The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15

AT the Iowa Greenblck State convention In
Des Moines, General Weaver was elected chair.
man. The committee on resolutions reported
in oposition to the national banks and in favor
OF the general government issuing legal tender
notes; in opposition to refunding the interest
bearing debt of the country and in favor of the
unlimited coinage OF gold and silver
ARMrsrEAD GRAY (colored) was hanged at
Powhstan Court House, Va, for numbering his
twclve-year-old son. The boy had been sent
to store for some molasses, part Of which he
ate. This enraged the father 80 that he Sc
verely whipped the boy, aud on the following
morning, becoming further angered at the
lad, the man struck him with an ax-helye.
crushing in the skull.
IS an attempt by deputy sheriff to arrest
circus proprietor for exhibiting at Southwest
City, NO., without license, performer named
Mcbride was shot three times anl killed and a
man named Seaborn was shot badly in the
breast. The assistant deputy was shot In the
knee. All tho circus men were arrested.
THE robbers of the Brookfield bank four in
number, took refuge in hut in the woods
about thirteen miles northwest OF Kirksvlle,
Mo-, but finding resistance useless, surren-
dercd
JoHN TR1BDErT boy Of only fifteen years OF
age, had his miud perverted by reading vicious
literature to such an extent that he murdered
two men near Ptrham, Mimi, and after rob-
bing his victims the youthful wretch started
for the plains to become desperado. He was
captured and confessed his crime. crowd
Of 1a1 tail IL, t1o
was imprisoned, took him out and hung him to
telegraph pole.
CASPER SEYBoLDT, O Chicago baker, after
working all night was met at the door OF his
home by his wife dressed in white robe
trimmed with lace and ribbons She seemed
scarcely able to stand, and seizing him by the
hand, said with feverish excitement: "Come
in, Casper; come in, and see our little children.
They are all dead all our four little children
are dead Gone TO Heaven, Casperl See,
how pretty they are. Every one has nice
flowers for the angels" He hurried TO the
bedroom and there laid ont, as for burial, were
the four children, Matilda, twelve years old
Anton, seven years old; AMMO, two years old, and
the baby, Agnes, less than four months old. They
were dressed in white trimmed with blue RIB
bons, their hair nicely smoothed back from
their foreheals and tied with blue ribbon and
in their hands bouquets of fresh flowers. All
were dead except Matilda and she was breath
ing her last. Suddenly Mrs. Seyboldt fell
into convulsions and sho died socn after. Be
fore death she said that she had poisoned hei
children and herselfby giving them s,rychninc
She had induced the eldest girl 10 consent Il
death, and o number Of notes written by ihl
child were found. The woman was evident,
insane.
DAVID BArsdAY, OF Ohio. went 10 Lawrence
Kansas to meet a brother. Not fading bin
be indulged too freely in liquor, and ns1i wa.
found dead in the Kansas river with his heAl
crushed in. Four negroes-oue OF them gir
Of siXteen-were suspected and arrested. Th,
girl confessed that she had planned and th,
men had committed the murder. All io2'
were lodged IN Jail but the three men wsrI
taken out by crowd Of men and hanged to
bridge
DISPATCHES from Southeastern Iowa, West
ern Missouri and Central Illinois repor. wild :.
spread and very heavy rain storms, in places
assuming the form Of waterspouts and doiul
much damage TO property, such as the washing
away of bridges, railroad tracks, etc.