The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22


ONE WOMAN SHOOTS ANoTHER.
MILES. Michigan, June n
Mrs. Shockley, deliberately shot and Sc
veTely wounded Mrs Hackley The cause
Of Shockley's shocking conduct was a free
indulgence In the use ofopium.
POSTAL ROBBERY.
CHAMPAIGN, H., June 10.
Col. Miller, special agent OF the postofice
department. caused 70 be arrested, at Arcola.
two men who had In their possession some
500 worth of postage stamps which they
could not account for. They are now In jail
at this place.
HUSBAND PoTsoNKR.
CINCINNATI. June IL.
In Rockport, Ind, a Mrs. Bachelor Is
charged with poisoning her husband with
strychnine, and Is now undergoing an eN-
animation. Suspicious circumstances led
TO the disinterment Of the body aud an ex-
animation OF the contents Of the stomach,
when the presence of strychnine was dis
covered. IL Is charged that she twice
purchased strychnine, with the ostenslble
purpose of killing rats.
FREE LOVE.
FAIRvKw, Ill, June 10.
William Warner a Lutheran deacon, and
Mrs. Tice Sunday-school superintendent
both OF Fairview. eloped, aud were pursued
by Mr.. Tiee- and captured. Warner gave
Tice 500, and keeps Mrs. Tice and two
children.
A LOYAL SoRTHERNRR MoLRsTED ny SOUTH
ERN KU KLUX.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, June z.
Fred. w. Hawkins, the agent OF Wells.
Fargo Co., who absconded from Baxter
Springs. Kan, sometime since, with $4,000
OF the company's money, was arrested az
Howcsville, Ky on Tuesday, and brought 70
this city and lodged In Jail to-day 10 await
the arrival of the officers from Kansas.
GOOD MATERIAL FOR cARPET-BAG LEGIsLA-
TOR ARRESTED IN PRNNsYLvANIA.
PIrTsBURGH, June z.
WIN. MCGEE, the other county commits
sioner against whom charges for bribery are
pending, resigned his Office to-day. Mr..
Medley will be tried for the offence to-mor-
row.
PTTTsBURoH, June s.
Frederick Sable was arrested to-day on
the charge of attempting TO commit "A rape
on the persons of Annie and Jennie Rim
chart, aged 10 and IL years, daughters Of
JOS. Rinchart. proprietor OF the Philade-
phia house. Sable Is German, a carver by
trade, aud Is quite prepossessing.
RADICAL aosPELER, or WISCONSIN.
Rev. James NJ. Emerson, the accused OF
adultery with Miss Lizzie Bowman, (both
In the vicinity of Edinburgh, johnson
county, was brought before Judge Banta,
last Monday, on a writ of habeas corpus,
and discharged. The reverend gentleman
celebrated bis release by getting very drunk.
SLAUGHTERED HIS SLEEPING WIFE.
NEW YORK, June 8.
Edward Wells killed his wife this morning,
stabbing her four times IN the abdomen
with pocket knife while she was asleep In
bed. Mrs. Wells gasped In a fearful man
ner.
THE JACQUES FAMILY.
B0sToH, June 5.-A divorce fraud Is be-
fore the courts In which Il Is alleged that
Samuel G. Jacques, recently granted a d.
vorce from his wife on the charge of adult
terry, achieved his object by Inducing "a wo-
man to personate Mrs. jacques, aud who
was served with the legal papers, the wife
not being notified. jacques has absconded.
PICNIC.
INDIANAPoLIs, June Sat picnic OF the
indianapolis Hermonic at Terre Haute yes
terday, Dave Edwards of this city, shot and
dangerously wounded Dan Rice Of Terre
Haute.
WIFE MURDER.
Concord, N. H.. June G.-Louis Aver shot
and killed his wife at Manchester last night.
BAD CASE.
MILWAUKEE, June G. The Smith-Dil-
worth bastarday care, which has occupied
the attention OF the public for number Of
weeks past, bids fair now TO come TO a con-
clusiOn.
TEACHING THE IDEA HOW TO sHooT-UNPA-
RALLELED CRUELTY.
Ithaca. n. Y, has another case ofhogging
In schools TO excite IL. male teacher gave
little girl of eight years an unmerciful
whipping with stray. The scene Is des-
cribed by one of her fellow students as sick
ening. One little fellow artlessly relates
that IL made him dizzy 10 see the operation.
The child screamed. After school her back
was examined by a large number Of neigh
bors, who heard the screaming, and came 10
see how bad the case really was. Her back
was literally black and innamed from the
severe blows. The teacher excused himself
for whipping her so hard because she
screamed!
A NICE KETTLE OF FIsH-TANKEE CUSTOMS.
LONG ISLAND, June s.-.John Seaman was
arraigned in the Sessions on charge Of
neglecting to support his family. His wife
also made complaint against one Hannah
Blair. 1t came out that the Blair woman
quent deVsiupments In the trial of Seaman
showed that Hannah was his fourth wife.
Thirty years ago Seaman married his first
wife, by whom he had four children. After
he had lived with her twenty-four years he
conceived passion for another woman, and
married her. For three years he lived with
the two wives, neither knowing Of the ex-
istence Of the other, as they resided In diff
ferent villages.