The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-11-18

Railroad, had both legs cut off by a
locomotive, Monday evening of last
week, near Pittsburgh.
WELLsvILLE came near having a
sensation the other day, in the shape
of a breach of promise suit. A set
tlement was effected, the suit was
quashed, and the papers were swim
died out of an item.
THE Warren Chronicle announces
the marriage of two inmates of the
Infirmary of Trumble county. A
youth of rs summers, - Armitage,
and blushing Miss of 45, Eta Bar
rett, it says, were the happy parties.
THE Getty Fathers" of Canton have
been holding an inquisitorial court to
determine whether Marshal Oldfeld
is fit to act as preserver of the peace
in that turbulent city.
The store of Mr. Christian Mitsh,
at Cannon's Mills, Columbiana coun-
ty, wBs broken open on the night of
the Both ult, and goods and money
to the amount of about four hundred
dollars taken therefrom.
A HORSE valued at over two hund-.
red dollars, belonging to Mr.. A. A.
Kinney, of Mecca, was SO badly in
jured by being struck by q train of
cars, in, Warren, on Saturday morn
ing, 8th inst, that he had to be killed.
The Conneaut Reporter says that
an infant daughter of Mrs. Willis
Scott, came to its death in Springfield,
by being gwen morphine through az
cident. A powder, containing this
dangerous medicine, intended for the
mother, was given to the child.
UNGRATEFUL. - The Akron City
Times relates the following: 'sAbout
four months ago, young man named
William B. Dunbar, arrived in this
city stranger in strange land. He
was without money, and without
clothes, but becoming acquainted with
Messrs. Fields & Co., they took pity
on him, gave him some clothing and
procured him employment. He re-
manned with them until week ago
Thursday, when they discovered that
the ungrateful scamp had embezzled
from them nearly three hundred dol
lars. They had him arrested, and he
f0rked over one hundred and ninety
dollars, and then left for the Vest
On Thursday last letter was received
from him, dated Omaha, in which he
states that he did not steal the money,
but found it at the Depot in Cleve-
land, on the 7th of August, and ex-
pressing his regret at not advertising
it. His story is an improbable one,
and is not believed"
GARRoTING.-About O'Clock Mon
day evening, says the Akron Beacon,
a case of garroting occurred at the
place of Amos Madison, in the south
west part of the city. Mr.. Theodore
Seidell, who works Mr.. Ms farm, had
been at the barn tending his stock,
and started toward the house with his
hands i'll his pockets, and his lantern
hanging on his arm. Not more than
twenty feet from the barn, somebody
suddenly leaped upon his back, hold.
ing his mouth, and pinioning his
arms, so that he could do nothing
Meanwhile another man tore into his
inside pocket, took his pocket-book,
relieved it of $50, and threw the book
on the ground. The robbers left as
quick as they came, and Seidell only
knew that his money was gone.
MURDER NEAR CLEvELAND.-Am man
by the name of Ferdinand Priesser
an Austrian by birth, living near the
five mile lock, near Cleveland, all en-
ploye of the Cleveland Powder Mill,
was set upon by two men on Monday
evening, while he was at work UPON
his farm, who attacked him with
knives, stabbing him, inflicting fatal
wounds. He was able to walk to his
home, but died in a short time. Two
men, named Call and Feller, have been
arrested on suspicion of being the
murderers.
HORRIBLE DEATH-STRoNG DRINK
THE CAUsE.-On Saturday last Ed
ward DeHaven, of Springfield, was
thrown from his seat in two-horse
wagon, the lines becoming. so fasten-
ed around his body that in his then
helpless condition, he was dragged to
his fathers house some so or 100 rods,
over rough road, the wheels grind
ing against his limbs and body in such
q manner that his clothes were torn off
and his person horribly lacerated, re-
sulting in deathabout noon on Sun
day. He was young man about 30
years of age, and an active business
man, but like hundreds of our young
men, had acquired the habit of taking
his beer and an occasional glass of
whiskey, from the effects of which he
sometimes became unmanageable. He
had been to the coal bank of the Brew
ster Bros, and on the way home with
his coal had obtained the cause of his
death, among the first names mention
ed after recovering in some measure
his reason, being the name of til man
who it is supposed furnished him the
article that caused his death. Had q
physician or an apothecary, in the pur-
suit Of his calling, furnished a potion
which should thus have caused him to
lose the possession of his faculties with
such a result, he would, by the laws of
the State of Ohio, have been liable to
an indictment and punishment.-Ak-
} ron Beacon.