The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
OHIO STATE NEWS.

HoRsE THIEVES arc working the STATE rsthes
effectually. ~
ANTHONY Fox, in Portage County, while
hunting, accidentally shot OF his arm. -
An UNKNOWN white man, In fracas at
Rondyille, shot o negro. The negro is dead,
and the white man is gone.
MRs. SARAH woLcorT, living near Plainfeld,
was burned to death by q coal oil lamp explo-
sion, caused by tipping the lamp over.
The four-year-old son Of David Geager, OF
Marion, fell into cistern over which some
loose boards were lying, and was drowned.
AT WEST LIBERTY, John Ryan, aged seventy
i've years, last week married his fourth wife,
the widow Bradley, who is aged seventy years.
HARVEY CLOSE. and William A. Harmon, Of
Millersburg, were out limiting. Close missed
the rabbit, but hit Harmon, who win prob ably
recover.
A CORRESPONDENT says that the corn in Knox
County will yield, on an average, fifty bushels
per acre. Some farmers expect TO gather sixty
eight bushels 10 the acre.
RUrus HEIsIER, young school teacher at
West Mansfield, several days ago took gun
and started OF on n hunting expedition, and as
no tidings from him have been received, 1t Ia
thought he has met with fatal accident.
WIN. GuLILASD, q farmer living near Column
bus, stabbed Peter Stiinmel, q neighbor. The
quarrel originated In Stimmel's sons gathering
nuts on Gilliland's land. The stabbing was in
the region Of the heart and may prove fatal.
MRs. HAMILTON, Of Peru, q village six miles
from Norwalk, suicided while the family were
nt church by shooting herself In the breast
with q musket. She left a letter saying she
was tired Of life. She was aged seyenty-three
years.
GEORGE SEDGEwIcK, q boy sixteen years Of
age, while crossing the railroad track in front
OF an approaching freight train, Mt Sunbury,
Delaware County, slipped and fell, and before
he was able TO get up, the train ras upon him,
crushing his body into horrible mass.
CHRISTIAN DAVIS, a negro, assaulted and
ravished Mrs. Lucinda Tuckley, o widow aged
ffty-two years, living near Albany, in Athens
County. He struck her over the head with n
blunt instrument, and ii is thought the injury
will prove fatal Davis Is In jail
IT APPEARs there has been little Of this
graveyard insurance business going OH in
Ohio. Mrs. Mary Ann Schwartz, an aged Ger
man lady who died at Akron, o few days ago,
had CSC, 900 on her life, taken out by Akron
parties who anticipated her death.
ABouT thirty Newport roughs, iron-workers,
who went out on the strike Mt the rolling mills,
Cincinnati, assaulted number Of the men who
had come from the East to take their places,
and injured two Of them so seriously that they
were confined to their beds.
NEAR Mansfield, on the b. and o. Road the
third section Of q freight train ran into the
second section, on account Of switch being
and John Andrews, brakeman, and seriously
injured VIM. Anderson, engineer, and Frank
Howard, fireman. Forbes and Andrews were
both men Of family, and all resided at New
ark. .----------.--------
JOHN DEvISE, In the county Jail ct Zancs-
vile, played rather sharp trick on the jailer.
He made dummy in close imitation Of HIM
self, and placed IL in his cell in such a manner
that the taller wonld think 1t was him. He
watched his opportunity to slip out into the
main corridor, and whom the jailer unlocked
the main door, he skipped, making good his
escape.
EMMA BEEKMAN, young lady Of respectable
parentage, who, for the past two years has
worked among tho different hotels at Colum-
bus refusing to live mt home, su cided by
Jumping from fourth story window in Ma
honing Block, the past week. She was sub
ject to hysteria and after the attacks was
greatly depressed in mind, aud il was during
one OF these spells that she resolved to end
her life.
THE Secretary of State, Adiutant- General
and Attorney General have awarded the con-
tracts for new heating apparatus and improve
ments in the ventilation Of the State-house as
follows: Steam pipes, ETC., Kelley Co.,
SS0l.05; water and gas-pipes, A. Schwartz.
s1, 594. IS ; masonry, W. W.voswinkle, 4,231 40 /;
carpenter works, Beaver & Butt. 1,941 sheet
metal work, J. J. Vogelgesong, e2, 235. 90 car
pets, Kershaw & Krausc, s742 painting aud
BlhLiLks ID. Slhhcp P1fl1osfo.
HALLowE'S in the vicinity Of Yellow Springs
was celebrated most disgracefully according to
q correspondent. Nothing was too mean.
Fences were torn down, gates carried of and
culverts torn up. While cabbage patch was
being devastated farmer discharged double
barrel shotgun into the party. wounding
several persons. Jim Granger, at Niles, Ohio,
who became enraged at some celebrators, shot
five young men with bird-shot, laying two OF
them out, who are now confined to their beds.
THIS is sad. At Clyde, Ohio, Elsie and Henry
Crindle claiming to be spirit mediums and ma
terializers, were exposed while exhibitiDg at the
house Of Dennis Brown. Elsie, while imper-
sonating Julia Dean Hayne, was seized by one
Of the gentlemen present, whereupon he was
assaulted by Henry, who came 10 her assist
ance. In the confusion which followed tho
Crindles got away, leaving their makeup be-
hind, consisting Of masks, wigs, boards, rub
Der tubos for blowing horns at distsnce, and
their gauze wardrobe. They were arrested ir
Fremont the following day, whittier they had
walked, and taken to Clyde, charged with
swindling. 60.