The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-29
Gagttrll Drum.

OpR Eastern exchanges are till the LIST,
inst, inclusive. .....s
TRE IRREpREssipLE.Ho Hon. John Bell,
by request, is preparing FOR publication ali
slposs Of his views upon the present crisis,
DNoRcE MADE EASY. The following IS
the Substance Of bill now before the
Vermont Legislature: "A divorce from
the bonds Of matrimony may be granted
where either3of the parties Is an habftual
drnnkard; orshnll have joined any religious
sect or society which processes to believe
the relation OF husband and wife 10 be I'M
lawful; or refuses to cohabit with each
other for The space Of three years.
LAYING on HlNps- Drs Mayo CT.
Smith and Newton, resident at Boston
and Newburyport, pretend to be able to
cure diseases, through divine aid by the
laying on Of hands. The Tfartiisr pub,
fishes an account Of The case Of Washing
ton Perry, a man tbirty.fye years old,
who bad d withergd arm from childhood,
but protests against cFedenee Of its in
formant's statements. p, !. IA. +.
FAIGuRR.-M cssrs. May & Rogers, the
extensive paper manufacturers ia Herki-
mer, have suspended payment. Tie stock,
/ &c !, passed into the hands Of Vernon Bro
theirs, Of New York, who were heavy In!
dorsers OF May q Rogers, and the taill
will lie continued III operation lyY them
until tho anairS Of the iirn s.nu uu'-rs-
amined, and some definite arrangements
made. II is further stated that the as
sets Of the firm are largely in excess Of
the liabilities, and that it Is probable no
t.creditor will lose anytlihgs The failarc
was oceasioned bgtheir inability to secure
discounts. i .s..#.t ~ .::.l
| ARREsr foR MuEpER COMMITTED FouR-
ErEEN YEArs AGo,-The Indianapolis
Journal says "the telegraph announced
the arrest at Attiua, Indiana, Of Fox, for
tie murder Of Col. Davenport at Rock Is.
land Ii years age. Some two or three
other men were implicated with Fox, ana
were arrested, tried aud executed, Fox
escaped at the time, but was arrested
some year or SO afterward by the then
Marshal Of the Territory Of Iowa, James
i Johnston, former resident of Indiana.
| polls. On his way backto Rock Island,
or rather Davenport opposite Rock Is
land, Jehhston stopped with his prisoner
at Washington Hall, aftcrward known as
! the Wright Hoase, where the Glenn
Block now Isl Tie hotel was then kept
'{by Mr.. Edmund. Browning. Johnston
placed his prisoner under guard ina back
room Of. the front building, in which was
a window overlooking a court that ran
between the two wings Of the rear. part
OF the hotel, During the night, and
while his gaard was asleep, Fox took the
cord from the beasteal, fastened it to the
bedpost, lowered himself to the ground
and escaped through the gate at the end
Of the court. He has been at large ever
] since until his recapture at Attiea. Sew.
H eral gentlemen of this city, who were
dodgers at the Washington Hail al
the time Fox escaped, say they heard
| the noise he made in getting out Of his
room and outside Of the court. He
was not missed until he had been gone
long enough to eInde all pursners. The
murder of Col. Davenport was cold
bloSded, and caused great excitement al
the time. Fox is likely, at last, TO receive
the punishment which is his due. He has
always been represented as n desperate
man, and, in all probability, will meet the
/ end that the law, preseriGGs fer those who
do violence to their fellows. The present
lfourishing city OF Davenport in the STATE
OF Iowa was named liz honor Of the mos
who met bis death at or near ii, fourteen
years ago. when il was very small and
insignificant village 49, +. + =.