The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-20

scooped out the brains OF the murdered woman
with her hands, throwing them around the CELL
The authorities have tried to keep the horrible
affair private.
According TO a correspondent of the Memphis
POST three tourists, two Of them from Ohio, have
been exploring o cave in Lookout Mountain, near
CHATTANOOGA They claim to have seen enough
to convince them that 1t Is not less wonderful
than the Mammoth Cave.
A letter from the city of Mexico states that fears
were entertained among the commercial COM
munity that the government would De compeueo
10 resort 10 forced loans; and of three millions In
specie Just about to leave the country, II was De-
lieved that one half Of 1t was being exported 10
avoid thst contingency.
kilograms. recently passing between Capt. Gen.
Lersundi and Gen. Mira, commanding at Puerto
Principe II Is learned that the Capt. Gen. was not
under much spprehensions from the hbustering
expeditions from New York. "a he was Informed
that the United States government was all right
with Spain.
Ferris, was destroyed BY fire on the 18th, involv-
ing loss of $1,000.
Tbs total number of hogs slaughtered and pack
ed in Chicago during the past season Is 59I .594
Mrs Elizabeth Cady stanton and Miss Anthony
lectured Ut Mercantile Library Hal, St Louis. on
the 18th, under the auspices Of the Women's 5uf-
fesge Association of Missouri, TO quite large and
enthusiastic audience. Miss Anthony starts Tor
Lesvenworth to-day, and Mrs. stanton Will ad-
dress the Illinois Legislature in Springfield on
Friday.
The sacrilegious thief who robbed church and
parsonage in Memphis has been captured and the
property recovered. He was Chicago youth
Of is.
Monk spon's tannery in Louisville has been
| destroyed by fire.
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three weeks, and no one outside Of the company
| were aware Of the operations until day or two
since. The progress is very slow, being about ten
inches day, as the earth is not dug out but forced
ahead.
A child was born in Washington county, Va,
last week with no head, but perfectly formed in
all other respects, with mouth, gums and naturs
formation of lips upon its breast. It was born
alive, but soon died.
sixteen Of the best families of Campbell and
Bedford counties, Va, have LETT for Missouri du-
| ring the past week.
There are ll6 900 acres Of public lands IN Tus-
| caoosa county, Ala.
| Veins of pure kerosene oil have been discovered
| In Smythe comfy, Va. upon the land Of Thomas
| j. Porter, seeplng M through bed of rock
There are Indications of coal near this place,
but the oil is found in considerable quantity and
burns with as much rapidly as any clarified kerO-
| sene.
gentleman who lives in Eastern Virginia, and
who is the happy father OF ten children. some
what at a loss recently TO End name for " late
arrival" when his eldest daughter suggested that
| il be called I" The Last. ~ The old gentleman.
however, couldn't see tho point. and didn't like
The Savannah, Ca, Republican says Our hotels
| are crowded with strangers from the North and
our Southern States and every steamship and rail-
road apparently incresses the number. Many
| take the route TO Florida. while the majority are
travelling with view TO business. These are en-
phatically busy times IN our city. Our whsrves
| are jsmmed with vessels and our docks covered
with merchandise, foreign and domestic, of every
description.
| j 1.-THE sentence of Reed, who murdered Police
| man Smedick In New York, the court room was
| crowded with thieves and roughs 70 attempt a
i III ia
| 70 keep order. Since Keats sentence Judge
| Barnard has been threatened with assassination.
and partial sttemp. Yves made to kill him in the
| Fifth Avenue Hotel John Keats friends say he
will not be hanged, as no was deputy sheriff, and
will be protected b. the sheriff Of the county.
| There is great excitenentamon the despersdoes
on the subject.
The traits on the Central Pacific railroad are
delayed at the Sierra Nevada mountains by ono Of
the most terrific snow storms known in that region
The snow belt extended over eighty miles. The
| snow sheds withstood the storm finely where they
are completed, furnishing full protection to the
road.
The Supreme Court Of Nevada hiss rendered an
opinion on tie consttutonality of the legislative
fund bill passed by the Legislature over tue gov
ernor's veto. Tie governors serion IN calling on
the courts 10 support bis veto has created great
| excitement and i'll feeling. Threats of impeach-
ment are made for abuse OF privilege. Decision
| against the governors objection--Legislature
ubilant.
| One of the Jurors in the New Jersey forged
marriage certificate will case says that the prisO-
| ner had seven acuuaintsnces on the jury, who
stood out against conviction despite tho direct
nature of the evidence. and the other jurors were
threatened with death II they refused 70 coincide
IN scquittal.
Boring in the artesian well at the county farm in
st. Louis has just reached the depth OF upward OF
three-quarters of mile. 1t this point the boreFs
have struck granite, with no prospect OF water.
| Work on the well viii now cease.
One oyster establishment in Baltimore employs
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\ 10000 cans every day.
| Outrageous robberies of manned soldiers, wid-
| ows ana orphans, perpetrated by shyster lawyers
in bounty business, have recently come TO light in
New York.
DIR. W. M. Jennings, o prominent physician OF I'll ..
tusvie, Pennsylvania acciden ally poisoned HIM
self recently, and died in great agony. BE mad
vertently took dose Of tlncture OF aconite from
bottle which he supposed contained uncture OF
orange peel.
| While vorkmen were recently engaged in clear
| ing away some rubbish In cellar in San Fran
| cisco, they exhumed the complete skeleton OF =
| man. With the bones were a sum of money and
| O bowie. knife. In early days there had been
| gambling saloon overhead.
| There is a new and rather encouraging report Of
Psraguayan affairs, which comes through Para
guayan sources, TO the effect that Lopez still
| condition.
A Dayton jsweler, gained Rex, attempted
suicide on the 18Th, by cutting away the floor Of
| priyy and dropping himself into the vault. Not
sinking as deep as he desired, no plunged his
| head into the nth, which resulted Ia d sudden
| change of mind and frantic cries for help. He
was tished out by some devoted policemen.
In Florida the orange trees are sprouting out
again, and are rapidly recovering from the ELECTS
OF the late freeze but the lemon. lime, guava and
| alligator pears chow signs of life.
| The Sutton, New Hampshire, tragedy Is sicken-
ing In its details. Mrs. Mitchell states that while
abe was sitting by an open FIRE in the kitchen her
husband suddenly threw bottle Of kerosene oil
| into the flames. Al explosion followed, and Mrs.
| Mitchell became enyeioped In flames. She ran
| into an adjoining room. her burning clothing
| dropping from her 81 every step. At last her
husband pretended 10 assist her, but what he did,
| whether intentional or not, only aggravated his
wife's suferngs, for he opened a door. and also
took stick aud poked ab0ut her clothing, when
| the flames reached the poor woman's fece and
| threatened to choke her. He, after mach effort,
succeeded in nearly putting out tho fire, and hen
called the neighbors. One evening, about week
before the event above related occurred. Mitchell
took his youngest child, q babe about three
months old, and under tho plee OF endel yOring to