Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-05-10
The Evansville Wis. Citizen reports


oat bin for safe keeping, containing 81 $50
in Government bonds, and sold it for fifty
cents bushel. He regards it as losing
sale, and now offers 5000 to have it re-
turned to him.
John Mcdonald, of Detroit, one OF
Sherman's men who drank from a spring
in Georgia in 1864, and thought he swal
lowed something" has been relieved of a
four inch lizard. He coughed up the in
truder at dinner table, the other day
Mr.. McDonald's health had been for
some time running down, but is now i'm
proving.
"A horrible murder was committed at
the village of Cambria, Columbia county,
Wis, Thursday, the 18th inst An old
man named Bartlett, some sixty years OF
age, killed his wife with hatchet, mutila-
ting her in most horrible manner, and a
further attempt was made to kill his son.
The guilty man has been lodged in Jail at
Portage City, and opinions are expressed
that he is insane.
AT ST. Louis, on the Goth, August
Blanke accidcntly shot and killed LiZetta
Brinkman, a very estimable young lady.
Miss Il. had, in sport, thrown book at
Blanke, who, having a shotgun in his
hand, which he supposed not To be loaded,
playfully pointed it ut her. To his sur
prise, the gun was discharged, lodging the
whole load of shot in her face, and produc-
ing death in a few moments.
James Hart, respectable citizen of
Morgan county, Illinois, near Waverly, on
the Goth ult, was found hanging to beam
in his own barn, quite dead. A fresh cut
in the forehead indicated that he had re-
ceived a severe blow from a blunt lnstru-
ment, while all around were marks of
blood and the appearance OF struggle,
indicating that he was foully dealt with.
Suspicion rests upon parties who are being
pursued by the police.
The Philadelphia Ledger says: GAS
Mrs. Gen. Cadwallader was proceeding To
church yesterday morning Sunday, April
14th) in her carriage, man named Lewis
Under, standing in front of the Custom
House, stepped into the street and stopped
| the horses by Selling the bride of one Of
them. He was demonstrated with, but re
fused to let go, stating that it was unlaw-
full to ride on Sunday, and as he could not
use the cars the carriages should not run.
Under was arrested and placed under
$500 bail to keep the peace"
In Cincinnati, on the 3Oth ult, the
three murdererS of James Hdghes were
hanged at twenty-five minutes past one
O'clock Case, who was boy of only
fifteen, danced jig ON the scatiold. Goetz
and AulguZ were composed. but evidently
suffering much mentally. All three were
dropped at the same moment and all died
instantly, their necks being broken. Each
made short address on the scaflold, and at
one moment all were talking at once. After
hanging thirty minutes, their bodies were
cut down and handed over to their friends
for burial
An advertisement in the New York
Herald, the other day, give a clue to one
class of frauds, and shows that knaveS are
already at work preparing fol- them The
advertisement which was addressed to
brankrupts generally, sets forth as "for
sale very low for cash." LANDS in all parts
of the country, also county mortgages,
stocks and other securities, suitable for as
sets" Worthless titles, fictitious values,
mortgages and certificates Of stocks not
worth the paper they are printed on, are
the commodities here offered as suitable
for assets
An aggravated case of child-torture in
Beaver Dam, Wis, has attracted some at
tention during the past week. As the story
goes German family residing in the vi
cinity of the Lutheran Church have lit
tie boy whom they want to get rid of, and
dare not kill him outright SO they (his
father and step-mother) have beaten him,
and starved him, and put him out in the
cold, bare-footed and nearly naked, until
he is almost dead from the brutal treat
ment and neighbors have interfered in
the case and brought it to the notice of the
city authorities. What will be done about
it is of course unknown yet.
volving the title 10 land estimated at a
value of from $j,0O0,000 To S15,000,0 900,
and including about one third of the city
of San Francisco. 1t is question of old
Mexican title, and has certain frauds to be
investigated. The case is now before the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
the counsel are F. "A. Dick, M. Blair, VIM.
NJ Stewart, Judge Black and VIM. NJ
Evarts, for appellants; III. S. Brown and
Caleb Gushing for settlers; James nj. Car
Isle and Senator Cole for city of San Fran
cisco; Henry Stanbery, j. A Willis for the
Government.
One of the brewers at Wabasha, Mimi,
poisoned his neighbours beer, last week, by
throwing phosphorus into the cooler. 1t
was repeated some two or three times,
when the injured brewer, Mr.. Wealthy,
ws.chcd and caught the other, one Burk-
hart, In the act. Wealthy fired twice at
him with a shot gun loaded with buckshot,
and wounded him, it is said, severely
Burkhart went to Justice of the Peace
To get a warrantto have Wealthy taken up,
but found that Wealthy was ahead of him,
and was getting papers to secure him for
felony. This, il seems, startled the gentle
man some, and he vamosed.
"A frightful crime is reported to have
come to light at Blandvillc, Ballard county,
Kentucky. A man named Hudson went To
that place about eleven years ago, from
South Carolina. leaving his family behind
| him. In Blandvillc he seduced a girl
named Belcher, and ON her asking him to
marry her, he told her that he had "A wife
and family. This enraged her, and with
the assistance of her sister and a man
named McNabb she killed him by driving
the spindle of a spinning wheel into his
ear. The body was then hung up in the
cabin which Hudson had inhabited, and
| when found il was supposed he had com
rnitted suicide. The girl afterwards mar
ried McNabb. A short time since remorse
compelled her TO divulge the fearful secret,
and she has been arrested, with her accom-
plices.
"A Chicago paper says: 1--WE took a
new reporter on trial yesterday. He went
out to hunt items, and after being away all
day returned with the following, which he
said was the best that he could do: Yes
terday we saw sight that froze our mus
Giles with horror. A hackman, driving
down Clark street at "a rapid pace, came
very near running over a nurse and two
children. There would have been one of
the most heart-rending catastrophies ever
recorded, had not the nurse, with wonder
full forethought, left the children at home
before she went out, and providentially
stepped into drug store just before the
hack passed. Then, too, the hackman, just
before reaching the crossing, thought of
something that he had forgotten, and, turn
ing about, drove in the opposite direction
Had il not been for this wonderful concur
renee of favoring circumstances, doting
father, a loving mother, and affectionate