Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-20
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-sZaNssvnLE has enjoyed couple of fires.
On Friday night stable, belonging to
George King (colored), near South Zanes-
vile, was burned by an incendiary. On
Saturday the store of E. s. Garner, corner
otMain and Sixth streets, was discovered
to be on fire, originating from defective
fue leading from cracker oven in the
basement used by David Forester, ESQ.,
The oven was previously burned out,
preparatory to baking, and the fiue had
become so heated, that the ends of the joice
were ignit cd and burned of, and a space of
about six feet square of the floor burned
through before it was discovered. The fire.
men in a few minutes extinguished the fire,
with no further damage than above named,
aud the burning of a few goods In the i'm
mediate locality. Zn
"A MAN calling, himself Charles Frazier
has friends in Pomeroy, to whom he Is in
debted for borrowed money and boarding,
wao would like to hear from him. 30
THERE was slight fall of snow at Pome-
roy on Monday and Tuesday of last week.
On Sunday night some robbers entered
the residence of Mr.. Teeter, on the Coving-
to pike, about two miles north of Dayton.
T ley made their entrance through the cell
lar, and went up into the house and ram
R,cked it. t.thorouyhly. They found and car
had off SIS, and several articles of value,
and made their escape undiscovered. So
says the Dayton Journal.
.Os Monday afternoon, Harry Paine, boy
eleven or twelve years old, was riding on
horseback on Warren street, Dayton, as we
learn by the Journal. when the horse stum-
bled and threw W the boy over his head.
striking heavily on the ground. The blood
gushed out of the little fellows mouth, and
he was in great distress. He was taken to
Mr.. Bentley's house, and from thence to
his home on Jones street. His injuries are
Internal. and he is in a critical condition.
A NATIONAL Convention of manufactur-
ers of all kinds is announced to be held at
Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, December
18th. to plan for joint action for the early
repeal, by Congress-, of internal taxes on
manufactures and productions, except
luxuries. The Convention will urge the
simplification of the tax list by reducing
the number of articles taxed without i'm
pairing, the revenue. 1t contemplates no
action on the tariff. The call issues from
tie Committee of the Detroit Manufac-
turers' Association, e. B. Ward Chairman.
FIRR m MoNRoEvILLE@0n Friday night
last, the slaughter-house and barn belong
ing 10 Joseph Ryder caught fire from a
passing locomotive on the C. e. T. railroad,
and was burned to the ground, with their
contents, consisting of a span of horses, a
beet which had just been killed, several
hogs and a lot of poultry. The fire was
discovered about nine o'clock in the even.
ing, and the strong wind blowing at tn.
time, eaused' the flames to spread so rap
idlyia as to prevent anything being done tt
save the buildings or their contents.
LAST Friday evening, says the Cincinnat
ENQUIRER, when two estimable young ladies
sisters, the Misses Lane, were returning
from school at Carlisle Station, to theil
home, short distance from that place, ont
of, them was very seriously injured by
falling through'a le-guard, on the Gin.
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road. They
were walking hurriedly along the track
that being the shortest route home-an6
they were so busiiy engaged in conversa
tion that they were not aware of their neal
approach to the. cattle guard and one o.
the sisters was in the act Of raising heI
veil to look for the place, when she stepped
into the guard, and failing heavily, hel
head was severely injured by striking the
wall, and her hip was also seriously In
jured. She was incapable of helping her.
self and she was so wedged into the
guard that her sister was unable to remove
her, and while she ran off to house to
get assistance, train of cars passed over
the PROSTATE and wounded girl! Fortu-
nately, she sustained no injury from the
train; bot she narrowly escaped terrible
death, the "cow-catcher' having disar-
ranged her dress as the locomotive plunged
over her! Miss Lane will be confined to
her bed tor some time, but it is believed
tfof fatO xvilI ur>f h<s, m ,l;,.l1.J