Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-07-13

the official documents were posted TO-
gether. The bond could not be traced
for long time, but was afterwards
discovered in the possession of tailor
at Herkimer. The owner of the bond,
when he heard of this, brought suit
against the tailor for its recovery, and
the present charge of perjury against
the Naval Officer grows out of the ev-
idcnce given in the case. The friends
of the latter declare that the prosecu-
ton is malicious and say that he de-
sires full investigation. A promi-
ncnt and impartial officer of the court
also telegraphs to the effect that the
announcement of an indictment does
Latin wicked injustice.
James Frahil and Jas. Joy, of Lynn,
died at Boston on the 9th from eating
raw CLANS which they dug on Chelsea
beach. VIM. Dover and Thomas Don
nelly were also seriously affected, but
will probably recover
At Little Rock, Arkansas, Friday,
the thermometer marked ninty-
degrees in the shade.
Joseph Wood deck hand on the
steamboat Mary Moody, was drowned
at the wharf at Yankton, Dacotah,
Thursday night
The Universalist Church at Hyan-
mis-, Massachusetts,, was struck by
lightning, Friday morning, and entire
ly consumed. Loss $4,000: no insu-
rance.
The charred remains of a man and
wife, name not known, were found in
the burned ruins of their house in
Clay County, Minnesota, a few days
ago.
Cyrus Wakefield has given one hun
dred thousand dollars to Harvard Col
lege for the erection of a recitation
hall, with dormitories, to be called
Wakefield Hall.
John w. Davock, Treasurer of the
Wadsworth Iron Works, and during
the war a Lieutenant Colonel of the
Twenty-frst New York Regiment,
while walking in the street in Buffalo,
with his wife, last Tuesday evening,
was accidentally shot and killed by
Mr.. Emery, sexton Of the First Pres
byterian Church. Mrs. Davock has
become derangcd by the sudden shock.
Emery had been firing the pistol on
the street during the entire day.
Martin Mcard, a farmer in good cir
cumstances, residing near Gilman, Iro-
quois county, Illinois, was arrested on
the 1st, for numbering his boy, aged
eleven years, in the most cruel and
fcndish manner, on the 18th ult. 1t
appears from the testimony of Meard's
wife that on that day, while she lay
sick in bed, the brute stripped the
child, laid him naked OF hot stove,
and roasted his back in a terrible man
ner. He then beat him numerically
and placed him in his sick mothers
bed where he died in few hours
The fend buried the body of the muir
dered boy under hedge, and then
went to town and publicly advertised
that the boy had run away. Suspic-
ions were aroused that there had been
foul play. Search was made, the body
found, and the murderer arrested, who
is now in Jail at Watzeka. Mrs.
Meard witnessed the whipping and
death of her boy, but was helplessly
sick in child bed at the time. Later
-Meard was taken from Jail at seven
o'clock on the evening of the 9th, and
hung by an incensed mob of 800 arm
ed men, women and childred. Meard
gave the Masonic signal of distress
which was not responded to, and he re-
nounced the craft. He was given an
opportunity to speak and pray, and
confessed his guilt in an address to the
crowd. lie refused the benefit O
prayer by Protestant clergyman, ant
begged for mercy.
A heavy rain and wind storm passe(
over Portsmouth, Ohio, Thursda,
evening, at six o'clock, unroofng tn,
Catholic school, the German Presby
terrain Church, and partly unroofnI
the County Jail.
Anthony Meyer, while bathing i
Lake Michigan, at Chicago, on Wed
nesday week, dived from the break
water and struck his head in the san
with such violence as to cause his deaf
early Friday morning.
Robert Wilde, a blacksmith, feI
from the fourth story window of til
Germania Hotel, at Dubuque, Wedne,
day week, and was instantly killed.
He had been drinking, but was not re
garded as being intoxicated.
Gov. Palmer issued a proclamatio
on Friday for a special election in I
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