The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-05-12
OHIO STATE NEWS.

Fulton county, near Metamorn, and be-
cause the legislature did not pass the
bill providing for boards of health in
townships outside of Incorporated vii
lagos, nothing can be done to isolate it.
1t Is noted by the state board of health
that diphtheria is on the increase in
rural districts while 1t Is diminishing In
cities all of which have boards of
health.
THREE Wooster men went fishing, and
mad at their bad luck, each took a shot
Mt Farmer Charles Griffin for fun. They
were arrested.
URBAN HESTER, supreme court clerk,
who demanded the resignation of his
deputy, II. M. Crow, has made up with
Crow and all trouble is over.
Mrs. MAMIE SMITH got one cent
damages against John +. Bowles, at
Pomeroy, for slander.
The new penitentiary management
will not allow prisoners any more
:imusements or privileges.
JAMES IIINDMAN, of New Cumberland,
near Carrollton, stole VIM. McKees
wife. and when Mckee went after her
uindman shot him.
Jos. SMITH, of GAINESVILLE, is arrested
at Newark for burglary.
PETER WILHELM, a middle-aged resi-
dent Of Massillon, while respondent
committed suicide by poisoning himself.
Hoo cholera has broken out in War
rcn.
UPPER SANDusKY's council sat down
on job lot fallirs-
PHINEAs JONES, of Springfield, was
mystcriously poisoned and will die
THE auditor of state has concluded
his quarterly examination and counting
of the money In the state treasury.
The amount of cash in the safe is sl,-
27S, ,23S.03. The amount of g, 723, ,724. 81 In
securities deposited with the superin-
tendent of insure for benefit and secu-
rity of the policy-holders in Ohio, and
deposited with the state treasurer in
accordance with the provision of sec
tion 2S1 of the revised statutes Secu-
rites deposited with the treasurer by
the Union Savings and Trust Co., Of
Cincinnati, amount to 500, 800; for the
Central Trust and Deposit Co., $780,
O21.13 USvES
SIX children were born on an emf
grant train between Salamanca and
Kent the other afternoon.
AT Kent the engine used in peanut
roastcr owned by George Chaurette ex-
plodcd the other afternoon and serious
ly burned his wife, who was attend
ing it.
AK Italian lad named Snlnora, Of
Mantua, investigated torpedo with
hammer and lost one Of his arms.
TIE four tramps who broke into the
Lake Shore baggage room at Fremont
some time ago were tried, found guilty,
and were sentenced as follows: James
Bryan, two years In the penitentiary;
John Reilly. three; H. Brennan, five
years, and r. Clark, five.
A JAPANESE performer and his wife.
with Burke's circus, got possession OF o
child from the Children's home at Zanes-
villc on pretense that they would give
him n good home. The object Is to
make performer Of the child, and
GAINESVILLE people arc mad
JOHN ANDERSEN, the Dane on trial at
Cleveland for bigamy, says that the
reason he deserted his wives was that
they wanted to ''slobber" over him all
the time.
JANE CLEMENTS died ut the home of
her son in Malta township, near Mo
Connellsville, at the advanced age Of
| 104 years.
MRS. JANE RICHARDs, of Radcliff, q
hamlet sixteen miles north of Gallipolis,
was burned to death the other morn
ing. While throwing some old dead
| grape vine on fire she had
| ignitcd in the garden her calico dress
caught on fire, and before she was
aware of the fact, the flames had almost
envelopcd her. Before Mrs. Henderson,
q neighbor, arrived, poor Mrs. Richards
was burned almost to a crisp.
| HENRY WIENER was arrested at Dal-
ton the other afternoon on the charge
of poisoning his step-daughter, Miss
Ada EbersOle Weimcr. 1t has been
openly charged for some time that
Wetmer deliberately poisoned the girl
in order to secure possession of her
property, small house and lot in Dali
ton. The girl was taken deathly sick
on tho night Of March 23 with terrible
pains in her stomach, and died in an
awful agony the night of March s6.
The body was embalmed two hours aft
or death and taken to Lancaster, Pa,
by Weimer for burial. where he told
such contradictory stories Of the cause
of her death rs to excite suspicion.
JOHN SHRA was run over and killed
by the cnrs at Zaleski.
WIN. ]. B. ALLEN, the missing Cleve-
land accountant, is short eS2, 900.
NEARLY all the old penitentiary
guards have been replaced by new men.
JAMES HILL, Of Springfield, borrowed
Geo. Smiths gun with which to kill JEFF
Smothers, who was intimate with Hills
wife. Hill failed to return the gun and
was arrested
Two men named Mathers and Alex
nndcr were crushed to death in q mine
near Frazeyburg.
CINCINNATI is to have q sixth bridge
across the Ohio river. Secretary of