The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-20
NEWS ITEMS.


fused to give an option of its fran
chise
Gen. Loizillon, French minister Of
war, win open an inquiry into the
melinite scandal
NJ. Waddington and Prince d. ArenberT
have been elected to the board Of
directors Of the Suez canal
The general court-martial appointed
to meet at Columbus barracks, O., De-
cember 81, 1892, is dissolved
A cloudburst at Centralia, Ill, caused
the entire city to be submerged, doing
thousands of dollars damage st
William j. Little, of Hot Springs,
Ark, has been appointed superintend-
ent OF the Hot Springs reservation.
Cholera is spreading rapidly in East
eru Galicia. The average number of
deaths daily has doubled in the past
week.
Marshall B., son Of Gov. Jones, Of AL
ALBANIA, eloped with Miss Callie Stick
ney, Of Montgomery. Her parents were
opposed.
At Parlsersburg, w. Va, William Mo
Intyre attempted to escape from Jail
through flue, but was wedged in and
had to give up.
John A. Bell, for twenty-five years
managing editor of the Detroit Free
Press, died at Detroit, Mich, Wednes-
day afternoon.
The last annual election of the
Worlds fair directors was held Friday.
All the old officers were elected with
out a dissenting vote.
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for q week locked in freight car He
confesses that he prefers q Pullman
palace. He will recover
Charles Longfellow, son of the poet,
died at Boston after lingering illness.
Miss Longfellow is suffering from So
we're attack of rheumatism.
Mr.. Porter, the new minister to Chilli,
was at the state department Friday
and took the oath Of Office He will
shortly sail for his post Of duty.
| Z The senate Thursday confirmed the
| following nomination.: Dominick 1.
Murphy. OF Washington, d @, frst
deputy commissioner Of pensions.
The Ann Arbor Railway %. attorney
entered suit against Chiefs Arthur and
Sargent at Toledo, o., for $500, 900 dam
ages The suit is the result Of the late
strike.
Julius scheke, an immigrant from
Hamburg, was smuggled into Buffalo
N. Y, through completely, IL Is claimed,
OF the Canadian customs officer Scheke
will be arrested.
In the British house Of commons IL
was stated that the government had
not been informed as to any recent MUIR
ders in Armenia, although numerous
arrests had been made for alleged sedi-
ton
Samuel Williams & Co. cotton brol1.
ers of Liverpool, have suspended, with
liabilities amounting to $3.50, 1000. On
account of this failure and for other
reasons the cotton market is very un.
settled.
Total number Of fourth-class post
masters appointed Friday, 199; Of which
80 were to fill vacancies caused by resig-
nations and deaths, and Al removals.
and over.
Upon an unfavorable report Of the
committee on capital furniture and
grounds, the Connecticut house has re-
fused to loan to the Worlds fair the
colonial charter granted by King
Charles II.
The price of rubber overshoes is to
be advanced soon by retail dealers to
meet the new schedule of the United
States Rubber Co. which conterols nine
teen-twentieths of the output Of these
goods in this country.
A fire broke out in a wooden tene-
ment in Brooklyn Thursday evening.
The wife of VIM. Arnold was unable to
make her escape from the burning
building, and she, with two of her chill
dren, were burned to death.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding has
decided that the exposition grounds and
buildings at Chicago are "construc-
tive warehouse" and all imported ex-
hibits therein will be exempt from duty
in case of destruction by fire.
George Myers, a 16-year-old boy, has
been arrested in Toledo, O., for horse
stealing The horse was stolen from
Luther Gilberts, of Curtis Wood coun-
ty, and sold to man in Toledo.
Friday evening the boy made full con-
fession.
! A boy who was born Thursday to q
Mrs Schneider became the hundred.
thousandth citizen of Charlottenburg,
the Berlin suburb The town council
Friday voted to allow Mrs. Schneider 9
donation of three hundred marks foI
her patriotic services. 90, --,.-+
At Goshen, Ind, Mrs Julia Castle
pleaded guilty to robbery, and was sen
fenced to two years in prison. About a
month ago she and accomplices robbed
the residence of Mrs VIM. Romaine, at
Bristol, during the owners absence
from home, of about $500 worth Of
household goods and furniture.
Many citizens of New York are Of the
opinion that 1t would be a fitting
tribute to the memory of General Grant
to have the ships participating in the
naval review in the Hudson river fire 6
salute as they pass his grave. Secre
tary Herbert, however, finds that this
will not be practicable, as the column
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