Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
State and NeighbOrhOOd News.

From the Chillicothe Gazette, March 5tE.
A serious, if not fatal accident occur I
red yesterday evening about o'clock, on |
East Water street, near Hickory. Claude |
Wolfe, the second son of John J. Wolfe,
aged six years, got hold of torpedo,
such as is used on railroads by delayed
trains to signal those in the rear-at one
of the Ieighbors. With boyish charae-
teristie, he took it out on the pavement,
and commenced pounding it to hear the
noise, when it exploded, hurting MIN
backward, tearing two frightful holes IN
his body, over the heart and one on the
right side at the lower edge OF the ribs
both ranging downward and exposing
the intestines. In addition to this, one
of his hands was slightly wounded, his
Iip and face cut by the material with
which the torpedo was charged Not
withstanding his wounds the little fellow
Jumped up and ran in the house. Dr*J.
b. Scarce was summoned and dressed
b the wounds, removing such pieces of the
shell as he could discover, but it is feared
that part of it may have entered the
abdomen beyond discovery, rendering re
covery exceedingly improbable.
From the Xenia Torchlight March 5th.
The Trustees of the S. & S. 0. HON,
held session at Columbus last Tuesda.
and awarded the contract for rebuildin:
: the dining-room to Drees s. Thornhill, o
: this city, at $5 $50, excepting therefron
the galyanized-iron work and slate-roof
s ing, which was let to W. r. Kinnear
Y Co., Columbus, at $6s7.O5, and the ga
: and steam-ttting to John P. Martin {
v $612. The contracting parties are priv
,r iIeged TO use all the old walls and all ol
1t material available.
l. From the London Times, March sth.
le Tuesday, evening as Jailor White Wa
le preparing to close the Jail for the ever
ID ing, John Wright, better known I
ra s'Yacho,' one of the prisoners, played
g. sharp game on him and made his eseap
r He was in his stocking feet and slippe
n through the door into another room ar
ur under the bed. After the doors we
closed he unlocked the hall door and e
capped. 1t was a pretty sharp trick, b
ne John, the Jailor, says they won't come
IS, on him again. Fifty dollars reward
n offered for Wright.
~ Lancaster Gazette, March 6.
IT'S How would it do for the State to 5
Oh apart sufficient space at the State Far
IN as long as they are going to build a ra
Gu road out there, erect hotel and lease
IN to private party, thereby saving t
De State the expense of feeding hundreds
'ue visitors every summer, and creating
ne additional source of revenue instead?
- The Court of Common Pleas commen
80 one week from next Monday, with an
80 usual number of cases on the docket,
s9t Guiding, old and new, thirty three cril
- nal cases, and old and new, two hund1
and eighty-six civil cases. Among tn
. are twelve divorce cases; (; seven s1anC
tic cases; seven for damages; nine for b
ave tardy, and one for breach of promise.
art criminal docket will be taken up Al
tier 10th.
and On Tuesday evening, two young 4
- of this city, by name Nicholas Myers
is, Charles Schreller, with shotguns, W
ans hunting for muskrats on the canal ).
and without the corporate limits. They W
the in a skiff, and when near the H. v. R
OBJ bridge, young SehFeller snapped his
S to at a rat, but the piece failed to go
nee Young Myers then handed him his g
to which Schreller took, and layingit ae
the his arm with muzzle pointing tow
. If Myers, attempted to step out of the s
pose onto the bank. In this act the gun
OPP discharged, Myers receiving the en-
ates load in his stomach. This occurred al
aent Z o'clock p. M, and the wounded boy
Ons9 at once taken to the residence of Sci
ther Ter, where he fingered till about 4 o'c
III to Wednesday morning, when he died.
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