vEIjc Iclfcvs'onmir, " THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24,1867. Thieves around Look out for them ! A few evenings since, some scoundrel or sc undn ;s. side six of William Wallace's choice chickens. -On Tucsdny evonmg, Peter II Robeson, had stolen, about 5 bushels of corn, which he had stored away. . - ".' EST" Mr. Jesse Albert, of East Strouds bur. sold his farm, situate near the le pot, to Mr. Henry Cascbcar, of Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton County, on Saturday last, for 3,150, for which he paid two years ago 2,250. John II. Connor sold his frame house and lot, situate on Centre Street, to Peter Y. Baird, for 1,700 cash. New York and the October Elections. The Republicans of New York not be Ins disheartened by the lato clectious held in this State and Ohio, arc rallying to the support of the good cause. . They have'an array of talent enlisted in the canvass which must have a salutary effect on tho voters of that State. The pros pect is growing brighter daily with a strong probability that wc will carry New York in November uext. The corrected returns show that wo have lost this State by default. Shars wood being elected by only 022 majority over Williams, which could have been easily turned the other way by any ol the .Krongly Republican counties polling out tke full Republican vote. There being 'bet one county showing a Republican rain winca is rorcst. aua wnica also tshows a Democratic gaio ; but this may e the result of a change of boundaries, a slice of Venango having been attached to the former. Gen. Hayes, the Republican caudidate for Governor of Ohio, is elected by 3,258 majority. The vote is the heaviest ever cast in the" State, though the great Re publican strongholds are not nearly poll ed oifT such as Ashtabula. A glance at the county returns will show that at least 10,000 Republican votes were un polled while every man who could be induced to vote against us was made to -vote. The result shows that in Iowa the Re publican gain on last Governor's vote is over 10,000, which is a little more than a trifle. Indiana elected no State officers thi 511, tut the county tickets show that we ' have made decided gains on the Dcmoc racy, as the State went ' Republican by over 15,000 majority. Nine out of the lcveu Congressional Districts gave Re publican majorities, which is a gaio ol one district the 4th. Three-fourths ol the counties of the State gave Republi can majorities. California on the Judi cial question is close. The checkswbich civilization and pro egress have received will avail the so . called Democracy hut little. The party of Progress now fully understands what Is necessary to be done in order to sue cess. All - have discovered that idleness leads to ruin and decay. Let every pat riot fail not tQ do his duty, and be fully prepared to enter upon the next Presi dential canvass with an energy and will worthy of success. Thus doing, what intelligent observer can doubt that our party will carry three-fourths of the .States, and thus make the principles of jprogress and reform the ruling ones ol the land. Ifli-As a Tonic and Appetizer, nothing can equal the effect ol Dr. II. Anders' Iodine Water. Unlike all stimulants its' effect is permanent, building up the body, and giving strength and vitality to all parts of the system, cases it may be used tainty of success. In old and chronic with almost a cer SQrl am sure that no oue will use that popular article known as Cue's Cough JJahani but once before they will be coo Ti'nced that it excels ail the remedies ever discovered for Croup, Coughs, Colds' Soreness of the Throat and Lungs. Keep it in the house - it may save your life; JBS-The following is the official vote of this district for Assembly: . m Crai llaviland. 1673. 544. i Carbon county, Monroe county, 212a 2340 2217 Craig's majority, 2200 Gen. Grant has judiciously ordered three light batteries to Fort McIIcory. Too great precautions cannot bo taken in view of the excited condition of the rebel eympathizers, who, under the stimulus of the late elections, have grown overbear ing and threatening. The determination and prudent preparation of the General in-chief cannot be too highly commended, nd will be grateful ecus to the country at large. 