The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-02-23

Arthur Alitten, young man OF frenhoh',
fell on the ice and sustained broken col
lar bone |
An inspection of buildings has been
ordered by the State Fire Marshal in the
city of Toledo.
Thomas Johns, married only few weeks
ago, was instantly killed while at work on
the water tower at Upper Sandusky.
A young man at North Baltimore took
exception to a fancy beer sign, smashed it
with his fist, and nearly bled to death.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society
of the NJ. E. church of Bowling Green. will
celebrate its twenty-tith anniversary Feb
ruary q.
Wood County Infirmary directors are
planning to erect large cold storage plant
and to provide more adequate water supply
for the institution.
While Bob Smith, saloon man OF North
Baltimore. at closing time was trying 10
force Oby McCarty to leave, McCarty drew
a knife and stabbed Smith in the right fore
arm, inflicting dangerous wound.
Ambrose Goodwin committed suicide in
a Lake Shore work car at Sandusky, by
hanging himself with piece of wire. The
wire almost severed the head from the
body. He was native of Toledo.
John Fraberer of Napoleon. while on his
way home from town, slipped and fell. his
head striking between two picketS, where
he hung helpless, being unconscious by the
fall. He was almost dead from strangling
together with being nearly frozen when
found by neighbor.
Rev. E. Pfeiffer, former pastor OF Grace
Lutheran Church in Fremont. but for sew
eral years professor at the Capital Uni
versity. Columbus, has been called to the
pastorate of the large Grace Lutheran con-
gregation at Columbus, to succeed Rev. +.
G. Tressel. deceased.
Joseph Rich, veteran of the Civil War,
who was private in the Twentieth o. V.
L., was found dead in his pOverty-stricken
quarters at Sidney. His body lay on the
i floor frozen, with his head, on which was
confusion. under the stove. He drew a
pension Of S12 month.
| Edward King, an emplOye at the shops
of the T., st. L.. Il W. at Delphos, had a
miraculous escape from death. lie plunged
headforemost from treStlewOrk fully
thirty feet high. and alighted on the frozen
ground on his head and shoulders. He was
| seriously injured but he will recover.
Postmaster Davis of Wapakoneta, has
been notified by the postal authorities that
free delivery will be established May ],
1905. The delivery system Will start out
| with three carriers and one substitute car
rier. There will be twenty-siX receiving
boxes. The present location OF the post
office will soon be changed TO room In the
new opera house block.
Mentally unbalanced as the result OF do
nestle troubles, Mrs. Michael SchwinneI
of DelphOS. was removed 10 the state Hos
pital at Toledo in straight Jacket TO pre-
vent her doing harm to herself and others
She was married only a few months ago
and her marital troubles were taken to the
divorce court. The ease was dismissed be
fore decree was granted, but brOOdln!
over her troubles unbalanced the woman
mind.
Isaac Hershey, the east side quarrymal
of Findlay. 60 years old. is the victim of al
accident that is affecting him in a peculia
manner He slipped from load OF corr
and fell. iniuring his hip. Since then n
has shown disposition to sleep all tn
time. and when awakened labors under tn
hallucination that it is Sunday and h
wants to 90 TO church. He resi1cs with hi
aged mother, who can scarcely awaken hii
at times.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Young of near s
Johns celebrated their golden wedding re
Gently. For three generations there ha
been a similar ObSerN ance OF the half cen
fury anniversary in the family. Thoma
Young. the grandfather. was born in Vii
ginia. in I766 came to Ohio in lS92, an
took up land south of Sidney, which is sti
owned in the family His golden weddin
was celebrated in 1913. Isaac Young. h
son. the first white child born in Shelb
County. observed his at the same place
1888. Each lived married life siXty-or
/ years.
T Superintendent Kiefer has received I'll
rules governing the contest in the orator
, cal contest, which will take place at Flint
lay May u. Only 1905 High School pupl
are eligible and OratiOns are to he on
eight minutes long Two copies of eat
Grafton to be sent J. w. Ieller, Findla
: before April %. There will be three prize
!, namely, SIS, $40 and S.. The schools
4 BlufftOn, Delphos, Lima, st. Mary's, w
: pakoneta. BucyruS, Gallon, Ada, kento
|, Marion. Paulding, Ottawa, Columb
: Grove, Mansfield, Van Vert, Carey. Tiff
r and Upper Sandusky will participate.
t A resolution has been passed by the ci
). council of Defiance, accepting donation
. 81 500 from Andrew Carnegie to compile
:. the Carnegie library that is being erect
ON the site of old Fort Defiance. The co
y y dition was that the levy for the support
. the library be increased One-tenth of tn
II amount more A year ago gift of S1I,C
}, was accepted, and the library, beautif
o structure of the red Mansfield SandstOr
= is now under roof. but the amount ori!
+ nally prov ided was insufficient to compile
e it in accordance with the original plans.
= number of citizen. have subscribed ST.
n to beautify the grouds when the building
\ completed.
n Shaw Downing, a farmer, was caught |
tween a load of hay and beam at the Stan
- ard livery barn in Findlay. When reScu
, he was unconscious and it was thought Il
III he was dead. He is seriously injured,
II will recover.
IL After being open for the transaction
s. the business of Uncle Sam for Il years,
lie postoffce at WyandOtt has been clos
is The advent of rural delivery has made
lie Office unnecessary, and after an unbrok
Il record of three quarters of a century it
* been abandoned. During all that ii
there have been but five poStmasters
WyandOtt.
Erford Merritt. who lived near Colu
" bia. was killed by falling tree. He
II gone into the woods with his father-in-l
to cut timber, and as they were Telling
h. it caught in some branches, swung arou
ir and before he could get out of its rea
I'd caught him on the head, fracturing
skull.
ce There is a family in Bellefontaine
to which peculiar and unusual relations
in exists. Originally two brothers mari
two sisters. Afterward one of the broth