The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05
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a0H1O STATE NEWS.

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TEE population Of Columbus, by the lats
census, Is 81 ,6A.
AT SpanDsrvilIe, the residerce Of sGsones
Meihl was destroyed by lightning. ---------
At Findlay, the wife of Judge Whitley fen
dead in her house, from heart disease. 4 k.tsS
Mr.. McK1M, of Ashtabula County, had
span of valuable horses killed by lightning.
VALENTINE GREss, living at Minersville, on
the Ohio River, was drowned while bathing.
THE census gives Belmont County popula-
ton Of 5O,014, gain of over 10,e0o in ten
years.
Kent, has been appointed postmistress at that
place. 'f' IA = 3 s :. s..sas@S,s : = : 's
AT Delphos lightning struck the stable OF the
Methodist parsonage killing a-horse belonging
to Rev. Solomon Lindlay.-. gTrss zsyzs
THE barn of Mrs. Irwin, just west Of HaInil.
ton, was struck by lightning and with its ooe'
tents, destroyed. Loss So, 900.
WILLIAM SALTz, living near Casey, one night
last week had four valuable horses poisoned.
The perpetrators have not been discovered.
6 TIMOTHY CoNNELL, a brakeman on the Little
Miami Railroad, was killed at Trotwood, last
! week, while attempting to couple cars.
50 GEORGE GooDERr, aged ninety-one years, and
William Rainey. aged eighty-fouri years, two
Guernsey County pioneers, died last week.
farmer named Hazleswartz, near Defiance, was
struck by lightning and imme ediately consumed.
r. HEzEkIAH CURRY, g. Delaware negro, drove
livery horse hundred miles in one day without
rest. He has been bound over to court in the
sum of S400 tizsfzss iof
TIE cornerstone of,tt Masonic Temple-th
only one in the Northwest and the largest In
the country-was laid at the corner of Adams
and Superior streets, Toledo, last week.
IT is stated that convicts in the penitentiary,
by the connivance of outside parties and junk
dealers, have robbed Hayden the contrctor, OF
| over a thousand dollars worth Of brass.
THOMAS Moss, of Seceder Corners, four miles
north of Youngstown, while on his way to q
dance fell down. pistol he was carrying in
his pocket went of, killing him instantly.
lsl THREE men, Patrick o. Hara, Joseph Ward,
and Owen Sullivan, were seriously injured near
Eteubenville, while loading q saw-log, one OF
slkids slipping and letting thelog roll back upon
them.
lac THE veterans or the e-astif -ohios Regiment
win hold their reunion this year at Columbus,
| in connection with the general reunion OF all
Olioregiments, which occurs on the 10th, 11th,
and 18th of August.
thjA DESTRUCTIVE hail-storm did a vast amount
of damage to the crops five miles east of Gallon,
/ IN the vicinity of Ontario. The fruit is en-
tirely laid waste.l The damageI is estimated to
fnr bods of an unknown man man was FONDA
| three miles east of Delaware, in badly decom-
| posed condition. "a The body is Unidentified,
and the cause of death unexplained.
FI.$MIss JESSIE STEELE, of Paris, ILL.,. aged
nineteen, a school teacher who was going on 2
/ visit to her sister, at Walnut Hills, Cincinnati,
/ met sWifh am accident which resulted in her
death, while being transferred from the depot
at Cincinnati. Eaaats 30 - @g&fH'9 taH =
l. ,Guss1E WILLIAMS, whose home is st. Clairs-
vile, this State, was found one day last week
| alone in a hovel, in a wood, near Beaver Falls,
| Pa, where she bad given birth to . child and
| Was nearly famished. She was taken to the
1 County Farm. af,gitSg giI -1i EFuJssaafsb
Il At Uricksville, in Tuscarawas County, q Grip
Pile named johnson, who lost both legs some
years ago, (cut off just above the knees),s has
been bound over to court for outraging the per
| son of a nine-yearold child. This is said 70 be
his second offense.
81 GEORGE FRANK, aged forty years, who has on
| and on made the Soldiers Home his home and
l portion of the time working for MIR. Forsythe,
! near Delaware was found dead IN the woods .
| few days ago, with bottle containing . few
drops Of landanufn at his side. ~'-@ A''-
DEFECTIVE John T.. Morris, arrested in
\ Chicago and brought to Mt. Gilead, Michael,
alias Ball Jennings, alias Il. Williams, who is
charged with completely IN. the. 81, 500 Bird
4 jewelry robbery, which occurred in the latter
gasee g. COO. '@'' sp'nsts. ns e'l'p : A.'1 -
I@gTHE trial of Lizzie Bowling; at GAINESVILLE,
| charged with killing Charles Mutt, has come to
close, resulting in verdict of not guilty, and
u the discharge Of the prisoner. Lizzie shot
I Mutt while he was trying TO. foreibly enter her
/ house, but not until after repeatedly warning
him to desist., dsHdzasss4 SIT .1saa
b. NEWTON SHOEMAKER, of DeGraf, small
station south of Bellefontaine, ,Lshot and per-
haps fatally injured Henry Thomas, whom he
caught In the act Of delivering a note to his
fourteen-year-old sister. "a month ago Il. W.
Akers. attempted to 'elope with this same girl,
which act has caused the- brother to guard her
safety with vengeance. 49,, ff..s. "a, 4.o-
/ A CORRESPONDENT writing from Eldorado,
Ohio, says: Three miles east of here on the
4 Dayton and Western Railroad, recently, six
i boys were trying an experiment. exploding rail-
road torpedoes, They succeeded with the fol-
lowing result. One died in SIX hours afterward.
I one his eye put out. The rest are all badly
burned, hut will recover. 500 G$s 81 sssaV q
MOST shocking suicide. occurred near Bel
laire. a few days ago. fs Elisha Brown, profni-
nent farmer and small fruit grower, aged Abopt
I sixty years, went into an onthouse, and taking
4 large butcher knife, stabfeds and cut hiInseif
most horribly in the abdomen. His ntestanes
sight vhsn found, Domestic, troubles sare the
cause, y Apfobabiy aided BY III health.
4 1AMsos SaoaEas syeune 'shan heretofoss
highly esteemed for his many good qualities,
resi1fng near Ufbana, few days ago purchased
Il half interest in the livery stable Of Clinton =:
81, 0mI from Mr.. Robert Reynolds giving hia
4 protnissory note for the same signed by hia
I 1ather Andrew Showers and Isaac ID. Glenn, q
4 sureties Upon the following day MI. Reynolds
accidentally met Mr., Glenn and Informed him
that he held sucaisa note.s Mr.z Glenn zmme.
II diStely sworn out o warrant for young Showers
a arrest Showers iss out on ", 900 bail hia
father going on diS bond.