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the catastrophe but that the wind blew
such a oale he was unable to make him
hear. II il also claimed that something
over ten minutes elapsed before the cap
tain knew of what had occurred. After
going overheard, the unfortunate man was
never seen. Whether he sunk Immediate
" or was struck by the wheel, no one
knows. Mr. Durgan resided in Moran,
n. Y. He was about % years of age, and
leaves young wife"
DEATH OF Prominent OFFICERs.-fhe
following prominent officers or ex-ofhcerS
of the government have died within two
months past
Ex-President- Franklin Pierce.
Ex-Secretaries of the Treasury-W IL
liam Pitt Fessenden and RObt. }. Walker.
l Secretary of War-John A. Rawhns.
/ Ex-Secretary of War-JOhu Bell. nd
l Senator William Pitt Fessenden.
Ex-U nited States Senators-Pierce,
Bell, Pratt and Walker.
/ Ex-Postmaster General-8mos Ken
dali
Ex-Speaker of the House Of Represen-
tatives-John Bell.
l Rear Admiral-Charles Stewart.
A Mrs. Gilchrist and her eldestson were
found murdered in her own home mile
and half back of Troy, Perry county In
diana, on Saturday evening, and two other
| children had been fearfl1lly injured. The
first alarm was given by the husband and
father, who says that he left at A. NJ,
and did not return until night, when he
found his wife and eldest son dead and
cold, and the younger children scarcely
alive He found dinner on the fire cook
ing, and he inferred that the deed was done
before noon. The woman was horribly
mangled by Ratchet about the head and
neck, and the eldest boys head was broken
in with the pole of the Ratchet. Great eX-
citement exists in the community, and the
husband is suspected.
On Monday, William Bell was hanged
in Edwardsville, H., for the murder of
Herman Wendell on Saturday, November
u, 1868. Bell was a laborer in the employ
Of Wendell, and killed him in a dispute
which arose out of the formers intimacy
with the latter's wife. He was found gull
ty, and sentenced in the October term of
the Madison county court He threatened
to murder the prosecuting attorney if ever
he should regain his liberty. He always
charged the murder on two strange men,
but during his Imprisonment occupied his
time IN preparing for DEATH He protested
his innocence on the scaffold. While his
lower limbs were being piniOned he tainted.
: He died without a struggle, and was bur
led in the County Farm burying ground.
SAD.-On the evening Of the 8th, in Bar
rington, Frank Currier of Stratford, aged
; about Is years, was shot under the follow
Il
had hid himself in some bushes near the
road for the purpose of frightening Brad
=. Warehouse, a boy two or three wears old
: er, son of Daniel Warehouse Of Barring
ton, a near neighbor to Currier. The Wat
: erhouse boy was walking along the road
4 and heard a growing and rustling Of the
5 leaves; not suspecting that any trick was
being played upon him, he naturally sup
!, posed the noise was caused by some fierce
: animal, perhaps thatterrible panther which
has lately been seen in Stafford Not hav-
ing a gun or anything with which TO de-
fend himself, he ran to a house near by
: and got a gun, with which he returned
> having it heavily loaded; walking along
c cautiously he at length heard the growing
/ and paving, and after getting a. near as be
dared he fired at the place from whence
/, the noise came but the screams of the
: wounded boy soon told him that he had
: not shot a panther, but some one of the
human species. The Currier boy was tax.
en- home, which is but short distance
Is from the spot where the affair took place
d and on examination it was found that one
d eye was completely destroyed, his face
L tongue and neck perforated by shot, so thai
lie his life is in very critical condition. NJ
blame is attached to Warehouse, for
# kinder hearted or better dispositioned boy
# does not iye.-LHtleton Republic
e The town of Acworth, y. H., is six mile
2 square and contains 167 miles OF road