The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-12-13
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

THR 'whits Caps" mania has struck
Dayton.
THE dead body Of . man was found on
the railroad track at Hubbard.
JOHN BRIDENBAuaH committed suicide
by hanging himself at Kenton.
CHARLES e. KINxrE and James Chain
were arrested at Findlay, for robbery
A CHILD nine years Of age made two at.
tempts to commit suicide, at Cincinnati
He gave a. reason that he was tired OF
being whipped by his father. Hc Is sup
posed to be slightly dementcd.
THE White Caps have begun operations
at Lima.
]. 8. SHIPLETT, young farmer living
near GAINESVILLE, died this other morning
from the effects Of accidental discharge Of
. gun while out hunting. The entire load
lodged in his hip.
WILLIAM WicKwIRR and Edward Hays
were on the 7th sentenced to fifteen months
In the Ohio penitentiary for having re.
Gently picked the pocket and assaulted
Jacob Keck, in Akron. This makes eight
who have been sent to the penitentiary
from there out Of twelve recently indicted
by special grand jury.
THREE men were overcome by gas while
cleaning out an old still Of the Peerless
Refining Company, at Findlay. One of
them died..
AN engine on tho Toledo, Columbus and
Southern railroad drew passenger train
from Toledo to Findlay on fuel furnished
by crude petroleum.
WEBB G. WILLIsoN fell from the roof Of
building at Springfield, and was in.
stantly killed.
MARION is now illuminated with electric
lights.
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-oL OLD boy, named Paul
Grady, was killed by the cars, at Newark.
A NINE.YEAR OLD boy was seriously In.
jured at Cincinnati, while stealing ride
on street car.
w. B. SMITH was indicted for embezzle-
ment at Mansfield. 81,
JAMES FRANCES fell through trap-door
at Akron and was fatally injured,
CosHocroN has electric light.
AS THE result of a conference between
Attorney General Watson and Governor
Foraker, a line of action has been agreed
upon for the immediate suppression Of
white Caps In Ohio.
j. M. ABRAHAM, q prominent business
man OF Bellefontaine, got up in his sleep,
the other night, and then jumped through
double light, heavy plate glass window
at his residence, carrying sash and all
with him. He Is badly cut all over the
body, both legs and feet having pieces Of
nesh gouged out, with bad cuts on h is face
and head. He can not account for 1t, al
though conscious of tho act.
| HANSON T. NAIL committed suicide al
Sycamore, by taking strychnine. Domes-
tic trouble caused him to do it.
The Columbus Base Ball Club has been
received in the American Association.
THos. PICKETT, Of Cleveland, fell from
Lake Shore train at Elkhart, Ind, the
Other morning and was instantly killed.
ALVIN GEMINHARDr escaped from thu
county Jail at Millersburg.
j. r. RAISER was attacked by vicious
boar at Bucyrus, and seriously injured.
FIVE acres Of sawed lumber were de-
stroyed by fire at Cleveland, few day,
ago.
LOUIS MILLER was instantly killed By
cars at Lakeville.
CHRIS HARTMAN was arrested for embez
element at Logan.
HENRY. STIcKLEs, lumber merchant o.
Maud's Station, has al ed suit in the com
mon pleas court against Phillip Hall, Z
wealthy farmer Of Mason, asking damages
for slander to the tune Of $4,000.
A LAD named Farmer, living near Milan
was sentenced to ten days in Jail for tear
Ing down a sign.board.
JAMES COOPER, proprietor of store IL
Steubenville, has been totally blind for
number Of years, losing his sight by dis
ease contracted In the army, but attends Il
his business without help, makes chang
Of all kinds of money, paper or silver, o
though he had both eyes, 1t being impos
J sible to deceive him in the denomina alton o
the bills He draws large pension o.
account Of his disability, and In his bust
ness has accumulated quite fortune
Ar Orrville, Jas. B. Mcdonald dunne
II. B. Sweeral for dollar that he ha'
loaned him. This was too much for Sweer
al, who promptly drew q revolver an
shot Mcdonald three times, inflcting fata
injuries.
WM. WHITE, prominent business ma
! Of Cincinnati fell down an elevator shat
. and received injuries that will probabl
, result fatally.
TIE post-offlce at Prime, Carroll Coun
ty, has been abolished.
THE Postmaster General has ordered th
; establishment Of tho free delivery systsI
at Elyria, Fremont and Warren.
THE Trustees Of the Ohio Institution fc
Feeble Minded Youth have filed their an
nual report.
AT Martins Ferry, December 8 Albel
Lewis, aged fourteen years, was fatal
burned by the explosion Of q can Of blast
; ing powder. -
DAN REARDIN was arrested, at Fremon
few days ago for criminally assaulting
six.year-old girl.
HUGH FERnY was thrown from movin
train, near Columbus, and fatally injure'
/ JOSIAH MCCULLOUGH, farmer livin
near Youngstown, committed suicide B
shooting himself.
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