The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-08-24
NEWS ITEMS.

MOTIFS Harris, w, one OF the founders
of the underground railway" before
the war, is dead at Wilmington, Del.
Gold to the amount of 9314, 900 wis
withdrawn from the Bank of Eng
land, Thursday, for shipment to the
United States.
Atlanta merchants have agreed to
accept clearinghouse certificates. They
will be printed at once and put in use
without delay.
The Hotel Imperial, Michigan Boule-
ward and Twelfth street, Chicago, capi-
tai s100,000 went into the hands of a
receiver Thursday.
= Prince Cantacuzene, the new Russian
minister to Washington, is an inveter-
ate traveller and chess player. He car
ries pocket board.
Jas. Brown captured grey eagle on
a telegraph pole at High and Center
streets, Springfield. O., Thursday. 1t
was fine specimen.
Secretary Carlisle has requested the
resignation of J. Webb "What-are-we-
here-for" Flanagan, collector of GUS
toms at Ell Paso, Tex.
Moonshiners in Jail at Birmingham,
Ala, were caught making whisky in
their cells from apples bent gas pipe,
tin boxes and spittoon.
The coal miners of st. Clair county,
ILL.,, are organizing for strike, de-
mand for a small increase made by
them having been refused.
The vineyards of Ay and Epernay,
in the champaign district, have been
ravaged by phylloxera and the ruin OF
the whole district is feared.
At West Superior, Wis, the street car
employees of the whole city struck
Thursday morning, owing to a twenty
per cent reduction in wages.
Henry Campbell died suddenly at
Hopkinsville, KY, aged rs years. He
was well known as one of the pioneer
slaves of southern Kentucky.
The cholera cases in Naples are
diminishing and it is expected the reign
of the plague is over. General health
of the people of Rome is good.
At Denver, COL, Frank Barton,
carpenter, was fatally shot by officer
McPhee at an early hour Friday morn
ing, the police mistaking him for
burglar.
The rebels in the province of Cor
rientes have defeated the government
troops and are marching on Corrientes
City. Latest advices from La Plata
are that the rebels are at present in
active.
The secretary of the navy has ordered
the Philadelphia from Callao to Homo
lulu to relieve the Boston as the flag
ship of the Pacific station. The Boston
repairs
John Turnbulrs house was destroyed
and the hired girl and baby killed by
a tornado south of Pawnee City, Neb.
Five inches of rain fell. Many bridges
have been swept away and other dam
age done.
At Pomeroy, O., cigarette fiends"
are now compelled to cross the Ohio
river into West Virginia for their
supplies. One boy has several custo-
mers, for whom he makes the trip
once each day,
The New York Worlds San Salvador
says: A number of military
prisoners belonging to the command of
Col. Flores, who was recently shot,
tried to effect their escape. Seventeen
of them were killed.
The coal strike is assuming grave
aspect in Wales The strikers, thou
sands strong and cudgel armed, are
preventing the miners from
working. In some places the soldiery
have been summoned.
A terrible hail-stor1n passed through
Wright county, Mimi, Friday after
noon, completely destroying everything
in it's path. The path of the storm was
only half mile wide, but from thirty
to forty miles in length.
Lindsay & McCutcheon, iron and steel
of Allegheny, Pa, en-
ploying eight hundred men, signed
the Amalgamated association wage
scale Wednesday and ordered that
work be resumed Thursday.
Official returns from Russia indicate
a further increase of cholera. The epi-
demic is especially severe in Moscow,
where 1866 new cases and sixty-seven
deaths from the disease were reported
from August to August 12
While currying colt ID. M. Easley,
one of the best known residents of
Wood county, O., was kicked in the
face by the aniSnal and instantly killed.
He was contractor and builder by oc-
cupation and quite wealthy
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