The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-09-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


natl was completed at the Census Office
on the 10th. 1t show 296, 800, as COM
pared with 255, 139 in 1880, being an in
crease Of ITO. or q percentage Of in
crease OF 1914 kg RI
I x DAVID MARTIN and Thomas Paul were
seriously hurt by q traction engine they
were driving breaking through bridge
near London. .tf
AT the Upper Sandusky fair Grace
Hadden, a nine-year-old girl, caught her
dress in shaft which was used in run
ming the display and fatally hurt.
/, By natural gas explosion at Colum-
bus, Mrs. Perkins, an employe of the
Natural Gas Company was badly in.
jured.
: Tom HART, aged twenty-four. liring
four miles east Of Fort Recovery, was
thrown under heavily loaded wagon,
the front wheels passing over his abdo-
men, sustaining internal injuries from
which he can not recover.
EDWARD UHI. aged forty, was run
over by Zig Four train the other night,
at Gallon, and instantly killed. He was
intoxicated, and laid down on the track.
He leaves family in destitute circum.
stances. ag liEg T.,
The International Brotherhood Of
Railroad Conductors at Toledo, few
days ago, practically decided two things
first, that Toledo will be selected for
the headq uarters Of the Order. and Sec
ond, the reelection of Grand Chief Con-
ductor George w. Howard, for next
year. ,ltF S3tG
PROF. H. T. EDDY, acting president Of
the University OF Cincinnati, has been
called to the presidency OF Rose Poly
technic Institute, Terre Haute, Ind.
PROF. PETER ]. Fox. principal of the
Seventh District school, Cincinnati, had
an attack of apoplexy while in his
school-room and died there.
THE Townsends of GAINESVILLE, have
sold their street railway lines to an
Akron syndicate, headed by Colonel A.
L. Conger. for $65,OOO. The gauge will
be widened and cars run by electricity.
CAPTAIN BURNs, of the U. S. A., has
received notice from the War Depart
ment that he had been detailed for an
other year as Inspector of the o. N. G.
Governor Campbell had requested that
this be done.
HENRY BURRIs, wealthy Quaker
farmer, near Smithfeld, was swindled
out of S., 900 by couple of sharpers who
borrowed that amount. giving as secur-
ity sachel said by them to contain
about $4,000.
7 CONRAD N. OBERLIN, ex-president Of
the city council Of Massillon, and retir-
ed merchant, died suddenly the other
day, aged seventy.
MARSHAL EDWARD ROBERTS, of Lou
isville, Stark County, was attacked ear
ly the other morning by unknown par
ties. He was horribly beaten and after
ward carried to his residence and left on
the steps. He will recover.
HERsCHEL KELLY, young man,
while coupling cars in the Ohio South
ern yards, Jackson, had his right arm
crushed It was Kelly's first days work
for the company.
(. The family of Mr.. John Houck, who
reside few miles north of Newark,
were startled the other night at hear
ing gun-shot In the room of their son,
Holly Honck. Rushing to the room they
were Mortified at finding the young man
lying on the floor writhing in the throes
OF death, with his head nearly blown of.
Whether It was q case of suicide or not
will never be known. He was nineteen
years old, and had been afflicted with
spinal trouble for some time, which made
his life q burden. When found adouble-
barreled shotgun was lying by his side.
b "A FATAL accident is reported from
Eden Township, Licking County. James
Shirk had gone 10 the woods to fell trees,
taking his little hve-year-old son with
him. While working on tree It sud
denly, fell, and the child, who was play.
Ing near by. was caught beneath II and
killed almost instantly, The PARENTS
are nearly crazed WITH grief. w1s <
aTHH heavy rains which havs failen
in the valley the past week arc doing
terrible damage 81 Portsmouth. Almost
the entire crop of corn is being covered
With water, ruining Thousand Of bushels.
g. JOSEPH BxcK, ast0ne-mason, has COM
menced suit against DR.. Archibald
CampbelL st Canton. for q 0oo damAaes
on account Nof failure 70 properly set Q
broken leg. Corr.
A<AONAxsD VAuoNEny y I6Emofs LvI00
nesr Ssndusky, was stabbed Ia the necle
by masked robbers who snteted his
house the ethef night ana stole e96a Va'
: AT Lima, Alfred Decker, the seven
year-old son OF William Decker, was
riding on . wsgon. .glosded with sand
when he fell IN front The wheels
passed over him, crushing him to death.
FREIGHT train No, 4. going east over
the Cincinnati and Musdngum Valley,
was wrecked at Reeds station, the other
morning. The engineer was killed and
fireman badly hurt. sai isaT .,sAs0ap
DANIEL F. ADAMS, OF Knox County,
has been nominated for Congress by the
Farmers Alliance. of the Fifteenth Ohio
District. tiifss ts.., ,ti 5
j. W. MoNoHAN, Of Corning, Perry
County, has been elected steward of the
Blind Asylum by the trustees of that In
stitution.
EIGHT thousand people Witnessed the
IaviuU NJ tho Nopuo k0vo - n.,,1,.