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

STATE 6xNATon CoLn has been renomp
mated. kYN m M
Jonx STRIKES, who was arrested q
Steubsnville for brutality to wife aAA
children, was hned 800 and sent 70 jall
for six months. ~. ,i'i ssas%i
MAMIE CREIaHroN, living near Spring.
field, was badly burned by her clothes
taking hre from . gasoline stove, which
she was engaged in filling.
8. PARK ALEXANDRA was nominated
for Senator by the Republicans Of the
Twenty-fourth and Twenty.hsth Dis
tricts ct Cleveland.
CLEMENT 8. RUSSELL, OF Massillon,
was nominated for State Senator by the
Republicans Of the Twenty-hrst Dis
trict. r
A. N. MIDDLETON, alswyer Of Urbana,
was visited by "White Caps" and So
verely whipped for abuse Of family. His
wife has sued for divorce.
JAMES BENJAMIN, farmer, near Penns-
Vile, committed suicide on sccount OF
certain reflections cast upon his charac-
ter by lawyer in case in which Ben
jamin was juror.
LEW CHENEY, age twenty-four, brake
man on Pan Handle road, was knocked
of o moving train and killed at Cones
Vile, Coshocton County, by . projecting
coal chute. One arm, both legs and head
were cut of. He lived with two sisters
in Columbus.
THE mysterious epidemic which was
80 fatal last summer at Otway and Hur-
ley, has broken out again.
FRANK v. OWEN, author of the famous
Sunday law, is candidate for re-elec-
tion.
JOHN BAUER, track supervisor, was
struck by switch engine at Chilli
cothe and fatally injured. He had been
in the railroad service thirty-five years,
and had never before met with an acci-
dent.
The Ninety-ffth o. v. I. will hold
their reunion at Fountain Park, Cham
paign County, September II.
WIN. M. WATSON was run over by o
c., s. & c. train at Galloway and was SO
mangled that both his legs had to be
amputated.
THE Petty gas we'll, at Cadiz, which
had daily capacity Of 100000 cubic
feet, was torpedoed and flow Of oil
struck that indicates forty-barrel we'll,
besides an increase in gas.
GOVERNOR FORAKER filled the vacancy
on his military staff occasioned by the
death Of Surgeon-General A. Z. jones'
Of Cincinnati, by the appointment Of
Tolana Jones, Of Madison County. The
latter was Presidential elector in 1878,
and the one who carried the returns to
Washington. The Governor also ap-
pointed William H. Parkham, Of Hamil-
ton County, to bc member Of the Har-
rison Monument Commission to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death Of DR..
A. e. Jones.
The citizens Of Deshler have bonded
the town in the sum of S25, 1000, and are
getting ready to sink wells for oil and
gas.
WHILE hunting near Bucyrus, Glare
Saul received charge Of shot in his
body from the gun Of a companion, Virgil
Snyder, who shot at squirrel.
PROMINENT citizens of Cincinnati
have organized movement having for
its purpose the annexation Of Hamilton
County.
The Auditor Of State has completed
the table showing the number of saloons
in each county in the State, except Lo-
gan, which has not yet reported, and the
amount of assessments collected under
the Dow law for the first half of 1889.
There are 0,602 saloons, and the total
tax collected is 81, 100, 1866, Of which
$282, ,012.11 is paid to the general revenue
fund Of the State. Compared with the
returns for the previous six months the
table shows an increase of 115 saloons,
while the receipts to the general revenue
fund ore increased by S8,7S5. 25 and the
total collections by $40, ,97o.b9.
BURGLARS cracked the safe Of Harri.
son Longberry at Byhslis, and got $500.
Two employees in the bakery of Weisnt
Bros, Newark, were badly injured by
an explosion of natural gas.
NINE cases of the black diphtheria
were reported at Mason in one day. DR..
Vandyke, the leading physician, states
that the disease is spreading.
The fourth annual reunion Of the
Thirty-sixth o. v. I. will be held al
Middleport September 10 and II. Their
old commander, Major-General George
Crook, will be present.
THE number OF Ohio pensioners Is:
From war Of 1912, ss4; war with Mexico,
s9s; war Of rebellion, invalids, 87,a12;
widows, minors and dependent relatives,
10000; widows without children, 1,7S7;
minor children, 297; brothers, 1851;
fathers, $50; brothers and sisters, 9; total
number Of minor children, 4, ,s53.
JOHN STRIKER, aged seventy-fve, liv.
ing near Steubenville, is under arrest
for hanging his children up by the feet
and beating their flesh to jelly.
NEAR Marion, George Fortney fell
upon moving circular saw and was in.
stantly killed. G
URBANA is to be lighted by natural
gas.
WHILE Homer Ness was aiding down
o board at his home, near Leesville,
Crawford County, his leg was caught by