The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-16

cratic party refuses them.-lSt. Lonis News.
MuRDER AND SUIcIDE.--Our citizens wer,
! startled on last Friday evening with the repor
Of murder at the residence oil Mr. Goddard il
this place. The facts rs near we have heeI
able to gather them. are shout these
MI. Benjamin Goddard, who had been absent
some time sthere having been some family diff
Guilty, about which we know very lttle), had
returned and was stopping at the Washington
Hotel. On Friday he remained in bis room q
good part Of the day writing; when il the after
noon be handed the landlord letter addressed
to Dir. Horace Mullen, telling him 10 deliver
the same as addressed when called or" Mr..
Wilder, of the hotel, laid the letter aside, with
that intention OF course. About o'clock r AZ
and about the supper hour at the hotel God
dard started eisnreiy towards the house occu.
pied by his wife and son, stripped OF his coat.
Shortly after he entered the house the report
Of pistol was heard, and soon after his son,
coming towards the house, sas his mother,
Mrs. g., lying dead in the hall. liz immel.i-
ately communicated Tie alarm to the neighbors,
who fastened 10. The I'D lady vas dead, and
the husband was standing in an adjoining room,
undoubtedly watching the approach Of his son
to slay him also, as the sequel shows. But
toed in his attempt at this latter, and seeing
the neighbors rushing, he began upon himself,
by inhcting two severe gashes on either side OF
the throat and neck, and taking strychnine.
When DR.. Kyle reached the scene he was bleed.
ing prolusely, but the Doctor almost inlmedi-
ately stopped the heinorrhage. FOR anHhour or
more after this had occurred, daring which the
house was full 81 men, The old man was seen to
cast his eyes around the room, scanning every
face. After while something not right was
suspected, andon examination loaded pistol,
one unloaded, ard knife were taken from his
pocket He had for some time kept bis right
hand erasped On the loaded pistol, un ioubtedly
awaiting his opportunity to kill his son, even
after life and strength was half gone During
this time the letter above referred to was read.
which disclosed his whole design-to kill the old
lady and son, and then destroy himself; and il
was his full purpose, even after he Lad cut his
own throat, to shoot his son had BE gone into
the room. After no WIS disArmed, no furthers
attention was#paid to any one By him..
In the letter he had enclosed City dollars to,
deiray his funeral expenses. He lived aboas
four honrs. dying at 10 O'Clock. u II,
Mrxlsasur rllsz BABl rs.-The Weayer,ille
(Cai,) Journal containstp e following:
Some time ago. there was a dancing party
given up north ! most OF the ladies' present lad
little babies, whose noisy pfesersity inquired
100 much attention 70 permit the mothers
to enjoy the dance. A number Of gallant young.
men volunteered to watch the young ones while
the parents INDUCED in breakdown No
sooner had the women left the babies in charge
Of the uischievous devils, than they striped
the infants, changed their Clothes. giving to one
the apparel Of another. The dance over, i, was
lime 10 60 home, and the mothers hurridly took
each baby, IN the dress Of Her own, and started,
rome to their homes, ten Of fi4en miles off.
md we're tar on tue 1As before daylight But
he day following shere WAS prodis ious row
p that settlement; mothers discovered lhat
Jingle day had changed the sex Of their babes:
observation disclosed startling physiological
phenomena. and then commenced some OF the
aliest female pedestrianism living miles apart,
required two daystO unmix The babies, and
9 many months 10 restore the women TO
heir naturally saeet L.spositioas. To |
his day il j. unsafe for any d the ba1y mixers
o venture within the ter1itory"