The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24
ITEMS OF ATLANTIC NEWS.
Il Fearful Ie0y and Mor,.eIo,te Pocc,

about lO o'clock, young lady approached
the suspension bridge from this side, and
when asked for her toll inquired of the
gate-keeper how much it was, and when
told the price to the Island, replied she
did not think she was going that far, and
said she ought to go for half price, as she
was only going to the middle of the bridge.
He took the toll she offered, and she pro-
ceeded on her way. When she reached
the place where the iron cables touch the
railing, at nearly the highest part of the
bridge, George Downey, the toll collector,
observed her climbing up the railing and
removing her bonnet and shawl. She ran
to her onl in time to catch the mantila
which she wore, when she broke from his
grasp and leaped to the stream below a
distance, even at the present high stage of
water, of not less than seventy-eight feet
The current was full of floating ice, and
her destruction seemed inevitable; she
sank then rose, then plunged wildly in the
swollen torrent j; sank again, rose once
more, and then fioated onward amid the
torrent of ice with nothing but her head
and one hand occasionally visible. Sever
al men in skif' put out from boat living
at the wharf, followed her, gave her up as
lost several times, but each time renewed
the chase, and finally picked her up alive,
but insensible, after she had been in the
water for nearly half an hour ! Restora-
tives were speedily applied, and she was
removed to the house of friends, where,
we understand, she is gradually, recover
ing from the injuries sustained from the
ice and cold.
The leap was one of the most desperates
and the escape from instant death the most
miraculous, we have ever recorded or ever
seen recorded. Her clothes no doubt kept
her head uppermost as she was falling, and
buoyed her up when she got in the stream.
The heroine Of this adventure is a young
lady, whose name we omit at the solicita-
ton of her friends, and who has lived here
for some years, supporting herself by her
work as a seamstress. Those with whom
she has resided give her an irreproachable
character. The common report attributes
the affair to disappointment in love mat
terS.
BSg~ The following collection of Atlantic
items we clip from the Union:
Honda.-The Florida Conference of
the Methodist Church South was recently
in session at Monticello. The number of
ministers present was larger than on any
previous occasion. Upwards of $500 was
subscribed for Missionary purposes. The
(op g +o holJ To-
arkansas D. Merrlck has been
elected Mayor of Little York.
The Little Rock Gazette learns that Mr..
Hewson, with his party. has completed the
survey of the Helena and Little Rock Rail
road, as far as the mouth Of the Cache. At
last accounts, Mr.. Hewson was making
reconnaissance of the route on the west side
of White river, in the bottom.
The Wing learns that Daniel B. Haink,
of Arkansas county, committed suicide by
shooting himself on the 25th January
Cause not known. The deceased was a
native of Wellsburg, Va. He leaves
family, consisting of several small children
His wife died few months since.
John Austin has been elected Mayor of
Van Buren,.
WtSSouri.-Wm. T. Thornton, student
Of the University at Columbia, who killed
Benz. F. Handy, fellow student. has been
tried by an examining court and acquitted
Grand River College was burned on the
I'd February.
Nhnois.-The Chicago Press gives list
Of 15O newspapers published in Illinois, and
says that marked improvement is obser-
vable in the independent style of thinking
and writing in those papers. The Press
furthermore remarks that "a State which
supports $50 newspapers, dozen colleges
and seminaries, a common school in every
neighborhood, and large number of ser
lect and classical schools besides, is not
justly obnoxious TO the charge of possess4
ing en- Ignorant or an unthrifty popula-
ton"
Zowa.-The Democratic State Convent
ton met at Iowa city on the 3 lst Jan. and
nominated the following ticket for state
officers Curtis Bates, for Governor G.
w. McCleary, Sec. of State; NJ. L. Nor
ris, Treasurer; Jos. L. Sharp, Auditor
Jas. D. Eads, Superintendent of Public
instruction and D. c. Cloud, Attoraev
General.
The Supreme Court of the State has de.
cided the liquor law of the State to be con-
stitutional. m
Indiana A great sensation was pro-
duced IN Madison on the morning of the
ID Feb, by the announcement that terri
bic murder had been perpetrated in that
city. 1t appears that on the night of the
"a, as man named Jas. T. Phillips and
his wife were sitting by the fire, in their
own house, on Main street, the door being
slightly open, some murderous assassin
approached the dwelling by stealth, and
fred a gun or pistol through the opening
Of the door, the. ball passing entirely through
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