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and sent up his card, but the General on
both occasions declined to see him.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
At Paint Creek, Kanawha County, W.
Va, on the night of the 10th, Bob Moore,
white, and John Thompson, colored, got into
a row while both were partially drunk, and
Thompson drew a knife and stabbed Moore
i'm the neck, causing instant death. The
murderer fled and secreted himself, but was
pursued and captured by party of men
and hanged to a tree. Thompson had just
served Il term i'm the Penitentiary for shoot
ing a man in CharlestOwn.
The great siX-days' go-as-you-please con-
test for the Ashley belt and the champion
ship Of the world was begun at the Madison
Square Garden, New York, at l a. IN. on the
22d. There were 13 contestants entered,
namely: Weston, ROwell, Hazael, Guyon,
Ennis, Panehot, Merritt, Hart, KrOhne,
butcher, Taylor, Jackson and Federmeyer.
The betting opened in favor of Rowell.
james Redpath, the well known lecture
manager, is missing from his home in New
York under mysterious circumstances. His
friends fear that he has committed suicide.
Rev. Dexter L. LounsbuTy, rector of the
Episcopal Church at STAFFORD, near Bridge
port, Conn.,, was, on the morning of the 24th,
shot and instantly killed by his wife, while
sleeping in bed. Mrs. Lounsbury had for
some years been afflicted with a ner-
vous disorder, but insanity had not hereto
fore been suspected. Recently she be-
came quite excited regarding an attempted
burglary Of. their house, and asked her hus-
band to procure her a revolver,
which he refused to do. She was deter
mined to have pistol, however, and went
herself to New Haven and bought one-a
small ingle-barreled affair, with which the
killing was done. This it seems she had
kept concealed under her pillow, probably
without her husbands knowledge. Imme-
diately after the shooting she ran upstairs
crying, "I've killed my husband" and
awOke the servants, who gave the alarm.
Mr.. Lounsbury was found dead, shot
through the back of the neck, the ball
entering the base of the brain. At the Cor
oner's inquest the unhappy woman testified
that she had gone to bed as usual, and had
10 recollection of any thing more until she
pistol in her hand. All the servants testified
that deceased had been very kind to his wife.
The Jury, after being out 10 minutes, re-
turned verdict that the killing was done by
Mrs. LOunsbury while she was in condition
of temporary insanity.
J. Warren Woodward, Justice of the Su-
preme Court ofPennsylvania, is dead.
The Pennsylvania PrOhibitiOnists have put
a State ticket in the field, headed by William
l.. Richardson for State Treasurer.
The Massachusetts Prohibition State Con-
vention, held on the oath, nominated full
State ticket, headed by Rev. Daniel c. Eddy
for Governor.
Fred. Nix, colored, Postmaster. at Black
vile, S. c., was recently shot and wounded
by man named Williams. The shot was
fired through the delivery-window Of the
office The United States Commissioner has
issued warrant for the arrest of the culprit.
The Post-office Department has sent
special agent to inquire into the matter, and
it is intimated that the Post-Ofice will be
closed unless the Postmaster is protected
while in the discharge of his duties by the
local authorities.
At Worcester, Mass, on the evening of the
sd, Maggie Courtney, young lady about %
years of age, was fatally burned while at
tempting to take down hanging kerosene
lamp.
At Buffalo, n. Y, on the 23d, Charles F.
Schuyler, a telegraph operator by profession,
succeeded in kidnapping a young lady, the
daughter of p. Townsend Davis, prominent
and wealthy citizen, for the purpose of COM
polling her father to pay large sum for her
ransom. Miss Davis was lured away from
school by the villain, upon the rep
resentatiOn that her father had been III
jured by an accident, and that he was
in his employ and had been sent for her.
The unsuspecting girl accompanied him to
room in public building, where he said her
father had been taken, and Immediately up
on her entering he locked the door and de-
manded that she copy a letter he had already
prepared, pleading with her father to give
the bearer 500, as the only means to secure
her release. The girl finally prevailed upon
him to let her 90, upon her taking an oath
not to disclose what had happened, and to
Immediately secure the money herself and
bring it to him. Upon reaching home she
at once told her parents her strange story;
detectives were put upon the Villains track
and he was soon captured. In his possession
were found numerous letters addressed to
prominent citizens, of like character to that
which Miss Davis was required to copy, from
which it was evident that he had resolved to
enter upon the abduction Of the children Of
wealthy parents as a scheme by which to
make money easily and rapidly.
The following is the score of the six days.
o-as-you-please pedestrian contest for the
Ashley belt, at the Madison Square Garden,
New York, which terminated on the night of
the 9th:
Miles.
Merritt. lid
Hart. .4oZts
Weston ......-.-.--.. ........------.--...... 4o0
krohne-. .44O5s
FOREIGN.
Eighteen women were killed and eight Sc
riously injured. on the Goth, by the giving
way of the floor of a synagogue at Sizolnok,