The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-08-25

| broke his, arm, The little fellow was
only about9 years of age, but bore his
sRfferings manfully.-1ky,on Times.
"A BOY, ten ye ars old, son OF Mr.
Gothrup, of West GAINESVILLE, while
playing On the bank of the Licking,
below the railroad bridge, on the 11th
inst, fell intog the river, and was
drowned. His body was soon after
ward recovered, Ina uso .a-ia sa5y1
=. +. AFIRE at Burt6h's, coal banks, near
Massillon, on Friday evening last0de-
stroyed 80 or 40 coal cars, the engine
and engine house belonging to the
works, and otherproperty,E worth in
| all $1,000 or $1,000. The fire is sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary.
BLOWN OPEN.-The safe in Herzer's
warehouse was burglariZe1 Thursday
night. An iron wedge was drived
in at the top of the door 10 spring it
out sufficient to admit the necessary
quantity of powder to blow the door
Off. The books and papers were
blown miscellaneouslY over the room.
Nothing was faaen, but Anew dollars
i'll change. The firm never did use
the safe skeeping gHoney in. The
Messrs. Herzcr don't like TO have
their books and papers slung about
i'll any such unceremOnious way, nor
do they relish having their sale re-
paired for the accommodation of bur-
glars; therefore all such nocturnal
depredators are notified flat the safe
key can be found hanging by the Office
door-Ho Holmes Co. Farmer. "a
,DRoW9ED.- Henry Hartman,
miner and a former resident of
Y Youngstown, whilst crossing the Ma
honing in boat near Mt. Nebo, on
Sunday evening in company with two
others, was drowned by the upsetting
ofthe boat His remains Were huged
here on Monday.-Y Youngstoacn Pin
dicatdr.
Mrs. MARGARET YoNK, a widow,
residing Hear the Reform School Farm
in Fairfield county, left her home on
the evening the 5th inst, with her
daughter about eighteen years of age,
to attend market in Lancaster the next
morning. The wagon i'll which they
IOoC was uIINcH " d sun Vi h1ES.
Yonk, a boy bouttWelve years old,
who went TO sleep.d 1T is thoughtithe
rest of the party also went o-sleep;;
tIIatt the horses taking fright ran away
and the women were thrown out of
the wagon. The mother was almost
instantly killed, and the daughter re-
mained insensible at last accounts.
The boy boy escaped unhurt, but hav-.
ing been asleep, can give no account
of the accident.-Zdnesgille Siqadl.
On Thursday, the 11th inst, Mr..
john, Vallandigham, rwho was living
with Samuel Armstrong, i'm East,
Union Township, came to his death
by kick from horse. According
to our .iRformation, Mr. Xallandig-
ham at noon had put two horses into
the stable to feed. He had taken the
bride off one of the horses, and,
while passing that horsesnto. take the
biidle off the other4horse, the horse
kicked him. The horse was never
known to kick before. Mr.. Vallan-
5 adigham Il walked tothe house and told
the folks. that he, had been badly
Kicked and died within two hours
afterwards, retaining consciousness
until the;eRi. He eyWas esteemed as an
estimable young man. % 5.agi eas s.. .,4.. :
MAD Doc KILLEp,I iAsQne, of those
worthless ours which crowd our
thoroughfal Notwithstanding the
city ordinance directihg 9 their extin-
guishment, gotta notion inahis head to
go mad,f fslobbeT at the mouth, and
start on a rathp Through our streets,
and into the midst ofplaying children,
On Sunday he put this notion into
practice. The first that seems to have
been seen of him, was near the rail-
roadcrossing. OF Hazel street. From
this he wendell his way TO Wood
street, where he turned toward Elm
street. In pursuit of him. by this
time, was par ! With d paving Stone
in either hand, who, s,the dog made
a'turn to the-right' t'Hnon the premises
of Mr.. Peter Gillian, where several
small children were playing, had
presence Of ir1tiid enough to yell "mad
dog land bring Mr. Gillian upon the
ground. Ones welludirected blow
from stone hurled from Mr., Gillan's
hand, whosezarm. had been nerved to-
immense power by the proximity of
the dog to his children, brought: the
brute TO the ground yothef stones Kept
him there uifti1 a 'revolyerSi was pro
cured, three shots from which ter
minated his eartlfl VI existence.
1t is Impossible to conjecture The
damage the brute might have dane,
had he be nl,pt leep, ohsarFed the moment
he was, by the firstiparty who under
stood that his disease was hydropho-
bia and not poison. He was a verita-
bleonlad dog, else ALI thetsy ymptoms of
mad dogery are deceptiYes ..r 5.. ~.
1t is unknown whether other dogs
were bitten by this one; two others
were seen to approach him, and then
as!hastiIy letreStoi i dAR 1Ik0
Come-muzzles or instant DEATH.
We think That is the ordinance
'Yoa"gstot89l hVfaedieafof,. a.a,sa
BEBp SrRAGUE, oldest son of J. II
Sprague, has returned home after an
absence of six years in the mountains
of Montana and Wyoming Territories.
He relates some stirring scenes of
frontier life and thinks he should pre-
fer to spend his days among civilized
people.-GasTettsoale Journal.
EOAPTAIN E. BIZ ATWOOD of the U.
S. A. has signedsahd returned home.
Captain Atwood entered the service
during the War and first served on
the staff of General Hazen, since the
close of the war he has served in the
South. Captain Atwood made fine
officer and resigns for the purpose of
engaging i'll other business. Captain
Atwood is, q son of Edwin Atwood
of this village.-Ga1TettsriUe Jouraal.
jones L, Waop met with quite an
accident few days ago on the farm
OF Mrs. Thrasher. His team becom-