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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-28


FTightful Death or "a DrunIkard
--Aiieged Case or Spontaneous
Combustion.
The indianapolis Journal Of satur-
day sayb:
-"Wo are indebted to Dr.. M. L.
Whitoside, dentist, Of this city, for tho
particulars Of 3 most singular and
appalling catastrophe that occurred
yesterday morning in the town Of Co
lumbuS, about forty miles south Of this
oity, on the Madison railroad. About
8 o'clock thoRttsntion Of some citizens
on the street was attracted to the liz
uor shOp Of a German by the name Of
Andrew NOlts, by slight smoke isBa-
ing from it. lie had long been known
to be a very incorporate man, and
recently, it was supposed in cOnse-
quenoo Of his wife leaving him, and
applying for divorce on account of
his confirmed drunkensss, moro CON
stantly and beaBtly drunk than usual.
On entering, they found him lying
dead behind his counter, upon board
which was used to keep his feet off the
wet floor, with his head near whisky
barrel. His clethes were still burning.
HIS lips had bsen entirely burned
away leaving ghAstly hole, in which
his tongue was seen burned to a crisp,
as was tho inside Of his mouth and his
throat. His nose was also burned, ia
if by fire coming out of his nostrllS. -
The remainder of the body was Scoreh,
ed where the burning clothes had
touched, but showed no other indica.
ton of fire. The sbhahds we've drawn
up TO the. mouth, as if to SloiS ~, e4
shut Off some dreaded thing from it,
There was no fire in the room that DR.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-28

A Fearful ,Adventure--ER Iowa
G1RiI stage Lost in a Storm on
the Prairie. #r" 10 ..
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-28
:. M'CONNELsVILLE, FEBBRU AIRY .iss g. 1867.

deep, and lying in immense drifts, miles
and miles from the nearest habitation
with no idOa Of which direction he
must travel, or what distance, to reach
the nearest shelter. supposing that
he vas TortniUe az rhsin road, Id
startsd in the ditsAi6u utWfhtff4e ssb.
posed to be south, in hopes thsteh
might discover the lost track. slHour
aftsrNhoGr did BIO wade 'tbrough the
snow7 with the fearfdl snow chilling
him RBf6ugh and tlnoaKl1. Before
many lOUrs hefound' thGt 9hiSl eEse
face an dfsstSsore frozen solid, and hia
hands were beginningA tesGnesEo But
still, strong in determination TO save
himself, ,ifin the range of poss Utilities
he kept moving on through the long,
oheerloss day. Toward night he suC.
fered greatly from hunger, as he had
eaten nothing since Thursday noon
Whom darknoss again closed around
him, he fOlt that tho chances for sur
viving the night were very slim in
decd, lie dare not sit down to rest,
fearing that he would fall asleep and
perish. All through the second night
he dept on his feet, sometimes bseom
ing 30 exhausted with cold, hunger and
his great eKertions to kosp travelling,
ho would stop a fow moments to rest.
lIO repeatedly foil asleep while.thus
standing, and was only awakened by
falling into the snow. Again and
again during Friday night he did thps
struggle on till daylight appeared
Tho wind had now ceased, bat the cold
was intense. When she sun caino up
on .7a. ai e.. ...sr0o-- H. .......
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-28

joke on the LOulsyiIIe Journal.
A correspondent Of the CiRcinnaG
Commercial gives the following :siaw
The following took place in the
Kentucky Legislature a few days
ago: -'.-.-so. 90 yas e,l 80
A member from one Of our mountain
counties, full of conservatism and Q
strong advocate of the Louisville JoRrR-
al, each morning as he would take his
seat in the House, as business opened,
would commence reading his faVoritS
paper aud about the same moment
some menber would Taoyeto dispense
vita tho reading Of the journal, when
our mountain member .would lay
down his pspsr, lie stood this for
some time, when, rising from his seat
ono morning after the usual motion, he
exclaimed at the top ofhis voice: y1s
"Nr. Speaker, I've Rot here in my
seat fur morn week, and submitted
70 the tyrany Of this House. Some
body, every morning, movssto to dispense
with the reading # the Journal, and
I've lost every paper I've bought for .
week by it,apd ne man has syermoysd
to dispense with the Democrat or Com
merciql, and, Mr.. Speaker, l won't
stand it any longer, Mr.. Speaker
Here the balance was lost in the
general laughter. .v.s
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-28

