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Low Rates, dispatch, Saving Insurance,

anl prompt payment of all claims for loss damage
nvrrchh1Ee, etc, make it lar superior to any com
peting route. Through bills of ladnF at eunran
tccd rates may be procured at all principal Offices
in Eastern cities. ALBERT FINK
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A. W. ROUEDTEEE, General Southern A gent
Fb21ul Cor Camp and Common SITS N. 0.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-06-12
PALACE SLEEPING CARS,
o all night trains run through frs
NEW ORLEANS TO LOUIkyILIE.
Without Change.

Passengers holding though tickets can
stop over at Cave City, to visit the NAM
MOTH CAVE, and resume their journey
at pleasure.
, 1869-06-09

Of reform; butt is supported as collateral
question Of principle rather than matter
in which tho reforne1s Of England have any
direct personal interest. Il, however, tho
Lords make Stand on that bill, it will pre-
cipitate The other questions, which oven the
Lbernl party have so far kept in abeyance.
The Commons have no direct power to
coerce the Lords, but they have power to
ove.whelm that body by the creation Of
new Peers They can authorize the grant,
ing Of patents Of nobility to new men in
sufficient number to overcome the Tory
majority, and thus have both houses in po-
'htical sympathy. In 1889, the Lords OBJ
stinately refused to pass the Reform bill Of
that yeaz, and it was not until Lord Brough-
nm announced that the patents Of the new
Peers had already bean made out, that the
Lords abandoned the contest and permitted
the bill to become law. 1t is
possible thAt resort may be had
to similar tactics at this time with n
like effect. The crention Of ono or two
hundred new Peers would cheaper nobility
very much. Lords would be as plentiful IS
cab-dsive,s, and the order would sink pro-
portbuately in public estimation. The
value Of the peerago consists in its exclu-
siveness, and this iucrease in the numbers
would destroy that value. It is hardly
probable, Notwithstanding Earl Derby'a de-
fant tone, TINT the House Of Lords viii
force the Ministry to this extreme measure,
and it is, therefore, possible that the bill
mny yet be pnssed-the Tories leaving the
House to enable its friends to carry it
through.
, 1869-06-09


Jenny Lind L. to Etng Al Hamburg In her hus'
hands oratorio, "Ruth." .-..-...
Mrs. scott-Saddons sailed for Europe Lat week
She VIII return III September.
There 3 rutnos that Flsk- j., nsenas takins
hls ope1o bouts company to Long hfanen ta's
summer and gtstns performances IN sae nole1
Parlott during the summer
In New iorS. LIST night, me eenAaa'me ~ ~
OF "GeneS1tFe &c bfaoans Wa R'seu =. .AS
Theatre ffanca1s. hltn ueseAaa1as ~ @"o1
and Rose-BeH a. "Gfanu2e- 49,,
The Duke oil Hamilton canno! oau - ~ ns W.
heart to give up the tura Aeo&e'n~' ne e4 ~. ~.
nm on English son-A least 70 nc "a
tcncclofth MS coloss VII " 'eeo VI sA' lew
coutscs Of France
The reason o. MI. isaooN VIZ. " tas eoau'
Try Al tns utne u tnos s"sn ~ leael ~
nephew: "Ine ieeoeness oi ny nen1n tne
cAose, ~ aa noN 11lnA u ptuasus ~ lSA tae ue-
aaJ nn1u he11 year. "aen a@a pso"lseo 70 SA1
Joo.
;, Iaese nc hema He i.om faf'a pafnas: ~
Elthu WsAnhufnt, AMbasSadoE m the Unfte1
, 1869-06-09
Lord Clarendon's judicious and temperate

