The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-11-24

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buggy at Viewers Station, q few
miles west of Greenville. on the Cen
trail Railroad their buggy was strnck
by the westward bound passenger To-
connective and totally demolished:
The conclusion sent the body of Mrs,
Weaver fifty or sixty feet into a wood
pile, killing her insanity. Mrs.
Welsh was 50 badly injured that she
Gied on Saturday. Both were buried
on last Sabbath. The deceased ladies
were esteemed by all who knew them,
and their terribly sudden death was
a startling and agon z;ng shock to
their relatives and friends; yet a
murderous disaster quite common in
these days OF reckless railroad man
agement.-GreenviMe Democrat
DAsrARDLY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
villain, whose name we failed to leur.l
administered, with the basest of pur-
poses, q dose of cantharides, or Span
ish flies, to a young woman by the
name of Enos, residing with the fam
ily of Mr.. John Truesdell, of Wen
ma. The amount given was quite
large, and the effects were Sc
we're. The victim of this fiendish
outrage is now slowly recovering and
it is Hoped will soon be we'll The
perpetrator Of this %ruffianism has
made himself scarce, in order to sliun
the righteous Indignation of an incen-
sed people Warren Chronicle.
The Knoxville Wing says, that
.-.s -l-a.;oo, NJ TNozauran 'roDno-
see, low have in tLeir possession. Il
child with two heads, four arms, doub-
lie thorax and abdomen, three legs,
two separate and distinct yer ebral
columns, two hearts, two pair oflungs
and two genitals, the gender being
feminine. The heads are said to be
united nearly face to face, and the un-
natural production, now dead, was
the illegitimate offspring Of n girl
living at Tazcwell.
BURNED TO DEATH.-We learn
that on Wednesday last during the
absence of the parents, Sewers, resi-
ding about four miles west of Green
Vile, one of their children, aged four
years, was seen rnDning from the
house by workmen near by, its clothes
in flames. The poor little neglected
innocent ran about sixty yards, and
sank down, its raiment burned entire.
ly off. 1t lived about two hours after
being carried to the house. This is q
sad warming, yet how often is it re-
peated, and of what avail? PeriOdi
: cally tie press in every community is
called Upon to repeat the melancholy
aunO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SHOCKING AND Fatal ACCIDENT.
This has been, prominently, 4
week with us OF crime aud casualty.
On Thursday last, as the son of ouI
much respected friend John kernS, oil
Rusiicreek tip, was driving home
from Rushsylvania, and while II: the
act of crossing the railroad, at "a point
about a mile and 4 half east o town,
they were run into by the mail train,
with frigl.tfully fatal consequences.
The wagon in which they were riding
was li;el ally smashed to pieces, and
young Mr. Kerns almost instantly
killed The sister was thrown eight
or ten feet high, and very severely
if not fatally hurt. Two OF her rib
were broken. That she escaped in.
slant death is almost miraculous. One
OF the horses WAS killed on the spot
the other crippled, and probably rem.
dered valueless.
The young man was about 10 years
old, the sister about 10. Mr.. Kerns,
their father, being absent in Missouri
the calamity is thus rendered the
more distressing to him, as well as to
the remnant OF the family at home
To him. and to them, we tesider our
~sincerest sympathy. Logan Gazette.
A lad by the name OF Thompson
employe ed In the key factory al Steu
benviile, i'll attempting to place a tel
upon a pulley wheel attached to the
machinery, WIS carried with fearful
rapldlty TO the top OF the building,
where the be t works ON q Shaft. The
unfortunate lad was dashed against
the gearing, tearing off one leg below
the knee and breaking the other, ano
,racturing IL OF his arms i'll W pla
ces. The workmen nea by could no
reach the body until ladders were pr,
cured -Satem Republican.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT.--From the
Weilsvil.e Union of last week, We
learn a three horse team, belonging
t Il Mr., Hawthorne, OF West Virgin
i'll, becoming unmanageable, ran oil
and in their course kept the track o
the &. d T.. Railroad. Tie evenin.
express train from Cleveland, which
Was que, came tearing along. The
engineer, seeing the state OF affairs Ii
an instant whistled down brakes, bur
before the train could be stopped /
struck the wagon, throwing it com
plctely ol er the horses head, smash.
ing it into kindling wood, and render
lag the whole thing a complete wreck
Two Of the horses were killed outright
and the third one was so badly injured
that it is thought he will have to be-
killed, while Hawthorne was thrown
violently to the ground, confused anc
bleeding, and to all appearances dead
In Il short time, however, lie began II
show signs OF lite, and DIR. McCarre.
was Immediately summoned, who up.
on arriving ut the scene OF the disaster
had the unfortunate man removed tt
TIE residence Of Mr.. James Peoples,
near the foot OF spring Hill ruad,
where, under the skilliul treatment
OF tine Doctor, he Was fully restored tc
consciousness On Sunday morning
Hawthorne, having sufficiently recov.