The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-08
NEWS ITEMS.

supporting.
"Jem" Hall, the pugilist, has sailed
from London for New York on the
steamer Majestic.
A terrific battle between horse and
dog, the property of NJ. Grevier, New
Bedford, Mass, resulted in the death Of
both.
The count of the vote in Oklahoma
has been completed by the secretary
and shows both houses Of the legisla-
ture to be tie politically.
At Shenandoah, Pa, engine $40 of the
Lehigh valley line exploded. Engineer
William Barry of Shoemakers. was in
stantly killed and his fireman and
brakeman were seriously injured.
Gov. Brown has signed the death
warrant, of Alfred Stout, fixing the
date of execution January 81, 1893.
Stout was convicted of the murder of
Geo. Dittmar in Cecil county, Nd.
M. Hannah g. Co., wholesale cheese
merchants of Montreal, suspended
payment Total liabilities, s12O, ,OO0
Bank Of Toronto is creditor to the
amount of 100000 Assets not known.
There will be bill introduced in the
Alabama legislature providing for an
annuity of $500 year for Mrs Davis,
widow of jefferson Davis, during her
life. The bill will undoubtedly be
passed.
The street railroads of New Orleans
have been sold to New York syndi-
cate, represented by Mr.. w. Denegre, a
local attorney, for $40, 10000 In place
of the mule as a motive power electric
ity will be used.
Anthracite coal has boen discovered
in Hamilton county, Ind, at depth of
but a few feet below the surface. The
find is thought to be in paying quaint.
ties, and an organization will be effect.
ed to develop it.
Not guilty was the verdict returned
in the Delong murder case at Bingham.
ton, N. Y, Wednesday. Mrs. Delong
shot and killed her husband, whom she
found with woman of low character
one day in October last.
| A very perceptible earthquake was
felt at Chattanooga, Tenn, Friday
tions lasted ten seconds The shock
was not so severe as the one which firs,
shook Charleston in 1885,
| While temporarily insane Prof Fred
| erick Nitchlke, one of the best known
| residents and musicians of Thurstor
county, Washington, hanged himself al
his ranch in Sherman valley, Black
| Hills. He was pupil of Liszt
The members of the Norfolk AMI
Portsmouth cotton exchange have
handed to the secretary of the exchange
their estimates of the crop of 1s92-93
The average reached was 6,7S6, 572 bales
the estimates ranging from 5, 300, 900 Il
$500, 900 bales.
George L. Bagley, the United State:
express messenger who appropriated {
package of money containing 800, ,00t
November Is and afterwards restored
it, was Friday a1raigned in the distric
court at Davenport, la. He entered ,
plea of not guilty.
Sidney Smith, who was arrested il
Toronto three months ago and brongh
back to Omaha for forgery, Frida.
pleaded guilty and was sentenced +
one year in the penitentiary. Smitl
was formerly president of the associa
ton of American architects.
The official count of the presidentia
vote in Texas gives Cleveland 239, 14s
Harrison, 77,475; Weaver, 99,6s7; Bid
well, 2,l65. To Harrison's vote shoul,
be added 5000 ballots for the Lii,
White electors. representatives of tn
white mans faction of the, republican
party.
The democrats of New Mexico pre-
pose to take time by the forelock. The
have already held meeting to cor
slider the question of territorial patron
age. Mr. j. C Albright, editor an
proprietor of the Albuquerque Demo
crat is prominently mentioned for go1
ernor of this territory. t
The official returns of the vote i
Colorado for presidential electors wa
footed up Wednesday morning. Tn
total vote was 93,275, of which th
populist-democrats received 1854; rt
publicans, 36,614; prohibitionists, S,67t
The count has not been completed o
the balance of the ticket
Mrs Fannie Adams has confesse
that she murdered her husband the %
Of last month, at Little Rock, Ark
using a revolver. She wanted to &c
him out of the way so she could MARI
Geo. Williams, the man who furnishe
the revolver and with whom she ha
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