, 1870-05-25

nard Miller; the husband of one Of his step
daughters, and found Emmoos, He st opct
drew butcher knife and struck 1T Emnoni
with it, indicting serious wound between ths
collar hone and neck joint Emmons stag
gered cut with Davis following him, attempt
ing smother. blow, which he inflicted, stabbine
his victim about the SECOND Tib. Enmons
After 1nflicting the second wound OF
Emmons, Davis made for Mrs 1Illc1
swearing be was going 10 eIterminata The
whole family Nr. Miller at once interfcred
and succeeded in taking the hnife from him,
Davis I'll the time swearing .he was going te
El the whole family before lie quit He Wis
arrested, 4nd large number of the cihzons Of
gested the propiisty Of settling the case :,
once, in Judge Lynch's court: 4 gentleman
1elates that, some weeks ago, Davis pointed tc
q deep pond. and sid Il 4m going, tc
drown myself there. I am going to kill my
rife, and al her childron. and then drowu my
SELF The prieoner WAS arrested, taken tc
Frankfort, and closely guarded" r.: /;
The Wells Fadbault County, Atlas says
Clark Thompson'H farm in few ye1rs will be-
come one Of tho most celebrated in the State
The farm consists of tract Of about 10, ,09(
acres, or tho principal part Of sixteen sections
Wells is situated near the ccntre OF this tract,
which until recently was but Wild prairie. Al.
rea1y there are some forty-ave teams engaged
break 4, 600 acres this summer, which in one
ycar from now will be one vAst wheat f1eld.
EANsAs.
Hays City enjoyB female Constable
Tho Lawrence Tribune OF tho 21st, says
/" We this morning publish at length the de-
cislou Of the Supreme Court of Kansas. in The
somewhat celebrated case OF Keokuk, Chief OF
the Sac and Fo1 Indians, against Albert Wilex,
late Agent Of Bzid Indians, for false i1npr1son-
ment, delivered by Chief Justice Kingman, tho
other tro Judges concurrin8. The Judge can
not give his sanction to An order making alaves
of the Indians, Binco the ratification Of the Eff-
teenth Amendment; but afirms an old, wall
established dochinc OF tho law of nature, Ms
tions, aud humanity all men nro by IA
ture equal, and free to travel where they
plcase, keeping the peace, md paying their
e1penaea- He also decides that il ID no crime
or 1nisdemeznor for an Indian to go to Wash
ingtnn, any morc than rhiso man" =
MISSOURI.
An Irish wnmau Who had married China
man, WAS before St. Louis court, recently,
for t1uunciog her Aaiatie spouse.
On the 18th inst, = terrible hnil-sso1m us
tied Moultop, small town on tho North Mis-
eoui Railroad, near tho lows line, proetrating
to crops, within circuit OF eight or ten miles.
Haitstones nearly m inch in diameter fell.
a ST. Louis paper announces the preya-
lence theEe, in ot1icial quarters, OF soul l-har-
rowing suspicion Is to the integrity OF the
high public fuuctionuy known Is tho City Dog
tiea IN the dog-E1fing department Of tho St.
Loui4 municipal government, which. fol:
lowing 60 closely upon tho dafa1cation Of
SuHisky, the City Treasurer. are enough to de-
stroy forever III human confidence in the
powers that be ont there. The sanguinAry
supervisor Of the sausage supply says that
within nine months he has slaughtered SONIC
and ours Of low degree: End denands his
compensation at the fste OF Is cents per dog.
The Mayor, however,, having been seized with
+. g suspicion that all raa not right in the 40
counts, instituted an Investigation, and somo
rather crushing testimony haa been brought
at the pound testifies to the most startling dis
crepaneiea between the numbers reported and
tho dogs actually killed, and still further, that
the hero kills his dogs several times over
stunning them one day and +" challipg 1T
down"-and repeating tho process tho ne1t
day, and SO long as tho dogs last under that
method Of treatment. The dog-dl1er is not
likely to get his little bill audited and settled.
During the coming summer, Miss Ransom,
Of Cleveland, ia to paint portraits OF Cover
nor Hamilton snd General Coz, for the Capitol
at Columbus.
Mrs. Fanny Courtney, residing near
Of earthenware and beautiful pattern. which
has been ia the family for los years. 6llo also
has tiny pair Of her father's shoes, made foE
him when child, los years ago.
About three miles north Of Wilmington,
betneen the Eenia and Port William rozds,
stands sycamore tree, which can t5uthmfnli5 r.
treo is about forty feet in circumference At the
ground. Ten feet from the ground its diane
ter ia ten feet. About thirty-fiye feet from
The ground it divides into four monster atms,
each Of which is OF tho thickness Of IN ordi-
nary forest tree. This old patriarch stsnda
william Neil, one Of the oldest md most
prominent citizens Of Columbus, died on the
18Th inst, aged over so year,. He came to
Ohio in 1919. and 10 Columbus in 1918, he be-
come the head Of the noted stage firm, Ne1.
Moore & Co., afterwards known II tbs Ohio
Stage Company. he also organized the stage
line from Dntfalo to ST. Louis, and tho cele-
b1ated Pony E1p1ess' from Washington to
mail contractors in the UEited States Was
President of tbs old Clinton Bank and
WIS prime mover In tho construction Of tho
Columbus L Xenia Railroad. He built the first
fiatboat that ever went from the Scioto eoun-
t1J to New Orleans, and took it to its destina.
ton. He also built the WeH-known Nci!
House, It Memphis. Ton years ago he diyided
saa sstnnr 1f @se9 eR9p6S6 SO a 6 sa65 for his
uses, retired, from active Ife- He wAs never =
politician, though ho YVES d watm personal
f1iend Of General Harrison. Ho leaves el1
Children, among them, Mr. John Neil, Of
Chicago, and the wife Of e1-doEe1nor penni-
son, Of Ohio
= TIE TEHN1TOnlE8,
Tho Denver (Col.) Ne7cs Of tho Goth eayB
HJol,n Armour arrived from kioHa ths morn
ing. and 1epats . most terrible hail-storm on
tho dir;de II that vicinity, yesterday afternoon.
It listed for fully . quaTter-of an hour, during
which time the hailstones foil as large az hens
eggs, and from that down to tho size OF mar
tfes. While tho storm lasted it was tremen-
doub, and Mr. Armour narrowly escaped sen-
ous secideut from the running away Of his
team, which was driven wild by tho hail"
-; Tho chs5spne SWyomlng2 7a ksGasr q n; tho
ton, numbering about $50 inon, with teams
and the necessary provisions and equipments,
went into camp near this city last "Wednesday.
-Four da.s we1e spcnt in preparations and dill.
ling, during which several late recruits Joined
tho camp. Tha party we're getting >5eadT 70
start on onMonday. On Saturday last despatch
was received from Washington request
On Sunday, General King. Of Fort Eus-
sen, had conference with the !eaaeEs
Of tho expedition, in the course Of which he
announced that ho had received instructions
to prevent the departure Of the exploring
party until further orders should DO trhns'
mjtted from headquarters. However, DO con.
eented that they might move to = point n not
exceeding three miles from the fort This
WIS desirable On account Of the stock, as tha
grazing lands near the cit, Rbcing constantly
oyer1uH BY cattle, were rather inferior Ac- 4
Icordiugly tbs party started on Monday to thi
point designated, being i've miles from Caey ~
fher ordara from Washington"