a
Whitesids could see, and rcsrtainly
uUpe near The horrible cofpss. Are
volver was found beside it, but all the
charges we're in il, and no marks Of
injuries, except from the hre were dis
covered 60 thattho death icould not
have been cEusod By suicide, But fit
had beon, the lips. burned entirely OF,
and thS Scrifpsd rOngas, throat and
nose, would bsys been still MORE mex
plicable, As the Gre was manifestly Of
very recent oecurrShos-tAs clothes
still 'burning--Snd it could HdeAlAVe
been ipplisd aftar ,GsAth- y Ionis other
lpOraon without tdetecticp, ,orsUmsmark
or othef shat would indioate where
The ere osmo from, and how itiwas
nsod But fit could hsvS been thus
applied, IL is impossible TO believe that
IL was, for thero could be no moro mo.
tive to burn dead man, especially
about tho mouth ARd nose. Tho same
fact OF this singular character and To-
eality Of the burning, involving only
the air passages, preeludss oil idea Of
death by violence No murderer or
robber would try to kill man by set
ting him on fire, or ifhe should, be
would not, and could not, put fire TO
his mouth and nose only. No hypo-
thesis Of murder seems TO be tenable,
and that ofsuicide 10 evon more ab-
surd. We must, therefore, conclude
that the death was caused by spontan-
eous combustion, or By the burning Of
inHammable gasses, generated in the
whisky-rotted carcass, and escaping
by the lungs and air passages. This
might have been caused by an attempt
to light cigar with 4 match or othor
flame. There are several authentica-
ted eases ofspontaneous combustion on
record, as our physicians know. Dick
ems has cited few in Justification Of
the Incident wbioh forms so frightful
scene OF his "Bloak House" : but We
question ifa more clearly marked case
than this at Columbus has ever eocur-
red. We may note that he had on
soldiers blouse, flannel undershirt,
and cotton overshirt, and that his
hair was not burned. '-. .oa 'f4a
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-28

-. -. 2. 4 : l-1-.l--- = J.
.fefiigs tid1o saBf sssDgi 5r,laliI
DO ssia4om Scot sst mo. 80.
IHlts .dlrao f.8f rsfa rrae'os s'f
and nights past, shd 50 crippled irom
freezing that 10 had hardly strength
to crawl out or bis icy bed. But by
/ great o1ertions he tegained his feet
aud could see Lost Grove about q mile
ahead, When 20 tried 70 walk hs
1fopnd N kt bis Ghbs. had lost their vi.
tslity, AKA Ks y Ga 6aly move Ss' iof ss5I ward
by reachips sdpMa With Ris trozs .
A&nds and lioihg bis logs out oftho
shOy AAdfhhg ons. feOt forward With
this hahds, and then the other, ffs
lthen managed to noye slowly toward
ths GfOyo. Ahsr a long, toiIsone strug, iti1n
gle, in which his indomitable energy
Of will triumphSd over every obstacle,
hO at last reached the Grove, only to
find It cold, ctoorlsss, and uninhabitod.
No sigaS Of life, food or sbolter could
be found. sill undismayod, his iron
will nervod hia on to make ono more
great effort for lirS.
Beyond tho Grove, at distance Of
about one and half milos, ho saw =
house Having by this time almost
entirely lest che uss Of bis legs, be be-
gan to crawl on his hands and knees
through the deep aRoV for tho house.
Sometimes he vould DO able to rise 10
his feet and takea few stsps forward
when he would again fall into the
snow, and drag himself forward once
moro. 10 this way he managed at last
to reach tho house having been from
daylight until two O'clock in tho after.
noon going two sHd half InIlss. Ho
bad reached the residence Of Mr.. Hicks
hYO miles west Of Dayton, and about
thirty miles southeast Of the point
where ho lost the road. He had been
ont irem Thursday at four o'clock un.
til the nOxt Monday at two O'Clock, in
tho severest, storm Of the season, with
the mercury ranging at about II do
gress below zero, and had boen on his
fvot during all Of the time but about I2
hours. He had gone four days and
and nights without a morssl Of food Of
any kind and no drink but snow. He
had only slept about five hours in five
days, When we saw him he was al
most entirely helpless, and very weak
from hia terrible sufsrings. His faoe
is turned black, and pieces Of 1esh are
peeling off. His feet are terribly fro
zen, butths doctor hopes TO rave thOm
from amPUtation by removing some of
tho toes, Ho will lose ono car, and
undoubtedly bO badly crippled for
life. We doubt whether there ia an
other case on record OF such fearful SUI
foring, heroic endurance, determined
energy, and cool, unfinCAing Courage,
as has been suffered and displayed by
this stage driver.
TAs sleigh, containing the mail, has
been found about three miles south of
the Fort Dodge road, and about half
way between this place and the Yates
settlement. One of the horses was
found nearit, frozen to death, but the
other has not yet been found.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-28
sATURDAY

