The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-26

extended his hand and said he had
come to make up with him; that the
past should all beforgotten, and hence
forth they would be friends, THAI,
said.Mr. Kint, taking his hand, SIS Just
what Lwant. Ritter s~inmediatety
turned around to his VIE and com
menced to call her all the bad names
he could think of-too bad to put in
print Mr.. Kint ordered him to leave
the house, which he swore he would
not do. Thereupon Kint told him ii
he did he would use something
that would make him 60, at the same
time rising and taking a revolver from
a shelf.-Ritter made a slight motion
to go to the door, and Kint fired,
missing him. Ritter then turned, on
thei old man. and considerable Of a
scufie ensued, which terminated in
lKint firing two more shorts, one of
which passed through the heart of the
d.. leased, producing almost instant
death. In the scuf1e Mr.. Kint had
his right eye torn almost out. He is
now in bed, and expresses the utmost
willingness for a legal investigation of
| the affair
The Coroner's Jury, after an in
vestigation ofthe case, found that Lewis
Ritter came to his death by revolver
shots fired by Jacob Kint, in self
defence.
GAINESVILLE Signal says: On last
Monday afternoon, Rev. MI. Hagap,
pastor of the NJ. E. churchat Duncan's
Fails, in this county while returning
from q protraeted meeting at Chand-
lersville, was drowned in the Musk
ingum river, at the embankment be-
low the Falls He was on horseback,
and was e~ndeavoring to pass over
the embankment, which was covered
with the high water, when the horse
fell off, and Mr.. Hagan was precipI tat
ed into and borne down by the food.
His body was recover ed inextle day.
He had been married only about a
year, and was much esteemed III the
community Had .3iiu.- : e I'd l. has
On Wednesday evening, the 5thinst.,
a little daughter of Mr.. james Newell,
Of Summerfeld, Noble County, was
dangerously burned by its clothes
catching fire ait the CRATE. The moth
er was in an adjoining troom, and hear
ing its cries succeeded in putting olt
the fire, but not until the child was
badly burned around. the shoulders,
back Of the neck and head. It has
not been more than three months
since u child of Mr.. Alexander Gun
ningham, of the same neIghborhood,
was burned to death by upsetting a
bucket Of boiling water on itsel*.-l
Barnesvie Eatsiprisc. |
The Ohio Patriot says:-Cn the
22d OF December, John Frease, who
lived near New Bedford, in Cosbce
ton county, went to a grocery in New
Bedford, took several d,iIks, laid
down on a bench and in a short time was
found to be dead. Apoplexy is sup
posed to have been the cause of his
death. He was considered a hard
case, and the preacher thought it ipi-
proper for him to be buried with
christians, consequently he was as
signed a place in a remote part of the
burying ground.-His friends becom
ing dissatisfied with this a rangement,
a few days after proceeded to raise the
body for more decent interment AT
ter digging down pait Of the way .
piece OF the coffin was found, and on
reaching the bottom of the grave the
that-thc body had been
taken up were well confirmed. Some
think he dug out others that the devil
took him ; but the more intelligent at
his disappearance to the doc
tors. There is considerable excite
in the neighborhood, .and that
grocer's whisky is looked upon with
suspicion. fr ~
The 7Coshocton Democrat says =
The family of. Nicholas Bassett, who
in Linton Township Coshocton
County, presents an array of years sell
dom seen. Mr. Nicholas Bassett, was
born 1887, and is therefore SO years
Of age his wife born in-17S6, being
his senior Ivy one yerr. Both Mr..
and Mrs Bassett are, we unders and,
in the enjoyment of good health, and
bid fair to remain with us for several
years to come. They were married in
1912 Their children, ten in number
seven boys and three girls, are all
living the oldest child being siXty7one
and the youngest forty three years old.
ages os the then children
SIG years of the tea children and
their parents, 693. years They hays
ifty-six, grand Fchi;dren 4 thirty-elgh,
and eighteen dead /: and
seven great-gEapd7ehihren, six living
and one dead. s.r9iF 2 brs .-to.zi'
The Columbus Sandayi .morningI
news says:=# A voting 'wonanidressed1
attire was. Il committedsto the
county Jail, lastweek,l after an exam
nation, upon the charge OF robblng
Mr.. Fisher, aof the Star saloon, on
Fourth street, IN which establishment
she: was recently employed a 5 a bar
tender. This peryerse feminine re
To change hermale dress; to, that
more becoming her.sex, nvtwithstaud-
ing Sheriff sThnmpson has offered to
fit her out in fashionable forgery
She says she has become 81. accustomr
ed to wearing the %breeches that she
to continue it for the balance
ofher days. She is as strong-mindcd
as Anna Dickinsonj and just about as
charming. or. She has q melodious
voice, blight eyes, a clear c~ompleNlon,
a fine figure and a white hand that
shows no sign of labor, She swears,
chews tobacco and smokes-three ao-
complishments generally appertain
RI. sovSba Dersists in mimicinr.