The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-07-10
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

AT Lima, J. q Lineman, vice-presi
Gent Of the 0eyser Oil Company, had his
fight hand terribly lacersted by the pre-.
mature discharge Of dynamite Are.
cracker which he was holding. His
thumb and two fingers were blown or
II will incapacitate him from writing.
ROBERT THOMPSON, brakeman on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroad, OF Norwalk, was fatally shot
BY John Costello, crossing watohman,
who accidentally emptied the contenta
Of shotgun into Thompson's bowels.
They were celebrating the Fourth.
An unknown man, about forty-flve
years old, was struck by an electric
motor at Cleveland, q few days ago, and
knocked senselesa lie was taken to q
hospital, and died within an hour. In
his pocket were scraps OF paper, on
which were written the names w. Colder
and ]. Colder, ,Terre Haute, Ind.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination Of H. N. Allen, Of Ohio,
as u g. Secretary Of Legation, at Corea.
AT Bucyrus, Geo. Rosina, while shoot
ing cannon, got his hand in front Of It,
and had three fingers blown of.
Two young men, named Aidt and Ar.
mentraut of Bucyrus, had their hands
badly lacerated while exploding dyna.
mite cartridges.
BY the premature discharge Of rife
Jerry Harding, residing three miles
from Newark, while celebrating the
Fourth, had his left hand torn of, maxi
ing it necessary to amputate the whole
hand.
The President has nominated the fol.
lowing postmasters: James M. Brown,
Toledo; J. M. Bently, Ada; John Hop
ley, Bucyrus; c. f. Bonham, Harrison;
C. B. Martin, Lancaster.
CIRcLEvILLEs population will not ex-
ceed 1900.
GALLON has voted to issue S1O0, 900
bonds for establishing new factories.
THE official figures on the population
Of Marion, will show 8, 1898, against 8, 800
in 1880. Tts
JOHN CADDEN leaped from the Gin
cinnati suspension bridge and was
drowned. Cause: A desire for noto-
riety.
WHILE firing the National salute at
the Columbus barracks, the 4th, Gus.
tave Gunnison had his right hand blown
OF and his face injured, and Harvey
Choss had his thumb injured by the ex-
plosion Of cannon.
MAssILLoN's population is 10, $50, an
1ncrese of so per cent
JOHH SEAMAN escaped from LOngvisw
asylum, ana returned N his homo il
CINCINNATI, ana cut his throat
THE Democratic Congressional con-
vention in the 18th district is to be held
at Logan August 8.
AT Piqua, Patrick Howard drank some
muriatio acid the other night and died
from its effects. He was an old citizen
OF Piqua and Of late years was much dis.
sipated.
The soldier census Of the Cincinnati
district shows the following number Of
veterans and widows of soldiers in the
counties outside of the city of Cincin-
natl: Hamilton, 1916; Warren, /, ,035;
Clinton, LOTT; Clermont, LAB; Butler,
1884. Cincinnati is estimated at 8, 900.
| By the explosion of small cannon
with which party were celebrating at
Canton, Daisy Brisbane, an eight-year-
old girl, was struck on the head with q
heavy piece of iron, crushing her skull
and scattering her brains over the pave
ment. Charles Elkins had hand torn
| off.
| RoBT. MCMILLEN, we'll known all over
Bellaire, and addicted to drink, jumped
from c. L. & w. freight train, and,
striking fence, was thrown under the
train and literally cut to pieces.
The total population of Gallon, .ac-
cording to figures furnished by the Cen.
sus Supervisor, is 7,1s0, an increase of
1916 in ten years.
The estimated population Of Youngs-
town, according to the census, is 32.55O,
according to the figures received the
other night. The population ten years
ago was slightly over 10000
HERMAN LACKMAN, leading brewer
of Cincinnati. who was prostrated by
tho heat, died at his residence in Glen.
dale.
COLUMBUS was visited by an electri.
cal storm Of great violence the other
night. A young man named Stutz, aged
about 10 years, was standing under a
tree at the corner Of Town street and
Grant avenue, when he was struck by a
bolt Of lightning and instantly killed
The clothing was stripped from his body
and oven the shoes torn from his feet
The lightning struck house occupied
by family named Wise, at 2O4 River
street, West Side. VIM. II. Wise, a
teamster aged about 20, was instantly
killed. His sister-in-law, Mrs. F. Wise,
was so severely injured that it is feared
she may not recover. Her hearing was
totally destroyed. Two children, who
were the other inmates of the house,
were also seriously injured, and the
house was considerably damaged.
JACOB DEITRIcK, of Dayton, commit
ted suicide by taking carbolic acid.
AT Newark, Mrs. Harriet Stanberry,
widow Of the late DR.. Edward Stanber-
ry, was overcome by the intense heat,
and expired very suddenly. She was
aged about sixty years