Lord Clarendon's judicious and temperate
speech in the House Of Lords, in response
to the motion Of Sir Afford De Redcliffe for
acopy of the Alabama treaty, seems to hare
contained almost the first suggestion made
in England, md by an English authority,
That the speech Of Nj. Sumner was the af-
fort Of m individual Senator, and that there
IVES no ground 10 assume that the majority
Of the Senare OF people Of the United
States supported Nh. Summers demands.
HeBaid that the terms which England was
wiling to concede, or must refuse, were
well known What, then, are these well
known terms which England Is willing to
concedes Lord Stanley, Earl Clarendon,
and other members Of the government, as
well as the leading members Of the House
Of Commons, have declared On mora than
one occasion that England woulI adjust
and pay for the direct destruction Of our
shipping by the Alabama and other vessels
Of her class, It is not to be supposed that
they viii pay for lrolonging our war one
year. as the damages On such hasis wonld
amount to half the national debt, or the
indefinite sum which American industry
must hnvc suffered by being driven from
navigation into other forms Of bnainesa.
Hence, I,ord Clarendon is justified in Say
ing that the terms which England is wiling
to concede or must refuse are well known.
, 1869-06-09

him, 50 she took one child out Of nve, and de.
camped 10 her fathers house. The husnand fol-
lowed her, and reR1tned Possession Of the child.
The wife, not discouraged = particle, tmmedtate,y
repaired to her former home. broke In the win
dow, and secured another child.
kAHRAA.
c. ". Locke Smith, 4 music teacher at Leayeu-
worth, Was arrested on the I'd, On cparre OF hay-
Ing robbed lne Post once At Danstlle, III. Re wa
married, about st1 months before the detection OF
his crime, to young lady Of Banytue, and hts
faiher-in-law, On this charge being made against
him. went bail for his appearances IN u 0o0 which
was forfeited, the prisoner took "lez bail, and
made his why Immediately to Leasenwor.h. Since
then his wife has obtained divorre from him. and
Is now married again. While At Le1venwor1h,
Smith became member Of the Method{5t CHURCH
and SABBATH School teacher. His parents reside
At Gscencastle. Ind.
oH1o.
Brown, Who shot his vile at DereA last weak.
made her acquaintance through 4 natrtm oniAl ad-
vert1seme ent They met, married and lived together
for year OF two, when tbs vile found that he VIZ
not al her fancy painted, and LEFT him
At Tim, manof Is years, named Haherland,
was recently married 10 Mrs.. Fu1t, aged IS She
hsd two husbands previous TO this one. loca]
paper sayS: "Thia couple ueyer saw each otoe,
before Last sunday, aid the marriage Is the resul,
OF love At frst sight"
TIE IEKHITOIE
Michael smith h, the billiard champion Of Wyo
ming, Colorado ana dSebraska,awasafound dead II
Ills bed, nj Denver, On Wednesday laat
The Co1tnue (Ctahl Reporter Of juno 4, SAYS:
~ few Horutukt Aka, mentioned that . panty ot
Aburt forty dtAeptr1B and ApoetAte4 fzv0 th4
Mormon ChusEh 10 utAh bad ehArtrrtn 4 III.
Thets depa,tpre wn i.lsyed Until .cttc1day. Whet
two car nsdt [! !hcup lid farewell forrrc! te Etah
w.. rig .pa p.ny noFe waald h.7S
!onkcF. soIne of the party xere early poineerT7
Utah. and endured tho ha.dahps md piysuoul
apa ehscryed many thtnss IN Utah which .te uurub
lthe.i 70 &c Tosld sad they can tale unfold ~
that rill akt the htir taad .trasht On le hends
| th Fhilanthropts.s Of the EA1s"
, 1869-06-09

