Wilmington journal., 1874-07-03
JOHN ALLEN kETCEiEE
EXECUTION OF THE y OF ED
DESPERADO.
HIS LAST APPEARANCE IN PUB
Lie.
THE SENTENCE OF THE LAW
CARRIED OUT AT SAILS
BURY.
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.
SALISBURY, June Goth, 1874.


John Allen Ketchey was hangee
here to-day at 1890 O'Clock for tht
crime Of rape on Mile Beecher
In a lengthy speech on the scanolt
Ketchey asserted his innocence of the
crime for which he was convicted, bu
confessed to many other crimes fol
which he had not been charged. HI.
/ department. or the scattold was bold ant
defiant. He was attended by Rev
/ Mr.. Crawford, his spiritual advisor
/ who expressed the hope that the pris
i oner was prepared for the world tC
| come. After the execution his body
! was given 10 his relatives.
The only Tom Collins joke worth
/ printing was made at {" New England
college: COLLINS was announced tc
spc@', in the chapel. The President,
angry that the arrangement should
have hr,n made without consulting
him, placed all injunction on The
/ lecture. locked the door, and stood
guard over il for somewhat lengthy
season, to 10 the infinite amusemc,l.
q the boys"
The pay pcIquisiteso of President
Gre4t forthe four years for his present
term amount ia round figures tO$iG2,
coo; those Of President Lincoln dur
ing four years amounted to S1GI, 900.
Thus four years Of Grant cost the
country .;2GS, eco more than four years
OF Lincoln; and Grant says: Il would
provide for an excess Of revenue Over
current expenses. | would do this by
rigid economy"
An exhibition of the works Of living
artists, open to all countries, is to be
held il Amsterdam III September. It
will include paintings, sculpture, arch
itectural designs, cngravings, drawings
and autographs. Six gold medals Of
the value Of one hundred tiorins each
are to be awarded TO exhibitors whose
works Il jury may consider worthy Of
pie.
The New York IEo;1H says that by
a patented invention for drying, com
pacting and fusing peat, a new fuel
las been obtained. The result is the
outcome OF experiments carried on for
some time, at an expense Of fifty
thousand dollars. The peat, after
going through this process, now about
to be used, is 4 black cylinder, not
easily cut with Il knife, hard enough
to take 4 polish, and weighing about
scvcnty-tive younds to the cubic foot.
It contains less than five per cont Of
water. It's heating power is greater
than tilat Of the best coal, and it can
be sold in New York for five dollars Il
ton. ft is an ideal fuel, leaving no
residue OF Stag; burning intensely,
Gniclly and brightly, ana emitting no
snlcll CT lelctcrions gases. If it is all
that IS claimed for II, the railroads
will take vast quantities, and it Is
already said that the Hu9sOn River
road are prepared now to buy fifty
thousand tons annually.
In Ohio o mound of a novel char
acter has recently been cut through,
in order u mako the approach TO the
Ncwtovn bridge, near Cincinngti. 1t
was evidently the debris Of q huge
sacrifice of children. A space twenty
five feet in diameter had been covered
with an immense heap of wood; then
it was set on fire, and the children
were probably tossed IN, one by one,
rs the ancient sacrifices to Moloch. l.
The heat was evidently intense and
long continued, as the ground plainly
showed the effects OF violent coufia
grafton. As soon a. The sacrifice was
completed and the lie mad died out,
tic remains Of the victims were all
raEcd together III the centre, and then
the mound was raised in very re
markabIe way. Soil was brought, APP
parently by different tribes, from dif-
fercnt localities, and each variety was
carefully deposited by itself, SO that
The difference was clearly distinguish
able. The remains collected consist
mostly Of jaws and teeth of Children.
4 pierced tooth of a rodent
vas found which had evidently been
used as an ornament. The remains
viii be placed in museum at Plain
vile, Ohio.