, 1859-06-20
D1k EA ID F U l. TIfAG Rny.


/ II '"H' ule A!l"lGEGt Srt.inc4, 1Slll.1
Yesterday morning the police received iptellj,
sence Of i iri*,tu1 Tragedy tat occuTr.'l lIh ,hr
previous evening about eight miles fran t!,
| eHv' IN the new road between tie Howell ,u,1
| h'lboNrue road. The circumstance : as r,.,y,cd
| follows: "'e ~
| Adam RcttE. hitherto respectable and v.1,.
ouoiafl'es' WHO resides i'll tile locality uluye
described, on Thursday evening. Lrtwrru ,ix
anu sesen O'clock, sent his two suns away IL A,
ne'Sfoofs, On stmc GRAND, and Ut The SANG
4Ie '4l1ec1eo his daughters tn .,n out aud milk
.le CONS. NJ sooncr had they got away from the
n"nse, thau Hcstt5 seizel au axe, aud while his
, ~l!e oaGk WAS turned, ts?tc atttndln. IL sou,c
ii"asenoId work Ut tile tII,c,j lic drutt her =
dreadful blow GU thelicad, breaking in ,cr skull
IN anu knocking her srnseess tn tue floor. While
1l1's Frustratc and bleeding. before him. l..
placed tue 1nuzzsc Of u dou!le-larrc,led p;stol
against her side and discharged it, the bail,
i.ah9,'ng ae;l''st Tue rib bones passed mp uu-
dtf the shoulder blade and came our Ut the to-,
TT her lead! Not satisfied with this. III. III
"re'ehed man then tnok kettle If boiling VA
ter anG poured it ovcr from head to foot Will.
s''c ii'ea nnd shF1ckcd in torturr wo1se than
death- This dong, kettig then went nut 10 Il
s!i"Ae house III the yard, aud TAX inu Ut, u],t
ti:: which lie had rrcvinu-!y lr,t ,lrrc .ir',d
loaded will, long s.irk fastened Il, t,,. tr;...r
placed the 1slnzzle un'lrr lis clin and t,,,y his
own brains OUT And thu. cuIed tl4c L1,oir
drama. '"o"s
Ihe daughter in the meantime. hearing uo;se,
vas coming towards t!'c. just in Il time tn >sc
her ialler enter the smuke luu,r. Int l,cf,,,.
shc could reach the door lie lla.l shot himself.
i9'S was dreadful shock to the pnor rirl in.
aseo: hut VINO can imagine llcr l,ur.ur 1T the
h!"tmr spectacle that met her gaze III size eutcr
Cd thc t,"usc. There lay hcr mother wclt,rjuy
~ oi''od but still wri.lins in :tgouy. The neigh
hors were alarmed and medical aid procured n,
soon as possible. The po,r wou,ui,, however,
was past ull help. but she fingered through ,l,r
h'sils. though inscnsible. aud was still alive YES
!trda' afternoon. 1t is said that there is nu
hope uf her rccuvcrv
Nett'g lad lived III this country upwards Of
- Years. durin, which timr, by Irs:dc,,ce :n,
economy. nc ll:sd laid up the >nu:: ItI" sum ul
Sla,'s"' besides having. :: well stocked und cul.
!i';''ea ,ar'n OF eighty acres. lie was l:.l-Lro-
1'ieF III Mr. Nn!t,as Stirn. nnr of our oldest
ami most respected citizc1ls, ut.l rs far rs NJ.
gun searn he lived an irrcprnacl,,:blc life. or
,lc years however. he la'l been characterized
" ~ e1trch1o'rcrelItr1citv IN me subject namely
MS wt!cs tldclttr, and lately Ibis idea worked
upon INN !" such an extent. that he frrua.,tly
aroused his best friends nf DESIGNS mus, h,r
chaSf'ty nnd this. so doubt, lid ia tho dreadful
decd. lie WAS insanr. His wife is sail +, Lav,.
been Il most excellent wtu,an
Serious Railroad <otlI*1on--Tcn Per.
*onH Injured.
From thc ll-surs 1';-,sstr,4 1sa, ,i..' !
\ fearful railroad accident occurred y.stcr |
eay aficr"onn 1T R"chr$ter Station txcil,y-.i, !
miles fran this city. at thu juncti.n ng The Pins.
iurSh. Fort Wayne 4 Chicago and Cleveland 4 I
!htSouFEH Aaats; Ill accl,ltHt not 20 fearful in
us direct consequences, in tie niauucr ut il.
recurrence rArosIng, asst dnrs surt d:rnv in,
reckirSsnc~s aud criminal nrpIi.tnc,
! II view III the fact il i M wu,,d,r tl,ut trn,l
>nou!d !e s'u the dee. lsc. or that nervous ,urn
s!'ild md fearful farewell TO their fan,c, on
'''e evrn "t day i journey Ly rail.
:. tlwi''g to detention on tue Central Rad ,,,.
Express train of tIIt 7. Fl. " 4 T.. road wasulst,
aeta'ned. As wa> likewise the Express train u,ihr
!. : atid l.. Company. The Fl. Wasnc train iti
E''r c'ty at LII. and the outer .lrpnt, where :,
aahke ~ engines is always m2,lr, u, 1;::t
pe'1,E ha!1 an hour behind time. The Clcrc.
|he fort !" aylr train. when t!tc rules REQUIRE
''aa ~, II efal4 always rcnain twenty minutes.
. INC accommodation train, conducted hy Nr
+ rank Williams, on whirl. W. hap,rncd Il. be- Il
'a>senser, laid over lit Scwicklcy about fifteen
''na'es' put INC express not arriving. dr"ppe.l
in"n L" tiaycs'lllc. just rs thu express arrived
>!ne minutes after, sumo sav, hut tuly tl,rcr
n'hu.es according I" a gentleman wllu Timed il.
~ t1eselahd tram went bounding mast tlavs
:ll'e at rapid speed, without stopping, ii.
,rsa 'ra'n s'"rrcd at sewckley, b,st the Latter
."ppca q. n" St;f1on THIS side the accident.
waiting to wood aud WATER and on!y two min.
ties after il had rca1ched that station, The Ccyc-
ana tram went teariug into tlte hiu,lu,ust car
'1tll terrific force. Mt momentum al no, lc.s
nun twenty or thirty miles III, hour, iniurin.,
he following persons: ''~s'
fharcs +. kaufman. Lancaster, pa,-Con. |
'omnd fracture Of the leg below tl.e knee.
Mrk. +. Il. Nkcon, Memphis, T.un.-Rib
VIM; H. Benton, Clcaeo.-llurt in tic side
~ otherwise scratched and bruised.
Josiah Stewart. Clarksvi1lc. Mercer COUNTY
'a--lsound for New Castle. Hurt in the sidc:
cE bruised. Injuries slight.
Caaeo Is. Arnor, Salem, Oiio. Tut in tho head
Frank Crcele. Sheboygan. Wis.-IIcn.t cut
nd had flesh wound in The side,
=. H. d. Blake and +. u. Porter. Of I;oston.
1jurcd. '"'' '''s"'''