The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-11-23
NEWS ITEMS.

tlon OF the coast OF Greece.
The Newberry library has been
moved into its magnificent new quarters
at Chicago.
Emperor William formerly opened
the German reichstag Thursday. He
thanked members for passing the army
bill.
A gang of thieves, similar to the one
recently broken up, is operating extern
sively in Preston and Bar rbour counties,
w. Va.
Daniel Irish, separated from his fam
lily for 36 years and given up for dead,
has turned up at their home, at Frank
ton, Ind
AT Charleston, w. Va, thirty United
States prisoners were fined 500 for
Illicit whisky distilling, and four were
acquitted.
James w. Carter, of Carrollton, KY,
was Friday sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary for passing forged
checks in Madison, Ind.
The United States grand jury.
Wednesday, began an investigation OF
the wrecking of the Indianapolis bank
by the Haugheys and Coffin.
AT Hancock, Mich, NJ. J. Andrews
was killed by mass of falling rock,
and Henry Trevenow was fatally in.
jured Both men have families.
A second license to wed has been
issued to j. l.. Cullison and Maud NJ.
Darling, of Mt. Vernon, o. They were
divorced at a recent term of court.
Mrs. 1mogene Hyatt has sued Alfred
Tucker, wealthy widower, of Peru,
Ind, for $50, 900 for breach of promise.
She was formerly his housekeeper.
An attempt will probably be made to
hold over the old city council, Frank.
fort, KY, for two years on the ground
that the new one was illegally elected.
The Wisconsin Marine and Fire In
surance Co., bank, of Milwaukee, bet
ter known as the Mitchell" will re.
sumo Its creditors will receive dollar
for dollar.
The date for holding the specia,
meeting of the Ohio state board of par
dons has been changed from Novembe,
80, Thanksgiving day, to December Z,
one week later.
Ira Krum, living near Phenicia, Pa.
| insane from religion, announced tha,
in a revelation God had commanded hin
to fast. He proceeded to do so, anC
, died on the fifty-first day.
Ex-President Harrison has accepted
: the invitation to become the guest OF
the Union league, Philadelphia, ant
has named the evening of December q
as the time for the affair.
Over five hundred United States pris
oners are confined in Charleston. w. Va.
awaiting trial. The Jail being unabl,
J to accommodate them, they are scat
tered at various places throughout tn,
town.
coal car ran over Dan McCarty a
Bon Air mines near Clarksville, Tenn.
mangling him horribly, causing dealt
instantly. Half his head was mashe,
off and found sticking to the ca
wheels
Higher prices were the rule at tn
stock exchange, New York, at tn
opening Friday morning. The improve
ment ranged from 4 to per cent, ant
was most marked in the case of tn,
industrials.
Diphtheria has broken out at Bairds
town, Wood county, O., and the epi
demic is spreading Many critical case
are reported, and the schools have beel
closed on account of the prevalence O
the disease.
Gen. Jos. Marti, representative of tn
independent party of Cuba in tn
United States, received a dispatcl
Thursday to the effect that the Cubal
rebellion is at an end, and that the in
surgents have surrendered.
The British government has yields
to the claim of the Christian Brother
and other Catholic communities in Ire
land that they may participate in tb
educational grants without removing
the religious emblems from thei
schools
VIM. Blankshein, an old and highl
respected German resident was il
stantly killed by falling from the see
ond story of the new Lutheran schoc
building, Laporte, Ind, where he wa
at work. He leaves a widow and 81
children.
Snip" Donovan, the horse-trainel
Thursday pleaded guilty of mar
slaughter at Freehold, N. j., for tn
killing of John Chew at the Monmout
race track August 8 last, and was SCI
fenced to ten years Imprisonment i
the state prison.