The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-08-22
STATE NEWS ITEMS

HERMAN BAHR attempted to commit
suicide at Columbus, with morphine.
FERDINAND BUcHLER killed himself
with revolver at Columbus.
A SPRINeFIELD merchant named Sol
enberger was dangerously wounded by
the accidental discharge Of a gun.
THE walls of Wooster high school
building are spreading, and are being
braced with iron rods. The building
was erected about eighteen years ago.
DEsPoNDENCY, due to q protracted
spree. caused George Clark to cut his
throat at Toledo.
A MINER named Eagle was killed by
cars at Cambridge.
The Ohio Building Association League
was organized at Columbus the other
day.
THE city Of Tiffin, has purchased the
Brandberry farm of eighty acres, in the
best natural gas territory in Wood
County, the consideration being Sl2, 600.
THREE persons were injured by
freight wreck on the Panhandle rail-
road near Columbus.
DAVID PIKE, yard master for the Erie
railway at Dayton, was killed by cars.
THE Bridgewater, Pa, Gas Company,
which has been supplying the Homo
Gas Fuel Company at Youngstown, with
natural gas for its customers, shut of
the supply the other afternoon, causing
considerable trouble and q lively de-
mand for coal. The twelve-inch main,
which is forty miles long, has been sold
by the Bridgewater Company, and will
be removed to Detroit. The home COM
pany will endeavor to manufacture gas
from oil for consumers. The Mahoning
Gas Fuel Company, which supplies the
largest part of the city, has an abun-
dance Of natural gas, but declines to help
Its competitor out.
As A result Of the Massie law passed
last winter, Secretary Of State Ryan the
other morning paid into the State treas
ury $50, ,439. 35, being receipts from in
corporation fees for the quarter ending
August 10. In addition to this he re-
tains, under temporary restraining Or
der, the $4,000 paid by the Wabash
railroad, which made the total fees for
the quarter sos, ,292.S5. This sum is
over three times as much as were the
annual receipts under the old law, which
reached the highest point in 1887, when
the collections were $50, $685. 80.
The following fourth-class postmasters
were appointed on the 10th: Convoy,
Van Vert County, d. NJ. Riley; Dixon,
Van Vert County, C. X. Craig; Elgin,
Van Vert County, John Eiphuson; Trio,
Crawford County, John Davis; Vere-
docia, Van Vert County, d. II. Edwards;
Wren, Van Vert County, ]. S. Moser.
THE Commissioner of Pensions has
appointed Ohio Pension Examining Sur
geons as follows: Drs. L. G. Larimore
and E. NJ. Hall, at Mt. Vernon; DR.. B.
+. Ray, at Painesville; DR.. Lee Corbin,
al Dayton.
UNITED STATES PENSION AGENT BAR
GER was notified by the Treasury
department. at Washington that the
sum of So, 500, 900 had been placed to his
credit for the payment of the September
pensions at the Columbus office. The
amount is divided as follows: United
States Sub-Treasurey, New York, ST.
375, 900; Cincinnati, $4,000 and Colum-
bus, $4,000.
FRED PRATER, bridge carpenter, was
repairing trestle on the Cincin-
natl, Lebanon and Northern railroad,
north Of Avondale Junction, few days
ago. A train was approaching and he
attempted to get out of its way. He had
gone only few steps when the knowl-
edge that the train was gaining on him
ooncaA hf,, 20 81 H.
stumbled and fell. He plunged over
the side of the trestle and went down
head first. In his descent he struck q
cross beam with his head, and landed in
o clump Of bushes sixty-five feet below.
His injuries are pronounced fatal.
CHAs. WHITLocK was thrown from q
wagon near Findlay, and instantly
killed.
AT Chillicothe burglars entered the
residence Of d. G. Ruhran and stole
large quantity Of silverware and other
valuable articles.
HENRY WILSON, of Jefferson County,
has cow that is seven years old and
weighs less than 800 pounds. The ami
NAL is about 316 feet high.
0EO. LONG, OI OStrauuer, WNlle nand-
ling rifle, accidentally discharged it
and killed his sister.
TyREE saloon-keepers were arrested
at Urbana for failing to cancel revenue
stamps.
TWELVE surviving members of the
veteran Second Ohio Heavy Artillery
band held reunion at Hillsboro August
0 and TO-
G. N. DEARTH was crushed to death by
threshing machine at Leipsic.
AG. A. r. BATTALION has been formed
in Licking County.
A YOUNG man named johnson was
assaulted by highwaymen near Colum-
bus.
The z. & o. railroad depot near Shaw
nee Junction was burglarized, and q lot
of tickets taken
SAMUEL S. CARPENTER, a prominent
lawyer Of Cincinnati, is dead.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has been invited
by the Chamber of Commerce to visit
Cincinnati.
II. j. CLEVELAND, of Noble County,
has been nominated for Senator by the
Republicans of the Fourteenth District.