Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29
NEIGHBORHOoD NEWS.

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ing war on the gambling houses of
that city.
Mr.. Henry L. Robinson, a well known
citizen of Greenfield, died of consump-
tion on Saturday night last. He was
al yearsOf age, and unmarried.
The Waverly Republican of 22d says:
An accident happened last Monday
morning on the Springfield Southern
abouta half mile from Waverly. HOus-
ton James was intending to go to
Springfield on professional visit, and
S. w. Elliott, of the Emmitt House,
was on his way to Bainbridge, and from
him we learn that the rails spread and
but for the locomotiye detaching itself
the cars would have been precipitated
down an embankment. The road is not
in a safe condition to travel and we adj
wise all parties to defer going upon it
for the present. 1t is no unusual event
for the cars to get off the track three
and four times between this place and
Bainbridge.
The CirCleville Union, 22d, says: The
Schleich manslaughter trial, which has
attracted so much attention, was
brought to a close last Saturday morn
ing by all of the twelve defendants,
who were indicted for manslaughter by
the Grand Jury, with the exception of
William Justice, being permitted to
plead guilty to the charge of riot. They
were fined twenty dollars, and SEN
fenced to thirty days in the county Jail.
The rest of the prisoners also plead
guilty to riot, and were fined ten dollars
and costs. William Justice was tried
and convicted of manslaughter. The
testimony of good many witnesses
proved that he threw the stone that re-
suited fatally to Schleich. He was
brought before Judge Courtright last
Monday morning and sentenced to two
years in the Penitentiary. Sentence
will not be executed until the next
term of Court. His attorneys have
applied to the Supreme Ceurt for new
trial.
(From the Chillcothe Advertiser, Jan. 21.)
An interesting case, involving in the
aggregate about $4,000, is in progress
here before the Court of Common
Pleas, Judge Thad. A. Minshall presid-
ing. Jacob Peck, a wealthy Pickaway
County farmer, died intestate March
20, 1875. He had no children, and the
property descended by law to his wife,
Mahala Peck, then eighty-fOur years
old. In April of the same year she
made a power of attorney to j. Peck
and David Alter to attend to her bust
ness. December 29th of the same year
she decided seven hundred acres of her
estate to the same parties, in trust, for
the benefit of the heirs on her husbands
side of the house, and four hundred
absolutely to the heirs on her side of
the house, the whole subject to her life
estate. She was aged and infirm, and
in March, 1877, her mind failed her en-
tirely, and Austin H. Brown was ap-
pointed her guardian. He now brings
suit, at the instigation of heirs upon
Mrs. Peck's side of the house, to have
the deed for the Ross County lands set
aside, claiming that she was of unsound
mind at the time it was made, and not
capable of comprehending her acts.
Hon. r. E. Powell, of Delaware, and
P. G. Smith of Circleville, appear for
the contestants, and H. F, Page and z.
G.. Bostwick, of Circleville, and Van
Meter and Throckmorton, of this city,
for defendants.
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