, 1876-03-04
IOWA.
Capital puntAti nent-enee4t-snictde dee
"A Prolific won,r1.t.

Capital PuntAt ttnent-eneest-Snicid
"A Prolific won,nu.
gDettdl Corrfsnonaenee Of 77te C.1ca7o Tribune
CAPITAL ruSIsuMrsr.
DEs MoiSra. H.. March 2.-Thorn Ia evidently
majority OF tho Legislature In favor of resior-
lug tho dcath-pona1ty, and tho bill which has
been before the House for four days Ia precIsey
tho ssno law which was repealed four years ago
u Bavo tho neck Of Htanloy. tho Etory-County
murderer, NLo was to llaye been hung tho very
day tho law WIS repealed, and hEs lite waH saved
only by the quick trip Of special messenger.
Tho opponents Of tho bill hayo fought It 10 every
poasba way known to parliamentary tactics.
hoping To cscato disgust for tho whole thing
md get II laid on tue tabIo; but tho
bare majority Of two rersiatoutly Atuck, and
llavo at lust worried them out, after answering
tho roll-cel! to every motion the opposition could
invent. givo you hnine specimens !: Irwin, OF
Loo. moved tha execution should not DO carried
tnso object for nincsy-lino years after aen4cnco.
instead Of olle year M tho hill provides, and
demanded tht ayes au'i noes. Another member
nfared tbs following. and demanded tic nycB
mud noes:
That clergyman efa1 bc employed tn attend ,po,.
il,c criminal und, wEcnerr. he shall r-ross 10 tLu
sheriff of the county that tie criminal has ataI,.ci
that lsa shts Of ritsy Iuay felt y crtnln.Ia eo,Y
10 glory from The galows, n prevc.t any ir,esGty
Of ach-ildIng II shall 10 ths duty of Tho sheriff 10
forthwith carry Into execution tho eentenep Of tic
Court.
The whole fight has boen upon the fl1st soo-
tiou, which haa lcen adopted nj follohs:
All murder which is perictraicl by mean. Of po.on
nte aa prc,nsistssed Eins, or vhcs Is eoa,nit,e
IL the 1trpetrstion Or attempt 70 leFlEtrae, any
n I'd .a T. ss :;
majority u thsj jtrS fenier!nJ tn ttrdtt ree-
oMmtna. tyf"t''s'st"tj joT tys, III te a.se5eta~ of
Tho Ebu'T.
Tho words In itao ara an amendment to tho
old Law, and were added TO pieahe the opponents
Of the bill The remainder OF tho law prnyGoh
for tho mode Of executing the douth- -poualty.
The power to pardon o murderer sent TO tie
lenitontiaEy for lifo scsts only With tho Lcg1s-
fature
With tho laws which viii be enacted to punIel,
threo-card-,nonto men, trampH, bcEgard, aud
viotatorB OF women. mud this laT to lang mlr-
igrers, there will 10 sone assurnnce Of ilto.oc-
ruth riot has crime Of tho 1,os. hosrid forms ia
lhs btato tho past two years, that the public
luihl dumauded projection.
1HcEsTEoEs FATHER.
JOHN Drake. O farmer LIVING near Hampton,
Ftnokl1n County. las Geon held for appearance
bcfote tho Grand Jury OIL charge Of iuooas with
lib oSn Daughter, II Sears old, who will sooa
bncuulc mother.
p1voncE BUT ENDED.
Al the last term Of the LucAs County District
Court, Mrs. C. y. Lou1en began SUIT for divorce
and aEiusuny against her husband. On Wsanes-
day last ae died very euddcuiy, aud. 1t iA re-
Rulttus AslltN &14IuStA+
TIAlD OF LIFE,
Yesterday, Hiram Atcllur.y, an old and
wealthy citizen, committed suicide by hauging
For come time he Inns been in lll-hcalth. aud ho
conceived tile idea that he mas incurablc, which
cn,lsod him to he Ion apirisei. Lis family Anve
always been pleasant, and hls home WAS all that
o man could desire. Ho Wns bte-scd with an
hfEcctiouste wi1o and two refined and loving
danBhtors. lie returned home, ruesdaJ ovcn-
Ing, from visit in the city, appeared nelan-
choIy, mil aaiG lis was tired Of IIring Tho fAni-
II sought 10 divert his MUD. Yesterday he MAS
ns cheerful Oh usual. lie vent to tho barn, and,
not returning, his wife went to look for him, md
found him entpondod from a rafter llo had
placed q b1rrel uudcr tho noose, and kicked 1t
away. II,s neck WAS not broken, bu. Ao sgaa
quite dead. though ho lad not bcon abscut moro
titan tHsuts minutes bofore iso discovered. lie
was 53 yeara OF ago. was D nntiye OF TcMn-
sylrania. and formerly politician Ut sosno noto
III Iuuihna, where he MA Uuittd States deputy
hln1tl.al undor Sol Meredith.
At Wcst Liberty, Monday evening. young.
beautiful and cultivated luly, nunt Of Mira. Col.
Elin.e, cut ller throat v,h a razor, nearly Bor-
eriug hor head from her budy.
CESECa. STATISTICS.
MlB. D. A. Doud, OF 11uinbodt County, few
days Ego added the twouty -si1th 10 tue consus-
report, and Hile has beco married but eighteen
yeats. or her tEcnty-si1 children fourteen are
twius. UAwSEyE