The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-12-01
OHIO STATE NEWS.

GnAvE-rAnD insurance is prospering in Mont
yomery County.
JoE KIRBY. OF Alliance asod forty years,
micided by shooting in the head.
MILK sickness Cproduced by drinking in
fccted milk IL cOmplained Of ut Belle Centre.
JoHs ZEIFRED, . pronounced "crank. iiv-
ing at Youngstown, suicided 4ly Jumping In
well. - .-
Mns. NJ B. HuBBARD. an o.d lady Of Madi-
son, died from the effects OF q fall few days
ago.
WIN. CLARK, Of Sandnsky, while duck hunt
ing ON tho bay, fell from his skin and was
drowned. NE.' .
GrDEos surToS, OF Newark, was accidentally
shot In the knee BY Abram Rowe. They we're
preparing to SO hunting.
WILLIAM Youxo, ~ Young's Hotel, Zanes-
vile, lost s1 500 In cash, and notes and papers
10 the value Of sf, 500, by burglars entering his
room during his absence and breaking into his
trunk.
JAcoB EBBERr, one OF tho old pioneers OF
Seneca County, jumped from moving train Mt
Kansas Station, and striking the platform OF
the depot, was instantly killed.
Mns. PATRICK KELLEY, an old LADY living
track Of tho Ohio Railroad, was struck bya
freight train and instantly killed.
MRs. ELLA GIBDs, Postmistreas at Milan, who
has held the Office since the death Of her hus-
band, in 1873 has resigned her position to get
married, and now there Ia general scramble
for the Office. The salary is O., 200 year.
JONATHAN HUFFMAN, n farmer residing near
Marion, aged seventy-two years, was found by
the roadside frozen to death one morning the
past week. He had started home from town
the previous night in an intoxicated CO. ditiop.
Two brothers, named Ryan, living on adjoin-
ing farms near New Philadelphia. have been
lawing for some time over wagon-bed worth
hefOra n
has Just been contested in the Common Pleas
Court, resulting In q verdict for the defendant
In the sum Of ten cents. The costs amount to
$500. The case will be appealed.
Ar Bnossos, . crippled man went about ut
carried . bandaged hand inside his vest. His
collections were considerable. Some young
fellows suspected he was fraud, and proceeded
10 an examination. The bandaged hand was
found to be perfectly well, and when they
called for constable, the fellow dropped his
crutch, took TO his feet, and ran like white
head.
A SUIT In the Common Pleas Court at Bu-
cyrus has lust been concluded, in which rea-
sonable damages have been awarded widow
whose husband, an engineer, was killed in con-
8, 1880, man named Larren, an engineer on
the Bee Line Road, was killed by the giving
way Of culvert at Saltwater, Drake County.
His widow brought suit against the company
for 10000 damages, and the jury has returned
verdict awarding her o., 900.
THE Village Of Benton, in the eastern part
of Holmes County, has q matrimonial sensa-
ton. The contracting parties were Mr.. Isaac
Spellman and Miss Lille Atkinson. Extensive
preparations had been mado for the event the
guests had assembled, and the would-be bride
and groom were both present. The ceremony
was being proceeded with, and when the usual
questions were propounded to the lady she
positively said "No" TO every thing. and the
wedding was "declared on f" for the time being.
No amount Of persuasion could bring the
young lady TO terms.
sAYs New Philadelphia correspondent {:
"Quite q number Of farmers Of York Town
ship, this county, took agencies few weeks
since TO deliver maps for map canvasser. As
usual they signed contracts in duplicate, one to
,be retained by the sleek-tongued agent. These
farmers have Just found out TO their sorrow
that they were badly sold. The copy retained
by the stranger turns ont, as usual, TO be a
mote. These notes call for $3.50 each. Judg-
ments on the notes have been taken in Wood
County, and this week o lawyer from Toledo
appeared here with executions, and in company
with the Skerin, Is now endeavoring to make
the unsophisticated farmers come up to time"
III seems about time that farmers knew enough
about these matters to let agents who want
their signatures, severely alone.
sArs Cleveland correspondent "Mrs. In
cretia Garfield has placed the terary estate OF
the lato President Garfield in the hands ef Col
onel A. Y. Rockwell, Of the United Stat
Army who Ia charged under her direction, VII,
its care and preservation and disposition.
Joseph Rudolph, administrator, has aPpoi ted
General ID. q. Swain, his attorney and finan-
cial agent, to whom all claims against the
estate OF James A. Garfield should be pre-
sented. Mrs. Garfield is showed under with
letters begging for money from all over tho
country, and from people OF all conditions and
classes. IL is impossible for her even to reply
oho 10,