The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-04-27


er Greene, member of the county
board of school examiners for the past
Is years and state lecturer for the Ohio
Farmers institute, have been adjudged
insane.
Armed Guards Watch . Grave.
COLUMBUS O., April 24.-Armed
guards are watching the grave of
Bishop watterson every night This
step was rendered necessary by the
Of . statement that the
rich jewels and robes of Office wera
buried with the bishop The state
ment is untrue, but to prevent des-
Of the grave it will be closely
guarded.
Serious Car Famine.
CLEVELAND, O., April 24.-Railway
officials report that the present car
famine is the most severe ever experi-
enced. The situation seems to be grow
ing worse each day. The Lake shore
Co., it is stated. can not supply SO per
cent. Of the cars called for and other
lines running into this city are in prac-
tically the same position.
VIII Not Go Into the Newspaper Business.
TOLEDO, o.. April 24.-Mayor Jones
and his friends have decided not to go
into the newspaper business. Soon
after the election the mavor became
in project to sSArt morn
ing newspaper in this city to further
the municipal ownership idea, but the
deal has fallen through.
The Oldest Bridge Tender.
PORT CLINTON, O., April 24.-Poskile
Jacobs, who died here this week, was
probably the Oldest bridge tender in
America. He has had charge of the
old river bridge here spanning the
Portage river ever since it was built in
1s40, when he was then young man.
His service was continuous.
The Candy Killed Him.
SANDUsKY, O., April 24.-The third
death here recently from eating candy
colored with poisonous materials oc-
Cured Sunday night. The victim was
Kenneth Sartor, aged four years, son
of Jacob Sartor. He ate the candy Sat-
urday night and for "a hours suffered
the most excruciating agony.
Buried at Her Old Homo.
BARNEsvILLE, O., April 24.-The
body of Mrs. Lyles, formerly Ada
Bailey, Of GAINESVILLE, arrived here
from New York, where she
met tragic death last week. Rela-
tvs here do not believe the suicide
theory.
Death ON the Tracks.
STEUBENvILLE, O., April s4.-Charles
was found unconscious and
dying near the PAN Handle track in
the Sixth ward Sunday morning. He
had been sitting on the end of q tie
and was knocked off by q wes&bound
freight.
Hon. C. p. Grinin's Candidacy.
TOLEDO. O., April 24.-Hon. c. p.
Griffin will be the Jones candidate for
the legislature from this county. Peti-
tions for his nomination are in circula-
ton. He will run on a Jones plat
form.
Society Of Sailors Formed.
TOLEDO, O., April 24.-A meeting was
held at the armory Sunday at which
over 40 ex-sailors of tho Spanish war
were present, the object of the confer
snce being to form = society of sailors
who served during the late war.
Good Luck At Last.
CLEVELAND, O., April e4.-Thomas
Kahn, aged es, an assistant doorkeeper
at a Cleveland hospital, has received
word from England that he is heir to
an estate valued at $780, 900. Kahn is a
poor man and he has had bad luck.
Mad Murderer's Death.
COLUMBUS, O., April 24-Benjamin
Zurcher, who has been in the peni.
tentiary asylum for ls years, died there
Sunday night of epilepsy. He was
for life in 1881 from Belmont
county for the murder of his wife.
Fraternal Beneficial Associations
COLUMBUS, O., April 24.-Sixty-five
fraternal beneficial associations are
now doing business in Ohio, IS new
associations having been admitted
during the past year.
A Tragedy in Texas.
Houston, Tex, April a4.-In shoot
ing affair Sunday near Treval in Trim
ity county Edward Harding and Jas
G. Trebathan We're killed and L. C
Harding fatally wounded. The orig
inal difficulty was between l.. c. Hard
ing and Trebathan. Edward Harding
interfered and was killed by Treba
than, who fatally wounded the remain