The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-29

talks were made.
AN unknown man was found dead
along the tracks of the Valley railroad
near North Industry. 1t is supposed
that he was run down by train.
WILLIAM GwEEy hanged himself in
Jail at Canton. He had been incarcer-
ated on the charge of stealing his room
mates watch.
SEVERAL saloonists were arrested at
Newark for violating the midnight law.
One is councilman.
The Star laundry and adjoining frame
buildings, at GAINESVILLE, were burned
at midnight, with loss of s.. 900, par
TALLY covered by insurance. The origin
was probably incendiary.
Mrs JANE PORTER prevented her
aged fathers marriage to Miss Miller.
a clerk al Steubenville, by making APP
plication for a guardian for him. He is
John Garret, ST., n wealthy river engi-
neer. A bachelor brother lately left
him quarter of million.
JAMES MORROW, an employe of the
Lima Steel Casting works, was buried
under a ton of iron the other day, which
fell from the crane. He was rendered
unconscious and will die.
SPECIAL census of the city, taken
by order of council, shows Canton to
have population OF 50. 1G., an increase
over 1890 of nearly 6,O0o.
DURING a fox hunt near Newton
Falls, gun in the hands of Henry
King, n wealthy farmer, was accident
ally discharged. The ball struck Dam
iel Techlitner, a tenant of Kings, who
was leading the hounds few steps in
advance OF the hunters. below the
shoulder blade, passing clean through
his body, inflicting fatal wound.
King is crazed with grief over the
accident Techlitner is forty years of
age and has wife and family of four
children.
some weeks ago Joseph Byers, clerk
OF the board of state charities, forward
cd to the chiefs of police or marshals Of
40 cities and towns in Ohio blanks to
be filled out with prison statistics OF
that number sent out there were but
100 returns. These reports show the
following items: Cost of erection of
city prisons in 100 cities and towns, in
cluding in some places the city halls,
$2os, 144; number of cells, SIS; majority
of prisons heated by stoves, but some
not at all; number of prisoners that can
be accommodated, 93S; total mum Der of
inmates for the year ending September
l, 1892. were 30, $50. Of this number 81
were insane, and 9, ,146 were under the
age of 16 years.
EDWARD MAUI.EY had several fingers
taken off in IL machine at the Deuber
watch case works, Canton.
JoHs FRErHoPE, a jealous gardener
near Urbana, fatally kicked his wife
and then shot himself.
DIPHrHERrA is causing a frightful
mortality among the children of Pal
rnyra, mining village twelve miles
north of Alliance.
BURGLARS got eos from John Whites
house, Delaware
Wk. LyAN, while ont coon hunting.
fell over the rocks at Cedar Falls, a dis.
tanee OF one hundred and sixty feet, and
was killed.
CAPT. AMOS CLARK, of Dayto died u
few days ago. He was formerly chief
of police.
THE police commissioners of Column
bus have instructed the chief of police
TO close saloons at midnight md keep
gamblers under cover at all times. and
require both to observe respectability
on Sunday.
HETrIE WHirED, Of Washington.
c. H., shot herself with 22-caliber pis-
toi, the wound being OF very danger
Gus character. The girl says it was an
accident.
THE state dairy and food commis-