The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-11-23

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which they jeopardized their owl
lives in their endeavors to get out tn,
OF! barrels and thus save the lives ana
property of the occupants of th,
buiiding.-Constifn iondfst.
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STATED ITEMS
A chloroform thief, dressed in wo
mans apparel, was detected at the res.
idence of a Well known citizen in Day.
ton, on Wednesday last, offering tc
sell bottles of chloroform for perfum
cry. He made a basty exit, leaving
behind him bis female garments. in
fcluding an abundance of false hair
aud waterfalls. "What a fall is that,
my co%untrymen -Busler CO. Dem.
We learn that the bones of some
large animal were Dug up by some
men while digging a ditch in Clay
township, this county, last week. We
were shown one of the teeth yester-
day, which weighed three pounds
This was a small one in comparison to
others-the gentleman having this one
informing US that the parties digging
up the bones, had another tooth that
weighed 5 pounds. The bones of the
entire animal were found. These were
imbedded in a marshy piece ofground
-AMglaize County Democrat,
A horrible case of dreaming occur
red in Meigs township, Muskingum
county, last week, in which a man
named Dutten killed his infant daugh
ter. 1t appears that the man had
been out caon hunting, and after re-
turning home and retiring, dreamed
in his uneasy slumber that he had
caught the coon and struck it against
a tree killing it.-He was awakened
by the frantic screams of his wife,
and to his horror found that he had
picked up his little infant daughter,
and dashed her against the bed post,
killing her almost instantly. 1t GER
tainly is the most terrible cass that it
has eve been u lot to chronicle
Noble County Republican.
On Wednesday, the I'd inst a ped
dler named John Echols was knocked
off his wagon between Calais, this
county and Williamsburgh, Noble
county, and robbed of a considerable
sum of money and other articles oe
value on his person. There were
three men engaged in this outrage,
neither Of whom were recognized by
Mr.. Echols; as they came up behind
his wagon and attacked him before he
apprehended danger or their purpose.
We hope the miscreants will be ar
rested and promptly eoDsignedSto the
o. P.-Erchangs.
The Steubenville Gazette gives the
particulars of a suicide committed by
a man named Higgins, who lived in
that county. Higgins went to a
Horse Fair one day last week, leaving
his vile to husk forty shocks of corn
by the time he returned, and threat
ened her life if she failed to perform
the task. The poor woman, fearing
that her brute of a husband would ex-
ecute the threat, procured the services
of a neighber, and got out the corn
Higgins came home in a bad humor
and for some slight cause drew a re.
volver at his wife, but missed fire.
Mrs. Higgins left the house, and in a
short time a warrant was issued for
the arrest of Higgins. When the
warrant was served, the would be
murderer took from his pocket a load
ed. revolver and shot and killed him
self instantly.
It is with regret We learn that Jo-
seph Miller, of Symmes' Corner, met
with an accident which resulted in
his death. The circumstances as re.
lated to US are as follows. Mr.. Miller
and two other gentlemen, Mr.. Comp
ton and Mr. Wack. visited this city In
a spring wagon, and ON their way
home, when a short distance below this
place, the horse became frightened and
started so suddenly and violently as to
throw Miller, who was driving, out the
wagon, causing him to fall on his head
and shoulders, producing, it is suppos.
ed, a partial dislocation of the neck,
or a Violent conclusion of the spinal
marrow, which resulted in death in q
few hours. Mr. Miller leaves a wife
and two or three children, and large
circle of friends to mourn his loss =
Butler Democrat.
Accounts from Morrow county, re
port that the double baby still con-
trives to-exist, and appears quite heal
thy. One of the heads goes to sleep
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