Show A SAD occurrence oa wednesday last about aye ave fye pm william harris and joseph josep abbott engaged in planting corn on what is known as the old fort square were struck by lightning and the latter iatter instantly killed harris was knocked down his body badly burned and was taken up for dead but by unwearied exertion ert lon ion was resuscitated and is in a fair way to recover A light shower was passing Lver iver over the city karrib karris was furrowing fur far rowing out the gratin ground d and ab bott abott a lad iad ad about 17 years old was dropping the he corn immediate immediately li after the plow and within ten or twelve feet of the other othe r at the time of the occurrence the deceased was struck on the back part at of the head by the thunderbolt which passing fown lown bia hia bla body burned it severely and tore off heels beets of his boots lie he was an exemplary auth and much esteemed by his associates ils lia father and mother having died some years igo ago he has been living most if not all the time since lioce in the family of A 0 smoot esquire it at present the mayor of this city harris is mr smoots step son and the occurrence has caused aused the family much grief drowsed DROWNED A boy about five years old the ony only fon fou on of mrs Crandall Crandal widow of the late john crandall of this city was drowned in a spring ear near n union square on the lah h dinst we have not learned tile tha particulars but it seems somewhat mysterious that a boy of that age ago should be drowned without being discovered by some one before it was too late to save life where people are constantly con scantly passing as they are in that part cart of the city the same day at ogden a child iwo two years old the tha da daughter tighter of F A hammond hammonds in the absence of her mother from the tha room a few minutes fell into a tub in which there was about six inches of water u wih I 1 h her face down and on being taken out was apparently dead restoratives Restora tives were applied and after aw awhile lille signs of life began to appe appear arbut but it was some ten or eleven hours be foie loie the child recovered so far as to be seemingly conscious of what was passing parents cannot be too careful of their children and should never leave them where they will be liable to meet with accidents of the kind |