Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-11-15
A Shoxman,- CaIamirx.

A most horrible event occurred in
East Norwalk on the 4th, on the road
to New York and about a mile from
Lodi Hotel. An Italian by the name
of Botocini, who travels about the coun-
try with performing bear, and had
occasion to go to New York to make
arrangements for lodging his bear for
the winter. His wife who went about
with him, not feeling able to walk so
long distance, said she would wait for
him at the road side and tend the bear
during his absence. Botocini, altheug
believing the animal to be harmless he
took the precaution to tie it securely to
waterpipe on the meadows with a
strap which was fastened around its
nose. The Italian then left his wife and
started for New York. Returning about
noon he found the bear growing fierce
ly and holding his wife tightly in its
arms. 1t was with the utmost difficulty
that he succeeded in making the animal
relinquish its hold, but the woman's life
was extinct, and probably had been for
some time. The cruel animal had torn
and trampled upon the helpless woman
until her whole body was crushed and
the bones in many places protruding
through the skin All her clothing was
torn off and the Blood thirsty beast
had its mouth full of pieces of her dress.
Botocini, after lifting the body out of
the bears reach, ran to the hotel after
help, and a man who returned to the
scene of the tragedy with him Dispatch
ed the bear, after firing at him several
times with rifle. Strange to say the
animal was not untied, neither was the
mnzzle off when he committed the hor-
rible deed. 1t is supposed that the un-
fortunate woman had gone near him
with food, and that he, being cold and
hungry, had caught her jim his powerful
grasp and crushed her to death. Moth
ing could be more defenseless than was
this poor creature, for she was entirely
unarmed, and her loudest cries could
not have reached human ear. The hus-
band who had been married only eight
months, is wild with grief at the
thought of his wife being torn to pieces
by wild beast.a The remains were ta-
ken charge of by the coroner of that
district.-N u. I8'i6e,,e. lao 70 Lti4ape
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The MiNT,-According to the PhiIa-
delphia Ledger the coinage at the Mint
for the month of October. exceeds in
amount any coinage ever executed there
or any other Mint in the same time.
There was delivered by the Coiner to
the superintendent double eagles sil,-
olO, 900; and in silver and base Coin $40,
ss5. During the month the Coiner made
one delivery of 81, 200, 900 in double ca
giles, the largest delivery ever made in
one day. The time consumed was one
hour and twenty-minutes. Considering
the weight of this mount-Fover two
tons-=thisi rapid work. If we. take
the double eagles coined during the
month and string them out in one gline
it will make nearly twelve miles in gold.
The, weight of these double eagles is
nearly thirty-eight tons. aGla q 'agooalb |
! nspurgeon IN a iate paper advised all
Nonconfofuiist electors tosvote for no
Parliamentarycan W how'll not aid
in the disestablishmentisf the Anglican
Church. HE concludes: ssLet those who
approve of ritilalist inummeries pay for
themh and have ths credit of them |;
but TO lay thisesyhagogaes of heresies
at the door aflsusli all as sour nat tional
Church. il, ,abomipsble.25nus .eaonaa no