the greater the wrong he did in iilhng her,
aEd the higher the damages he ought toI,ay.
The attempt on his psrt to impeach her
ch; ssity, by his owl direct but doubtful
testimony, md by the equivocating and
singula1ly unsatisfactory statamsoto Of
othex Witnesses, who in nearly ercsy case
created most tnfavorable impression on
themindspf al who heard OF even read their
evidence, wholly failed and reacted against
the defendant to enhauoe the damages,
The numerous ingtanoea in which the de-
scniant had resorted to deception Of low
order, both in the progress Of theoourtship
and subsequent dealings with the plainti6
and on the 1ial, seemed to surround his
entire case with an atmosphere Of put.idity
and Sqttcnness which the Jury thought
could only be dispened and purified by
damages. Hence this almost une1ampled
verdict. large as it is, it probably will
excite no protest from anybody except Mr.,
Spngue. The Cincinnati witnesses who
testified against Miss Craig will 60 home
with IN uncomfortable feeling that the jury
didn't believe a word thew said.
, 1869-06-09
sEE&~

and disccssod tic al Important subject OF C.az
srsus srrague. and breach Of promise iat9 Il
general Atsr ten-
Of the great suit, General Eldrldse and Gs1e:,I
Linder, got tcEstaer and h3a li!ey hut gohlal-
tulsd t9.t Tns g}aa'Fea a. oa oss, 50 vea
.For Gods safe unders'' as his fnen.ls cali nln-
WEE for she nonce Httie ptqnet
"We1, ho SAID 70 General E1dftd1s, "!le,@n
be nicer to have soe stamps n Jouf Pocket" lie
iam1sb1y criminal" Quite cFowt collected
them Mi in roar By his naire onserra:i1us an.i
aide-eplittlng Jokes Eut the old NAL vas lual as
aTs1aa nall about tho verdict, and could not s
'S>'A~' on TIE cAxs
coming nom Wheaton 2 Ch!ca.o. oar reporter
had \ conversation with DR.: Galrette, Of Cln-
He represented that his depoetlon did not refer 70
Ahss cru9: that he had neret knewn her person.
ally; that the woman who had called upon h:n
past foar ns; months, discovered to have ,esa esa
. atemale detective in the employ Of spsasue. AMI
snd to the alleged Injured lsdy. he had gone to
stated a!so that eeItata parties supposed u have
70 him the getting Up social gath ettna ca
clnnau, and Of inviting Miss Craig to tho same.
tHN $1,000 "4o t4+tA NUaA9A4AEA
gem he refused to take psrt In.
General lnder approached Dr. Ga1es.e n the
car and an exc1tlux quarrel Arose between Ihe:,
The General said that II he were Spt1gue h..
would get satisfaction cut Of HIN souetoE o.
other, Eut Is for himself, he tlianr want 70 spul
hts blood until hts fees were forthcoming. The
couple nnAuy cooled down and even ue!gncd to
'.stnEe " Ut each other before landing In
Chicago The plaintiff and her party came al AMI
viii probably remain in this section until the ;no-
ton foE NEW saf IS put and The m1;tcr Lanc,teIy
Settled. Wheaton has been left beanri, aue, AMI
serene once more. and the famous breach Of p:o-
1nlse case for While, nj nny rate, Is IN as:u 1I
BIT cP HISTORY.
We fud the following ID recent issue Of the
Cincinnati Cetnmere1d{. =" About tn 10 years since,
when this nthir was In the bud, Mr. Spr:Asue mltl.
extraordinary efforts, through detectives Of i4};a
sexes, to ohtrtn some clue by which to Establish
his Inc Of defence In the then Threatened breach
Of promise case, now In full bloom I1c tes-
patched to this city two sharp women, from Allan
Finkerton's office, who made every possible.
cl1ort to nnd proof that Miss Craig had ftso-I~l
to IN aborsionlst. These women called upon "a
flous pit ystciens Of our city In this pursuit. 01e
plan adopted by one OF them WAS to represent her
self tHexinte nud IcElrous Of being relieved OF
her trouble insinuating u the same tfnc that the
latiy In question had directed her to c1u on HIN
Nhc physician n whose ONCE she might hey Onc
Of the men tried thus wns D.. E. L. johnson. de.
ceased. He detected The trick, and made It known
to the YnuEE taIlF.r
, 1869-06-09
Child MuFdcr-Trlnl OF n Phyefcaan
In MichiKAns

