Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-26
NO. 26.

On the afternoon Of May 10, large
meteor was seen 70 fall AT the edge Of
rivine near Baskerville, Emmett county,
Iowa, making hole twelve feet IN diam.
eter and six feet deep. Search has since
been made for 1T, and numerous pieces
were found varying in Eize from one To
eight ounces also four pieces Of about
four pounds and one Of thirty pounds,
buried eight feet in blue clay, fully four.
teen feet from the surface. Its weight
l. four hundred and thirty one pounds,
and It's sIze j. about two feet long by
eighteen inches wide and twelve inches
or more in thicknesa II is apparently
composed Of nearly pure metal.
Al the late battle Of Bull Run, Capt.
X. A. Dmmick, Of Washington, and a
brother officer Of the Federal army. who
were left on the battlefield. terribly
wounded, and were found by Hugh
Barr, Of the old -ioucwall brigade. who
ty hls kindness, it is believed. sayed
Their lives. Capt. D.mmick and Mr..
Barr met for the first time since that
day st the memorial exercises at Win.
chester, Va, last week, and embraced
each other on the street. Capt. Dii.l.
mick made profusc offers OF material
recompensc 10 Mr. Barr. but the latter
refused TO accept anything but thanks
for his services.
The news OF the death Of the Prince
Imperial has caused great sensation IN
Paris. The B0napartists are, Of course,
most impressed. At full sitting Of Bo-
uaparti.t Senators and Deputies reso.
luton Was adopted declaring that
though the Prince Imperial is dead his
cause survives and the succession Of the
Napoieon' has not lapsed, and that the
Empire will live. An address Of condo.
lencc With the eE Empress Eugcnie was
drafted, expressing the deepest sympa.
thy. VI. kouher has gone TO Chiselhurst
and j. expected 70 return on Tuesday
with the dead youths will. The ex. En-.
press swooncd when shc heard the news
and remained insensible long time.
Her private secretary telegraphcd tho
/ Duchess Of Sutherland on Saturday that
she still remained in a semi-concious
condition and that it was imperstiyely
necessary to do something 10 rouse her.
/ The Duchess has accordingly started for
/ Ch!selhurst. Telcrrsms Of condolence
/ pour in from all quarters. among the
rest being dispaches from the Emperor
{ William and Empress Augusta, Of Ger
many.
/ one OF the most shocking Of recent
/ crimes was committed at South Hol-
I yoke, Mass, on Saturday, when John
/ Kemmler deliberately shot his three
/ little girls, aged SIX, four and one. They
7 were poor people, the father having
/ been out Of work since February, when
1 he deserted las family TO g. TO Denver,
Colorado, after approrriaung the family
savings OF S2Gu. and returning only re-
I Gently. Has wife supported herself and
I children Ny working IN the mills and
I by odd Jobs. kcmmler had recently
T been ordered to yacate his tenement,
/ on the ground OF not working in the
mill, which probably ripened his deter
/ mlnatlon. Having sent his wife out on
/ an errand, kemmler locked the doors
/ and attempted first TO poison the chill.
/ dren 10y giving them cyanide Of potAs-
/ stun, OF which he had got enough TO
/ Kill of half dozen families, but be
( could get only few spoonfuls down the
I eldest's throat and and that was soon
1 thrown up. The wretch then took one
! child into the bed room, shut the door,
and shot her through the head with "A
I a'fNaNfts aA8AA tlfaAfA AJf bAhti TWO A48s
same way, the bullets going straight
through both parietal bones of each
child's skull. The murderer then lock-
ing the doors. went to a neighboring
saloon, where he gave the barkeeper
the tenement key and said he had kill.
ed his children. When arrested he
gave up the revolver and coolly ac-
knoWledged the crime. lie said he
didn't gant his children 10 grow up and
run the risk of becoming prostitutes.
He could not support his family and
could not see them in want, and he
thought the best way was TO kill them,
when they would 60 20 heaven and be
happy forever. lie had intended TO shoot
himself, but finally concluded it would
be wrong, and so he had decided TO let
the law take its course Kemmler was
born at Wurtemburg in 1881, and has
been in this country seventeen years.