The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-06-14
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

VI OouNSourB, Were burOWu ArOm DuBByS
Miss Daily receiving conclusion Of the
brain. with little hopes Of recovery. Miss
Doty is badly bruised.
CHESTER COLEMAN, . little boy agod
about seven years, was drowned while in
swimming ct 0allipolis.
, BURGLARS are raidlng Columbus.
I, MISS JENNIE PuRRY, Of Columbus, at
tempted to kindle flre with coal oil. She
10 dead.
CHAs. FENr, who was squirrel hunting
near Jeffersonville, was ordered to leave
the premises Of Gideon vesey, and refused
to do 80. vesey fred and sprinkled him
with buckshot.
The Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
Company was sued at Youngstown, for
$4,000 damages.
PETER MCCARTNEY, noted counterfeiter,
got ten years In the Columbus pehiten-
tiary.
: The board Of penitentiary managers
have granted paroles to the following
prisoners: Thos. Malloy, three years, bur-
glary, Hamilton County; ]. G. Collins,
three years, burglary and larceny, Butler
County; Eber Perry, eight years, man.
slaughter, Champaign County; Edward
Connolly, three years, bigamy, Cuyahoga
County; John Owens, two years, larceny,
Lawrence County, Gustav Boyer, obtain.
Ing money under false pretenses, two
years, Van Vert County; Albert SAKE,
nine years for rape, Summit County.
I, WARREN SrooxsBBRRY, carpenter
working near Wellsville. met with o sing
,ular and terrible mishap few days ago.
While trimming piece Of timber with an
,ads the tool glanced, striking him on the
kee, almost cutting of the cap. Doctors
say the leg will have TO be amputated.
/. The biennial convention Of the A. o. II.
closed It's work at Chillicothe the other af.
ternoon by re-electing ell its old officers
except T. ]. Dundon, who is made State
Delegate. The next convention will be
held at Spring ngh field in June, 1890.
EDWARD KNAPP became despondent and
committed suicide at Newark.
j FIRE at Wellsville destroyed property
valued at $4,000.
The corn crop in Licking County has
been damaged by changes Of weather.
BLnCK-ToNauE 10 raging among horses In
the western part Of Hancock County, and
the people are greatly excited, as It 10 q
disease that will attack both man and
beast. As yet nothing but horses are be-
Ing troubled with II, and every thing IL
being done to keep the disease from
spreadings The road has been fenced in
for quite q distance, and there Is talk Of
killing all the horses along the pike whore
black-tongue is raging to prevent the dis.
ease from spreading.
CHARLES MARDEs, aged twenty, was
found In the ditch Of the Wabash railway,
five miles west Of Napoleon, with his
skull fractured and otherwise injured. He
was under the influence Of liquor and was
struck by some train during the night,
while lying or walking on the track.
Ar Mason, while Lee Thompson was
Furnishing an unruly horse the animal be-
came unmanageable and knocked him
out OF the buggy, breaking his leg and
otherwise injuring him. 1t IL feared that
his leg will have to be nmputated. He was
In very precarious condition on the Sth.
THERE was another continuance In the
tally sheet forgery trials at Columbus.
SAMUEL BANNAsTER was thrown under
cars at Mansfield and seriously injured.
; GEORGE MoKERNs, well-known farmer
who resides near West Bedford, Coshoc-
ton County, signed what he supposed
was q contract for sl8 worth Of light.
ming rods. After the Job OF erecting tho
rods was completed bill for 1870 was
presented the owner of the building The
victim kicked, but the agent produced
the contract calling for $500. Mr.. Nc.
Kerns settled the matter by the payment
of $500. This is the second tiine the old
gentleman has been swindled by lightning
rod men.
JAS. PHILLIPS murdered his wife and
committed suicide near Logan.
A FIFTEEN-rEARoLD boy robbed his
father at Springfield.
LOCAL option was defeated in Monroe
Township, Licking County.
LOCAL option carried at Yellow Springs
CHAs. HARRIS was fatally stabbed at
Etna Furnace.
A LARGE tent, used by the Campbellites
as temporary preaching place, was
blown down during storm at Hlllsboro.
County by notorious woman Of Wheel
ing, W. Va.
BILL HARRISON and his uncle, Frank
Harrison, have been Jailed at Springfield,
for attempting to rob the postofice at
Selma, Clark County.
THERE are ninety eight saloons In sene.
ca County.
A WIDOW at Tifin confessed that she
drowned her illegitimate child.
The packing house of J. N. Roberts b Co
was burglarized at Lancaster.
THREE saloo n-keepers were arrested at
London for violating the Owen law.
SEvENTY-rIvE applicants for admission
to the bar were examined at Columbus.
THERE has been another big reduction In
the working time of B. Il o. employees at
Newark.
COLONEL OLIVER H. GEoFFRoY, formerly
proprietor Of the Gibson House, Cincinnati
was found dead In his room at Dooney's
Hotel In Philadelphia.
AMONG the applicants for admission to
the Bar at Columbus, the other day, was
Harry A. Garfield, son Of tho late Presi-
dent Garfield.
SAMUEL IRWIN, q prominent farmer of
Allen County, committed suicide near
Lima.
WHILE workmen were engaged In hoist
ing o large stone at Marion, the de,cick
gave way and struck Julius Bruntx In the
middle of his spine. He was also injtred
internally. The injured man can not live.
ED SNYDER, of Dayton, has dog that
eats onions. The curious can ne will dig
up an onion bod to get the bulbous vege.
tables.
A STORE and post-office at Ontario wore
robbed.
SEVERAL wolves have boen run down in
Ohio this season, and now comes the story
Of bear tracks being found In swamp