Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-26
OHIO STATE NEWS.


ing lumber In barn lott, and as he was
coming down the stairway the weight Of
lumber caused the loft to give way, falling on
him and killing him instantly.
The carriage-works Of Buttor & swearinger,
at Perryville, were burned few nights ago,
involving loss Of over $1,000.
Butler County.
John Graf, an employe in Sebald's brewery
at Mlddletown, had his leg broken and was
otherwise seriously injured the other day by
a bale Of hops falling upon him.
Champaign County.
II. & L. P. Kingsley, stoye.dealers. at Ur-
bana, have made an assignment. Liabilities
$4,000; assets $4,000.
The Washington Hotel, at Urbana, was re-
Gently burned. Loss $4,000.
Clinton County.
A few evenings ago as little daughter Of
Reuben starbuck, living near Wilmington,
was standing near the fire her clothes caught,
and before the flames could be extinguished
she was so badly burned that she died next
morning.
Crawford County.
The hub and spoke factory of A. NJ. Jones
q CO., at Bucyrus, was unroofed and the walls
blown in during the prevalence of the recent
heavy wind-storm.
Franklin County.
H. F. Burgett, night-clerk in the freight
office of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati
& indianapolis Railroad at Columbus, has
been arrested charged with stealing 81 ,0OC
worth of dry goods consigned to parties in
Columbus from car at the freight depot He
has confessed.
Greene County.
A colored man named johnson, living in
Xenia, has been arrested upon the charge Of
kicking and beating Mrs. Wilson, his sister, SO
badly that her recovery is deemed unlikely.
VIM. II. Thompson, Cedarville blacksmith
committed suicide few mornings ago by
taking quantity of morphine. He was to
have been married in week, and the cards
of invitation had already been issued. The
deed was induced by financial difficulties.
Hamilton County.
Andreas EgRer, who had been on trial for
several days previous for the murder Of
Schelling, was found guilty the other day,
by Cincinnati jury, Of murder in the first
degree. The jury were out twenty hours.
Henry County. .'|
Z William Moest, brakeman on the Tcisdo,
Wabash q Western Railroad, caught his foot
in frog at Cotton Station, the other morn
ing, and before he could extricate it he was
thrown to the ground by the cars and three
of them passed over his body, severing him in
two and killing him almost instantly. His
body was terribly mutilated.
At Steubenville, lately, a notorious charac-
ter named Sam. Aldridge, while indulging in
a drunken spree, was shot by Policeman Mar
tin, three balls taking effect in Aldridge's
arm, causing slight but painful injuries.
Martin was arres;iug Aldridge, who fired at
him, and the firing was returned by Martin,
with the above results.
Lawrence County.
The other night Charley Hall, being ihtoNi-
Gated, went to Kleist's saloon in Ironton and
demanded drink Rleist refused him and
ordered him out, when Hall attacked him
with knife and inflicted serious and perhaps
fatal wounds in the neck and head.
Montgomery County.
Isaac Ferris, brakeman, was caught be.
tween the bumpers of two cars while coupling
them at Dayton recently, and received pre-.
sumably fatal injuries. III ..sT.f.f
A severe wind-storm visited Dayton few
afternoons ago, doing much damage to prop
erty. The smoke-stack at the ruins of the
Decamp fire was blown down, killing two
horses. The roof Of a colored Methodist
church and the roof of B. C. Taylor's manu-,
factory were lifted from their places and car
ried some distance. The residence of Samuel
Strauss, ON South Jefferson street, was blown
down. Stables, outhouses, fences and shade
trees were blown down in various parts o.
the city.
A lead mine has been discovered in Butler
township, on the farm of 'ex-COmmissionei
Samuel Martindale. The ore was discovered
while opening and developing a stone quarry
Samuel Wirshing, blacksmith employed
at the carriage factory of 4. q W. t. DecnmP
in Dayton, fell through hatchway in tht
third story the other afternoon, and was Sc
badly crushed that he died shortly after.
Henry Stubbs recently fatally shot a farmer
named Philip Glas in his barn, about siZ
miles from Dayton. stubbs was present {
short time before when Glas received 500, ant
desire to possess himself of the money in
duced the shooting. He has been arrested.
Morgan County.
During a storm, a few mornings ago, a
McConnellsville, the lightning demolished thu
cupola OF the Universalist Church, hurting
some of the heavy timbers over 200 feet
Ottawa County.
Henry Gaurine, in-Bay carpenter fel
from the second story of house, the othe
morning, breaking one of his legs and sus
tanning fatal internal injuries.
Perry County.
Trouble appears to have broken out a
straitsville again. A few days ago seyera
colored miners were attacked and brutally
beaten by white men, and the superintend
ent of the mines compelled to leave tn,
town.
Seneca County. @
At Tifin, the other night, tramp was takeI
into the station house of the First Ward il
full bloom with the smallpox.
stark County.
A few days ago party of young ladie
went down into the shaft of a coal mine nea
Massillon. While there something becam
wrong with the hOistipg apparatus, and the
were compelled to spend the night down i
a coal mine, underneath the ground"
summit County. v.
AT Akron, q few nights ago, while walkin
OBJ North Howard street extension WnliaT
Wolfe was assaulted by six men, robbed of
watch and chain and so severely beaten tina
his recovery is considered doubtful.
A young man named Goldsmith, employe
in an Akron candy mandatory, attempte
suicide the other night by shooting himse
with a revolver, He was prevented froI
making a second attempt by the opportun
arrival Of friends.
Van Wert County.
The emeGy-wheel Of circular saw burst
q saw min AZ Middle Point, the other day, III
pieces flying IN every direction, one Of thel
striking young man named Isaac Grosscro;
in the face, completely tearing away on
whole side of his jaw and cutting OFF othC
portions of his face, and very seriously,
not fatally, injuring him.
Wayne County.
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