Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-11-23
OHIO NEWS.

Steubenville has the small pox,
and is badly scared in consequence.
B. F. Taylor will lecture at
Springfield O., on the 9th.
Columbus proposes to have a
Jubilee which will outshine Bos-
toms.
The oldest man in Logan Co. has
died at the advanced age of 1Ol
years, 9 months and 81.
Springfield is trying to induce the
A. & G. W. r. z. Co. to extend
their track to that tcity.
Col. Henry Wilcox of Stow, Sum
NIT Co., died recently,at the age of 7S
years.
The Congregationalists now in
session at Oberlin have organized
under the title of the National Coun-
| Gil.
The Tiffin Star is publishing an
autobiography of the late Hon. Abel
Rawson of that place, from notes
written by himself.
The reunion of the Sherman
Brigade survivors, was, held at Shell
by, Nov. 1st, it was a grand affair;
over 600 veterans were present.
A liquor case has just been decid-
ed at Xenia, in this State, awarding
the plaintiff, Jane Dice, damages to
the amount of 81, $50.
The certificate of incorporation
of the Fremont & Sandusky R. R.
Co., with $500,000 capital, was filed
Friday.
During the fiscal year ending Nov
Is $735, lis of the State debt of Ohio
was paid. The total debt is now S.
695, ,029 81.
Burglars entered a dry goods store
at Middletown, Butler Co. Ohio, on
the night of the 18th, and stole kid
gloves to the amount of about ST.
200.
Mrs. Sterly has recovered $4,000
damages against the city of Zanes
vile for the death of her husband
by the explosion of the boiler at the
Water Works, some time ago.
In Tuscarawas county the thieves
make raids on farmers barns and
carry off grain and other valuables.
One farmer lost sixteen bushels of
clover seed few nights ago.
On Monday last, in the Summit
Co. Infirmary. near Akron, Ellen
Boyd, an insane woman, took an axe
and chopped Laura Lyon, also in
sane, to pieces. The victim was
helpless cripple.
The Noble Co. Republican says a
little boy of ten years,near Millions
burgh gathered enough chestnuts
this season to pay for good sewing
machine, which he presented to his
widowed mother.
Ed. Thompson a well known
horseman, died at Chillicothe last
Wednesday of an over dose of hy-
drate of chloral. He had been drink
ing heavily for few days and had
taken it to quiet his nerves.
The Lake Shore and Tuscarawas
Valley R. R. was opened to Medi-
ma on Wednesday. The event was
celebrated by canon firing, speeches
fire work, &c. Trains will run reg
ularly between Medina and Cleve-
land.
In Tifiin, a few days since, a lit
tie son of Mr.. Baker got hold of a
bottle of toothache drops composed
of creosote and oil of cloves, and
drank it. Every effort was made to
counteract the poison, but the child
died in an hour.
Two of the leaders of the gang of
burglars in jail at Springfield, made
their escape on Monday, one of them
throwing a handful of pepper into
the face of the guard. One of them
was recaptured Immediately, ,and the
other has been since.
A locomotive, baggage car, and
one passenger coach of the Pan
Handle passenger train, which left
Columbus Thursday evening, ran off
the track about seven miles this side
of Steubenville. A fireman, named
NJ. Shay, was killed, and the engin-
eer was severely scalded.
Last Thursday afternoon, as Mr..
Joshua Woods, of Washingtonville,
was driving home from Leetonia, his
horse became frightened and ran
away. Mr.. Woods was thrown from
the buggy and his right shoulder
dislocated. DR.. Bertolette reduced
the dislocation and the patient is
getting along very well.
A good instance of sharp practice
is that Of man in Ohio who was ac-
Quilted of murder on the plea of in
sanity. He had secured his lawyers
by giving them mortgage on his
farm, but now repudiates the mort
gage on the ground that he was in
sane when he made it, according to
the showing of these same law
yers.
Judge Way, Woodsfeld, Monroe
Co., was found dead on the street,
in that place, on Wednesday morn
ing. He had been spending the
evening with some friends at the ho-
tel, and left them apparently well.
His wife became uneasy about
3 O'Clock in the morning, and start
ed out in the storm to find him, but
was unsuccessful. Early in the
morning he was found, with his Ian
tern lying on one side of him, the
candle burned out, and his umbrella
one the other side.
Thanksgiving Proclamation by Cover
nor Hayes.
In the name and by the authority of the State
of Ohio. Rutherford b. Hayes, Governor of
said State, to all whom these presents shall
come greeting: