The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-29
OHIO STATE NEWS.
AKRON raised 81, 500 for the Michigan suffer-
ers.
CHARLES HARVEY, a boy ten years old, was
killed by the cars at Crestline

AKRON raised 81, 500 for the Michigan suffer-
ers.
CHARLES HARVEY, boy ten years old, was
killed by the cars at Crestline.
VIM. KLINE, farmer of Paulding County,
was killed by his team running away while he
was hauling wood. He leaves family.
A FREIGHT train on the L. s. and NJ. s. Rail-
on the c., S. and G. Railroad, which WAS stand
ing on the crossing. The engine, tender and
six cars of the assaulting train " were piled
up indiscriminately. ~
AT PLAIN CRY, Mrs. Walter Strapp at
tempted to cross the railroad track in front of
an approaching train that was but eighteen
feet away, to rescue child that was in danger
just on the other side. The train struck and
killed her, but the child was uninjured.
PHILIP RICKRICK, a prominent citizen and
proprietor of the Spring Hill Brewery, at
Newark, has suddenly and mysteriously disap-
dltion, and there seems to no reason for his
absence, unless he has become deranged or
been foully dealt with.
THERE are still, at this late day, young girls
who may be ranked as somewhat erratic.
Mollie E. Smith, aged Is, who five months ago,
ran away from her home at Toronto and was
married, has since ran away from her husband
with Spencer Cooper, also of Toronto. The
pair have been arrested and now languish In
jail. All the parties, strange to say, belong
to highly respectable families.
THE Cincinnati, Hillsboro and Baltimore
Railroad Company has incorporated in the
office of the Secretary of State, with capital
of $1,000,000. The road is to run through the
counties of Hamilton, Clermont Brown, High
land, Pike, Scioto, Jackson and Gallia and the
termini to be Cincinnati and Gallipolis.
The Directors are to be elected October rs.
The incorporators are James II. Ledlie, of New
York, and T. Korpe, L. NJ Dayton, ID. Wulsin
and Milton Sayler, of Cincinnati.
WILLIAM Wilcox, near New California, who
tried to kill his wife some time ago, and only
succeeded in cutting her wrist off with an Ak,
gave up his property to her and she refused to
appear against him a compromise. He
according to agreement, left for parts unknown
but returned the other day and made another
assault, with an ak, as usual. His son and
wife together succeeded in keeping him away,
using axes Unfortunately, and succeeded in
wounding him 80 that he was glad to get away,
and he has once more disappeared.
CRIME seems to multiply. At Columbus, q
few nights since while Miss Koch, a respecta-
BILE young woman, living on Livingston avenue,
was going home, man who had been secreted
in an alley seized her and held chloroformed
handkerchief over her face until she became
insensible. Just as he was about to outrage
her person some passers-by were attracted to
the place, and the villain ran away. Miss
Koch insisted that the contents of a bottle had
been forced into her mouth, and stomach
WulCA Ndb UlouSHb lutO use, plouBut up
liquid which contained poison in such guam
titles as to have caused death in a short time
had it remained in the stomach.
AT DEFIANCE, a c1untryman named johnson,
ON the streets applied most foul name to our
dead President, expressing joy at his death.
A young man named Frank Miller, hearing
him, knocked him down and pummeled him
nearly to death. Both were arrested and taken
before the Mayor, J. s. Deatrick. who dis
missed the case against Miller, but fined John
son $25 and costs, giving HIM sound lecture,
saying had he been in Miller's place he would
have served him even worse than Miller did.
1t should be mentioned that this Mayor is a
Democrat, but his grief over our national loss
would not permit him to let Johnston go un-
punished.
SAYS an Urbana correspondent ga few
days ago as David Glen, who owns a farm on
Mad River, about five miles n"rth of Urbana,
was taking stroll over his land, he discovered
the wasting remains of an oak tree which had
fallen to the earth years and years ago, and
had now about fallen to pieces, and while
looking at it, he noticed metallic substance,
which appeared to be part of a vessel, and a
| few minutes showed that the treasure ftrove "
was none other than the kettle hidden by In.
| dians in the past. The contents of the kettle
| are only known to Mr.. Clem, but he promises
| TO bring it to the city, when an examination
will be made. He gives people to understand
that it was not full of dirt. Thirteen steps
from the vessel in one direction was a blaze
ash, and thirteen steps in another direction
was o singularly marked poplar.