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i AyYnsllerxyonlslll,s4 2icIic Take Flight
Suddenly.

From the Joliet ttti} l:ep,4a!iean, 1fareh 81,
On Friday lust, olo Airs. Mary Kelly, Il woman
who haH Hpent q Broat portion Of 4er hfo bent
alaurico MCCARTHY. living near tho solar Stove
Wor!kn, IN this oity. Mrs. Kally was pretty gon-
orally known, but 1t waA not known or dloamad
that sho was any more than tho poor washer-
woman she pretended to bo. Directly after her
arrival acCarthys, 1t appears slie secretly do
ponltel little package III d manure plle OH tho
promises, said to contain S'5,U00 III gold and
915, ,0uU in currency, On Saturday, btr. McCar-
thy, says report, waB hauling manure from tho
pile in question, assisted by his Ho1l a1d Nir.
bin,ords. Mr. simonds, III digging, came ACROSS
III, awkward paekago, which Ao tl,rew to tho boy,
1IcCurthy, with the rcnlArs s'Ihero iB bundle
Of money" Tho boy picked It up, examined It,
a,ld then tossed 1t to tts father, who wRa sitting
Oil tho cat. Tho tathor examined tho package,
and discovering that 1t was money, put for tho
house to aocrote 1t. In short while Mrs. Kel-
10y misHed her money, aud accused Nc
Oarthy Of having 1t. Ilo denied the oharge
III toto: Mrs. Kelly thon took tho ID
vioo Of aomo friends, and applied to
Justice lIonlriokH for u search warrant for Nc.
Carthy's proInises and ut tho same tin,o entored
complaint against MCCARTHY, charging him with
having stolen tho monoy. Tha papers wero
plaoed In the hands OF Constable Whoelor, who
Wednesday, evening nrreBted MCCARTHY and put
him In jail. Upon searching the promises ho
found IL Mo0artty's Led nnall packaka Of flso-
, 1874-03-23
SPAIN

DAYoSNE, March 22.-French officers havo ar-
rosted tho Cure Of Bauta Cruz Gil tho frontier,
aud brought him to this city.
aApn1p, March ga decree has boon pro-
mulsn.cd establishing National Bunk, mud
granting it n monopoly Of the iBsue Of bank-
ilotos and con,pulsorly incorporating with 1t
all otlor hanks i'll the country. In return, tho
now bank agrcoH to advance to the Government
DAYoSNr, Malcll 22.-Thc wife Of Don Carlos
las been do!ivorod OF q daughter.
LONDON, March 23-B a. MA dispatch from
Spain to tho London Hour reports that an Mn.
nl,nltion-wagou exploded III Alarsk.al Serrano's
cainp, and fifty men wcro killed nud wounded.
LONDON, htRreh 23-5 a. m,-A special to the
first movement Of tho Government troops
for tho ro!ief Of Bilbao. by way Of Dlbao
River, WIS failuro. 1t WAS found impossible to
effect n landing, and tic expedition returned to
Snl1tanJcr.
, 1874-03-23

tiono1 currency, tlod with p!oce Of muslin. TIC
showed tho package to Mrs. Kelly, whun che REQ.
ognizei 1t aB hola at onco. On 'laat Thurdav
Mrs. Mccarthy and daughter wore placed
utNlor nrront, but woro subsequently, re-
loarcd OIL. their poryonal recogni2sucos. On Fri
dny tho pa'ttos sppearod boforo Squire Ilou-
drlokH, wl,en hearing was postponol until to-
MCCARTHY, vito, and daughter, wero romandod
to jail. ,......-
ThIB iB tho most Hingulnr circumstance We
las lived In this city for n,l,nbor Of yonrs, mud
las worked from house to houso by tho day.
She ia an iKnornnt woman, not oven nhio to align
or nntne. IIor husband III living. but llo has not
livcl with her for d number Of yoHrs How Bho
camo ia possession Of no much manoy s M:
known, but the presumption is TINT sho Inherited
It. sho is yery rotlocnt aoout tho. whole nffnir.
It appears that up to few days aEo tho money
lind boon In bank. She drow It Inst week to In
vest. In investing 1t in manure ale haa boon
for from successfu1.
, 1874-03-23

