The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-29
OHIO STATE NEWS

OHlO 0lAYH NEWS
BURGLARS are making Il lively for the
people Of Kenton. Hardly . night
passes but houses are entered.
A YOUNG boy threw q switch on the
Big Four railroad at Dayton. Just TO Zee
wreck. He saw one but isn't old
enough TO go to jail. sa
NEAR New California, Nal Ellis and
wife, living on the A. T. Kenton farm,
were assaulted in their room BY an nm
known, who shot at them and then cat
Mr.. Ella satf.s
The West Park glass works will be
paid q $1,000 bonus to locate at Ports
mouth. The board Of trade may offer
the Q. P. 4 v. Railway Co. 10000 with
which to rebuild its shops, and the town
also wants West Superior (Wia) knit.
ting factory to move there n4 s!7.
WM Wills, = wealthy farmer Of Ma
rystown, was fatally injured by being
struck by piece of stump blown up by
dynamite on his farm. ~
The cornerstone Of the new Masonic
home at Springfield is 10 be laid with
impressive ceremonies October 10 AL
the Masonic lodges in the state will be
represented tsf..,s
THE strike of 200 miners at the coal
mines, Massillon, is ended. They with.
drew their demand and agreed TO 60 to
work. a.. aaI-,e,-.ass
MRS. E. A. SHARP, Of Fremont . pio.
neer and we'll known, Is dead.
The company that has been organ
lied to pipe natural gas from the Fair.
field county field to GAINESVILLE, was
much elated the other day by the news
that their first well was gusher. The
other morning gas was struck at the
depth of 2,sOS feet, and its capacity is
estimated at 100000 cubic feet daily.
ADJr.-GrN. PocoCK is pushing the
work on the roster of Ohio soldiers as
rapidly rs possible. Volume IL OF the
cavalry roster has, been completed, and
is now being sent to the various grand
army posts of the state, and the twenty
seven regiments OF three months men
have all been enrolled Hi7 '.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Railroad Co, is engaged in building a
fve-mile piece Of track from Wellston
to Glen Roy.
THB leaders of the peoples party Of
the jackson congressional district nomi.
mated Alva Agee, of Gallia county, ex.
president of tho Farmers Alliance, for
congress-, and John c. Stevenson, Of
Jackson county, for presidential elector.
The republican majority in that district
Is over 1000.
BURGLARS blew open the safe in A.
{o a Sc An
other night, and stole about s4oO in
money and several notes The work
was apparently done by experts, and
there is no trace Of the burglars
GRACE PARKHURsr, fourteen years
old, died at Columbus, few days ago,
from no other apparent reason than
grief Her brother Arthur, to whom
the dead girl was very much attached,
died week ago, and Grace took his
death so much to heart that she dropped
and died of sorrow.
JAMES WOOD, the Springfield carpen-
ter, who has been in England for two
years establishing his claim to the IA
nous Wood estate, amounting to s1S5,
600. arrived home few days ago The
estate was owned by John Wood, his
grcat-granduncle, who died at Chester
Arden, Stockport, on August 10, 1890
Mr.. Wood was the nearest direct heir,
and received one-fourth Of the estate,
which is equal to slS3, 75O. He brought
home $4,000, with three years interest
added, March 81, when the final settle
ment is made. There are twenty-one
heirs to the estate. While in England
Mr.. Wood discovered that he was also
heir to the great Hatfield estate on his
grandmother's side. This is in chan.
Gerry, and it will be several years before
1t is settled. The estate amounts to
about 1,OOO,0 900. Mr. Wood was q poor
man until he received this money and
made his living by working by the day.
SAM SHoCEY was arrested for drunk
enness, the other night, and locked up
In the city prison at Ada About 2
o'clock next morning fire was discovered
In his cell, he having set FIRE to his bed.
He was in an unconscious condition,
having been overcome by the smoke.
Shocey is familiar character, having
been arrested in nearly every large city
in the country. and always creates .
sensation by attempting suicide He
has frequently been cut down when at
the point of death. He is the author Of
. book. which has been published 70
Gently, entitled Twenty-Five Yeass
Fighting Fate" .f