Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-01-03

A11ot " OuucSuuy uttoIHOOug 10 NC y iOND'
land train was coming into the Columbus
depot, the cars run over mnn who attempts
ed. TO cross the track, entirely severing one
leg above ihe knee from the body, and
smashing the olher leg from the knee down.
ward. fiis name was Thomas Evans, and
he lived but 90 minutes after the accident
he was intoxicated al the time.
On the same day an Irishman was killed
ii Newark, in this State, by The cars passing
over himI There is an average Of abou,
one oflhese accidents daily on our Western
roads, the primary cause Of nearly all Of
which is tohisky. Sober men seldom throw
themselves in the way of locomotive while
under The influence OF fire and wa,er.
Mrs. Whhcomb, the wife of wealthy
and respectable farmer in Sullivan township,
Ashland county, Ohio, commued suicide on
,he 9Th lust, by hanging herself. She had
been laborng for some time previous under
partial arrangement Of mind, caused by
malicious report in circulation in the neigh.
borhood injurious 10 her character. Her
husband had been very waichful over her,
and had taken her east during the last sum-
1ner, supposihg that travel would restore her
health, but lilllebenefl was experienced.
The State Stock Bank forgery case has
been disposed of by the Criminal Court of
Cincinnati, and all The forgers who were ar.
rested few months since, sentenced 10 the
peniienliary. Ransel Lamb who stole The
genuine plates was sentenced 10 three years
imprisonment Jas. Jones, who filled up the
bills, was sentenced for the term Of Ten
years; Jas. Kelly for ten years; Milton Par.
ker, who had been bur twelve days ou, OF
the penileniiary when arrested, was sen,en.
,ced for ten years; VIM. M'Geary and Lewis
Dollman both for the same term.
r The HARPERs.-Off OF assistance have
flowed in upon the Harpers 10 the amoun, OF
more Than $4,000, in grea, part from per-
sons with whom they had no previous con.
neclion. The insurance Offices have waiv.
ed the grace Of sixty days, and offered to
pay The claims upon them a. once. A larger
quantity Of books has been saved Than was
a. frs, supposed. .....
FIRE AT MOUNT VERNON, Owe regre,
10 learn that the large woolen mandatory
belonging 10 Messrs. Po,win and Curtis, to.
ge,her with the machinery and large por.
lion Of The stock and cloths on hand, were
destroyed by fire q, Noun. Vernon o, on
The Esd instant. The loss is said obe $780,.
900. u portion only is covered by insurance
as the purchase had lately been made, and
par. Of the policies had not been transferred
to the new owners.
SUDDEN DEATH-We are informed lhol
Mr.. J. II. Stewart, Of Mt. Pleasant, in this
county, while Tansacting some business II.
one Of ,he stores in ,ha, place, was sudden.
ly attacked with hemoihage a, The lungs,
and died before he could reach his home
Mr.. :. was man of,he highes. respectable.
i,y, and his unsimcly death is mourned. not
only by his numerous intimate friends, bu,
by all who knew him. -
SHOWER OF MErEoRs.-The Wheeling
argus boasts Of shower Of me,eors with
which The ci,izens Of ,ha. city were enter.
tained on Sunday morning, l2Ih. They
are said 10 have been very numerous, and
shat "(or q moment II seemed as If the heav-
ems, suddenly shaken by mighty wind.
were abou, 10 drop their stars as an aronau,
to maintain cer,ain altitude does his bal.
last"
One oflhe most striking examples youthful
depravi.y ,ha, we have ever known, is recor.
ded Of boy Of Rome, N. Y, named Carln,
only ten years Of age, who sho. another boy
named Timothy Flanagan, six years Of age,
a few days since in that place. The boys
-quarreled, and The mother Of Carlin furnish.
ed him with a pistol and directed him 10
shoot. We hardly know which TO Ioathe
anost, The depravily Of the mother or that oI
4he son.
A few days since the lightning train on the
New York Central Railroad ran from Schen.
ec,ady 10 Utica in one hour and foriy.ive
minutes including slops-a rate not far from
fifty miles an hour. Such speed must have
been perfectly delightful 10 The passengers
especially such of them as held the sulet,
ofiheir necks Of no particular account.
The Democratic Central Committee o
New York, on The election Of Beverly Tuck
er as Printer to the Senate. passed resou
lions approving the act. One hundred guns
were fired in the Park, and general glorfi
cation held over the event.
SUDDEN Mr.. Palmer, Of Washington
township, Hooking County, we are informed
while In the &C. Of building fire, one nigh
las, week, fell back dead. Verify, in lht
"midsI Of life we are in death. "-McArthu,
Rep.
Buyard Taylor, for TWO years and hal
pas, absent on his travels in Europe, Asst
and Africa, has returned 10 New York.
Lieut.. John Conlee, la,e Flag Lieut. OF tht
United States squadron in the China and ia
pan Seas, has also returned.
TEA.-A Canton correspondent Of the New
York Times says, "You will probably hav
70 pay good price for your tea the mex
year or two. Owing 10 the disturbances, W
are told the tea is left unpcked, ana the peo
pie without employment who looked 10 th
leaf for their living.
The steamer Zachary Taylor blew up
short time since killing three OF lhs hand
Instantly, and ecalding five others. Sh
was employed in transporting hogs be.wee
Lawrenceburgh and Cincinnati.
We learn from the Macarthur DemoerG
OF the Esd. that Mrs. Eleanor Ice, Of Swa