4477 2217 The Election-Correction in the Official ': '; Returns. v " SjH'ciul Dispatch to the Inquirer. IlARKisisu'r.t;. Oct. 10. It seems that in the published official return?, yester day, the ii inters here made a number ol mistakes by the substitution jof wrong figures. In McKean county an excess ol three hundred votes in favor of Shars wood, and in Wyoming county an excess of twenty votes in faror of Williams, thus increasing Sharswoood's vote two hund red and eighty over the real figures. The sums total are Tor Sharswood, 207, 740; for Williams, 200,824 ; majority fur Sharswood, !22. The Republican vole is 40,450 idiort, and the Democratic jote '22,350 short.' '"'' Gen. Ildvcs's majority for Governor ol Ohio i :i lifiS all but eight counties official. The counties of Hardin and Vnn Wrt return a tie vote: Knox gives 3 and Washington 4 majority for Hayes; Ili 'hbnd 4 and .Madison lb for lhur man. The vote is the heaviest ever cast in the State, though the great Republi can strongholds like Ashtabula arc not polled out. Ten ' Thousand Republican votes were unpolled, while every oue that could -be induced to against us was made to vote. To be Hanged. Governor Geary has issued a warrant fur the execution of Ncal Dcvaney, found iruiltv of the murder of his. wife, Latha rine Dcvaney, at Ilazleton, July 23d, aud rntnrei at the Juzcrne Co. Auj-usi Court He will be executed at Wilkts Barrc, ou Tuesday, the 12th day of No vembcr. . The Contested Elections. The contested elections in this city, o the Register of Wills, City Commissioner and Clerk of. the Orphans Court, are de.-tincd to receive much attention Hitherto there has been no case in which so many offices have been contested at one time, and the evidcuce, pro and con, in each case, will h:ivc influence upon the others. Central Leech was returned as elected by a majority of 1 IDS votes. t is charged that the true state ot the poll will show that his opponent, William Y. Campebcll, was elected by a majority of $35. It is alleged that iustead ol Joseph Megary being elected Clerk of the Orphans' Court by a majority of 1317 votes, the true majority was for Richard M. Batturs GS4 votes. Geueral Ballicr's majority was claicd that J. returned at 1934 ; it is de F- Urwiler was elected b a majority of 317 votes. The allegations of fraud are made against the officers of elcctiou in certain divisions of the Second, Third, Fourth, rifth, Lighth, Seven teenth and Twenty fifth Wards. The character of the alleged frauds is as fol lows : Allowing persons not qualified as voters aud whose names are not on the lists of reported taxablcs, to vote; with out requiring proof of their right, resi dence and payment of taxes, as is neces sary in such cases ; allowing persons not qualified to personate citizens who are entitled ; neglecting to mark the letter "Y" opposite the names of persons who had voted ; refusing to inquire into the qualifications of voters legally challenged, and other acts in violation of the law. The allegation is, that the votes in the divisions and precincts specified were thereby rendered illegal; and it is claim ed that the whole vote in these divsisiuns should be stricken out and virtually an nulled. Thus far there is nothing but the allegation of the petitions of the con tenants the parties claiming the offices lave fen dajs to answer, and if the reply takes issuo uron the charges made there will be a long and tedious investigation which may delay the settlement of the question lor several months. Pliihulel phia Iiifptircr. In the Rlair, Huntingdon and Centre Senatorial districts, ia which two Demo crats have been returned, a contest is to be made by the Republican candidates, who claim that they were defeated by the votes of deserters and others uot entitled to exercise the right of suffrage. Much alarm has been excited amoa; the holders of ''Seven-Thirties" by the discovery that a large number, of coon tcrfcit thousand-dollar notes are in ixis fence. It is only a short time kincc the first one was datetected, aud the total amount is estimated at oue million of dol lars. The imitation of the geuuine note is so perfect that many think that the purious plates must have been obtained from the Treasury Department. Detec tives are now at work to discover their origin. This grand fraud upon the gov ernment and the people is one of the na tural results of the wholesale pardoning of counterfeiters which has been prac ticed Jy Presideut Johusou duriing the last year or two. There is not much doubt that Europe is on the verge of a geueral war. Ac cording to the cable dispatches, the Gaiibaldians arc marchiug rapidly up on Rome, and every encounter with the Papal troops has resulted in their favor. The people of Italy are almost unanimous in their support of the revolution. The king, Yictor Kmanual, who opposes it, has become very unpopular. Louis Na poleon, who has pledged himself to sup port the Pope, U about to enter the field in his behalf, while Prussia will espouse the cause of Italy. Other nations can scarcely avoid taking sides, aud thus there is a pro.