The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-11-03
OHIO NEWS.

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fellow citizen, General L. v. Bierce,
was engaged in removing some grape
vines from his residence on Market
street, he lost his balance and falling
struck upon one foot so severely
sprailing his ankle that he will prob
ably be confined to the house all
winter.
The same paper also says: AZ coin
of unknown value, bearing date 1861,
and the efigy of Frederick Ill, was
found on the lot where III Fisher is
erecting his new dwelling house on
Broadway, in this city, fifteen feet
below the surface of the ground. The
question is how came it there? Will
the a~ntiquarians tell US? Don't all
speak at once. .r
A man by the name of Daniel
Mclean was killed last Friday after
noon near Geo. Hulls residence. north
west of this place. AS near as we
can get the particulars ths accident
happened as follows A party of
men were engaged in removing a
boiler o. a Portable Sawmill and on
passing over a bridge the planks. gave
way and let the whole load down.
Two OF the men jumped off of the
wagon in time to ave themselves,
but the poor unto: tunate Mclean
could not escape and went down with
the boiler, wagon and crashing tim
bers. He was killed almost Instant
ly.-Cdrdn3ton Republican.
A man named Andrews, employed
in Van Deman & Dew's Wooden
Factory, started from this place on
Saturday for Xenia, where he has a
daughter living. Arriving at Nor
row, he drank considerable liquor,
became intoxicated and walked ont
on the railroad track some distance,
where he fell through n bridge some
thirty feet high. striking on a stone
bottom, and bruising himself badly.
He is now lying ut Morrow in a crit;
ical condition, but will probably re-
cover. AS he is hearty. heshy man
the wonder is he WAS not killed by
the faII.-Xen,G Gazette. zTTzW SraIsl
ELopEMExr FROM ORERk1s(The
wiye of Z. A Muhson, of Obcd1AM I'm
away ahout the fifth of October with
one DR.. Gibbs, of that 'placc. The
Do sor keaves a wife. 3 &tss Munson
caves two children. This AIRS
Munson is a daughter of the Cleye-
land murderess, Mrs. Victor, conGh.
ed in the Ohio ~Penitentiary for life.
In 1860 Mr.. Munson and the daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Victor were married. al
that time Mr.. Munson WAS employed
On u Cleveland rewspaper-became
acquainted with the daughter OF Mrs.
Victor, a child i'll years, but well
trained pupil Of an art u m I'll er, and
the acquaintance resulted i'll alleged
criminal intimacy. Reports to that
effect having gained a widespread
circulation, the daughter attempted
to commit suicide by taking poison
Her object va frustrated, and Mr.
Munson settled the difficulty by mir
riage. Since that merriage both par
ties have lived in apparent harmony
and both have enjoyed fair regulations
wherever known.
SUiCIDE.-On Friday morning last,
Mr. Hunter Martin, a weil-io-h,H far
mer residing three miles west of "a
lem, committed suicide by hanging
himself in the barn, soon after break
fast. No cause IS assigned Tor the act.
Financially, lie was in good conditions
and prosperous, and all his domestic
relations pleasant and ag eelble. He
was dead when discovered, and his
body cut down by his wife. The
general impression is that temporary
arrangement of mind was the ac11rye.
Mr.. NJ. was a member of the Presby-
terrain church, and esteemed a Worthy
and uprirht man. S"lem Republican.
A very destructive fire occurred in
Cincinnati last Thursday, destroying
the Lane College. The College bull
ding is a wreck. The rooms above
the mel camille Library, and the
Chamber of Commerce tel in, talsiug
the floor of the latter to the cellari
That above the Mercantile Library
did not fail. A portion of the fobr
Owe the reading rcom, was cut by
the fircmen to let water through.
The damage to the building amonnt-
ed TO $4,000; insured in Cincinnati
companies; Captain Matt Gchwab, Of
the Phoenix Hook and Ladder Com
pany, WAS taken out of the wreck of
tee College building Thursday even
ing at nine o'clock He, with others,
stood at the Lead of the stairs in the
building, fighting the fire, when the
ceiling fell in, enveloping all in smoke.
and fire. The others escaped, but he
was killed, His head and breast were
badly burncd.-Enq9irer.
LICKING COUNTY INFIaMARY De-
BY FIRE-On the 3ath of
October. at two o'clock in the morn
ing Il fire occurred ut the Licking
County Inirmary. situated two miles
south OF this place. The stone and
frame buildings were destroyed. The
former was occupied by ten insane
persons, and when the fire was dis
covered it was too ate to rescue them,
they being locked in their rooms, and
all persisted.
THE NAMES oF THE v1criMs.-G
The victims names are John De
wore, Moses Carroll, b. j., Norton.
William Van Dyne, Gus Ciiner,
Samuel Glars, John McManus, Frank
Martin, Julia Morgan and Mrs.
Rostover.
The fire originated from the fur