The Hartford herald., 1875-03-17
NEWS or TINE WEEK.
wednesday. March 10.


cure license.
tits rumored that Plymouth church
has subscribed SI25, 900 to defray the ex-
penses Of Beecher's defense. and that
Bowen protested against the appropria>
iion.
Owing TO the passage Of the civil-rights
bill, the proprietors OF the two principal
hotels AT Chattanooga have surrendered
their licenses, and viii conduct their estab-
lishments as private clearinghouse.
The Hon. John Young Brown, Of Ken
tucky, has won the admiration of every |
lady and gentleman in the South for his
castigation q Beast Butler. Already
fourteen babies in Forsyth county, N. c.,
have been named for him.
Last week we noticed the presence Of myr.
lads Of grasshoppers in the fields around
Staunton, Va Strange to say that the
fearfully cold weather did not affect them in
the least, and while the thermometer was
ten degrees below zero they were hopping
about as lively as ever On Monday last
the fields we're still full of them.
A man by the name Of Hugo Byer, a
painter by trade, committed suicide at
Nacogdochee, Texas, in the following
manner: He took on February l9. 2
ounces of laudauum; February 20, 2 oun>
ces of laudanum and ounces chloro-
form; February 81, ounces chloroform
and ounce morphine, February %. 4
ounces chloroform; February %, 2 ounces
chloroform and l ounce chloral, and died
on the 25th instant at III p. NJ. This
will surprise the Oldest medical men. of
the age
John Jordan, an Industrious, hard>
working, well-behaved colored man, died
in Somerville, Tenn, Monday night
From what we can learn he was the VIC
tim of q supposed conjuration. Fully
believing he had been conjured, and
with view of relieving himself there
from, he had swallowed dose after dose of
the most powerful emetics, until his sys>
TEN was completely exhausted. and he
paid the penalty Of his superstitious be-
lief with his life
Early yesterday morning. as woman
went into the saloon Of Julius Wilcke,
in Chicago. 1lls., TO get some beer, she
discovered the dead body of the proprie-
tor. There was deep cash in his skull
above the right eye from which the brains
were oozing, and another cut from the
mouth TO the chin. A hatchet was lying
on the floor, and the pockets OF the VIC
tim were turned out and rified. No trace
Of the murderer has been discovered, but
his object was doubtless money, since it
was known that Wilcke expected to re-
ceive 81 500 on Saturday evening
Mr. Geo Bright. an old resident OF
Fannin county. Texas, was killed at his
home, near Honey Grove, on the oath,
under the following circumstances: II
seems that Mr. B. had punished one oi
his children on the day previous. and, on
the morning OF the shooting affair, had
ordered this one TO get up and make a
fire.. The boy complained of feeling un-
we'll, and, on his refusal TO get up, his
father attempted TO whip him, but his
mother interposed. Thequarrel between
the husband and wife was bitter, and Mrs
B. testifes that he was about to strike
her, when james Bright, boy OF about
twenty, jerked down a gun that was
hanging on the wall, and shot him dead
The youn man then made hie escape
The neighbors state that there had beer
considerable trouble between Mr.. and Mrs
B for some time previous, and q difficult
ty between the young man and bis fathel
only a few days before. The evidence ad
uuCtQ dt Tue COIOucTo luquCcb lCoNCc n'
doubt on the mind or the jury but tha
the murder was premeditated. Ever
possible effort has been made to secur'
the murderer, but as yet without success
On Friday last terrible tragedy wa
enacted in DeSoto parish, La, few
miles south Of Spring Ridge. 1t seemi
that an old man named Samuel Sanford
"a years old, his son John Sanford, ageC
80 years. and son-in-law Of the old man
named Ben Pittman, while on their way
from Shelby county. Texas. to Shreveport
stopped on the side of the road to ca
dinner. As the old man was sitting
against tree, his son stepped up TO him
drew his six-shooter and remarking: g!
have got you where have wanted yoI
for four years." fired two shots into hi
fathers side or breast The latter spran,
up, mounted bis horse and galloped of
when the son pursued him. and, over
taking him, presented his pistol at hi'
head The old man begged him not t.
shoot again, saying you have killed me
and wish to say something before ] die,
or something TO that effect The son theI
rode off and made his escape into Texas
A party from Spring Ridge, shortly afte
the horrible tragedy. went in pursuit o
the murderer, but failed to overtake him
At last accounts Mr. Sanford wac alive
but not expected TO recover. From wha
we could learn, the act was prompted b.
a desire on the part of the con 10 get th'
property Of the father
Last Monday, near Huntsville, Tenn.
just over the Madison line, in HaywooC
county, a negro woman left home for ;
few minntes, leaving two small childreI
in charge of a negro girl about twelv,
years old. When she returned half al
hour later, she found her children, whom
she had left hale and hearty, both lyin,
together dead. They looked perfect,
natural, with no sign ofviolence on them
The alarm was given to the neighbors b,
the half-distracted mother, suspicion rest
ed on the girl. She was charged witt
poisoning them, and at first she denie,
it, but, when threatened, she went to
log close by and took from ander IT bot
scot strych1ine. She had been hired g
nurse by the father of the children, an,
was opposed to living with the family.
is supposed she poisoned the children t
get rid of nursing aud caring for them
She says a negro man gave her the poi,
on, and told her to put Il ta the barrel o
meal, sad sbs would then get 70 90 bacl
home. Several negroes have been arrest
ed, but it is not positively known Ehethe
they have the guilty cue or not. WhOev
er furnished the poison evidently expecte
10 kill the whole family.