The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-02-07
isavages of wolves in Iowa---rwo Per-

fOWIs g 10 thesextreme cold weather Tor
some time past the wolves ii Pottawatta-
mie county bayebecotne dangerous neigh +
bors. Poultry yards and sheep folds haveaa
beenrobbed to lrghtful extent, and in sew
eral inslances-the- hungry beasts haze .not.1
been inclined to spare the human species,
- "A bout three weeks ago, man was re- q
W turning fIom g prayer meeting accomppan- pan,
led by his two daughters, one sixteen and
| the other twenty three years ofEsgss-
They were all riding the same horse, when
suddenly pack OF timber wolves assait-
ed them, and being unable TO escape by
flight, they attempted to defend them
selves But the ferocious brutes attacked
/ the ehorserendering him unmanageabie.--
fThej oldest tdaughterwas partly thrown and (
partly dragged to the ground, and lnstant' |
1deyoured. This enabled the father and
fthe other daughter to escape. Several
neighbors were soon mustered, but upon
irepairing to the spot nothing was found but
one shoe, and a very few remnants of the
unfortunate girls clothing. s& -
IS A boy of about thirteen years old left
4 his fathers house to get water at a.
Esprine which was about half mile dis
tant,1 since which time nothing has been
seen of him. The pail was found near
the spring; also, some marks of blood,
and lock or two of hair. Several per-
tEisohs have been chased by these savage
s 1monsters heohuk Post nth. @ -
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: PIERcE's KANSAS MESSAGE. is de-
nounced in every quarter where inde-
: pendence and manliness is not extinct
! The New York Evening Post which sup
ported Pierce for the Presidency, regards
1.-THE Message as piece of insufferable In
Z solcnoe.s 1t says: easssa yziE
BY what authority does this man, who
! has gotinto the executive chair, presume
. to tell us who may settle in Kansas, and
! who must stay at home; who may help
their neighbors to emigrate, and who may
mot? What warrant has he for occupying
:, the two Houses with his denuneiatiens oi
: those whose only offence is that they have
become residents of Kansas, where they
have as perfeeta right to be as. he.has te
'e be at Washington? Did weelect him fol
:, The Baltimore american, southern
: paper, treats the Message and its author
! with undisguised contempt:
p ..We publish the Presidents Messag
:. Il on Kansas affairs rather in Difference to tn
custom of the press to spread such docu
y ments before the public thanfrom any i'm
. pression'of the importance or pertlnenc.
of the document itself.
~ X X x X Mr.. Pierc
- must be regarded as fortunate man tina
- in discharge of his duty in advising Con
. gress, he is able to issue documents S
: capitally fitted to advance his interests a
.. ~ the southern candidate befure the Gin
:, cinnati Convention. His opponents fo
u that nomination, condemned to silence,
=, not inaction, must feel terribly the advar
: tage he holds over them in this respect
in '' 1,>.-N,-''~. ''O - : ..'~-s5 -,
Of -
Po1soNING IN ENGLAND.-A most extr'
], ordinary case Of poisoning occupies pul
Il lie attention. Dr. VIM. Palmer, su
al geon, but who made betting his profes
ion, in other words "a sporting man
Z was in company with a gentleman name
iar Cooke, at Rugeley, Stafordshire, fsettllr
81 up some gambling accounts, when Cook
af who had just drank a glass of iquo
q. Suddenly became sick and exclaimed til
"a Palmer had poisoned him. Cooke di
no next day, and Palmer was arrested.
tha discovery. that almer owed aslarge su
., to. Cooke confirmed the suspicion agalr
-. him, and it was then remembered that
NJ Palmer's) wife had died suddenly
~ symptoms similar to those that had CARR
- off Cooke, $50 x9asa'a2
- This led to further inquiry, when t
j = astounding fact came gradually out Il
, = - sixteen persons, al Immediately come
=, ed With Palmer, had died suddenly, Wi
~ 80 In a short time, and that on the lives
:. some of these persons he had effected
''.' - 4 surances, while with others hehad bett
-, transactions. The Understanding Of th
developements i that Lord George B
-. IN timex who, it will be remsnbered. ~ di
s;as. : 9 suddenly, had t. ansa-tions with Palm
80 80 and it is now believed that he was pos
-. ed! The eorpses ofsome Of the spppoe
- 80 victims have been exhumed, and $, sbu
80, ted to chemical research. fer traces.ofs p
49, on. Strychnine, OF some etherayegstettaa get
tn preparation, is supposed to have been
..1',s means employed. . Itais somewhat g
- Gus that the accused had a fast horse
estly : &c, @,
$ ar FoR THE WEsT.--TheeInd eIndianopolisJ Jc
uail' nal states that quite "a sensation
NOR produced in that city, on the 18th; II
efea by the arrival of forty.fve orphan b
aihes who had been gatherediup in3New u