Injunction Prayed Ror by EIontlNoldcrs
uisnlIo1yG&i.

ln1uNct1on HrnyGa xor W R{0nuhOldcFs
DisAl1oSyeI.
New ORLEANS, Is., March 21.-The suits
brought IN the United States Circuit Court, be-
fore Judge W., 3, Woods, by J. L. McCully, Of
Now York. md Stein Brothers, of England,
holders Of Louisiana bonds, against Auditor
Clinton and other stato officers to compel tho
collection OF State taxoa to pAy interest OIL the
faco ot their bonds and onjoin the enforcement
Of tue Funding blu, WAS decided to-day,
Judge Woods in an elaborate written
opinion, bold, first, tint no mandatory
Injunction could idane to compel tho state oil.
GERS to do ar affirmative aot until 1inat docrae
thut al injunction to compel loyy OF taxea WAS
q mandatory injunction. Second, thu Circuit
Court could not iEHue m injunction in equity,
bccause q mandumus is tho proper legal remedy,
and, although tho Court could not issue q
manda,nus until 1lnal docroo, that was no roa-
sou for interference In equity by injunction.
Third that. though the Court might enjoiM
State officer from doing m injury to third por-
son under Ill unconstitutional State law, as
the su,t against 8tnto oillcor to
euforoa contract Of the Slate was either
suit against the State, which could not BIO en-
tertained, OF q Huit against nominal parties,
without interest," aud should be dismissed Tho
restraining order was therefore dismissed, and
tho injunction prayed for refused with costs.
The Judge intilnatod that tho caaos wore Of
such importance that they might property be
taken Ut onco to the Supreme Court OF the
United States.
, 1874-03-23

Sentence of I'cttls, tho Notorious
Eastern Eorger.
spseial Dispatch 10 7he Ch,caao Tribune.
Dosros March 2l-Tho case 81 spons'e pettis 81, IS
Ill inmate Of tho State Prison. pcttis was ar
rested On the 17th OF August 1871, for being ac-
cessary to the fact Of forgery BY WHICH
bonds to tho value Of 5000 Of the North, otl,
Matthew Daalea s Co., in this city.
from developments since tho affair, it has boon
ascertainott that tho forgery was committed ny
Austin Didwell, who ID now
sEnv1Nt3 4 LIFE SENTENCE
for the Bank Of England forgerles. At tho first
trinl Of pettis tho jury dsagrood, but At q sub
motion for q now trial was made and supported
by several htlldayits going to SHOW the innooence
Of tho nccused butt after full deliberation, Judge
Bacon donicd the motion. Since that time
strong efforts have been made by Now York par
ties to induce the District Attorney to
ABANDON THE oABE
against rettis M in thia court. and allow him
tios engaged III heavy forgorios ot railroad
bonds and stocks, he heing familiar with
tho fucts, but tho District Attorney dis
regarded the greeat pressure pressure brought
his mind thai the interests Of tusfiee required
that Potts should bo punished for tho crime Of
which ho stood convicted. Tho prisunor ia a
GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE,
1S tuofOubulI eAuE1ttu uh1, aiau luz Auuu!5 VI
cfme will hardly furnish lis equal in ovadlug
justice iu gases whore thore vas moral cor
ttslnty Of h's guilt, but il,S where LIS his
to coyor up his tracks. Pettis once
1oierrel man to q, Captain Of tho New York
police in reference to bis (pctta' character, and
the ropIy waH, 'tTell Spe.ice PettiB that for hf-
teen years have been trying to get him into
sing-sing Prison." Pott.s il believed to hive
beon engagedin In ......
SUCCESSFUL FoRdEnrEB
on the Park Bank, III New York, md In other
operations whore a considerable sum Of money
WAS roaiizod. Ho was Hi associate OF Aus
tin Didwell, and George Macdonald, hosh
Of whom are serving life~santences in England
for tho Danl Of England foygeres. Judge
Bacon. after alluding to tho high grade Of Of
feuse, said that tbs conspiracy Of Patts with
some OF tho most dangerous men tho world oyor
knew, in outeayoring to undermine the copa-
denco of the commercial community, called for
THE sEvEnEsT rENALTY
tho low afforded. The Court then sentonced
peltis to 10 yoars In the State Prison. one day to
DO solitary confinement, ana the residue at hard
labor.
, 1874-03-23
STATE LEGISLATURES.


