Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-19
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NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO CITIZENS.

NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO CITIZENS.
4 SO 3ssG l1E9Gi9 9n50
About half.past nine O'Clock last might
an alarm Of fire was sounded from, the
: Insane Asylum box, and in few moments
the entire fire department was on its way
there.
4 fsOn our arrival we found the east wing
+ occupied by the female patients, in flames,
and the patients screaming and dancing,
making scene like pandimonium-
4 The crowd of citizens present used their
best efforts to save the inmates, and in tbi
humane effort, NJ. C. Lilley and S. S.
Rickly nearly lost their lives. While en-
deavoring to take out some of the women
they were overcome by the smoke and fell
to the floor helpless and almost dead; they
were rescued with great difficulty and
conyeyed to their residences. Fears were
entertained that they would not recover.
] ). Six OF the female patients were smother ed
before they could be taken out, and their
bodies were recovered with great risk.
Y The strictest discipline was maintained
among the male patients, and they were
not permitted to leave their wing of the
building until hacks and omnibuses were
fobtained to convey them to a place of
security. The less violent ones were taken
TO the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and the
/ dangerous ones to the Penitentfary, we
were told. ie ssyigls gis5t lsA
| AS we write at midnight--the fire. is
sullraging,and as the supplyiof water has
given out, the chances are that the entire
building win be destroyed.
There are rumors OF other patients being
burned to death, but nothing,r OF course,
can be definitely ascertained IN all the ex-i
citement now preyailing5 n
Various reports are given as to the origin
fefthe fire. One of hensis5that it was set
on fire by one of the patients, but as they
were never allowed to approach the gas or
to carry matches, this is not likely. An
other, and the most probable is, that it
caught from the heater. sard Iasg.sGaa II |
We will endeavor to ascertain tie cause i
ard all additional particulars to-day.
1870 ------ A---- 80 1'te-h 80 I
HUMPTY DUMPrY.-Fherewas a glorious
crowd at the Opera House last night. Long
the Opera House was crowded with people
anxious to get good seats by being early,
and such crowding, pushing, swearing
and squealing until the doors opened, was
never seen or heard there before. At eight =.
o'clock the curtain ran up, the house being
crowded in every part. and from the first
to the last of the pantomime such roars OF
laughter greeted the performance as never
before made the walls of a theater ring.
From the time the-first song was over the
the success OF the enterprise was assured.
Tony Denier as clown Is Excessively
funny. He reminds us of Gabriel Ravel
more than any man we ever met. He has
the same wonderful facility of expression
and the same ease and rapidity of motion
as distinguished Ravei from all other pan
tomimists of his ..Fhe fun dependson
the clown and the clownis full OF, it. We
cannot at this late hour particularize. We
shall reserve that for another time. We
must however, speak of the dancing of
Thea wonderful Pepita. She scarcely
seems to touch the boards, but rather
to fly. She is the very embodiment of
60, every body go and see Humpty Dump
ty. The last scene is one of bewildering
beauty. The trick scenes did not work as
smoothly last night as they will in future,
but all mistakes, shortcomings and over
sights will be remedied tonight. GO and
see Humpty Dumpty, say we. --eeis
TRIAL OF JUDGE PUGH. The trial OF
Judge John NJ. Pugh, Judge Of Probate.
this county, was commenced before United
States Commissioner Halliday, on Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, The Government
was represented by General H. L, Burnett,
OF Cincinnarti. Judge Metcalf, of Column
bus, and Major Augustus Ward, Assistant
United States Attorney. The counsel for
the defense are the. following gentlemen
Milton Sayler. ESQ.,, Judge Stanley Math-
ews, of Cincinnati, and Lorenzo English,
of Columbus. s.srs.
The evidences, was, about the same as in
the Duffy case, tried before United States
Commissioner Chittenden, differing only
in that Smith now, ,swears that he received
no indueement for taking the action he
has, while before Chittenden he swore that
Mr.. Perkins promised to make his grocery
Arrangement alf right. Judge Stanley
Mathews raised the following important
law point: He laid it down as PROPOSE
tion, absolutely without exception, that
the record of the Probate Judge OF
Franklin county must be accepted as
true, and that it was not to be at
tackled > byz any oral testimony. ! In
the absence of any Congressional enact
menta on the subject of the course, of a
Probate, Judge sitting in NATURALIZATION,
therecord OF that Judge cannot be attacked,
but must be received as absolutely true
The trial was continued yesterday.
GETTING AN OUTFIT.-W. I'll. Haskens is
a plain, easy going, honest farmer. W.F.
Dennis, lately a citizen of the sold North
State;'h labors for him on his farm, and was
on Tuesday entrusted with the duty OF
selling such plumber and truck as Haskens
had deenied the appetites of our citizens
would crave and their greenbacks pay for.
Dennis, assin.duty boundscomeT to markets
and was successful in selling out his load,
and received therefor the sum of SO in
good and lawful U. S. Treasury notes. AS
Dennis gazed upon the bills as they lay in
the drawer-some new and crisp, and with
a musical orattles and others greasy and
half faded from much tlse-and-therl looked