Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-22
OHIO STATE NEWS.
AueIaize County.

Au2latze County.
Mrs Zowsher, living near Wapakonetta, Is
the latest victim Of carelossness in handling
coal oil. She attempted TO I'll a lighted
lamp, and the inevitable explosion followed
go severely burning her that she is probably
dead before this time.
Ashland county.
The wagon and blacksmith shops Of Strong
y Dowal, Loudonyile, were burned the other
night, causing a loss OF nearly $4,000. The
fire had incendiary origin.
A few evenings ago Jack Parrott and James
McCleary, while returning from a drinking
bout at Loudonville quarreled, fought and
McCleary was killed.
Athens County. r-a
| Dennis Curran, of Athens, while attempt
ing to put belt over a wheel in machine
shop, the other morning, fell upon it and,
being carried several revolutions with the
belt, finally became so tangled as TO stop the
machinery Although badly maugled he bids
fair TO recover
Belmont County.
| An old man named Greenleaf was run over
at Bellaire few days ago by passenger
train backing over him on the bridge. His
head was severed from his body.
Butler County.
Samuel w. Greene, book keeper for Cope q
Maxwell, of Hamilton, has lately been dis
covered to be an absconding embezzler. The
amount embezzled is stated to be about
$4,000 He is supposed to have migrated to
Canada.
Clark County.
John Sullivan, of Springfield, dropped in
sensible the other day while attending service
in the Catholic Church. He died in ten min
utes.
CuyaIloga County.
The other day an old man who was gather.
ing the coal scattered along the track near
the old county fair grounds was run over and
instantly killed by locomotive on the Allan
tic & Great Western Railway.
Edward Burke, of Collamer, had both legs
taken OF by locomotive day or two ago.
He died during the day.
Delaware County.
The drug store of Cheneger Bros, ON Main
street, Delaware, was burned the other morn
ing. Loss $500.
Guernsey County.
The sleeping car Of an eastern bound train
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railway while on u
bridge near Cambridge a few mornings ago
was thrown off and badly shattered and the
balance of the train injured. Some four or
five passengers were injured, mt none seri-
ously. A broken fsh-bolt caused the acct
dent.
Hamilton County.
Mrs. Reser, q wealthy lady Of Clifton, died
the other day Of gangrene, resulting from a
bruise of one of her fingers with tack ham
mer two or three months ago. Her fingers
were amputated, but this did not stay the
progress of the poison, and she died as above
stated.
Madison County.
Joseph Bybee, who lived near Mt. Sterling,
left his residence recently and nothing was
heard of him until the Sth inst, when his
body was found in hollow log, with his
throat cut and q common jack-knife grasped
tightly in his hand. He was, a few years ago,
one Of the wealthiest men in the county, but
lately had met with heavy losses, which, it is
thought, deranged his mind.
A late Columbus dispatch says that Martin
and Walter Jennings, of London, some time
ago bought large lot of hogs from the farm
ers in the neighborhood, took them to Gin
cinnati, sold them and went West with the
pTOceeus. Inc tSleBrdpn Hcaueu VHcIl on,
they were brought back, and finally compro-
missed by paying the farmers they thought to
swindle about $4,000.
Montgomery County.
The second largest carriage establishment
IN the State, that Of A. Il w. Decamp, at Day
ton, was burned to the ground the other
night. The loss was Sl25,0O0.
Ross County.
The residence of Fred Zimmerman, at Chill
licothe, was burglarized the other night A
little girl thirteen years old, who was alone
in the house at the time, discovered the entry
of the thieves, and with rare presence of
mind, took what money there was in the
house and hid between couple of mattresses,
where she remained until the burglars left the
house, cursing because they had to go away
empty handed.
Seneca County.
A few nights ago the hardware store of j.
NJ. Tell, at New Sycamore, was burned to the
ground. Loss 5000.
shelby County.
Frank Batch, young man eighteen years
old a brakeman ON the Bee Line Railway, ac-
cidentally fell from the rear end of n cab oose
car near Sidney the Other morning, breaking
his neck He died instantly.