M4O114AN.
SDccfnt Dfspateh 10 Tho Chttaao Tribune.
LANSING, Micll.. Dlarcl, 2l.-Iho House ngrooa
to tho Senate provision TINT no Btato or county
of1iolnl OF any poison holding tho uillco of Trs-
tee. Commissioner, or Inspector of my State
institution. or OF amy charitable Or educational
institution wlicn receives appropriations from
tho State TreaBury, shall bo eligible to scat in
tho Legislature.
Tho t1no Tor tho completing of tho Marquette
& Alaoklnnc Railroad IL oxtondod till Dec. u,
1877.
Tho section regulating tlatles Taught IN tho
State Prison IL retained by both Houses.
TwontY thonsaNd copies OF the Constitution
nre to be published, md each Michigan nuws-
paper publishing 1t shall roooivo 525.
Ono CommisBiouer Of Highways is ugrood
upon.
The Constitution was read By SECTIONS in tho
two Houses, and adoIted in the 1Iouso by tho
requisite two-ll,irdH vote. In the Senate amond.
meI,ta wero adopted In ono or two matters. The
Constitution wns then adopted in tho Senate by
. two-thldH voto.
Both HouBoH havo adjourned sino dio.
, 1874-03-23
lncondinry Elrca nj East saginaw
NItclt.

Special Dispatch to TIC CAica9o Tribune,
EAsr SAGINAW, 1Iich., March PA short
timo sluco, u number OF uoeullary tlres in 6agi-
nav City incurred so nearly simultaneously, and
under suoll peculiar circumstances that tho
obtaining that systonatio effort to burn thu
uity hnd boon instituted. 4 special ,neotlng Of
the Common CoMncil was hold, and a toward OF
81 900 was oirored for the detection aud conyic-
tion Of any Of the parlioa implicated III any OF
The fires. Two or throe incipient 1ircB
have baen discovered since thon, but
fortunately In timo to prevent q widespread COLI
1lagsat!on. Yesterday, two more attompts wero
made, but without Horlcus results. Holea bud
been bored into house into which oil had boan
poured and raga saturated with oil were found
about tho premises, In tue caso Of several pre-
yious fires the hose Of the Fire Department was
out.
, 1874-03-23

Special Dssuatch 10 The Chfcayn tribune.
OTTAWA. Nlrch a1..-Sa, oral n,cnlbBrB from
the more distant provinces havo arrived at the
Onpital. Tho formal oponing of the new Par
lament takes plaoe On Thursday next.
montH for securing an addition to the north
wost mounted police forco Of LEO moro oonata-
blos,
IoaoHTo, Maroh 91.-Tho Ontario Legislature
will pr0roguo on Monday.
The lust OF tho ylctin,a Of tho 4reat WoRtorn
Railway disaster haH been identified as hlr.
ATarlatt, or Thorod.
The English Stockholders appointed to visit
Canada and examine tue working OF that line
aud its branches. ase now fulfilling their nils
nlou.
, 1874-03-23

BosToN, AlaBH., Aiarch 21.-shortiy aftor noon
4 tire broke out In the Tucker Manufacturing
Company'a shops in the State Prison, Charles.
town. which were entirely consumed with tlleir
contents. Loss, S20o, 1000; partially insured.
The convicts wero ct dinner ut the time, and
were locked In large ha!l in the east wing thus
preventing escape,
Bos7ox, Mass., March 22.-The walls of tho
burned buildings at the State PrIson havo boon
pulled down ~ dangerous. Temporary build
paw prison M n il Built. Meantime mo the stpto loses
$500 por day by tho idleness Of tho oonvicts.
Tho Tucker Manufacturing Company lose s200.
900 worth OF stock and manufactured goods. be-
sidos buildings aud machinery to 8 largo amount.
The insurance Ia not yot ascertained.
, 1874-03-23

Special UtsDatch 10 Tic Chlc0Q0 Tribune.
BATTLE GREER, March 1l.--YeBtorday, while
Mrs. Aoner June, Of Bedford Township, waa
iindling fire, her clothes accidentally ignitcd,
she was burned 90 badly tilat she died this morn
ing at o'clock. Her linibs and body wero
badly disfig,red. somo portions being burned to
d crisp. Tic sad event has caused much mourn
ing among the many friends Of Mrs: Juno, who
was widely known and highly respected.
, 1874-03-23
A RAILROAD EXCITEMENT.



