The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-07-01

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IFEomp Ii49 the Peqria ia pll} pem99ssras June III
About two years rrYtjal jags9, go, an old gen
tleman, once prominent railroad
man and well known citizen of Peoria
while living in st, Louis, made the
acquaintance ola woman, a clailvoy
amt IN thatleity. He being spiritual-s
list, the, woman had great Influence
over him, and finally induced him to
marry her, in order to get possession
Of his wealthy amounting to about
'S70yoO0! s'iShei md her colleague.
whom she represented TO the old man
as her brother, at once. commenced to
carry into execution their weil-laid
plaiIsfto obtain the money oeAs soon
as the marriage ceremony was per-.
formed, the three star ted to Peoria on
a bridal tour, and while on the way
the old man WAS drugged to such an
extent as to refidei" him half insane,
1t seems that the latter had raised and
educated an orphan girl. The childish
old ID man. rendered more foolish
Through the Influence Of the adminis-
tered drug, was induced to believe the
story that the girl had mad affidavit
that she had been seduqedo by her
adopted father, and tllatSofiicers of the
law were, upon theitlaek to. arrest the
criminal The dupe's fortune was
principally in cash and government
and railroad bonds. A portion of it
he had with him, and the rest was de-
positedqat different places iu the East.
70 save his property, and his, person,
as, soon as the party arrived at Peoria
J the former was transferred to the
wife and the old man retired to little
town a short distaiiee across the river,
where he remained for. few weeks as
an Invalid, TO- AVOID DETECTION, Not
hearing from his friendsin Peoria, he
finally came over to the city butcould
not find them. Suspecting Something
wrong, he, made 9. trip East to where
deposits sof1noney and bonds had been
made. and discovered that ctheTentire
amounts had been collected, and that
the birds had flown; After about two
| years, ,ssapd quite recently, the old man
learned thathis false wife had returned
to Peoria. He came hither and found
that snch was the case, but has not yet
been able to get any satisfaction re-
garding the lost treasure. dHeh has
knowledge OF thewoman's living here
and has frequently called at her house
snearthe Fourth Ward school-house,
korfJ Jefferson street, but hasi,not been
able to see OF gain sn interview with
her. We understand that legal pro-
ceedings are about to be instituted by
the swindled old man, who is left near,
ly penniless, with hope of recover;
ing portion of his lost fortune2 but
as to what success viii attend the in.
tefvention of the court, We We are able Il
say nothing:,,a la. ,.fs.ls a, .......II
1 8 fCUR4oUs FREAK OF 7LIGHTNINS.- =
+Saysi the Rochester,, Minn.) Post:
hOn Monday afternoon, Mr.. ID. A
Griffin, offhis city, received a pretty
severe electric shock in this wise: On
the afterneoniin questionahe, in com
pany with Mr.. A. Richardson, was en-
Pgaged in putting up a lightning roc
/ on Mr.. Burnes's house, some seven
miles south from this city. The tiI
I of the rod being loose, Mr.. Griffil
applied his pinchers to the wire tt
tighten it, when there was an instan'
taneous explosion of electricity, with
SOME four or FIVE Sharp reports fol
! lowing each other in rapid succession
fMr. Griffin was knocked down, falling
7 on the root, but most luckily had suf
4 fcient strength and consciousness tc
( throw his hands over the peak of tn!
7 roof and maintain his position unit
4 help reached him. IA short time pre-
| ivious to the explosion, d moderat,
thunder storm had passed over the 10
cality, but at the time of the shock thu
clouds had nearly or quite passed
away, and no signs of the presence o
electricity were visible. The connec
| tions, Of the rod with the earth hat
not been completed at the time of thu
shock, and the moment the stee
i pimchers came, in contact with the roc
4 electric current was attracted, will
/ the results above named. Mr.. Grifil
| we believe, has entirely recovered
from the effect of the shock. j
'EI'f.A Brave BoYAOne little scene a
:. Arlington struck Iaif beholders. A
Tk9ery pany little orphan-one who wa
! as .1afterwards learned;9 the child of /,
t'sergeaIit who had tbeen Shot dead OIL
bioketHacaifleI teithe grave of a Con
lefederate private. The boy before hin
/ stopped. and on making a motion tc
plant a bouquet ON this grave hesitat
ed and refused. The little fellow
| broke ranks, walked to the head o
1 the grave ofs the Confederate, anf
Bemptied all his freight of roses there
! His manner in doing this was that o
! nervous courage, like one who felt +;
bold thought and, acted promptly, oil
it, countless of danger or opinions ant
i it seemed to be the moral sublime ac
of the day.--Cor. Near York. Tribune
I SECRETARY BoRIE, of the Navy, ha'
displayed penchant amounting al
most TO insanity, in changing th'
names of vessels. June 10th he is
sued an order changing the names o
forty-one. Thus he has had the Cat
skill metamorphosed into Goliah, tn,
Chictasaw into Samson, the KickapoC
into Cyclops, the Sstndusky into Mi
: fnerva, the Tippeeanoes into Vesuvius
the Winnebago into Tornado, and Sc
on. In all these changes there is nei
fther poetry nor sense..o But, somehow
i ST yvould seem that tho Secretary ha!