The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1860-02-13

An Accommodating Public FNnttondry.- -
The Sheriff of Togo county, n. Y, recent
" took prisoner he held, from the prison
TO the election polls to vote, and then
did not take the same view of the case as
the Sheriff. He thought that a person de-
prived for the time of his civil rights by the
commission of crime, should not be
taken to the polls by the officer Having him
in custody. The Governor, therefore, re-
moved the Sheriff from office, for official
misconduct.
Il Shocking Death.--A young man named
Jos. Burkhart, on Tuesday la tat st. Louis,
while at work at the bottom OF an excava.
ton forty feet deep, leading to newly con-
structed beer cave, was killed under the
following circumstances:-Whe the
young man gave an agreed on signal another
workman would drop large stones down the
pit. One of the stones thus let fall bumped
against the side of the pit, and rebounding,
struck young Burkhart on the head before
he could get out of the way, killing him al
most instantly.
a young girl named Martha Jane horton
was killed in Patenskill, near Albany, last
Tuesday, by her uncle, boy of fifteen,
named Friend horton. He threw her upon
the floor, land then kicked nd stamped upon
her. This rendered her senseless, when he
picked Der up and placed her on a bed,
where she expired. The boy was lodged in
the Troy Jail.
An unknewn man was furnished with lodg-
ings by the authorities Of Pawtuckst one
night last week, and the next morning he
was found cad, having wrenched off cock
in gas pipe by which the gas flowed into
the room and suffecated him. The only pa
per found upon his person was the following
rather un charitable recommendation" Mr.
S. Smith-Give the bearer what he wants TO
eat, and see that he pays for il in advance
{Signed) Sons of Malta"
Large Decrease.-Ihe Oswego q "
Times has issued its annual statement Of the
commerce on the Lakes, which shows that
by converting -four into wheat, the total
amount shipped from Lake regions eastward
bushels, against 81 ,000,s00 in 1858. The
shipments by other routes leading to tue
seaboard show q considerable decrease COM
pared with 1858.
Counterfeit dimes and quarters are cir.
euating extensively in Richmond.
The Mayor of Richmond has most solemn
ly declared that henceforth all men brought
before him for beating their wives, will bt
s3uGeuCGu 10 tue CuHiU Gdu2s
A woman slipped head foremost into q
cistern in Rochester last Sunday, while dip
ping water from it. Though the water wa,
but % inches deep she was drowned
1t is said that out of q German population
of fifty thousand in tue State OF " Wisconsin
there is not single individual from the
Faderland confined in the Peuitentiary Of
| the State.
| The wife OF Mr., Elisha Holmes of Holmdel
Monmouth County, scratched one Vf hei
thumbs with pin few days since, and died
with the lockjaw from the effects Of it in less
than 4S hours.
At Akron, Ohio, large bull dog seized a
man by the throat, tearing the integuments
Of the neck, laying bare the trachea, and
even grazing the larger veins. lie had to
be killed before he would let go his hold
A mysterious looking individual, residing
near Richmond, lis. strongly suspected OF man.
utacturing bogus coin.
Railroad passenger cars, to be introduced
in the streets of Richmond, are said to be
daily growing in popularity among the eiti
zens OF that place.
Brevet Colonel Robert Il. Lee, End eaval-
" uds peou hsslgutu W luS conhauu VI tue
Department at Texas, and will repair to the
headquarters of the Department, and as
sumo command according to his rank BY
breye
Last Sunday morning three infants were
found on the steps of houses in Louisville,
Ky.
The Texas papers of the lst instant, say
tnat the weather for week or two had been
dellghttnl,and that the.grass was fast spring.
ing up,
An Austrian coin bearing the date oi 1874
was lately dug up, several feet below the
surface, in Decatur County, Illinois. How
came it there.
A villain was caught lew days since and
sentenced to the chain gang for thirty DAYS
for indecent conduct toward school girls ia
Columbus, Ohio,
Mr. John Ratliff, at Usk4loosa, Ohio, taet,
with fatal accident last week tie was on
horseback carrying cat; the cat scratched
the horse, when the horse threw him oti,
breaking his neck.