, 1870-06-24

and has had the general charge Of tho
iaIn' @ oo.n out aa we'll as in doors. Mat
TO please her. Stock w.s daily breaIips linz
into their crops and DESTROYING thaua'
while heavy debts were held agsinst The nisce
aid property: yuAt betaKs the comroiasian al
the nendish doed. she told her neishboEe thM
everything from them, snd put tim ii IN
{aa, Under thoee CIRCUMSTANCES ahe said xha
had hettst k11 N the family. and :ta,.n thav
would be ont ct trouble. Sic went fFom tha
nc1ghbors house. passed. where hsr husband
aa. VA a. w1fs nd h7ed to pe5susde him to no
aIzylng home, abe found there hor two
children, one .eop Of II years, aud The
other q girl Of 8. She took an AKA
vent mp, unobeerved, behind the boY'
and gave him two severe Blows upon the hosd
W1th the pol OF the axe, which rendered him
awoke, and, seeing blood On the tioor, ran for
the door, when tho mother seized her, and IT.
tempted to cut her throat, but the eirt eacane1
with slight gaah, and fed for her father.
who VAS 1t neighbours. MI. E. Austin hap.
Pened, about tbs timeI 70 sall At the house On
blood, ths boy sitting (6lind) With an axe b7
him, aud his head bleeding protusely. Nj. 4.
Immediately alarmed the ueighbors. who
came in and found the old woman
b'eeding, with her throat badly cut.
and case knife in her hand A bloody razor
was also found lying just outa1de the door.
The unfortunate wero cared for BY the neigh
bora until the arrival Of DIS. Richardson and
CrandaD, Of Woodstock, who Immediately
se~ed up the wounds, and in. every possible
manner administered to the comfort and re-
Lief Of the sufferers The mother ia not
expected to Live, bnt Che boy and gill arc recov-
eriug."
IOWA.
ING chicken cholera is raging in Buchanan
County. One man has lost two hundred bid
dies,
"A Burlington len ia reported as having
laid q string Of Eve eggs.
Two strangers recently Btaid at farmers
house At Gnlndy Ceutre, The next morning
one hired the farmer to take him to stoamboat
Rock During his absence the other ran awav
with his wifo and his children.
Two Workmeu in the Cli1ton paper mill,
named Donohue and 0'BEen, fell into vat OF
boiling liquid. and both died from the terrible
sca1ding received.
The Council Bluffs Nonpureil tsIls the fol-
lowing story Of the venerable Thomas Claeett,
OF the heokuk Constitution, who served one
term al 4 District Judge, and in that time at-
taincd wild o notoriety in consequence OF SUM-
dry differences with members OF tho bar, Bome
OF whom he imprisoned for " contempt Of
court" which they no doubt heartily felt:
the state Legislature in 1860, Of which it is
but Justice to state TINT he was one OF the fore
most members, he introduced q bill on tho
subject, containing this strange language:
And the suprcme Court is hereby instructed,
etc. Some one objected, Ii his hearing, to
the use OF such language, as dlsrespeetfm to
our highest court, and stating that tho coEtt
would pay NO attention to that kind Of enlight-
enment- AL id nonsonsoV said Clagett.
The Supreme Court arc set of id fools
1rEJa }t9fff5 fSnf..
decisions in more than a dozen cdsesr"
The Dubuque Times Of the I'D SAYS: "I
shocking accident occurred ut Tete des Mortg,
. few miles south Of the city, last Sunday a5-
teznoon- Tho Catholic residents Of, that yicin-
ity were engaged in holding grand religious
festival peculiar to that faith, the ceremoniee
consisting Of large processipn, composed Of
men, women, and children, who were disposed
around several A1tA1r that had been construct
ed for the occasion. The priest sppeared be-
fore each Of those and bestowed upon them
his blessing. when, 1t the concluaion Of the
a large cannon wss frod, which was sta
toned on small eminence Immediately
back Of tho church. The firing party wa5
composed OF four young men, sons OF
farmers residing in that neghborhood. Along
il the Afternoon they ran ont of powder, when
after returned with seven pounds Of common
brown paror. They had got shout half way rp
the hill, when some Of tho powder spilled out
upon the ground. The yonng man entrusted
with the task Of earring it WIS carelessly
smoking cigar. and without removing this
from bis mouth be stopped over and COM
menccd ladling mp tho powder With lis hands
and placing IL back again in the paper. While
thus doubled over the pilo Of powder ho COM
menced joking his companions about the
mislaP, but in the net OF speaking the lighted
Il 1.1r -.
the pile Of powder around which, ut the time,
all were closely hudd1ed together. Quick "a
thought 3 most terrible explosion followed,
The consequences that ensued vera frightful
The Inflated smoker was blown up in the air
distance Of ten or fifteen feet, aud foil all in
that he could hardly be recognized as human
being: AL Of the rest Of the party wore
shockingly injured, their akina being burned
to a crisp, and peeling on 1t the slightest
touch, leaving nothing but the bare. quiyer-
i1g aeatl: Eve;y yestige Of elothing WAS
aad thei. eye-sight destroyed. Added to
the Other hosrurs, The dresses Of large num-
ber Of school children WHO happened to be
standing near caught fire, and many we're
badly burned, some so sefioualY that their
lives we're dcspairod Of. One. Of the young
the others were but just slive. Since writing
the above We learn that the names Of tho two
Hctima arc Nicholas Gerein and Nicholas Ty-
son. Tho boy that died il the son OF widow
woman, and WIS her only support"
INDIANA.
John Nal1At, negro, los years old, died in
the suburbs Of Terre Hautc, Monday. Ho WAS
in the battle Of Tippecanno
DR.. loves Interference prevented young
girl from swallowing poison, in Lafayette, on
Saturday evening: A faithless lover isrespon-
Eible for the suicidal attempt. The Coroner OF
Lafayette complains OF DR.. loves ''rn-
professional conduct
The plymouth Democrat learns of the
mysterious death Of = cllili whose parents lire
in Stark County. It appears that the child ate
soune lettuce that had recently been pieked,
was taken II, and soon dad. An examination
OF the lettuce revealed considerable number
Of potato bugs eggs. which are supposed to
have caused the chill's death.
The two " wild Australian children" that
constitute q eide-show to Foropaugh's circus
are pair OF Warriek County idiots. The
Evansville Journal SAYS tho children wero ap-
prenticea to the Snowman in that city by thoiz
father, not mora than three years ago.
ONO.
1t Is claimed that msn in Salem can tell
from memory the weather Of any and eEory
day Eince 1871; that lie distinctly remembers
whether any day was cleRr or cloudy, warm OF
cold, rainy or snowy.