Front The Gilman (It> Star, March 81.
On Rtouday ana .Ionday night. Gilman Wit
messed tho nloat exciting scones ever oocnrted IN
the history q tho city; An oxeltomost before
Liaooln,. Tue defcat Of Greeley, a.,l the money
actod III and about tho depot, and at the Office
Of Cyrus Shinn, will DO long remembered In tho
minds Of our people.
Something like month ago, Cyrus shinn, real
estnto ngent, doing business III this city, and a
largo landowner ia Kansas, proposed all oxcnr-
sion to that State. Ho opened correspondence
with several roads for tho purpose Of securing
low ratos. He finally accepted proposition
from the Illinois Central to carry passengers
from Giinlan to st. Joseph, Mo., anl return, for
$i21.50 At tho final compilation OF tho contract,
tho Illinois Central required Mr.. Shlnn to guar
auteo tho Hale Of at least fifty tickots. AS this
Shinn refused to accept lhe contract, and nc
coptod one FROM the Toledo, Peru & Warsaw Rail
way, by way Of tho st. Louis, Kansas City 4
Northern Railroad, in which tho number Of tick
cts to be sold Was not stipulated.
Mr.. Shlnn printed his circulars By tho thou
sauds, Advertised extensively III all the papers
along the route i'll Illinois, and took every legt-
innate step necessary to SECURE goodly numpor
to accompany him. One day lust week, Two
n,eu, one by the name Of Thompsoo, represent
ing tho Atlantic l. Pacific 1sailroaa, aud the
otGor alr. Riley, REPRESENTING the Illinois Con-
tral, scattered handbls through The stroets
GhiNn4 nR.fntln
tiaI,ota ,;o liz I,1iuois Goutrol anh St Gonia E
pon;N" ~ e. Io.enh md rot,r, for Si9. ;T,is
,ra9 a. 10 ioss link shinns ro,,to u'nis natnr
olas tu r";s"d ~ :" breezc nnd tho cns,nl obsoryer
cn'I soo II ho did I,ot e,1iff in tho mir thnt n
otnr'a onusu evo ,vos r hraw;n" MANA - '' '''
r.. s,1iou T"a mt heon lila o,1 ,yoa b,av
1s,. ~, I,t.a m ~ ~ lat ,nno,T t. ;nforminy
ia n.iicara @ ~ H. ,oala nvor tia ro1,tn Of III
axo,,s;nn ~ tha a;tunt;on IN g;,ms, aud VIVA
nro,n;nod rni;of ~ smnaav i wms conarni|v
n1o'stno1 tl,at ths ratcs wonl1 nne,' M SJonlny
.,nrn;,,s~ W sip m SUNDAY TI,n,nnsnn + will n
- > a,,'oarcG m onr atraa.a and nihonrh iittIo
n vas W aa earcu md ~ crtv NJ tt1a fls
1--we ao1r nv nA aro osncnaiy rom n Tfmis IN
a,,''7o ma t.,ots ~ "an coml ho a"on ~, I'M
ot onaaa5 a',d IN ntI nhsnrh;.o thama WA
. ntaso. su 49,, "a ,,4rrn %NA
1Nnn"H ~, HnnJou ,nI nrn,",, Mr. n;,cv of tho 1tnos
r.,..t nsryyoI a,,I al,arflv 1ftar t5,n rnn"i
s & ,,out "a, fr " onr,s" tiaiI pas.
aa.',a aaso "''u put H.. H., n n,;n Ensa. Gtv
So1 T. 6Nortnnyn nni,rnnd wns asu,, M onr
.xoo,', .f,,a 1i;nnia 1o,tr"l aut"hliu.cl thn
d., ~ an ,re Tnlodo pna,;a T. Wnrsaw Sni.
u ~ thn,,t II o,ooai ~" To,tra1 nryo raj
!n,'aa he fs 1 sat In ors oM az baok ~ ,.at
~ ao,,ata a r,n poorta a"tn- ~ Ia tnfaHao
e '.;t ,'. Ill ~ ;"sat ,vara yn,I ~
IT, h,. pI' +oni, ,,na s,o az ~
H. por;e en1 1t,Io.seJ onit rn xc;,amont hcron
" t' @ ruu'. ",, 1nor "rosx1. foowod tn a1stu
, 1874-03-23
A LAUNCH,

