Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-29
AYouug Wifc's heed.

MIS-. lua II Nclia bCuullt SSupS nouoo
about eighteen years Of sg,. and a wife Of only
seven months, living at Sharpsbur., Nd, kill
ed her husband 90 Saturday by shooting him
through Tho brass. with carbna.
MIR. aud Mrs. B,nucr wero keeping hous, at
the ketp.r's Lodge at Antetam National
Cemetery at Sha-psburg and Lieutenant Geo.
A Have.Gsd, who has recently been appoint
ed By the United States Covert msnt as keep
or of the cemsteIy, was boarding with them.
Bepuer was employed by the Lieutenant, with
Other men, to keep tho Cemetery ID order. Va
Saturday night, Just before - O'Clock, B,ouer
and the Lieutenant came up from The t0wo 10
the lodge together, Beuner gCiug no 10 bis
room 10 the sec)ud story, and The L!cuterant
slttirg % The porch aud smoking cigar
Bonner did not 20 to bed, but went out ID
the morning and raised the flag OF tho ccm,tc
nv, as usual When his vile cumo down stairs,
between 100 and o'clock. he was lying Cn the
floor 10 the back room. lilo commenced abus.
ipp her and charging her with iGidclty to him
with the Lieutenant. lie told her no would
make her c,ptess and if she did not BIO would
kill her. lie then went into the kitchen and
returoed armed with case knifc, which had
been sbarpeoed for carving purposes. and
n stick of wood about two feet aud a-hat long.
He then cursed her and said she must tell him
all. as he was going TO kill her. Sac told him
she had nothing to tell him, aud ratreatcd 10 q
corl,er, where there was c2rblDe, loaded with
No, 5 shot. As no continued 10 advance with
the knife upliited, aud threatening to kill her,
she 70 scd the gun and discharged it at point
blank range. Tho load entering his lett breast,
lust above the heart, making hole about an
inch in diameter, pas log through the lung and
severing one OF the main arteries OF the heDrt.
Benuer turned. walked through two rooms and
fell dead at lhs door opening on the porch
aud iu pool OF hood his track oil the way
beioe marked with tlocd. which spurted from
him 10 stream.
Mrs. Beuncr was placed in custody Of con-
stable who took her TO Hagtrjown.
AN EDIToR's VAcATIoE.-The editor Of the
Baltimore Presbyterian has just returned from
summer vacation, and gives the following as
his experience:
"After two weeks vacation We nave returned
nearly IS we'll as when we left, with purse de"
pleted, with habits Of devotion, study and work
broken up, arrears Of OIL cial duty accumulated,
and an uneasy feeling that wo have nothing 10
show by way Of compensation have been the
victims Of atupid fashion, which, seen in an.
CSler, we BHVO SlWhyS GhLoSHcN u leu
son for Withdrawing our regard. This, surely.
is q result 80 unexpected and abnormal as 10 jus.
tify an earnest inquiry whether the cause exists
in The custom, in the slave who yielded to it, or
to something peculiar in the circumstances by
which he was surrounded. ToDe con.
scien,iously lazy, to do nothing with all one's
might, is q duty Of most solemn obligation in
these latter days of trains and kilograms. And
where incspacity exists. from fancied strength
OF constitution, and Ignorance of physical ma
ture's laws. tho delusion that it is waste Of
tmo. following tho multitude TO do evil, u pan
deriDg to an absurd custom, or an indulgence
of the animal at the expense of the spiritual part
of our constitution, take tho prescription OF
brother hypochondriac, aud keep back these
objections till you land your first dozen of shin.
ing besu.ies on tho sand, or have brought down
with unerring aim your brace of ducks three or
where no deacon or elder sees you by 3 long
haired mermaid in some of the coral caves of
The sea -