Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-09-05
Vol. G--NO. 5O--VyhOle No. 80
a Chapter of Grimes.

o'cn 'et"o''sncu pe}ohd shadow oil a doubt,
That Eppes. who is now nj large, is guilty of mur.
dering +. Adolphus Muir, late of Dnwiddie CO
he has also been strongly suspected of having
caused the death of several other persons in the
same counly-oud among the number, his own
son, and the mother, or moher-in.law of Mrs.
Epps, A few years since, on elderly lady
then mn inmate il we understand CORRECTLY Of !
EPpes' house-was taken suddenly i'll and died. |
Al the cea,h of This lady, il seems large es-
tate was likely to fall into the hands of Eppes, |
as guardian of his children, who were 20 be the |
heirs of their deceased relative During the
briefsickncss Of the lady, Eppes was known to
have administered dose of medicine, or some.
thing which he proiessed would give relief to
her The dose had been given but short time,
when she continued to grow worse, and soon
expired. Nothing was thought a, the time, of
the sudden death ofthe lady-her friends no,
| dreaming for moment that she had been un.
fairly dealt with. 1t is only since the develop.
mcnts in the Muir case, that suspicion has been
excited towards Eppes, IN regard to her death.
| 1t has been only few years, too, since son OF
| E's was killed, as reported at the time Of his
death, by the accidental discharge Of his gun
while he and his father, w. Dandrige Eppcs,
were out hunting. The account of young Ep.
pes death, from the lips of his own father, being
too plausible at the time, no one of course sus
peced foul play; but now it seems, that the son
was heir to some property which his father
| .IaJ ,.,o
circumstance. taken in connection with others,
leaves very little doub, that Eppes is the mur.
derer of his own son. Nor does this end the
chapter of his crmes He is now suspected Of
having murdered Drover who has neither
been seen nor heard from. since he was known
to have gone to Eppes' house. to collect of f.
money for numbtr of hogs sold. This has
heen several years ago, aud as pretty good e.
whence of suspicion being properly attached to
Eppcs for disrosing of the Kentucky drover,
the skeleton Of grown person was lately, with.
in n week or SO, we believe, found in an ice
house on the farm upon which Eppes formerly
resided Richmond Va, Republican.
MAucNISG IRoN WoRKs-We sre informed
that these new and extensive works, the pro.
pcr,y of Messrs Wkpson, Wilkes & Co., went
into operation last week. They are located at
Poland, on the Mahoning river, in Ohio. This
/, The first Americoa furnace in nhich Pig J.
ron has been made Nth rau Giiuminous coal.
This object was sought to be accomplished by
Messrs. w. w. & Co, and they are entitled
20 The honor Of being the only iroa masters in
the United States who have conducted this oft.
tried and important experiment to n successful
; result. The iron ma''e by them, by this pro
y ccss, is fully equal to the best Scotch Pig-be
" ing made from good ore. and better quality o
y coal, and sme!lcd in precisely the same man
l. ner.
: DEMIsE or Venerable LADy.--Thc dealt
OF Mrs. Margaret Gredie is announced in tn,
New York papers Of the 9th ult. She arrived
in that city, from Germany about seventy year
ago, with her father, the brother of the venera
bile George hrcularous, Esq, and at the age o
fifteen married Mr.. John J. Riell, also Ger
man, who was baker to the revolutonar
conlinen'si army. She was distinguished 10
. ncrs aud sick. confined in the memorable "O'
- Sugar House :" and at a perious crisis in th
W affairs of the revolutionary party at that period
Is she proceeded to Philadrlp plia by the direction
t. of her husband. (wAn died in 1857 and presen
y ted General Washington with 1900 guneas, a
> donation in aid of the great natona, indepen
81 dcncc. Under the sanction other husband, sl'o
u moreover, supplied the American army viii
It bread, Eur The period of four months without an
N compensation. She was highly esteemed. thrc
II her long lite. by all who knew her. asa devou
t. Christian, and exetnplitied that high characte
y in her whole department, she has lett arg
:" number OF desccndan,s--probably two hun
D. dred.
al NlwsrApER-A Newspaper taken in fan
ily seems Ia shed CLEAN o. diligence arount
c. 1t gives the children taste for reading
o' communicates all the important events in III
= busy world; il is a never falling source OF a
81 musement, aud furnishes a fund of instruction
a. which will never be exhausted. Every iamll,
a. however poor, if they wish to hold place i
e' the rank OF intelligent beings, should take d
as laste one newspaper And The man who pos
'e sessed Of property sufficient TO make hmse
W easy for life, surrounded by children eager 70
&c knowledge, is nstigated by the vile spirit OF c1
y" pidity and negec,s to subscribe TO newspaper
nc is deficient in the duties Of parent or goo