The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

WIN WARD and Antonio Piconi got into
. dispute at Mount Pleasant over the
cause Of the recent explosion at thst
place. Ward was probably fatally stabbed
BY Piconi.
The wife of Martin Welsh, Of Youngs.
town, found her husbands body hanging
from rafter. He was out Of work and
despondent.
MAX BANNoMoRTz, Polish peddler, 10
wanted at Massillon and Cleveland for OBJ.
tanning goods under false pretenses.
KxNroN has another gushing gas well.
The place now has daily supply Of about
1000, 1000 feet
NEAR the Van Vert and Paulding Coun-
ty line, the other day, On ox-driver by the
name of Poorman became enraged at his
oxen because they could not pull the load
he had piled on his wagon, and In his
anger he beat them in a most cruel man.
ner Finally he tied large knot on the
end Of his whip-lash and declared that he
would knock their eyes out He swung the
lash high in the air and brought 1t down
with all his strength, but he missed the
poor brute's head and struck his own. The
knot was buried in his right eye and com.
pletely destroyedit
AT Bucyrus, Henry Gerbig, who was in
fear Of White Caps, procured a revolver
and whilo practicing with the weapon
shot himself, narrowly escaping death.
MRS. MARY McKINNEY, while on her
way from Newark to Mansfield, on B. q
o. train, had her pocket picked Of a large
| sum of money and 500 note. The note
was afterward found on the railway track,
where It had heen thrown by the thief.
CHARLES WILSON, a railroad man, was
robbed Of $40 and valuable watch IN
| Fitzsimmon's Hotel, at Martins Ferry, by
his roommate, Frank Riley. Riley has
skipped.
E. L. HARrER has improved so much that
he was put 10 work again, the other day,
In the Office Of the secretary of the board Of
managers OF the penitentiary.
| WHILE crossing pond at Longstreth,
John Neiman and Frank veis, both Poland
miners, broke through the ice, and Nei.
man was drowned. veis clung to q snag
and was rescued.
DURING q storm at Findlay, q terrific
gale Of wind struck tho end Of the Model
Glass Works on the north side and blew
in the gable end Of the building. The loss
will reach about 800.
| GOVERNOR FORAKER has withdrawn the
name Of Hon. Edwin Cowles and substi-
tuted that Of Myron 7. Herrick, Of Cleve.
land, as one Of the commissioners from
Ohio to the Washington Centennial to be
held in April in New York.
AUDITOR OF STATE Foe has completed
his estimates of the receipts and disburse.
| oft ha Exoto
pear ending November 10, 1889. The total
estimated receip from all sources are
$5,973, 274.25, while the disbursements are
estimated at So 6126,S7T48-$153 603 20 in
excess OF the receipts. The auditors re-
port shows the total value Of all taxable
real estate and personal property in Ohio
to be 81, 7S2, ,05s, ,79e.
| W. NJ. PRICE aud Harry Foster, Of East
Liverpool, were out hunting the other day.
rabbit sprang out and Foster fred at It,
the load striking Price in the face. The
wound Is probably fatal. II he RECEIVERS
he will lose one eye
| AT Ottawa, Guy Long, aged fifteen, had
bis right arm broken while trying to board
. moving train.
SAMUEL LIFT, Of Shawnee, committed
suicids by shooting himself through the
heart. No apparent cause for the deed.
| WA HARMON, aged sixteen, while out
hunting at Nevarre. five miles south of
Massillon, was instantly killed by the ac-
cidental discharge Of his gun, the con.
tents OF the weapon entering beneath his
chin.
The first passenger train passed over the
new G. and o. bridge at Cincinnati, on the
9th.
DR.. JOHN PARKHILL, q leading physi.
clan OF Hopedale. was whipped by White
Caps.
The clothing store of Platt & Williams,
and hardware store of Kilbury & Kile, at
Plain City, were burglarized the other
night by forcing the front doors, and q
large amount Of clothing, shoes and fancy
goods, revolvers, cutlery and silverware
stolen.
ABRAM MCFARLAND, a huckster, was
held up by three highwaymen and robbed
Of $S5 in cash, at Urbana. He was made
to deliver the cash at the end Of revolver.
The thieves escaped.
GEORGE OLIVER, Of Hamilton County.
and VIM. Thomas, of Preble County, serv.
ing life sentences for murder In the Ohio
Penitentiary, have been pardoned by Gov.
ernor Foraker.
The farm house Of Adam Huffman,
near Canton, was destroyed by fire the
other morning, and Mrs. huffman, while
| trying to save some money from tho
flames, was fatally burned.
A BOLD but Intellectual attempt was
made to sand-bag and rob W. 8. Van
| Horne, assistant cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank at Franklin, the other night
The "ducking tub" will be abandoned In
the Ohio penitentiary after the close of the
present year, and milder form of pun.
ishment substituted.
WA. WEsTENBERaER died at Logan, of
hydrophobia.
THos. Brown was struck by train of
cars at Bellaire, and killed.
Hon. HENRY Dorm, State Inspector of
Shops and Factories, has investigated the
cases OF importation Of child labor, at
Fostoria and Findlay, from the Brooklyn
asylums. As result he will recommend
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