The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-19
Buckeye News In Brief.

Mllty CteNeltS, dScu 1T. Vi hdillSOii, j,
contracting painter. died suddenly of an
overdose of chlOral.
AdOlph Duve of Coshocton, fell down
stairs and was picked up unconscious and
in precarious condition.
While engaged at her household duties
in Bluffton, Mrs. Eli Hartman, AZ years
old, dropped dead. Her husband was
away at the time.
Glen l.. Walker, senior member of the
firm of Walker & Cantwell of COShOctOn,
retired, the firm being succeeded by the
Cantwell Shoe Company.
Rev. Father Arnold, pastor of the Cath
Ollie Church at Fort Jennings, Putnam
County. fell on the icy sidewalk in Delphos
and dislOcated his right shoulder.
Charles Michaels, GAINESVILLE cigar
maker, stepped from B. Il o. train, but
slipped and fell, dislocating one ankle and
fracturing some of the small bones of his
foot.
Michael LutZ, resident of Crawford
County for three-quarters of century,
died at his home north of Bucyrus aged So.
He assisted in the building of the Miami
Canal.
Lloyd Wengert, 10 years old. was
drowned at Fort Seneca He broke through
the ice in crossing the river on his way to
Sunday School and was carried under to
his death.
Mr.. Harley Davis of Mt. Sterling, was
rendered unconscious in runaway acci-
dent at BellefOntaine and some one took ST
from his pocket before lie regained con-
sciOuSneSs.
Mrs. Mary (Aunt Polly Swartzie, who
was born and always lived in German
township, near Germantown, died aged 90
years. She never lived a mile away from
her birthplace
The land anchors for the masts erected
for wireless telegraphy in the islands of
Cuba and Porto Rico, and in Panama and
Colon, were made at the Philip Smith
foundry in Sidney.
Daniel Brombaugh, prominent and
wealthy resident of Plymouth, committed
suicide. His lifeless body was found hang
ing in his barn. He leaves wife and five
children. The cause is not known.
Arthur Porter, aged y, of Portsmouth,
while watching his father work in clay
bank, was caught in an avalanche and was
probably fatally injured. Both legs were
crushed and his condition is serious.
The new East Liverpool Hospital has
been opened to the public with informal
exercises. 1t has been built wholly by
public subscriptions and the expectation is
to keep it running by the same means.
Maggie Denman of Bellefontaine, has
been granted divorce from William Den
man on the grounds of cruelty. She told
the Court her husband had compelled her
to move forty three times in nine years.
Daniel Brumback, farmer who lived
near Norwalk, was found hanging to a
and slightly demented. A brother COM
mitted suicide in the same way year ago.
While a dozen men were engaged in re-
pairing an engine in the shops of the Big
ESa,s ~Srifay at BeilefUutainc, tho big
monsfe- turned turtle. Three machinistS
were caught beneath the framework but
were only slightly injured.
Probably the Oldest married couple IL
Ohio is Mr.. and Mrs. William Specie, re-
siding south of Degraff, Logan County.
They have been married seventy years and
both are 80 years of age. They were born
and raised on adjoining farms.
While sitting in chair in his room ct
the Windsor hotel at Akron, George ".
Lee, a travelling salesman, expired sud-
denly. He had been suffering from
Bright'S disease and it is believed that re-
sultant heart failure caused his death.
The work of taking German carp from
the Lewiston reservoir, which task is being
done by a party of New Workers, who
made contract with the State Fish Com
miSsioners some time ago, is in progress
and more than ton of fish is being taken
from the big pond daily.
]. W. MOwen has been notified of his ap-
pointment as commissioner in bankruptcy
to succeed S. S. Wheeler, who resigned be-
cause of his connection with the PennSyl-
vania Railroad system as assistant cOun-
sci. The territory embraces the counties
of Auglaise, Allen and Putnam.
Edward Woodward of Forest, has slept
but little since Thanksgiving Day. At
that time he was out hunting and was ac-
cidentally shot with rifle by one of his
best friends. The bullet entered the groin
and at the point in the blood vessel where
the bullet pierced, aneurism, or a=tumOt
has developed. The doctors say that il
this breaks it will cause the patient tc
bleed to DEATH This fact alone keeps the
young man awake.
The Haskins Road, which is one of the
most notable road improvements in the
country, is now completed after two years
of work by the contractors. This road
connects Bowling Green, Easkins, TOntO-
gany, Grand Rapids and Wateryille. The
course of this improvement before it was
made heavy, and for most of the year al
most impossible. Outlying districts were
cut off from passage to the county seat, but
now good broad highway affords passage
for any traffic.
Weak from illness and exhausted by the
cold, Tony Mauer, 46 years old, lay down
at the door of his home in Cleveland, un-
able to reach its shelter. The next morn
ing his body was found in the yard by the
man of the house. frozen to death.
Mrs. Eliza Jacobs of Youngstown, ap-
piled for Widows pension recently and
discovered that her late husband, John
Jacobs. had wife living in Philadelphia
and that his right name was LOngdecker.
she found that he married wife No. be-
fore the civil war, and that after peace
was declared he came west and changed
his name to Jacobs.
Without saying word to his family. but
announcing to others that he would never
return. August Zueizke, proprietor of the
Shlenk Hotel at Sandusky. drew 81 300
from the bank and has disappeared. He
said he would probably go to Appleton,
Wis. where he has brother. He gave
$10o to little daughter
A piece of iron weighing twenty-three
pounds. fell on the head of Joe Newman
at Springfield, and did not fracture the