The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-08-01
STATE NEWS ITEMS

b q. run4Vay tenn, nesr Incoming burg.
JoHN Hall, I'D twe11-tn(oA shot
himself II the head, meas Hartford, the
other day. No cause assigned for the
suicide.
THE old soldiers Of Greene County,
have arranged 70 erect monument in
memory Of their fallen ymrades.
PETER McDoNoueH was bound over
OF Kenton, for attempted wife murder.
AFARM8R named DHnley, liyin9 near
Fremont was swindled out Of $500 by
sharpers, who pretended that they want
ed to buy his farm.
IT is thought that the fire which de.
stroyed the dry docks in Cincinnati, .
few days ago, was incendiary In Its
origin. The loss will amount to $780,.
900.
JACOB JAMBoRIous was seriously In
jured at Gosline & Barbours' mine,
Shawnee, by being caught under several
tons Of slate.
A ArwELvE-YEAR-oLD girl was fatally
burned at Orrville. Her clothing caught
Are from the kitchen stove.
AT Hillsboro, Edward Blair was con-
victed Of robbing the house OF Joseph
Worthington, near East Monroe, Of $3.50.
CHARLES DoNNELLY, Of Steubenville,
Panhandle brakeman, was instantly
killed by cars at Burgettstown.
TWENTY thousand silver catfish, taken
from the State hat3 berry at Putin-Bay,
have been placed in The Auglaize river.
THE Coliseum, the largest circular
building erected on the State fair
grounds, Columbus, for use during the
centennial exposition of last year, is q
wreck. 1t was 81 feet high and 600 feet
in circumference, being the largest cir.
cular building in the world. The seat
ing capacity on the floor was 10000, the
structure being built on the arch plan.
The timbers forming the dome Of the
Of the globe-like structure fell with o
crash, breaking hundreds Of chairs in
the auditorium and smashing heavy
scantling and boards into kindling wood.
The structure was completed only a
year ago at cost Of $4,000. That part
left standing will be torn down.
EDWARD KANE, fourteen, who was
bitten by blowing viper while picking
berries near Athens, several days ago,
and who was thought to be recovering,
died on the Goth.
DANIEL BENJAMIN, Of Union Town
ship, Hancock County, was the other
morning thrown under a reaper which
he was driving, receiving injuries which
will prove fatal.
GEO. MAY, a young married man Of
Shelby, instantly killed John Dallas, Of
Trio, during an alteration in the sa-
loon Of Lawrence Dyrer, at the German
settlement, four miles west Of Shelby,
Dallas, who was man weighing over
200 pounds, tried to get May down, and
was choking him, when bystanders in
terfered and took him of. Immediately
upon getting up Dallas made for May
with stool, calculating to strike him,
but May was too quick for him, and
stepping back, struck Dallas with his
naked fist on the face, killing him on
the spot. He never breathed after. he
was hit May at once gave himself up.
Dallas was a retired farmer, living at
Trio.
OTTo PACK, young man Of Barnes
vile, was struck by an engine at Spen-
Ger Station, while standing near the
track. His right arm was so badly
crushed that amputation was neces-
safy.
AT Millersburg o little daughter Of
Ex-Sheriff Christopher, while playing
on the street had q leg badly crushed by
being run over by street sprinkler.
MRS. FLORA WEAVER, wife Of DR.. j.
c. Weaver, q prominent druggist Of
Greenville, committed suicide near the
village Of New Madison, by taking oxslic
acid. Mrs. Weaver was taken to the
Dayton Asylum on January I, 1885, She
returned over month ego. BE mind
was partially restored, and was thought
she would completely recover.
THE Secretary Of the Treasury has ap-
pointed the following storekeepers and
eaugers: David L. Day, James I. Quin-
ton, Samuel McKeehan and John
Richey, ct Cincinnati
ANOTHER big gas we'll hos been drilled
in at Fostoria.
Two convicts escaped from the Ohio
Penitentiary by means Of an improvised
rope.
The following fourth-class postmas-
ters were appointed Oh the 2Sd: Lin
wood, Hamilton County, Grant Hart
pan, vice A. w. Cosgrove, removed;
Sharonville, Hamilton County, G. 8.
Long, vice Alonlo McGrew, removed.
The Ohio Democratic convention
which will meet In Dayton August s7
and % will be composed of 79l delegates.
Cuyahoga County will send 4s, Hamil-
ton 75, Franklin %, Montgomery 20,
Stark IS, Lucas II and others smaller
delegations
Mrs. CHAs. HoLTaRAvEN, Miss Nettie
Holtgraven and Miss Dina Kruser, on
Kalfda, Putnam County, were out riding
In Q buggy, which came in collision with
o Wagon containing Fred Norman. The
buggy upset, throwing the occupants out,
and Norman was hurled by the collision
from the wagon. Mrs Holtgrave was
badly bruised on the shoulders; Miss
Nettie Holtgraven considerably hurt on
the head, back and shoulders; Miss
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