Ine petolt PpN publishes report OF the trial
q d. Sohn poy, Of Battle Creet, Ut Marshall,
Aleh-, on the charge OF having procured sn abor-
t1on upon one Caroline Graves, the principal wit
nesses being The Woman and LIN Graves, her hus-
nana Commenting upon the us2l the Rbss szys:
"We publish elseEhe1t, the testimony Of = man
and woman II 4 trial In Marshall Niea- One Of
teose professional pendcrers TO this crime b now
being kHed foI muf1e1fng m infant i've months
Old We LIE The tErEu tn its lter1 not its general
tense The father and mother of this child have
been brought to the witness stand, and have tes-
uned with great mtnuteueA to eveSJ chcutnstauce
Of The murder; the conspiracy, the time the man
ncr, :he weapons of the assasstnssion. Tue story
~ told By these child ruuterefs Il thas they madr
! regular bargain With the professor oI the
AT and thai be came a. me appointed time
and muF1Ted theiz tnflnt. TheJ had been mar-
lied but I'VE months md 80 never hid hAd AAJ
children They seem 10 hare possessed Some
property. II <xn hardly be said that they we1p
oppressed with the burdens Of large }am1V.
Tbs father de4c1thes himself Is being discouraged
= nfst b. he high p.ce charged for tourdenng
M little folk He wanted to get It done cheap
" ooEr1e, Il Il va TO cost II much "A would b
,!eantEsd to rear tho chi1d. nothing would be
sAnsd. Eonzadetn3 th1t ~ Wa 6uch ttttle
~ ne taeo@m 70 WAs enpQxh; bat finally the
= A4aEAe41te0 pa16tefzu,t not 70 hq too hard upou
pool m4o, Snsnprosnioed u 47A The father,
Ntef onef1ng nh notn, Iye s+st8. ke, du7Ity
aaoztRaged hIs tarM for he reqotsfte x,nourt and
ah shnd VA aone To deaxh, seoofd.n9 to arrea-
, 1869-06-09
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
DAMAGES.

The proprietor Of sprague's Block has
been invited by q jury Of DnPage
County to tender the tender Amanda the
modest sum Of one hundred thousand dol
Lars. The jury must have entertained either
a very exalted conception Of the amount
Of pin-money required to set up lady
In single Life, or they must have regarded
the case as Attending good opportunity to
punish very unworthy and degraded man
foz the injurT, huuailiation aod SANDER he
hAd sought to int1ict upon woman, for NO
other reason than that she had yielded her
affections to his coa1tahip. 1t is conceded
that in this case the defendant had
promised to marry the plaintiff, and, in
deed, had cou.ted her lo1s and assiduous-
y. She was SO far his superior IN every
personal, moral and intellectual attraction,
exceptssmoney, that the defendants counsel
hiuseh rnads this very disparity q ground
ioz asKuing that ahe could not possibly love
hlnn' but intended to marry him for his
money only. In the entire history Of cases
Of the kind, We suppose SO andacions snd
unfortunate defence ueve. before vss
conceived The necessary conclusion Of
The Jury must have been that the moro
wildly tbs plaintiff = worth oontxsstad tth
the defendan4's ugliness aud isnor.nes,
, 1869-06-09
The Evangelical Conferences

