The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-02-22
Buckeye News In Brief.


L. T. Henderson, a b. & o. engineer, of
Chicago junction, wac killed by u train at
Lodi.
Ira Lathem's saloon in Gallipolis was
destroyed by fire. The loss will reach
$1,000.
Charles Ash was struck by Pennsyl-
vania train at Upper Sandusky and in
stantly killed.
f. Il. Vaughn Of Bowling Green, was
sentenced to the penitentiary for one year,
for embezzlement.
West Manchester, Preble county. went
"wet" by fourteen majority. The town
has been ''dry" four years.
John Huffman, a wealthy farmer near
Hamilton, was instantly killed by tree
he was cutting falling on him.
f. G. Stears, aged 10, life insurance
agent of Bowling Green,w was killed by To-
ledo and Ohio Central train at that place.
Ethel Porter, aged 12 years. was badly
scalded at her home in Findlay, by over
turning pot of boiling coffee upon her.
self.
The 5-year-old daughter of John Krouse
of Findlay, fell downstairs. Her collar
bone was broken and she was injured in
ternally.
John Maher, aged SO, night operator of
the electric company at Cincinnati, was in
stantly killed by coming in contact with a
live wire.
Isaac Ingerham, retired farmer at FL
more, aged IS years, shot himself and died
n of h, nf Gull do "a, ,aiI
to be poor health.
Mrs. Brazilla Mercer. aged 81, of George
town, q suburb of Cambridge, Guernsey
county, burned to death. Her dress caught
fire from an open CRATE.
The body of Mrs. James Goodwin was
found in Big saltwater creek near Den
nison. Mrs. Goodwin left her husband
some time ago. 1t is thought to be case
of suicide.
While hunting, Charles Worthington of
Portsmouth, was accidentally shot in the
hip by his companion, David Patton. His
condition is critical and his recovery is
doubtful.
LeOta Darr, an inmate of a disorderly
house at GAINESVILLE, was burned to death.
Her dress caught fire from gas crate.
Her parents live at New Moscow, Coshoc-
ton county.
Andrew Dirker, aged 80, was killed by
Robert Copley during quarrel at Ironton.
Copley hit Dirker twice with his fist on the
jaw and neck, killing him almost instantly.
Copley was arrested.
Miss May Cox, the H-year-Old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Cox of Continental,
was burned to death while putting wood
into the stove, during the absence of her
father and mother from home.
The depot of the Cincinnati Northern
railroad at st. Henry, twelve miles south
| Of Celna, burned with freight and other
contents. The company will rebuild at
once. Estimated loss $1,000.
Arthur Make, aged SS, while delivering
papers at Marysville, was struck by fast
train and sustained serious If not fatal in
iuries. His horse was instantly killed and
his buggy reduced to kindling wood
The famous Wehrle mansion at Middle
Bass, was destroyed by fire. The fire was
caused by a gasoline stove exploding. 1t
was the handsomest structure along the
shores of Lake Erie. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
A. c. Ullman, cashier of the Farmers
bank, and one of the most prominent men
in Ashland county, died at his home in
LOud0nville after three days. illness with
appendicitis and peritOnitis. He was 40
years of age.
While repairing boiler at the Baumann
& Son packing house, Fremont, prema-
turc explosion of escaping gas took place,
and two wOrkmen, Lem Nic!;les and
Charles Mugler, were thrown a consider
able distance and badly burned.
A new bank will be organized at st.
Paris, with a capital stock of $4,000. Ce-
phas Atkinson, cashier of the Farmers
National Bank of Plain City; G. +. Dutton
and B. A. Taylor, eX-auditor of Madison
county, are organizers of the enterprise.
Nearly all the independent steel and
iron mills west of Youngstown have been
organized as the Western Bar Association.
There are about twenty mills in the organ
ization and they employ over 1900 men.
The object of the association is to have an
organization to deal with the eAmalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers.
MID i. W. hiuioc, u NiuoW, ioIHlcTly VI
Circleville, who has been in Ithaca, N. Y,
for the past few years with her son, who
was student at Cornell, fell to her death
from a fourth story window of the Ithaca
hotel. She became ill during the night and
while leaning from window to get fresh
air, she tainted and fell sixty feet, striking
head first on an iron grating. Death was
instantaneous. The body was taken to
Circleyille.
Philip, 22-year-old son OF August Ehr-
man, near Russia, in the western part of
Shelby county, was burned to death. He
never talked, was an imbecile from birth
and became insane. He was taken to the
asylum about twelve years ago, but was
soon brought home at the solicitation of his
mother. Becoming violent and dangerous,
a house of one room was built in the yard
to confine him securely. From some un-
known cause IL caught fire and all efforts