The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-10-29
OHIO STATE NEWS.

in the penitentiary for embezzling $14,-
Oo0 The accused pleaded guilty, the
prosecution nollied two additional in
dictments pending against him.
THE gas wells supplying Marietta are
petering out.
NORTH BALTIMORE will organize
fire department
WASHINGTON county is rich in oil and
natural gas
YOUNGSTOWN will have $50, 600 arti-
fetal ice plant
THE jury in the case Of Ira Marlatt,
ut Youngstown, charged with the MUIR
der of Barek Ashton, after being out
two hours the other afternoon brought
in a verdict of murder in the second
degree. Counsel for Marlatt say that
no motion for new trial would be
fled, and the prisoner will be sent to
the penitentiary for life. After the
verdict was rendered Marlatt said: II
would rather Judge Johnston would
sentence me to be hanged than send
me to the penitentiary for life. I'm
| prisonment to me. means DEATH"
WHILE Robt Cameron, contractor
of Wooster, was on his way to Freder-
icksburg, he was wrylaid and robbed
of $7S by two unknown men. He was
found in the road in an unconscious
condition, quite severely injured about
the head.
VIM A. BURNSIDE, of Newark, was
the other day appointed a cadet to the
West Point military academy.
| ABOUT all the natural gas companies
supplying towns in the state will cut
off the factories to supply private con-
sumers.
A REUNION of the 144th regiment o.
v. I. was held at Upper Sandusky, a
few days ago. A battalion of Wyandot
county companies was organized, with
the following officers: President, II. j.
Pool; vice president, j. Il. Armstrong;
secretary and treasurer, H. d. Hale.
PHILLIP STEINMETz the Oldest pris-
oner in point of service in the Ohio pen
itentiary, died the other morning of
heart failure. He was sentenced in
June, 1868, to hang for the murder of
! August Heck in Toledo. Gov. Hayes
commutcd the sentence to life imprison-
ment on condition that he should never
be released. He was 72 years old. Mrs
Josephine Ammon, of Cleveland, re-
Gently tried to have him pardoned.
II. HURBACHER has been appointed
postmaster at Carrothers, Seneca coun-
ty, vice j. w. Whitmore, resigned, and
H. M. Jones, at Selden, Fayette county,
vice w. II. Noble, resigned.
The infirmary directors of Franklin,
Fairfield, Delaware, Coshocton, Perry,
Muskingum, Knox and Licking coun-
ties have organized district associa-
ton, its objects the better management
and care of inmates.
NEARLY S4OO, 900 have been spent on
the Muskingum river the past three
years.
A TOLEDO company.is after lease
of the w. & L. E. railway land, near
St Mary's. The land is valuable oil
territory.
THOMAS FLOYD, while on a spree
with some companions at Alliance the
other morning, staggered in front of q
Cleveland and Pittsburg train. He was
cut in two.
OVER $4,000 bushels of cucumbers
were hauled to one warehouse at Cres-
ton.
MANSFIELD BARRIERS have organized
q protective union.
AT meeting of the Springfield board
of trade it was decided to hold local
exposition of manufactured articles
during the National Grange associa'
ton, which oonvenes there November
to 13.
PATRICK SHAUGHNEssY was arrested
at Oberlin by Constable Wall while at
tempting to sell a forged note for $500
on j. M. Wares, wealthy farmer OF
that vicinity. The forgery was bad
piece of work and was easy detachable.
CHAs. HUMBY, living near Findlay,
attempted suicide the other night by
hanging himself to the door of his barn.
He had just jumped from stool on
which he was standing while adjusting
the moose when Dewitt Coney, superin'
tendent of wells for the Standard OIL
Co. came along and promptly cut the
young farmer down. Humby was moi
at all grateful for this humane act. Or
the contrary he looked upon it as q
malicious interference with his vested
rights. He accordingly jerl1ed out his
penknife. whipped open the blade and
started after Mr.. Coney. He chased
the philanthropist all around the place.
but the pursued finally escaped. Hum
by, who is prosperous farmer, is sup
posed to be temporarily insane.
A PUMPKIN weighing 134 pounds is OF
J exhibition at GAINESVILLE.
The warm weather of several weeks
ago has caused numerous fruit trees ir
the vicinity of St Marys, especially the
apple and cherry, to sprout second
growth of blossoms. the trees being
literally covered with them.
The funeral of Mrs. Allen G. Thur
man took place from the Thurman resi-
dence at 3 o'clock the other afternoon
the interment being made in Greenlawr
cemetery, Columbus The funeral was
private, only about twenty-five outside
of the immediate family being present
by invitation Four nephews of Mrs
Thurman, according to her request