Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-03-14
OHIO NEWS.

Two men and girl are charged with
setting fire to the woollen mills at Lon
don.
A man named Nesbit blew his brains
out at Little Sandusky, on Saturday.
with Il rifle.
The people of Ohio will regret to
learn that the Hon. Samuel Galloway is
lying very ill of consumption at his
house in Columbus.
An arrangement is soon to be made
by which the morning train over the
Massillon d Clinton road for Cleveland
will start from Canton instead of Mas
sillon.
Portsmouth, wants the Legislature to
appropriate $4,000 for the construction
of an outlet that will let boats from the
Ohio canal into the river at all seasons
of the year.
\ freight conductor on the Cleveland
and Pittsburgh Railroad named Pond,
was killed at Wellsville on Friday even
ing while endeavoring to step on an en-
gine when in motion.
Mrs. q. ID. Garry, of Mechanics
burgh, burnt herself and child mortally
on the 2lst, by attempting to kindle a
fire in stove with coal oil, when the
can exploded in her hands.
On Wednesday the 9th, three prisoners
confined in the Akron city prison made
good their escape by removing piece
of sewer pipe, and, it is thought, receiv-
ing assistance from the out side.
Miss Sophia \. Viers, of Akron,
brought suit against George w. Brew
ster for breach of promise. Sophia had
eight witnesses while George had only
seventy. A verdict of $4,000 damages
was rendered. Application for new
trial has been made.
The body of DR.. Weigan, who very
mysteriously disappeared from Zanes-
vile, o., on Sunday, January 9Th, and
was supposed by many to have fled the
country on account of debt and forgery,
was found last week in Muskingum
river, within thirty feet of where his
hat and coat were found some days af
ter his disappearance.
On Thursday night Mrs. Benson, of
Mt. Union, in temporary fit of insan-
ity, wandered away from home, bare
footed and in her night clothes, and to-
wards morning found her way to the
Alliance depot. She was taken in the
baggage room and kindly cared for un-
til morning. Her feet were found to
be badly frozen, and her body complete
ly chilled from eposure to the severe
cold of the night.
The range at the -Etna House Raven
ma, exploded knocking the breakfast in
to Cpl" The cook, Mr.. Ferguson and
his assistant, Mrs. Mary Taylor, were
found upon the floor, plentifully plas-
tered with half cooked Onelets and beef
steak. His dying words where 3I'm
killed. and hers briefly spoked "I'm
dead" On having the corpses washed
and dressed in clean suits, they were
found unharmed.
A gang of burglars met with sim
gular mishap in Manchester, Ohio, a
few nights since. Eleven in number
they went at midnight to rob the First
National Bank. Entering the building
with false key they proceeded to blow
open the door of the safe with powder.
While lighting the fuse spark fell up
OH a keg of powder which they had
brought, and an explosion of uneX-
pected proportions speedily followed.
Two men were killed outright, and an
other had leg fearfully mangled. The
others escaped, but all except two of
them have since been captured. With
one exception the burglars were resi-
dents of the county, where for seven
years they have been committing dep
relations.