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The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
A Jealons Husband Murders His Wit
4ssF and cuts his own Throat 0s

JosephT Wood a ship carpenter VIII
resided on the lower road leading from thi
place to Kingston Point, near the, new ferrj
dock, murdered his wife about Z o'clock,
on Saturday evening last and then commit
ted suicide. The weapons used were an axl
and a razor The murdered woman llaI
twelve long and deep gashes in her head
neck and face, either of which was sufficient
to cause death. The murderer is supposed
to have first cut her III the head with thl
AK, as she was lying on the lounge, and tn
cut her throat with the razor In the after
noon, prior to the murder, he wrote . lettei
which is now in possession of the Coroner
The contents of the letter have not trans
pired, On tho alarm being given nei gh
Dor named George Metcalf went to the bach
door of the house and found it locked. HI
Knocked and was admitted by wood Or
entering and finding Mrs. Wood dead he in
quired what he had been doing, to which
Wood made no reply. Wood then attempt
ed to cut his throat with razor, but Met
calf serzed his arm and prevented him. A
second attempt was made but Metcaf agair
foiled him. Wood then turned dupon Met
calf and threatened to kill him, when Met
cali, who is an old man, ran from the house
for moment only, and on returning founc
Wood lying upon the floor with his throa
out from ear to ear. Jealousy is supposed
tc have been the cause rrgF q. .7rs,s
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
For the Standard.
Fire in Plymouth.

MR.. EDITOR: give you particulars in re-
gard to the fire which occurred in this
place on the morning of the Goth instant, at
8 o'clock P. M. 1t was first discovered in
the building occupied by Lee, colored
man, recently from Edenton, doing a gen.
eral business. 1t was large new store
owned by the Messrs. Latham & Brother.
Lee was respected by all right minded peo-
pie, having conducted himself with decorum
the short time he was in business here. 1t
thence rapidly extended to the Hotel previ-
ously occupied by VIM. Rankin, northeast
of it, lately purchased by E. ]. johnson,
thence west to the store of Norman & La
tham's, and N. D. Norman's warehouse. Mr..
Cohen's and Mr. Atkinson's two new stores,
occupied by Dishields, Tatum 6 Co., on
the corner, where it stopped in this direc.
ton, the wind blowing heavily at north.
east. 1t then communicated across the
street in westerly direction to VIM. Ran
kin's grocery, burning several small build
ings, and reaching the new store and ware
house ofN. D. Norman's and several small
houses adjoining. From Mr.. Rankin's it
extended south up to main street, destroying
the grocery of ]. W. Davis, barber shop Of
Sam Virgins, colored, market and grocery
of Isaiah Wynn g. Son, jackson s Bros
livery stable, and two stores owned by Mrs.
Benjamin Spruill. The loss falls heavy on
all, but none more so than Mr.. Rankin, who
lost all the means he had to support large
and helpless family. .t
The failure of the crops in this county TO-.
three successive seasons, with the heavy loss
upon our citizens, is well calculated to dis
hearten and dampen their energies 1t will
also be felt outside the limits of the corpo-
ration. Many of our most extensive farmers
were dependent, to a great extent, for assist
ance from those large merchants who were
able and willing to wait from one crop to
the other for necessary supplies This source
of assistance is. now cut of, and with the
scanty means on hand, owing to the failure
OF previous crops, as above stated, it must
produce great Inconvenience if not failure
in cnltivating the usual quantity of soil.
Plunder was the order of the day. Most of
our white citizens were absept-the mer-
chants North, lawyers and many of our peo-
pie attending on the Superior Court OF
Martin, and jurors to the Federal Court in
Edenton-whose assistance was SO much
needed. Loss estimated at 100000. Some
insurance amount at present not known
nothing sufficient to cover one fourth the
loss. l,. u-..=-.- Ii gitf ~
1t is confidently believed by Lee to be the
act of an incendiary. He had to leap from
third-story window to save himself, and
was very much injured by the conclusion.
His loss, like most of the other partiee' .yas
all he had on the premises, He has pr. er
! ty elsewhere.
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
The Great Proselyte.