-pect that the final contest between monarchy and republicanism is near at hand. A Costly Umbrella. Three prisoners were brought before a Trial Justice in New-Bedford, Mass., charged with the larceny of an umbrella valued at 52. The defendants were ad judged gnilty, and was sentenced to pay, each, a firre of S3, and oue third of the costs, or to stand committed to the Houe of correction. The "umbrella costs th Cournty Treasurer, $20-50, beside the ex pense of boarding three persons for a mouth, Grant Meeting in Philadelphia-Speech ; - of Judge Kelley. . 1 IMiiladelI'HIA; Oct. 21. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Republicans of the Twenty-fourth Ward favorable to tho ;noniinatiou of Gen.Graut for l'rcsi dent, was held this evening.. The Hon. William I. Kelley made an address, in dorsing (Jen. Grant not' on account ot ria, military achievements, but because le believes him to be thoroughly Repub ican in priuciplc. He bases his opiuion on tne support mat ne gave 10 inu ne construction acts of Congress, aud to the military commanders. : .. , Dangers." The IlonlJ. McCInrg, member of Con- gress irom jiissouri, writes a leiiers io the St. Louis Democrat, from which we quote as follows "As some additional evidence that tne Rebels are again secretly, as well as more ortenlv. in Maryland, marshaling their forces throughout the country lor a uni ted and concerted effort to establish, in power those who have thus far failed to destrov the government. 1 nive vou the following true copy, taken by myself, of a letter received at Linn Creek ou the evening of the 2d inst.J I he writer (Jacksoif) onceTircd in Camden county was a Rebel sympathizer, saw his error and desires no 'more war. It was not written for the public, but 31 r. 3Iouldcr through a sense of duty, permitted his father in law, Thomas Selby, Probate Judno and Clerk of Camden county, to use it. He prmitted and requested me to copy it. It is as follows : -Waverly, 3Io., Sept. 24 DcarFricnd Yours of this months has just been re ccivcd. "I had a lennthv conversation with General Shelby a few days since. II gave me bis views. As concerning the future, he thought the time was close at hand when we would have ah our past trouble to contend with again, but would be on a different scale to some ex tent. And, better proof than all, the Gen eral received a private letter from Gen cral r. 1. Rlair, warning him to be in readiness, for that war is undoubtedly to be, and was near at hand. And L care not how soon myself ; if others can bear it, maybe I can. I hope the people wi have their eyes open a little more than they did in the other war. They may war as much as they plca.c. I don t ex pect to take any part in the affair. I wil try to live, and let others do as they may "William Jackson, of Wavealy, Mo "To David Moulder, Linn Creek, 31o An Apology for Ohio. Tt would be a crand mistake to take the vote of Ohio on the Constitutiona Amendment as a full expression of the sentiment of her people in regard to ne ted to the people in connection with the disfranchisement of deserters, Rebels, and those who fled from the draft. This clause was annexed on the demand of two or three members of the Legislature whose votes were necessary to make out the three fifths required to submit the qucs tion to the people. The clause did not meet the approval of the mass of the Re publican party, and rendered the whole amendment unpopular. One promincut Repubican paper which had favored ne gro suffrage opposed the amendment. .Many Republican papers felt obliged to oppose this part of the amendment, and to explain that it would amount to no thing. Rut many believed it would amount to something, and others were unwilling to add to the Constitution a worthless clause. Tt was a serious ques tion with many of the firmest frieuds of negro enfranchisement whether to sus tain the amendment or oppose it. Thus the Republican party entered upon the canvass with hesitation, explanation, apol ogy, timidity, embarrassment, while the Democratic party started off with vigor, courage, and union, to oppose a measure which enfranchised, as they said, four or five thousand negroes and disfranchished fifteen or twenty thousand white men. Many Democrats who would have shrunk from openly opposing negro suffrage, fought boldly against the amendment, glorying in the opportunity the Republi cans had given them. If both parties had started fairly on the marked question of negro suffrage it is impossible to tell what the result would have been. It is not improbable that the amendment would -have passed. At any rate, we venture to say that the Democratic Leg islalure cannot be persuaded to risk an other trial Lcfore the people on the mark ed issue. Ohio Republicans have no rea son to be disheartened. Sad Case of Suicide. A young womau named Lizzie Smith, committed suicide