The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-09-09
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MrRrEE OF Boy-- 4 Philadelphia paper,
August %, says, "On Sunday, while party
of boys were cunning in the vicinity of
y oodbury, \. j., one of the number was
deliberately shot through the head. The
lad who pcrpetrated the outrage came to this
city ut . O'Clock. in the Red Bank boat
We have not heard whether the young Grim
inal had been arrested or not"
MrEpTI AT CLEvELASD.-Thc Cleveland
papers state that man named Saml. Miller,
Of Addison, Michigan, was robbed and muir
dered in that city on the 10th ult. He came
to Cleveland on the Toledo cars, aud on land
ing hc was conducted by some runner 70
low GROCERY in River street, when, on see
ing the dca he had got into, hc left the house,
and was followed by some persons unknown,
who knocked him down, and robbed him Of
WHAT money he had, some sixty-iive dol
lars. The first blow he received, he said,
blinded him and closed his eyes, which he
never opened. He died in great agony the
next day.
ATrrlrT TO MURDER 4 WIFE. William @.
Eaton, assistant editor Of Dodge's Museum,
Boston, attempted on the 18th uit to muir
der his wife. On account Of conjugal diff
entities she had left him and gone TO her
fathers, where he sought mn interview with
her The interview was had, and they were
walking dowA street apparently on good
terms, when she att 'mptcd to run away
from him. and he shot at her, intlicting a
slight wound in the neck. He next assaIed
police officer, who attempted To arrest him,
but WIS finally taken. The affair occurred
at midday, and created much excitement.
MornER MrRDrRED ri nEn SoSs.-A Mrs.
Setron, in Wcstmorcland, y. Y, living with
several sons, recently died and was buried
but the manner Of her burial exciting sus.
picion, she was disintcrrcd, when it was
found that The body had deep cut on the
bnci; of the head, running to the left ear, "a
If from club or clcavcr. Three of the sons
were arrested on suspicion Of haging com
mitted the murder.
outrage ~ MiyyEsorA.--i German,
named Ean.st Kaiser, crossing Tie river Mt
Chalsca on his way TO St Paul, was followed
by some rnlians. who picked his pockets,
and then, ailcr beating him severely. cas-,
him into the river. The water revived him,
and when restored to consciousness he found
one ofhis dogs holding him rs the bosom Of
his shirt, and onlcavoring to drag him
ashore. BY his assistance hc gained tic
land, when lac was again seized upon By tie
mscrcauts and hurled into the river. Ills
dog again came 90 LiS assistance. and helped
to support him on the water 1T this time
the steamer Globe came along, and the at.
tcntion Of the crew being attracted by the
barking Of a small dog upon the shore, they
found the man nearly exhausted, but still
held above the water by his faithful dog
his body and limbs covered with bruises from
the blows which the villains inflicted upon
| him.
MrRpEG Ar GNwA.--A negro named
| "Tom' and white man usually called MA.
[ ior, got into n general quarrel in the hitch
en- OF one Of the hotels at Geneva, on Tues.
day Of last week, which resulted in a fight
/ with clubs Of wood. The Major" killed
"Tom' Tho st. Charles Democrat says
"whiskey was the cause Of all the mischief
/ as usual"
| MrRDals Al Sr Ioris.--On Tuesday night
of last week \ man who gayr his name a,
/ Isaac Newton, was attacked while staniin,
| on the corner Of street, by gang Of ruf
fans who knocked him down, robbed him
and then stabbed him several times. tn,
klIf iillf'fNAlllI Wv ib4sN, ~ lAds Riis IT,
no probability oi his recovery.
STEAMBOAT EyptOsloN.--rhe steamer ri
inour 40. ., Captain +. +. DiXin comman Ter
I len 81. Louis on Thursday afternoon foi
Brunswick, on the Missouri river, and ar
rived at 4 wood yard three miles below JET
ferson City on Saturday morning. took OF
board some wood, and at twenty minutes
past ten o'clock, while rounding out from IA,
wool yard, all ihrce las il supposcd) Of hci
boilers exploded tearing the boat literally
into fragments from the iac.statT to tn,
I wheel house. and instantly killing seventeen
to twenty OF the trcmcn deck hands an,
passengers. besides injuring Mr.. Charlie
Dix, the pilot atthc wheel, who died from
his wounds on the same day There wcr,
no passengers Oh board at the time cxccp
six or eight, who were all instantly kiIlc,
'and whose names are unknown. The name
of the hands on tie boat are also unknown
as all the books, papers, money, &c, wer,
lost
: Mr.. Charles Ecklcr, thc clerk and one 0
the owners of the boat, had his wife, iiyt
children and a negro 5irl on board at til,
time, who were in the ladies' cabin when tn
accident occurred. two Of the children were
scalded by the steam, one II is feared, vii
not recover.
The Iimour was good boat, about fou
years old. worth $1,000, owned by Captain
Dix, Charles Ecklcr and others. At tn
time the accident occurred Mr. John Scott
second engineer on the boat, was on watcl
in charge Of the engines and escaped un
hurt---.Ko. H,Pab.
DrsrRUcTvE FIGE.-About one o'clocl
this morning Ohe 3lst,) the Engine House
belonging to the &. d. c. Il. Il. Company, i,
this CITY. was discovered to be on fire, hu
too late to arrest the progress Of the flames
The building "a substantial brick structure
was, with the exception Of the walls, entire
" consumed and two valuable Engines. tn,
Marengo and Illinois, therein, were very bad
ly injured, ifno; entirely ruined We hav,
heard the loss estimated as high as $50, 900
--RoclJord Dem.
FuE.-On Wednesday afternoon tn,
Canal stable in La Sale, caught fire from tn,
Locomotive Of the Express train on the c. 4
K. J. r. r., and was burned to the ground
with two stacks of hay that were standing
near, and story and half dwelling house
before an effort could be made to stop thu
flames.
One horse was burned in The Stable. W,
have not heard the loss estimated Per,
Npioa Ctr
AMAS SuoT ~ 4 DoG.--Copake, y. Y.
Aug. lS,-A fatal accident happened in th
town on Sunday The 10th inst. Two mel
were ont hunting. One Peter Kilmorc ha,
a c-bairtl gun. He discharged one ba,
rel and killed bird; he then brought tn,
butt of ms>gun to the ground with the muz
zlc leaning against his left breast, His dog
coming up, jumped with his fore paw,
against him, and when his paws came dowl
they struck the trigger of the other barrel
and discharged the whole contents in hi
breast, and lodged in his shoulder. He lin
gcrcd till Friday, the nth, when he died
Cor. Tribune.
The express train on the Central Road
ran over two ladies', on Tuesday, at Canas
tota, n Y, seven miles east of Syracuse, in
stantly killing them, The ladies were jus
descending from the mail train going West
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