The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-24

SCARLET fever is raging at Newcomerstown.
FRANK BnApFoRD, deaf mute, was killed BY
an engine at Newark.
Two hundred German immigrants have re-.
Gently settled in Lawrence County. '-iF''
The enterprising citizens of Warren have
organized . Board Of improvements. r--f
JOSEPH REED, near Lancaster, had thirty-fye
head of sheep killed by dogs in one night.
M1LLERsBuRa claims to be entirely out Of
debt with balance in her treasury Of $4,000.
A PosToFFIcR war is raging at Youngstown
with the odds in favor of the present mcum-
bent, R. Seagrsve. --,f-.sr -
Mrs. FLORA, of Newcomerstown, was horri-
bly, mangled by the cars while gathering mp
coal at the depot.
THOMAS LYNCH, of Norwalk, brakeman on the
Lake Shore Road, died of injuries received
while coupling cars. - Il + s-.g
JAMES FuLKRsoN, brakeman on the Cleve-
land and Marietta Railroad, was horribly man
gled near Philfpsburg. - ~
The Commissioners Of Coshocton County last
week paid $746!50 for sheep killed by CANNES
during the past three months. r.re &
The family OF Lew Brown, of Ironton, mar
which they mistook for horse e-radish. s o J,
Mrs. SARAH a. MILLS of Bellaire, in the
Common Pleas Court, at st. Clairsvilie, was ac-
Quilted of throwing lye in her husbands face
AT Gallipolis Darby Mitchell mortally
wounded Harry Blagg with an al. ithe difficulty
being the result of a game of cards for the
drinks.
VIM. STUMP, son of one of the richest farmers
in Stark County, is accused of DEMONSTRATING.
In the trial, the defense sets up q plea Of tenn
porary insanity.
A CORRESPONDENT at Plain City saws nearly
all the winter wheat in Madison County-par-
ticularly that sown on black ground-has been
killed by the severe winter. 7
The residence of Eli Metzgar, near New
Philadelphia, was burned the past week, and q
portion of the family, who were sleeping up
stairs, narrowly escaped death.
PURDY SOUTHLAND, q Bellefontaine youth do
ing the pretisdigitator, successfully swallowed
a silver half-dollnr. They had some trouble
getting it through the 'esophagus, but y finally
went through and the pretisdigitator is al
right. ,Zea. III a4 Ct oSatzG
AT New Philadelphia Jack Jones was irving
to carry half barrel of beer half mile on q
wager. When the task was half accomplished
he made misstep and fell, the keg falling
upon him and breaking his leg and otherwise
injuring him.
CYRUS ZIMMER was found dead by the rail-
road track of the New York, Pennsylvania d
Ohio Railway, near Girard, Trumbul County,
Only his hand had been injured by the train
passing over it, and he bore evidences upon
his body of having been foully murdered
near d40lOn n
ton, John Neil attempted to jump on passing
freight train, but missed his footing and fell
under the wheels. Fourteen cars passed over
him, literally cutting him into mince-meat. He
leaves wife and three children in destitute
condition. -1
SAYS Williamsburg correspondent: "At a
public sale near the northern boundry of this
county two factions, representing the towns of
Mount Eaton and Maysville, indulged in free
fight There were about fifty persons on each
side, and number were SO seriously injured
that doubt is expressed of their recovery"
The operation of lithotomy, or opening of
the bladder, was performed upon Mr.. Abram
Mennett, President of the Crawford County
Bank, and prominent citizen of Bucyrus, the
past week. He has been suffering from urinary
calculus for several years. Two calculi were re-
moved, one being larger than hens egg and
the other but little smaller. His recovery is
probable. -. tre b.
THE State Board of Agriculture have decided
to hold the next State Fair at Columbus be-
ginning August 20 and ending September 8.
The board propose to locate the State Fair
permanently upon the present Franklin
twenty-five years, provided the city will donate
$40, 600 and give the free use of the County
Fair Grounds for three weeks time each year.
JACOB EVERETT, residing near Carrs Mill,
Fayette County, was in desperate straits for .
drink of whisky. He visited the house of Mr.;
e
seized it and proceeded to empty ITS contents
down his throat. Mrs. Lovelace demonstrated
with him, but to no purpose. He continued to
drink until he had emptied the bottle. After
two or three days terrible agony Everett died.
He was aged fifty-three years. i--
THREE men at st. ClairsyiHe, named Weir,
Riggs, and Downing, were charged with bur
glary. Riggs turned States evidence against
Downing and Weir, and thus freed himself.
Downing and Weir were out on bail. One day,
meeting upon the street, Weir remarked that
s'that was the man who was the cause of all
ing him instantly. Downing is now free, there
being no evidence to convict him. Weir is in
the clutches of the law.
A SAD accident occurred on the Ohio Central
Railroad at Fostoria, ON the 18th inst north
bound freight train had just got under full
jump the track. The engine and six or eight
cars were in moment jammed together, broken
and piled on top of one another. A brakeman
named George Ditto had both legs, arms and
back broken, and was otherwise injured. In
his terrible agony he begged of these present
to kill him and end his misery. He can not
recover. The engineer, G.. B. Gorham, and the
fireman, Jacob Schwartzkoff, were both badly
scalded and bruised, but will probably recover.
FRITZ DEuTscH, residing near GAINESVILLE,
had terrible encounter last week with steer
he was trying to kill. He had shot the animal
three times in the head and once in the body,
and was in the act Of knocking him in the head
with an az when the infuriated beast rushed
upon him, picked him up on his horns and
| threw him into the air, turning him two or
three somersauIts. When he alighted the beast
began to paw him, and would perhaps have
killed him had not he been shot by Henry
Stein, who WAS near at hand. Deutsch's pants
| were nearly torn OF him. and he received q cut
under the chin, and other parts of his face.
| His escape from death was almost miraculous.
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