Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-08-30

man from Chicago, named NJ. A. Hawks,
stopping at the Mansion House, ST. Paul,
accidentally shot and killed his wife, en- the
21st, while cleaning revolver in their room
A servant Of the house was in the room at
the time. The husband and wife were
newly married, and the casualty is deplored
by large circle of acquaintance there. A
Coroner's inquest was held at two o'clock,
and the verdict was in accordance with the
facts stated. Hawks was spending the sum-
mer there for his health, and SO strange an
impression has the accident made upon him
that he has become temporarily deranged
His family reside at Lincoln, Logan county,
Illinois.
A terrible accident happened at West Au-
burn, Iowa, last week. 1t seems that Mr..
Charles Hathaway, Mrs Elizabeth NJ Lane,
and her two daughters, one aged 10 years
and one II months, wife and children of l.
S. Lane, Esq, Of that place, undertook to
cross the Turkey river in a skif just above
the dam at West auburn. MIR. Lane saw
them get into the boat about 2 o'clock P. M,
and start across. He did not wait to see
them land on the other side, but went to his
work as usual, and returning to his house
toward evening, and not finding his wife
and children, he supposed they were at
some Of the neighbors but shortly after
ward, being questioned by the wife of Mr..
Hathaway as to whether he had seen Mr..
Fl. and not having seen him, led him to sus-
pect something was wrong. He immediate
~ went to the river, and it was not long
until pieces Of the boat were found and the
babes bonnet. 1t then became certain that
the parties who were last seen crossing in
the boat above the dam, had gone over
and their boat dashed to pieces upon the
rocks below, nd those in it drowned.
The city of Adrian, Michigan, has had a
sensation quite up to the metropolitan pat
tern. The story begins that Scott Roberts,
q young painter, ran away with his neigh
boris daughter living across the road, and
married her last fall, since when the two
families have initiated the feuds Of Guelphs
and Ghibelines.- Nor did the newly married
runaway pair live at peace with each other.
Their quarrels were often fierce and bolster
GUS, and the birth of child to them, a few
weeks since only aggravated the situation
Roberts and his wife were then living al
his mothers, when he took her wardrobe
across to her fathers house, and directed
her thenceforth 10 live apart from him. But
even this didn't end the matter He CON
stantly annoyed her with offensive sere-
nades, and finally made proposition thai
she should leave her child-which he woulc
put out to board-and 60 with him to De-
her pending these negotiations, last Fri
day night he feigned suicide in front Of
her house, and reused the whole neighbor
hood. This seems to have had the effect
for the loving twain were about town Sat
urday morning, making preparations 70,
their speedy departure, according to pro
gramme stated. But the woman's love ST.
chung to her child, and to frighten her b
made an attempt to murder her on the publ
street, by firing three pistol shots in 3los
proximity TO her head. The woman ran
the husband followed, and the crowd tool
after both, when Scott Roberts, in suddel
frenzy, unclasped his pocket knife, and Gu
his throat, dying in few minutes. An
that was the end of runaway match.