The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-08-15
STATE NEWS ITEMS


WOOSTER talked Of Abolishing her
paid fire department, but rather than
sacrifice her expensive apparatus, will
continue the department; also organize
several volunteer companies and reduce
the chiefs salary TO $500.
THE members of the Ohio State For
estry were at Lancaster the other day,
and in their perambulation discovered
. giant elm tree two miles west Of the
city, thirty-two feet In circumference.
A LARGE safe in the T. Schumacher
Milling Company's Office, ut their Green
town grain elevator, was blown to pieces
by burglars the other night, and $500
booty was obtained.
LIzzrE BROOKE, q colored girl aged
seventeen, living at Cadiz, gave birth to
. child with Ave fingers on the left
hand. The attending physicians ampu-
tated the extra finger few hours after
birth.
HENRY GRUMBLINa, q laborer, fell into
Q box Of newly Stacked lime at Mans
field, and was smothered to death.
THE largest gas we'll in Ohio was
drilled few days ago in Cranberry
Prairie, Mercer County.
JOSHUA ALDRIDaE was fatally injured
st Scott's Station, near Carrollton.
While lying asleep on the platform the
steps Of the caboose struck him on the
head, completely scalping it and break
ing his left leg in two places.
BASIL GORDON, prominent farmer
living near Logan, has been adjudged
insane, and will be sent to the asylum.
Mr.. Gordon lost his mind from the sud-
den death Of his daughter, Mrs. Bowers.
HENRY w. BIERBAUER fell from o
third story window at Toledo, and was
instantly killed.
A SAFE in hotel office at Medina was
blown open and $500 in money taken.
EUGENE VAIL, aged ten years, was
drowned while bathing at West Hart
land.
Two families were poisoned at Repub-
lie by eating cheese.
Hon. r. w. BRoTHERToN, of Dayton,
will deliver the address at the reunion
of the Twelfth Ohio Infantry Veterans
at the Soldiers Home, near that city,
August 20.
THE Grand Army Brigade Of the Third
Congressional District will hold its first
encampment at Dayton September II.
Hon. j. w. DoNAvIN was nomination
for Senator by the Republicans of the
Fifteenth and Sixteenth Ohio Districts.
M. L. HADLEY, mayor of Quaker City,
was robbed at Newark of seventeen
dollars and pass-book.
JOHN ALEXANDER was fined twenty
five dollars and costs at Columbus, for
gambling.
FIRE at Edison, destroyed property
valued at S25, 5000.
The bill OF exceptions in the cele-
brated Church divorce case was filed
with the clerk of the courts at Colum.
bus, the other day. 1t is o voluminous
document consisting Of 1850 pages OF
legal cap, and containing about 705, 900
words. The court awarded the custody
OF the children to Mrs. Church, and Col
onel Church takes the case to the circuit
court, chiefly on this issue.
EDWARD HUGILL, q well-known man
Of Akron, was brought into police court
the other day on charge of cruelty to
animals. When arraigned he admitted
that he had bitten off little dogs tail
to mako the dog grow better, and claim
cd that biting the tail of was better
than cutting it of with knife. He was
fined S. and costs.
B. Il. BEEsoN, a wealthy stock buyer
Of Arcadia, has made an assign
ment for the benefit of numerous credi-
tors. Liabilities, $4,000; assets, un-
known.
GUSTAV TELLER, Cincinnati, black.
smith, committed suicide because OF o
rheumatic affection that rendered him
unable to work.
JOHN STERLING, one Of the two con.
victs who escaped from the pen.
itentiary the other evening. but
was shortly afterward captured apd
returned, attempted suicide on the
9Th by cutting his throat with dull
case-knife. He cut cash about half
inch in length just deep enough to cause
tho blood to flow, after which he fell to
the floor apparently unconscious. The
guards were unable to arouse him, but
Upon the warden appearing and ordering
Sterling to the ducking-tub he got up
and went to work. The prisoner was at
one time an inmate Of the prison insane
asylum, and is looked upon as being of
unsound mind. He loses $50 days
good time by his little break for liberty.
WM. BosToN, B. & o. brakeman,
was killed by cars ut Tiffin.
SEVERAL workmen fell from scaffold
at Lima, and were seriously injured.
The new militia company at Dayton
has been mustered into the State
service. Captain Fred Weis is in COM
mand.
The managers Of the penitentiary
were In session on the 9Th. The report
OF the inmates show 1908; Of this mum.
ber 94s are in the first grade, $50 In the
second grade and 10 in the third grade.
In the labor department 485 are on con.
tracts, sos on piece price and lat are on.
gagged on State work. The monthly
financial statement shows the total re-.
ceipts to be s1s, 5000; expenses, H..
s71.s6; excess Of earnings over expenses,
81, 1883.