speefal DisnatcA 10 TAs Chicago Tribune.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, NEarch 22.-Yestor1ay
afternoon two fine schooner harges wero launched
flom Crossthwaite's shipyarl named respective
ly, Chung mud Eng. Their measurement is not
completed, but their Tonnage will approximate
750 tons eacl,. Thoy are des1gnod for the Chi
cago gram trade. They aro owned by John
Koilcrhouse OK buffalo.
, 1874-03-23
TELCGRApHIC DREWTlES.

The New England Freodmor4's Aid Society has
voted to wlt.d up itH a1faira. Since April, 1854,
tho Society haH received and oxponded over
1000, and has aupportod seventy toaunora
among tue colorod people of the South
The De1nocrntIc nominee for Congress- from
Oregon ia g. A. Ladow.
Tho bridge oyor the Red River at Fulton,
Atkl WAS finished Yesterday, aud tho trains OF
The Cairo d Fulton noad viii horoefter run to
Tsxakana WITHOUT change.
/ 1Stfs hababaf u oaAdtctdti hkYi tSsh dit-
, 1874-03-23

ME,rH1s, 1orn., March GA special to
tho Aualanche sayt funding bill has passed
tito Mississippi Legislature. It provides that
when warrants Of $50, OF Il multiple thereof, ORC
presented. tho Trenstlsor shall take up antl
cal,col them, and isslo bond OF bonds bearing
dnte on tho January or July proceeding tho Hsu-
anco. and bonrirg 8 per cont iatc, cst payablo
san,i-annuallY In currency. Xix sorias OF bonds
Of $3.50, 900 cach uro To ho issued. and 81 ccinl
tux or mill on tho dollar will be isauod eaoh
year, until, aud including. 1881, and an adll-
tional tax of mills on tho dollar ia to bo evicd
in 1876, and tho subsequent years up to, 'nd u-
cludne 1881, or until tho interest mud principal
aro paid.
, 1874-03-23

HAVANA, March 2t.-T1e Pose dc Cttba haB irl-
formation of tho killing Of tho insurgent Col.
Delisariu Peyalta, aud sixteon Of hls men by
Spanieh troops.
Senor Villainl1. Intendonte Of Havana has ro-
siguotl. Senior Manos il his SUCCESSOR.
Diairo alti Yose dc Cuba dony that Capt. Gen.
Jovellar Ina forwarded his resignation to 8pnin
eince the present Government came into power.
The peopla comment upon tho coming Of Gen.
Concna aud the manner Of his appointment.
, 1874-03-23

ST. Louis, Mo., March 22.-Tho loss on the
night is al, 900. Insured in tile Franklin for
50, l0o; Orient, el,650; Ger1nania, 30, 100 j;
Home, Of Now, York, s3,10O; North British,
$500; North American, S2,450. 4 large ware
house filled with flushed plows, adjoining the
burned factory, was saved.
, 1874-03-23

Fort Wayne thoy sllot u bird, and commoncod
whipping cach o:llor over thu head with tho tload
bird. John Falvoy, aged ii, and Riohard Nc.
Evoy In t1a way commenced to quarrel, mud
Falyoy thu lattor III tho heat OF passion oarght
up hia gun and slot MoEyoy IN tho broast. Nc.
Evoy died without struggle. Tlfty-two shot
wcro taken from llB lRcorntol breast.
, 1874-03-23

Memorial Meeting in III Mci1phis.

