, 1866-07-12
NvurMwKs7KRN ITEMS.


We bave received the Report Of the Dreeso
the Experiments School for fd3ots md Z.
Minded Children, located II Jacksonville. IN
Stste. This school was inau2urated shout oae
atpce IN pursuxnce OF m Act Of lhe General A
bly, of 1856. The drst meeting OF the Board
recto.s was held On the ut day Of March. 1865.
media,ely after the Organization, they secnre'
beautiful m.naton aad grounds Of the wtdta
Governor Duncan, located 1t Jacksonville, .n'
proper officers sna teachers were At ones sec'
MI. Philip Gnlett, Principal OF the Institution
the Education OF the Deaf and na1na.
appointed er-on1cio Superintendent M
new Institution. with the provision
he shonld receive no compensation tor hi, ser,
This position Ar. Gi'tsst continued to oil
September last, when he presented his resIgns
md Dr.. Charles T. Rllh1r, gentleman wnc
bad much experience tn this field OF labor, vs.
pointed MS auceessor. Ml.s Mary F. Walton,
had BEEN pfesionsy connected With the Schos
IdiotA IN New York. was appointed teacher.
wife OF Dr.. Wilbur, The Superintendent, dila
place Of Matruo. This is the eighth Institute
the kind in The United 9tafes, aud- norwtthse
Ing 1t IA SIMPLY Slate institution. apphca
have been made from nearly all the Sorthxn
and two Of the Southweateru States for adml4E
which The Board were obliged 10 decline,
the a5th OF November there were ten pa
In the iustftutIon-2jl tbst could be 4tcommoS
At the time. The institution u NOW ab'c
commodate twenty -dvc, but OF one hundred
eants frosn forty Counties Of the Stase. on
amtralou. forty only proved to be it sab;ec,
the School. The experience Of such schoul. l..
quite = large ehara Of this unfortunate class
educated and much improved. children bet
the ages Of .e5en and fourteen. who are idiou
so deficient ID intelligence q. to be incapable
tng educsted At anJ ordinary school, and wa;.
not epaleptlc, tntane, OF greatly de{ormsd, N,
adm!tted BY the Superintendent. NTH the u
and counsel Of The Executive Committee.
DIRECTORS eet1nate that there arc over 0J0 ,di
md tmbecilc children in the State.
On the morning OF the lib, young SC
Mrs. Col. Bryner, Of Peortl, was killed unGe
following circumstances. a. We learn from The
ria Democrat: The Lad, whose ngs was onlys
years, with sesesal other children, wis p!ayin,
the steps Of the Swedenborgian Church. Hb
young man, apparently seventeen OF eighteen,
OF age. came alorg, and 1sked Of the chtldfar2
way 10 the soda lacsory. Taey directed hlm,a
be then invited them to 90 there With him anc
some eoda water. They all refused to 70, anG'
young man then pulled out pistol With taa
tuark that he wanted to see which Ole could H..
They all tried nntil Willle'a turn came, SUD I
could pul the trigger. Tne young
Then knatehed IT from Willie. and
& remark tbat he wasn't going out
town until he had killed soue one, presenter
pistol 10 Whites head and arsd. The ball $!
Ltm In The head above the eye, and sollooi1.
temple broke the skull and tnt,cted inturIe,
which ha died At eight o'clock yesterday morn
A. soon - the shot was fired tho young man"
away. Such Is the most plausible account we
been able IL get OF the affair. There were no
nesses Of the act excepting tho children, tns o.
Of whom u but twelve years nj a9e. THE Ut
man II suppoeed nut to raes1e here and no clus
be found at hia whereabouts. ae Is describe
having been stout. rough looking fellow, ~ea
s1ay pants and blue blouse coat- 1t IL 10 beh
he may be discovered and dealt With a. he dese.
IOWA.
"A serious ntftay occurred OF the steamer NJ
Ia. upon which l1pman's Clrcu. l. travelling, .
Muscatine, In ahlch John Holland, one OF Ii.
Gus performers. ehnt the cook Of the boat, NJ
Calvin Fletcher. The wounded man Will p.ot
die. Fletcher vas the aggressor, and Holland,
betrs examined before Justice Waehbusu, at
calfEe, Was discharged.
MICHIGAN. .
-Mzs. Francts. Of Saginaw. committed suieit:
Tuesday Inst By hanging herself For "a,
months past she. at times, hsd been the vlc:lu
uelusion, In which she iancied herself iorsakc a
God on account Of her having In some way sc
nitted the objectionable s1n," aud often EXPIRE
hertell - being Of no use to herseH or any
else.
The body OF Thomas D. clancy, on Fsidayu
ins last, wa, fond On the track Of the Mich
central Railroad at Jackson, terribly u.Anc
Cc1tasu circumstances led to tbs conclusion
the man had been foul1y dealt With, and con,it
bic excitement prevails upon the subject
Tho Jackson E.fi.<1 eays tr,:httul acc,
occurred at Hanover on FEdaY- 4 fImesf
.pioyed labot1ng man to clean out well for =
The we'll "as forty feet deep. and it aas suet
fully cleaned. bnt before the man could get out
well caved IN, covering up tho unfonuna,c
Tte ne1ahbors werc summoned, and At once At
work to d.g him out. After Iaoorlng for ses
hours tho booy Of tbs sufferer was reached
taken out IN an insensible state, Upon exan1
t1on It Wis found that he had cut hiv throat In
places with pocket knife. II IL thought that
victim oi this lrightfnl accident found be vi
not be RESCUED, and cut hta tnroat to put bin
ont Of his misery At laet sccounts the r4n
still ative, although fatal results were feared.
WISCONSIN.
Amau named Dumlpick MorttseY. ned TIVE
three years. was run over on Friday night, !
tha na'es-taEk at Jauesyt1ie, BY The aceommodae
train On the Northwestern Railway, and died
the etaecta OF his wounds shortly aiter. lie VS.
toxlcated at The time.
DR.. ]. B. Urse suddenly disappeared lrom
home IN Columbus, on the 18th Of March
eiuce which Dotning has been heard OF him. III
about forty-tfx years Of aee, dve feet eleven ind
Or ak feet high, and weighs about one hundred.
sixty pounds; complexion dark; address y
good; Usually dressed In black and wears :
black hat- Any information coucerntn.; him
be moss thankfully received BY his vile, wi
: loft With I~o children IN destitute citcumstanc
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth states
wh'le party OF young men itsiu: IN the tow
Empire were tying ths speed Of their horses
weeks aso,a colt bt Ing rode by Nelean Clark, ,snd
y th,ed off, throwing his rider violently On
Of stones, so severely !rIuzirg bin, that ai'et
weeks severe eudertng, be dikd Inst sunday e.
Ing.
-Norday morning little boy eight yead
age rauea johnny Wooiey, while bathing IN
Men omonee River, Milwaukee, ,pe1r the Thre, !.
blidge, got beyond his depth and was dsowaed