The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-03-14

of all patience and told Dan. to sc
and hang it to suit himself. Dan.
picked mp his scythe and with the
utmost deliberation went and hung
it on an apple tree, saying."Nuw.
father, it hangs to suit me exactly.
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r. D<afA or CHARLES xssssssser.s
Hon Charles Summer, Senator
from Massachusetts,, died at his
residence. In Washington City.aon
Wednesday, March II. of an attack
of angina pectoris, a recurrence OF
a disease from which he had suf-
fered. at intervals. for many years,
and the origin of w hich is traced
to the brutal assault upon him IN
the Senate Chamber, in the spring
of 1856, by Representative Preston
s. Brooks, of South Caroline. It
is thought the exciting cause of
this fatal attack was his recent e1
hausting labors in the discharge of
his public duties.
I Mr.. Summer was born in Boston,
on the 9Th of january 1871, and
was, therefore, in the sixty fourth
year of his age. He came of the
best stock Of Massachusetts,, of that
circle quaintly styled by DR.. Holmes
the ..Brahmin caste of New Eng
land, that hal mless, noffensive, un-
titled aristocracy,, who have ever
been notable for exalted views of
the duties of life, and o natural APP
titude forglearning. 1t is this class
that have given character to Mas !
| sachusetts at home and abroad, and
of whom Mr.. Summer may be held
as type. The ancestors of his
family came originally from Kent,
springing from the hardy English
yeomanry, and their descendants
retain till the present day the phys
ical characteristics which,. in the
early days, placed these .stalwart
men among the most formidable of
Englands soldiers. The father of
MIR. Sumner was O cousin of In
crease Sumner, who served as Gov
erncr of. Massachusetts from 1897
to the time of his death. in 1893,
and who was regarded as one of
the ablest statesmen and jurists of
his day, and he shared his distin-
tnguished kinsman's mental gifts
He was lawyer of marked ability,
and those who remember him speak
of him as magnificent specimen
of a man. Charles Sumner inner
tied all the marked physical and
mental attributes of his ancestry,
and with them the moral qualifica
tons for which they were not less
notable
About eight years ago Mr.. Sum
ner married Mrs Mason, but the
union proved incompatible. Mr.
Sumner was devoted to his official
duties and his books. while his wife
loved society, which she was pecui
iarly fitted to .adorn and enjoy
A short experience snfficed to CON
vince both that. their, marriage had
been a mistake,rand a separation
was effected, Mrs. Summer. IN course
of time, applying for and obtaining
divorce. A few days ago. it was
announced that the lady had ap
piled TO the courts Of Massachusetts
for permission to marry again. 4
( The last illness of Mr.. Sumner
was of short duration. He was
seized on Tuesday evening. and
sank suddenly and rapidly, expiring
at half past two o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. et s.a+ e4ss-z yffavts.
The fox drive last Saturday, it
seems, would have been a very nice
affair had it not been for captain
whisky, who, it appeared got com
mand, and, as usual. enforced bis
''war policy When the lines closed
up two large foxes were discover cd
in the ring, and the boys were pro
ceeding with the sport of catching
them, when . difficulty took place
between James Milhkan and one of
the Beeson boys, which quickly led
to blows, owing b = goodly amount
of fighting " hisky on each side
sMIikan was getting the better Of
Beeson, when his brother mterced,
ed with aoclub, and was met by one
of Mihkan's friends, by the name Of
Holiday, who stabbed Beeson with a
knife; another of the Beeson boys
came to the rescue, but received a
wound also, and q general fight en-
sued. in which Holidays knife WAS
freely used and with telling effect
Three Of the Beesons, all brothers,
were wounded, one of whom was SO
severely cut that, at last accounts,
it was thought he would not re-
cover. Arrests we're promptly
made, and the fight stopped as
soon as atpossible.-Hagerstown
I 20 f From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Temperance anA lhe Germans.
The war against the evils of drunk
enness in the United States, has gone
on undated, though in varied forms,
and with varying success for the last
forty years. Much has been gained
during this period. and certainly much
has been changed. Many of the
changes in the situation are due to the
large growth of our German popula-