The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01
OHIO STATE NEWS
A Compendium Of the Weeks Events.

OHIO STAIE NEWS.
A Compendium Of the Weeks Events.
At Emerald, Samuel MCGOWAN ended his life
oy shooting himself through the heart.
The wife of P. Mcdowell, of Ashtabula,
en- ,ei protracted spres by smothering herself in
bed.
Miss Viola Boop, of Canton, is missing, and
Foul ply is suspected.
In the seduction suit of Shafer us. Shafer,5
George M. Shafer charged with seducting his
brothers wife, at Bellefontaine, verdict has been
rendered in favor of the defendant.
Rev. S. L. Blake, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Cleveland, preached his last sermon ON
Sunday. Little love affair with Cincinnati lady
was the cause Of his departure.
: James Marvin, a brother to the Marietta
woman charged with causing the outrag, Of the little
girl Julia Neader attacked the editor of the Marietta
Rgisier aai l beat him severely for the publication
OF an article rejecting on his sister.
Tillie Wolff, a Cincinnati school girl, aged
eleven years. attempted TO call coinrade with toy
balloon in her mouth. In so doing she sucked the
toy into her windpps and in few moments ex-
pired.
Urbana is excited over a skeleton eXhumed
by workmen who were digging graveI-pit the
southwt er of the town. the water-wofks.
The bones just under the surface of the earth,
all more or less decayed, and in a sitting posture.
At Bellefontaine, the other day, two country
Ias.ies engaged in fsticuf hair-pulling and gem
eral scratch fght, upon what score the depoutn
saeth not, but it is related that they made things
lively in the street for a while.
Minnie Silliman, at Akron, who, short time
ago atte ppted to shoot her lover, was found the
other night staggering about in the vicinity of her
lovers quarters An inves igation proved that she
had taken strychnine and she had gone to John
Shoenterns house that he might be first to find her
corpse. A Wig rous stomach pump brought her out
all right. Her home is at steubenville.
Eloquence is decidedly a bad thing. At
Wooster Hon. John McSweeney made the closing
speech in the Tormis murder trial and everybody
wanted to hear the gifted gator. The c,urt-hou-.
was so densely crowded that several faintei On OF
the jury was SO overcome that he fain'ed, causing
the court to adjourn for four hours. The prinone,
also tainted aud his brother had his arm almns,
-roken in the surgng throng.
Marietta is highly excited over the alleged
outrage perperated little twe've-yea -old girl
Julia Mead r. into her house to warm. According
to the childs sorry she placed In the room WITH
and at the disposal Of man, and the door locked.
The woman, Mrs. Merwin, keeps house of ill-re-
pute. and the stories against her are generally
credited.
A curious case is attracting the attention Of
medical men in the vicinity of Loveland. Miss Fsn-
ME Scuy, young lady twenty three years Of age
who has been i'll for some fifteen months has during
the past thirty days received no nourishment, ex
cept few spoonfuls OF eggnog. The disease is one
peculiar to females. Her stomach is completely col
lapsed. causing extreme depression of the phys,
cal energies.
The arrest of the man Mills, at SteubenvilIe
will probably result in breaking up notorious gans
tf swindiers whose headquarters at Flint, Mich
The niodus operandi of these men was as fo lows:
Eaton Jones sold hayrakes to farmers, taking II
every instance OF course receipt These receipt
sent to Flint Mich. where they converte
into notes, and then put into the hands of Mills
whose business it was to sell them. An effort wa
made t, capture Jones at Mansfield, but he oludet
the authorities by sliding down a rope from th,
fourth story Of hotel. He and Mills are mo- botf
in Jail.
Mrs Thomas Conners, of st. Louis, visiting
at Tifin lost pocket book containing SIS in none,
| and two $50 drafts. A little boy named Jake!
/ Perong picked it up and carried 1t home. Hi
| mother took the money and drafts out and busnet
| the book. While the book was still going through
the crematory process, Mrs. Connors called havinl
been tod BY some that they saw the boy pick !,
up. Both the mother and boy denied any knowi
edge of the matter. On threats of arrea the womal
| delivered up the drafts, which she said the bo,
| picked up on the street Both the woman and he
| husband were arrested and placed in jail Late i
the night the thought of being in jail away from tn
little caused the woman to confes the posses
sion of the money, and she offered TO surrender j
for her lber " but the jalor told her 1t
| and that she must remain for the night. She bein
| in a de,ecate condition the mental agony mas had
bad effect her, and the persecution has NECESSARILY
| been indefinitely postponed. Ntet3 ~ u
MINOR NoTEs.-Coshocton is happy to re
cord that It's two worst characters, John Mapel AM
VIM. Fuller, have engaged board in the penientiary
...Ei. b. Stubles:and Jos. .Scharf, of Dayton, ar
ordered by the court to pay $500 each for tn
support of illegitimate hedglings....At Shake
/ Hill, near Cleveland, Andy Quinlin struck Ed Ho
gan in the temple with beer mug and killed him
! cards..A ffteen-year-old son Of John Phillips wa
kill by runaway team at Carey Charles Scott
of Delaware, who attempted to kill his father, hs
been bound over to court ..Scariet fever at Belle
fontaire.....The dwelling house Of Casper Smitl
| burned at Dephos.... Wellington Mills for an at
tempt to forge $1,000 note on a man name
Matthias, of Steubenvrle went to jail in default
$1,000 ball.. The Cambridge NcOs Repubican) ha
changed hands, and will appear as an Independen
paper hersafter..... Henry Magi had leg cut of b.
the cars at Mt. Vernon. John Cobbs, Q farmer
near Alliance, in dispute with tenant, had hl
skull cracked. Sheep thieves are making thing
lively in the vicinity Of Millersburg. ..... job
Stephenson, farmer two miles east Of Sidney, ha
a three-wesks-old wait left on HIS doorstep. The
proud of the little thing and ut once adopted