The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-01


| HoRRIBLs TRAGEDY ~ IowA.-A Wife Csa to Pieces
| Nth an Are-smcSae of the Htsband-A terrible
affair occurred in Johnson county, Iowa. few
days ago. The Iowa Republican, after stating that
| a man named Hurt with wife and four children ]
had ascertansd that his wife had succeeded in prs-
curing divorce from him, on account of his cruel
| treatment, says:
He came home little before sunset, went TO the
well. got drink Of water, then picked up an axe
AID drove his wife from the house 0yertaking
her in the yard, he struck her with the axe in the
back OF the head She fell to the ground. and he
| then hacked her up in the most shameful manner
cut her right arm nearly off, and sunk the bit of
| the axe several times in her back and sides. He
then left her for dead. and took after his mother
| in-law, who was running through the field to one
Of the neighbors She had got so far that he left
| her, went into the house, took some fire, went up
stairs and set the beds fire. In half an hour the
| house and everything in it was in ruins. Two Of
MS sons, young men, we're present at the time but
dare not make the least resistance.
While the house was burning, Hurt was seen go
| ing, through the field towards a thicket. About
dark thirty of the neighbors collected around
| the burning ruins. Mrs. Hurt was found in po
tatos patch senseless She was carried to a neigh
boris house, where she died In few hours 1t WAS
arranged to meet at daylight the next morning to
hunt for Hurt The search was short. lie went
about twenty rods to the edge of ticket and stab
heard moaning and crying all night by some of the
neighbors. He had lost his knife In the grass and
had no other weapon with which to finish the work
Of seifdestruction. He had double-barreIed shot
gun with him. and ia leaving for the city he left
the gun standing under the shed. Hurt left thc
thcket in the night. came to the house, or where
it stood pulled off his right boot. fastened it to
pole with his handkerchief and got water from the
well to drink As soon ms ii WIS light he saw the
gun. and placing the muzzie to his left ear he dis
charged the piece as is supposed, with his toes-
He was found lying upon his back with the left
arm aroundthe gtn.
Hurt was drinking, shiftless, and evidently Il
desperate man, having previously killed man in
| Ohio. His wife hard-working industrious
woman. and paid 81 500 for the land on which they
resided. Mrs. Hurt had lived in constant fear of
her lite for the last four years, aud suffered thou
sand deaths.
| The LAWYER AND THE JoCkEY.-The Boston Even
| ing Transcript has been telling some anecdotes
| about members of the Massachusetts bar. and
| among them this:
| A Jockey having once consulted Harrison GRAY
TITS In horse case, the latter sent him bill Of
twenty dollars tor advice. The client cxpoEtula-
ted but Mr. Otis explained to him so fully aud SO
| blandly the reason of such q charge, how he had
spent years at study and thousands on fitting HIM
| 4elf to advise in such matters that the Jockey
| was Obliged to capiulate and pay the bill. Not
long afterwards Mr. Otis standing in the street
| examining horse he thought of purchasing. and.
seeing his client passing, callel him up ami asked
MN "ilat ne lHuuSHl Oh tHe animal. The Jockey
| set his hat asidnt. examined him all sides pro
nounclng his opinion dogmatically, and then hciG
| out his hand for fee. 1t was Mr.. Otis turn now
toe1postuiate, but it was all in vain our jockey re
counted to him at what cost Of time and money h."
had nted himseif for Judging horse flesh aud ended
| " saying: Tome, come, Mr.. Otis, professional
| men must be paid; my charge is only twenty dol
| larS Mr Otis appreciated the joke and paid the
| bill.
SEVERE sroEM.-The Front Royal Gazette fur
nishes the following account of destructive storm
| which occurred in Warren county, Va on the 22t'
| Of July. The amount of damage il estimated at
$1,000 or $20000. For the space Of half hour the
wind blew terribly and the rain and hail fell in tor
| rents. destroying nearly all the growing crops OF
corn and oats, and thrashng out the wheat stacked
in the fields The hail is estimated to have been in
| many places three feet Ahp. The small streams
| were instantly filled and the water swept every
| thing which came in its way. servant belonging
to Mr. Jos. Lawrence in endea vornx to cross n los
| over small branch between the milk-house and
| the main building. washed off carried nearly a
| hundred yards, and came very near being drown
| ed. Tall trees, which had stood the test of many
| storms, were uprooted and fell
| Posi- OPPIcs APPArRs-The Postmaster General
has ordered that hereafter no papor labels shall
be used on any Of the mail bags but only such
~ are male of metal, wood leather which are
not liable to be defaced or DESTROYED. This will
prevent the misaireCtion of many a mail pouch OF
| bag The following orders are also published:
fhtdblltn Il p0Stoff1ce AT tarttrSbuTgh. Plttsvt
| vania county, aud appoint Edwin T. Lewis post
| master
Discontinue the rostoffice at Cherry Stone
| northampton county Va.
