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, 1874-01-03

The Employees Demand tho Discharge
OF tho Superintendent, and 'issenty-
four Leave in q Body.

The Employees Demand tho Discharge
Of The csupcrlntcndcnt, and Twenty
four Leave in q BODY.
From the Sumner County {Ean.) P5css.
A fcw weeks since the Board OF Trustees OF
the Insane Asylum at Osawatonao removed the
Superintendent. Dr.. jacobs, and appointed d.
4. II, Knapp, of Ottawa, to fill the vacancy.
Soon after his Installation, DR.. knapp lnnusu-
rated some rather radical changes, aud thereby
incurred the displeasuro Of certain OF the EN-
p1oyes of the institution A spirit OF dissatisfac-
tim wus eugenderod which grew IN intensity, as
tho employees throughout the building became
infected. Tho Board OF Trustees met in regular
session during the last week in December. The
e,nployes, headed By one Hopkins, Trustee OF
Osawatomie Township preferred charges Of .
serious character against the Superintendent,
and long and tedious trial mas entered into.
None Of the charges having been sustained by
the evidence the Doctor vas fully e1onera1eo;
grown rapidly. On Wednesday, Dec: 3, tho
Board proceeded to the election of officers for
The ensuing year. Tho employees protested
against tho election Of DR.. Knapp. He was,
however, elected almost unanimously. At
O'Clock tho Commissioners Of State Institu-
tions arrived, and another factor was added
to the discordant elements. all kinds OF stories
we're rife throughout the Asylum, and tho pa
tents caught the infection. At o'clock the
tho Trustees. made their appearance in body
led by Hopkins, and demanded an immediate
reconsideration OF tho election Of DR.. Knapp.
The President Of the Board, tho venerable Dr..
Wyn,an, of Topeka, addressed them in kind and
concl1atory Language, advising them to bo con-
siderate and reasonable in tncir proceedings.
The Board refused to accede to their demands,
aud stood firmly by tho Superintendent, At
o'clock the employees, numbering twenty-four
persons, male ard female, filed into the
presence Of the Board, and delivered their keys
70 the President. The greatest confusion nov
prevailed One ward was left entirely without
attendants. The situation WIS rendered more
unplcasant by tho approach Of darkness and ..
fearful storm Of SNOW and sleet that ratified
acainst the pancs and drowned the noise and
confusion that ragged within. Tho employees
went ont into the storm aud left for their homes,
sonc OF which were miles away. Parties,
mounted on fleet horses, galloped away to
tho little village Of Osawatomie for AID,
and the whole county wns falrIy
aroused. Men were hurriedly brought in and
placed in the most important positions. with
| orders not to leave their posts until relieved.
An examination Of the wards late in the evening
revealed the unpleasant fact that patient had
cscaped. No search was instituted, as no one
could be spared, and during the long hours Of
the night The officers shuddered as they thought
OF the poor wanderer exposed to the pelting
| Storm The next day parties came in from the
country and villages around, and the vacated
places we're filled and comparative quiet soon
restored. The missing patient has not yet boon
| heard from.
, 1874-01-03

and notorious for u spirit Of litigation, was
whistled out Of court At OTTAWA few years ago,
aud be has ever since been peculiarly sonsltTe as
regardc being vl1istled at,--a fac: Of fhieh mis-
chevous boys often avail themselves to his III an.
crowd Of Young men and boys as he was passing
alopg the street carving eo6nstak cutter :ona ~
his rage he assaulted the first one ne cou!a QUO
catch, inhicting number Of SERIOUS cuts
young man meantime protesting his INNOCENCE 4:
Of the offense. Quigley went home, and 40 oth-
Ger soon after went to arrest him, but found him
armed With muaket declaring that ne. ne "onld bn
The officer returned, and to-day Quigley could
not be found. He killed man by tho nane q Of
Edgecomb, about twenty-five years ago. IN .he
heat Of passion, and is regarded as dangerous
man. ,,
john Brennan, OF this city, stabbed John '
Eacan in the back last evening, nearly
or quite piercing the lower portion OF
tho left lung: Brennan was a11aagned aa tq-das,
and Egan being unable to appear IN eoufs; vas sas
nut under $500 bonds to await the Issue OF the
wounded mans injuries.
, 1874-01-03
cranbcrrics in Burnett County, Wis.

