The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-09
OHIO NEWS.

sst - OHIO NEWS. So -
The Wayne County DAascrsE say
One of the oldest and mostahighly
esteemed citizens of nWooatsf, David
Robinson. Sr, diedFat bis, residence,
south of fhis city, ON lTuesday6evep
ing last, of heart disease, with; (which
he had been very .seriouslyaafiieted
for several monfhs sPast.g.s 3s ts;a5E
\ The deceased was among tie FRS
settlersin Wooster srhaxiasNzosided
here about ffty.six. years. BY d
lifelof the strictest integrity, industry
land energy. he accumulated . large
property, which was literally Shared
with his family, as each coHmenced
business for himself. ftstill reseiifng q
handsome competence for himself and
his venerable wife, Who sofyifesshiin.
The Portsmouth Times says -.
Thomas Shelton better. khniowIfEas
Squire Shelton, died at Aberdeen,
Ohio, on Tuesday night 81 las xsek.
az the advanced age Of nfnetysfour
years, ind was bnried on tie Ken.
lucky side of the river below Mays.
Vile. He was born ia Stafford
County Va, IT'S, andin 1912 emf.
grated 10 this county. In 1916 he wa
elected D Justice Of the Peace for
Brown County, Ohio, which Office lie
held without i~ntefrupfion u tho day
Of his death. TITS said that during
the fifty four years he was 4 magis-.
|trate, he performed the ffnfriage
eeremony for four thousand coupies.
He was an in~nfaftefing Democrat. ana
took great interest IA the welfare of
Che party His fame as q tiefSoflthe
knot matrimonial extended4 gar and
wide, and anflhy fuHawtiy matches
which found his house q stopping
place, gave~to Aberdeen the name;
"Gretna Green of America." "'h ~
PSI ThetH olmesl county FARMER says :
IA good man,i in the person Of Hon,
Daniel P. Leadbetter, has, passed
away. On Saturday evening, about
six 0'clock,p he died. The immediate
cause OF his deathswasi ainfiammation
Of the bowels. He had lived the al-
lotted .sthree score and tenayearssrb be-
lingsseyenty.two years of age,il His
death was gentle and p~eaeeabIe.
Mr. Leadbette; was born in Massa-
chusetts in 1898, and emigrated to
his .Sthte IN his nineteenth year. He
studied law with John /. G~oodenough,
Esq, a,lealing lawyer at that dayof
Steabepvillc, andtook uphis. residence
in Mllersburg a short Time after his
admission TO the bari. IN politics, he
was a Democrat o. the strai9htests sec,
in whom there was neither variable.
ness, nor change In his early life he
flled,seyeral of the county oeeices 1o5
the entire acceptance of the people
Twice he was elected to represent the
people in Congress. from the district
composed Of the counties OF Ceshoc-
ton, Knox, Holmes, and T~uscarawaa,
some years iago. He Was n member
Of the convention that famed the
present State Consultation. The du-
ties of everyb0position he held he dig
charged with; scrupuleus fidelity, hnd
intreturn1 he received the dey0tsd Is
TEEN Of his constituency. aiF
aO the Mahsonie Order! Nj. Lead:
better was % bright and shining light.
For many yearsshe was WorshiPfuli
Master of SPARTA Lodge at Miiers
burg. and afterwards the first presid-
ing officer of3thelr Chapter.
The Shield and Basaer says :-5
Franklin Carmiohael, fSr., of Cass
this county departed this
life after a short illness of lung fever,
ut his home. near Shiloh, ON ednese1
day the 23d- day of February, last
Mr.. Carmichael was born in Hamps
county, Virginia, On the 18th
dayof january, 17SZ and was there
lore atthe time of his. deoease 7syears,
one month and eight days ief age. Hell
smigratedt to Richland Countyjn the
year 1922 remaiued for a short time,
and returned to Virgins. He again
name elRichland county in the. year
1925, purchased q farm near Shiloh
lnduthere lived respected and beloved
by aliwho knew hims until hiA death,
Eperiod Of 4S;rearso4 9ma saaa I'D
The Butler Deast5erat ssysat0n the
or the 18th Of Febs,o 3SSD, 1
man by the name Of MofFet. formerly
i resident Of this city, was AHpfderedf
ID the woods near Shaksrt0ynxNAr-
rem county Ohio. The LebAAoasP sJ
'raot says 'sThe grounds where tie
iced WIS Supposed To have Bssn done
bore signs of d struggle, andhesnerouaf
:logs OF blood were to be SEEN On thef
snow. The murdered man apAears To-
have wandered some distance ifona thet
place Of encounter to where,k he was
dead, and his body frozen stiff
He was q man of nearly City Years of
lge. He was seen il Lebali6n on
asst Friday or Saturday, and in the
merchant tailoring establishment of
Schiller q Gu, at Hamilton, as a
book found on his person showed deaE
.nas with that firm. He wassseen TO-
cave Monroe, Ohio on Saturday,
evening, in company with smother per
,on, name unknown to nj" IA \
man by the name Of West has
been arrested as the perpetratorof the
horrible deed, and is now in the cast
,edy Of the iauthoritiests0 of Warren
,ounty, who are working up the case
The Akron Rss,ss says.AOn Ffi
lay evening last, dabout9 O'Clock, as
George W. Snider.l son of Samuel
3nider, ESQ, who resides on Cedar
street, between Broadway and High
street, was returning h6me,Pwhen pas
through an aliey leading from
TO CedafIstreet.I he Wasas
by q ruffian, Knocked down, I
md robbed o fhisrwatchsszthe robber