New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-08

HoRRIBLE DIscovERY-TEs PERSONS Persisted
on THE PRAIEIEs.-We are furnished by gentle-
man from La Fayette Ind, with the details of =
runner current in that city on Thursday, which fill
ths mind with horror in vie of the sutferings OF the
psrty TO whom IL refers. We only hops thar the
NOR may prove an e1aegeration. il not unfoundef.
II is possible that it is only highly seasoned rehash
Of the account Of the lJss OF family between this
city and Galens published in The Press of tue 10Th
inst On the Saturday preceding the memorable
storm Of the ?lst OF Janusry, two families, number
ing ten persons, moving from Southern Indiana TO
Northern Hin Ole arrived at Oxford the county seS
OF La Fay cite wI'h two exteams and well provided
with sssries for the road. They named there
through the storm, and on MOnda, morning resunsd
their journey. Last tuesday morning man passing
YER prairie, only about five miles from Oxford,
came upon Gig hit which filed him with horror The
csrcases OF tao oxen, from which the vi,cer8 haf
been removed, lay upon the ground. Iosice OF one
OF them were the frozen bodies Of four children. and
in the other tbs frozen corpse Of the mother with
nursing infant al her bresst. Under the sno va.
heap Of a,bes in which the iron Of the wagons
showed that the party had broken them up, and
buined every thing they had in them in the effort
save their lives Not far from this spot was fOlnd
tie BODY of the other woman Of the party partly
concealed in snow Drift and near her one Of the
men. The two other men sd not been found IL
IL probable that the party became inextrcably ia
volyed in the snow drifts the bleak pralries and
lost heir preseIce Of mind After burRing up their
wagons, il would seem that the b sd killed two
Of their oxen for shelter TO those found ia them
and then, accompanied by one woman, vainly en-
deevortd 10 esch the town they had left and proc are
aid 10 rescue their companions. the two other oxen
had wandered off. There was nothing about the
persons 70 indicate who they were ana nothing more
IA known about them than accidentally commu-
Licated by them during their brief stay At Oxford.
Chicago Daily Pres. FEB. 81
DEATH FROM ETHIR IN DENTISTS CHAIR We
leur from Mr. Joeselyn, of TIE Lynn DAY. the fol-
loving particulars Of the death Of female from ether
in that city Yesterday morning. 1t appears that q
woman named Farley, wife vi q carpenter of lat
name socompaI led by female friend, went into the
Office of DIR. Addison Davis well known deu,i,t Of
that place, 70 have a tooth extracted. The dentist
was about 10 extract il in the regular way when the
woman requested TO have ether administered To
this objection vas made by DR.. Davis he -ts,ing thu,
il would cost Der IS cents more Ste pulled out some
money, stating that she h,d enough TO pay aad per.
ssed that the ether should be given her The doctor
then inquired Of her to her state of health If her
lungs we're IN any way affected. She replied
in tie negative, when he proceeded 10 comply
with her request After she mad Inhaled from the
sponge while, he esked her il she could feel the pain
IN the tooth, and she replied that shs did He tneu
beld the sponge TO her nosls for further brief Pc
rod, noticing nothing unusual and went 10 get hi. n
srumebts. On bis return he found that her mouth
was set. He immediately proceed ed 10 give her sir
and took other means TO restore her. Mr. james Blf
ium, a well known Citizen came in aud physicians
were sent for, but nothing avaed she revived for
moment, breatbed little and then died Coroner,
iDquett wes held and post norton ex Ami alton Of
the BODY took place, when II appeared that the IN og.
Of the deceased were considerably diseased aud tbs
report OF the examining ply scians WAS that she no
doubt die OF of the lungs brought on BY
the Inhalation Of ether The female who accom- snisf
the dentist ss to the persistent desire of the deceased
TO hhale ether the Jury returned verdict eIculps.-
ing him from ali blame in the matter
boston Traveller, Feb "a.