The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-24

STATEMENT Of al1ount Of Null matter received
At, and sent f.om the l'ost Office at Chicago
lll., during he Quarter ending june 3Oth
4 lS5S:--
fetal nunber 81 bags III mail mat
ter received It the ofIice during
the three months ending abovc
date. se,s7:
newspapes 1852
| Number Of mails made up and sent
from tho Office during the same
period a67, 73C
Average number Of mails made up
and despatched daily, allowing
for oneseyenth OF time, 3,43a
Total amount Of postage on manu-.
| script letters received and dis
trbuted, sls7,s7s o.
! Total amount of postage paid in
stamps and money on mail mat
| ter received at, and sent from,
the Office during the quarter, $25,565 %
| Total number of letters received for
delivery, and distributed for
| other Offices, exclusive of Stree"
letters, 4,s4s,4
Average number Of letters handled
daily For delivery and distribu-
ton, exclusive Of Free allow
ing for one-seventh of time, 62.l5S
Total number of newspa pers, exclu-
sive OF printed circulars and
other printed matter received
during the quarter, for delivery
and distribution, ascertained BY
experimental calculation, 5,2s6,OOO
The transcripts Of "mails received"
and "maIis SENT each sheet
containing 50 lines, amount TO, 1O,148
The clerical force is divided as follows, viz /:
Box and General Deliveries, %
Eastern and Western Distributing Rooms 33
Mailing Department Throwing Tables "a
Postmasters Division, Register and Copying
Rooms, IL
Making the whole working force, 90
The Office is divided off into eight divisions,
for each Of which principal clerk Is designated,
who has delegated control over its laiors-
All the departments are subject to the control
and direction Of the Postmaster.
J. COOK, Postmaster.
A TERRIBLE Story OF MURDER AMP SUICIDE
IN LoRAIN CoUNTY.-On Monday night, the 9th
inst, Mrs. Williams, the wife Of BENJAMIN vii.
liams, wealthy farmer living in Pittsfeld, Lo-
ram county. o., hung her daughter--a deaf and
dumb girl about twelve years OF age and after
wards hung herself.
Mrs. Williams had some time ago commenced
49, u,s'Sh a. HusDauu kUf divorce, ana
the case had been settled and the suit with
drawn on the same day of the murder and sui
eide.
The ground of the application FOR divorce was
neglect OF duty, and the sympathy OF an entire
neishborhood was with fer. AZ her husband
benjamin Williams, j. shltless, dissipated
man. Mrs. Williams was woman respected by
oil who knew her, but on the Monday referred
TO, charges of gross immortality were made
against her, and witnesses were said to be ready
to prove them, and the nature Of such charges
were, IT proved against her, such as to defeat
her application for divorce. Under this state
OF things she Withdrew her divorce case, receiv-
ing from Williams forty dollars of money, a
promise of four hundred and sixty dollars more,
and deed for sixty acres Of land for the bene.
MT OF the deaf aud dumb GIRL This deed was
drawn but remained in the hands of Williams
lawyer. The belief Of the neighbors now il,
that Mrs. Williams was the victim of conspir. /
acy, and after she had settled the suit, her ago
ny OF mind at the position she was placed in |
drove her to the preparation of the terrible
decd