Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-17

A SKELETON IN Mans CLorUEs.-In Mrs Fitz
williams pasture, near the old ST. Charles road
about eight miles frnm the city, n young man was
| hunting last Friday evening when suddenly he
came upon an object which at first sight complete
| ~ Mortified him. II the skeleton Of q man
living in lonely thieke Of oaks. dressed in q full
suit Of clothes. Tie Coroner was summoned aud
yesterday held M inquest The astrological spe-
cimen was found NJ described and on shaking the
bundle Of clothes the whole of the human skce-
ton dropped piece by piece in succession an the
gronLd. The bones were dry anl whitencd,
much 40 that il was Tho opinion If the jury that
the man to whom they belonged must have been
dead over three months. A lock of hair still at
| tachci to n remnant Of the larchmentons scalp,
was of light color fine and Sky The skeleton
WINS habited in n black frock coat. pretty well
worn, blue hickory under,hirt. Llue checked
shirt outside two PAIRS Of blue cotton pannlnolis
and vest of common brown check 4 razor WAS
.aund in one of the pock"'s. NJ boot nor shoes
could be found in the vicinity. The body
10 have been dragged by hogs from the place
where 1t bad first laln.--T. Loais Repabt'ean Of,
Nonday
Two LADIES DHowSgp ~ low 1.-The Sioux
City Register contains AN account Of the drowning
OF two sistcrs-Mrs Margaret Martin and Mss
Nancy Buler--at Smithield. Woodbury. county,
Iowa, on the l9h oi August. The Register states
that there were four sisters, all nf whom went in
10 the river to bathe. at tho time Of the sad oc-
currencc. "The four sisters payfully joined
hnrAs aud advanced into the stream. but had pro-
ceedcd only n short distance when tive of them
returned. Scarcely had they turned around, when
they heard Scream and looking, they bchcld
their sisters struggling with the current which
rapidly bore them down. They rushed to their
MD and were in turn overpowered ly the cur
rent hut finally, and almost miraculously, ctfec
tel tLeir escape, while the Two above named who.
n moment brirc wer" in the enjoyment of
all that makes life happy, sank to rise no more
The body Of one Of the unfortunate victims WAS
rccuI cred the smuc evening and the otor the next
morning, near the place where the accident occur
red, Mrs. Martin leaves u husband and two chill
'lrcn. one n babe but few months old. Miss
Butler was about seventeen years old.'
DESTRUCTIVE Fint AT CyHrnr.NA, kY-A cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette writing from
tynthana Ky Monday last. says:
This morning about o'clock n very de-
structive fire broke out ia this place. Rankin's
Livery stable and Mr.. Oxlry' $ dwelling house and
blacksmith shop.
In the stable there were no less than thirty
three Horses and IA valuable jack. beside mum
Der OF buggies and other carriages and a large
quantity OF harness. Everything was lost save
one horse who severely burned. 1t was II
terrblr sight to So" thc ehaIrcd remains of the
poor hrules, IA they lay among the smouldcring
emhrrs. Sixteen # he horses belonged to dro-
Yer who wns on his way SOUTH His loss cannot
have fallen far short al 5000.
Suicide or Az OLp MN.---On Sunday an old
man, about seventy years of age, named John
llInc was found suspended by the neck by means
OF cords attached Ia the top If grapevine arb1r
in the rear of the house If his son, ON Mulberry
street, between Poplar and Locust He WAS an
lrlNhman. and had bcea in tbs country about six
years. No particular cause could be assigned for
his committing suicide except general dissatis-
tartoh with the land of his adoption. about whicl,
h" was continually gruinhlmg. Not liking this
country, he switched himself oil to an "undiscov-
cred country. from whose bourne traveller re-
tnlns AND IT is t. he hocl he tnnnd it no worse
than inerea'- fHciiHIH GateH", Hpmloy.
MYSTERIOUS SuICliE.--A man naue,l Suhrumpi
was Yesterday seen 10 throw III, pocket book into
the river from the hurricane deck Of the steamer
Hannibal City, at the krpkuk landing, and I'M
mrliaiely Jump overheard IN the same direction.
His " se was On the boat quito sick, and was sub
>equrnly taken In III" Hospital by officer Finch,
who did his best to comfort the forlorn woman in
her niHicton. The can>c of the mans rash act
was unknown.-H. Lori, Rcpudiican Von1uy.