The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-01
Buckeye News In Brief.

Five men were wounded by powder
explosion at Superior No. 10 mine at
Wellston.
w. Fisher, laborer on the Hippodrome
excavation at Cleveland, was buried by q
cave-in and killed.
Paul, the 3-year-old son of j. II. Smith
of Marion, was burned to death, as result
of playing with matches.
Mrs. Eva NJ. Archer of Wapakoneta, has
been adjudged insane and ordered sent to
the Toledo state hospital.
Minnie VOrhes, IL, of Sarahsville, was
attacked by rabid bird dog, and her side
and hip terribly mengled.
Rev. William Peregoy, aged 65 years,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church
at Niles, died very suddenly of heart
trouble.
Slippery rails caused collision on the
North avenue car line at Youngstown, in
which sixteen persons were injured, two OF
them fatally.
A. ROderick, an employe of tho Erie
shops at Gallon, dropped a metal plate into
an acid bath and the splashing acid de-
stroyed his eyesight.
Thomas c. Ray, 26 years old, was killed
by the bursting of a dumping kettle in the
American rolling mills at Middletown.
His skull was crushed.
Mrs. Perry Miller died in terrible agony
at Lancaster, as a result of burns received
byfalling on a red-hot stove. Blood poison
set in which resulted in lockjaw.
The residence of Sam Margois at Day
tor was entered and $50 in money, lady's
gold watch, necklace, small diamond ring,
bracelet and some slverware stolen.
Joseph Hardert, 55 years old, resident
of Elida, was struck by a Fort Wayne,
Van Vert & Lima traction car and sus-
tained injuries which may prove fatal.
Mrs. Susan Bowers. aged so, is dead in
Uhrichsville, from being burned. Her
clothing caught fire from hot poker,
which she was using to thaw water pipes.
Mrs. r. B. Meek, wife of physician of
Fremont, has been granted a patent on a.
bed clothes clamp to be used in fastening
down the bed clothes for children or in
valids.
Charles Stewart, self-confesscd big
amist of Mansfield, was sentenced TO an in
uefnite term in the reformatory. He mar
ried two women, one at Wellsvlle, and the
other at Shelby.
The livery barn Of Frank Peters at Me-
chanicsburg, was completely destroyed by
fire. Ten good road horses were cremated,
along with vehicles, harness, haE, grain,
ETC., entailing a loss of $1,000.
Robert c. Lingafelter was found guilty
of forgery at Newark in the failure of the
Newark Savings Bank. Warrants were
issued for the arrest of Assistant Cashier
John b. Moore, charging forgery.
l.. w. Allen, arrested at Lima on five
indictments charging him with having
padded the payrol,s Of the city, while he
was an official, pleaded guilty and was
through cemency given fine of $3.50.
An address on "Christian Citizenship"
will be made at Pilua by Louis b. HOuck,
secretary to GovelnOr Pattison, at the an-
nual banquet of TIE Young Mems society
of the NJ +. Church in the Y. M. G.. A.
hall, March 10.
An Overheated furnace pipe caused a fire
which almost totally destroyed the chapel
and school building at the Tuscarawas
County Orphan's Home at Canal Dover.
Loss $4,000; covered by insurance. The
commissioners will rebuild at once.
Charles Warnstaff, conductor, and James
Conners, engineer, of the New York Cen
tral railroad, were sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for one year each upon cOnfessing
to the stealing of valuable merchandise
from q car in the company's yards at
Gallon.
Paulding will vote March 10 on the
question of issuing $4,000 bonds for mu-
nicipal ownership of an electric light plant,
and $4,000 for extending the water mains.
The electric light plant is owned by CO..
lumbus Grove men and their city contracts
for lighting expires in October, 1907.
Panic and injury to four men followed
three explosions in the store OF ii. III. Hess
Ter d Co., Cleveland. The building was
badly damaged. The loss on stock of sur
gicai instruments will be $4,000. ii. HI.
Hessler, president of the company; ID. s.
Hitchcock, wee president; Charles Schim-
mick, n plumber, and ii. II. Standard, Q
boOkkeeper, were either burned or cut.
The state board Of health has adopted o
rule requiring companies owning and Op-
Grating stexn and electric cars not confined
wholly within one municipality to provide
cuspidors and declaring 1t dangerous to-
public health to expectorate on the wall or
floor of any such car except in properly
provided receptacles, and circular letter
has been sent to the various railroads OF
the state, stating the boards action.
Morris Stein, assistant auditor Of the
Western Ohio railway,was instantly killed
at Lima, in rear-end collision between the
Lima Dayton limited and an express car,
running as second section. The conductors
and m0toYmen escaped injury by jumping,
and three passengers on the limited were
bruised. The Limited is said to be the,
fastest trolley in the world and had taken
the siding to meet a local car, when the ex..
press, on failure of the air, dashed into it
at full speed.
Fire destroyed a four-story building of
the Gl,dden Varnish Company. Cleveland.
entailIg loss of 100000. Several tanks
of vnrnish exploded during the progress of
the fire and number of 1iremen barely es-
capped with their lives after being hemmed;
in by the burning fluid. ca