The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-26 00:00:00

ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.

STATE OF THE POLL-THREE O'CLOCK,

THIS DAY.

Jones
Lawrence
Nissen

HORRIBLE MURDER IN CANADA.

(From the Bastings Chronicle.)
To the attention of A. F. Wood, Esq., we are
indebted for the following particulars of an atro-
cious murder on the Hastings Road :
MADON, May 30.
A Mr. Finlayson has just come in from the town-
ship of Monteagle after the coroner, to investigate
one of the most outrageous murders that has taken
place in this section of country. The circum-
stances of the case as related by Mr. Finlayson
(a very respectable man, by the way) are as fol-
lows :—On Tuesday last a:Mr. Munroe, a resident
of Monteagle (a township on the Hastings Road,
about 70 miles from this place), went to his neigh-
bour, a Mr. Edward, to expostulate with him for
shooting his hens. Edward told him he would
shoot them if they came on his grain again and
took his gun and went out for that purpose. Munro
seized hold of the gun to prevent bis shooting.
Edward drew a pistol from a side pocket and pre-
sented it at Munroe, who knocked it out of his
hand and called on his son to pick it up. While the
scu:; e was going on, Edward's wife stole up behind
Munroe and struck him over the head with a
sycthe, cutting through the skull into the brain !
Munroe fell, upon which she struck him again,
almost severing his arm from his body. Munroe
died in a few minutes. Edward then wrenched the
pistol from Munroe's son and shot him in the back,
making a frightful wound. When Finlayson left,
young Munroe's life was despaired of.
It was with the greatest exertion that the people
in the neighbourhood were prevented from lynching
Edward and his wife.
Munroe is a man of very good character, and gene
rally respected. Edward and wife, on the other
hand, have been the cause of much trouble to the
settlement since they resided there, and were not
only very much disliked, but also very much feared.
On his way out Finlayson stopped at Mr. Jelley's
(Reeve of Tudor), who immediately with several of
his neighbours, started on to arrest Edward and
his wife.
1)r. Yeomans, coroner, will leave in the morning
for the purpose of holding an inquest, and invests•
gating the matter. Finlayson says the excitement
is very great in the immediate neighbourhood. It
is a most horrible affair, and it is to be hoped the
guilty parties will be brought to justice.

VARIETIES.

(From Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper.)

Jean, jester to Charles IX., tried his master's nerve by
rushing into his room one morning with the exclamation :
'• Oh, sire, such news—four thousand men have risen in
the city !" "What I" cried the king; "with what inten-
tion have they risen ?" " Oh," said Jean, " I shouldn't
wonder if it were with the intention of lying down again
at bed-time 1"

" If you don't accept my challenge," said a bullying fel-
low to ono whom he had insulted, "I'll gazette you—so
take your choice." " Go-a-head," said the other ; " I'd
rather fill six gazettes than one coffin."
A young Irishman who had married when ho was about
19 years old complained of the difficulties to which his early
marriage had subjected him, and said he would not marry
so young again if he lived to be as old as Methuselah.
Why should Africa rightly be considered to rank first of
the continents P—Because bears the palm.
Which of the feathered tribes lifts the heaviest weight ?
—The Crane.

A SHORT TRlP.—Slipping on a piece of orange•peel in
the street.

Docbs says he has one of the most obedient boys in the
world. Ile tells him to do as ho pleases, and ho does it
without murmuring. _ _ _

All our laws.would seem to be bankrupt laws ; they are
broken every day.
The mariner's compass has done some of the most im-
portant needle work in the world.
"I'll put that in my trunk," as the will elephant ob-
served to the orange. _ -

Why does a flower resemble a public lecturer P—Because
it depends on its (s) tali'.
Avail yourself of all your knowledge without making a
display of it. The machinery works best that is hidden
from view.

The truly great are humble, as those ears of corn and
boughs of trees that are best laden bend the lowest.
When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops
that fall, but not a drop from within the rim ; and we com-
placently call this charity.
A poor seamstress finds it hard work to thread her way
through life's wilderness.

QUEER RIND OP LOVE.—A neuralgic affection.
" I will take a bite, too," as the wolf said, when he came
across a man eating his dinner in the woods.
A poultry fancier lately procured a picture of a favourite
hen, which was so natural that it laid on the table for
several we A;s.

" It's hard tellin'," Aunt Deborah used to say, " how
much a man knows by the clothes ho wears. I've seen a
great deal of the world in my day, and I've allers found
that them who 'pears the smartest, and dress the finest,
ain't much arter all."
"Mr. Smith, I wish to speak with you privately. Permit
me to take you apart a few moments." .5. mith (who wasn't
the least `frightened)—" Certainly, sir, if you'll promise to
put me together again."
A railroad guard, out of employment at present, wants to
know when the "Equinoctial line" is to be opened, as he
thinks of applying for a situation.
A poet has commenced a new epic, which begins well.
It opens with an invocation to the Nine Muses, bursting
forth with there words—" Ye feminines 1"
A lady, meeting a girl wh) had ]Rely left her service,
inquired, " Well, Mary, where do you live now ?" "Please,
ma'am, I don't live now," replied the girl, " I'm married."