Charles Loyson, known as Father Hya-
cinthe, was born at Orleans, in 1927, and
finished his studies in the Academy of Pau,
of which his father was Rector, and at an
early age became famous for his remarkable
poetical writings. In 1s45, he entered the
theological, seminary of Saint Sulpice, at
Paris, and, after four years study, was or
dained Priest He was next appointed Pro-
fessor of Philosophy at the great seminary
at Nantes. He next performed the duties
of Priest in the parish of the Church of
Saint Sulpice, and after ten years. trial be-
came convinced that his true vocation was
preaching. He then spent two years in the
convent of the Carmelites at Lyons, and
subsequently was admitted to that order
and made his first appearance as pulpit Or
ator by preaching with great success during
a spiritual retreat held at the Lyceum of
Lyons. He next preached the advent course
of sermons at Bordeaux in 1858, and the
Lent sermons at Peri in 1864, and in
the summer of that year proceeded to Paris
and preached first at the Church of the
Madeleine and next the Advent course
sermons at the Church of Notre Dame.
During the last five years the sermons of
Father Hyacinthe have been one of the
great attractions of Paris, and his preaching
has attracted large and intelligent audi
ences
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
Talented Inebriates.

A correspondent of the Boston Journal
writes: SIN the Binghampton Inebriate
Asylum are eminent lawyers from New En-
gland, whom have heard plead with Web.
ster and Choate, men of wealth and stand
ing eloquent temperance orators, whose
names and address have seen within year
in the Jour1qI;. men who have been and arc
still officially connected with the city gov
ernment of New York; professional men of
high standing; eloquent and distinguished
ministers of the gospel; sons of eminent
merchants of New York and other leading
cities; some of the most talented artists Of
the land. organists who readily commanded
$4,000 year in the city with bankers, law
yers, clerks, and eminent men; nearly all Of
them under thirty years of age. Many Of
them are fine performer9 They have organ
lied choir, conduct in superb style the
worship which is held daily, and the wor-
ship OF the Sabbath, give concerts, have en-
tertainments, run Q small theatre once a
week, have negro minstrsls, and the whole
week is occupied in round of interesting
amusements. Many of the rooms are fitted
up in artistic style by the patients, and a
more cheerful, exuberant retreat cannot be
found in the country" t
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
A Reverend ScoundreI.

A few weeks since, the quiet precincts of
Miegs and Roane counties were visited by
we'll dressed, smooth tongued Individual,
calling himself Rev. y ~ How.Ils and pur-
porting to hail from Oregon. g. He saidnhe
was o Baptist minister and preached a. great
deal in Roane, even going beyond INTO be
nighted Meigs, and became a great favorite
with the pious and unsuspeeting people of
those sections. biJ0R ad -sii I1i9fl 81
The reverend gentleman made, himself
very agreeable to, the female portion of his
assumed charge, and finally married one of
them. He was possessed of horse and
buggy at that lime, which he sold very
cheap to defray the expenses ora bridal
tour, which was taken, the happy couple
passing through Knoxville to. Chattanooga,
when they returned to the bridal residence
in Meigs county. THIS occurred about two
weeks ago, as I'VE learn, ,n.si L.g NJ isils.a
At that time Mr., Howell became uneasy,
and borrowed horse from his brother-in
law to go to Sweetwater to 'look for pair
of gold-rimmed specks he had lostn He is
still hunting for them, probably, as. he has
not since returned, A. gentleman came
along that way shortly afterwards and re-
cognized the horse and buggy as stolen
property, and at once seized it, causing the
innocent purchaser to lose what he had paid
the hypocritical scoundrel for it. ss..,,ag
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
.Pr,o,ofReading.

There are good many people who think
proof reading one Of the easiest things in
the world, and who get very impatient over
mistakes in books and newspapers. A wri-
ter in a, recent number of the GALAXY gives
some interesting instances of typographical
errors. He mentions one edition of the BIZ
BILE which contains 5000. He gives the fol-
lowing example of the difficulties in the
way Of getting out perfect book. Some
professors of the University of Edinburg
resolved to publish book which should be
anmodel of typographical accuracy. Six
proof readers were employed; and after it
was thought to be perfect, the sheets were
posted up in the hall of the University, and
areward a of fifty pounds were offered for
every mistake that should be discovered.
When the book was printed, it was found
to contain several errors, one being on the
title page, another In the first line of the
first chapter. f' lA
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
New Counterfsits on National Banks.