From the Oshkosh yorth,rester1,.
3Ir. A. N. Buybee has just returned from the
cranberry marshes Of Burnett County, and hands
us the Polk County Press, from which We take the
following description Of the cranberry lands. in
which 80 many Oshkosh people are Interested.
Nr. Bu9bce is an old resident Of Oshkosh.
has lired Tor long time near the large cranber-
ry marshes in Green Lake County After look
kosh and formed companies v:ith ample
capital, and, late in the III OF 1872.
returned to- Burnett County. The COM
panics formed to operate in Burnett
County, are Tiltor, Russell, Badge: { Bartlett !;
Irving. Morgan T. ste*onson; Clark, Forbes
Griffin l. Roberts; Ti1ton. Badger 4 Bugbee,
and Mr.. Gill. These genller :en are all residents
OF Oshkosh. They have bought from the State,
altogether, 5000 acres in Burnett County, at 10
cents per acre. Mr. Bugbee ID CT the opln1on
marsh in Township 80, Ranges II and 18, in Bur-
nett County.
After purchasing land they commenced
to ditch it, and during the season just
closed have dug ten miles Of ditch, sl1 feet
vide, aud one foot deep. Next year they will
die tho ditch another foot in depth. making /.
two feet deep. They have erected about one
mile of small sod-dauas, with three-feet head. to
flow the marshes With water, as care must be
taken not to dam too suddenly and put On too
much water at one time.
we're shipped from tho Berlin marches in Green
Lake County These gentlemen have picked
! about 5000 bushels from the Eafnett County
marshes during the past season, cleaned ana
! packed them at Grantsbrrg and hauled them to
| Rush City. Mimi, and shipped them via the
Lake Superior j. Mississippi Railroad. The
| Burncts marshes ara located slx miles north OF
Granteburg and three miles from Clam River
I The berries arc worth from S1.25 to sl.1o per
| buehel on the marsh. and are salppeo 70 o.;
Louis and Chicago, bringing 50. per bushel
, 1874-01-03

was ss1ooking for somebody, Mr. Davis ae-
su1ed him again that he would wait. Parier
came on up to the switch and looked through
tho cars, and not finding the person Of WHOM ho
be arrived there he immed lately went to the
ferry landing and stationed himself "hera ne
conld observe all the passengers who should
come of the boat. 1t is stated that While Patxer
was waiting at the ferry landing man ana
woman came over on the ferryboat ana walked
up the hill, Parker went up and accosted the
party, and they stock on the bank and talked 1os
several minutes. The woman Tas supposed TO
be- the wife Of Parker.
The man who was in her company was
stranger to our informant. Parker was evidently
excited, but the other party appeared cool 1na
collected. Tho three separated, and as ParKor
walked of be met friend and remarked TO hlm'
"that is the couple was looking for: II ap-
pears that Parker had once or twice maoo Inlea:s
to end his life, and on Monday ne repeated Lib
threat to Mr. Hardy, q brother OF Ills wife:
! To q gentleman who called to see Mrs. FarKer
! yostcrdev afternoon, she furnished the following
| account of what she knew Of the Tragedy: one
stated that within the paSs eth thonrh aba sde
fair faeo to tho world. He was very angy g a. her
| for attending tho masquerade tball Chr1stmas
! night. though ho willingly accompanied, her
there Whenever thoy Paft11a oaes, rae vs
and Jealous, and it WAS then that she WAS SUD-
iect to spasms, caused by fright and fear OF ~
i,1ry. She denies haying any knowledge {: the
cause of Lis attempt to murder her, except that
little boy they had taken to rear had told raise
| stories about her. Last night he told her rs
| Intended to kill her whom asleep but she thought
ho would not do it. THIS morning he awokc her !,
and told her to "pray and prepare for death
that ne was going to shoot her and then ~ +:
himself. aud then aud there carried out Ms
threats by shooting her. She then ran out Of Of
tho sitlo door, and upon reaching the corner OF
the kitchen, fell Sho recovered herself and ran
arouud the house, and again fell near the steps
leading to the side door Of ME. Mccntcheons
house. and recollocts nothing more that hap
nened for some time. She does not know any
thine OF her hu1baud's killing himself, except
| from what he said.
Both OF the parties were born in New Albany,
| md are Of good family connections. yohn D.
Parker. the deceased, is son OF u. 5. .. PafNe,,
| q woll-lnown and respected grocer OF Now A.
| bany. The deceased is Il years OF age, anu a. :
| one time was employed on the New Albany .
| Chicago Railroad. Ho Was said to 10 clover and
social in his habits. mud had many friend,. Mra.
| Parker il tho daughter of Nj. John llardy,
| veli-known butcher OF Now albany. About ten
years ago sho was divorced from Mr.. Lapp Arm,
strong, Of Washington County, Ind, and married IT,
| Parker about three years Afterwards. 1noy
] have uo children.
, 1874-01-03
An UnpIeasantncss Between GOV.
Ilcndrictks ns1d the Mayor OF INDIAN"

