Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-08-17

n, some time ago the officers OF the army OF
tennessee contributed six thousand dollars
ior the purpose of erecting a monument To
the memory of Gen. Mcpherson. Not even
stone marks his resting-place yet and the
contributions are missing.
A young man named LLOYD visited a
young lady at Frankfort, Missouri, whose
parents were opposed to his attentions, and
Wnlie endeayoring to arrange with his be.
trolheu LOT their marriage, quarrel ensued
between him and the girls parents and he
Killed them both with knife and then fed
but was pursued and arrested.
A ragged old man was arrested at st. Jo
seph, NO., upon the charge of vagrancy, and
upon examining his person full half bushel
Oh nlthy old rags were taken from about his
Waist, and wrapped in the rags was conceal.
su %l, va. .5O in coin and $320 in currency,
me Old man declared that some of the coin
mad been in his possession for forty years.
The Gazette Beige informs us that the coffin
Wnich enclosed the remains of Gustavus III,
at stockholm, had been so cOrrOded by time
as to render its reparaton necessary. It was
therefore opened, and the authorities were
astonished to find theIhead and face of the
ancient sovereign in perfect state ofpreser.
Vatloh, while the rest of the body was com.
pletely decomposed. He was killed by as
sassinatlon on the16th Of March, 1902.
Miss Mary L. Schell, of San Francisco.
Cal, has sued Major General Henry M
Nagle for refusing to marry her, after having
promised many a time to do so. She SAYS
she Is damaged to the amount of $l00, 00O
6y his conduct. The case will be tried al
San Francisco. The fair plaintiff has over
one hundred letters on hand, all written by
the defendant, by which she expects to make
out her case
A private letter 10 General Howard. dated
Vicksburg, Mississippi, August 3, says
freedmen murders are nothing now. AT
least thirty have been killed, during the past
Blk weeks, in this county. Within the past
tWenty-four hours one Union Southerner and
Two Northern men have complained to me
that they have come to town because they
dare not remain longer on their places, near
Edwards Depot"
A Mr.. Mills, of Memphis, Tenn, on the
evening of August 4th, shot Dr. A. s. Lowe,
homeopathic physician, who was one of his
boarders, while the latter was sitting at his
tea table. difficulty occurred about some
family matter, and the Doctor was peremp-
lorily ordered to leave the house. AS he
did not rise from the table to obey the order
as quickly as was desired, Mr.. Mills drew a
pistol from his pocket and fired, the ball
lodging in the Doctors right breast. The
wound is very dangerous one.
A curious case of love and persecution has
come to light in New York. A man named
Romero fell in love with his sons intended
wife, and, in order to marry her, sent Rome
ro, Jr., to Cuba The latter was soon al(er
reported to be dead, and the wedding took
place. Subsequently the young man return
ed home, when his father caused him to be
arrested and put into the lunatic asylum
The wife has discovered the facts in the
cese, and secured the release of her first and
perhaps only love, and an interesting and
spicy lawsuit is now said to be very proba-
Bile, growing out of this exceedingly roman
tic affair.
On Monday last the quiet community of
Jerusalem, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
was thrown into state of the widest ex-
citement by the mysterious murder of Mrs.
Mary Emerson, wife of one of the weathiest
citizens in the County. She was found in
the nursery, her child in her arms, with IA
dagger in her heart, around i0hich acds t0iR6d
cord She had been nursing her child
when the fatal blow was struck, and the
dagger passed through one cheek OF the in
FAINT, pinning it fast to her bosom. Mrs.
Emerson, when discovered, had probably
been dead about an hour. The wound to
the child was not serious. There is not tue
slightest clue 10 the murderer The affair is
wrapped in profound mystery.