The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-28
OHIO STATE NEWS.

OHlO STATE NEWS.
y Four democratic mail carriers, of
iMassillon, have refused to resign. at
the request Of the republican postmas.
ter.
AT Canton, in ct Of insanity, the
other morning, Mrs. Geo. Offenberger
swallowed quantity of lye, and beat
herself on the head with a hatchet,
infiicting injuries which will cause her
death. She has husband and four
children.
THE two-year-old son of George Crise
was left alone in ths house by his moth
er at Massillon, the other morning. He
got some matches, set his clothes on
fire and was burned to death.
The cold snap is driving tramps to
Blufton by the score The other night
one went to the residence of Mrs. G. b.
Mann and demanded place to sleep
She told him to wait until she saw her
husband, as he was asleep, he being
the night police. The tramp at once
knocked her down. The noise awak-
ened her husband, and she was found
unconscious. The tramp fed, and off,
GERS are in hot pursuit Mrs. Mann is
in precarious condition.
FREIGHT conductor c. G. Cronin, of
the Chicago and Erie road. was killed
near Judson early the other morning.
The engineer waited an unusual time
for him to come forward and sign Or
ders, then sent a brakeman back to
look for Cronin. His body was found
some distance down the track, horribly
mangled. 1t is supposed he fell be-
tween the cars and under the wheels
He was very popular man, and an
officer OF the order of railroad conduc-
tors 49,
ALBAN DAVIES, an ex-member of the
legislature and president Of the Pom
eroy Machine Co., died at Pomeroy the
other morning of an abscess of the inner
ear.
HOWARD ToLERToN was nearly killed
in a sleigh race at Alliance.
WIN. NYE was crushed to death at
Columbus by q piano.
A CAT and big rat were found sleep
Ing together in John Seymour's grain
elevator at Kenton. When awakened
the cat killed her bed-fellow.
MRS. FOWLER Of Mt Vernon, acci-
dentally run a knife into her arm, sew
ering an artery. She was almost dead
before a physician arrived.
THE safe at Redmond's mill, four
miles east Of Springfield, was cracked
the other morning. The burglars used
so much powder that the safe was
blown to fragments, and part of the
mill was badly damaged About $40
in money is missing.
THOMAS MCGowEN an old soldier,
was found frozen to death near the en-
trance to the Dayton Soldiers home.
ROSE HILL, Darle county village,
is in the clutches of scarlet fever epi-
demic OF the most malignant form. The
schools have all been dismissed, and
several deaths among children have oc-
cured The origin of the disease in
that vicinity is somewhat mysterious,
as the first child taken with it had not
been exposed 1t is thought that it was
brought into the neighborhood by a
tramp who stopped at a farmers house
; 70 get something to eat The local ply
sicians have been unable to check it's
ravages thus far, and serious results
are expected
AT Springfield, A. W. Cheney and
Miss Hagerman had a miraculous es-
cape from death while out sleigh riding.
In attemptiong to cross the railroad
track at Western avenue, Big Four
passenger train struck the cutter,
knocking them out and killing the
horse. Both escaped with few slight
injuries.
JOHN DANNER, an eccentric farmer,
living alone, four miles south of Lima,
died the other day. A few days later
relatives were examining his effects
and in an old red chest they unearthed
$4,000 in gold, silver, and currency. He
was known to be well off, but the find
was big surprise,
The Holiday law enacted by the last
legislature, prohibiting minors from
entering saloons makes both the saloon
keeper and the minor who entered his
placs criminally liable. This double.
acting provision operates against secur-
ing testimony to convict saloon-keep.
ers, for the reason that minors giving
evidence thereby criminate themselves.
Mr.. Haskell, of Lorain, introduced a
bill in the house to amend and enlarge
that section of the law relating to eyi-
dence, so as to enable minors to give
this class of testimony without endan-
gering themselves.
A BILL was introduced in the house
by Mr.. Griffin which provides that a
garnishee may have the same right as
other witnesses to demand the fees in
advance. Otherwise he may not go into
court and make disclosures. This bill
is in the interest of laboring men, who
are frequently put to great expense and
annoyance by reason of having their
wages garnisheed when the plaintiff
knows that there is nothing coming to
him beyond the amount exempted by
law.
CHRIS. SEIGLER, of Cleveland, ate
some homemade sausage and died soon
afterward. Trichina.
SIX ladies broke through the ice
while skating at Spriupfield and mar