The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-06-17

airy Society, charged with embezzling $500,
600 of the funds of the society, disagreed
! this morning and were discharged. This
| was the second trial.
Miss KATIE Hill, II years old, fdisap-
peared from her fathers residence in Fond
du Lac, Wis, three weeks ago, and no
knowledge was had of her whereabouts un-
til the police were informed this morning
that she lay dead at thehouse of DR.. H. H.
Miller, cancer specialist. The corners
jury is endeavoring to fix the responsible
JOHN j. CLARE, who was, jailed in AL
bion, New York, some time ago for break
ing into the Union bank at Medina, Or
leans county, broke his prison bars and es-
capped. Another prisoner was with him,
but they were both recaptured inside of an
hour. "~e.
ELLISON HAMPTON, living within twenty
miles of Sumter court house, S. c., beat
his son, of 10 years, to death with leather
thong. He first beat him until his arm
broke the switch, and then tied him up to
a stake in the yard and struck him nearly
400 lashes, the boy expiring under the
lash. The father has been arrested.
TIE residence of Mr.. Nelson Runquist'
of Galva, ILL.,, was entered by burglar
while the family were at church and about
$50 in money stolen. The robber is known
and the officers are confident of his capture
soon. The party left his shoes off on 60
ing into the house, and did not have time
to get them on his return.
A DUEL duel took place last week between
A. 9: Elaye, Esq, of the Richmond IVhig
and Col. Thomas Smith, son of ex-Gov.
Smith, of Virginia. Elave was seriously,
but not fatally, wounded at the first fire.
The duel grew out of a comment in the
Wing, upon denouncing ex-Gov. Smith
among others, hence complicating his son.
Warrants are out for the arrest of the con-
cerned.
AN indianapolis dispatch says eight
cases of fine goods belonging to the stock
of Ed. Stuart, the tailor who left town late
ly, after transferring the stock to his broth
er, were found in an ice-house this even
ing. The goods were valued at $4,000, and
were taken by constable, on behalf of S.
Stein 4 Co., of Cincinnati Stuart's fail
ure is bad, his debts being S25, 900 or $780,
600.
THRILLING tragedy occurred in Clin-
ton, Iowa, on the 10th inst. A notorious
thief known as Humpty George, entered
fuller's clearinghouse and compelled the
landlord at the point of the revolver to
show him the room occupied by Patrick
Judge and wife. The latter was formerly
the wife of George. The landlord went
away, as did also the clerk, and left George,
who forced open the door and began firing:
Judge received the first shot in the arm.
His wife received the second in the arm.
Judge jumped out of the second story win
dow. The third shot entered the casing as
he leaped. The fourth. shot came as the
woman escaped through a side door.
George then deliberately walked down
stairs unmolested and escaped. Only flesh
wounds were inflicted.
A TERRIBLE case of child cruelty comes
from Jefferson, Greencounty Iowa. Sometime
ago MIR. Park ger adopted 5-year-old boy
from Linn county, named David Dickin-
son. A few days ago the boy died, and the
neighbors viewed the mangled remains and
had their suspicious aroused. An exam
ipation showed terrible state of affairs.
Besides whippings of the severest nature,
the boy was frequently strung with rope
around his neck, his toes only being
permitted to touch the ground The body
was a most sickening sight to behold, there
being not a spot half as large as the hand
on any part Of which there was not a sore
or bruise. The toes were nearly eaten or
worn of, while on the lower portion of the
back was found a swelling which discharged
a large quantity of matter. Parker and
his wife are in Jail.