upOl1Ss
From the Indiana polls Journal, Dec. 81.
About noon yesterday, Mayor Mitchell called
upon Gov. Hendricks to consult With reference
to the situation. Just what lod to the difficulty
NC suppose will never DO positively known, put
it is stated that tho Governor was fearful that
tho Mayor was trying to detracs from his Ieputa;,
ton as tho great peace Governor, as evidenced
by bis actions during the continuance Of the
strike. At any rate, the two great men became
very much heated in their convorsa,.
ton. and the Governor finally said
that the Mayor had proved himself IN
equal to the emergency during the past few
ds7s. and said he should have utterly exhausted
his powers a. chief executive OF the city TO pros
erye the peace before even allowing Interference
from the county or State officials. To this cou!-
rliment the Mayor rejoined that the insult would
mover be forgotten. and he would Us we'll reDnem-
Der it's author. The interview hcEefclosed, put
during the afternoon the Police Board called
upon tue Governor and acquainted him with tho
fact that the Mayor had done great dea!
privntely towards preserving the peace, but Ind
not publicly appeared and denounced the riotous
denomination.
, 1874-01-03

Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
UppEH G1a RAr1Ds, Mich, Jan. 2.-Ear1y this
morning, fire was discovered in the building
ing was very large, and occupied by grocery and
dry goods stores, the Exchange Bank. and q
millinery store. Tho upper floor was devoted to
Offices. The building was entirely destroyed aud
the goods contained in it damaged to avery great
extent. Tho loss on the building IS about
SID, COO. and on the contents about s5, 5,o0o-all
covered by insurance. The fire originated from
Goals dropping from stove which had no zinc
under it.
, 1874-01-03
no1,1,fe Murder and Suicide

Lou1sv1LIE, Ky,, Jan. 2.mThomss Cook; H.! agea e
ternoon. inflicting fatal wounds. His mother
in-iaw, Mrs K1tiedge, attempted to IN
terfere. when Cook stabbed her in tho
brck. and then cut his own throat, Mrs
Kutledgo died in 3 70" minutes, and Cook
and wife. at the latest accounts. we're N
a sinking condition. The cutting was done with
a pockot.knife. Cook WAS at the time under
indictment for setting fire to his own house some
time since. He WAS strongly suspected OF setting
Ere to house in which several negroes "ore
burned to death. He alleges that his vile "AS
unfuithful to him.
, 1874-01-03
The Intelligent Jury in Italy.