SATURDAY
morning he was able for tho first time
to learn the directions, Looking anx-
iously around on evory sidc, and SEQ.
Ing no settlement, grove or road, he
folt that a longer struggle for life was
almost hopeless. But finding that ho
was still able 10 move. ho turned his
face TO tho cast, knowing that his only
hopo now wSs in being able TO reach
tho Dosmoines river, along which he
was euro to find settlers. All day Sat
urday he toilod on through the deep
snow, suffering intensely from hunger,
cold and loss OF sleOp. Whenever bis
strength gave out, and he stopped for
moment, he would fall Rsloep and
tumble down into the snow, again
awaken, riso up, and agsin push on
Night once more came on, and found
him still out on the great prairie, With
no shOltor in sight Again did he pass
another night--He third oae-on bis
feet, walking, stepping, falling aSloop,
tumbling down, awakening rising up,
and toilng on again. Lost, starving,
and freezing, but still undismaySd, he
watched patiently during the long
hours Ofthe night for the rising of the
sun on the morning Of '.'- .ls.. ,'-
SUNDAY,
tho fourth day out. The sun rose bright
and clear, but it was intensely cold,
tho mercury at sixteen degrees below
zorro, with koen cutting wind from
the north. lie had now, strange as it
may seem, ceased to suffer from hung
or and nerying himself for one more
effort, he turned his face eastward
and again struggled on. His progros,
wac very slow, but at aboutl1 O'Clock
his courage was renewed by tho sigh
Of q grove in tho distance, Hope, thai
had never entirely deserted him, grew
strong, and all through the day hs
StrOvO with alnos superhuman efforts
TO reach the timber before dark, fear
ing that he could not survive another
night on the prairie, But his strength
was too much exhausted, and, altho
striving with the energy Of despair, he
saw the sun go down and night agair
close around him, while the friendly
trees were shut out from view and be-
yond his roach. Fearing that if he at
tempted to travel after dark he should
lose aight Of the grove, and knowing
that in his weak aud exhausted Condi
tion he could not survive the night OF
his feet he finally sought out huge
snOwdrift, and ddiggng outa large CAV
ity Withghls hands, he crowded in anS
buried himself beneath the snow. IL
this position he soon fell asleep, anC
slept for several hours, dfssmiHg tha
he hAd,al1aVSdi in safety at Fort Dodg,
aRdivAsl telling his comp&niO ms of hi
pSrils and escape from freezing. But
upsn awakening wlth the FIRST dawi
ofmornipg, he found himself buriediI
thssaors out on the great prairie, 81
weaklfrom hunger and sxh Adstsd from
the superhuman exerhons he Asd pu
forth dnring tho three terrible day
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-28

