Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-11-15
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


County, became violently insane the
night after the election, and imagined
an army was after him, and ran away
from home in his night clothes. lie was
taken home and fingered for two days,
when he died. Brain trouble was the
cause of his death.
The post-oflice at Delhi was robbed OF
500 the other night
BARKER Cook, brakeman, on the O.,
II. v. & II. railway yards, at Nelson
vile, fell between the cars of moving
train and was instantly killed. His
head and arms were entirely severed
from his body.
PATRICK KELLY, prisoner indicted
for stealing copper from the 1ncandes-
cont Light Company, pleaded guilty to-
petit larceny. On learning that he
would be sent to the work house for six
months, Kelly went into court and ask
ed to change his plea and pleaded guilty
to grand larceny, stating he preferred
being sent to the penitentiary than to tho
work house. This request was granted,
and Judge Gilmore sentenced him to a.
year in tho penitentiary Kelly stated
he was acquainted with the work house,
and preferred the penitentiary.
A RABID dog created sensation In
Hamilton, few days ago.
The cornerstone of the new jail at
Fremont was laid, few days since
NEBRAsKA's new Democratic Gov
ernor, James E. Boyd, was former
resident of GAINESVILLE.
SnAwHAN's Opera-house block, Tiffin,
has been sold for $40, 900 to Hon. w. p.
Rouse, who intends to remodel and inn
prove it extensively in the near future.
RUDOLPH GILGEN's business place.
New Philadelphia, was raided by
burglars, and cash and many
articles of value carried of. The bur-
glary occurred during the funeral of his
wife, the thieves knowing he was alb
sent.
AMONG paroles granted by the peni-
tentiary managers the other night, were
those of Fred II. Braggins, the Cleve-
land editor, sent up for eight years for
forgery, and John IL. Simons, treasurer
of Darl1e County, convicted of embez-
element and sentenced for six years.
THERE is diphtheria epidemic at
Hamilton. 2Sa
FoRr RECOVERY has a typhoid fever
epidemic.
THREE small islands In the Maumee
river, near Toledo, have been found to
belong to the State, their value being
about 81, 800 They are now occupied by
private parties.
JOHN e. Bishop, a farmer of Dudley
township, Hardin County, was killed by
his team of horses running away.
HARLEY DOVER, eleven-year-old boy
of Washington c. H., was horribly man
gled by circular saw.
THE youngest member of the next na-
tional House of Representatives. will be
Hon. NJ. X. Gantz, of tho Fourth Ohio
District. He is twenty-eight.
Jos. SHRocK and five children, of Can
ton, were poisoned by eating tainted
| cheese. Condition not serious.
BENZ. MILLER, of Lima, lost three
children with diphtheria in two days.
MILLER, the bigamist, got out of the
Van Vert Jail the other day. but was,
soon recaptured.
| GOVERNOR CAMPBELL attended an en-
tertainment on the night of the 9th, and
upon returning home was taken with
severe vomiting spells, which contin-,
ued throughout the night He was con-
fined to his bed all next day, but al
night was somewhat better. The Gov
ernor contracted severe cold at Mays
vile, KY, where he addressed a polit-
ical meeting Saturday night before the
election, and narrowly escaped case of
pneumonia.
HARE's official majority for Congress,
over Foster is III. The official vote by
counties is as follows: Seneca 55o, Ma
rion 500, Wyandot 7os for Hare; Han
cock 500, Union 1,0s1 for Foster, max.
ing Hare's majority 1T.
BIG Four freight train was derailed.
near Sidney, tho other night A tank.
car full of oil was destroyed.
ENGLIsuMES have invested $4,000, 00L
in Ohio iron industries in the Mahoning'
valley.
THE construction of the Hamilton.
electric railroad is being pushed with
,igor.
CHARLES BLYTHE, the colored mur-
derer of DIR. A. L. Jones, died the other.
morning in the penitentiary hospital, Of
consumption.
THE two-year-old child of HIGHLAND
Hecker, Cincinnati. drank from bottle
of morphine and died.
Mrs. ELMIRA SHAFER, one OF the pion-
eers of Oberlin, and mother Of President
Shafer, of Wesley College, died at ober-
lin. aged eighty-four.
The six-year-old son Of Fred Diebold.
Lima ate whole box of worm lozenges,
supposing them to be candy, and died in
convulsions.
EX-CITY CLERK JOHN s. ROLLER, Of
YounpstoWn has been sent to the Deni-
tentiary for two years for embezzling
public funds
CINCINNATI is wire center, and
claims to make among other things co.
600 bird cages, $4,000 rat traps, 12O,0 900
fly traps and 800, 900 sieves annually.
w. ii. SHULooK is bad when drunk.
He took possession of st. Mary's Church
at Portsmouth after service, drubbed