■; struck by Hay Fork' ' • . *• • —1- *' • - H . * - '*■?-. ; • - ^Ay serious accident that came near, to being.: fatal Vbappened..ai ’ tlieiD. D; Stephens home; Saturday, morning, y?hen ? the bay carrier . slipped.from .the .track, allowing a liay fork - to fall aud = pierce Robert Stephens thru the left thisrh. -The'point of the fork made a severe but clear laceration, missihgthe large artery by. less than hal fan inch and the lower bowels by only about three inches.At .this writing, Thursday, we learn that the young man is improVing as well as expected and 15 sitting up a little today.-. • . ’