The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-05-26
OHIO NEWS.

aged 10 years, lost his lie. ne
was the adopted son of a MI. Kreigh-
baum, and was at work in the field
with a roller, when the accident hap
pened. Not coming in at the usual
time, search was made, when he was
found with his head under the roller,
dead. 1t is supposed he fell from the
roller while driving, and was unable
came on his head when the lightning
of the lines stopped them, and he was
unable to extricate himself, and died.
His face was down but not smashed,
so that it seems he must have smoth-
ered in that position.-Stark Co DEM
ocrat.
AT Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday,
a most distressing casualty occurred.
Recently an excavation has been made
under an embankment on Columbus
street, and on Friday afternoon the
~overtopping earth gave way. Three
children living near by were missed
by their parents, and search was made
for them through the city, their loss
being also reported to the police.
Nothing was heard of their wherea-
bouts unJtf Saturday afternoon, when
the suggestion that they might have
been buried under the fallen earth led
to an investigation which resulted in
the recovery of their bodies. They
were two boys and a girl, aged five,
four and three years. One family is
made childless by the sad occurrence.
- PL1jS DeoJer
MISSING NANNY husband, John
McCafferty, who is, A years old, of
light forid complexion, blue eyes and
dark brown curly hair, sandy whis-
kers, 5 feet 8 inches high, weighs $50
to 160 pounds, dressed in cross-barred
checkered cotton pants, light brown
coat, checkered shirt and black hat,
left home on Sunday evening, May
9th, 1869, and has not been heard
from since. He is either lost, dead or
obsquatulated, and any person who
will bring back his body, dead or
alive, or give me definite information
of his Whereabouts will be literally
rewarded by his sorrowing wife Mrs.
Elizabeth Nice afferty. Caledonia, o.
May Is, 1869.
An unknown man committed sui
eide by hanging near Salineville. His
body was found in a house belonging
to Edward Humphrey, two miles be-
low town, on Monday evening, the
18th inst. The body was removed to
the station house at Salineville, where
it has been visited by scores of people.
A man from ~Steubenville, passing on
the morning train, says the body is
that of a man named Wilson, from
Steubenville. Nothing could be f. und
to identify him in any way. He had
a razor, a pipe, pocket knife, key,
spectacle case and s~pectacles, some
matches and one cent in money about
his person. The rope with which he
hung himself was new, evidently
bought for that express purpose, and
not a bit to long to W The fall
was not sufficient to dislocate the neck.
One foot was within eight OF ten IN
ches of the ground, the other leg be-
ing somewhat bent. He had not tied
his hands, and everything indicated
the most complete GOODNESS. He had
placed a rail in a position to walk up
it, tied the knot and jumped, or rath-
er stepped off. 1t is supposed he was
hanging twenty-four hours before be-
ing discovered SteabenuiMe Gazette.
SHOCKING ACCIDENTAL sad event
recently occurred in Elyria. A Miss
Nellie Lane, aged about 16 years,
proceeded to build a fire in the stove
on her return from school, and in
kindling it poured on oil from the can,
when the can exploded, throwing the
oil over her and she was soon envel-
oped in flames. Assistance was soon
at hand, but to late to prevent fatal
She died in ten hours after
the accident. -AkroR Times.
A very disastrous fire took place in
Dayton (O) on Sabbath morning last,
by which Turner's Opera house and a
number of other fine buildings we're en-
tirely consumed. This Opera House
was built in 1866 at cost of $3.50, 900.
The total loss is estimated at from
5000, 900 to $500, 900. The Opera
building is said to have been n Of
the finest in the Western States and
was owned by J. NJ. & W. M. Tur-
GeTmont SIM.
OUTRAGE AT ToLEDo.-A young
girl, daughter of a merchant of Tole-
DO, while on her way home from
school the other day, was met by a
who commenced conversation and
with her, giving her a bo-
The girl smelling the flowers
became unconscious, and when she
came 10 herself at eleven o'clock at
was on the door-steps of a citi-
zen in Washington township, her hands
bound. She was taken to her home
in Toledo, where her parents were in
deep distress and the police in search
of the missing girl. The author of
the outrage has not been discovered.
Toledo Blade.
DIsrREssING.-On last Sabbath, a
little son of S. r. Harris, Esq.
of this place accidently ate some roots
Of the plant usually called Poke, Cphy-
decandra,0 a virultant poison,
which completely paralyzed his facul-
ties in a few minutes to such an ex-
tent, that, but for the timely aid of
the family physician, he would have
expired. Although removed from
LANCER the little fellow is still slightly
affected. We are assured, and heart
ly trust that the cur will be speedy
and permanent.-BWcp-us Forsn1.