The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-12
OHIO STATE NEWS.
A Compendium of the Weeks Events

A Compendium of the Weeks Events.
Steubenville miners resumed work at their
old prices.
The law is being severely inflicted on the
sa!oonists Of Urbana.
The Pam Handle Railroad Company is going
TO build 4. o coo depot at Newark.
The preachers of Cleveland have organised .
crusade against Sunday newspapars
A Wheeling firm is negotiating for the pur-
chase or lease of the star Glass Works at Newark.
paper mill company has been incorporated
at Piqua with capital of $4,000.
Silks to the value of So, 900 were stolen from
the firm of Ffeis, Kline Co, Cleveland.
John Kelly, an old man employed in tho
Globe Iron Works, at Day 90, was Instantly killed
by a 600 pound flask failing on him.
tbree-year-old son of Aionzo Fincfroek, at
Logan was burned to death by ia ling in coal
crate.
The Pam Handle Company will build hand
some rev freight aud passenger dept at Newark at
sn early day.
VIM. Zichard, of Carrollton, indicted for stab
bing Frank Steen, was sentenced to a year In the
p. p>.nitentiary.
VIM. Hanok, of Blanchester, was found on
the roadside frozen to death with bottle partly
led with whisky in his pocket.
VIM. Hosgrove twhite(, of Steubenville,
struck Henry Anderson (colo,ed) in the head with
| brick crushing his skull in. Magrove is under
| arrest.
Peter King, convicted of the murder of David
Trimb!y in Monroe County, last November, was
sentenced at Woodfeld to be hanged In March
next M
During the progress of a trial of a will case
at Defiance one Of the jurors, named Miller, be-
CAM suddenly insane.
| Mrs. Charles Dusaberry, of Defiance, by
| mistake took carbolic acid for camphor aud died
almost Immediately. She leaves family of i've
| children.
| In the case of Ella Cooper rs. Leroy Eunson,
at Akron, for breach of promise, the plaintiff was
awarded s2Ieo damages by the jury. Miss Cooper
sued for $1,000.
| The Crescent Iron Company, of Pomeroy, cap
ital 500 OO0 has been Incorporated it will operate
the mill of the old Pomeroy Iron Company, which
was sid at sherif's sale some months since.
! The preliminary survey has been completed
from Fayetteville to Hilsboro with q view to COM
meucing work on the standard-gauge railrt ad from
Cincinnai to the coal heidS. Ine grazing VIII
probably cost 81, 500 per mile.
Robt. E. Bailey, formerly of Warren County,
has besn arrested at Palestine for bigamy and re-
| turned to Warren County. He recently married
Miss Schultz respectable young LADY of Palestine,
| said to be his fifth wife.
The survey of route for the Dayton, Gov
iogton and Toledo Narrow Gauge from the South
terminus of that road has been completed to the
| Urion Depot at Dayton. An independent track will
be run from he present termines TO the Soldiers
Home.
The Union Medical Association of North
| western Ohio held their quarterly meeting at Ak
ron last week. resolution to petition the Legis-
laturs to make new, or amend existing laws 50 that
regular practitioners be prot ced from quacks AID
| ether evils, was adopted.
The remarkable presence of mind of an Ak
ron school teacher saved school house containine
seven hundred children from being burned. Upon
| discovering the FIRE she ordered the school dis
miss d and thea gave the alarm, when the fire was
! put out without much damage, and before any one
else hardly knew what was the matter
The man at Canal Dover residing with his
sister for number of years and accused of b.ine
| the father of three Legitimate children born to
| her, denies the fsgrant charge of incest. Two Of
the children born are dead, both of them deformed
and the one living is said TO not have single bone
| in It's body, and of course is q helpless mass Of
feah
Near West Alexandria, some time ago, Eli
| Ha:derman. well-to-do farmer, met another we'll
| to 10 fsrmer named Hampien Ciemmer and said
| good morning." The salutatiou was cooer than
the latter thought it ought to be, S, he rot down
| off his wagon and gave his neighbor . q sking
The matter is in the Circuit Court in the shape Of
| damages.
| Malcome Nook, dry goods clerk of Ere
| mont who was arrested last April on a charge oj
embezzing goods has just been up for trial in tho
| Common Pleas Court. He testified that he acted
on the advice of one of the firm by whom he wa.
| employed who expected almost momentarily tc
make assignment. He is at present ou. on 81.
600 bail, and in the meantime will try to get new
hearing.
Two salconists at Bellefontaine have brou chi
suit in the Common Pleas Court to recover res that
have been collected from them for selling LIQUOR Il
| be drank on tho premises These men were both
fined and imprisoned The Criminal Code of 1877
cbapter section Is, provides that parties selling
liquor to be drank on the premises can be fined ol
provides for fne and imprisonment or both. tn,
object is to make this a test case.
Fremont has Just had a little excitement in
the way of a sensational elopement which, by tn,
way, was not a success. The young lady Mary Gil
con, daughter of Levi ellison, but sixteen years Of
age, and the farm hand Of a neighbor, were the fee
ing twain. Detective Norris put on their tracl
and succeeded in capturing them at Monloe, Michi
gan before the fatal knot tied. Their failure t.
accomplish their object, however, was owing to the
dilatoriness of hsckman. The miss was brough
back home to h-r pa and the hired man talks abou
blowing his head of.