St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

| Circuit Court at keokuk. A full Bench
will be present, Judge McCrary presiding.
B. F. Butler, Of Massachusetts, and c. G.
Cole, Of Des Moines, will appear for the
farmers.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
DAVID CRoNIN and VIM. Dugan, tel
egraph line reparers, were killed near Vim
cennes, Ind, by Il train striking their hand
car. Several others of the party were in
jured.
AT Columbia, Mo-, on Thanksgiving
Day, while some skaters were amusing
themselves on pond the ice gave way, pre-
cipitating five or six into deep water, three
of whom were drowned, viz: John G.
Garth, aged IS; Theodore Murphy, aged 10,
and Miss Maggie Buckner. aged about 10.
MRS. THOMAS CARNEs, living about
Ind, while building fire was burned to
death by the explosion of an oil can.
Two men were killed and several in
| jured by the explosion of a sugar house
boiler on Belle Aire plantation, few miles
below New Orleans.
ANDREW TEMPEs, an Indian, was re-
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Gently hanged at Fort Colville, w. T., for
the murder Of white man.
A LITTLE son of Mr.. Iona, living
near Morgan, Texas, while playing with
gun was requested by his little sister, who
was sick in bed, to put it up. He playfully
replied, 81 will shoot you,' pointing the
gun at her, when it was discharged, the
| load taking effect in her face and resulting in
death.
THE steamer D. T. Lane. descending
the Ohio River, collided at 3 O'Clock iii the
morning with the propeller W. F. Gaylard,
at Ashland, Ky. The Gaylard was sunk out
OF sight almost Immediately, and Mrs. Mead,
the cook, was drowned. The rest Of the
crew escaped with difficulty. A misunder-
| standing of signal is said to be the cause of
the accident.
Col. L. V. B. HOWELL, mining OPP
orator from San Francisco, meeting with no
success in New York, killed himself with
revolver
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE testimony offered by the
prosecution in the Gui'eau case
Guiteau's demeanor in court has been so
obstreperous as to call forth frequent remon-
strances from his counsel, and the Court
threatened to remove him from the court
room unless he abstained from these exhibit
tons of i'll temper, which many think are
assumed by the prisoner in order to carry
out more successfully the plea OF insanity.
; On account of disagreement between SEQ
| vile and Robinson as to the manner OF con-
Quoting the defense, the latter announced
| his withdrawal from the case. Scoville then
entered upon an elaborate address to the
| jury, occupying nearly two days
in its delivery. He announced
that he. should base his defense
upon the prisoners mental irresponsibilty,
and he argued that the burden of proof I'M
der these circumstances rested upon the
prosecution. His remarks were delivered in
a conversational manner, without any at
temp at oratory, and produced very favor
able impression upon all who heard them.
DR.. Rice, practicing physician of Minton,
| Wis, testified on behalf of the defense. He
examined the prisoner in 1876 and came to
the conclusion he was insane. His insanity
was emotional rather than intellectual. He
told his friends that Guiteau ought to be Sc
cluded. Several other witnesses, former
acquaintances of Guiteau, had considered
him mentally unsound.
WASHINGTON was much excited on
the 10Th in consequence of an attempt to as
sassinate Guiteau, while on his way from
court to prison. The van had proceeded as
far as First street, just east OF the Capitol,
when horseman, who had been following
at greater or less distance all the way from
the City Hall, suddenly dashed up to the
van on the left side, and before he had more
than attracted the attention OF the
point blank through the second panel.
The bullet. passed through Guiteau's
coat-sleeve, but only caused slight abra.
sion of the skin on the arm. The would-be
assassin then put spurs to his horse and fled,
going toward the Maryland line. He was
followed at some distance by the mounted
police, and several shots were fred at him,
but without effect, and he made good his
escape. A man named William Jones, an
eccentric individual living out in the coun-
try, but well known to the District police,
was subsequently arrested and Unidentified as
the man who fired the shot. He was held
to bail in the sum OF $1,000.
A CRANK" has been arrested in
Germany, at Viersen Station, for uttering
menaces against the life of the Emperor.
A revolver, with six barrels loaded, was
found on him. His name is given as DR..
Schleuter.
CAPT. PAYNE and few of his moro
daring followers have safely located on the
town site OF Oklahoma City, Indian Terrific
ry, and are in occupation Of the stockade
fort built by them last summer. So far they
have not been moested by the Indians nor
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