The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-28
OHIO STATE NEWS.


A LAND LEAGUE has been organized in Gin
cinnati.
THOMAS LEWIS, brakeman on the Lake
Shore Road, killed.
SEVERAL prisoners last week escaped from
the County Jail at st. Clairsville.
The Stubbs Sunday Law seems to be gen.
orally observed throughout the State.
BENJAMIN STEINER, q young carpenter, at
Bluffton suicided by hanging to cherry tree.
AT Bronson, Jacob Hawkins was killed in o
well by bucket falling and striking him on
the head. ff#THTTg
THE elegant residence of General John Il.
Young, at Urbana, was partially destroyed by
fire the past week.
The motion for change of 0erue at st.
Clairsvile in the Weir murder case, was over
ruled by Judge Okey.
ONE man at Marion has been sued by three
irate females for what we do not know the
amount aggregating $4,000.
REV. DIR. BUNEs, former Chaplain in the
Ohio Penitentiary, has been incapacitated by q
stroke of paralysis at Cambridge. E
died from injuries received by being thrown
from a buggy by runaway horse.
A GLASS factory, employing one hundred men,
is to be built at Massillon. The citizens donated
$4,000 to the company to secure the works.
EDWIN CowLEs, editor of the Cleveland
Leader, and E. w. Scripps of the Penny
Paper, have each sued the other for criminal
libel.
JOHN BARNETT, prominent young druggist
of Akron, fell between the cars and was killed
at Independence Station, a few miles north Of
Akron. E54a
Mrs. CHRIS. HICKMAN, of Steubenville, at
tempted suicide by jumping into the river, but
was rescued by her brother before drowning.
Mental alteration. 5+,
SAMUEL BAILEY, near Mount Gilead, says he
has been taken in by sharpers from Indianapolis
to the amount of $3.50, by signing paper that
turned out to be judgment note.
SAMUEL GILLESPIE, a, leading and wealthy
citizen of Portland Station, Jefferson County,
while crossing a railroad bridge near his home,
slipped and fell into the water and was drowned.
The street railway employees in Cincinnati,
who struck for an advance of wages, although
they did not get what they asked for, had their
demands in a measure acceded to, and have
gone to work.
Mrs MOONEY, the wife of a painter living.at
No. 9 East Third street, Cincinnati, died last
week from the effects of o blow ON the head
with hatchet in the hands of her husband.
Mooney is in jail.
ABOUT the last thing Mt. Vernon did before
the adjournment of the Legislature was to
send to that body petition unanimously
signed by her citizens, asking for the enact
ment of a law permitting the city to issue
bonds to build water-works.
The body of Thomas Smith, well-known
citizen of Toledo, was found lying in a hole at
the rear Of the Wheeler Opera-house, where he
had probably fallen during the night. The
deceased was at one time large jobber in that
city, but had latterly become quite dissipated.
AT North Lawrenceburg, seven miles west of
Massillon, Cyrus Young, who was assisting in
starting saw-mill, was caught by the betting
and almost instantly killed. Mr.. Young was
considered to be the wealthiest man in Stark
County. The best estimates place the value Of
his interest at almost 81, ,O00, 900. He owned
about fifteen valuable farms in the west end Of
the county, number of them having coal
mines located on them, his wealth having been
accumulated principally from royalty on coal.
He was generally known as the Coal King of
the Tuscarawas Valley. Ten children survive
him.
FoUR-YEAR-oLD daughter of Mr.. William
Mayberry, of Coal Center, died most horrible
death from the effects of fright While play
ing with her eight-year-old brother, he sug-
gested that they play funeral, and. digging
hole in the ground, induced her to get in, and
began shoveling in the earth, whereupon she
se ssS sr and sne in struggling Hr to get
brought her parents to the spot, and they res
cused her from the pit more dead than alive.
The frightened parents secured the best physi-
clan, but the child's nervous system had re-
cal aid, and, after lingering in great agony for
twenty-four hours, the little sufferer died.
A SINGULAR case of forgetfulness occurred at
New Philadelphia last week. A young fellow
from Dover Township walked in the Office and
asked Judge Brown for license for himself
and girl to marry. The Judge took down his
name, and then asked the name of the young
lady. The fellow scratched his head and stam-
mered, but could not recollect it. He studied
and studied, but her name had completely
slipped his memory. Finally he told the Judge
to make it just 'the same as his'n, as it soon
would be that, but the judge would not give
him the license under the circumstances, and
the fellow trudged home and came back in a
couple of hours. He had the name this time
on piece of paper, got the license and went
away happy. .
THERE is a new and dangerous swindle in
practice, of which we give full account for
the benefit Of those who may be approached by
the rascally operators. The case of which we
write occurred to a prominent farmer named
Milton Hathaway, residing near Mt. Gilead.
While at work in his field, Mr.. Hathaway was
approached by two strangers, who, pretending
to be agents of the Western Medical Works,
endeavored to have him take an agency. Re-
fusing to do this, they showed him some of
their medicines and, learning he was troubled
with rheumatism, persuaded him to drink Q
large graduate full of their Sure Cure. Doing
this, Mr.. Hathaway became perfectly oblivious
to surroundings, and, as found out later in the
evening, upon examination of contract and
note which the fellows left in his possession,
months after date, calling for $3.50, blank
payee About the safest plan is, to have moth
ing whatever to do with agents. The smoother
| they talk, the more dangerous they are. Deal
with those whom you know to be honorable
| men.