The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-25
Buckeye News In Brief.


BY the will of the late Morris Sharp of |
Washington {. H., 100000 is left to Wes- |
leyan University to found sss.col of the
ology.
&c. Wilson of Marion. had both arms !
and both legs broken in an accident at
Pittsburg, in which fellow workman was
killed.
A call for the Republican senatorial con-
vention of the Thirty-third district has
been issued. The convention will meet in
Deshler, on June %.
Page Clark of Findlay, was seriously
injured yesterday, while assisting his wife
in her house cleaning, by falling from the
second story, where he was washing a
window.
John Belts of Kalida, who was arrested
upon the charge of the theft of a horse from
his neighbor, Riley Bear, was bound over
to await the action of the grand jury. Be-
ing unable to furnish bail he was taken to
Jail at Ottawa.
Catherine Copeland Of st. Johns, fell
down the steps in the rear of her residence
and broke both legs at the thigh and dislO-
Gated the hip joint. AS Mrs. Copeland is
81 years old her recovery is doubtful.
The dead body of a man who proved to
be Jacob Molt. brother of William MOlt Of
Milan, was found in the mud and drift
wood on the creek bottom near tide ceme-
terry at Norwalk. He mad evidently been
drowned by the food of high water.
Four barns containing twenty-three fat
steers and thiriy-iive hogs besides a large
quantity of feed and farm implements on
the Simon George farm near Bowling
Green, were struck by lightning and all
were consumed. Four horses were saved.
F.W. Laub, a schoolteacher at Stras-
burg. has been arrested by the postal
authorities on the charge of sending OBJ
scene literature through The mail. The
letters are said to have been addressed to
young ladies who were his pupils IN school.
One of the Salvation Arny's contribu-
ton boxes at the Hotel Bruins wick, Mans
field. was robbed of between SIS and so.
The box was on the counter in the Office
and some unknown person picked 1t up,
took it INTO the toilet room where he abb
stracted its contents.
By ruling of the board OF Safety at
Lima. all police officers in future will ne
prevented from accepting rewards for the
capture of wanted criminals. The beard
made its ruling reactiOna-y and required
Detective Heffern to turn into the police
fund the sum of 500 he secured for recent
capture of criminal wanted in Indiana.
The l-month- old child of Henry Yantes
of Columbus, which was bitten by rat
several weeks ago, is dead. The baby was
left in the cradle by its mother, who went
to another part of the house on some house
hold errand and when she returned, she
saw rat gnawiug the face of the scrcam-
ing baby. The rat had bitten its nose and
face in many places.
The skeleton of IA man exhumed on the
farm of John Hook, near Circleville. has
revived the story of a hermit named Gray
| who lived on the spot and disappeared one
| night The body was buried without a
| coffin, which gives rise to the theory that
| GRAY was murdered for his money and
hastily buried by robbers. Several weeks
| ago s1OO in gold was plOwed up on the same
| spot.
Mrs. George A. Kamchen of Lancaster,
resisted the efforts of her husband TO make
| her and her family of children leave a
neighbor's, where he had driven them in a
drunken fury, and seizing table knife
| plunged the weapon into his breast. the
| blade penetrating the lungs and inflicting a
fatal wound. The woman was arrested
but released and she Immediately applied
for divorce.
George FOuch, aged 81, unmarried, a
stone mason, who lived at Irrville, Mus
kingm county, committed suicide in a
fearful manner He had been in Newark
on spree for several days and went into
Bergin's saloon on Walnut street. where
he was refused drink. He then asked
permission to sit down in rear room and
soon after a loud explosion was heard.
Fouch had taken stick of dynamite and
literally blew himself to pieces.
Two years ago Ed. Marks, well known
autOmobilist of Alvada, lost a roll Of bills
| in Tiffin, containing 800. Newspaper adj
yertisements failed to bring back the miss
| ing wallet, which Mr.. Marks finally con-
| cluded had fallen into Inscriptions hands.
| At the end of two years, the finder con-
| cluded to restore the money, having feared
| that. if the possession had been revealed
sooner, it might have found its way into
| fraudulent hands. Mr.. Marks gave the
| finder liberal reward.
The State Board of Public Works FORM
ally signed the contracts far the improve
ment of the northern division of the Ohio
Canal from Dresden to Cleveland. The
contractors expect to begin work in about
thirty days. The improvements on this
appropriation amount to about SI3, 900. The
board will. if necessary. use the second
appropriation, amounting to about Sl25,cOO.
1t is probable. too, that the next session OF
the Legislature will further provide for i'm
prOvements and appropriate sufficient
sum to complete the widening and deepen
ing of the waterway from the Ohio river,
assisted by the government in the Mus
kingum river improvements.
Charles G. Altman of DOanville. the man
who was shot by his brother, Peck Altman,
while acting as peacemakcr at a saloon
fight in Il small village near Athens, IS
dead. Peck Altman, who did the shooting,
is under arrest lie is an ex-convict. The
dead man leaves a wife and three children.
Harry Ehrick, while attend -ig dance
at Bucyrus, kicked an open pocket knife,
accidentally dropped on the floor, so that il
would not bother the dancers. The blade
entered his foot near the ankle, scvering an
artery and causing profuse flow OF blood.
A number of stitches were necessary to
close the wound.
Miss Jennie Wiseman died at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wise
man. on North Main street. FostOria, OF
melnotic tumOr. with which she has been
suffering for several years, her sufferings
having made it impossible for her to lie
down for long time. She was Al years OF
age.
Miss Benie Blake narrowly escaped
death at her home in Marion, as result
of celluloid comb exploding in her hair
while she was sleeping on couch. She
lay with her head near gas fire, causing