Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-04-23
TnE RAFTsMANos JOURNAL


TRIAL OF A Nan FOR MuRDERISG MS sFifE.
Sudden .4ppearaace cfifhe Wife Ia n, Cgurt
Room AT Cleveland, On Saturday, an exam
ination took place before Esq. Hessenmneller
of Michael Wyngert, for the murder Of his
wife. This prosecution was induced by the
sudden disappearance Of the woman about six
weeks since, and it was supposed, from the
habitual i'll treatmentto which she was sHbJec-
ted, that she had been murdered. No trace
of her could be found, and the statement of the
defcndent confirmed the suspicion The ovif
dence had been heard, and thoughit vas cir
cumstantial, the probability of the murder was
strongly sustained. at this juncture-the
court room being densely crowded by excited
spectators won an alleged TO have been
murdered made her appearance, to the great
surprise and qualification of all, and especially
Of the culprit on trial. The woman had aban-
doned her liege lord, and sought the asylum
for the poor at the Infrmary, where, sick and
forlorn, she had received care and cure. She,
of course, was totally ignorant of the charge of
murder against her husband, and it was only
by accident thai the intelligence came 70 those
who were cognizant of the trial, and she was
sought ont aud produced al the Court TO the
pleasant astonishment of all concerned.
THE MISSISSIPPI BRDGED.--We learn from
the Chicago TSfbune that the great railroad
bridge across the Mississippi at Rock Island,
commenced uiiier the auspices of the Chica-
go and Rock Island Railroad, and continued
by the Joint efforts Of that road and the Aissis-
sippi and Missouri Railroad, is now completed
and the locomotive crosses regularly from H.
linofs to the iowa shcre. 1tSsas commenced
in 1854. The plan adopted is that invented
by Howe, including esdraw'' for the passage
| OF steamers The ssdraw'' rests upon centre
pier OF IS feet diameter St the tor, and its
entire length is 2oIfeet in the clear. When
| open II leaves space ofal2E feet over the
main channel. The cost Of The bridge is
s8O0. 900. 90 Ell 7aa sa
! Holiolcug's Ointment and Pills an infailibie
Remedy for Blotehes on the Skin.-EdgarMo
timer, aged 25, OF Third-street, Philadelphia,
was for five years severe sufferer with blot
ches on the skin, the whole of his face, neck,
arms, and hands, being dsfgured with them
like small pox; he consulted several very clcY-
er medical men, who told him it was the pre-
dictiug symptoms oc some disease, which a
larmed him exceedingly; however, he took
Holloway,s Pills Immediately, and rubbed the
Ointment on the parts affected: and in weeks
the whole of the blotches disappeared, and his
health was considerably Improved. These rem
| edies viii cure the most deeply seated old
wounds and ulcers, even Of 20 years standing
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AMARRYISG MAs.-A few days ago, says
the Covington, Ky, Journal, Judge Perrin, OF
/ this city, married a man for the fifth time. 4
singular feature in the case is that the fifth wife
was also the third wife. The third marriage
not proving happy one, the i-artios were sep
arated and divorced. The man married again,
and when death claimed his fourth wife, the
disconsolato widOwer returned TO No. three,
and wooed and won her. Judge Perrin thinks
lie has tied them up cfleetual!y shis time. The
lucky man had the impudence TO claim re-
dnction of the marriage fee. in consequence
Of the large business he was doing in that line.
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The small pox is prevailing quite generally
throughout the South. In Carter and Wash
ington counties, Tenn, and Madison and Bun
combe counties, North Carolina. In Greene
county, Tenn, its ravages haze been alarming
and Greenylle, the county seat, IS guarded
by armed men to prevent communication with
the infected district. The town Of Jonesburg,
Tenn, is also guarded by armed citizens. In
Sumter, S. c., the disease has made its ap-
poarance, and in the lower counties OF Virginia
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IMMfaR ATIoS ron 1S55.--FroTn a recent COM
municatfon from the Secretary of State to the
lower ITonse of Congress, we learn that the to-
tai number of passengers arriving in the Uni
tied states during the year 1855, was upwards
of 29g. GOO. Nearly SO, 900 were residents, and
over 100. 900 arrived at New York. Germany
furnishes Sc 600, Ireland 10000, England 3d.
600. in round number. The total arrivals since
September 3Oth, 1913, is 3,400,OOO.
The Chicago Democratic Press relates, that
during the forty-eght hours ending Saturday
morning, the eight trains the Michigan
Southern, Road brought eighty-ene coaches,
containing 1000 passengers; and in the same
time, the six trains over the Michigan Central
| took into that city siXty-three coaches, con-
tanning 1862 passengers: nearly nine thou
sand passengers arriving in two days.
HUNG IN SITE or A REPRIEvE.-We see in
the papers an account of the execution of
convict, by the Sheriff of Franklin county, in
Alabama, after the receipt by him Of respite
from Governor Winston. He is said to have