MEMPHIS, Tom, March 22.-The various
co!ored societies Of this city assembled st the
Court-Hoaso Square this afternoon, md formed
n procession aB o memorial to Senator Sumner,
and marched through tho principal streots, nc
companied by alayor Longile, and q few city, and
where an oration was dolive.ed by Edward
Shanso, colored Wharf Master, aud ot1ors. The
Fire Department was requested by the Mayor to
Join tho procession, but rofu6ed
, 1874-03-23

HpAc,a1 Dispatch to Tho Chfcauo Tribune.
DUBUQUE, To-, March 22.--J. X. Graves, Pros-
idant OF tho Iowa Pacific Railroad, has arrived
Aoino from Europe, aud Htates that hs negoti-
tions for money to construct the road woro suo-
cosstul. As soon as tho boniss eau be printed III
Chioago, and forwarded to Europe, the money
will DO forthcoming. The road will bo cou-
plotod to Fort Dodge by tho lat Of August noxt.
, 1874-03-23

An American in Rome recently attended,
who attracted the Holy TathorB attention
tVotro inancoe 2" asked His Holiness Of tho
husband, looking little roguishly. aOh, no !"
exclaimed 1Ir. Bank " 1t il nv wafol" "Oh!"
ropliod thu Holy Father, laughing, two no
speak English here"
, 1874-03-23

Special Dispatch to 7hs Chicago Tribune.
Duoynrs Ohio, March 22.-Tlo residence OF
John sherer, better known as the cold Toll
gate" property, one mile weBt Of here, WIS on
tuely destroyed BY FIRE this afternoon cause, @
dofeetsve tlue. Tho losB IL $4,000; insured in
the Mutual, Of Mt. Vernon, O., for $500.
, 1874-03-23
CASUALTIES.
lsrfttgc Crarriutl Away.

bridge CIlrrlGtt A1VNYs
PORTLAND, Me-, March 21.-About Go5 feet Of
near Watoryille, where tilo S1alno GcntsMl il
putting In now i1on b,dge, was swept away by
leo yesterday, carrying down ono span Of the
iron br1dgo with 1t to tic bottom Of tile river.
, 1874-03-23

Special Dispatch to Tie C.tcaao Tribune.
HANNA, lnd, March 24.-Iho residence OF
". W. Donison, OF this place, burned down
at p. NJ. to-day. The building mud contouts
have caught from parlor stove ip tho absence
Of tho family, and when discovered WIS beyond
control. tbs estimated loss Is 1000; no in-
RurAnce.
, 1874-03-23
0cEAN sIEAMsHlp NEWS.

San FRANCISCO, CAL, March 22-There iH no
,.owa Of tho stonuer Colima. Captains hero be-
l[eye she Ia making way under sail.
LoNpoN, March 22.-Afrlyed Out--Hteamshlps
Italy and State Of Virginia, from New York.
Nxw Yqa8, March observation-disclosures d.
Rim. ffdh dehayk
, 1874-03-23

New ORLEANS, March 22.-The Printers Union
to-day paAsed resolution reducing tho price Of
composition to GO cents per 1,000. The proprle-
80 cents from and after March rs. Tho indca-
tions are that all the printeis belonging to tho
Union will Htriko tomorrow
, 1874-03-23

Spec,at D,spa&cA to TIE C.tcada i4iJtt,<.
UTTER sANpusKy, o., March 22.-At 2 o'clock
to-day, fire broke out in d dwalling-house
owned by s. ". Holmes. and occupied BY John
Griffin and John perrine. Tho building was al
moat entirely destroyed. The loss Ia $500; in
cured in the Etna for 5000.
, 1874-03-23

Special Dispatch to Tia CAira0o Tft6une..
EAST SAGINAW, Mich. March 22.-John Roa-
sor, i resident OF Saginaw City, in jumping from
tho evening mail, Saturday, while the train WAS
IN mosiou fell und struck his head against tie.
Tho injuries are Bttoh that tho man will not re-
cover.
, 1874-03-23
a Woman Cuts tilt, Il tlr0ntH of Her Two
UasaIlitcr*> aud 'Ello1a Her 0svns
Ltrg:on H. {Aarch 2D}, D1auataA to the Louisville
kHaIA.e II talaai