10 tA< Etitsr a. tn Caieaso Tribune:
IN your Issue OF Sunday last you quote the re-
nafks OF "a writer n New York paper, who
"aepsecstes the calling Of the proposed convcn-
Eon II chicago" 1ad Eho thinks that, "n1yIns
no authority, It can do no good, but viii "feem-
lngy put those who PARTICIPATE In It In the atsl-
tide Of rc'cis Against The established order OF
tninSA'
Nov, wish 70 ny, In e1planaslon, that no such
"pfUposed eenrentios " u to meet In cn.ca9o
The meeting contemplated is 1mply = eonft4snes
Of brethren Ike minded, convened not by snr
"autho11ty" whatever, bat meeting OF mcu Who
hare IN undoubted right, In rnls rree oonntsy, at
least to get together for the legitimate purpose OF
friendly consultation As to "whaf lxael ought to
do" The Assumption that hAytng no "aatnor-
IT., beyond the God-g right Of nee delbera-
tlon, in an important cribs l!ke the present. Is
atuplJ absurd, - Is also that other position
that to participate h such deltocr1tou, Is neces-
saril5 10 place oneself In N astisude Of rebellion
against the Church
The writer quoted also states that "tne late
Tt1enniM Convention did nothing Of which any
onn cornplAlns,'' aud that It vii meet again next
year. That convention, would Gsaie, did several
thtnsB Of which evangelical Episcoparana sorely
complain. 1t made It : penal odence foF An Epta-
copa} clergyman on1da1ty to recognize any ortho-
dox non-EpscoFAl minister, and It toposed posi-
Are restrictions upon Tho lbertT Of preaching.
heretofore only claimed to exist: and II VII NOT
meet again unu October, 1871
When men undertake to wrtte TN the public In
regard to the position Of evangelical Eptseopa-
t,aus, or IN reference 10 tho Approaching. meeting
for consultation think they Ahould inform them
selves coz1sck>y u to faets- :
-..'~-s- OH Wao Exrx@rs 10 BH THxx1
CHICAGO, JureT.
, 1869-06-09

represented BY STOCK capital OF sla9 oot, ,sdl be-
s1es yast debt secured by mortgages ursn tho
ttnss- The Rroas income Of these companies fos
last fear was tAst). .s9a NJ.
The otner scheme, which Is but sort Of coun-
tc1pan and r1yal Of the nt5t, ~ that which the
scut3nR. It contemplsses the concentration In the
hAnds Of TINT corporation OF the sa!tM ays cow
Known aa the Sew jersey Central, the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne and ChIczgo, and the Chicago and
Rock Island, besides its Orp. This consolidation
which seems already TO Be far advanced toward
completion, will uuite 1.5A mlex Of completed
panles Is ol the vs'pe Of 9isallo,1et; esiimsted
By sock capital Of 81, 7es, beside the mort
gage debt, and which earned last year In ali
an contaminated, tae Pennsyls1nla route to omA-
ha Will be more than loa miles shorter than the
New YMk routc, and that The whqle capital Of
II he earnings Of last year Be taken as the stAn-
dsrd, and the present stock and debt Of all the
Of The consolidated companies viii pay 20 per cent
OF the gross earnings u cxpenses, the New FORK
through line could pay per cent On al 1ts debt,
sIa rsI 1 90 ns Us ~ ~ saa
on its debt and Is per cent on Its stock capital.
The stock capital 10 both cases il notninAl, con-
sstns IL Y y; 1nsd. a s1d o. %
There Is not one Of the companies included whose
CAPITAL ts less than twice the cost OF building lts
road: and the money actually required TO baill
Omaha, even At the present enoIzuous cost Of labor
and materials, could not exceed 81, ,c9n, co..
Such foad would be fsr shorter and better than
either Of the proposed aggregates OF local lines,
and would cost much less to run. Gross earnings
Of &1o,Ooo, 900 would maintain II and make large
return on the capital Invested The uues now
consolidating are, in fact as respects the
Through t!ade," only temporary substitute for
this line, which will be h1I!t very eoon, 1t the
great existing routes are made d monopoly, and
use their power to extort unreasonable profits
The average return OF invested capital IN this
country has never In year exceeded ten per cent
the actnal capital which stockholders and bond
holders together have Invested In the ten sonra-
ntes named above Is scarcely more than slea.ooe,.
N0; yet they claim 10 earn q yearly profit Of
mere thsn f3n. ooe, co., or 40 aud . half times a
much rs the highest rates for Other forms Of In
yestutnt
II is now proposed to tncrease the stocks OF
some Of these companies still further to pour OCT
water" without lrnir, in the hope tint The pub
lie u I'll buy 1t Al II It represented real property
and then, By forming monopoltes, TO expect from
trade dividends on the fictitious capital How
long will this process continue before the people
remember that public franchises are public pFoz,
cry: md interfere to regulate this use Of them x
tax consumers, and to build up corruptiug aut
oyenhrdoming corpotauons-
, 1869-06-09
RAILWAY CONSULTATIONS.
Wall RtEeet Mt Work Gigantic
Projects.