~ The United States Counterfeit Detectg
gives the following list of new counterfeit
that have appeared since the first OF the pre-
sent month: me- '-'''''
Third National Bank of Chicago, Ill. 10
raised from is. Well done. ii20s raised
from is. First National Bank of Spring
field, Ill. IS, imitation. Farmers Nationi
Bank of Reading, Pa, reported in circula
tion. Look out for all farmers nationa
banks, as the town and State can be easilj
changed and printed from the same counter
felt plate. .r,.-..
IS, Jewett City National Bank, JewetI
City, Ct. In the imitation the date on thI
deck of the ship is 1892. 1t. should be 1899
The date 1892, on the right end of the gen
uine bill, under the Indian princess, is lef
off of the imitation. The word '.fed,," un
der the engraver's name in imitation il
"fer." rmi.a5- in l11515l,b Gjffi
2s, Jewett City National Bank, Ct. TIL,
coarsest part of the bill is on the left end
Thetemale uith the stars ocer her head. Tn,
genuine have sixteen stars in two half cir
cles. TIVE imitation has twenty three, anc
very indistinct. 4.g l.g7sa lsglIor
los, Farmers National Bank of Amster
dam, N. Y. The letter "a" in !"Amste
dam," under the words National Bank o
in the above imitation, lis smaller than tn
other letters. and the carged line under ''uSI
TED" runs into the shading of the UNITED.
The genuine does not. .,.r
2Os, Fourth National Bank, New Yorl
city. In the battle of Lexington, on the lef
end of the bill, the man lying on the ground
his right foot in the genuine dies not toucl
the lower border. The imitation touche
both lower and left borders. o." 20 7'-'
Mutual National Bank of Troy. los I'm
itation. Dangerous; the first letter u in mu
tual is out of proportion to all the other, let
tiers. The curved line under the word "UNI
TED" in imitation extends into the ,shadin.
of "UN1." .'''4 az
Auburn City National Bank, N. Y. 10
Imitation. The shading Of the words aAu
BURN CITY" in the counterfeit is all blurret
and heavy; the genuine is clear and dis
tinct.
SOS. Imitation. Are reported in circula
finn .
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
Spiritual Trick. =

One of the strongest reliances the spiritual
trick exhibitors have, is the apparently unI
accountable flight Eofa coat, (which is sup
posed to have been taken off the mediums
back by the spirits, and flung through, the
all, above the heads Of the auditors. It re-
quiHes three performers: the medium, the
manager, and a pfofessed committee man
from the audience The medium sits tied
as usual in the, centre of the platform nor
stage. The manager stands at the distance
Of Just two arms length from him at one
side, held securely by one Of the committee.
This, it is pretended, is to prevent the mana
ger from approaching the medium to assist
him in, getting the coat of. :. Perhaps the
manager holds a match safe in the left hand
to strike light suddenly when called for.
The lightsIare turned of. the medium takes
his coat off and passes tito the manager,
who receive, it with his right hand the
mediums hands are re-tied, and he calls
loudly slight" The coat is thrown into the
air, and the match -kindied, which reveals
the coat flying over the heads of the audi
ence, and the medium in his shirt sleeves
securely ligatured as at.first, with. the mana
ger in his original position. The committee
man reports, that themanager has not moved
an inch, and the display appears like a pos.
tive and convincing proof of the presence
and power Of departed, but still present,
spirits. b If athird performer is available,
his business is to turn up the lights at the
proper moment. Thousands of people are
.duped into belief in the supernatural by
follies like this. '-''''' '''i1 SD -
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
Mortality Among the Presidents.

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e,ected by ,be neon1e so % ths otrs1 % III II Pcs. s
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came fresioent ny tne deasn OF tneir cnie's'
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The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
The Rotary Motion Of the Earth Demon
7strated-An Interesting Experiment.

