The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-24
OHIO STATE NEWS.

In the vicinity of Milersburg the apple crop
is effected by blight.
THE trial of Enoch Young for the murder Of
Israel Bensley is on at Marion.
Rosa, the wife Of Prof Belew, phrenologists
Of Van Writ, committed suicide by poison. s
JAMES RANKIN, about fifty years of age,
who resides at Allentown, suicided by hang
ing.
RICHARD BENT, of New California, while
breaking a colt to the saddle, was fell upon by
the animal and fatally injured.
The Continental Flour Mills at Crestline
burned down the past week. 1t was owned by
Russell, Daley Il Co. Loss $4,000.
SAMUEL KENNEDY, farmer residing near
Gallon, was kicked in the abdomen by q two
months-old colt, from which effects he died in
few moments. .
AFTER a desperate struggle officers at Athens
arrested William Green, charged with attempt
ing to murder James Bowers, of Vinton
County, some two weeks ago.
PETER VAN WORRIES, of Lima, while loading
apistol to shoot burglars, was accidentally shot
in the head and killed, the weapon discharging
while he was in the act of loading it. O.
The dead body of Thomas Welsh, formerly
of Hancock County, was discovered near We'll
ington, Kansas, last week. He left for the
West recently to purchase land. Foul play is
suspected.
wendell ARDNER, twenty-four years old, was
arrested and jailed near Defiance, on the 18th
inst, upon warrant sworn out by his mother,
charging him with having raped his little sister,
eight years old.
MOSES SETTER, residing near Akron, while
driving along In his buggy, stopped forward to
get whip from under the seat. The wheel
ran into rut and pitched him out, throwing
him upon his head and breaking his neck.
An old lady named Dolan, living near Piqua,
WA hpafPr1 n another
woman named Riley. Mrs. Dolan was out pick
ing currants when the melee ensued. She lived
about five hours.
WILLIE, fourteen years of age, son of NJ. Van
Halkins, fell off q freight train near Dennison,
Friday night. 1t is supposed that one or more
scarcely recognizable by his friends when
found.
THREE men are now in jail at GAINESVILLE
charged with the murder of Jacob Baughman in
1868. They are Smalley, Smith and Griffin.
Since the murder, Smith has been living in u
hnois, where he has accumulated 800 acres Of
land.
THos. KELcHER, well-to-do bachelor farmer,
residing near Unionvile, has been presented
with an heir. He found the chipper little fel
low on his doorstep with note saying, "The
Lord forgive" and that's all he knows
about it.
DROWNED while bathing-A colored boy at
Germantown; Christian Amsbaugh, at Millers-
burg Eddie Cook, aged Is, at GAINESVILLE John
Cook, blacksmith helper, at Youngstown Ike
Clay, colored, aged sixteen.
THE negroes brought from Virginia a short
time since to work the coal mines in this State,
report says, are all returning to Virginia, all of
them walking. A gang Of fourteen passed
through Akron last week, who gave as their ex-
cuse that they could make no money. They
said the rest Of the negro miners would follow
them.
FARMERS who use self binding reapers in the
vicinity of Greenfield have received numerous
notes of warning threatening to burn their
property If they persist in the use of such
labor-saving machinery. They are using them,
however, and standing guard over them at
night with shot-guns. Last year, In this same
vicinity, two Of their reapers fell prey to the
work of incendiaries.
NEAR Plattsville, in Shelby County Mr. E.
C. Dorsey went out along the creek shooting
muskrats. He saw waves proceeding from be-
hind sycamore tree standing in the water He
abided his time, and in a few moments, he saw
a hairy object protruding itself. He shot and
young man of the neighborhood named
Quinn, who, on Dorsey's approach, had at
tempted to hide. 1t is thought the shot will
not prove fatal.
DAVID L. SHANK, twenty-seven years old,
hailing from Springfield, has been working as
blacksmith at Port Jefferson, about five miles
north of Sidney. He got drunk the other day,
and going to the house of Mrs. Ellen Inskeep,
a widow lady, attacked her and Mrs. Ann Line,
sixty-nine years of age, who had dropped in on
a visit. He said he was God Almighty, ran
them out of the house, and securing fence
rail, beat Mrs. Line to death. He then turned
his attention to Mrs. Inskeep, but the cries of
the woman had attracted the neighbors, who
arrived just in time to save her. After short
pursuit Shank was captured and jailed-not
without some difficulty, however, as the indig-
nant citizens seemed determined to mob him.
A CORRESPONDENT at Canal Dover says The
body of Miss Mary Senif, about eighteen years
of age, was discovered in a creek at this place
early this morning, having evidently been dead
some time, buried in coal ashes, and afterward
raised, hauled in wagon and thrown from the
bridge last night. The body was sewed up in
oedspread, together with number of brick,
supposed for the purpose of sinking it. She
was undoubtedly murdered. She was visiting
here from Indiana, and short time ago
mysteriously disappeared. Marks show that she
had been cut in terrible manner with knife.
There is great interest taken and the indications
are that the crime can be successfully traced,
and every effort is being made to discover the
murderer.
A ooLD-BLooDED assassination, resulting in
the death of David Williams, q young man
from Pickaway County, took place near Georges
vile, Madison County, last week. Williams
was on a visit to Joseph Turner, who is his
uncle, and between whom not very good feel
ing has existed. Williams invited his uncle's
daughter, Kate Turner, to go to Harrisburg
with him, and, when short distance from the
house, they sat down by spring, and had been
conversing short time, when the report of a
shot startled her, and she was Mortified to see
her companion fall to the ground, the ball hay
Ing entered under his shoulder, he dying in five
minutes. The girl looked back to see who
fred the shot, and saw a man fifty yards away
whom she describes as wearing blue blouse.
She was arrested on suspicion to await the Coro-
ner's inquest.