The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-10
OHIO STATE NEWS.


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HoN.AC. G. RRussz1I, aprominsnt bankerof
GAINESVILLE, died the past week. ia
: The body of Wilson, the condemned muir
.derer who suicided at Upper Sandusky, has been
stolen by body-snatchers. sssi
W. H. JONES, of Carlisle, Noble County, q
few days since accidentally shot and fatally IN
JAMES GooDa1cH, of Youngstown, went out
squirrel hunting and accidentally shot himself
in the stomach. a-t'
BuRG1ARs relieved J. H. Bevington, of De-
fiance, of handsome gold watch, chain, jew
elrysalld quantity of clothing.
JAMES MCKINLEY, brakeman, was killed by
engine 42s of the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad, at Youngstown ii sas.I8
. TIE date of the Ohio Conference Camp
Meeting, annually held near lancaster has
been changed from August 10 tea week earlier,
August 8. -. Lssss axes "a fssssss5 = 3.
ALBERT JOHNSON, residing near West Jeffer-
son while picking berries, was bitten by a rat
tlesnake and his recovery is reported as ex-
ue,nely doubtful. Ia, szs4sss-. E..= -r=-,fs.7, -,
HENRY P Bor.AN, who decamped with 80, 600
belonging to Louis Cook, of Cincinnati, has
been arrested at Manitoba, and 81, 500 Of the
money recovered. ..,s.5s5 -
CHARLES E. NILES, cashier Of the First Ma
tional Bank, at Findlay, has, been appointed Re
ceiver of the defunct Citizens Savings Bank,
with bond of $4,000. $ '''s - -s's -
The jury in the slander suit of Mary A. Saw
millex ses Conrad B. Culp,s at Lima, have re-
turned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
three thousand dollars. 81 ssSaNss s'S't'& 4i5i
n. BLOOM, of Kenton, boss of gang Of
hand car men, fell between an engine and car at
Huntsville and was SO seriously injured that he
died few nights after. asFss 6aAk
A FIRE at Clyde destroyed the sash nd bin
factory of E. T.. Lettins. Loss, 5000; insur-
ance, $1,000 A fire destroyed the residence of
Peter Hobrecht, at Pomeroy. tsa
4 CHRISTOPHER LAUKE, an inmate of the; Sold
diers' Home, Dayton, and formerly Of Company
E, Fifty-eighth Illinois Infantry, committed
suicide the past week by drowning. izsfsss 4Es
sPHILIP NUMA1NvIIIE, of Ashtabula, is under
arrest charged with burning his two stores to
secure insurance, after having secretly removed
quantity of goods cash and papers. A..
GEORGE PRICE, the negro who murdered VII
lie Black at Cincinnati one year age, and who
was to have been hanged on the 28th. of May,
but was respited, will be executed on the 9th OF
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ROBERT LLOYD, young man, of Brownson,
loaded shotgun with powder and mud to fire
off as salute to a passing Chicago Convention
train. Thegun bursted and Mr.. Lloyd was fa-
tally injured. sfs---, f..s...5 tg.-
AT Ninevah, near New Philadelphia, Miss
Emma Morrow, young lady of twenty years,
while assisting her father to steer boat, took
a fit, and in her struggles, fell into the water
| and was drowned.
THE wife of Joe Budd, well-known stock
dealer of Massillion, attempted suicide by tax
| ing rat poison. Antidotes were promptly ad-
| ministered, and after a long struggle she was
| brought out of danger. tss
Miss MARY BEACH an, attendant of the
| Wesleyan Female Seminary, at Cincinnati, and
| daughter of Dr.. Beach, residing near London,
eloped few days. since with a young man
| named Ed Mann, also of London.
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| Upper Sandusky who was sentenced to hang or
| the 18th of the present month, committeo
| suicide early on the morning of the Sd inst BY
| taking an overdose of cyanuret potassi deadly
poison. .FEEE!IgH8 aFTIT
The three daughters of Benjamin Foster, OF
| st: Marys, in company with another girl, at
| tempted to wade the st. Marys River, while
| the stream was swollen, when one Of them
| aged thirteen years, was carried away by tht
| current and drowned. ..e5s .'s-s.-.. 80 .z =
| The elopement of Miss Jennie Gross, of Col
umbus, with an ignorant and WORTHLESS
| young fellow known as James A. Redd, ha
caused fiutter of excitement among the elit
| of that place. Miss Gross is an estimable youn,
| lady with many accomplishments. g
THE hack-driver Waleutt, who, at Columbus
| attempted to murder his wife, and then sho
himself, has finally been arraigned for attemptet
murder. At the time of the tragedy it wa
| thought that both would die, but instead, bot
have recovered sufficiently to appear in Court
JAMES BOWERS, a farmer residing near Zal
eski, was shot and fatally wounded by. VIM
Green, who in company with woman of ques
tionable character, had been stopping at hi
house and had been ordered by him to leave
| Green followed Bowers to the field and sho
him without warning. .--. si.iiess si f1I'= t5#
JOHN STE1NMETz, of Ceylon, near Sandusky
was arrested on charge of being implicated il
the robbing of Samuel Dow, an old miser, O
50, 600. He confessed that he and Fred Frazier
of Ceylon, and Bully McCabe, committed tn
robbery. Steirtmetz gave up 1927 OF tn
money. Frazier and McCabe are still at large
WHILE the families were absent, thieves en-
tered the residence Of A. d. Barret and MI
Winslow, near Plain City. At the former the
got watch, revolver, silverware, clothing an
one hundred dollars in money. At the latter
residence they got jewelry, clothing and tw
hundred dollars In money. bag Eas f7s srss
THE wife of Thomas Bondure, q prominen
merchant Of Middlebourhe, Guernsey County
| quietly withdrew from circle Of her acquain,
4 ances, tied her feet together and plunged hea6
foremost. into barrel Of water. Perceivin
her absence the company began o search fC
| her, and found her in the above-mentione
averted condition. It required the greatest 81
forts Of physician to resuscitate her.
An insane man named Henry Bitter, wande,
ing about Longview, Hamilton County, is r.
| fused admission to any of the public institution
corners lives on what he can pick up from th
ground, and is altogether homeless. Every q
fort has been made to get him into some publ
| institution, but all have failed, either beca ut
the Superintendent Of such institutions will III
admit him without the proper certificate {
action in the matter. The mans hair and bear
have grown long, and he presents the appeal
ance Of a wild man. ss=i2ss p szss . a.
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