A woman Cuts the slronts Of Her Two
Daughters, slr,d 'Ellosa Her own.
Lexington" 6y. taaysh 2o, R'.p"tsA to the Lo"'s0''*
A fcarful tragedy was euactcd in Scott County
to-day. Mrs. Elizabeth Sconco, who 1esidca four
miles from Georgetown, on tlo Framkfort Piko,
cut tho throats Of her two little glrB and then
cut her own. She llad beon troubled with hya-
toricB for week past, md WIS undor medical
treatment. This morning hor husband md his
iather, who slept iu tho same room with her and
hor two children, got up aud went out, leaving
tho rcst of tile family in bud. Soon aftorward
joining room, were awakened ty the noiso, and
fouud their mother leaning over tho oea-sAsa
and as11od her whit sho wanted. 6ho said N.Y.
Ing, aud returned to tho a!lod.roon where she
slept Immediately ono of tho children WAS
hcnrd to scroaul alld the girls. rushing into tho
room, found tic two cl,illron. Lula, aged 2, aud
Willie Kato, agod .. wisll their throats CUT Their
aeraauiB brought MIR. 8conce to tho house, and
when ho arrived l,iB vito had cut her own throat
and was speeohlesA although aho made the Of
wero summoned az soon US possible but Mrs.
Scouco had severed both jugular veius, and,
despite taoir efforts to savo her, sho ditd. Tho
youngest child il in e.. q crisica:' condl-
sssao;ea Sa ro oss osst eaf' Ts aser hats hous,
severely cut about the throat and hands. Tho
cutting wns dono with lax0r procured out Of d
box in the passage way bet,sccn the two rooms,
Mrs. Sconco iB a daughter OF James Williams OF
Bourbon County, has boon married twenty -oue
ynnrH, mud il the mother Of five children. She
was pio,te. industrious, practical woman, and
liyod ilnpply with hcr family and uoighbors,
Two OF her Histors died nbout tho sumo age Of
honrt disease, and this joined to hor hyatoria
filled her with gloomy foreboliugs Of a simlla1
fnte. md no doubt oausol tho temporary aborra-
tiou OF mind, during which tho dood was done.
She dressed herself neatly aud completely be-
fore committing the fearful act. She was about
10 years OF age, and hor husband So. The fami.
ly was much respected in the neighborhool.
, 1874-03-23

SfTNnEo KcciHcnt IN NcTadn.
BAN Francisco, CAL, March 22.--ToHeph
Booth fell uader the cars ut Virginia, Now, to-
day, and both his legs wero cut OFF. a young
man who Witnessed the accident tainted, and hin
lair, which was jet black, turned Instantly
gray. Both mon probably will die.
, 1874-03-23

Loul8yILLE Ky, March 22.-Goorge Miller
Alfred (oolored), convicted Of the murder Of DR..
Granville Alfsed. In Washington County, Ky.,
has beeu sentenced to ho hanged May l.
, 1874-03-23

LOUISVILLE, March 21.-O. u. Derlhanaus, the
noted Konl,1cty ttsBporaao md fugitive from
Justice, WIS shot and killed In his mountain re-
eoaR so,no tilno anuo, by u party Of officers ut
tct1lptnE hjH nrrGHt.
, 1874-03-23

WAsr1soroN, n1arch 22.-probabilities-For
tho Northwest, the Lakes, aud thence to the
westerly aud northeriy winds, falling iompera-
ts,ro, rising barometer, and generally clear
Weathor.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
, 1874-03-23
SUICIDE,

Special Dfsaatoh to Ths Chicago Tribune.
BADIAA, O., March 2l.--Alrs. Rogesaj 4 Hhoe-
herselt tAia morning. insanity sa!d to b liz
EitsR.
, 1874-03-23

Sptcial Dslatch II The fAicdoo Tribune.
Besides tho b,,rHladoa OF Friday night, already
reported to YnE TnInuNE, tho l,ol,AoB Of Hovcli
moro ct o11r citzons wore entered Inst ntgiit md
other YavabloB tnkul,. Atr. @. p. ,1ncobs and
Frat,k Dofrcos wero the hoayiost loHors. Thoro
In 10 clllQ to tho thioyog.
, 1874-03-23

VIENNA, March 22.-The appointment Of
Daron Schwnrtz, Penborl,, to DO Austrian Hin
iHtor ut Washington, iB gazettod.