Fpm h1 St.r York Esxn4ns Ra.., Junsn
Tne rapid tncrease OF rzde between distant
poinia, especially Of tr1de between the Atlantic
c.ttea and the new Northwestern States, le4da
railways to look morn and more for ii etr prpct& to
the j" through b0stne8" OF long ltnex The coz
tfol Of this business u only to b obtained bF con
trolling the whole HJxteE Of connecting reads be-
tween distant potnEs, and By extending coupett-
3iou Thua in reoer1 teYrox II fact,trasss thfOuvh
brstrcxs to consolidate counectiuQ road nncttr
one uzuaReMeut: 1t desttuTS comnetttjon to cnu-
snt&tIste n1raf1tl roadx Bnfh rinda o1 nnto1 arr
prortabIe to The coupaniea and he forTner ftnd
NAV benefit the public
Cnter these general ndueoces tht1e ,uuss a,rayY
be i ttudcucY to epntoiidation annonc rsi1rosd
comuanirs. ind. the invt perInff the9n u follow
Il a feW crest corp1TatUns AZ E1rr nirustsiT 70
sfsorh me 1,nsHrr1 nnea 'rh,s .trrdenrs "a nnr ~
operasur Etth u1orr tnan iss natHra1 force be.nsr
6Iuuiu.ed py the general imitation Of pricos wnjca
atts Itth peculiar mower upou yail1ay urupcrtT
md tuternr1se and ny the zseeu,4ttye Schemes of
cani, aitsss m he stock market, The rrcent CON-
htr1tion of Ine roads beiTeen Boston and Albauy
un,irr ans dIreet,on. the nln, nov nn1tur.nu for
rnirtn, Al re i'm =. fntsaed cr rnnn9zred ram
~ C1sr.,srM s TnJedn fcmrent.s- NJ ~. -1c,s..ire
sa ~, e.sn1s ~ :sE ess s.ss
~ f.siss 49, Sa-s~rs.aS ~ p.s<7srr' - ~
H'is.nEa. e psni Rsii,,sd ,nTa1n3..s ~ h.1s 70
Tc-, - 49, n--ssr. .I7.nrr.nce - ~ .1~m.
~ - ~ s1ea Eaf- IN GS,c 9Ss s. - ~in.n
Nss oi 1ue t1iao.' "'s0 A4>a 'ae INCA HsA11'1tN
e19unI o,.,..,,n -, ..,,a -, .,.<. r,a ~,
1ne eouNadsn -. .n ~ sSme t y. 1a5s 49, uAs
oe1n tlee4So so.is euo&a ~ 49, " auoM Ee4eI0
Anu uaIaIA ssS1tS ~ - s.s1 Sla.t1istoe I've setsa-
oEuJ o. u. ~ 49,, = ss-t.1t SsG1st' W tae
, 1869-06-09
aAMMoa.


