The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-09-26
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


coal mine at Pomeroy, the other morn
ing, Morgan Aubrey was instantly killed
BY the concussion, there not being the
eign Of a wound on him.
PETER Boss committed suicide near
Mt. Sterling by hanging himself. No
cause for the act is known.
AN old farmer named Ayres commit
ted suicide. near Hillsboro by hanging
himself in his barn.
| AFoUR-YEAR-oLD A child was smothered
to death in an oats bin near Spencer
Vile.
| BAsT. SoNnALTER, o hotel proprietor
Of Massillon, left his poclet-book, con-
tanning $50, in the post-oflice, just where
O sneak thief could find It.
THE Thirty-fourth Ohio held its re-
union at Bucyrus recently.
THE reunion of the Thirty-frst Ohio
Regiment was held ut Cardington few
days ago.
| CHARLES OsTERHoLT, q young married
man employed in the B. & o. yards at
Fostoria, while making coupling had
his foot caught in the guard rail and was
horribly mangled.
ELLIS N. JOHNSON, of Mt. Union, the
oldest man in Stark County, being 1Ol
years old, and his wife. so years, both
died withing very short time Of each
other, and were buried in the same
grave.
AT o'clock the other morning the
police were notified that thieves had
entered the residence Of c. Morris,
Cleveland, and stole $4,000 worth Of
bonds, q gold watch, pair of diamond
earrings and other less valuable jew
elry. All the stolen property belonged
to Mrs. L. A. Pierce, who resides with
the Morris family. The bonds are said
to be Unacceptable.
Mrs. MARGARET JIMoN, o widow,
sixty years old, while picking up coal in
the suburbs Of Youngstown, attempted
to crawl under car, wien it was struck
by an engine, killing her instantly, the
body being cut in two.
FAST freight train collided with q
switching engine on the Lake Shore
road in Cleveland, o few days since.
Both engines were badly damaged and
several cars were smashed into bits.
Patrick Moore, sailor Of Chicago, who
was stealing ride, was killed.
The Pythian sisters of Ohio, in session
at Columbus, elected Mrs. Bacon, OF
Canton, past grand chief, and Mrs. Hat
tie Robinson, of Dayton, most excellent
grand chief.
ANTHONY KELL, we'll known stone
contractor, was instantly killed at Canton
by being hurled by an elevator rope from
tho third story Of school building, in
course Of construction, to the basement,
distance Of fifty feet, striking on his
head and breaking his neck.
WILLIAM BLAKE, brakeman, was
crushed to death at Youngstown by an
engine, his foot catching in a frog.
Blake was married there four years ago
in the fair grounds, the Fair Association
presenting the couple with $50 and o
complete outfit for housekeeping. He
leaves wife and two children.
PETER Boss, q tenant on farm near
Waterloo, committed suicide by hanging
himself from rafter. He recently had
trouble with his son, and had often
threatened to take his own life.
TIE reunion Of the Seventy-seventh
Ohio regiment was held at Marietta a
few days ago. The officers for the en-.
suing year are: Colonel A. w. McCor-
mick, president; vice-presidents, R. E.
Smithson, R. c. Berry, Jas. Dunn, Con-
rad Boil; secretary and treasurer, J. G.
Lund.
A YOUNG man supposed to be Frank
Bixler, of Caanan, was instantly killed
at Shelby few days since, while jump.
} ing from freight train on the c., c., c.
& st. L. railway.
THE Standard Company has bought G.
E. Russell's oil leases covering 500 acres
Of territory in Allen County, with pro-
duction Of 200 barrels daily, paying Sls,.
500 for them.
THos. PALMER, glass fattener, was
struck by an engine at Barnesville, tho
other evening, and received fatal injur
les.
THE Republicans Of Champaign, Mi
ami and Montgomery Counties nomi
mated Levi Geiger for Judge.
LEOPOLD DoEaLEMAN, o farmer, aged
: n, living near Sandusky, while water
; ing his cattle, fell head first into pit
containing six feet Of water and was
drowned.
AT Marion, Albert Bell and Rubt
! Greenland were neld 10 the grand jury
and sent to Jail for highway robbery
committed on John Lehner the othel
morning.
. The Republican Senatorial Conven
, tion in the Montgomery-Preble Distric'
will be held at Germantown, October 12
The Superior Manufacturing Company
will remove its plant from New Carlisle
to Springfield.
JOSEPH Brown commenced suit a
Bellefontaine few days since against
Sumner Marsh for $4,000 damages fol-
T. calling him chicken-thief.
WHILE preparing quantity of blast
ing explosive at Fostoria, ID. P. LloyG
was horribly and perhaps fatally burned
by the explosion Of the mixture.
WM. FRANKER, of Findlay, has beer
sued for $1,000 damages by Mrs. Mary
Riokseeker, who charges him with the
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