-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Toomire of Springfield, drank
some carbOlic acid which she found in a
drawer and came near dying. While her
condition is critical it is expected that she
will recover.
| A.D. Parish, a young man Of Marysville,
while engaged in shredding corn on the
farm of Jacob Daum, had his right hand
caught in the machinery of the shredder
and before he could be rescued his arm was
ground to pulp.
Henry BOwersOn, a farmer of Ffndlay,
was frightfully injured by having his right
arm caught in corn shredder and carried
to the knives before it could be released.
1t was cut into ribbons and every bone
broken, necessitating amputation.
Mrs. F. C. Miller, aged 70, fell down a
| flight of stairs at her home in New Phila-
delphia and was badly injured. A lighted
lamp which she carried in her hand explo-
ded and she was also burned severely. Her
injuries are serious.
l2-year-old Oscar Null, son of Joseph
Null of Beverly, has been missing. The
belief that he was drowned led to the
dragging of the Muskingum River for sew
eral miles, but inability to find him leads
to the belief that he may have been kid
naped.
A number of white quail were bagged by
| l.. G. and j. W. Sherlock while hunting
near Bucyrus. The bird is pure white, and
slightly smaller than the ordinary quail
The Sherrocks found covey of thes
feathered curiosities, and out of twelve Sc
cured four.
The members of the congregation of the
Second Congregational Church of Elyria,
are at war over their pastor, Rev. II. 5.
Wannamaker. One-half of the members
are urging him to resign, while the other
! half want him to stay. Hon. NJ. II. Leva-
good is chairman of the committee urging
| the pastor to resign.
That the number ''thirteen" is not al
| ways ''unlucky" was proven to the salts
| faction of j. W. Glenn, well known oil
producer of Lima, who shot his well of that
number on the Church farm near Beaver
Dam and witnessed a response which turned
one hundred and forty barrels of crude at
81. OF barrel into his tanks.
Misses Rene PeltOn and Bertha Cranker.
were employed in the JacOby School near
Toledo, when a case of smallpox developed
They determined to remain in the school
house under quarantine rather than go
home and expose members Of their house
hold. Provisions were sent and they set
mp housekeeping in a small way.
A panic occurred at Springfield at bar
gain sale in a five and ten cent store.
About 800 women attended and five OF
their number tainted. This caused the
greatest excitement. Tables containing
china and glassware were overturned and
the ware broken. The police had to fight
their way into the store, and the only way
order was obtained was by stopping the
sale.
The senior class In the high school Of
Frederickstown, got up and left the bull
ding In body, refusing to take an advanced
course in geometry which is not required
in the manual Professor ]. S. Alan as
signed it, however, and now there Is no
graduating class for 1905.
Harry Snyder, a local Nimrod, was
hunting quail near Tiffin, when his dog
flushed large coyey. Snyder became ex-
cited, and was unable to discharge his gun.
when the dog, apparently realizing the
situation, rushed into the flock as it arose
and, seizing one of the birds, brought it to
its masters feet.
Quite a sensation was created in Ports
mouth by the marriage of Rev. F. w.
Chase to Miss Ella Chase, one of his par
ishioners. Their courtship dates back to
their college days at the Rio Grande COL
lege In Gallia County. The groom came
from Rutland, Ohio.
William Wagner of Bucyrus, fearing his
end was near, bought his cemetery lot, Sc
lected his coffin and paid for it, provided
his burial clothes and deposited enough
money in the bank to pay other funeral ex-