The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
STATE NEWS ITEMS

| cHo"Aos VHc Dldue plerClHB Her neBrU'
She pulled 1t out and tho blood gushed
out In stream, and in an instant the
little one was dead.
| MISS MAGGIE LAYMAN, of Brandon,
while dressing for her wedding cere-
mony, accidentally shot herself in the
thigh with revolver, inflicting dan.
| gerous wound.
STOCKHOLDERS Of the Central Ohio
Railroad Company have voted to lease
the Cincinnati g. Columbus Midland.
CHARLES EAgNEsT's house on the out
skirts of Fostoria was burglarized the
other night of jewelry, clothing and
money to the amount Of S24O.
PETER BECKER, serving life SEN
tence from jackson County, drew the
holiday prize New Years In the shape
Of an unconditional pardon from the
Governor. Becker was sent up in 1881
for the killing of John Hall during o
drunken row.
JOSEPH MILLER died few days ago at
Osceola, from the effects of injuries
inflicted by Claud Forrest during
quarrel on Christmas. Forrest has left
the place, and reward for his capture
| Is offered.
TIE coroner decided tLat Paul Young,
who suicided at Canton, did so while
suffering from insanity resulting from
Ia grippe.
THERE are five thousand cases Of 'la
g1ippo" in Cleveland.
THEODORE M. BATES, Of Cleveland,
has been appointed agent Of the census
| bureau to collect statistics Of the record
cd indebtedness for the State of Ohio.
a MAJORITY Of the voters of Van Vert,
decided tie other day that the local
option ordinance in that place must be
repealed.
AT Findlay the Northwestern Ohio
Gas Company completed the largest we'll
on record,a few days ago. The we'll Is
north Of the city. and is estimated by
competent judges to flow $4,000, 900 cubic
feet of gas per diem. The gas will be
riped to Toledo.
AT an early hour the other morning
Hrs. George Petty, living in jackson
Township, Pickaway County, committed
suicide in o horrible manner. She sat
urated her clothing with coal oil and
then ignited it. Sho was fearfully
burned. but fingered in great agony,
when she died. Her face and hands
were burned to crisp. She has shown
Signs of mental arrangement for some
t!mc.
At Cleveland, Judge Soldiers, the other
morning, sentenced Otto Leuth, the
seventoen-ycar-yoar old boy, who was
recently convicted of the murder of little
Maggie Thompson, TO be hanged at Co.
lumbus on April 16. Leuth's mother,
who was, during the trial, an object of
popular pity, tainted on hearing the
sentence of her son and had to be car
rlod from the court room.
AT Bellaire, Arthur Rufer and Eddie
Grafton, aged twelve and thirteen, were
playing with bottle filled with powder,
which they lighted with match. 1t
exploded and glass penetrated Rulers
head one-half inch and his right eye
was cut out. Grafton was terribly burned
about tho face and body. Rulers inju-
ries may prove fatal.
FOLLOWING is list Of the expirations
Of the commissions OF Presidential post
masters in Ohio during the present
month: Bellefontaine, Kenton, Marion,
Marysville, West Liberty, Mansfield
The commissions of Ohio postmasters
will expire in February as follows: Ash
tabula, Canton, Cardington, Chardon,
Columbus, Garrettsvillc, Geneva, Jeffer-
son, Lima, Mechanicsburg, Middleport,
New Lisbon, New London, Ottawa,
Painesville, Ravenna, Troy, st. Marys,
Wellington and Wooster.
LOUIS BIERwIRTH was seriously injur-
cd by the electric light at Canton.
THos. WooLMAN was fatally scalded
by boiler explosion near Alliance.
A. S. RIPLEY has been appointed post
master at Patriot Gal1ia County.
BABY of John Feltz, two years Old.
was ground under tho cruel wheels while
crawling on the railroad ut Burkets-
vile.
a BRAKEMAN named Homan was kill
cd by cars at Akron.
AT Springfield, O., Captain Jacob Gar.
rett opened his fathers coffin to take
last look and found him alive, in which
condition ho Is liable to remain for an
unlimited period.
FoUR buildings at New Moorefeld,
eight miles north of Springfield, were
destroyed by fire the other night. Total
loss, $4,000; insurance $4,000.
Ex-EpIToR DAVIS, of the Marietta
Leader, and President pro tenn. Of the
last State Senate. was blood relative
Of JEFF Davis. His father was full
cousin to the Confederate Chief.
CHARLES SI.UssER was sent to Jail at
Hillsboro for brutslly beating and kick
ing Chinaman named Sam Lee.
FoUHrn-cLAss postmasters were ap-
pointed on the sOth as follows: Acme,
Medina County, A. j. Koppes; Meta
mora, Fulton County, A. G. Prentiss;
West Middlebusg Logan County, l. w.
McWade.
A coLoRED preacher named Stran has
been arrested at Springfield on the
charge Of appropriating funds raised for