7o The Population OF France.
The quinquenniol census ofthO popu.
lation Of France, just completed, gives
38, 8,064, 094 as the number of inhablt-
ants exclusive Of 125, 900 mPloysd
abroad in Algeria, Mexico. &c. This
is an increase of $50, 1888 over the GEN.
sus of 1861, There are in France
1904, LOG males and 9,052, ,0O6 femAlss.
The females are therefore inca majori-
ty Of 38,s76, In thirty-ons Of ths
eighty-nine departments of France
there has been dimnuation in the
majority Of inAabltantsto the extSut
Of 1906 ,459, which is attributed to EN-.
igratioR and migration from the ooun-
try districtsinto the large cities. Ths
population Of Paris has increased by
129 1S3, The increase Of population
has been gFeatsat in tho department Of
the Seine, and the decrease greatest
in the department ofths La Mas
cha aI DIDO b etss3 odi r.. hsgsb
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-28

Hd- "A correspondent critieising d
primA donnG rather deficient in ply
siqua, Says'''a chest is ass essential
to a Singer as a bureau TO a feeds
man,
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LEGAL ApvERTrsEMENTs.
nITom NorIUn-No. Ios.


Notice IL hereby given 10 all concerned, iltnt n
petition has been filed IN this office, pra yirg Tor
the loeati0n Of ditch, drain or water coursc, com.
meucug Al The center of section twelve (I2) Milton
Township, Wood County, Ohio, thence porth on
the half section line through sections one ~ and
twelve tl2j Of said Milton Township, aud section
thirty six SO )ofWes,on Township, In said county
until Il inlerseots ditch No. three t3) and there
terminate.
The surveyor aud engineer has made due report
ta this office, setting forth the availability and
necessity of said ditch, showing the following lands
10 be affected by the location Of said ditch, 10 wit
The southeast quarter and the north half Of south
quarter and all Of the uob half Of said section
twelve tt2) IN said Milton Township all OF sec
tion one in said Milton Township all of section
thirty. SIX 30) and tho south half Of the south hall
OF section twenty five 25) in said Weston Town
ship, aud the cast half NJ tbs northwest quarter OF
said section twenty five % in said Weston Town
ship The time for hearing said petition by The
Commissioners Of Wood County, has been set for
TUESDAY, May 2i, 1887, at the Auditors olhce
Of said Wood County.
y. Ii. PRICE. Auditor Of Wood County.
Perry sburg, April 8, 1867. 4pdSl2 90
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Administrators A Sale Of Real Estate.

IN pursuance of an order of the Probate Court Of
L Wood County, Ohio, will offer for sale, at
public auction, ON SATURDAY, the 9th day of
April, 1887, at one O'Clock IN the afternoon, upon
the PROMISES the following described lots of
ground, situate in the town Of Wostor, Wood couD-
iy, to-wit Lot No. l, in Millers addition 10 said
town. less nine rods oil the cast eud Of the sane,
containing 3-5 acres, moro or less appraised at
$3.50. Also, one other lot in said town, bounded
and described as follows Commencing 10 feet
north of the northeast corner of in.lot No. 40 f;
thence west rods 10 stake; thence north 5Sl6 feet
to stake; thence east rods to stake; thence south
to the place Of beginning containing 3-5 Of acre,
more or less appraised at $3.50.
Terms of Salo-0ne-half in hand, the other half
IN one year from day of sale, with interest de-
ferred payment 10 be secured by mortgage on tho
premises sold. JOHN CAMPBELL,
Administrator Of VIM. Ward, deceased
Weston Tp., March 2S, 1867. 4Se$7 30
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ADMINISTRATIVE Sale Of Real Estate.
Sarah A. Alexander, Adm'x,)

