The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-09-18
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Tool, who livee in Washington Town
ship, who was taken i'll that morning.
He died at o'clock, of cholera, after in
tense spasms and frequent fits of vomit-
ing, purging and other symptoms of that
] dread disease. DIR. Williams pronounces
! it genuine case of Asiatic cholera.
SANDY ScoTT, in Jail at Ironton, for
stealing saw logs, penitentiary crime,
is going crazy.
| TnE jackson Club, of Columbus, has
expelled State Labor Commissioner Nc
Bride because he appointed a Republican
Superintendent of the Free Labor
Agency.
Miss EMMA PALMER, residing near
Bloomfield, killed large rattlesnake,
the other day.
The house and grounds Of Joseph
Love- of ofBellefantaine, have been struck
by lightning eight times within the past
three years, the last occasion being the
other day. There is believed to be min
eral there, AMI company will ex-
1 plore.
WILLIS RoeERs shot himself in the
| head at his home near Gilboa, west Of
Findlay, and was instantly killed. His
| suicide was because his mother had gone
west on visit, contrary to his request.
He died to spite her.
AT Mansfield, Mrs G. c. Bird, who had
| been visiting returned home and found
horrible sight in her bed room. She
had left her mothers sister to keep house
and take care of her little eight-year-
old son Charley. When she entered the
room she found both lying on the bed
| dead, and the room full Of gas. Tho
| gas stove was turned on full.
WILLIAM COLLINS, in a fight at Tifln,
bit off large portion of the chin Of
James Hunt Collins made good his es-
cape.
G. WILLIAMS, wealthy Columbus
butcher, and Miss Oma Courtwright,
who has S5o.0OO of her own, have eloped.
THE Scioto river at Columbus, on the
18th, was up to the flood of last May.
Three hundred acres were inundated,
and thousands of dollars of damage was
done.
WALLACE ANKNEY and Jack Penning-
ton, both former inmates of the peniten-
tiary, were arrested at Findlay, charged
with robbing Frank Bement of $50.
FoURTH-cLAss postmasters were APP
pointed the other day as follows: D. e.
Dryden, Alexandersville, Montgomery
County; j. II. Wendt, Danbu-y, Ottawa
County; Wilson Rice, Whitfield, Mont
gomery County; L. A. Haight, Shallers-
vile, Portage County.
GRIFFITH ROBERTS, employed in a
stone quarry at Youngstown, was crush
ed by heavy stone from crane falling
upon him and breaking his back There
is hope of recovery.
The Democrats Of the Eighth District
nominated Hon. d. Hare, for Congress.
JOHN DUNCAN, a one-armed peddler of
lead pencils at Ironton, attempted to
board Scioto Valley freighs train and
was badly injured, probably fatally.
CHARLES KLINE, with Dick Levine es-
capped from the penitentiary on the
night Of August 1, last was captured in
Dayton, the other day. Kline was sent
up from Montgomery County on three
years. sentence for burglary and lar
ceny, and its being his fourth convic-
tion, he would have remained for life
under the habitual criminal law. He
was ''trusty" when he escaped, but
will hereafter be treated as any other
life prisoner.
THERE is malignant diphtheria in and
around Lima and whooping cough is
causing terror in Youngstown and Rocky
Ridge.
FREDERICK MANNERS, farmer, living
near Castalia, was kicked by horse
and instantly killed on his farm the
other night.
AT the Great Council of Red Men Of
the United States, it was voted to hold
the next session at Cleveland.
THR Democratic State Executive
Committee has elected John A. Sarber,
Of Columbus, treasurer. s.
ERNST WEIMAN, an employe of q
Dayton slaughter-house, had his left
arm caught in a sausage grinder, and in
a second twas chopped into shreds near
ly to the elbow. The presence Of mind Of
boy who threw the machine out Of
gear was what saved Weiman from be-
ing all ground up Immediate amputa-
ton OF the arm was necessary.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee met at Columbus, few days ago
and organized the Executive Commit
tee. Senator A. R. Van Cleaf, of
Pickaway County, was elected Chairman,
and Hon. John L. Geyer, Secretary. 1t
having been agreed that the Executive
Committee should consist of eight MEM
bers, in addition to the Chairman and
Secretary, the following names were
presented: ]. M. Van Fleet, of Hardin;
Marion B. Mcintyre, Of the Twenty
sixth Ward, Cincinnati; R. R. Holden,
Cleveland; Joel o. Shrup, Montgomery;
J. P. Mehaffy, Guernsey; ]. O. Amos.
Shelby; John L. Vance. Gallia; M. v.
Ream, Tuscarawas; j. M. McGillvery,
Vinton; w. w. Pennell, Brown, and
George A. Fairbanks, of franklin. The
first eight named were elected, McGill-
very, of vinton, afterwatd being added
to the committee, as was Secretary
Geyer.
SYLVESTER MILES, prominent farm
er living near Norwalk, was gored to
death nv n Durham hill tho otber nnorn