The question of the rotary motion Of the
earth has for ages past given rise to learned
discussions between scientific men, and mum
berless experiments. have been made to de-
monstrate the theory. Foucaultz, learned
Frenchman, some years ago, announced p
simple contrivance which he claimed set at
rest all disputations on the question, and
demonstrated, the theory beyond cayiL d MI.
T.; c., Mendenhall, of the Columbus High
School, completed arrangements for test
of Foucaultz's contrivance on Saturday, and
proceeded .togput it in operation.ol A wire
/; was attached to light cross-beam from the
inside centre Of the dome of the State Capt.
tol, reaching nearly to the floor of the ro-
tunda below To the lower end Of this
wire a metallic ball of 28 pounds weight
WAS attached. The ornamental piece of the
rotunda pavement furnished circle, through
the centre of which, from the true north, !
line was struck to the south. Mine addt
'.tional lines, representing nine degrees Of
variation from the true north were marked
,.on the circles, The, ball was set in ,yibral
ton on the north and south line, and in one
hour had departed from that line in its vii
bration and was describing the line of the
first degree to the right. The proposition
q was at the end of the ninth hour from the
start Of the ball, it would, SO far depart
from. the true north and south lines as I'd
! describe the ninth. While the ball seemed
,tosileayel the track in which it originally
! started, , it really did not The apparent val
ration was due to the rotary motion of thd
earth. This was, the second trial Of this
interesting experiment in the United States.
and the thipd in the world. The commit
tee conducting it, on Saturday. expressed
themselves as, entirely satisfied with. the
result. Columbus (OJ Statesman. a.
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
Supposed Murder in st. Paul. N

The ST. Paul Pioneer, of October 18th,
says:
About one week ago, James McCaffrey
left his home in Belle Plaine for St. Paul for
the purpose of purchasing span of horses.
In order TO make the purchase, his wife says,
he took with $4,000 in cash, Which he had
been saving for the purpose Of making the
purchase above mentiohed After looking
through the city without being successful in
finding a team that suited, he went TO Sha-
kopee. On Tuesday afternoon he took the
tram at Shakopee, and left it at a town
called Dooleyville, six or seven miles distant
from Shakopee, and went to hotel about
one mile from Dooleyvllle, where he stayed
over night. He was to all appearance heal
thy and well when he retired, but as the
landlord says, about midnight he was taken
ill, and died between two and three o'clock
the next morning. His remains were taken
to Belle Plaine. Yesterday and the day he
fore an inquest was being held, and large
number of witnesses were examined. The
fact that when he left home he had $4,000
with him, and the other fact that after his
death but S45 were found upon his person,
led to the fear that lie came to his death by
foul means
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03

i.lAt noperiod sincea he war has tile Sodth-
ern trade with this port been SO brisk ss at
the present time, and -sllthe.regular steam
ers employed in this business, besides many
Sailing vessels, find full employment IN car
rying the products OF Northern and South;
ern growth. The freight for the Baltimore
lineof steamers has increased tolsuchs de-
grecas toTequire more tonuagsforsitstransi
portation, and an additional boat, viii, be
placed on the route next week to relieve file
pressing wants of shippers sf5f greater sc,
commodation. of the extensive variety of
goods going forwarditd'suppIy 'thewanfsIof
the southcrnpeople, a general assortmsnt nf
housekeeping articles and filfnituredo
large part; which iactisa Whryrgaod indsx
of the returning prosperity sof fhat6section
of our coEntyy; With good crops well re
Quilted labor, and peaceful times, the South
is'destineaito fdHy equal its former tachieve-I
ments in the production ofnmaterini wealth.
-EOSfnD ,IOurDHL
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
Woman,s Rights.

Nr-
A middle-aged woman, of Suncook, N.
H., named Mrs. Lindsey, has for some time
past refused to pay her highway tax She
was not actuated by any inconvenience in
the payment of her rates, for she is worth
considerable property, but she expressed a
dislike to the principle Of the tax. She was
told by the surveyor that she must pay her
tax in money or work it out on the roads,
Her reply was that she would wo.kI it out.
Accordingly on Monday morning last, she
bought new hoe, joined the gang of men
who were working on the highway, and Ia
bored until sundown, doing a good days
work. She said that she should be on hand
the next day and continue her work. The
affair caused considerable of sensation in
Suncook, and Mrs. Lindsey is pronounced to
oe a pretty plucky and apt illustration Of
yomans rights aJ,l5 saa ysf' o d5t4
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
Sweet Revenge.

