The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-02
OHIO STATE NEWS.


AT North Bloomfield, Carl Peterson,
aged 1s, shot and killed his brother,
Frank A. They were playing with an
Did gun found in the attic.
ISAAC GoUCKULouMA, Finlander,
prisoner in the penitentiary, doing
time for manslaughter, is trying to sui
eide by the starvation route.
JUST as the patients at the state In
SAN asylum were being marched to the
assembly room for fancy dress ball,
an alarm of fire was given and there
was great excitement for a time. The
fire was extinguished without serious
loss.
CARROLL SCHoTT, a trusty at the Ohio
penitentiary, laid plans to escape, but
was recaptured. His right name is VIM.
Hennery.
FARMER JOSEPH SANFORD assigned at
Newark for $4,000
SIDNEY SMITH and Willie Buff, of
Martins Ferry, were drowned in the
Ohio river while skating.
The silk industry in Ohio appears to
be in its infancy, according to census
bulletin issued few days ago. There
are only three establishments manufac-
turing silk in the state These employ
capital of s37,s and own lands and
buildings valued at SIS, 600, machinery
worth 1850, and their total live assets
are shown to be ,0sO. Forty hands
are employed by these establishments
and the total wages paid amount to
s13,6S5.
JOHN ELLIS, alias "Three-fingered
jack" ex-convict and all-around crook,
shot and dangerously wounded by
Murderer Obernesser in a saloon brawl
at Canton, few months ago, and who
rewarded his father for nursing him
back to life by getting the old gentle
man drunk, and then robbing him of
of lifetime of toll few days ago,
and then disappeared, was arrested in
Carrollton, the other night, and COM
mitted to the county Jail. He is suffer
ing from an attack of congestion of
the lungs, which is liable to terminate
fatally.
NEAR Corsse station tire on one of
the drivers of the Empire express
flew from the wheel into an adjoining
field. The train was stopped, however,
| before the engine left the rails.
JUDGE PUGH refused a writ of habeas
corpus in the case of young Irwin Get
tiers, of Day ton, and sent him back to
the state prison, where he will serve
out his term of two years.
A SMALL child of William Allen, Of
Coalton, was scalded to death by pulling
over upon itself a kettle of hot water.
4 child of Patrick Coyer met death fif-
teen minutes later in the same manner.
AT Mansfield, Jacob Scharr, car
penter, aged so, fatally shot himself.
Family difficulty is the cause.
S. H. CULBERTsoN, of GAINESVILLE,
while attempting to frighten some mis-
chievous boys with revolver, acci-
IDENTIFY shot himself in the abdomen.
NEW post office has been estab-
lished at Wesley, Perry county, and
Alva Hammer appointed postmaster.
VIM. H. YOUNG, Columbus pioneer,
was found head in bed few days since.
WILLIAM BANNING, well known res
ident of Austin burg, Ashtabula county,
was found dead in the woods half
mile from his home the other night.
He was nearly blind and had been to
visit neighbor, who had accompanied
him part of the way home. 1t is su-
posed that he was confused and was
frozen to death.
THE bridal presents given to Frank r.
App and Susie Philips, who were
married some days ago at Akron, and
amounting to $1,OOo were stolen from
car where they had been placed for ship.
ment to Cleveland.
A MONSTER wildcat was killed by boys
on Tom Thomas farm, near Wellston.
AN electric car jumped the track at
Libson and Third streets East Liver
pool and nearly demolished brick
building across the street
The post Office at Ramey Ashland
county, has been discontinued and mail
ordered to Knowlton.
FIFTY years ago George Acker and
Miss Teresa Koble were united in
marriage, and the other day, after fifty
years of prosperous and happy married
life, celebrated their golden wedding,
at Logan, at which large number OF
relatives and guests were present and
partook of most magnificent dinner.
The aged couple were the recipients of
number of elegant presents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Acker are in excellent health, and
bid fair to live number of years vet.