The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-06-30
STATE NEWS IreAes.


FnAxcis MuRrHr d cundscting temper.
ance revival ct Hamilton.
FosrER II. RuxyAx, Z. young drug clerk
ct Springfield, BY mistake mixed aconits
In glass. Of lemonade, which hs drank
With fatal erect.
HENRr EIcHslr, plumber, doing buda
ness at oo6 Vine street, Clncinnati, com.
mitted suicide the other evening by jump.
ing into the Ohio river.
HsxRr BoIzxa, Licking County, murder.
Or, sentenced to be hanged June 25, has
b. Norman, OF Clsrmoht CUunty, in Jail fol
selling liquors to minors, haS Been pardon.
cd on account u fll-health,
AMONG candidates for the Ohio supreme
court are Judge Knowles, Of Marietta;
Judge Dickmau, Of Cleveland; judge
Haynes, Of Dayton; Judge williams, of
Washington, @. q. Judge Cox, Of Cincin-
matt, and Clement Bates, also Of Cincin-
natl. fqft.l ..,h h.D
JOHN TAYLOR, . farm hand, was stung on
the wrist BY blowing viper, . venomous
snake, several days ago, near Newark.
Since then he has suffered numerous vio-
lent paroxysms, his disease somewhat 70
sembling hydrophobia.
Two thousand per1ons signed the tenn.
perance pledge at Urbana, as . result Of
the recent meetings Of Francis Murphy.
BERT TOWNSEND, living near Martins.
vile. accidentally himself shot while pre.
pairing to 60 hunting, and died from bic
wounds, .; s..,,,f! ,..f,
HARRY CRIswEII,, aged thirteen years,
was drowned at Bellaire.
GEO. VAN FLEET, brother Of Martin Van
Fleet, the defaulting treasurer Of Huron
County, was arrested at Norwalk and taken
to Cleveland on . charge Of forgery.
WELLsvILLE, by q special election, has
just declared in favor Of prohibition BY
vote Of SIS to 2o4. The large majority 10 q
surprise to even the most sanguine. Itis
expected that the council ct the next meet.
ing will pass the ordinance. The saloon
men worked earnestly and vigorously for
their cause. The new measure will force
the closing up Of fifteen saloons in that
town. .+
ATAvoRABLE invitation viii be made for
the location Of the Ohio Soldiers Home At
Yellow Springs.
A PECULIAR bullfrog was captured one
day recently near Mansfeld. The frog has
five legs, two in front perfectly normal
and three behind.
Six saloon-kecpers Of Mt. Vernon will
quit business on account Of the Dow law
tax.
The average daily production of the
Lima oilfield ia about fifteen hundred bar
rels for the forty-four wells.
WV. SANDERsoN, . Cincinnati Justice Of
the peace, for an assault ON o woman, was
sentenced in the police court to pay fine
OF e100 and serve sixty days in the work
house.
Ar Akron, lake Of salt water was
found more than Q thousand feet deep and
the surface 2, 400 feet below the surface of
the earth. The owners Of the well were
boring for gas.
The celebrated McArthur will case
was decided by Judge Jackson in
the United States Circuit Court, Gin.
cinnsti, . few days ago. Litigation
has been In progress since 1875. Gem
sral Duncan Macarthur left by will large
amount Of land for partition among his
grandchildren when the youngest should be.
como Of age. Ths children caused the will
to be ret aside, and much Of the land was
sold to third parties. Six Of the twenty.
four grandchildren Joined In the proceed.
ings. The eighteen other grandchildren
subsequently, sued for their Inheritance
under the will, and it is in their favor that
the case is now decided. The property in.
volved amounts to between fifteen and
seventeen thousand acres, lying principally
in Ross and Pickaway Counties and also in
the counties of Union, Logan, Hardin,
Champaign, Brown, Madison and Scioto.
The decision falls hard ON farmers VIII
purchased farms of the children of General
AcArthur, and have long occupied and
improved them. 1..t.irl
Ar Wsllsville, the Ohio Valley Natural
Gas Company are extending their pipe line
ON Commerce street, and the other night,
~ an experiment, lighted the gas near tho
residence Of Mr.. Dell Peck. Tho roaring Of
the immense volume Of gas and the light
from the flames scared Howard, his two
year-old son, who was not we'll at the time,
and, with piercing cry Of "Hamma, don't
let them burn me-" was seixed with convul-
sions and died In few minutes. The suf-
terings Of the little victim, while brief, were
terrible.
AT Columbus, Grace, tho thirtssn-year-
old daughtes OF ]. W. Butssr0sld, foreman
Of the State Journal job rooms, was acci-
dentally shot by Jacob Felber, aged fifteen.
The boy and his sister were in the rear of
their residence shooting at mark with Q
22-caliber rifle. Miss Butterdeld, who lives
In the houss adjoining Felber's, was In the
back yard, end one Of the BULLETS struck
her, entering the left side Of the head above
the ear. 1t tis thought the wound win prove
fatal.
LIEUTENANT AUGUSTUS p. BLAcxsoN,
Sixth Cavalry, = ordered TO inspect and
report on the encampmcnts OF the four
brigades Of the Ohio National Guard, ON
June 20 to July q, July - 70 q, August 8 to
10, and August II 10 10. The place OF camps
win be designated By the Governor Of Ohio.
FIvE hnadrsd dollars has been subscribed
Tor grand celebration July g. and dsdica-
iou Of new court -houss at HillersburR.
Hoadly, Foraker, Gsddss, wilkins and Nc
6wseny have accsptsd Invitations to be
present and speak A dozen bands and
military companies win b there. /
AT Aingo Minnie Austin, aged eighteen,
shot hsrsslf with revolvee bscauss her
mother rsfpssd 70 let her attend lawn
fsts with her lover. The bullet took eject
In the head and produced instant death.
NAafIN o. Wax FLEET, the dsfaultine
county treasurer, Of Norwalk, arrived In
that city few days ago-accompanied BY
an omcer. He had been rusticstine In
Canada. The prisoner was Jailed.
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