Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-06-30


the penitentiary for various periods for steal
ing. The oldest had but Short time nreyi.
Gus been discharged from the penitentiary al
Phtsburg; the youngest, lad of is, had
made his debut by stealing 50 dollars from q
passenger on board steam boat. They were
all, we understand, non residents of Wheel
ing, being engaged on the river or temporily
soJourning there. They left Wheeling on
Thursday morning last, and were five DAYS
In reaching here, l9C miles, FIN. Rep.
ifrom the Neacbn7a, W C. Sentinel, June I0l
MURDER
ETtract Of a letter to The Editor of The Senti
mel, dated Jericho, DupIin county, June 1.
'fOn Sunday last murder was committed
IN this neighhourhood, which has created a
very unusual sensation. About O'Clock on
that day, Miss Nancy Boyet, daughter of a
very respectable widow, left her house with
the intention of visiting MIR Prices family,
who live at the distance of a mile from her
mothers. When night approached, and he
daughter still absent, Mrs. Boyet became un
easy, and set out with the hope Of meeting
her on the way. Her feelings may more ca
silly be imagined than described when she
found on her arrival al Mr.. Prices that her
daughter had not been there that day She
alarmed the neighbours, a company went
forth, and after diigent search they found
the mangled corpse Of the unfortunate vic
Tim IN an adjoining pond. Her body was
shockingly bruised, and her throat was cut
TO the neck bonel From appearances, the
murder must have been perpetrated at dis
lance of two hundred yards from tie pond
In which the body was found, and the resis
lance must been desperate. The ground aud
bushes at the place of conflict, were much
trodden and broken, and some hghtwood
limbs that were on the spot, appeared to lave
been used by the monster in completing his
designs. The young la1y's combs were also
found broken and scattered on the ground
No discovery leading to the detection Of the
murderer has yet been made, and with the
exception of Its fatal result, the whole trans
action is yet mystery TO the neis hhourhood
1t must have taken place about noon, in a
thlckly inhabited settlement, and on the pub
lie road leading from Whitehall to Fayeite-
vile. An Inquest was held, and verdict
pronounced OF rape and murder, by some
person unknown Should any thing further
transpire concerning this lamentabe deed,
shall take an early opportunity Of communi
eating it"
EVANSVILLE, (Ohio,) June 1S, 1881
We should not omit 10 notice the splendid
lines of mail coaches, now running to and
from this place under the direction Of the en-
terpsising and persevering contractors for
carrying the mails. The coaches on the cas-
tern and western routes are excellent, and
those on the south western route, built at Go
lunbus under the superintence of the recent
contractor on that route, Mr. W. III. Beard
| (who we learn has disposed of bis contract, }
/ ha Cd far ato ,f,pf
by any stage on the great eastern We have
now forty eight arrivals ard departures Of
| stage coaches weekly, besides some horse
mails. The stage proprietors on the eastern
| line, have Just established an extra line of ac
| commodatIon coaches to run three times a
week between this place and Wheeling; the
increase Of travel already justifies this addi-
! ,ional expense, and probably will soon ex~
tend it to another daily line,
| Hydrophobiu DIR. Hamilton, after labo-
| rious research, txes the 10th day after the
: inh'.!s.a" =. ;ne wound, as the earliest period
/ at which this disease has appeared, and 10
months as the latest. Between these periods
the times Of the attack are very various. OF
| I3l cases, IT were seized before the 30th
| day; 6S between the 30th and seth; % from
60 to 80 days; 9 from so TO 100, and ID from
to 10 months. The DIR. afterwards men,
tons the case of boy bitten in the toe by a
cat, on the 14th July, 1897, in which the poi
! nfay dormant until 10th Nov. 1900, pc
Rod of three gears and four months! DR.
Ihatcher's work on Hyd,ophobia contains
minute description OF several cases, almost
too horrible to read or think of.
From Bells Life IN Londosa-ef .May g.
! TRoTTNG-ENGLIsH GENTLEMEN Ans
wEREp.-Sir: In challenge to the "Amer
lean Trotters," which appeared in your pa.
per Of the Esd of last month, signed s'An
English Gentleman" it was stated tina; Ihad
declined making match against Mr.. Theo-
bald's trotting stallion, and also that an En-
glish horse is open to perform Tom Thumbs
matches for 500l each match. In answer 10
the fist statement, beg leave TO observe
that declined making the match against Mr.
Theobald, because his stallion is no more or
less than s.AmericaH Runner" and the dis
lance only FIVE miles. Running is not trot
ting, although permitted among trotters, MOI
is five miles distance TO prove the bottom
of horse-To put an end TO any furtheI
challenges TO my horses, signed by anony
NOUS writers, am ready TO back Ratter a
gainst Mr. Theobald's Running Stallion, five
miles, for 20Ol; ten miles for 2O0; fifteen
miles, for 200i, and twenty miles, for 200t
or against any other horse in England, either
in or out of harness ,or both, on the same terms
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