Sttp FORK Itnte5.
Tn italy it has produced some remarkable re-
sults. and the Minister of Justice despalrs OF
being able to retain it in the Italian courts for
long time to come. An italian paper reports
eeycral recent cases which, II they we're not we'll
authenticated, would seem hardly cfeap!e'
But there is no doubt of their truth. The Ouch
ess Of Vastogirardi, residing in Naples lost some
valuable diamonds Suspicion fell upon her lady 9
maid, who was forthwith arrested and tired:
The evidence wns quite conclusive against
tho woman. but the jury acquitted heE ana
blamed only the Duchess, Who; they oeclated'
ought not to have exposed her diamonds. which
"had exercised such terrible fascination on
the poor maid that sto had been driven to COM
init the theft By m irresistible force, md theio-
fore Was not guilty. This was not unlike tno
verdict delivered by > Welsh jury, VINO iouno N
a prisoner "not guilty" but accompanied tho
finding with Recommendation that the Judge
should caution the prisoner not to yield to temp
tation again.
Iruorauce or stupidity on tho part OF tho
Italian iurynen may have led to their decision ::
but. In another instance tho violent prejudice Of
the people is ludicrously displayed. a man tired
q e71n at random into church, and hit the leg OF
o gentleman who waa kneollng at his de!otlons.
The offender WAS brought to trial., but the jury
decided tha: If tho gentleman had not been at
church his leg would not have been in tho way
OF tile bullet. Tho fault, therefore. was not
with the man who fired tho gun and who was
acquitted accordingly, but it was with the man
who yielded to bigoted superstition and
went to the place where the shot -, nap
well appreciated by some OF our Iamman9
friends, who ought to begin to consider very
seriously whether q removal to Italy would NOT
be advantageous. 4 ta1-colector C. Naples ab'
seconded with some public money, amounting 70
about a million francs. He was caught brought
kack. aud tried but tho jury acquitted hu
because tho money he had stolen was the peo'
p1e's money, and ns he vas one OF tho people
, 1874-01-03

In yt1kcsbnrrc, Ps.--Loss, $4,000.
W1LKEsDAnHE, Pa, Jan. 2.-Framenthal's 3
Opera House WAS burned last night, The loss is
$50, 600; insurance, $4,000.
When tie fire was discovered = very large au-
d1ence was in the Opera House. and many people
narrowly escaped suffocation, so dense was the
smoke and so difficult the exi:. OF the total loss
Of 585. 600, Mrs. Langheld, who kept the milii-
rery store on the first floor, estimates heE loss at
225,00o; insurance. $4,000. Frauenthal. whose
loss is SEQ 000 had an insurance OF only $40, ,00o-
The iire was caused by the explosion OF lamp
in Lynn's restaurant in the basement.
, 1874-01-03
Thirty Negroes Drowned.

From the S1rnn1t1h {Gd.} sEHs+ Otc -.
From Capt. McA,lleJ, who MAS proceeding
down the river on Tuesday last, and who sont
information Of the two dead bodies lying in u
boat near Venus Point, to the Coroner, We learn
that. vhilo proceeding down the river, he OBJ
served boat adrift. On going to the boat, IN
company With Capt. Bliss, they discovered two
dead bodies living in tho bottom. One OF tho
men had run his head partially into . small
Iocker, and the other was covered with the saA.
Both bodies were partly covered with water.
Being unable to return to the city with the boat
and dead bodies, Capt. NIcAuley hailed passing
canoe, which contained a negro man and boy.
and asked them if they know anything about
the men in the boat. They replied that they
did: that tho boat contained over thirty per-
sons. and that the only survivor was colored
man whom they had just left at their house.
.rEo negroes we're then requested to Lake
the boat in tow aud bring her to the city,
but they declined to so near it. Capss. Nc
Au1ey and Bliss then made the boat tast IN the
marsh on the Carolina side, and sent word to tho
citv by Can't Daniels. The boat contained a
trunk and double-barreled gun only. Tne lat
ter was taken on board tho Belle, where it awaits
an owner. Tho trunk was left in the boat. II
IA the opinion of Capt. h1cAuley that the boat
was careened by the mast being broken IN q
anna1l when it fell over on the side. The boat
being 30 densey packed. many Of them undoubt,
ed]y fell out while il is supposed others 1eaeheo
the mareh but wero subsequently, drowned Dy
tue incoming tide. The TWO dead negroes
found had probably clung to the boat, and, being
vet, evidently perished from cold during Aon-
day night.
, 1874-01-03
DEATHS.

