Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-05-06
OHIO STATE NEWS.

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Vile, disposing of ffty.nine head,
which brought S4,22O. Prices ranged
from $50 to S155. Chief Justice Brad
bury, of Pomeroy, purchased several
head for his stock farm. Col. ID. h.
Hunt, of Cincinnati, was present.
THE Grand Lodge of Ohio, Royal Ar
canum, elected the following officers:
Grand regent, Lucian Seymour, Of Ash
tabula; grand vice regent, G. NJ. Steven
son, of Bellefontaine; grand orator, r.
| l.. Mckee, of Toledo; grand cha r,lain,
| N T. Ashbaugh, of East Liverpool;
| grand guide, A. Il. Rawlerson, vi Mt.
Vernon; grand secretary, j. NJ. Nc
Kinstry, of Cleveland; grand treasurer,
| w. II. Beebe, of Ravenna; grand war
den, d. McConnahey, of Tippecanoe;
grand trustee (three years., John X.
Duke of Portsmouth; representative to
supreme council two years., j. NJ. Nc
Kinstry, of Cleveland; alternate repre-
sentative two years., G. w. Lawton, Of
| Cincinnati
CLIFFORD GUY RYAN, fourteen-year-
old lad died at Springfield from smok-
ing cigarettes
G. w. ASHTON, formerly of the Tele-
| phone exchange at Gallipolis, was ar
rested at Lima charged with embez-
element. He was taken to Gallipolis
HARRY OLGE, n car inspector of the
B. and o., died at Columbus from blood
| poisoning
WILD Russian wolf is running at
large in Columbus. 1t is a mystery
where it came from. The police were
notified and encountered the animal,
but it escaped
THE next grand lodge Ohio Royal
Arcanum will be held in Cincinnati.
JOHN STEIcHLYN, a farmer, living u
few miles southeast of Ohio City, is the
possessor of a colt that is half calf.
The colt does not "whinny," but bawls
like calf. 1t is now three weeks old
and is healthy.
THE $4,000 damage case of Effie Bru-
baker against her father-in-law, Homer
Brubal5er, at Fremont, for the alien
alton of her husbands affection, was
decided after weeks trial, with n
verdict of S1,SOO for the plaintiff. The
defense Immediately filed a motion for
a new trial.
ONE HUNDRED Italian laborers are at
Springfield to work on the Ohio extern
sion.
won.
The hazing sophomores of Delaware,
will be tried May at 10 a, m.
AT COshocton, the other night, the
sheriff discovered that seven prisoners
had made their escape from the county
| jail by cutting hole through the Jail
floor into the cellar, and thence crawl
| ing through the coal hole into the al
ley. Five of the men, Thomas Norton,
James Francis, Martin Cox, Michael
| O'Connor and james Norris, had all re-
ceived sentences of from eighteen
months to four years in the peniten-
tiary at the recent term of the common
| pleas court, and We're awaiting trans
mission to Columbus Parties are
securing the country in all directions
in search of them.
REV. CLAUDE WILSON, who formerly
had charge of Methodist church at
Shawnee, suicided on the steps of Miss
Carrie Kingston's house, Columbus, by
swallowing rough on rats. He had
been home suffering from an affection
| of the eyes, and had long courted the
| girl but the marriage had been post
poned from day to day. Wilson told
the girl that if she did not marry him
| at certain time he would kill himself.
At the appointed hour he called, but
| the young lady's brother informed Will
son that he could not see her. Wilson
drew a pistol, but was knocked down
and disarmed. Springing to his feet
he drew package of poison from his
| pocket and swallowed it. He died in
few hours.
| WADswoRTH has case of smallpox.
JAMES SLIGHT, aged sixteen is mystic
riously missing from his home at
| Portsmouth.
CONSIDERABLE apprehension has been
aroused at Cleveland by the discovery
that the current sent into the ground
by the electric street railways is seri-
ously injuring the water pipes. Direc-
tor Hersick of the public works depart
ment displays pieces of lead pipe put
down in August, 1890, six feet under
the rails, that have been electrolized
and are worthless. They look as if
eaten by powerful acid and crumble
to the touch The current evidently
sought the moist pipe as the line of
least resistance, and followed it until
its potency was lost. 1t is impossible
to tell how much damage has been done,
but the water-works officials are great
ly alarmed.
The republican state central commit
tee met at the Neil house, Columbus,
the other day, with all members present
but Ira Crawford, of Dayton; William
A. Hunt, of St Clairsville, and Levi Z.
Meacham, of Cleveland. Il. II. Atkin-
son presented the claims of Cleveland
to the convention, asking the secretary
to read letter signed by the Cleveland
hotel men agreeing to pay all the local
expenses. Postmaster Brown, Col. j.
c. Bonner, w. l. Squire and Judge
Cochran spoke for Toledo, and j. j.
Lentz, Emmett Tomplsins, Cyrus HUI
ing, d. X. Watkins and Mayor Karb for
Columbus. The committee at noon
went into executive session, and Gen.
G. III. Grosvenor was chosen temporary