Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PARTICULARS of the recent tragedy
near Washington, Wayne County, Ind, are
as follows: David Smith and bis wife lived
In constant warfare for years, in which the
boys sided with the mother. She had forced
him to sign deed to the farm and taken the
management of it herself. Then she refused
to sustain the relation of wife to him any
longer. He entered suit to compel her to
give back the farm, but compromised by
taking half, she agreeing to allow him to oc-
cupy the same room with her thereafter
She kept her agreement a few days and then
hit him with boot-jack Tor kissing her. This
was supplemented by a sexesc thrashing, by
the sons. Recently quarreing was renewed
in consequence of the sale Of horse, by
Daniel, the second son, and Mr.. Smith dis
appeared. Knowing that the boys had
threatened the old mans life, neighbors
searched for the body and found it in well,
under nineteen feet of water and pile Of
stones. There were two holes in the right
temple, part of his clothes were torn off, and
there were other marks Of a scutfle. Investi-
cation led to the discovery that he had been
shot by Dan while sitting beside the kitchen
body out to the barn lot and throw it in the
well, while his wife stood guard and kept
| the smaller children locked up in bed
room. They were placed under arrest, and
a strong guard was necessary to prevent
! lynching by an excited throng.
THREE boys were killed in Brooklyn,
N. Y, by the fall of an old building in
which they were playing.
AN undated and unsigned letter, post
marked Cincinnati, was received by a farm
er at Lynn, Randolph County, Ind, in
which two smallpox scales were enclosed
The letter read: 81 have sent you the
smallpox; go home and die" The letter
was Immediately burned, the only cleY to
the perpetrators being thus destroyed, but
the best detectives in the country are to be
set to work on the case.
| THOMAS WEIGH, an old man, startled
the congregation of a Catholic church in
Ottawa, Ont, by discharging ealpistol placed
against his temple. A stampede followed.
When physicians arrived the man was dead
H. o. CoRNICK, of Masonville, Iowa,
while under the influence-of liquor, cut his
wife's throat, entirely seyering the wind
pipe, and then attempted to cut his own.
CHARLES CHAPMAN, engineer of a
New York Central freight train, was fatally
injured near Port Byron, N. Y. Thirty cars
were wrecked.
THE 11-year-old daughter of George
| Spencer, of Hartsville, Mass, bitten two
years ago by dog, has hydrophobia. She
barks, and has bitten some of her attend
ants.
THE President has appointed Elipha-
! let Whittlesey, District of Columbia, mem
ber of the Board of Indian Commissioners.
UNDER the advice of the Attorney
General, the Secretary Of the Navy has is
sued orders stating that future promotions
are by law required to be be made by ap-
pointment from the corps of assistant sur
geons according to seniority, and not ac-
cording to competitive examination.
The st. Louis express from st. Paul,
on the Dubuque Division Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway, met with
an accident at bridge 9S, near Lansing, on
the 10th. Two passengers were killed, and
twenty more or less injured. A heated axle
expanded and burst a front wheel on the
truck of the smoking car, which, with full
load of passengers, turned over twice. The
ladies' coach was thrown on its side. A
child of Mrs. John Donohue was crushed to
death. The body Of an old man killed in
the smoking car was not identified.
THE American Oak Leather Compa-
ny, Cincinnati, o., lost $4,000 by fire on
the 10th. Insurance, 500, 200.
A BRUTAL murder is reported from
Mount Pleasant, Ind. Jesse Caldwell and
Edward Seerling, while riding home from
church, resurrected an old feud, and with
out a word of warning Caldwell plunged
knife into Seerling's bowels, inflicting fatal
injury.
SAMUEL REDERsDORPH and Henry
Goodman got into quarrel near Greenville,
Mich. In the affray Redersdorph had his
nose bitten off and Goodman was fatally
stabbed in the abdomen. The former dis
appeared.
A PASSENGER train on the Virginia
Midland Roilroad ran into slide near Fa-
ber,s Mills, killing the engineer, John Win
ton. of Alexandria, and badly injuring the
fireman.
AT DAYTON, Ohio, James A. Forrest
cut his throat with razor because he lost
heavily at cards. The wound will probably
prove fatal.
JH. WILLIAMS, colored, was hanged
at Savannah, Ga, for the murder Of Tobey
Luke.
THE dead body of Lawrence Casey,
night operator on the Ohio Central Road, at
Centerburg, was found in bed. Foul play is
suspected.
FORTY.SEVENTH CONGRESS.
THE Sherman funding bill came under