The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-08
OHIO NEWS.

The Wayne County Fair will com
menee on the Goth inst, and continue
three days. The list of premiums1of
fered by the Society appears on the
first page to-day. They are as liberal
as.eould be desired, and should stir
up a laudable spirit of competition
among our farmers, s5ock-raisers and
manufactures. The Society have re-
Gently purchased new and extensive
grounds a short distance west of town,
which they are at present busily engag-
ed in preparing for the coming Fair.
The grounds are much larger than the
old ones, and greater facilities will Thus
be afforded to all persons taking part in
the exhibition Wooster Republican.
Apost mortem operation was per-
formed by two physicians, near Hamp-
den, Ohio, last Sunday, in removing
an ovarian tumor from the body OF
Mrs. Scantling. The tumor weighed
one hundred and fifty pounds, and the
sack alone weighed thirty pounds, and
contained four ordinary buckets OF
fluid 1t had been growing Tour years.
and had become so large as to dis
place all the abdominal organs /; the
ribs were raised to an angle of about
sixty-five degrees, and the lungs EN-
c~roached upon, the lower LETT lnng be
ing gangrcnous.-E6change
Near Marietta, (O.,) recently, as
the fast train came around Il curve in
high trestle west of Big Run. a woman
was suddenly discovered walking on
the track and she as suddenly discov-
cd the train. The woman, seeing her
danger, dropped between the ties, hold
ing herself suspended by her arms
around a tie, till the train passed over
her, which was checked till she was
seen to climb up all safe. She looked
like q woman a little past the middle
age, and didn't-screaHB,-hut went 10
work to save herself in a thorough
business like manner. Marietta Times
+ Some time since our friend Mr..
Isaac Davis, of Cerwick, Marion Coun-
ty, swan down the Scioto to Middle
town, distance of eight miles, con-
Stunning just one hour and t~hirty-fve
minutes of time. Some friends ac-
companied him, and when he arrived
at Middletown a large crowd was pre-
sent to greet him. Hastily dressing
himself and quafiing a glass of bran
dy, he shook hands with his friends,
mounted his horse and rode home in
triumph, having won the wager and
the credit of having made the best
swim on record, at least in this state,
He challenges any man in the State to
swim against him a distance of from
10 to % miles Where is the man I
-Marion Mirror.
The Shelby Ne,os of Thursday last
says "a terrific thunder storm pass
ed over this city on Wednesday after
noon of last week. Lightning struck
the dwelling house of Mr.. Christian
Horning- passing down the fue and
dividing at the entrance of the stove
pipes into the same, and passed out IN
the several rooms below. The charge
also divided at the top of the roof
passing down the rafters on each side
and the tin spouting in the up
per rooms was much damaged, and
was entirely destroyed. The house
was set on fire. Providentially Mrs.
Horning had just taken her infant,
and gone to a neighbours house, and
thus, perhaps escaped instant death.
The Plymouth Advertiser says:
During the rainstorm of Saturday last
the barn of Nh. II. A: West, residing
four miles west of Plymouth. was
struck by lightning and entirely con
sumed. MI. West had Just finished
his harvest, and had 500fdozen sheaves
new wheat, and about 200 bushels of
old wheat in the barn at the time,
which was also consumed. Mr.. West
and son were in the barn at the times,
and succeeded in getting out his horses
and reaper before the flames communi
icated to the lower part Of the build
ing. Loss about $500; no inusuE;.
ance. Pa.
Last Saturday night was one that
will long be remembered by some o.
our citizens. The young men Of the
town who f. How the commendable pur-
suit of sowing wild pats and looking
at the bright side of the world through
the attractive glass of dissipation, were
on the rampage" from early eve, un-
til the "wee sma' hours" they made
night hideous with bacchanalian
songs, fearful oaths, unearthly yells,
and terrible fighting, soon became SO
outrageously obstreperous that it was
deemed expediept to enclose their
manly forms within the Limits of the
"Old Bomb proof IN Third street,
there to await the coming of Morpheus,
and quietly doze off the effects of the
evenings debauchery. There are sew
eral who term themselves the illustri-
Gus offspring of a female dog upon
wheels, that were right son their
muscle" as a number of eyes beautiful
ly draped in mourning, and noses
pounded to the consistency of putrid
liver, can testify.-&ieH. and Banner.
The Guernsey Jef1arsonian says that
Wednesday morning the large Touring
Mill owned byHol & Bro. at Cum
bsrland, this County was burned
to the ground, together with 600 bu-
shells of new wheat and The books of
the firm, upon which We're charges to