LyScn-At 10 Arnold street, Mary A.' vile OF lin"
FuneraI On Sunday at 81 o'clock % b5 carriages 70
Calvary. - o. -..-, ,,r..r cnpy
fInVLANp-A At Terrc Coupce: Ind. jan 2, ls;i M5s.
E7nrrnre e. r. vile Of Walter 81. HowiAnd Of tals s43:
and only child Of tbs Hon. 'oon f1o'A''1'' -
C1upce. ,,. A.. II H.r
mon court, Nicholas Wetnsao' sseo o. 'e@''
and days: c+,d.v IAN 4 .t 1 o'clock
Friends are invited ,.
pRIMOn tho ut inst, cf Inflammation OF tho osasn'
, 1874-01-03

The advices from the Cape of Good Hope
state that the gold discoveries reported By the
previous mail arc at locality about 500 OF GOO
miles north Of the diamond fields. whence they
can be reached in seven or eight days. 1t pres
to attract many explorers: but the fact of two
nuggets having been found, one weighing si1-
teen and one-half ounees. and the other nearly
twenty-three ounces, has led to the inference
that the district may be very rich.
, 1874-01-03

McGREW-CA Tuesday eEenuF; De-.
C. Young. William Wilson McGrcw md Clara u. caF-
roll
RAY MI Washbur1 73 South Robey stross. 3tr. fet
ley 1--we and Miss Eliza Tenpieton.
ID- Glasgow, Scotland. papers please copy
WALLER-FURL0SG-At the rrsdsaee, q tne
brides father Dec. 81. by the Rev. Dr !" 4. hyue1'
IL Fed W. Waller Jr.. and Miss Clara j. FuriooE.
EMORY-CRANDALL-Attb the residence Of tue nI1ae,
at OAK Park ~ the Rev. T. r. stfowbsdEc, q 1auS
day morning. Jan. !. john EraofS ALL AA'oS ~
Crantal. all Of Oak Par&:
r ukcep N 1pet1 please copy.
, 1874-01-03
The Accident on tho Cincinnati,
Hamilton d Dayton Railroad.

From the Cincinnati Ea-ettt, Jan l. .
Inst night when the Cincinnati d Indianapolis
trnin. on the c., H. Il D. Road. due in Cincinnati
at 1880, was leaving Winton Place, on time: un-
der Conductor John Barber: the Richmond d
Chicago train, due in Cincinnati a. 9:25, but an
hour behind timo, ran at nearly full speed INTO
the indianapolis OF rear passcngct-car OF tho
Toledo train. The passenger md the baggage
car ahead Of it telescoped; tue rear truck OF the
fell into the cattle-guard at the up
per end of the cemetery, end the train,
With half the rear car resting on the
trucks Of the baggage.car, and lts
down to the bridge over the main avenue OF
Spring Grove Cemetery, before the train WAS
stopped. Every car on tina train was more OF
less smashed while the rear end Of the Indian
apolis begGage-car. aud the pessenger,car at,
tached, weie totally wrecked. Their sides and
floor formed mass Of huge and small splinters,
which. with long iron staJ-rods, bristled and
projected in every direction; seats, stoves. pas
seugers, and all movable things were piled into
proniscuous confusion. The !:as=engers raised
aud cravled out of the whole knocked
uloyes t, of the train. helped out tho
wounded man. The wonder is that the twenty
or moro passengers in the car were not all Sc
rious1y wounded. As it is, With one or or two
4. Carual1nn, Principal OF the First intermediate
School. of this city, suffered compound lrac-
ture Of his right arm Alr. J. ". Myer, OF tho
inn OF French j. Mycr, was painfully bruised in
various parts Of his body; MI. French, his part
ner, WAS slightly cut in the hand and wrist; q
lady in one of the cars forward was cut badly in
the head By being thrown forward against l.
broken window; number Of other ladies we're
stuuned aud bruised and the fireman Of the To-
1edo-1ndianapolis train WAS bruised by home
moans in tho wrist.
William Moore, the engineer Of the Chicago
train. Is reported to have jumped from lis en-
gine ut the instant of the collision, and broke
his leg. The fireman is reported hu1t in his
hand. The locomotives smoke-stack. upper
works, and pilot we're knocked of, 'leaviug the
, 1874-01-03

