The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-09-01

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been awarded the contract by the
Commissioners of Trumbull county,
for building new iron bridge across
the river at Leavittsburgh, at S25 per
foot. The bridge is to be single
span of $50 feet. with q Is feet road
way.
WE see by the Wadsworth Enter
prise that the missing man, james K.
Pardee, of that place, arrived home
on the 18th. He had telegraphed his
wife from Salt Lake City that he
would be home on that day and ne
was as good as his word. He disap-i
peared in April last and all trace of
him was lost at Chicago. - =
Two sensations are in contemplation
for New Lisbon.-Two editors are to
be chastised. The journal is to be
sued by Mr.. Brown, of Alliance, for
SANDER, and the Buckeye is to be
hick;osied by Alex. Mclaughlin, of
Wellsville, for insulting and abusing
him.-So says the Patriot.
LAST Friday, at the Smith bank
near Middlescx, a little SON of Mr..
David Orris, aged about nine years.
ciambered on horse car to take a
ride, but in attempting to get off
while the cars were in motion, he
missed his footing and fell between
the cars, the wheels of the hindmost
car running over one of his legs, cut
ting it off at the thigh and crushing
the bone and tearing the flesh from
the knee to the foot in a. horrible
| manner.
AN engineer at John L. Owens
coal bank near this place, fell down
shaft eighty feet deep, and was found
dead, yesterday. (Friday) morning.
Miners Journal. ks1 5y .aaags4a
| a LITTLE child of Mrs. Henchdine
of Calcutta, about three years of age,
accidentally got grain of corn
in its throat or windpipe, producing
severe strangulation. a physician
was sent for but at last accounts he
had but little hope of saving, the
chiId's life. 9a. -lsslzs5ss-s
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, living near
Cadiz, was killed on last Wednesday
morning week by being thrown from
fractious colt he was riding. He
lived some four hours after he was
hurt. 'ez'iA
The first Congregational churehat
Mansfield, Ohio, was burned down
on the afternoon of the 18th. The
Sexton was burning some brush in
the yard and thus set fire to the
church-the roof being old and dry
insured for 81 800. oiai
A SENsATIoN.-Quite sensation
was created in Ashland few days
ago on learning that for the last two
months young lady has been in our
Jail in the gnise of a. young gentleman
of seventeen. He (she) has success3
| fully passed in Cleveland, Cincinnati
and other places as boy of seven
teen, and until within q few DAYS his
(her) sex was never suspicioned.
She is, now in the debtors, CELL
Ashland Union.
On Thursday last a fearful accident
occurred near Independence, Rich
land county. While a large number
of hands were engaged in raising
barn, a boy was sent to secure chick
Gus for cooking purposes, and while
beheading them cut off two or three
| fingers, producing considerable ex-,
citement at the house, just as the
hands had raised a heavy piece of
timber to the top of the framework.
The alarm was given and the hands
let the timber fall. Five persons are
reported TO have been crushed be-
! meath the falling timber and killed,
outright, while two others were so
badly injured that they died in ihei
evening. Over twenty persons were
badly hurt.-AshsaRd Unioa..5,''iiii iiYs
A SON of Doctor Kelley, of Gallon,
on the 18th inst. fell some 25 feet
| from Wild cherry tree and badly
broke his left leg above the knee and
dislocated his right arm. He was
otherwise bruised.
THE draining of Chippewa Lake,
by cutting and straightning the creek,
has virtually made about 1000 acres
of first class farming lands. That
! portion of the " bottom" now cleared
is bearing excellent crops. We re-
Gently saw about 40 acres of this bot
tom all planted with corn, and we
never saw better prospects Tforb a
heavy yield in this part of the State.
The measure was considerably CEN
sured at the time, but it proves TO.
have been good movo after ALL -
Wddsaeorth Enterprise. ~ fasiie
THE Democrats of Summit County
hold their nominating Convension ON
Saturday next. Tk,
PAINFUL Acc1DENT.-On Saturday
last, as a young man, a asson of Joseph
Babb, ESQ.,, was driving the horse
power of a thrashing machine down.
the hill, on West Market street, the
horses became frightened and unman-
ageabla. He was unable to hold
them and was thrown under the ma
chine, which passing over him badly
injured him Ainternally. He was cared
for by DR.. Howard, and will recover.
--ikTUn Times. ,ifss a 4YvI1 ssa..
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ScALDED.-On Thursday. evening,
David Kuhn was engaged in.makingi
some temporary repairs abputa loco
motive boiler. when fue gave way
letting the steam escape with such
force as to scald him pretty badly.
about the arms and shoulders.-Ken ent
Bulletin. - .a-.A4e 5>ss5
A FOUR foot vein of cealf has been
struck near Orangeyille on the State