The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19

dead. She was about As years of age
They were a quiet aud we'll behav-
ed couple, and poor.
The GAINESVILLE Signal says: Last
fall, in Hopewell Township, Perry
county, o. a young man named
Arnold engaged to teach a subdistrict
school. His incompetency for the I'M
dertaking soon developed itself glori-
Ously at the practical effort. Investiga-
ton discovered the fact that the ped
agogical Arnold held a certificate in
his W name to teach a common
school from the Examiners of Perry
county, but that this certificate had
been issued on the application of an
other young man, named Clements,
but hal given his name to the Elk
aininers as Arnold and passed. the ex
animation under the latter name.
This fraudulent personation is ajdang-
erous game, as the youthful dominies
may yet learn.
The Hamilton True Telegraph a
Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, is "a city,
set upon Il HILL" but not blessed with
gas lights. The elite of that beauii.
iui suburb had Il gay welding among
their young people, or Wednesday
evening. The numerous guests were
gathered around a table lighted by !:
gasoline lamp, and we're examining
the bridal presents. In the midst o!
their observations the lamp exploded,
and in the scImper and scramble that
/ pn=InfI fhn f..htn Nrn-nnfc ,,l oil
were upset. A confiagIation, by the
most strenuous eXertions, was pre-
vented, but Il big scare was not. Many
OF the elegant articles were ruined,
The Salem Republican says: James
G. Blackburn Of Mahoning county
has been sued bv the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for carelessly un.
loading and leaving on the track q
wagon load of fence rails, ,erel,y a
passenger train was thrown of. Dam
ages are laid at 5000. This should
be a warming to all who heretofore
may have been thoughtless in placing
distractions on the road.
The Mt. GiIead Register says: "On
last Friday, between the hours Of 8
and 10 a. NJ. the clothes of little Liz
zie, daughter OF orr townsman Thorn
us Phillips, caught fife burning her
face arms and hands so badly that she
died the same night at about IL O'Clock
in great agony. The particulars as
near as we can learn, are as follows;
Mrs. Phillips, the mother, was alb
sent on some necessary err and, leav-
ing her three children rs she supposed
in safety FOR n short time Lizzie, who
WAS about five years old, undertook to
put some wood i'll the stove when her
apron took fire; she and her little
brother tried to put it ont, but could
not. The atte ntion Of the neighbors
was attracted by the children scream
ing, bnt at first thought that they were
only playing b~oisterousiy. When as
s~isiance reached them, they were in
the yard still trying to PIT out the fire
AMI the skin was hanging from her
arms in strips, and her hair was burn
ell almost to a crisp around her face.
The skin and nail Of one Of her fingers
lay on the door step-the child had
pulled it of in her agony. The little
sufferer would sit up in bed and cry
so pitliiully, ooh can't some one help
me? Oh | wish l was deader, 1 wish
l was deader!" But no one could
help her. II ere were few dry eyes
among those who beheld her suffering
The funeral services were held at the
Universalist Church on Sabbath morn
ing at the Sabbath School hour.
An oil lady named McOwen, on
returning home from visiting the suf-
Iering little girl, fell, breaking her
arm between the elbow and wrist
SO accidents follow each other in quick
succession, and m%istortunes and death
crowd our pathway from the cradle to
the grave.