, 1869-10-27
THE .SOETHTEST

IHE AOlsfHHtS
tLL1Sola-
The State Christian Convention neetB at Jack
fnhylllc OF Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday OF
heat week. The local committee have arranged
10 entertain 1too Delegates George II. Stuart, Of
Philadelphia. Ii expected. The following ratl-
roads grant reduced fare: Chicago j Alton; III
poas Csntfnl; Chsc1Eo. B1rl!n2ton Quncy ria
Mendoza, Camp Potnr, OF Peoria. MT ria Chicago;
Chicago Rock Isiant, from Joliet and Peorts.
1als convention II one OF a chstn or conventions
organized hJ the American Christian Commission
In the West.
On FrIlaJ last, John IF. Moore was hung at
Gfecnsii}e, bond County, my miles east Of S..
Louis, for the murder or Mr1. louisa McAdAms.
Ills victim was only eighteen yeats old, and had
bcen married about 2 year. On the 9Th Of last
ytat be attempted to violate her In her ewn house,
falling tu which he stabbed her 10 death a. sae
cl acrues tie reId towaru her listers. In letter
TO hla wife, rted thc morning OF the execution,
The murderer wrote:
~Ayf-r H,-alfsaa-I have !<en out and tAtcn little
1e;s 1s;a1 h.,s = ss: se
but eo9l j: sel% i Coz tss.taa e HIN L whos
GI. Farewell. de.I 7isnn.b ia;s in ,py de.r sha.
aud <aTe you Tot iii. lsnf4 Eas' 1oa; G:d
INDIANA
Ass A!athea aIunroe sued Walter U. Leeds In
The laroste Circuit GoutI Tor b1esch OF marriage
CONTRACT claiming &l0,to0. The trsa1 cane on last
week, when TIE Jury gave her verdict Tor 8, toe.
4 new paper, to be devolcd to the interests Of
worunh rtphtE, Is Boou to make It's appearance Ia
cra~ iordssle, and IL r. be Called tho .tet'tvr.
WISCONSIN.
The KI'bouru City Air7or learns that 4 young
man hy the Ilatne Of Cl2rk bad = naf1ox ESCAPE
from q lynx kutely. Clark, white Ictrrulng from
Newport late In the evening, met isny that as
kutned meEsclDg altitude toward him On turn
Ing hack to escape his clutches, the lynx made 4
sIdden tpHnE for his throat and succeeded n
throwing the young man to the ground. \ fierce
struggle cnpued; but the outcrtes of the young
man foou e'ronght q dog to the tccne, sn1 ,helyHx
was con rclest to abandon hts prey and seek safe
# ~ flight. Clark escaped with zone slight
tczatches.
Tic Baptist National Sunday School lustisu,c
Will he held Mt the second Baptist Church, tn ST
LOUIS Tuesday, Wednesday, aut ThnrslaJ,
November 2 3 and 4, under the auspices
Of The l:ar,lst Publication nnd Slnuay
School Society," Among The speakers. will to
TIC Her. F1ank H. Ellis, OF Kansas, formerly II
Bloomington. Ill the Hcy. Dts Doaransu aud
Henson, Of Philadelphia; Dr. Anderson. Of Ser
York; Iii. Hague, la,e OF lsaston, now Of Chicago;
Manly, Of South Carolina; DT. Hodge, Of wtscou-
Fin: the Itev. J. F. Elder, OF New Jersey; nlso
feverul prominent Raprist ls5mcn, well known
sruns tne.r connection With The Sunday SCHOOL
movement. The Musical Directors arc Messrs.
1heo. f. Perkins, Of New SorE, and v. 0o *aEi
1oat G, nF Ohio, The closing exercises will con-
kisl Of grand sociabe md festival at Mercantile
IbrarF Hall. The railroad companies hive very
scnc1ai3 hgrccd TO mnke rei1ctson IN fn1c 10
parties attending the ueetrc, moat Of them To
the stnount Of one-hals. Free entertainments
will tc provided 10 iii who go to the convention.
There - now living one mtIe south Of Stony
Point, In Jackson County. No. hoy. born IN Mer-
Ger County, Va lie ia nSW about {ears oil. AMI
has uese1 tpoken to his father Or mother, Ct any
pfrsou not member OF the family. When alone
with hts brothers and sisters he conSerscs freely
md p.a5s lisey; when uetRhbors' children visit
Them he Wit not speax word in the1E hearing.
While alone, md not aware OF The presence Of
o,lcrpt he has been heard to whistle aud sing. tc
displays some Rentns Ia making eeda, wagons, and
msnJ otheT things abat children auase themselves
With. lie we2ncd himself at aeyen months old
from Its mothers bFrask aud could not pe IL
duced 10 nuree aftcfwarl Ills father came to
M.soun on hoard Ut boat The passengers dis
covering h!s stnRuar freak. treil MI manner OF
rlans to induce hin to ereak-o0eIiuR him large
sums OF money; but nu devices fatlcL His
mother SAYS she has coaxtd Ut times, at Others
tsA>cd. and at othcFs whipped him, aud yet be
Will rot spexk one wori TO her. When he Ia not
Tor away ct play, sud she eails Tor htsu, he wtll
| INC IL quick al he can and do what she tells
him I'll. lively good hutaor. In the presence u
tira1,srTs he ,a tashful and distant.