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 2.-Tho boiler at
wannen,acher's distllle.y. on the kinnikin mick
River, near this city, exploded yesterday after,
noon. Tho engineer Was fatally ecalded, and
two others were scalded slightly: The damage
to the listii!ery is $4,000.
, 1874-01-03

The alarm Of FIRE from Box II at o'clock New
Tears Day was caused by fire breaking out in
the basement Of the swo-stoty frame dwelling,
No, 1162 Indiana avenue, owned anu occupied by
r. A. Hartleman. The loss on building ana fur
ni:uro was about 5000 fully insured in the
Globe and Allemania Companies. Cause OF fire
not known.
, 1874-01-03

sr. LOUIS, Jan. 2.-The Glenn House Appeo
newspaper Office and several stores and shops in
Paris, Monroe County, No., weEo i burned lnn9 On
Wednesday morning. Loss heavy, but amount
not reported.
, 1874-01-03

Paoa Fan. (Icn. u. Dsspateh to tic s. L'u1s GIo9e~
4 cowardly fiepd displaced rail on the Mis-
sou1i River, Fort Scott d Gulf Road, near
Lacygnc, which resulted i'll tho wreckins OF the
train. consisting of engine and eight cars, kill
ing the fireman. and woundins the conductor,
engineer, aud brakeman.
, 1874-01-03

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. IA fire near ths
Union Depot ia this CITY, destroyed six wooder
houses Loss about $12, 600.
, 1874-01-03

A marriage Of rather singular description
took place in Greenbr;er short time since. 4
young man about IS years of age, BY the namo
OF Zoph. married his grandmother, a lady nearly
40. By this coup dc main he becomes his fathers
pa aud his own grandfather, and thereby oc-
cupics supremely independent ind enriable
position
, 1874-01-03

New York, Jan. 2.-James Redmond died at
his houys in Brooilyn, yesterday, of hydropho-
blu. lie was bitten BY cat soma aix months
, 1874-01-03
FIRES.
Burning Of Bradbury's Piano Factory
In Rev York City.
Destruction Of the '0pera-House a
Wilkesbarre, Pa
Minor Fires Occurring Yes
terday.
In Now York.

NEW YoRK, Jan. 2.-Bradbury's piano-manu-
factory and show-roons with ". Fl. Seymour d
Sons silk hat manufactory, at Grand and Crosby
streets, were burned early this morning. The
loss is 100000.
, 1874-01-03

special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
LAGnAsaE, Ind. Jan. 2.-John Thomas,
colored man. WAS to-day sentenced 10 seven
mittipr rape upon the person Of Mrs A. Nelson,
. highly respectable lady OF 70 years, last July,
in tho Village of Hawpatch, this County.
, 1874-01-03

New loRk, Jan. 2.-1ho steamship Ethlopla'
from Glasgow. while coming u2 the bay this
morning. came in collision with the pilot-boat E.
WilIiams. and was run ashore on Staten lslhrd.
she will havo to discharge part of her cargo be-
fore she can be got off.
, 1874-01-03
The Concord m. I1.} Savings bank
DcfuHcu1ton.

CONCORD, n H., Jan. 2.-The Committee are 81
still engaged in Investigating the affairs OF the
National Savings Bank defhlcatlon, which WILL
be ever $50, 600.