Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-11-10
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.


JAMES HEARNEs, of Cleveland, formany
years lake Captain and vessel-owner,
with his son James, left for the Black
Hills in March last. In June young
Hearnes returned and reported that his
father had been shot and killed by the
Indians near Deadwood, while on the
road to the Hills, and Immediately made
application to an Odd-Fellows' lodge, of
which the senior Hearnes was member,
for the amount of his funeral benefits,
$75; also the Odd-Fellows' Insurance
Company for about 5000 due from them,
and to the Manhattan Life Insurance
Company for 81, 900 on policy on his life
there, but they wouldn't pay. Suit was
brought for the benefits, and judgmentob-
tanned for the amount claimed, and suit
was about to be brought tor the other
amounts when the detectives, hunting for
the old man, resurrected him in Lake Coun-
ty, safe and sound. The twain are now in
Jail, the elder charged with conspiring to
defraud insurance companies, and the
younger the same, with the additional
charge of perjury. The Captain has
made full confession.
A FIRE at Akron early on the morning
of the 31st ult. destroyed Summers Opera
House Building, which included the
Opera. House, Summers Hotel and sever
al stores. Loss estimated at $50, 600, on
which there was insurance of about $15,-
900.
Two LARGE buildings of the Miami
powder mills, located fourteen miles west
of Springfield, blew up with terrific vio-
lence on the afternoon of the 1st. Mi
chael Deneave was blown to atoms, and
several other persons severely injured.
The conclusion was so great that win
dows were broken miles distant. Anti
och College, at Yellow Springs, was con-
siderably damaged, and the shock was
felt with great force at Springfield,
Xenia, London and other points. The
damage is estimated at $4,000.
MATTHEW MATHERs was crushed to
death at Cincinnati on the 31st ult. by
the caving in of an embankment where
he was working.
THE candidates-elect of Hamilton
County for the offices of Sheriff and
Judge and Clerk of the Common Pleas
Court, were notified on the I'd by the de-
feated candidates that their elections
would be contested on the ground of
frauds and Irregularities. ,....
A SANDUsKY dispatch of the Sd says:
Rush r. Sloan, who jumped his bail
and fed to Europe in February, 1874,
has returned to this country, and is ex-
pected to put in an appearance and stand
trial. There are seven indictments for
forgery against him. His forfeited bail,
$32, 800, was paid to the County Com
missioners year ago. His attorneys say
that he will attempt to make the Cincin-
natl, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad
Company trouble, and they are confident
that he cannot be convicted on the Grim
inal charges. The public regard his
fight and forfeit of bail as full con-
fession of guilt"
THE State Board of Equalization, Gre
ated under law of last winter TO equal
ize the value of bank shares, and consist
ing of the Auditor of State, the Treasurer
of State and the Attorney General, have
finally agreed upon modified basis from
that originally adopted by them, and will
now certify the valuations adopted by
them to the County Auditors throughout
the State. The new valuation reduces
the taxable value of some bank shares
and others are left as they were. None
of them have been increased in amount.
The Board, having concluded its labors,
on the I'd adjourned sine de.
THE Cleveland Plain Dealer of the 4th
announced the murder, near Aiken, s. c.,
on the 1st, of two former residents of
Cleveland, Rudolph Haussmanand F.
Patteman.
WORK on the Springfield, jackson s.
Pomeroy narrow-gauge is reported pro-
crossing rapidly.
DURING a drunken row in McElwaine's
saloon, at Delphos, few nights ago,
Charles Burkmyer was shot and fatally
wounded by one of the party. All were
arrested.
JOHN REEVES, the Columbus Postoflce
clerk who was short time ago detected
stealing letters scontainingmoney, pleaded
guilty when arraigned for trial and was
sentenced to one years imprisonment in
the County Jail.
CHARLES LEMON, confined in the Rich
land County Jail for burglary, hung him
self early on the morning of the 4th with
piece of cloth and line which he had
procured in some way. He was insensi-
BILE when discovered, but was cat down
and resuscitated.
JOSEPH Il. COVERT, an old and highly
respected citizen, and one of the oldest
Free Masons in the State, died at Gin
cinnati on the 4th Mr.. Covert was born
in that city in 1893 and lived there all
his life. He was initiated into Masonry
Dec. 8, 1923, and raised to the de-
gree of Master Mason m 1929. He re-
ceived the degrees of Royal Arch
Masonry in Cincinnati Chapter, and the
Order of Knighthood in the Knights Tenn
plar in 1910. In 1S45 he was elected as
Tyler of all the Masonic bodies meeting
at the Masonic Temple, which position
he filed until prostrated by sickness
few weeks since. He was Tyler of the
Grand Lodge for twenty-five successive
years, and afterward Grand Marshal.
Two MEN named Bogy and Michael
Whitman, residents of Franklin County,
got into quarrel on the 4th, which
ended in the latter striking Bogy on the
head with afence-rail, infiicting a wound
from which he soon died. Whitman
was arrested and taken to the Columbus
Jail. He claims that he acted in self
defense.