diAyoung lady in Woodbridge, Me-, hear
ing afuttering on Saturday evening in her
chicken coop, went out with a light and
found twenty five young chickens lying on
the ground dead and dying, and upon a
closer examination discovered the ravager,
which was q fullgrown skunk, hid away
under an adjacent floor. The young lady
returned to the house, and procured an old
rusty horse pistol which her father carried
10 the warof 1912, loaded ii with buekshot
and, returned to the barn. Placing the muz.
zle within a few feet of the odoriferous, erea-
.ture, she bfazed away. There was a terrific
Explosion and a cloud Of smoke, and-well,
the young lady took her nose between her
fingers and followed it into the house, fully
realizing the truth Of the old age that re-
ivenge is sweet.-R0 Portland Press. iishi 1sd3c q
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
-Four Days II . Burning Ship. p,


a on Aug. %, the ship Commodore Perry,
Capt. Black. arrived at the mouth of Bonn
bay barber. with a cargo of, coal ron fire
which exploded inst at the inner light yes.
sci and burnt to the waters edge. It seems
that the Commodore Perry, which is "a ves-
sell of ,o7o s-tonsI ,lsft NewcastJe ON II yne
with a caroo of Goals. on tbe. 9th of Marsbl
and touched at Gelle for orders not until
the middle Of last month. The cargo roo was
discovered tosbe On FIRE on the24th and the
matches were 9battened down on the 27th.
The fire continued to increase and the men
were unable To i've in the iorecastley and
and eo,ittl searrcc,,v 90 below Bombay bhr-
bof was made IN the sStb sndla pslbt vas
sh;nned near theS ,,,ter Iliol,tshni isdFIas sat
and smoke were, the,, ,yerv IstrbnpJ and lat
nearly 10 o'clock, an explosion took. plte
which bnrst on@en an the batcbes and tbe Are
then shrenfl sortr fbe shin ia'tTnf,rtunatk kv
the stewart a Brazillian met n sad TdeA h
at that time The cantain had sent him H.
low to the after cabin only a few minutes
befoyc ~ fetch LotfIe. Of beer for tbe nilbt
and when the exnlosion took mace il was
feared he must have ner;sheIlh.low Searsh
was at once mude and the moor fellow WAS
found sufocated in fine. calm tbc wind
tbrouob the fore hatch baying nrobabiy.
driven the sm,5ke in mon him fill lie wSs
q noisoned. - Anstbcr of tbe crew wosi coSd
deal ;ninroa I,v tba axnIos;on ono nf tse
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
Chickens on a ssBust."

A man in Tennessee lately bought a bottle
of, cherry brandy, and after using 1t threw
the cherry pits in the yard, when the ehickf
ems slowed them away in their crops, His
wife going out soon after, saw the chickens
lying around the yard apparently dead, and
told an old negro woman that she might
pick the feathers off them for her bed, which
she Immediately did. The surprise of the
lady may be imagined when, the next morn
ing at carly dawn, she heard old chanticleer
delivering his usual morning sslutea sthdthe
hens cackling as though nothing had lhap-
pened. A funny sight it was, on looking
out, to see every hen and rooster, young and
old, marching around cycling each other
with suspicion, many of them entirely
naked, while only few had wings and tail
feathers. The cherry pits had made them
drunk,
The weekly standard., 1869-11-03
A Child with Two Heads and -Four Arms .

Drs Divine and Overton, of Tazwell, now
have in their possession a natural nitihla
strosity-a child with two heads. four.arms,I
double thorax and abdomen, three legs, tive
separate and distinct vertibral columns, two
hearts, two pair of lungs and two gcaftars
The gender is feminine They are united
nearly face to face, and precisely resemble
Rita Christina, with the exception that the
unnatural production has three legs, while
the former has but two Our informant as
sures usrthere is no humbug iahou6the mat
ter, and that he saw this curiosity himself,
which was the, illegitimate qefsprings of a
girl living in Tazwcll. 1t is now dead.-
| RnorriUc Whia. linDo1 Ii9 ~ nihol