The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-11-05
OHIO STATE NEWS.

A TEAM driven by James Whitman
was killed at railroad crossing at
Dennison. Whitman was fatally hurt
A SPECIAL from Conover says the
thrae-year-old daughter of George Dill,
q fVtmer near there, the other night
fell into brushheap and was burned
to death.
LOUIS SHIBLY, of Wooster, was killed
in runaway accident.
PROF. TABERr, aeronaut, came near
being killed at the jackson park, Col.
ton. His balloon burst when he was
five hundred feet high. and his para
chute opened just in time to prevent
him from being dashed to pieces.
CALVIN HANNA, who is well known
in police circles, was arrested the other
day at Mahoningtown, charged with
burglarizing store and securing a
large quantity of goods and govern
ment stamps. Considerable stolen
property was found on his person.
Hanna was arrested in Youngstown
several months ago, charged with Grim
inal assault upon girl, but succeeded
in gaining his liberty
TwENTY-roUR divorce cases are on at
Lima
A CosnocToN syndicate will pipe nat
ural gas to Mansfield.
BERTHE KIPLINeER, aged nine, had
both hands cut off in feed cutter.
Miss ALICE JOHNSON, melancholy,
took strychnine at Seville and died.
THE cornerstone of new state epilep-
tic asylum will be laid at Gallipolis,
November IL.
A JURY at Marietta gave Elizabeth
Reppert SO, ,625 damages against the B.
g. o. s. w., for the loss of a leg.
The State Canal Commission the 9th
er morning removed all employees be-
cause the appropriation for expenses is
exhausted. Last year the board Great
ed deficit, which had to be met with
this year IS appropriation.
The old Buckeye Flint Glass Co,
of Bowling Green, will resume opera
tions November 10 with 100 hands.
JOHN CoNRoY, for having burglar
tools in his possession, was sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary at
GAINESVILLE.
KENToN had a $4,000 fire the other
night
AkRoN's fine new depot is nearly
completed.
FINDLAY now has a hospital and q
home for the friendlcss.
IRA MALoTT. convicted of murder in
the second degree for the killing of
Barok Ashton, was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life in the penitentiary
by Judge Johnston at Youngstown.
OVER 100 miles of the new double
track on the Panhandle have been
finished and only 80 more miles remain
to be laid. Tunnels 5, 8 and 10, includ-
ing the large one at Cadiz, have been
widened.
WHILE cleaning her back yard, at
Akron, q few nights ago, Mrs. James
Harts dress caught fire from pile OF
burning leaves She rolled about on
the ground in vain endeavor to extin'
guish the flames, and then ran scream.
ing into the house of a neighbor, where
she sank down exhausted. She was SO
badly injured that she died next morn
ing. James McGinty was painfully
burned while trying to extinguish the
flames.
The government sent 100 stands OF
arms and two cannons for the military
department of Mt. Union college.
THE barn of Rev. Winters at Crest.
line was burned down the other night
by an incendiary. One man, tramp.
three horses, two COWS and all the
grain, hay and farming implements
were consumed
ROBERT SIMPSON MILLER dropped
dead a few nights ago on the stairs
leading to the city hall, Springfield
He fell forward and was carried into
police headquarters, where he died be-
| fore medical assistance could be Sc
cured. He was ~ years old.
The factory of the United States
Supply Co., at Cleveland, was complete
ly destroyed by explosions, followed
by fire, the other afternoon. Three
persons were killed and several injured
The factory was recently established
in an old brick stable on Wilson ave
nue., which originally cost $40, 600, ant
made fuses, cartridges, ETC.. for mining
operations, using different preparation
of gun cotton, dynamite, nitro-glycer
inc and gun-powder. The first explo
sion was heavy one, blowing the roo
nearly off and shattering the walls
The shock was felt for half mill
away. Shouts and screams were heart
inside the building, and then all of tn.
twelve employees excepting four tum
bled pell-mell, out of windows ant
doors. Several other lighter explosion
followed, sending bricks in all direc
tions, and in few minutes the flame
were at work. The fire was subdued
and in few hours the charred bodie
of John Fink, IA years old; Alfre'
Schaeffer, II years old, and Paul Pfaun
kuche. a nephew of the president o
the company, were dug out Of the ruins
Minnie Peck, an employe, was severel.
cut and brui> ed. and other employe
were injured, but not severely. Th
loss on the building is about So, 500, AM
on the stock SIS, 000
RALPH CUNNINGHAM crawled into
furnace at Fostoria with suicidal in
tent. He was rescued but will die.