The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-01
NEWS ITEMS

governor by the democrats of Idaho
The international peace congress has |
voted to hold its next meeting in Chica-
60 in 1893
The Tenth district Wisconsin repub-
licans Wednesday nominated Nels p
Haugen for congress
The Berlin Tageblatt announces that
the sultan Of Zanzibar is splitting blood
and is dangerously i'll
Maj Wahis, ce-governor-general of
the Congo Free State has been ap-
pointed governor-general
Hawthorne, racer owned by Harry
Lewis and valued at 81, 600, fell dead at
the Point Pleasant (O) fair.
Frank Kelly. property-man of Ring
hng's circus was assassinated By en-
unknown person at Garrett, Ind
Efforts are being made to induce the
president to make tour Of New York.
speaking from the rear platform
The steamer Jersey City. from New
York, before reported with machinery
disabled, arrived at Bristol Friday.
Chief Justice Irving, of the First Judi
cial court OF Maryland, is dead He
was at one time q practicing lawyer In
| Cincinnati.
The people Of Ogden, Utah, are great
| ly' exercised over report that City
Treasurer Helfrich Is defaulter TO the
amount of $4,000
Hon. Geo. r. Kribbs, of Clarion, Pa.
was renominated by the democratic
conferees for congress in the Twenty
eighth pa district
The North German Lloyd Steamship
Co, as announced will carry no steerage
passengers who came from Russia dur
ing the cholera epidemic.
Three children of farmer named
Wilson were bitten by a rattlesnake
while fourth fell into q well in Madi-
son county, Ga. All are dead
VIM. l.. Murfree, father of the we'll
known authoress, Miss Mary Murfree,
/ Charles Egbert Craddock), died at his
i home near Murfreesboro, Tenn
A. W. johnson. secretary and treas
urer of the Chickasaw Saddlery Co, of
Memphis, Tenn, is mysteriously miss
ing. He is said to be short Sl2, 1000
At Charleston, W. Va, the funeral Of
Val Samples, the grocer who was muir
dered by burglar, was the largest
ever held In the State The murderer
is still at large.
Matt Roberts, prominent mer-
chant of Knoxville, Tenn, suicided
here this morning by blowing his head
off with gun. Deceased had been
sick two weeks.
The Berlin correspondent Of the Lon
Telegraph mentions report, which he
believes to be fabulous, that sixty-fve
persons have already died of Asiatic
cholera In Berlin
Mrs VIM. Morton died In o paroxysm,
after being bitten by a mad dog thir-
teen years ago She died in Carbon,
Ind. of hydrophobia, so pronounced by
. the family physician.
In the Tennessee river, Ave miles
north Of Paducah, KY, Thursday after.
noon the body Of well-dressed white
man, whose head bore evidence of foul
= play, was found In drift pile
. The Vice Consul General at Teheran
, telegraphs that the estimated deaths in
: Persia from cholera are $4,000; 5000 IN
Meshed; $4,000 in Tabritz; 5000 in Te.
, heran, and 10000 in other places
At Chicago Frank Glovosky, stock
yards laborer, shot and instantly killed
his wife because she insisted upon re-
naming outside of the house when he
had told her to 60 in The murderer
was arrested
The Kentucky legislature reassem-
n bled In extra session, called by the gov
ernor, Thursday Twenty senators
and "a representatives were present,
. making 70 out of the 1873 that compose
/ the two houses
= Prof. Henry Crew, of Lick Observa.
: tory. has resigned He will take the
3 chair of physics at the Northwestern
9 university. His is the third resignation
, from the staff of the Lick Observatory
C within few months
] State Food Commissioner McNeal has
secured two letters written by New
York and Philadelphia merchants to an
r Ohio dealer in regard to selling him
I strongly adulterated coffee He will
s watch for the shipments
+ At Portland, Ore, Arthur Walker, os
( Australia, and Dick Johnson, of Port
q land (colored). middle weights, fought
q before the Pastime Athletic Clab for 9
Q purse Of 500 johnson was knocked
] out In the forty first round
Somerby and bis colleagues are try
ing TO re-establish the Iron Hall, and
circulars advising members to pay NJ
4 assessments to the receiver, but to for
ward them TO Philadelphis o. BaltS
I more, have been sent out
4 A sharp shock Of earthquake wes en-
e perenced at Bermuda Houses weFs
@ terribly shaken up and heavy swel
= was caused in the harbor No damagv
= has been reported The duration Of th4
= shock was about thirty seconds as
e A movement Is said to be on foot Il
g establish q, big distillery in Chicago a.
. . rival Of the whisky trust william
5 Rice, a wealthy brewer, and formerly
largely interested in the trust. b al
Q legged to be the leading baclaer Of tn