The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-06-08
Buekeye News In Brief

Buckeye News In Brief.
Clarence Carr Of Belle Center, is thought
to be fatally hurt as result of a runaway
| accident.
Mrs. j. W: Kaufman of Walnut Grove;
was attacked by ferocious horse at het
home and is badly hurt.
Grover Brinkermap, aged 2l, was killed
| by a fall of five tons Of slate in the Van
Kirk mine; at Mineral City:
Frank Brown, aged q, was fatally in:
iured by Pan Handle passenger train at
| Glasgow. He died at his home at New
cOmerstown
Mrs. Mary ,Joice of Clyde, mother oi
Mrs. Fred 4. Hoyt of Norwalk, took dose
of carbOlic acid by mistake and died short
ly after in great agony.
II: s. Latham, one of the wealthiest
farmers of Goshen township, Hardin
county; died at the Grant hospital, Colum-
bus, where he underwent an operation. He
was 70 years old.
| New clover is killing stock in Marion
county in large numbers. Near Agosta,
Albert BOblenz found three cows and
| fine hull dead and many other cattle sick.
| The dead animals were swollen twice nor
NAL size.
Burglars entered the Wickliff post office
| by breaking down the front door and
drilled the combination of the safe They
took 1915 in stamps and money. stole rig
and drove away. The Office was also
robbed year ago.
Philip Baum, bookkeeper for Sheath &
Cunningham. Tiffin, lost his voice about
year ago and since that time had been un-
able to speak above whisper until few
days ago, when his voice returned as sud-
denly as it had left him.
Fishermen at Wrightsville, below Ports
mouth, found the badly deeomposed body
of f1oater who is supposed to be last VIC
tim of the tow boat Defender, which was
blown up last December. The body was
inferred near the waters edge.
Mrs. Chris Burgmann of Sandusky, en-
route to Europe with a party of tourists,
was taken seriously Ill on board ship and
forced to submit to a critical operation.
She is now In a hospital at Antwerp.
Belgium, and Is slowly improving.
ID. Jones, Familiarity known as 'Steeple
jack" painter of flag g-poles. was perhaps
fatally injured at Cleveland, as result Of
fall of seventy-fve feet from a chimney.
Both legs and arms were fractured and in.
ternal injuries may result in his death.
Henry Wright, an ex-slave, and for many
years the oldest resident In Cleveland;
died of old age at his home on Mars avenue
in Lakewood. Wright was supposed to be
f08 years old on March 1, last. He often
bOasted that he lived in three centuries.
Fred Stephens, who shot and killed his
wife, five children and himself at Ross
Valley, California, was formerly resi-
dent of Clinton county. He married the
daughter of Thomas j. Porter of Winnings
ton; one of the most substantial farmers in
the county. stephens had been educated
for the ministry at the Ohio Wesleyan
university:
A masked robber smashed In the door OF
the East Liverpool street railway office at
the WSllsvile terminus and ordered Night
Superintendent Patrick Sullivan to fork
over the cash on hand, about 800. Sulli-
van declined and the robber began shOot-
ing. Motorman j. c. Connolly and Sulli-
van then smashed the bandit with chairs
and stools until he retreated.
A pot of gold, containing $500, diamond
ring and gold watch. was buried twenty
years ago by Christopher Bosse of Belle-
fontaine, who was going to Kansas to
trough it." and did not desire to take all
his valuables with him. Recently he came
back and found that the marker of the hid=
den treasure had been disturbed. He can
not now find the gold, ring and watch.
Captain w. J. Worth of Cleveland, was
found guilty of conducting the bucket shop
at Lorain, in which Kaneen and the Walk
ers lost the money which led to the recent
Citizens bank failure. The testimony of
+. +. Kaneen and ID. $. Walker was
weighty part of the states case. The jury
was out but ten minutes, taking three ball
lots. Notice was given Of motion for q
new trial.
At the performance of ''Comet'' at the
carnival grounds in Findlay, the spectators
were Mortified to see him fall thirty-five
feet from the ladder. ''Comet'' rides on
bicycle down ladder from the top of the
tent pole, 100 feet high. lie lost control Of
the front wheel and it slipped. throwing
him to the ground. His head was cut open
In couple of places and he was seriously
injured. but will live.
By the explosion of boiler in Adams
Brothers foundry at Findlay. Fremont
Yerger had a narrow escape from being
killed. lie was doing some work near the
boiler when the piston head exploded,
tearing things up about the engine and
knocking Yerger over, burning his head
and cutting him about the face and body
in serious manner. The explosion was
caused by too great pressure of steam.
BY the will of w. c. Conner of Burling-
ton, Iowa, who died at Gibraltar. Spain,
April l9, where he was seeking health,
Mrs. Elizabeth GraHnan, sister living in
GAINESVILLE, and four children are be-
queathed the greater part of his estate COM
prising Kansas farm lands, Los Angeles,
CAL, fruit farms, Vancouver island and
Burlington real estate, together with
jewelry store at Burlington, valued at
$4,000.
Ed NJ. Young. mayor of Cuyahoga Falls,
was indicted by the grand jury on four
counts for assault and battery The story
is that several weeks ago Mayor Young
stopped citizens on the street, charged them
with being intoxicated and locked them up
in the village Jail. When the Jail was full
he went home to sleep and by next morn-
ing had forgotten about them. Deacons in
the churches of the village, some of them
men who had never been known to drink
drop. were among those prevented from
church services by being in jail.
As soon as they were released they started
on YOung's trail.
Miss Virginia Willaman, a pretty Salem
girl, who has been teacher in history in
the city schools for several years. received
notice of her appointment as teacher of the
schools of Ponce, Porto Rico, beginning
next autumn. of the fifty American teach
ers in the schools of Porto Rico, more than
twenty are from Ohio.
James Mclaughlin. coal miner, was