Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-11

of war, and form an offensive and de-
fensive alliance for war purposes, il
may become . settled fact that they
have some immense war in view.-
Whist will be the course Of England
in regard to the war yet remains to b.
seen. One thing 10 sure, she dom
like France very much, and has nc
very great love for the Russian bear
The reported alliance between Au.tri.
and Prussia is contradicted. 1t is sale
that Austria has given Sardinia four
teen days longer to make up her mint
Is to'whcther she will come to terms
if not the dogs Of war are to be lei
loose. This time has already elapsed
and as there is no probability that Sar
dinia, backed by Napoleon and tn.
Russian Gar, will back down from bel
position, we may very soon expect te
hear that the war has commenced ir
good earnest.
Murder In sanAalske-.A Father Kills hi
Daughter
(Prom the Troy Tins
The quiet of the Sabbath was bro
ken in upon yesterday by the com
| aniasIOu of a hnrsiJ ,nuiJci, ia tho
town Of Sandlake about fourteen miles
from the city, OF a daughter by her
father, and only surviving parent Of a
man about go years Of age, named
John Bedding. The scene Of the homi-
eide is about four miles East of Slit
ter's Tavern, and near the steam saw
mill house, in which the father earned
livelihood for himself and daughter
by following the trade Of shoemaker.
The daughters name was Christina
She was about 10 years of age, and is
described by the neighbors as q quiet
and we'll behaved girl. She has been
under the care of a female doctress re-
siding in Berlin, named Weaver. Her
mind, it appears, was somewhat affect
ed. She labered under the impression
that the devil had possessed her, and
used to pray very frequently for de-
liverance from his grasp. A day or
two before the murder, the old man
and daughter went over to the house
Of David Horton, who resides oppo-
site the Buildings, when Christina
said she had taken medicine of Mrs.
Weaver, and it made her feel as if the
"devil was in her and she would
scratch him off but that she had
thrown the medicine away, and drove
the devil away too" The old man
had not done much work recently, as
it effected the girls head, and it is
supposed that in consequence of his
care Of her-want of sleep, &c.-his
own mind had become temporary af-
fected, and while under the delusion
that "Dena," as he calls her, was the
devil, he killed her.
The account that Bedding gives of
the affair is, that he saw the devil "
ing On the bed and he struck it in the
face. The girl it appears, was lying
down in the back room. Bedding fcl-
flowed her from that room to the front
room, in which the murder was COM
mitted, with = shoemaker's hammer
Her skull was completely smashed to
pieces. Portions of the hair were
scattered about the room, and pieces
of the skull were lying on the floor
Her face, too, was considerably bruised
and dis6gured, no marks of violence
were discovered on the other parts of
her body. Bedding says he thought she
was the devil, that she appeared to be
four times as large as "Dena," that her
face was too large for "Dena"-and
from his previous conduct there can
scarcely be any doubt that the old man
immagines that he had fight with
the devil, or as he expressed it, with
"thrcc devils and be had all he could
do to kill them" 1t is supposed the
murder was committed about twelve
o'clock m.
The NEW EDIroR OF THE WASHING.
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