Sarah A. Alexander, AdmN,l
VS., In Probate Court.
George Newton ct al.
IN pursuance OF an order granted by the Probate
Court of Wood County, Ohio, | will offer for
sale at public auction, on
SATURDAY, April IL, A, d. 1897,
Between the hours OF ono - and two t2) O'Clock
7. NJ, upon the promises. the following described
real estate, situate in said county OF Wood and
State Of Ohio, to-wit;
The west part Of the southwest quarter Of the
southeast quarter OF section No three (Sl contain
ing thirty tS0l acres. Appraised at S2,IOO.
And the west part Of the northeast fractional
quarter north of Portage River) OF section No. ten
tlO6 containing dfty nine (59l acres more or less
appraised at S3,655-all in town five Is north,
range twelve (l2) east.
Terms OF Sale One third in hand; one-third in
one year, aud one-third in two years from day OF
sale, with interests deferred payments To be Sc
cured by mortgage on the premises sold.
SARAH A. ALEXANDER, ADMINISTRATIVE.
+. 4. d. X. HoLLENEEcE, Attorneys for Pet'r,
Perrysburg, March IL, 1857. 48eSS 80
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Smoking ana KCepIng Bacon

Several correspondents write rs to in
qairo for the best way to smoke meat, aud
to keep it after It is cured.
The very best material for fire with
which to smoke bacon, is green hickory
wood, next to that perhaps is corn.
cobs. Whatever is used for FIRE, the utmost
care should bo taken to have the smoke
pure from all smudgY odors which taint
the meat.
= To keep the meat after IL is smoked, some
people succeed best TO lot il hang in the
smoke.house; where this is not practicable,
It can be covered with cotton sacks, aud
the outside Of the sacks coated with a thick
kme wash. A perfectly safe way to keep
bacon hams, is TO cut them in slices of the
usual thickness for cooking, scald them in
boiling water. aud then pack in stone jars
press them down and pour melted lard tc
fll all the interstices OF tho meat aud tC
eoyeE the top. Ia this way, the meat car
/ be used as wanted, and viii be nice Ohic
Former.
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Sale OfReal Estate BY Order Of Court,

ON the 18th day OF April. 1867, bet cen the
hours OF one and four o'clock z. NJ, at the
late residence Of Philip Condit, deceased, in Plain
Township viii be sold to the highest bidder, the
Condit, deceased, to.wit; The northeast fraction
OF the southwest quarter Of section No. fifteen 81
township No. north, range 10 east, containing
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quarter OF the northeast quarter of section No, p
town north, range 10 east, containing 20 acres
and also lots No. IS and So in the village Of Ton
togany. all in the County of Wood, and State 81
Ohio. ALFRED CoNDlT,
Executor Of Philip Condit, deceased.
SLEvIS & PAgsoNs, Attorneys for Plaintiff
Penysburg, March ., 1851. leeS6
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JAMES PILLARS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
Perrysburg, March 27, 1857. dSeSS 90

EXECUT0RS NOTICE. - The undersigned
II having been duly appointed and qualified as
the Executor of the last will and testament of Geo.
N. Parsons deceased, late Of PeTysburg, Wood
County, Ohio therefore all knowing themselves
indebted to said estate will Immediately call tho
undersigned and settle the same, and all having
claims against said estate viii present the same
duly verified according to law.
p. s. SLEVIN,
Executor Of the last will Of G. n. Parsons, deed.
Perrysburg, March 81, 1857. iSd
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N nGAL NOTICE.

John Roach. Of San Frapcsco, California, and
the other unknown heirs Of Ilonora Roach, de-
ceased will take notice that the underslgued as
Administrator Of the estate Of said llonora Roach,
deceased, on the 9th OF March, A. D. 1861 filed
his petition in the Probpte Court within aud for the
county of Wood and State of Ohio, alleging that
there Is no personal estate Of said doccdent To pay
her debts and the charges Of administering her
estate that she died seized in Zee simple Of the
following described Real Estate, situate in Wood
County, Ohio, 10 wit The southeast quarter Of
section twenty two (22l,w a north wost quarter OF
section twcuty-sx 1907, W u northeast quarter
Of section twenty seven (27), all in township CO...
north, range twclve (l2) east. The prayer of
said petition is for an Orcr 10 sell said above de-
scribed lands to pay the debts and charges aIorc-
said.
Said petition will be for hearing on the 9th Of
April, 1867, Us soon thereafter as can be heard.
JAMES W. ROSS,
Administrator Of estate Of Ilonora Roach, deed,
porrysburg Ohio, April 3, 1867. 4OlS7