The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-06-09
OHIO NEWS.

Station, while pearing a turnip, let his
knife slip, striking the point Of it deep
ly into his wrist and laying open the
radieaLsrtsrF tduIse.1 Fortunately
the accident occurred near the house
of D. w. Doudna, to which the boy
ran, the blood meanwhile squirting
higher than his head and flowing so
rapidly that he must 500 have faint
ed, perhaps died had he been distant
from help, as he seems to have had no
idea of trying to check the bleeding.
Mr.. Doudna Immediately applied
proper compression and thus prevent
ed further loss of blood until the artery
was secured.-Jfsrsonian.
On Monday morning, May "a, Mat
thew Hueston, the chief clerk 10
Treasurers office of Hamilton, Butler
county, Ohio, was found dead in the
vault of the county Treasurers office,
hanging by the neck. The people
were wonder-stricken that SO quiet a
gentleman, with no apparent cares,
without wife or children, with abund-
ant means, should have found sufici-
ent cause to take his own life. He
left no paper or communication to in
dictate the cause. He was respecta-
bly, connected with many friends
Telegraph.
Two BOYS DRowNED.-We record
with painful feelings an appalling cal
amity which took place at Middletown
Monday. Two little boys, one the son
of esquire Dix, Qhe name of the 9th
er we did not learn), we're in swim
ming, and beth were drowned before
relief could come to their aid. The
afflicted parents have u deep sym
pathy.-Mayion Mirror.
A great hail Storm Swept over cas-
sern Ohio on the 28th of May. A
Wheeling exchange says:
The most disastrous hail storm ever
witnessed by the oldest inhabitants,
visited this city this afternoon, lasting
about an hour and damaging a vast
amount of property Many of the
hail stones measured two inches in
diameter, or six inches in circumfer-
ence, by actual measurement. The
streets are literally covered to the
depth of eight to twelve inches on the
level with hail stones. Main street is
filled to the depth of eighteen to twen-
ty inches. Throughout the entire city,
not single house can boast of a whole
pane of glass on the side exposed to
the fury of the storm. The Mcclure
House lost over a thousand panes of
glass, besides being otherwise injured,
while the Grant House windows were
perfectly riddled, leaving scarcely a
whole glass.
The damage done by the storm can
not be estimated at the present writ
ing. The storm came up so suddenly
that the people seemed actually panic
stricken, dreading what should come
next.
MI. Edwards S. Butler, is about to
commence the publication of the his
tory of Richland County from its ear
ly settlement, with business mems re-
ference and advertisements inserted in
lower half of each page. The work is
to be published in pamphlet form,
with new type, and neatly bound in
glazed covers. Two thousand copies
are to be published every two weeks
for several months, until the history
is completed, when the whole will be
bound in one large volume. The his
torical matter will be compiled by able
writer's and will be very interesting
Mr.. Butler will doubtless receive eve
ry encouragement in this enterprise
Shield.
BARN BURNED.-A large barn own
ed by John Cunningham, two miles
east of Cadiz, was struck by lightning
on Wednesday night, the 29th, ult.,
and burned TO the ground. Ten tons
of hay, a moving machine, two plows
and other farming utensils were burn
ed up with it The loss is estimated
at Sl50O.-CadE Rep.
An insane man, about thirty years
old, by the name of Wilson Baker,
and claiming to reside in Dayton, died
in the Clarke County Jail, a few days
ago, of softening of the brain. He
had S35 on his person, and stated that
he had a sister named Emeline Baker,
and a brother-in-law named Baugh, in
Dayton.
On Tuesday, the 18th, ult., a boiler
In the steam grist and saw mill of Jo-
seph Helferding. Bethel Township,
Monroe County, Ohio, exploded, seri-
ousIy scalding and injuring Mr.. Philip
Smith and Mr.. Henry Armstrong
MI. Smith was seriously scalded about
the ankles. Mr.. Armstrong was dan
gerously injured, and is not expected
t. recover The mill is a complete
wreck.
The Medina Gazette has the follow
ing: "One of our citizens has receiv-
ed a letter from Mr.. Smith, engineer
of the Cleveland, Wooster and lanes
villo Road, from Promontory Point,
on the Pacific Railroad, which states
that as soon as General Easement is
through his work there, which will be
in about a month, he intends coming
here and making a persoal examina-
ton of the surveyed route for the
Cleveland, Wooster and GAINESVILLE
Road, and if the prospects are favora-
BILE, proposes to begin to work on it."
They have a big "snake story" in
Montgomery County, Ohio Last
week a well-to-do farmer, while plow-
ing a Dickey's stone quarry, in
Van Buren, Township, saw the reptile
passing within a few rods of him at a
| rate of 6need faster than a MON oo,11