The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
OHIO STATE NEWS.
A Compendium of the Weeks Events.


A Compendium Of the Weeks Events.
Measles promises to break up the public
schools at Marysville
Bellefontaine complaines of the existence of
two cases of smallpox.
, A child of Charles Sampel, Crestlin e, died
rom eating wiid parsnips. W - y
Jefferson County rejoices in the prospect Of
an unusually large yield of f,uit
Ben Gibson, of Defiance, while unloading
scantliDg, was struck in the heal and killed.
A thoroughbred gypsy wedding is reported
to have tsken place the pa st weak at Fipdlay.
John Moon, of the Meigs County Infrmary,
began his orbit In the eternity circuit by the aid Of
rspe tbe past week.
The safe in the warehouse of Mutt Brothers,
at Sidney, was blown open by burglars, who got
only eleven cents by the operation.
: The body OF George Sxigart, . resident Of
Tim, who dissppeared two weeks ago, has been
found entanglsd in driftvood in The river.
A large steam saw belonging to P. j. Van
derveer, In Seneca County. was destroyed BY fire,
supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.
Two thousand coal miners in the Mahoning
Valley entered upon a strike the Sd inst on ac-
count of reduction Of 10 cents per ton for mining
Adam Esggoner, An old man residing near
GallIpolis, was shot by his nephew. Philip wag-
goner The result Of a lawsuit. Both were good
farmers
The veterans at the Soldiers Home will
erect a monster tent in which dramatic representa-
tions win be given until a new music hall shall be
erected. q fEE - E
John Gross, Of Fremont, Of wealthy parents
Tin Germany, aged twenty-five. no money. very
lazy, pretty proud, good rope-best hemp-hansins
to a tree. # l1
tramp named Calvin Hoffman, at Paines-
vile, is suffering for twisted hemp. His victim,
Mrs Borper is I'm a terrible condition Hoffman /.
held in $4,000 bail.
David Eikenberry, residing seven miles
,outheast of West Alexandria. stumbled on wheel.
horrov and fell over an eigbt-foot vail of q hank
har, hre.t;no nj, neot
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row nov that the hanging fI,d not take pIaca. ohr
,svs bs A tired vaitfny 3 - su.a#
TTvo car loads ~ rolored man frou, R;cb.
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Leonard ruler, OF flndlay, VINO mas IN the
past enjoy 90 very fair reputation has suddenly
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nAna-eAr, near o'euoen'nie' Aiiins one OIL tne
men, 'onn Da'iS' ns'anuy' inc o'nei iouf na'ihs
ieape iom 'ne eAr Ia uns 70 save themselves
A Piqua correspondent is mad. In letter
to the Cincinnati Gazette he says: The Dayton and
Michigan Railroa1 Company pays no attention t.
the peuuon Oh nundreds Oh patrons askng 1or
morning uan 10 Oincinnau. ANS is ""oaOe
c'ri orauon' wnlcn ID 100 mean 70 nse.
A homeless old lady, who calls herself Patsy
Hunt has put in an appearan e at GAINESVILLE. Sht
says her children drove her off from home in order
to gobbe her interest in estate. Where her home
is she is unable to tell. 1t is thought that she be-
longs to either Miami or Noble County.
A eourtesan named Nellie Robinson, at
Zanesvile, the proprietress of low dive, shot and
killed young man named Charles Mutt, who wa.
making an effort to get into her hou,e contrary tc
| her wish. She had ordered him away a number Of
times, but he persisted in forcing the door. She
| shot him through the door.
Achary C. Smith, aged twenty-six years, oi
Urbana, is under arr est on a charge of perjury. Ii
the Probate Judges Office he had sworn that Mis-
| Minnie Magrew, daughter of Lemuel Magrew, wa,
of LAWFUL age, whereas she is but sweet sixteen.
Smith is the step-son of Squire Londenbach very
| wealthy farmer In Champaign County.
Governor Foster last week 0ranted a nardor
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tsnc \ 70 the nenitentiarv Iannarv q 1878 fo,
Smrs,arv The buraIa-v was the ra.ult Of clsrS' Ia