, 1875-07-28
IOWA.
Singular Vnnhniisn1-A Remarkable
TrnHc1F-N5hdcR DrnthR-Ubitutlry
af MI Old kt&tInrA

singular Vnnhniisnl-A Remarkable
TrnHcdF-&uttdc1a DrntIa-Ubitllnry
OF MI Old sitIor.
Srttsal Correspondence u Ths chirdoo 1rfbstns.
DEsato.SEs, Ia. July 2C.-A tow days ngo
John Woolaton Was repairing hs stahIes On his
farm noat Ediy.lo. and had hitched bis horacs
to srcn ncar by. About dirk stranger hitch
cd tlie horse fcw rods distant, aud ca1no wharc
Woo!Bton waa al work, with whom fon words
woro passed In Balutasion, tho parties being
strangers to each other. Woolstou led ono OF
Ills horscs iuto tho a!ablo. and went for tho
other when he hoard i tilud and q
fall. lie hastencl back and found
his horse proHsrate, and tho man striking 1t .
second blow in tho lload with an AZ. IIo then,
throwing away the ax, lie ran 10 hin horse, got
motive for tho yilainous deed. fs not known.
pusBult MAS made bnt without a,lccees.
a remarkable Incident occurred near Tiro1ua,
few daya ago, in family whose name my III
fromant could not refncmbar. Thore Ncro three
little chldrcn.-tllo Oldest being ycars,-two OF
wl,om went to the barn to find bonH' noats
They found onet aud crawlod to It, and ono of
thci thrust lis hand forward to yet the eggt,
when 10 quickly withdrew 1t. saying the. old hen
and thrust hta hand forward, whom ho, too, waa
bitten. Dotll theu screamed. which qutchly
brought their mothor TO tho spot. when it waa
discovered that tlcy lal boon struck by ra.tlo-
snato coiled In tho nest. TITO mother eN2rl
tho lttto boya In hor arms aud haatoncl to the
house, w,oro now horror mot her gaze. In
her aAto to SECURE the boys at tue barn, slIo had
set down boiler Of hot water, into which tho
habe had fallc'. III thirty .nuutos Ill her chill
dreu were dead.
daughter Of Robert AtEnos, In Cl,iclasnv
County. wAB thrown from wagon by tho iea,r'B
running away, ard killed Instantly.
Last Friday. Amy Rowland was killed BY a
gun At Keurawyua. Sto was engaged in clean-
tempteh 10 move 1t, whom it wns iHchnGgedt tho
contouta pasaing into her breast.
II. s. WoIHcr. Cashier of tho First Nhtionn!
Datk Of DEBORAH, dtctl suddenly OF l,eHft-tease.
lie wns In good health. aud attended to his btsi-
nsas throughout the day, but before 0 o'clock In
the 0yoninE waA dead.
4 few daya ago. Michael slcGcrtitt died near
Mayer!y. i}romor C1untY. 1Io was 8omewhat
remarkable inan. Ills ago Was S1. 1le WINS born
IN ireland mud rcccIvo1 Classic education in the
ianl Of hla birth. At an early apo ho went on u
mnu-of-wAr, aud lie WAS atlOat nn tlla Nntnrs
forsy-two years.. lie took M nctiyo pnrt In tho
Cri.nea,i war; he also belonged 10 tho crow that
burnol tho sl1p delaware Ia tho Bay Of Al
Eicrb. Ilo boro upon lila lload two cutlass
fol-. lie alsn bore wounds 1ec.ycd In ropcti.ng
tho attempts Of Spanish tnccancofB to board this
vessel OH witch ha nailad. In his shoulder ile
carried bullet received wllilo fighting under tho
Btara and stripes III tho Algerian war. IIo sailod
around tho world throe tisneA, mud entcrod every
port open to curntuOrco In bis day. I1c spoke
French, German, Italian. RuHsian. and ten other
languagcH. fontly.in hie primo. Fur many years
he was i regular foreign correspondent Of tho
New York Tribune. lie claimed tu have boon
intimately acquainted With Horace Greetor.
uAwKEYE.