The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-12-19
STATE NEWS ITEMS

now be sent to an asylum.
JOHN MASON was bound over at Frank
lin for shooting Charles Jones, the
town marshal.
CHANGES in the fourth-class post
masters were made on the 4th as fol-
lows: Germany, Pike County, John
Adams, vice r. h. Hnshart, jr., resigned;
Kinderhook, Piclaway County, Fremont
IC puffinbnger, vice VIM. McGuihn, re-
moved; Wabash, Mercer County, J ohm
Spriggs, vice L. B. Runyon, removed.
GEO! CBousE, thirtyahve, workman in
Buckeye shops, was found dead on the
street at Akron, the other morning, with
y bullet wound throught his breast. A
revolver at his feet and scratches on his
face indicate murder. His home was IN
Springfield.
WIN. J. LAMPsoN, Of Flat Rock Post.
Office, while visiting Portsmouth, had
his pocket picked Of $3.50 in twenty-dol-
lar gold pieces.
"A SYNDICATE Of Akron capitalists have
purchased the Peter Neff gas wells, near
walhonding, and will pipe the gas to
Akron.
A New YORK syndicate has purchased
the Tiffin street railway for s75,0O0.
THIEVES entered dry goods store at
Killbuck, and secured S75 in money and
other valuables.
CINCINNATI is making preparations to
receive the delegates to the American
Congress, when they arrive in that city
on their tour through the country.
SUSIE FISHER, colored, of Cincinnati,
after q quarrel with her husband, few
nights ago, jumped from third-story
window, distance Of thirty feet to the
ground. She received fatal injuries.
CAPTAIN H. G. GREINER, who was ten
dered the nomination for Senator by the
Republican Committee in Somerset Dis
trict, said, the other day, that he had
not accepted, nor did he expect to ac-
cept.
Mrs. JOHN KEITH, Of Lima, was dan
geiously injured by the horse running
away as she was alighting from car
riage.
FRANK BARBER was fatally injured,
near Lima, by the caving in Of gravel
bank.
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Newark and was seriously injured.
FoRDHAM CRANDALL escaped from the
Insane Hospital at Cleveland, and, beat
ing his way on freight train, returned
to his relatives ut Youngstown. He was
taken into custody. 4
ROBERT LEACH and his son Thomas
were killed by an explosion near Ham,
den.
Gus KRAUs was seriously cut in q
drunken row at Akron.
HALF dozen professional gamblers
have been doing business at Mt. Yer
non for several weeks. Late the other
night Marshal Blythe raided room at
the Bergin House and secured faro
dealer and two players. The dealer was
John Williams, of Columbus. He was
hned $25, and each of the players was
fined $40 each. Faro and hazard imple-
ments valued at SIS were conhscated
and burned.
BILL MOREHoUsE, one of the persons
implicated in the recent burglary and
safe-blowing at Spencerville, was ar
rested at Lima.
JOHN HILLS, farmer living near
Bucyrus, was thrown from buggy and
seriously injured.r
GROUND is being broken for the water
works plant at Upper Sandusky.
CAAs. w. KING, who was taken to the
insane asylum at Columbus, some time
ago, escaped from that institution the
other night, and went to his uncle's, in
Circleville. He became belligerent, and
the officers were sent for. When they
arrived King seized large butcher
knife, and with threats to kill the first
who approached, held them at bay for
some time. He was finally pacifed and
was taken back to the asylum.
HENRY McCARTEY, an aged citizen Of
Hamden, was found dead in his bed, Q
few days ago. Heart disease was the
| cause.
A DEAF and dumb man named John
Evans was run over by train on the
Ohio Southern railroad, at Jackson, and
instantly killed.
GEO. MoOREHOUsE was arrested at
Delphos, and is In Jail at Lima, charged
with blowing the safe Of George Hone
mann at Spencerville.
WALTER BECKER, school-boy, riding
on lumber wagon in Cincinnati, in at
tempting to get of, was run over and in
stantly killed.
TIMOTHY LIFFINawELI., young man
living at Spencerville, while on his way
home from Delphos the other night was
assaulted by several masked men and
robbed OF all his money and a gold
watch. He was afterward found on o
railroad track in helpless condition by
two tramps.
JOHN BREMER, serving a life sentence
in the penitentiary from !Tuscarawas
County for the killing OF his son, died
q few days since Of consumption. Bre-
mar leaves atwill giving 81 900, saved
from his pension, to- his cousin, Mrs.
Hammersley, of Port Washington.
The Franklin County Bar Association
the other day adopted resolutions in re-
spect to the memory Of the late Judge
William Baldwin.