The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-07-28
STATE NEWS.

The Cincinnati Commercial says
Another murder was committed in
this city on Saturday noon at IL
Fourteenth street, the murderer being
Thomas Wilson, a laboriDg man aged
seventy years, and his victim his wife,
aged about fi~fty-three years. Wilson
had been an Incorporate man for sew
eral years, and when intoxicated was
exceeding brutal in his conduct, while
his wife was an anliablc, industrious
woman, doing her best to support hei
drunken husband and her four child.
ren. Wilson was formerly IN officer
I'm the British army and served in the
Crimea, but sold his commission and
came to this country with no business
or profession that could afford him a
living. He soon relapsed into the
condition of n loaftr, and did little or
nothing for the support of himself or
family. At the hour named he APP
preached his wife while she was en-
gagged in her domestic duties in the
garden, and gave her a fearful stab in
the abdonsen with a dirk. He then
repeated the blow in the temple
Either would have proved fatal, and
she died in a few minutes. Wilson is
in Jail.
Mr.. Jasper Munson, a highly re-
spectacle citizen of Lock, in Knox
county, was killed on the 9Th instant,
under the following painful circum-
stances: 1t appears that he vas hauling
n load of wood from the steam mill
of George Miller, with a pair of mules,
and being seated i'll the front part of
the wagon, by some means or other he
was thrown from the wagon, falling
heavily upon the ground The mules
then ran off. When the people came
the spot they found Mr. Munson
dead his neck having been broken,
as it is supposed. He was SO years
of age.-[MOunt Vernon Banner.
The State Journal says EARLY
yesterday morning a dead body was
discovered floating in the Scoto river,
near Harrisburg bridge. The coroner,
some &ficulty, took the body
from the water, when it was found to
be somewhat decomposed, and proved
to be a woman who was some years
ago n noted woman of the town, but
has recently been known as the wife of
George Odell. Her case is the old
story, that of a fallen woma who at
to reform, and not meeting
the necessary ~forbearance and
kindness, took to drink and suicide.
On Wednesday forenoon, workmen
being engaged in taking down and
the street near the junction,
md opposite the Johns mansion, an
excavation was made under the hill,
when n large mass unexpectedly gave
way, falling upon two German labor
ers, one of whom &. Wentz, had his
right leg broken in two places below
The knee; the bone protruding through
the flesh; the other his thigh broken
md otherwise internally injured so
hat his life is almost despaired of.
One of these men, Wentlandt, was so
buried that but a portion of TIE hair
Of his head was seen, but other work.
men being near, he was soon freed of
he earth and thus saved from death.
0octs. Mowry and Sutherland are Civ
ng them surgical and medical attend
nee.
On Wednesday. 7th inst. says the
Bucyrns Journal, A. B. StanseIl, Esq,
# Nevada, while attending a steam
at Kirby, placed his foot near
he key of the crank, which caught his
DOT and crushed into his ankle,
breaking all the bones, and tearing it
severely as to render amputation ne
;essary, which was performed by Drs.
and Keller CT this place,
he same evening. At latest accounts
lie was doing well.
Information is wanted ofthe present
whereabouts of Geo. H. Spencer,
whose address, as last given by him,
vas Newark, Ohio, but who cannot
be found at hat place. If he, or
my one knowing where he is to be
will communicate Immediately
With Mrs. Anna Jones, Springfield,
Ohio, they will confer upon a soldiers
who is in destitute circum-
stances, a favor which will be grateful
y appreciated.