To fill vacancies created by resignation, the fol
| lowing appointments are made j. 4. Ewes post
| master at Fort Gay, Wayne county. Va, vice r. Z
| Vincent; VIM VI. Beaton postmaster at BoykinI
Depot, southampton county. Va, vice Joseph r
| Moss Robert B. Smith postmaster at Hat Creek
| Campbell county, Va, vice Pleasant C.. Howard
| CLARK T. Turner ppstmastAr a (Tuuylfa Hpny,
county. Va, vice f. J. Conner john Rangely post
mastor at Traylorsyille, Henry county, Va, vic
James Raggeiy; q. W. Carter postmaster at prun
ty's. Patrick county. Va, vice John Prunty; C. 7
c. Carr postmaster at Republican Grove, Halfa;
| county, Va, vice Lafayette Jennings.
| MizzISI AND Miss WHTE-We learn from tn
Italian prints that Misc White, who inCarccra
| tod after the Genoese insurrecton. occupies
chamber adjoining the apartments Of the tioverno
| Of the prison The revolutionary heroine appear
| 10 be prey to the livclicst enthusiasm. One sin
gular circumstance will suffice to give an idea q
| the political fanaticism which animates th. Tr
| mantle woman. When the carhineers came to Al
| rest her she threw herself upon n portrait Of Ma7
zini and kissed it with intense and pious feryor
| It was rumored that she had declared that she wa
| married to the old Chief of Young Italy-sh. i
| engaged on the contrary, to poor Young maj
| whose name il not even known. As for Mazzini
he is her god, not her husband. The passion will
| which he inspires her is not love but a rel giou
| respect. One does not love prophet: but serve
him humbly and devotes oncself to his glory
| Certainly Miss White has given proof of an activ
zeal. BY means of subscriptions she obtained il
the single city OF Genoa sufficient sum for tn
purchase of ten thousand niuskets.
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF DRowSISa-On the 1911
inst, lad, named Thomas Campbell fell overboar,
from the ship Xuleika, at Quebec, Canada where
| upon one of the crew, Alphonse Marceau diyed Il
| the bottom. where he found the unfortunate Ia.
clinging to pile, and though he went down thre
yer fTnp nd m h.
arms from the pile he could not effect his purposa
| and the boy was drowned
Loss OF LAKE ONTARIO srgAaER-The we'll
known steamer Arabian, built at Niagara, Canadi
West, bv Mr.. Heron, some five or six years ago ant
since which time forming of tho mail line OF
the north shore of the lake, was lost on the lowe
| st. Lawrence on Thursday last She had recent,
| been running between Quebec and River du Loup
She struck rock 20 miles below Quebec and i'm
mediately sunk. The dispatch to the Globe state
that no lives were lost.
A IIOAx--1hn reported murder of Young CIR
on staten island by disappointed lover who fount
her rePosnC In the arms 0fa successful rival turn
out to be faiSty, penny line romance man
ufactured hy some reporter of the \. Y. Herald
| which paper only had the news.
| "Dg.D R'EET SHIRTS among the latest i'm
| pTOvements in under c lothing In Philadelphia
They pIopenscly en- belshed with dead rabbit
| hanging by the heels, aud are designed for rowdie
of the plug uGly" sort.
| Coon NEWS FOR BEEF EATERs-The prices of bee
cattle experienced a decline Of half dollar in tn
hundred at Mondays market, in Philadelphia.
The stables attached to Doyles hotel Hagers
| town, Md we're burnt the night of the 25tl
nit. Several valuable horses perished.
The steamer Washington, from Bremen, arrive,
at New York, Wednesday evening. Her advice
were anticipated by the Ariel.
1t. John d. Raney. u. 8. NJ has resigned. an,
his resignation has been accepted
| The varions fire companies of Washington ar
making arrangements for the reception Of Unite,
Co., No. 5, of Richmond.
Michael Wolfe, an Incorporate young man
committed suicide in schagticoke, " Y, last Mon
day by shooting himself with rifle.