The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-30

| aged lady named Drake and makes oath that
her grandson Kellogg and two other persons
committed the murder for which she has the
documents to prove. Their object was to steal
oats, but being detected by the woman, they
murdered her. Greenfield, now proved to be
innocent beyond doubt, has made a narrow
escape of being hanged.
THE story of unrequited love and suicide
comes from Columbus, Ohio, peculiarly sad
affair, comparing in intensity in its sorrowful
details with that of the late Lulu George, and
later, Florence Mcdonald Smith, at Cincin-
natl Miss Fannie McCaulay loved in vain
her lover, false, roaving, tickle. His love
wandered from her to another-here, there,
every ywhere, and she, loving with all the in
tensity of an impulsive woman s nature, ends all
with laudanum. She addressed long letters to
her companions, telling them to beware of men.
That was good advice.
NEAR Athens, Ohio, as No. 10 west bound
express on the Marietta and Cincinnati came
bounding along, few days ago, it was thrown
over an embankment twenty-five feet by means
| of misplaced switch. The engineer held to
| the throttle valve and was only slightly in
jured. The fireman miraculously escaped with
only slight injury. The express messenger
was fatally injured. The forward coaches were
made total wreck. The entire train rolled
down the embankment with only few bruises
to the passengers.
A YOUNG lady, Miss Ella Martin, and aged
seventeen, daughter of a prominent citizen of
| Minonk, ILL.,, found with her throat cut
near the I. & c. railroad track and life almost
extinct from loss of blood. The assassin had
not succeeded in severing the carotid arteries,
thus leaving time for the victim to disclose the
murderer. She was found at 9 o'clock in the
morning where she had been lying since the
day before. She identified German named
| Debaur as her assailant. Her recovery is al
most dispaired Of
| UPON the heels of burning sun--if burn
| ing sun can be said to have heeIs--with the
mercury away up at point at which it had no
business at this season of the year, came snow,
beautiful sn-or otherwise. The date of its
birth was October "a. In portions of Southern
New York and Northern Pennsylvania it was
good healthy child, measuring fifteen
inches in its stocking feet. It showed itself off
to good advantage in portions of Ohio and the
Virginias and upon its leave of absence, slung
its fist to the tune of " more anon
A HORRIBLE tragedy has been enacted at
Bloomington, I'll. William Hogg, one of the
oldest and most respected citizens of the place,
but most eccentric man, who has recently
been unfortunate in his business affairs, shot
his daughter Mary, aged eighteen, in the par
! lor of his residence, and then calling to his son
Willie, aged twelve, who was playing in
the yard, shot him. After which, he stepped
into a wood-shed and shot himself through the
head. He died shortly after, and his daughter
| Mary, report says, is so seriously wounded
that she cannot live. Willie will perhaps
cover.
The remains of George Burr, the companion
of Prof. Wise who assembled in the balloon
Pathfinder at St. Louis month ago, was found
a few days ago by fisherman on the lake shore
near Miller Station, Indiana, the point over
which the fatal balloon was seen to pass by the
railroad engineer. In this case, so far, it is as
in the case of poor Donaldson. Donaldson was
never found but the remains Of his companion
Grimwood were washed ashore. 1t is now
beyond question that the balloon Pathfinder
descended into the lake and the occupants both
drowned.
The body of Mary Stannard, who was muir
dered at New Haven some time ago, with which
crime the Rev. Hayden stands charged, has
been exhumed, and chemical analysis reveals
ninety grains of arsenic in the stomach. Be-
, sides the arsenical poisoning her body was ter
ribly mangled by her murderer. 1t has been
established that the girl had been ruined by
Hayden, and that he gave the girl drug,
ostensibly for the purpose of hiding her shame,
but now as it appears, the drug was arsenic.
The trial now in progress is exciting much in
terest, and the greatest feeling is exhibited
against Hayden.
WHILE responding to alarm of fire in
Cleveland, few days ago, Fire Company No.
6 took frightful leap into Cuyahoga River,
at the Columbus us-street bridge. The driver did
not observe that the bridge turned until
right upon it, going att break-neck speed. A
terrible plunge into the river twenty-five feet
below was unavoidable. The horses were in
, stantly killed by the engine crushing them.
/ Three of the men on the engine went over with
it, one jumping off it went down, slightly
injured another as it struck the water, slightly
injured, and another holding to his seat, unin-
: jured. One of the fremen jumped off just as
the engine went over and escaped unhurt. The
engine was terribly wrecked. zE.
CRIME and criminals are becoming of so fire.
quent thing to attract public attention that
it is becoming indeed shocking. Murder and
t rapine seem to be at large in the land. In the
l South, especially, with the burly negroes, does
chastity seem to be no barrier to their horrible
lust. Eighteen miles below Memphis, on the
l river, six negroes attacked man named John
ston, who was accompanied in fat-boat by
his wife and two little ones, made desperate
- IL. l. g., l.,
: and then horribly mangled Mrs. Johnston.
( boat passing shortly after picked up the
wretched family on the river bank where they
, had been left, and party went in searck of the
| criminals.
a In love affairs the " INDIANA Idea ~ is vastl,
8 different from that prevailing in Ohio of late
Miss Lucy Lemaster, of Jefersonvile, tha
y State, was disappointed by the faithlessness o
: one John Reynolds, a brakeman on the Ohit
$ and Mississippi railroad, and she addressed
n the young man at an unexpected m3
g ment with revolver in hand with " Here
: am" dyes, see,'' he said, much startled
: "Well," said she, -" I'm going to shoot you.
: "Qh, don't" he faltered, and AIRED on a run
: She fred twice after his retr"ating form hit
II ting him both times, but inficting only hesl
wounds. She then hid herself, and he, in hi
IS fear, did the same thing. Young fallin,
# recklessly in love, should begin to learn lesson
# THE temperance crusade has been renewed
d Fredericktown, Ohio, with a vengeance. Th
% women organized into body and proceeded T.
e demolish saloon furniture, beginning with th
g saloon of Ed. Randall, whose door they bat
B., tered in without ceremony. They then smashe,
his glasses and bottles, broke in his whisk,
e barrels, and demolished the furniture genera lily
10 Having satisfied themselves with their worl
there, they attacked another saloon directl
n across the stree. from it and doubtless woul