The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-12-08

pulled 1t down. Then skilfully push
ing it back; the splinters went into
their. places, and the teeth were tied
together. The boy also received a
bad black eye, and a severe cut of the
eyelid,sb bot is now doing wefL-Sa-
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SERIOUS ACcIDExT.-Mrs. Laura
ma TAFT, the venerable and respected
Emsthers9fonx townsman HC.,T Taft,
Esq, met with q serious accident on
Sunday last, which injured her SO
much THAT her life has eince been dis
paired of. 1t seems hat there are
two doors in n room in which she was
seated, N opening into an adjoining
room and the other into the cellar,
and being near together, she opened
by mistake, it is supposed, the cellar
door and tell to-the bottom a dis
lance ofeight feet. When picked up
she was insensible and has remained
in that condition ever since, or ~atIeast
has lost all power of speech. Although
considerable bru sed, physicians canno
discover that any OF her bones are
broken. Her recovery is considered
very doubtful.-M. Ternon Banner.
SEVERE AccDENr.-We learn that
Mr.. DIniel Huddle met with a severe
accident an Wednesday last, while
engaged in hulling clover. Tue hull
Ter was running when he attempted to
start the feed belt, Just back of the
belt that runs the cylinder, when the
latter caughtltie sleeve of his coat and
drew his arm in between the belt pull
ley and the machine, n space of less
than half an inch. The arm was
mashed badly and torn off all but the
skin, a little below the elbow. Ii
stopped5the machine suddenly, not
w~ithStanding ten horses were attached
to the horse power. Several minutes
t%ranspired before MIR. H.. couldbe re
leased from his terrible position. DIR.
O'Conner was called, who amputated
the arm tar:entugh below the elJow
to allow the use of the joint -1lEn
Tribune. 7ss
A SNEAK TH1EF.-The house of
John Wood, Esq, on the corner of
West Market aad Mulberry streets,
was entered by a sneak thief on Thurs
day evening last, while the family was
ahsentatprayer meeting, and several
dresses belonging to Mrs. Wood
were stolen, 1t is thought that the
Inlet must have been a woman and
who was acquainted with the
house, as nothing IA disturbed but
the clothing of Mrs, Wood.-Naas-
field Herald.
TERRIBLE AcciDENT.-On Satur-
day evening last, out at College Cor
n,er, Mrs. Geo. Clark met witha terri
BILE accident 10y burning oil, which
veay tadly injured her and caused the
death of. her little daughter, aged
eight years. In changing the oil
from one lamp TO another, she first
poured in into q tin cup, which sat on
the hearth of the stove. An explo-
.sion'Iollowed whit the result stated As
detailed in the Commercial: Fearing
that the house would take fire ,.thc
mother grasped the cup and started
with it toward the door, intending to
throw the whole mass out into the
yard. Just at this moment the little
girl, who had a few minutes before
left the room, was re'entering the
door, and, seeing her mother coming
"ith the blazing oil, screamed ont
'snot. to throw it on her." The Warn
ing, however. came o late. ard the
little girl had only time to turn and
thereby avoid receiving the liquid fire
directly in her face. AS it was, it
fell upon the back OF her neck and
shoulders, quickly shrouding her in a
fame Of burning oil. The atfrighted
mother seized a quilt which was in
the room, and attic nptei. by enyelop
ing the child therein. to extinyuish
the flames. but her efforts were
vailmg and she herself was s severe
~ burned; that she was compelled to
all effort to 5 her
child. The. little one who was eigh,
years of age, was soon SO terribly in
iured that she died. The mother vas
still liying.-HdmiHon True telegraph.