The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-06-05
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

in West Third street tenement, Gin
cinnati. His widow, daughter and John
Pierce were arrested on suspicion by or
der of Coroner Rendigs. She says she
found her husbands body OH the Eoof
when she returned home
Ex-JuDGE HUNTER and Lawyer j. ID.
Jones came TO blows in the courtroom,
Newark.
AT Hamilton, George Ziliox, the well
known livery stable-keeper, was badly
burned by a gas explosion the other
morning He was hunting for leak in
the gas pipe-and found It,
JOHN o. RYAN was drowned in the
canal at Circleville while swimming.
He was in the parade Decoration Day
as an officer in the Junior Knights of st.
George.
MEREDITH STANLEY jumped from the
Cincinnati and Newport railroad bridge
into the Ohio, distance Of sixty feet,
for purse.
A CINCINNATI branch OF the Society
of the Sons of the Revolution has boen
formed.
LoIING, son of Isaac Jones, of Mar
tins Ferry, has lived on liquid food for
three months. and has not spoken word
or moved his hands for seven weeks, the
effect of la grippe, which developed into
lung fever.
AN accident peculiar in its nature oc-
Cured the other night on the North
western road, near Carrothers A boy
was endeavoring to drive a couple OF
cows across the track, when the animals
were struck by train and killed, the
carcass of one of them bcing tossed by
| the engine struck the 10y, hurting him
badly and rendering him unconscious
for time. When he partially recovered
he wandered away in his bewilderment
until finally found and cared for by
friends. The boy will recover.
JAS. JEFFERs, o coal miner at Schick's
works, went to Bellaire the other morn
ing and drank freely at the saloons.
Starting to his homo, west OF town, af-
ter the parade, he grew weary and sat
down on the railroad track and fell
asleep. A freight train struck him and
killed him instantly.
CINCINNATI insurance companies have
made in the aggregate return of Sl42,-
O51 40 for taxation, and report Sl,67S,-
$50 20 of securities not subject to taxa.
tion.
IKE following fourth-class postmas-
ters for Ohio were commissioned the
other day: Green Hill, Columbiana
County, Mrs. l.. A. Taylor; New Hagers-
town, Carroll County, L. O. Johnson;
Tamah, Mercer County, G.. S. Behymer;
Walnut Creek, Holmes County, Ida
Kaser.
JOHN DAILY, Avondale, driven to des-
peration by the misconduct of his chill
drcn, ended his earthly existence by the
Rough-on-rats route.
BELLAMY SToRER has been elected
president of the Ohio Humane Society.
SIX prisoners escaped from the Lima
Jail by digging hole through an outside
wall
In the common pleas court at Toledo
Judge Pugsley overruled n motion for q
new trial for Nine. Deverc, convicted oi
forgery, and sentenced her to ten years
in the penitentiary--fve years for each
of the two counts in the indictment.
MICHAEL MORAN, the burglar, who
shot officer Tom Hogan at Massillor
; about two weeks ago, was sentenced by
Judge Pease to twelve years in the pen
itentiary. 1t is certainty that his
name is not Moran, neither can he bC
induced to give up his own name mol
t that of his companion who was with
= him at the time of the shooting and es
capped.
!. Two men who were stealing ride OF
Q the top of q coach on the Midland rail
+ road were struck by the bridge at th'
Whitewater canal, Cincinnati, ant
. crushed and mangled to death.
TIE city council of Circleville has au
thorized the issue Of bonds to th'
amount of $4,000 toward building
70 memorial hall. The county has adde'
y $40, 900 additional.
J. A EVE on DR.. A. L. Davis farm il
;, Marion Township, Hancock County
d gave birth to double-headed lamb
n 1he lamb was born dead, but was per
3, fectly formed in all its parts. 1t ha
3 two heads and two necks uniting at
= point between the shoulders. Fac
b neck had spinal cord and vertebra, tn
u vertebra coming together in fork lik
y the branches Of tree. The spinal cor
Al was injured below the joint OF unier
" probably causing death Both head
~ were perfect, of uniform size, and ha'
20 ing eyes, ears and tongue.
a WM RITcHIE, Harvey p. Platt Adolp
1e Pluemer, Lucius c. Cron, Of Ohio, hav
~ been appointed Worlds Fair Commi
n sioners.
n AT Logan Perry Kuhn got seven yeal
g, for attempting to poison his father
VI family.
h. CINCINNATI is to have another branc
post-ofiice, which will be located ne;
the corner of Central and Colerain av
nues, and will be known as Brighton.
B. AssEssoRs have returned the numb'
D. of Cincinnati saloons at 2,029, and IL
total taxes of these amount to S5O7, IS
:. Ward s leads, with 1913, and Ward 81 hi
n the smallest number-22. Vine stre
u has 148; Sixth street 1l5, and Centr
u u avenue l13. Outside OF the city, In Il