Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-09-27

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A SINGULAR CAUSE FOR SUICIpE.-A dispatch
to a st: Louis paper from Springfield, No., dated
the 10th. saws So Yesterday abort O'Clock 70
m, the eldest son of John X. kelso, living about
3k miles southeast OF town, had been found
dead in ravine near his fathers house
inquest. The coroner repaired TO the spot,
and found the body lying in a ravine about
four hundred yards from Mr.. Kelso's house
Life was entirely extinct; and from appearances
death must have occurred on Saturday evening.
and (es the jury impannelled deter mined) was
produced by the discharge OF pistol which was
found in the clenched hand OF the deceased.
The muzzle of the pistol bad been placed on or
near the forehead while deceased Law upon
bis back, the thumb of the right hand pressing
the trigger. The ball penetrated to the br ain.
producing almost instant death. John X. Ke'so
,Jr., was about fourteen years old, boy OF
remarkably fine scholarly attainments, prudent
habits. and was industrious and thoughtful be-
yond his years. We hear from the coroner that
while Mr. Kelso lived in Springfield, young John
had contracted a fondness for tobacco. and even
INDUCED in the use of intoxicating liquors. He
made a solemn pr5fsise 90 his father thar h
would abstain from these habits. He was de-
tected in the use of them by his sister, and the
fear of exposure to his father probably was the
cause of the suicide"
PEsTILENCE.-The ''vomito," which has bro
ken out in so deadly a form in Barcelona and
other cities on the Mediterranean coast is the
same disease so familiar here under the name of
''yellow fever" 1t is an intensified and pesti-
lential form of the fever, and is very rapid and
violent. The yelOV fever prevails also at Ha-
vana, and has been carried into some of the
IOIts OF the United States. A private letter re-
ceved in New York from Mobile saws that in
consequence of the fever in that CITY, 'ar busi-
ne g will doubtless be suspended for the next
sixty or ninety days. The pestilence panic is at
present greatest at the Mediterranean ports,
and Barcelona, Marseiles, Nice, Genoa and
LeghoI if not also Rome and Naples, may be
dangerous places for tourists to visit for months
to come.
MA wild woman carrying the skeleton of her
babe in her arms has been discovered in the
woods of Huron County, Canada. All efforts to
catch her have thus far proved futile.
~The French army, which moved up to
Sedan 20 relieve BaZaine, actually halted at
IonZy to give ball to a number of Young ladies
who had come to see them from Sedan.
H"Novelty" is the fitting name given to the
market-house at Msrtha's vineyard. 1t is built
of drain pipe. in perpendicular columns.
painted and sanded to resemble granite pillars,
and makes quite an imposing structure.
~William b. Whitaker, Q carpenter of
Saugerties, y. Y, was recently bitten by a
rabId cur. and died of h drophobia in a few diys
afterwar3. He had to be tied to the bed with a
ToIe.
RThe New York city comptroller has au-
thOriZed IL issue OF $3.50 900 city bonds for tn
erection CT an observatory in Central Park.
- Theodore Davis, of Jericho, l.. L., jeal-
Gus lover, shot himself on Wednesday. lie was
TO have been married next Wednesday.