The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-07-22 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

MURDER OF AN AMERICAN POLITICIAN.  Newark, an outlying suburb of New York, was thrown, on Sunday, the 2nd instant, into a state of the most intense excitement by a horrible murder, exceptional for the social position of the victim. A man 52 years of age, married, and living with an estimable wife and several grown children, carried on an intrigue with a depraved woman, for whom he had taken apartments on the second-floor of a pothouse. He was the son of the venerable ex-Chancellor Halstead, of New Jersey, who still survives, at the age of 82, and he went by the slang name of " Pet " Halstead. A member of the bar, he had been far more prominent in politicslhan in his profession, and tne soubriquet of "Pet" had been derived; it is said, from the personal favour with which he was regarded by the late President Lincoln. He was a very active and efficient member of the itepblican party, and stood well with the present administration. He had spent the night of the Ist of July with his paramour, and on the morning of the 2nd, at an early hour, the room adjoining the chamber in which they slept was violently entered by a lover of the woman, a charcoal vendor named Botts, an Englishman by birth, 46 years of age, who shot and killed Halstead on the spot, as he came from the bedroom. Botts was at once apprehended, and awaits his trial.  lIORIYIIIAN'S PURE BLACK TEA iA uequalled in strength, as it consists only of the choice spring growths. The perfect wholesomeness of Horniman's Pure Green Tea, is ensured by disallowing the Chinese practice of 'facing' with Prussian blue. The great strength of the Black, and the delicate flavour of the Green, are judiciously combined in Homiman's mixed tea.  Sold in packets by authorised agents. (See adSertisement). Naw METAL POCKET VESTA 'BOY w ern PATENT Seams Covni.—Bryant and May have recently introduced a very useful little Pocket Vesta Box with a most ingenious and simple spring cover; it is a novelty in every way, and will soon come into very general use—being of metal instead of card. and retailed filled with vestas at one penny. Any Tobacconist, Grocer, Chemist, or Chandler, will supply it. MADAME TIRENNER'S MUSICAL GYMNASIUM FOR L iiNTEE, No. 36, Bruton Street, Berkeley Square, W.—Eound shoulders and stooping habits cured in three montlui. The art of skating taught at 108.6 d. per lesson. Madame Brenner's new work ou Calisthenics for the use of schools, forwarded on the receipt of 109. 6d. Governesses thoroughly initiated in the aft of teachina in three lessons. HOLLOWAY'S OiNTMENT AND PlLLS.—Abscesses, Erysipelas, Piles.—Cnvarying success attends all who treat these diseases according to the simple printed directions, wrapped round each pot and box. They are invaluable to the young and timid, whose bashfullness sometimes endangers life. A little attention, moderate perseverance, and trilling expense will enable the most diffident to conduct any case to a happy issue without exposing secret infirmities to any one. The ointment arrests the spreading infiamation, restrains the excited vessels, cools the overheated skin, alleviates throbbing and smarting pains, and gives great ease. These directions also clearly point out when and how Holloway's pills are to be taken, that their purifying and regulating powers may assist by adjusting and strengthening the constitution.