, 1870-05-19

the knife. Mr.. E.dy!prt the iship to his
horse and escaped. The next heard from
whe1k hs appeared, welts1ing in blood, viii
:hd1zible g1shes in the 1bdoncn :aad on vari-
Gus parts OF his person. He ca11od for sorne
water. and started to enter the house. Mr..
R1w1ns, observing that tho man appeared
wild and insane, refused to admit him. but
told him he would get him some water. When
water Smith had gone. A few moments later
be called at the residence OF Dir. Alfred
Thatcher and asked for water. Dir. Thatcher
got the water and handed it to Smith The
Litter took tie tumb1er in his left hand, and at
tho same time, quicker than sight, thrust out
his hight hand and stabbed Mr. Thatcher, inHict--
ing fearful wound in hisside, the knife pcne-
uatine the left lung. 4{r. Thatcher, faint and
bleeding, was plsced upon the bed, and; while
the family were deToting all tleir attention to
him, Smith 1nade his escape. The latter was
afterward captured near tho residence Of Su-
perrisor Gear, who took him in charge, and
Hin have him secured and cared Tor. His
tines obtrude from tho gashes in the abdo-
men, and he is otherwise horribly mnhlated,
all Of which Was unquestionably the work Of
his own hands. Thatcher is badly wounded,
but We are informed by Dr. Z. .. Kittoe, the
attending physician, that hs Will probably re-
cover. Smith has hid some difficulty with hls
nelghborn, which, it is supposed, has driven
Ihe A1bia Spirit has the. appended account
Of the discovery OF copper in Monroe County !:
=: One day last week Cyrus Day, while plowing
his field, turned over with the lay Of his plow
. large slab Of pure copper, weighing l16
pounds. The finder was cnnsidorably excited,
and the next morning brought it to Abba. and
sold it to Messrs. Miller for fifteen dollars.
He claims that he has struck several other
pieces with his pillow, but always supposed that
they were rocks The water on the place
is said to be highly impregnated with either
sulphur or copper. The country about there
is rolling and rocky, and is situated about
three miles from the Marysville coal beds-tho
best IN the State. Every indication goes to
prove that there is vein Of this metal iu the
country near by. Last summer gentleman
Of Lucas county, living in the same range Of
hills and creeks, found. while digging well,
chunk weighing upwards Of fifty pounds.
Several smaller pieces have also been found
within this county in the Last year or two"
The Eau Claire Free Press says that the
water IN the river is now at 3 good stage for
boats, rafts and logs, but falling rapidly. A
Ye1y fortunate rise in the river last week en-
4oled the West Side 1umberneu to run logs
into the lake. Last week the larger prppo1-
tim Of the logs in tho Jam starfaE, moved
down, and formed another and more compact
Jam at the asserting works OF the jam-boom
piers. The engine engaged in loosening up
the Jam, which WAS stationed on q f1atboat at
the lower end Of the Jam, was very unceremo-
niouAly driven BY the force OF the immense
body OF logs ont into the woods, high and dry,
q hall mile below There it started. Thore arc
now in the Jam, ls vafously estimated, from
s4o, ,0oo, 600 to60, 900, 900 feet. Tho Union Lum-
boring COMPANY will probably, with due dill
sencc, be able to get the most Of them out by
June l.
Mrs. Lucy swinverton died at the resi-
1ence Of her son-in-law, Elieha Richards, OF
nst:, nged SO years. In 1878 ahe and her hus-
oand emigrated from Ohio to Illinois, and
settled in Madison County, at Milton, opposite
st. Louis. About the year 1920 they removed
% Morgan County, near Jacksonville, where
hey lived until 1SsG, when they immisratcd
% Wisconsin. Here they lived in Grant and
Lafayette Counties until 1864, when the hus-
,and died on the last day Of tho year, at tho
,ge of 80 years.
Several citizens OF Cambridge City have beon
expelled from church for dancing.
Mr.; John Burt. living near Laporte, the
'the1 day presented her husband with an
,ightcen-pound boy.
Tho Hon David Eilgorc was indicted in
he Delaware Circuit Court, at the late session,
or fishing on Sunday. The case was mol.
,rpssed.
