The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-06-16
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


Sam Small for the meeting in August
WIN. H. PARHAx has been elected Princi.
pal Of Gaines High School, Cincinnati.
THREE young men serving . sentence OF
thirty days In Defiance County jail dug
hole through the brick wall Of the jail
about ten feet from the ground and escap-
cd. One was captured soon after; the other
two still ct large.
5PRINar1sLD is making strenuous efforts
to secure the location Of the State Soldierr
Home.
was drowned in the Miami river at Quincy,
Logan County, the other afternoon. Young
Brown, with two companions, both con-
siderably younger than he, were swimming
in the river above the dam. Frank got be-
yond his depth and was drowned before ~
sistancs could reach him, although mum.
ber saw him from the bank.
A Posr-oHYIcs has been established at
Pourcelle, Augiaise County, and r. n. Ba-
come appointed postmaster.
Ar Findlay burglars entered the barn Of
Mr.. James Cusac and stole several farm
implements. They also entered the barn
of Mrs. Julia Harris and took . buggy
valued ct 90, and then entered the barn Of
Clifford Ewing and extracted . Get Of hari
ness.
Iavn FRIck and Wiley Miller quarreled
over the possession Of . cat at Wooster,
the other night. The former received
bullet in the thigh and the latter's face
was filed with shot. Miller 10 dangerously
wounded.
HSvr~ A. hAa
damage in portions of Allen County. Hun.
dreds Of acres of wheat and corn have been
devastated. They are also suffering con-
siderably from drought Nearly all Of the
early wheat crop 10 ruined. In the northern
part Of the county young grasshoppers are
making their appearance in immense num-
bers and are doing great damage.
Ar GAINESVILLE Jesse Pickens, lad Of
fourteen, struck match over ten gallon
can Of black varnish and was in the act Of
looking into 1t, whom an explosion oc-
Cured The lad was burned badly about
the face. His elder brother, William, who
attempted to extinguish the flames from
his brothers hair and clothing, was also
badly burned. Jesse may loose his eye
sight.
Ar Knights Of Labor picnic near Ak
ron, Perry 8. Londers, while shooting at
mark, shot and killed Ford Price. The kill
ing was accidental.
THl Shade No. 4, the forty fifth we'll in
the Lima oil field, struck the sand the
other afternoon, and Is gusher.
DELoNa JEFFERsoN BOWLING, convicted
Of murder In Licking County, was denied
q new trial, and will b hung June 25.
A STATIONARY engine boiler exploded
near the Cincinnati Marine Ways and Dry
Docks. Chris SchortEman, the engineer,
was fatally scalded, and two others were
badly injured
A PosT-oFFIcE has been established at
High Water. Licking County, and Fred
Ross appointed postmaster.
MISS ANNIE ZERP, Of picnic party, was
drowned in Congress Lake, near Canton.
The buildings on the new fair grounds at
Columbus, cost over 100000.
The Ohio Grand Lodge, Knights Of Honor,
elected list Of ofacer< Beaded by Robert
McGee, of Kent as grand dictator.
A CARLOAD Of insane, from tho Dayton
Soldiers Home, left . few days ago for
the National Insane Asylum, ct Washing
ton City.
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD son Of William Adcock,
employe in the Buckeye Works, and resid-
ing in the soohern part Of Akron, was
fatally shot the other evening by q six
year-old playmate named Howard Rempis.
The Rempis child had been left alone at
home, and discovering q revolver in one Of
| the chambers Of the house had his curiosity
aroused, and innocently pointing it at his
companion, the weapon was discharged,
with the result as stated.
| BENJAMIN CHRIsTIANA and another man,
name unknown, were fatally injured by
the premature explosion Of dynamite
blast in limestone quarry in Mahoning
County. The men were thrown twenty
feet and their bodies horribly mutilateA.
On the morning of May 49, David H.
Scott, of Dennison, Tuscarawas County,
was missed from his home, since which
time nothing can be learned Of his where
aboutS He is q man thirty-hve years Of
age, five and one-half feet high, weight
40 pounds, dark mustache, brown hair,
and was accompanied by . brindle dog.
Any one knowing anything a. to his where.
abouts will confer favor ON his distress.
ed family by addressing VIM. p. Scott
Dennison, o.
THE penitentiary managers, at theil
meeting . few days ego, paroled the fol-
lowing prisoners: James Cavanaugh,
Franklin County, nine years for robbery;
VIM. Leonard, Franklin, six years for lar
ceny; John Laird, Darke, blackmailing
Luke Davidson, Perry, robbery; Rachel
Kelly, alias Mary Moreland, Hamilton
grand larceny; Geo. Bronson, Wood, horse
stealing; Henry W. Swords, Scioto, assault
with intent to rape; VIM. g. RWiggins, Cuys
hoga, arson.
NEAR New Holland, lives Mrs.. Marga
ret Arnold, who will be 100 years old mex
month. She has two sisters in Iowa, ON
liz, and the other lo6 years Of age.
THREE carpenters, named John Roup
Walter Jones and F. N. Rainey, the latts
from Akron, jumped from the roof to th,
scafolding Of Alfred Hooper's new red
dence, Aassillon, at quitting time Tie othe
evening, and fell with II to the ground,
distance Of sixteen feet. Roup had ssvera
ribs broken, and 10 supposed to have re
osived internal injuries Of fatal charac
ter. The other two were seriously, but NO
danger ously, hurt.
WHILE at work in saw mill at Center
burg, Frank McKsy had bis right leg brok
on by being caught in the log carriage
The bones were crushed between the kne
and ankle.
The town of Conner and vicinity, abou
i've miles north Of Lima, IL greatly excit
cd over the presence Of case Of small
pox In the very worst form.
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