The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-04-07
OHIO STATE NEWS.

The full extent Of the law-twenty
years--was the other afternoon dealt
out to Patrick J. Elliott by Judge Dun
can, of the criminal court, at Columbus,
for the murder of A. c. Osborn. This
sentence was given after the motion
made some days since for new trial
was overruled.
Miss IDA PORTER, beautiful and ac-
complished young lady, has brought
suit at Carrollton, against William
Black, prominent young attorney, for
breach Of promise, claiming her young
affections have been trifled with $4,000
worth. The case will attract much at
tention throughout eastern Ohio. Mr..
Black is the junior member of the WELL
known law firm of Hayes & Black Of
Carrollton. Miss Porter Is the belle Of
Dell Roy, thriving village seven miles
south of Carrollton.
THE Clermont county murderer, Ed
ward w. Jones, the FIRST man 10 receive
the death sentence In that fair and
peaceable county, few days ago,
passed through the execution chamber
at the penitentiary into the cell that he
will occupy until the mandate of the
law is executed He Is the fifth of mel
ancholy band that forever chafe behind
the painted bars of their gloomy home,
like rats restlessly running to and fro In
their cage
SAMUEL N. STUBS, a prominent farm
er living near West Elkton, was fatally
injured few days ago In peculiar
manner. He was on O load of hay
which commenced to upset. and while q
hired hand was attempting to straighten
the load Stubs was struck on the
head by the boom pole. His skull was
fractured and he is supposed to be fatal
ly injured.
AT Springfield all union carpenters,
about two hundred in number struck
the other morning because the oontrao-
tors refused to grant ON increase of az
cents per hour, nine hours to constitute
days labor and eight hours on Satur-
day. The contractors agreed to give
them the 2Hcents increase, but refused
the extra hour on Saturday.
A DILL introduced In the house by
Judge Holcomb, provides that In coun-
ties where there are no work-houses, the
commissioners shall parole Jail prisoners
who have families dependent on them
for support. The prisoners must 60 to
work, and, on infraction Of the condi
Nons of the parole, be returned to Jail.
Such O law would be means Of saving
much money by the county and benefit
TO the families of petty culprits.
JOSEPH CLINE, Of Perintown. was
swindled out Of $3.50 by nghtnlng-rod
sharks
THE other day thero died In Eas,
Liverpool one Of the Oldest citizens in
Ohio. William Densniore was Of Eng.
Hsh extraction and WIS born at Lock.
port, N. T., February e9. 1859, and was
therefore little more than l03 years
old.
WHEy an individual sues corporation
for damages to life or limb and secures
Judgment, the corporation almost in
variably appeals the case, usually with
the object of exhaustinR the patience
and money of the injured man, or tbs
relatives of the killed man, and not un
frequently furces o compromise OF
terms more favorable to the company
than the finding Of the jury. Mr.. Hol
cou1b has introduced bill to discourag;
this kind Of business 1t provides that
when pleintiR against municipal ol
private corporation obtains judgmen
for damages to property, person or life
and the upper courts do not reverse tht
Judgment each court shall make an al
lowance to the original plaintiff Of rea
sonable attorneys fees, to be paid b.
the original defendant
REPRESENTATIVE JAMES, a bachelor
proposes that no married man shal
have an advantage over him He intro
duced bill providing that the wages o
married men shall not be exempt from
garnishee for debts for boarding, food
lodging, or the actual Necessities OF life
The present law practically exempts
benedict's salary from attachment
| AT Findlay, Jos Lytle, an inmate 0
the Notional soldiers home at Dayton
assaulted his divorced wife and tw'
daughters with hatchet The woma,
and one daughter win die Lytle wa
taken from jail about o'clock In tn
morning and lynched
! JACOB WARD, a prominent farmer liv
ing near Olivesburg, In the northeas,
ern part Of Richland county, commits
suicide by hanging himself the othe
night He had never fully recovere4
from an attack OF Ia grippe, and hun,
himself while temporarily insane
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