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his mouth. The rest were less, t&
considerably injured. Z"

SuicIDE.--We regret TO learn that
Henry SEYMOUR, Esq. of Utica, gentle
man well known for his wealth and high
standing, shot himself through the head on
Saturday incoming. We have heard no
cause assigned for the fatal deed, but pre-
sumo It was physical arrangement. ALI.
ID. .1du.
The steamboat Dubuque burst n boiler
near Alton, on the Mississippi, river, on
Tuesday the 18th day Of August, instant.
AT he time the passengers left, which had
arrived at Louisville twenty. four persons
had been buried, and three were not expec.
ted to survive.
There's musical tlncrant company at
Lexington. Kentucky, under Messieurs
Barn.em and EIay.oIt. These must have
belonged to one of those travelling provln-
Gals that enact n barns and out-bouses,
"rhe part Of Othello left out, by articular
desire" Miss Bear-man is the chief ne
cromancer.
Among the Wing members of the Leg
stature of Kentucky just elected are
HENRY CLAY, Jr., und Elk. Governor
MoREHEAD.
The ST.. JONI BRrDGE,-The Boston
Morning Post publishes the following let.
ter, giving some additional particulars Of
the disaster at ST. John.
ST.. JOINS. N. 3. Aug 1887.
| "About two years since, a wealthy COM
pany commenced the construction of sus.
pension bridge over the river St. John.
two miles ABOVE The city. The river at the
site of the bridge Is deep and rapid, so that
it was impossible TO found piers between
The shore abu'mnns The span was 500
feet, exceeding hat o. any bridge in Amer.
lea, and equal 10 that Of ia" celebrated Me-.
! mai bridge III Wales. The engineer EN-
poypd was o Mr.. Warren. OF New York.
A series of untoward accidents have been
happening to the work. ever since i's com
mencement. last winter he nearly rot his
main trnsses over when the whole gave
way. Two months ago be got his CHAINS
cross and erected the afodnr on them.
The improper angie a. winch they were
carried over 30" 'oWcr-. caused lateral
pressure on them and threw them ou OF
their Original vertical position. A fort
night since, the work was found 10 be IN so
CRITICAL s.SHte and conducted IMPROPER.
". that the directors wrote to Mr.. Ellison,
J to get his cpinlon on the state of he bridge,
and as to what WAS Tie most advisable
, course to pursue. Upon receiving his re-.
port. they requested him to assume charge
Of the work. which lie did. though AT the
same time expressing y As b;s opinion That
there was very ntle hope ut success. llG
Immediately cnu- d Gew towers tn be cree
ted, and GOT over several new CHAINS to re
c llevc the old ones. There were now. up
ward of five miles OF chain cables, largo
enough for sIrop| Of war. across thr towers
l suspended ~ the centre 30 trr' above hipH.
water. Yesterday morning one Of The our
f side chains parted md wa, su"n 'o''oNd
= bv the hers and 40 men were procipIial,d
e among the forrest Of scaff ,ldlna INFO the rau
ids below. Nne dead bodr 8 and one
trUnkIess h"ad have been picked mp; beside
several wounded mon. Who are not cxnect ed
, to survive. j. Is Dir. Ehson's oplnlnn and
most of the directors Coincide with HIM.
that there has been some foul p'av; for
+ when he first examined the work bn dIscov
cred several pieces of rope warn tied around
the links OF The chains, winch bad been sat
\ urated with acd. The errymcn were BIT
e terly opposed to The erection OF The bridge,
as were aSp be wood bnnrmep. whn fire.
Quen'ly Iost HE heads ofthc,r fnns's in pas
, sing under the scnflhldng. The work will
f probably be suspended for The present"
A VERMONT ColoSY The Rev. Mr..
Huntington, in a letter published in the
f Plymouth Mrmo0al. relates the following,
2 of an emgrant family, whom he met in the
isteamboat from Buffalo to Detroit.
sin the afternoon. happened TO plant
, my char right opposite 'o he effects OF e
family that were gong about 100 miles in
to the interior Of Michigan. The family
consisted of the emIgrant and his wife,
both under the are oE 80, and son and
, daughter. Tacv are part at ebony that
came our from Vermont, year ago. COZ,
, slstlng OF some 80 or 40 families. known To
each other in "iader land" and selected
from the most orderly and religious This
+ man, like many Of the rest, went out last
year, alone, and made preparations for re-
turning with his family. They purchased
, together one quarter of tnwnshp-each
man having a village house lot of ten acres,
and farm Of 100 acres contiguous to it.
, Like the Purltans,'hcy made arrangements.
r from the beginning. 10 take their household
) gods and their minister along with them;
though, suspect, Mr. Robinson would
never have done 50 much at farming, as
1 their minister is likely to do; for, like the
. rest OF the emlgrants, he has purchased.
with his own money, the same quantity of
: land (l7O acres that the rest did. Besides
, this. they give him the use of 30 acres Of
: land, which Is attached to their intended
parsonage.
1t seems this is all the certain provision
, they have yet pledged themselves to make