The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-11-19
OHIO STATE NEWS.
GIVE THANKS.
On November &c, says Gov. Campbell to

Ohioans.
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 10-Gov. Camp |
bell has issued his Thanksgiving |
proclamation. He says:
The people of Ohio have much to be
thankful for The past year has
brought them many blessings, and they
have not been visited by plague, pesti-
lence or famine They see around them
evidences Of industry and thrift Par
ticularly have they been favored with
an abundant yield from orchard and
field. The earth has truly given to
them of its treasures, and threatened
depression has been averted by the
bounty of nature.
The learned professions, the trades
man, the mechanic and the laborer
have reason to rejoice with the farmer
that divine providence has given him
plenty, thus enabling him TO bestow of
his supply upon less fortunate coun-
tries.
Therefore, I, james e. Campbell,
governor, do call upon the people of
Ohio to observe Thursday, November
26, as day of general thanksgiving,
and to abstain upon that day from all
labor whatsoever except such as is
usually performed on Sunday.
THE Cleveland & Canton railroad has
been sued for $40, 900 for killing Rufus
Is. Taylor, brakeman.
WILLIAM MANLEY, of Alliance was
bound over for selling liquor to two
boys, getting them drunk.
The output of coal in jackson county
is $50 cars q day.
MARGARET GENTLEMAN has sued
Bowling Green gamblers for So, 500,
money lost by her husband
VIM LATHAM, of Norwalh, attempt
cd suicide because he lost his daughter
by death.
ALFRED WILSON was arrested at San
duslly, suspected of holding up and rob-
bing man of $40 near Bellevue.
A JURY gave Mrs. Josephine Werts
a verdict for IS, 600, at Findlay, against
the T., c. & c. railroad for the death of
her husband
The Presbyterians have purchased
ground in the west end of Wellsville,
and will erect handsome chapel there
on which will cost So,
THE Ohio Tramway association met
at Akron, the otherday, and elected j.
N. Stewart, of Cleveland, president,
and John Harris, of Cincinnati, vice
| president.
THE famous Cleveland Grays will
escort Gov. -elcct Mckinley to Columbus
for the Inauguration.
SiLINEv1LLE ships 1000 tons of coal
daily.
A NEW paper factory is being started
in Sandusl1y.
WILLIAM SUBBs was killed by a fall
ing limb near North Bloomfield.
The post cffice ut Norton, Summit
county, has been. discontinued.
No. freight west on the Ohio South
crn railroad was derailed near Whit
mans Station. the other morning. Nine
teen cars were smashed up and Edward
Mahoy, fireman, was dangerously hurt.
THE Crawford county commissioners
have granted q franchise to a company
to construct an electric railway be-
tween the cities of Bucyrus and Gallon.
Work is to begin at once.
JOHN DAVIS, while plowing near Port
Clinton, had his skull fractured by a
kick from one of his horses.
ZANEsvILLE has almost an equal di-
vision of the sexes in their school at
tendance. There are 1866 boys and
1,667 girls.
HIRAM SMITH, farmer of Sand
Ridge, was in the habit of sleeping
with $500 under his pillow. When he
awolne q few mornings ago it was
gone.
al l,xr ~ fho al
court at New Lisbon, Judge Nichols
set a surprisingly rapid pace in the
matter of offenders against the liquor
laws. He had a man named Shaffer uI
before him on the charge of selling
liquor on Sunday. and, upon conviction.
imposed fine of $4OO and costs, with
imprisonment in the work house fol
thirty days. The fine is the heaviest
ever imposed in the state for such ar
offense.
JOHN BAKER, of Salem township
near Sidney, had an experience few
days ago with lightning-rod agents
They claimed to come from Dayton, an6
one gave his name as Wilcox They
} agreed to rod Bakers barn for an ole
mare, which they said was worth 800
|
paper He immediately felt that hi
was swindled, and threatened to xii
them unless he had a chance to reaG
all the paper. He read it found it wa.
a note for S2S2 Then he swore he
would kill them, and made demon
stration that looked dangerous. The
fellows compromised by taking dowr
. the rods and accepting $40 for the note
. GEORGE w. SAVER, of Guernsey
county, convicted at the February tern
of 1891 of grand larceny, and sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary, wa
pardoned the other day by the governo
7 on the recommendation of the board o
| pardons.
: ISRAEL JACOBS, a turkey buyer, wa
waylaid and robbed of Sls6 about day
break the other morning at poin
eight miles east of Athens by two men
who pulled him from his horse, ant