The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-11-10
Minor State News.


of hydrophoba. She was bitten by dog
last July.
Mrs. III. J. Rearick of PEBBLES, was
burned to death in an explosion following
an attempt 10 start fire with kerosene.
burglars effected an entrance to the home
of John Aiken. one mile west of Granville
and secured $40 in money and a roll OF
fresh butter.
Hyacinth Wagner, IS, of Somerset, while
driving traction engine, run off a small
culvert into run, upsetting the engine and
badly scalding himself with the escaping
steam.
John Davis of Canal Dover, who is em-
ployed in the sheet mill at Cambridge, had
his right foot very badly cut while at work
The injury while painful, is not considered
serious.
James Weische of CroOksville, member
of the Board Of Infrmary Directors of Perry
County, is in the hospital suffering with
blood poisoning. He scratched his wris;
on saw.
Mrs. David Beazle of Martins Ferry.
was working in her kitchen and in reach
ing through the open window Jared the
sash, which fell, fracturing her arm below
the wrist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael d. Robson OF
Westcrville, celebrated their golden we'd.
ding anniversary October %, in the pres
ence of their immediate family and few
intimate friends
Theodore Slack, of Amsden. aged &C
years and married, was instantly killed by
the accidental discharge Of a gun in the
hands of his companion, c. E. Dicken, with
whom he was duck hunting
Amos GOss. aged rs, dropped dead in a
cOrnfield on the farm of G.. W. Smith, south
of Lancaster. lie had gone to the field to
work and was found dead lying under .
tree. Heart trouble caused death.
Samuel A. Junkins, a pioneer of Bel
mont County, who has been in business at
Bridgeport for the last sixty-nine years.
has retired in the S6th year of his age, and
will spend the remainder of his days at
ease from business cares.
While shoveling coal from car, Charles
Piper, of Lancaster, was suddenly seized
by an intense pain in the right leg, which
would no longer bear his weight. An ex-
animation revealed the fact that the leg be-
low the hip joint had been fractured.
Richard Hutton of Wheeling, who was
bound over from Wellsviile for robbery and
pleaded not guilty, withdrew his plea and
was permitted to plead guilty to pocket
picking and sentenced 10 the penitentiary
for one year.
Mrs. Jane Humphrey, widow of the late
Judge Daniel Humphrey, and one of the
pioneer women of Granville, died at her
home there after all illness of some time
with the diseases incident to old age, she
being in her S9th year of her age.
Elmer Austin, alleged TO be a clever dia-
mond thief, was captured in the electric
railway waiting room al, LOrain. lie is
charged with having stolen a diamond from
John Davis. When arrested he is said to
have concealed the jewel underneath his
tongue.
Abel Lodge, for many years prominent
in the business affairs of Lisbon, died un-
expectedly in his Goth year from heart fall
ure. Although frail and feeble for the last
two years, he was apparently as well as
usual, but was found dead in his bed by
members of the family.
Mrs. Harriet Babcoch, inmate Ut the
Methodist Home for the Aged at Granville,
died at that institution at the advanced age
of 81 years. She was one of the two oldest
inmates of the home, and had been an i'll
mate since March II, l9Oc, when the home
was located at Yellow Springs.
Rufus Brown. farmer, who resided
near Scott, Paulding county. committed
suicide by swallowing Strychninc. Before
committing the act he set fire to his home,
barn and Outbuildings, and all were de-
stroyed. His wife left him some time ago
and this is thought to have been the cause
Delaware is literally suffering from: a
plague of black birds and the city officials
have decided TO wage war of extermina-
ton on the birds. In some sections of the
residence portion of the city, it is impOssi-
bic to sleep after five in the morning, as the
birds gather by thousands in the tops Of
shade trees.
A cable dispatch received at Hamilton,
from Manila, announces the death OF Mrs
Edna Macke Nichols. She was the daugh-
ter of Ben W. Macke, the squire who de-
faulted from Hamilton in 1925, and after a
romantic career has become the head of a
rich whiskey firm of Hong Kong and Ma
Mia. Miss Macke was married in Septem-
Der to William Chandler Nichols of Manila.
The event was important i'll Philippine
society. Governor Luke f. Wright and all
the Philippine commissioners were among
the guests.
The body of the unknown man killed by
IL Pan Handle train near Hanover was
buried at Hanover by Criss Brothers.
There is no clue to the mans idedtity.
TwOIevolvers. a bunch OF skeleton keys and
a number OF lock picks wcT', found on the
dead man 5 person. lie was powerfully
built man, weighing about $50 pounds and
was feet 9 inches in height. Ills hair
was black, complexion swarthy and he
wore light black mustache and gOatee.
Owing to the nature of the articles found
on the body the police are anxious to as
certain the identity of the man.
The Warren Political Equality Club,
numbering $50 representative men and
women, has passed a resolution protesting
WOAANh DSiirS SiocsSu IA AAhe "teh
minors, nOn-residentS, illiterates and crimi-
mails, as is done in the bill for statehood for
the Inian, Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona Territories. 1t urgently calls up
ON the Ohio Senators and Congressman,
with Senator j. A. Beveridge of Indiana,
chairman of the committee on territories. to
have the wording changed before the bill
becomes a law, as the club believes the
present wording an insult to American
womanhOOd.
David Baird, who lives three miles north
east of BloOmdale, raised the biggest hog
in northwestern Ohio this year. The hog
weighed 740 pounds and was sold.
Miss Beryl Hope, leading woman of the
Empire Stock Company, was badly in
jured during the performance of 1.-The
Dancing Girl" Miss Hope makes sensa-
tional fall from the top of a high stairway
of fifteen steps, rolling to the bottom where
she lies at the feet of her father, who has
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