Ms. Ia1y Cannon, Il report be trae, Is all ,hss
nef name impostA They do say On the West Side
taa1 sne = wonderful ta1ker, ana m expert A.
ne coundsnee g1lse. She hAa = fancy that she "a
the psoprtetreas Of An extensive boarding -house
and 1mhued with this tdes, ahe often visits West
slae grocery atores, and informs the prup.ietors
70 e., LA A. effect Seu she purchases
IoM bushels Of potatoea ha~I
q n6ut Wo or three dollars worth Of sugar. COT
!ee and many other things until the bilI sTuuunt@
to sso of no. At this mage abs "a snddrnIy ~.
mlnoed that dinner must DC got ready. Ind that
a sHs neeaa LHo q three Articles muealstsly. Ac-
eotEunns0 she takts handy xrmtal Of pTuceriex
s u me Proprietor to have the frst tafen
~ Eo A Castoi1 street, WHEN the money VII be
t'n.n,f3 tua .sS.ntnS. S Wneu the ETocezJmAn mase-
aoenuI reaches the locality Indicated, TIE occs-
toe hoose amlle, and can ten him without
tmsAhi1g MaAe ~ wagon contains, to-Wtt: fo1r
% Deonis oe q ,S SHofssosa @ baI1a Of doar, ae The
Souse NJ eaaen a1,,s aas ~ stoRned r. t1oas Of the
usnf,nS ssS ne past Neek or two, and alwa5s sent
N0 gtven into the, Aands Of the potoa. IN In
sfuee1Jnen within miless cHcuft Tera nnt,de,i
70 oe % the watch, and Jestey{3af ssae IA is-
tscted and taken into cuktody on axsM>nt On
The xny to The station Ahe lauefed n fse nf,,cer
sod 7Hs1fked thai The lxw co1id uot touch ner,
~ Ane tad done eyM3thtnx shoTeboaTJ, and II
tae People II No. q d4 npt ENut the cToee11sa i
Tas not htr faolt. sna vaq susHped betoIe The
fsssoe t4Mt On tho charge or obsstntng goods
hsM y toe 1io mstnees, asd Was held for ts1ai ~
, 1869-06-09
Horrible Crime mt Allcgnn, Mich
Thrcc Children Drowned by their
3fep-MOtheT.


On Wednesday evening, June ,, at X O'Clock,
thtee OF the children Of Frank Slmons {col1red,,
who residea on 6tfeeters Point, on the eouth alde
OF The KALAMAZOO River, we're drowned bat how
We cannot ten At thls writing. The ~1ier Wa
only TX feet deep; and how these children could
be drowned IN thai depth Of water, Il matter OF
mystery to an our ciuzanA The neI2hborhood
wa1 tAEd1ly alarmed, A1d III. A. L Sifeetef twho
resides IN the vicinity, hearing Of the sad aiAr,
proceeded TO the spot with 4 canoe, and succeeded
IN getting the bodies out af the water II about 8
O'Clock. Strct1l or onr citizens t1Ied 70 resusct-
tate tfe In the children By rolling them on wash
tuhA and !oRx; but without avail
The names Of the children were: Joseph Hfb-
bard &EonA, aged 10 years; John Collins Stuonk,
aeed 5ea7, md Stella Amelia Ssmons, aged !
JcalA-
Justice stuck held Corone1s inquest On the
bodes Of the deceased, on Iuesdsy forenoon
near the scene OF the disaster. The Investigation
Kas Of the most Rea1chiug character. The fury
hrorEht1 In verdict ot Drowned
P. a--MrA Sluoons was arrested On Frfdav, on
suspicion Of drowning these cA1ldfen II appeaf1
To Be Tie general Impression thst the children
were qroTued by this 1oma1- She had been uar-
ned to Slmors but About three month";
y. R-HIa- Slnous hAa 9luce confessed. before
tae Prosecuting Attorney, that ahs drowned these
children herself,-fl1u drowning The oldest boy.
and then the Youngest md 1terxasu tie lit,le
saH she said another colosed woman aurlsed
her TO comma the deed There is much !ndIRns-
lion lelt BY our citizens over these 1nhpuan out
among our oolofed people.