Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-28
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

WIFE WuIPPING.-Henry Mccormick, for
whipping his wife, was fined twenty dollars
and costs. by Squire Garland, this morning,
and should have been sent to the penitentiary
for lite.-Spfngield (IN.) Register, 18Th.
The MOST REVOLVING YET-:A revolving
case of outrage upon the person of little girl,
aged eight years, by her step father, German
named Brunhuber, made public in Chicag 0
on Saturday. Monday this inhuman monster
WAS brought up before one of the local courts
for examination. The facts brought out made
The defendant appear as one Of the most depra-
we'd men in existence, the testimony Of the
physician going to show that he had continued
his tiendish practice upon the poor child for
months, and had infected his own wife, the
girl and her little sister, three years old with
disease. The brute was held il So, 900 bail
for further examinations Courier.
Augusta Beach, who made assault on her
husband, a few weeks since, at Woods Mu-
scum, III Chicago, and shot him in the neck as
he passing int his place as an actor, will be
tried in the Recorders Court within few days.
She is out under So. 600 bail The trial is
looked for with considerable interest by the
scandal loving portion of our community, aud
will attract considerable attent on--CUurier.
THE MYSTERY SoLvED.-The headless body
found floating III the river, near Kingston, last
week, has been Identified. 1t proves to be the
body OF Geo. Jackson. His son Identified it
Yesterday. Mr. Jackson has been missing
since the 9th of last month He sold some
land in the eastern part Of the county and had
nineteen hundred dollars in cash on his person
He came to Pekn with the money, became
slightly intoxicated and in this condition start
ed to see some friends on the other side of the
river, and was followed, it is supposed, and
murdered. His body was found stabbed
through and through, and the money gone.
His head was severed from the body to prevent
Identification. No clue has been found of the
perpetrators Of the horrible deed.-Peoraa
Transcript.
SUFFoCATED BY GAs-Col. John H Kuhn
of Alton, sutfocated on the 2lst, by enter
ing large beer cask to clean it out, before the
poisonous gases had escaped. Col. K. entered
the military service as captain of the Yager
Company from that city in lSGl-three months
men, and continued in the service
until the close of the war rails
ing step by step, and filling many sta.
tions OF trust and responsibility with credit to
himself, satisfaction to the people, and profit
to his country. His last military career was
as commander of tie military station at Alton,
while Colonel Of the l44th, and was mustered
out of the service with that regiment On re-
firing to private life, he chosen as one of
the Aldermen of that city. He had Just pur-
chased the brewery, and being unconversant
with the workings, entered the cask unaware
Of the danger, and died in Two minutes after
wards 1t Seens hard that one should go through
so much hard military service, and endure the
fatcs of war Tor four long years, as did Col.
Kuhn, and Immediately on the close Of the
national strife, be called upon to give up his
life i'll such an ostentatious manner.-Eeor1n
De4U0crof