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and the carriage, not killed, but severely bruised and gashed about the head and also bruised in the breast. Mrs. Lyman and the child escaped unhurt.
 Mrs. Anthony was taken into tho house of MT. Simons, on Broadway, where she was laid out and where the coroner's inquest was held, which re- suited in verdict of censure upon no one!! MT. Lyman was also carried in there, and his wounds were dressed by Drs. Quackenbush and Hall.
 One of the horses was kille6-the other not hurt.
 The blame of this transaction rests upon Wilson, the driver. The cars were proceeding at their nsu- al rate, and every warning was given him to keep back-.a'bany Citizen, Jug. 22. ..
 Corespondenceof of the Courier and Enquirer. -.. MURDER IN WASHINGTON.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 18th, 1915.
 Our city has been thrown intoa state of unusual excitement, owing to an unhappy event which oc- cured on the Pennsylvania Avenue, near Fuller's Hotel. It appears that an altercation had taken place between Wm R. Elliott, brother-in-law of JOHN c. RIvEs, of the Globe. and young Ken. daN, son of AN1os KENDALL, which resulted in the death of the latter, who killed with one of Colts revolving pistols. Young Elliott has fed In the recontre another young man named Bully, a friend of Kendall, was wounded in the arm. By this sad and untoward event, two families have been plunged into the deepest grief R.
 .4H for Honor.-A correspondent of the Balt- more Patriot, gives the following account of the origin of the afray between Elliott and Kendall.
 .sT The quarrel began in this way they invited Elliott to go with them and roll ten pins He de- clined, because, he said, he had been there once and the alley was taken away from him before he had finished rolling. Kendall then told him jo- cosely, that if he had not been a coward he would not have let any body take the alley from him. FL Hot thereupon called Kendall liar Upon this they were about to fight, when Bailey nterposed and prevented their doing so. Some angry words passed after this which caused Bailey to strike El- Iiott. The parties then separated, and met again 1n about an hour afterwards, when the fatal afray occurred" |.
 .another Erecution.-Joseph Carter, Jr. and Peter w. Parke, convicted for the murder of the Castner family, were hung at Belvdere on Friday They died protesting their amnocence! The last words they spoke were to reiterate that they were ed to die Carter said, a few days before his death .-sWe are innocent, and some of Mese ddys, 0H aciW como out" Carter fatered; but Parke died without any outward signs of fear. Four clergy men attended them to the galows The law of New Jersey expressly declares that all executions shall be in private but the hangman, in this case, made the revolting act as public possible, and it was witnessed by thousands of both sexes.
 r -u.# 5' .a" " Y. ITiLune. l The Shakers at Lebanon.-The " Man who sits in the Elbow Char'' of the Boston Evening Tran
 
 count of the Shaker settlement near Lebanon Springs. He attended their meeting, on Sunday, in company with about one hundred of the visitors from Congress Hall, amongst whom was the Rev. Dr. PoTTs of New York Dr. Potts, he says thought very little of them their zeal, in his view of their mode of worship, wanting spirit and animation There is one discovery he has made, however, of which he may avail himself when next he renews his famous controversy, having found at least one church without bishop"-at least so far as the feminine part of the worshpping assembly is con- cerned. 5t ".i' .-.'
 The grave has closed over all that is mortal of JOHN AUGUSTUS SHEA. How startingly unex- pected were the tidings of his death Just one week before, we had walked with him through the streets of Hartford, in long and earnest conversa tion--and received at parting, his assurance that we should soon hear from him, as a literary cor respondent--and the next intelligence. that greets our ear concerning him is, that he is DEAn! A thunder-peal crashing down from cloudless sky, could scarcely have astonished us more. But moment since. he was with us, talking of his bright hopes for the ifuture-and now, his gene rous Irish heart Is as cold and still as the grave sodsthat cover it. ssWhat shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue "'-- Columbian.
 Fire at " .dstiand. "--We learn from the Lex ington Observer that the large bagging factory, rope walks, Sc. of Hon. Henry Clay, near that place, were entirely consumed by fire. together with fifty tons of hemp and small amount of of manufactured articles. on thernorning of the 7h inst. The loss is stated to be from seven to eight thousand dollars, five thousandsof which, we are glad to learn covered by insurance in the Lex ington and Etna offices. The fire was supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Tribune.
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