The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-10
Minor State News.

sylvania, was destroyed by lre.
Fire totally destroyed Tom Browns mill
and elevator at Spinkeytown. Loss sSooO,
fully insured.
Harry HOrsman was killed by a Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern train at
IIillsboro His body was badly mangled.
Mrs. Sophia J. Fulk, aged 45, while
crossing the Third-street tracks at New
ark, was struck and killed by Baltimore
and Ohio yard engine.
The nineteenth annual reunion of Abra-
ham Lincoln's First-Call Troops will be
held at Akron, on Wednesday and Thurs
day, August 80 and 81.
Robert, the I2-year- -old son of j. }. Cup
Piles of Bluffton, fell from wagon and the
heavy load passed over him at the hip,
crushing him in terrible manner.
Coroner Carl, in the case of Ezra James
Banker, killed by a Panhandle train at
London, July 8, blames the engineer. The
company will be sued for $4,000 damages.
Unattended by physician, Willie, aged
| 5, son of Mrs. Matilda HuntsmaR OF Mar
| ion, died of typhoid fever, after five days
| Illness The mother is Christian Scien-
| tist.
The school board of Marion has cut
| English literature out of the social courses
of study. The board holds that the study
| of the works of the American authors will
be more conducive to patriotism
| A. Van Horn, well-to-do farmer near
BellefOntaine, who died recently, left
| will one of the provisions of which Is that
| farm of l60 acres, worth about $4,000, Is
left to Samuel Fry, who was tenant on
the place.
Without food for ten days, sleeping un-
der an umbrella in deep forest near
Lima. Andrew Deprat was found by berry
pickers. He had lost his way. became i'll
and unable to walk, was awaiting death
by starvation.
John Morgan, night watchman of the
bridge works at Bellefontaine, was held
up by man he did not see. The rebber,
revolver in hand, stuck the gun through
window and compelled Morgan to throw
out his pocketboOk containing SA.
The hamlet of ST. Henry, Mercer county,
was almost destroyed by fire, starting by
spontaneous combustion of the new hay in
l Tic VI - ~
stroyed Burns barn, hotel and implement
sheds. Loss, $4,000; partly insured.
Burns family narrowly escaped with their
lives.
Jonas DOughman, living near Dallas
burg, Warren county, was found hanging
with his head between two palings OF
fence. He was picking b,ackberries on the
side of hill and had his hands through
the fence, when his feet slipped and threw
his head between the pickets. He was
, dead when found.
A westbound freight train in charge OF
Conductor F. C. Smith eoilided with the
) switch engine in charge of John Fellows
at st. Marys Seven ears were piled in the
e ditch The crews escaped injury. Two
p track horses, with their keepers, were in
the car next to the engine and miracu-
r lously escaped injury.
The board of education of Pemberviile
4 has bought over two acres of land adjacent
, to the school grounds, which tract will be
!, fitted up for play ground for the school
children. A baseball park will be one oi
. the features of the play ground, and it is
! expected to provide healthy recreation fol
p all children on this big campus.
Joseph Zawierucba, digger, was killed
by the cavein of tunnel at Toledo. His
body was recovered several hours later
The accident occurred in the Polish settle
ment. and within few moments crowc
of 500 started demonstration against tn
foreman. Henry Gilroy, and three of tht
city's engineers. which nearly terminated
. in a lynching. The arrival of policemen
, saved the foreman and engineers from yio-
lence.
The Ohio and Indiana Gas Company
E. now building its pipe line between Linn;
!, and the Logan county field, holds lease.
" on 10000 acres and already has twenty
= wells of enormous volume ready to con
= meet with its mains. Before being granted
:; the new franchise for Lima, the cOmpaD!
- agreed to furnish the city gas free, and tn
schools at rate 20 cents per 1000 eub
feet. instead of the commercial rate of 2
=. cents.
:. Col. C. r. Bartlett and son Ridgeway o
n. Fremont, have returned from two weeks
9 canoeing trip including Sandusky rive
o and bay. Lake Erie, short trip up tn
Portage river and visits to the Lake Fri
. islands. They witnessed the recent yach
n. races and camped several days on Ballas
, Island, making with all a canoe trip no
q made since the days of the redskins AM
his brchbark Canoeing is growing il
n. popularity on the Sandusky and there ar
~ a number of fine canoes on the river.
n, Secretary W. r. Ogier, of the state boar
2 of pharmacy, stated that he would TAX
to steps at once to secure transcript of tn
cases in which druggists have been con
:. yicted Of selling cocaine without prescrip
0; tons, to lay before the board at its Oetobe
3 meeting. At that time these druggists Wi
e. be afforded an opportunity to appear an
show why the board, acting under the re
n, cent opinion of the attorney general, Shout
C; not revoke their certificates as druggist:
i, There are about dozen cases to take up a
c. once.
Frank Rife, an amateur detective, Will
TO hiding in the woods near GallipOlis, watch
G. ing suspected party, was taken for
:. ground hog by hunter and shot throug
the face. cutting eff portion of his tongu
s and several teeth. His injuries are NJ
~ fatal.
q. Under the impression that he was sellin
e. goods on the street without a license, a
. officer arrested George J. Breil at Lima,
" socialist speaker of ChillieOthe, and rit
u followed. The mob surrounded the ia
~ and Officer Grant was hit on the head wit
~ bottle and badly hurt. Breil was re
leased after the situation was explained.
The main barn and grain warehouse
the county intirmary east of Bucyru
C. burned, with most of the years grain croI
N, There is no fire system on the premise
,e, and the loss was complete. The fire orig
mated from an inmates pipe Two thou
ne sand bushels of wheat and other crops wa
:, r destroyed.
u Levi Bevard, the accused murderer
Gu Mrs. Francis Werts, who was killed on tn
morning of June l, at her home IN Mekea
"a township, Licking county, was release
la. i No,,:arl under