The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-09-16

feet, so severely injurns her that she is not
expected to live.
MrRDEKER.-A man named John O'Don-
nell was instantly killed yesterday, on Broad
way. The circumstances are as follows -
/ ODonnell had boarded with n man named
( Thomas Bowling about ten months ago, and
/ left owing Bowling four dollars for board
| \ few days ago Bowling made out the bill
/ and placed it in the hands Of constable for
/ collection. The constable called on him at
/ kcnnys shoe store, on Fourth street, where
O'Donnell worked but did not receive the
| money. On Wednesday O'DOnnell called at
/ the house Of bowling aud gave Mrs bowling
/ two dollars Of the debt lie afterwards
called there in state of intoxication and
/ told Dowling's wife that he intended 10 muir
der her husband. lie soon after went TO the
I shoemaker sh p OF Mr. Pomcroy, on Broad.
Z way near Bddle street, whore Bowling
worked and accostcd him, "DoNli ling, YOU
-son Of b-h, | am going to kill YOU and
mt the same time he struck Bowling, who
vas sitting 90 his bench, behind the ear with
his ii,t. We are informed that Downing told
him 70 20 away, that he did not want TO
quarrel with En, and that he might keep the
remaining two dollars which he owod him
D'D1uuc.l struck again, at which bowling
rose up, and gra4ping his shoemakcr's knife
in both lands, he stabbed iim IN the left
side. ODounoll staggered and fell, and
/ died in 4 few moments. bowling mmedi.
atcy gave himself up 10 policeman and is
no% in jai!.--St Loais HeF., Sept. &.
\ difficulty occurred in the town of Barry,
( (Clny county, Mo,,) on Wednesday last, be-
tween two men BY the name of FAIR and
Woodbridge, CJrothcr.in.law,) which result
ed in the death ofthc latter Woodbridge
received five pistol shots and several stabs
The difficulty is said to have grown out of
. il-trcatmcnt Of the wife of one Of the par
ties.
y FmNprn MURDER. learn that a
boy a1ou, ten years ofagc, named Alexander
Campbell, was short through the head, and
instantly killed. near his home, shot dis
lance from Monticello, on Wednesday last
. Ills brother heard the report of the gun and
ran to the spot, just in time 70 got a glimpse
Of man hurying from the place The
murderer is not known neither can any
cause be assigned for the horrid decd.-Ld-
Jdysfc lIHJ) CoHrteE.
7 4 young man named short, a clerk in
dry goods tore in Cincinnati, and young
lawyer named Peacock, from Chicago, fought
a duel in Kentucky on the 9th inst, Short
was fatally wounded in the left breast at the
second round. They fought about young
girl, to whom short was engaged
= ff7---r----t1 -7-irrf ffTz-HH IRIS MOTnER.-Two
weeks ago n woman appeared before the
/ Mayor or PittSburg, and stated that years
ago sh- MARI cd n man ma ned Ralph Hutch
insuu an! that she aud her husband had
until a recent PERIOD been residing with ler
father and mother, at phmnixyillc. where
Hutchinson was employed as a coal digger
/ During their residence at this place circum-
stances occurred TO create suspicion in Mrs
hutchinson mind that an improper iEtiina.
cy existed between her mother and her hus
band, and these suspicious were confirmed
/ by the guilty pair clipping. She was induced
Oiollow the husband 20 Ale henry Co., Pa.
where she preferred a charge before a jus
ticc Of the Peace, against the parties, who,
in consequence, took their departure Oh Sun
day morning in the Stcubcnyillc stage, leav-
ing the poor creature brpkcu-hcartcd, en-
t,rc!y without funds. and with two children,
o1e Of whom is an infant only four months
old, dependent Oh her ior their support
ELoPENuvr ~ \. HANrsumr.-The Dover
n. H. Inquirer Of the 18th ult. says at is
currently reported that an eminent rhysi-
clan who has praCtirca in noighboring
town for several years--a married man--nas
clopcd with young lady of eighteen sum
mcrs, more celebrated for beauty than dis
cretion. The DR.. gave ont word that he
was going TO California but the real destna-
ton Of the guilty pair remains mystery.
ELorENaNr-A handsome young ap-
pcaring lady arrived recently at the Union
Depot on the Hudson River, X. r. and stop
ped at the Mansion House, where she said
her husband was to meet her. On the next
train her husband" arrived, and the two
pas ell the afternoon and evening as husband
an wife 81 o Id. About ten o'clock at night
another gentleman arrived, who also claim.
to be the husband of the lady, and made APP
plicGtion at the lady's room for admittancc
which being denied, lie proceeded to lel
down the door, when he discovered the guilty
pair On INIT. No sooner did the real huS
/ band see the pretended one, than he pro
cccdcd to administer to him m infinite mum
Der of dry knocks, much to the injury of hi
: personal appearance. The woman rushed
! from the room, and proceeded in her nigh
dress down stairs, crying "Fire." at the tol
Of her voice. This, with the pummelliny
/ operation that was going on up stairs, arouse,
the guests and boardcrs in the house, VIII,
proceeded TO conquer a peace" by mail
e force. The affair ended by the prctende,
, husband taking a sudden leave, and the dc
parturc of the real husband and his truan
, wife and little innocent one in the 1 o'clock
\. NJ, train for New York.
EMPRESS RoBBED. ---Mr Jas. d. Radcliffe
carrier of the United States Express Com
pany, was robbed at the Depot of the Gin
, cinna'i, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, las
,, evening of the carpet bag containing tn
; money oihis trip. The exact sum lost is no
yet known, but it cannot be less than $50,
: coo and probably twice that sum.
HEAVY FoRGGUy,-A man calling hmsel
James Bishop recently forged u check o
, the American Exchange Bank in New York
-, for $4,000, which he deposited in the Chem
!, ica Bank, and then drew out the Who'll
, amount in sums of $500 at tune, lie tric
the same on several other banks, but wa
not so successful. The operator is suppose
$ to be the notorious forgcr Webb, who rcccn,
c " complcteda course of discipline at Sin
. Sing.
a LADY ElGIN SuSE.--This steamer, Will
# on her way to Buffalo, struck n rock oil Man
: itowoc on Wednesday, and sunk soon a!le
:, reaching the pier at that place. She had OF
board, at the time, three hundred passenger.
y all ofwhom got oil in safety.
FIRE AT ROCHESTER, "A fire broke out o
the 7th inst, in the woodshcd Of tho n \
Central r. r. at Rochester, which Instant
. spread to the round house, destroying lc
h comotivcs, 900 cords Of wood, the roun
, house, wood sheds, &C. Loss 100000.
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