The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-31

TAh body OF Mortimer Acker, VINO was
erowned near Sandusky, was recovered
by divers.
JOHN L. HAY, undertaken. assigned ct
Akron.
ROBERT GIBsoN, negro who outraged
little white girl ct Barnesville, was taken |
from jail by mob and whipped without
mercy.
TIE Cambridge gas.ncld is being rapidly
developed.
HExRY MARsDrN was sentenced at Or.
bana to one year in the penitentiary for
pocket picking.
BARNEY Powers fell into broken cul-
vert at Norwalk and sued the city for $i0,-
600 damages.
AT Urbana, on the e5th, Judge Warnock
sentenced Tracy Penney to five years,
Mary Penney, his wife, and John Reilly,
one year each for burglary and larceny.
This makes ten prisoners sentenced 70 the
penitentiary at this term Of court, the
greatest number ever sent from Cham
paign County at one time.
A SINGULAR and probably fatal accident
occurred the other evening in the family OF
David Yokum, living near Toronto, Jefer-
son County. A little girl Of the family
walked to an open bureau drawer and
picked up q loaded revolver. The piece was
discharged, the bali striking the child's
grandmother in the leftside. Owing to ad-
vanced age the old lady will die.
THE other afternoon as the workmen
were mounting the scafiold to renew their
work on the front wall Of the opera house
at Circleville, part Of the scaffolding gave
way. John Lust was partially buried un-
der the falling WALL and received severe
,s.n ~,,A 81 int, 70 hin AL.
most the entire front of the building will
have to be rebuilt
A FATAL accident occurred at Xxx mine
at Shawnee, the other afternoon by O cave
in, resulting in the death Of Reece Jones, .
young man nineteen years Of age, engaged
in the mine.
JOSEPH ROBINSON and wife, aged ss venty-
seven and seventy three years, respec-
lively, celebrated their golden wedding at
Sabina.
THERE was another continuance in the
forgery trials at Columbus.
SAM PEARSON was cut with razor dur
ing jollifacation over an anti-local-option
victory at Somerville.
An attempt was made to wreck a passen-
ger train ON the B. h O. road half way be-
tween Quaker City and Salesville.
BUSINESS men of London, have organ
lied Merchants Protective Association.
Hon. T. e. CUNNINGHAM has resigned as
o member Of the State board OF pardons.
Henry Kahlo Of Toledo, was appointed to
| fill the vacancy.
AT Minerva, o miner, name unknown,
| was found under q mass Of fallen slate In
the coal mine where he had laid all night
unconscious. The man was terribly cut
| Ia IL l., L., l<ofW W ot
that just reached his chin
CITIZENS of Clermont County are dissat-
isfied with the removal to Cincinnati, for
exhibition during the Centennial, OF the
house in which General Grant was born.
JUDGE TIMOTHY A. O'CoNNoH, promi-
nent jurist of Cincinnati, and the nominee
of the Union Labor party for Supreme
Judge, died suddenly few days ago, from
organic disease Of the heart.
The Ohio Prohibitionists assembled in
State convention at Toledo on the 25th,
and adopted platform. In its preamble
It recognizes God as tho Supreme Ruler of
all nations, to whose law all human law
should conform. The resolutions declare
the manufacture and sale Of intoxicating
liquors q crime, supported by enormous
organizations which can only be over.
thrown by political party; demands en-
tire prohibition Of their manufacture, sale,
import export and inter State traffic; de-
clares legislation for taxing or licensing
the traffic as. .corrupting, and that local op
tion Is not q solution of tho problem; that
su ffrage inheres In citizen ship, and should
be restricted only to protect the country
from the incompetent or ignorant and IA
voring q constitutional amendment EN-.
4 A-,v %h4 Rn~n al
Sunday laws; declares that the statesman.
ship required to deal with the liquor traffic
can be trusted to deal with the tairff and
all other subjects, aud favors just pen
sions to honorably discharged soldiers
Delegates to the National Convention were
selected.
JUDGE ROBERTSON, Of the Hamilton
County common pleas court announced
his decision few days ago in the matter
Of the petition In error Of Henry Munze
brock, convicted and sentenced In the Gin
cinnati police court for keeping his sa
loon, at Central avenue and George street
open ON Sunday, April % Three princi
pal grounds Of error were alleged by coun
sell for the petitioner: l. The court erret
In not quashing the information. It L
under this allegation Of error that Judg'
| IhOU0TtbOu IoVcIboD tuo Juu8m0uts NJ
warrant was served ON the accused, mo-
was over any Issued for his arrest Judg'
Robertson In his opinion says: ''Ther,
can be no legal arrest without due process
Of law. An arrest without . warrant ha'
never been lawful except In such cases .
IL expressly authorised by statute, on tn
ground that public security required I
under certain circumstances" A war
rant was issued ON the ed for the arres
Of Aunzebrock, and he will be again trie,
for the same o6ense.
LOCAL option was defeated in Plail
Township, Stark County.
The iron manufa cturers Of the Iahor
ing Valley have formed . combination
advance their mutual interests. The ssse
ciation has enrolled In its membershi
every manufacturer Of iron and steel 4
the Mahoning Valley.
TIE natural gas franchise carried q
Newark.
EPRINaPIElD manufactories will be vel
represented at the Cincinnati Centennial
LOCAL option carried In Harlan an
Washington Townships, Warren County.
WEED WEST. young man residing nea
Hillsboro, predicted that he would die at
certain time. and death followed the pr
dicti0n.
fas Deputy Fish Warden II altar th
violators Of the fishing law along the banl