Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-15
OHIO STATE NEWS.
Champaign County.

Champaign County.
An Urbana man who had valuable trot-
| ting mare worth $700 a month ago turned
! her out Of her stable into an open lot for ex-
ercise. The mare disappeared, and the owner,
supposing her to be stolen, made unavan-
ing search for her far and near, finally giving
her up for lost A few days ago some one de-
string to rent an unoccupied stable communi-
eating with the lot wherein the mare was last
seen examined it, and there found the ami
mails dead body, she having been fastened in
the stable by some thoughtless person and
there starved to death.
Clark County.
The Springfield police made 1895 arrests
during 1874, an average Of 1l6 per month.
Guernsey County.
Several veins Of iron ore and camel coal
have been discovered near Liberty.
Crawford Co1nty.
A few days ago Frederick Eason, boiler
maker in the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincln-
natl & Indianapolis Railroad shops at Gallon,
was caught in rapidly-revolving fy-wheel
and instantly killed.
Franklin County.
Ralph Mcister, lad sixteen years old,
evening, broke through the ice and was
drowned
Hamilton County.
Horace B. Gibbs, an employe Of the Cincin-
natl & Lafayette Railroad, committed sui
eide, the other day, under the following Pc
culiar circumstances Some time since his
wife died, and was buried at Spring Grove,
since which time he had been greatly dispir-
tied. The other morning he engaged hack
and drove to Spring Grove. At the entrance
he told the driver to exercise his horses while
he visited the grave; but, not returning after
some time, the hackman searched for him,
and found Gibbs body lying across his wife's
grave, with two empty Derringers beside it,
he having shot himself through the head
he left a letter stating that he was not insane,
but that the deed was prompted by affection
for his dead wife, whom he wished to join in
the other world, and expressing the belief
that his wife would not have lived day had
he died first.
The large frame boarding-house at Lick
Run mines was burned the other morning.
Cause, defective fue. Loss, 5000.
Miami County.
Chaffee's distillery at Tippecanoe City was
entirely destroyed by fire a few days ago.
Loss on the building about $1,000. Among
the goods burned were 500 barrels of whisky.
Otta wa County.
The residence of Milo Ruggles, at Putin
Bay, was burned the other morning. Rug
giles, his mother, sister and sisters child
were in the house, and Ruggles jumped out
Of an upper window, receiving, pNhaps, fatal
injuries. The others were suffocated by
smoke ana burned to death.
PtcIkaHay County.
A few mornings ago James Murray and AL
bert Fowler, of Circleville, while cutting ice,
quarreled about territory. While Fowler was
standing ON a cake OF ice Murray struck him
a blow on the side of the head with pike
pole, punched him in the breast with the
point Of the same, and dealt him powerful
blow on the side OF the head that felled him
with fearful force, his head striking the ice.
Fowler was thought to be in a critical condi-
ton at last accounts, and Murray had been
arrested.
Shelby County.
The hardware store of Taylor Bros, at Sid
ney, was entered by burglars the other night
and robbed Of large quantity of silyerware,
cutlery, revolyers, etc.