Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-31
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

history of the enterprise, and Rev. II.
Richards delivered the dedicatory adj
dress.
EX-SENATOR T. G. SNYDER, of Cam
ton, met with painful accident the,
other evening. In his hurry to catch n
passing street car he slipped and fell
down the steps of his business Office,
breaking his right leg. The same leg
was broken some six years ago by be-
ing thrown from buggy,
DIR. JORDAN, of Johnstown, Licking
County, became Respondent and COM
mitted suicide by swallowing NOR
phine.
TREASURER VEITH's defalcation at
Upper Sanduslsy forced his old father
into bankruptcy.
FARMER THOMAS G.. BOND, of New
Vienna, is crazed by the death of an
only son and was sent to the Athens
asylum.
STEWART LAKE was probably fatally
injured by being struck in the face with
a baseball bat by companion named
Priest. Both boys live in Madison
township, near Newark.
A TALL, thin lady, we'll dressed and
aged about As, journeying from Sharon,
Pa, to Cincinnati became suddenly in
sane and is in the Dayton Jail.
The towboat Silas p. Coe burned to
the waters edge while lying at the foot
of Vine street, Cincinnati Loss S16, 900.
with $4,000 insurance. The watchman,
VIM. Carney, was burned to death.
PATRICK LEO and George w. MoXham,
held Mt Dayton for counterteiting, hada
hearing before United States Commits
sioner Corwin, a few days ago, and as
the prisoners would not tell where they
got the coin they were passing, both
were held to answer to the United
States Court at Cincinnati in the sum of
$1,000.
A. G. CHAPMAN has been appointed
postmaster at Thorndyke, Portage
County.
THOMAS MIERs, aged over 100 years,
and his wife &c. died few days ago,
and were buried together Mt Akron.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL has pardoned
Henry Frohman, recommended at the
last meeting of the Board of Pardons.
Frohman was sent from Hamilton Coun-
ty, last October on a sentence of year
for cutting.
JOHN CuRRAN, who suieided at Car
bon, willed his entire So, O0O to his per-
sonal friend, Robert Graham.
THE Senaca County Farmers Insti-
tute closed Il two days session at Ttf-
fin. Officers We're elected as follows:
President, Samuel Baker; vice-presi-
dent, Il. +. Tomb; secretary, James FL.
Knapp; treasurer, Isaac baldwin; ex-
ecutive committee, B. L. Moore and d.
Il. German.
AN indictment against Henry Free
man, at Cadiz, for voting twice at tho
last November election. has been
quashed, the document not stating for
what officials the election was held.
Freeman was released on his own recog-
nizance.
HUGH NJ. THOMPSON, of Sidney, was
elected Senator to fill the unexpired
term of Senator Robertson, deceased.
Thompson is i'll. The vote was light
JOHNNY MOORE, a blacksmith of
Barnesville, fell down stairs and broke
his neck.
FARMER B. w. BANE fell from a
wagon at Dayton, dead, of heart dis
ease.
THE Third and Thirteenth regiments,
o. n. e., have consolidated.
MINGo Junction had $4,000 fire the
other day.
Mrs. LUCY WooDMAN, widow fifty
years of age, on return from n meat
shop, Dayton, the other evening, drop
ped dead on the kitchen floor. She
was subject to Mysteries and easily ex-
cited by the school children who passed
her door. On her return to the house
she complained that the children had
been teasing her, and moment later
fell dead.
CANTON was visited by gang of bur
glars the other night, and several
houses were entered. The home of John
McGregor, eX-county clerk, was BURGLAR
lied and two gold watches and chains
with an overcoat secured. Loss about
500. The North Cherry Street school
house was entered, and an organ cover
and some property of the scholars taken.
At the house of N. Holloway nothing
beyond pair of overshoes was missed,
although the house was ransacked. An
attempt was made to enter the house
of Geo. G. Lindsay, but the burglars
were frightened away. Next morn
ing the store-room of Jacob Spideu
was entered and furs to the value of $50
taken.
REV. TIMOTHY HOWE, one of the old,
est ministers in the country, was adj
judged insane the other day by Probate
Judge Rees at Newark. He is eighty
six years of age, and being nervous, he
endangered his life by escaping from
his home and wandering ON the railroad
track
IN Dayton saloon, the other night,
Jacob Schmidt, IS years of age, was at
the bar drinlOing glass of beer and
discussing with his companions the ills
that affect others, and ut the same time
boasting of his own health, with tina
statement that he had not felt better
for years. He then called for cigar,
and while in the act of lighting it fell
dead at the fe,t of his companions