The Congregational church in Terro Haute
1as been struck by lightning twice and blown
fown once.
Track is laid on the st. Louis & Indianap-
Ills Railroad a distance Of ten miles east Of
1reencastle, and about two miles weat OF Dan
lille, leaving gap OF only about seven miles
to complete the road from tho. for
ner place to indianapolis.
MICHIGAN.
The male students at Hillsdale College hav-
ng adopted claHa hats, the female students,
lot to be outdone, have adopted . class bon
let, which consists OF the old-fashioned Eing-
INN sun n-bonnet-
The Mayor Of Duluth, in his inaugural ad-
lress, indulged in ..the profound remark that
Water is useful element in case Of fire.
Tho meteorological record of Minnesota
or April shows that blue birds appeared on tho
at, wild geese On the I'd, robins on the Sd,
huuder shower on the 14th, and plum bios
oms on the 90th- It WIS the 1ni1dest April
yer known in the State.
MISSOURI,
lady was recently out walking. accompa-
led BY her nurse and two childrcn, near st.
.ouis, when ono Of the latter WAS missed for
few moments. On being called, he answered
rom d little distance, 'sHereI am mamma, be-
ind the stump. Tn playing NTH big, beau
ful To1n. I've got chip; and it opens it,
it'll the chip" Anxious to see thay character
the chl1d'a plAythinE. the Two women went
. the spot, when, behold they SEW 4 rattle-
mike two feet long coi1ed against the butt Of
be stump, and the child thrusting the chip
gainst it's head The snake ,appeared peg,
ect]y passive, not eren giving tho usual
5arning with its tatt1es- The mother vas
frightened beyond the power OF motion, but
be nurEe quickly removed the child, and q
nan despatched the dangerous playmate.
iledged their city for tho raising OF asoo, 900 /
or the construction Of tho F., 7. i P. 4. r.,
rovided the citizens OF Painesvi11e Will secure,
etween Youngstown and painesville, $780,
90.
Mr.. Sites purchased site for homestead
q OHIO, induced 80 to do becausa he observed
Indications Of petroleum in ) swamp near the
ouse. After moving in, he found at the
Month Of the cellar d1ain an empty petroleum
ar1e1, which had been SO placed ns to gradn- |
lly impArt the fnyor OF its contents to the
oyeted swamp. Mr. Sites has postponed lis
earh for oil.
"A Nj. French mud his wife, living in Port
sc County, were divorced thirty three yearB
go: and were remarked on the 5th inst.
There is WOMAN IN Akron who has borne l
oEty children. I
Toledo is to have new hotel which will |
ost e165, 600, and an opera house 1t . cost Of
100, 600.
-Rufus Russell, Of Deneyine, accidentally
illed few weeks since, had IN insurance Of
Isl, 600 On his life.
The Cincinnati Gazette ssys: IA beautiful
ustorn has recently sprung up among the in
ants OF this metropolis Of pluuging headlong
rom the windows in the upper stories Of the l
arental domiciles into tho streets. 4 boy
ea1B old performed this fest successfully last
aturdsy, from the second story Of house on
I'm street, near Ffndleg, and alighted unlurt.
ghen Hhe who bore him rushed frantically to
he spot whe1e he struck, with broom, to
weep up the remains Of her little darling, the /
ounE rascal is reported to have placed bis
humb upon his nose and caused his chubby |
ngers To gyrate rapidly, at the same time or \
laining, in the language Of the gentleman
rom Massachusetts, 'Shoo fly! don't boddor
1e!'n
The Dese7et (Utah) Ne,cs is otfeting prize |
Or the old parsonage who has never seen
,comohve- Father Merrill, aged 80, has had |
ia claim set aside by Father Afford, aged 96, |
ho claims TINT he has always kept west Of tho |
on-horse will his ox-team. He, however, |
onfesses to have heard the animal snort, and |
sars that The locomotive wil overtake him /
at.
MISCELLANEOUS
A drove OF 10000 sheep recently passed
rough Stockton, Cal
Bsyaria, ia to have an English
3HBpaper.
--London has 3 weekly newspaper called
10 Choir, devoted to the interests Of church
loirs-,
"A married woman in Alton, Me-, who is in
Y 17h year, lately gave birth to her fourth
lid.