The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-10-20

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The Boston Yraceler= of the l8th inst,
gives the following; additional partic-
ulars Of the stonfnng Of Miss. Eta K.
Bars1t9UE .1Ugt At GaPtoP, q H,}9F9llk N0FfQlk county,
1t appears that the school in the
Pleasant Street District No. 5 has been
hard to manage, and that the previous
teacher robust woman, carried on
the school with measure Of success,
but gave it up on account of the small
Remuneration, or for some other good
reason. Miss. Barstow,. ambitious to
teach, although out of. health, and
hardly fitted, physically, FOR the place,
undertook to teach the school. Ev-
/ 'eryytltiiiiafg passed of very well until
last Wednesday, when at the noon re-
cess, Miss q Barstow 'riuinng in the
scholars, but SOME Of them refused to
return to the school room. She then
esfiut out the delinquents, who imme-
diately commenced to throw stones at
the windows. When the dinner. hour
arrived, Miss. Barstow started for her
boarding house: and while on her
way there four beys-naEned respects
lively John Coffee, IL years Of age, Jas.
Cogswell I3, Dani.o Keliher;, 9, and
Jeremiah Kelihef, II, brothers, COM
menced to Stone her. One Of the mis-
sfes, the size of a common inkstand,
hit the teacher on the neck just Below
the ear, and another on the back,
which csused he'. to isfaggef,' when
the rascals declared her to be drunk.
The poor girl finally managed to get
to The house and throw herself on a
lounge remafking to Mrs. Bates,
'gThose awful boys have been stohing
me- After d short nap the injured
teacher ate a hearty meal, and then
went tefsleep tagain.1 On awakening,
she relnaiRedto Mrs. Bates that she
% Should not teach school this after
noon The lady. of the house now
felt serious at the condition Of the 4
teacher and discovered that her limbs
were very weak and that she could
hardly help herself. feon Finally Miss.
BafstoW Started for TIE tfain to go to
Boston, and it was with a great effort
that she reached the cars, having re-
qnired thelassistatnee OF lady friend
6,place heri in "a seat and Keep her
awakeoduring the passage! 81 Upon the
sarriRal of the train in Boston, friends
saw her safely placed in a carriage.
She'7 died the following day. l9Dr.
Buckingham attended her. He said
he9cohld not otlunderstand the mystery
ofhero trouble, but the cause Of her
death was Finally learned, it having
been shown that an old disease had
eliminated in the stoning she had re-
ceivea at the hands of theaboysN The
boyso(excepting Gogswell, who run
away We're arrested, brought to the
city, tried before Justice White on
3the charge for disturbing the school,
and sent to the State Reform School.
"A post norton examination is being
made in the case, and . it is probable
that the Grand jury will linda bill
against the boys }formauslaughter.
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Il WHOLESOME AnvICE,--Mr. ,Cottrell
the Democratic candidate for Congress
in the. .Indianapolisdistrict, in speech
thus referred to Senator Morton, ap-
pointed Il Minister to- England sd"I
would give single word of advice to
Queen Victoria, and thai is to avoid
any e'ttaRglSag alliances with him,
for l understand; her health is already
failing, and an intimate association
with Morton would not improve it."
THE census-takers Throughout the
couHtrSia comparing notes, find that
the highest age attained by unmarried
women is twenty7six. years Hereto
fore it used to be twenty-three. 1t is
well to. have the time definitely fixed
when women ceaserto grow older.
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