at Bennett's Hotel in Phillipsburg, N. J., opposite Easton on Friday night a week ago, by takiug strych nine. She was found dead in her room ou Saturday morning. At an inquest it appeared from the evidence that 3Irs. Smith was the daughter of lawyer llol lenbach, formerly ot Scrantou; the left her home on account of her stepmother and married a man by. the. name of Geo Smith, with whom' she lived a time, but as they could not agree, a separation took place, since which, it would seem, the young woman has led a bad life. She arrived at Mr. Bennett's hoteJ in the ear ly part of week before last remainiug a boarder there until her death. A hopeful' youth at Boston, named William Wallace, stole his mother's feather bed, worth $40, aud sold it for $7, to take his girl out riding the other day. Liquid Crockery. Sonic days ago a barrel marked "crock cry" arrived from New York at tho de pot in . Lawrei.ce, Mass., addressed to a clergyman there. By accident tho ex pressman knocked the top out of the bar rel, and anxious about t':c rcroekcry" he Icokcd In, and found tho content! to be a ten gallon keg of brandy nicely packed jn hay. V ' . A Release not a Release. That mischief would follow the decis ion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Millikeu'case, ' by' which it was adjudged that trials by military tri bunals were unconstitutional, was gener ally apprehended, but4 except in a few instances, the influence of the judgment las not been shown. Still, as there were many cases of trials of Rebels and sym pMhizefs iu the South and West, and convictions and sentences, it is likely that there will be trouble upon this account or several years. The case of Murpliy, discharged at St.' Louis, last week, is in point. He was one of the ganx of steam boat -burners, -organized - by - the Rebel Government, which did so , much injury during the war.' If he had been taken flagrante delict u, he would undoubtedly have been killed. Jiut he was not cap tured in hot blood,' and being subjected to trial by military tribunal, he was found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment He has been in durance for two years and now seeks the benefit of the adjudi cation in the Milhkco case. ' The court graciously accords it. Judgment is giv en that the military tribunal was illegal and that the prisoner must jro free, ror a moment he rcioiccs in his new-found liberty; but his joy is suddenly cast down by the further intimation ot the court that, inasmuch as his former trial " was void, it is to go for nothing, and that being amenable to the civil tribunals, he must be arrested and tried agaiu; with no discount in the punishment in consc nuence of the imprisonment formerly un dcrzonc. lie has escaped " from the frying-pan into the fire,", and is in dan rer ol a conviction ana sentence more severe than that which he had originally but illegally received. This unexpected turn in the case slfows that " the way o the transgressor is hard. "Drinking Cinbs" in Maine. The Bangor Whig gives a report the trial and decision of a case before the Supreme Court in Aubnrn, 3Iaine, Judge. Walton presidiug, declaring drmkin clubs illegal. The party charged was iu dieted as a common seller, and it appear ed in evidcuce that the driuking club, o which he was the agent, was organized only a few days before the police fell upon it, and in that time its members had in creased to something over twenty. -The club was governed by a constitution, the term of membership being these: By paying one dollar or five doMars a person became a recipient of a ticket which ad mitted him by a private key to the clu room and to the privileges of the same and entitled him in the former case to seven and the latter to thirty-seven driuks inuicatea Dy that numuer ot ligures on the ticket. When a person holding the card visited the room the figures were punched to the extent of his drinks by the person having the room in charge. When the ticket was used up another one was obtaiucd of the person in charge by paying the ticket fee. A clerk or ajrent was employed to sell the tickets and re ccivc the pay therefor, with the proceed ot which he was to keep the stock whisk', ale, cigars, and tobacco repleosh ed. Judge Walton charged the jury that if they should End the state of facts ad mitted by the respondent, it would con stitute him, and evey one associated wit him in the club, a common seller under the act of 1858, and the jury promptly returned a verdict ot guilty. Rats. There were no rats in Colifornia before the gold discoveries. Then, in 1849 they were imported by sea iu the rat worst shape, that of the browu or Norwe gian variety. Few of the interior towns were visited until 1852. Now thef in fest all parts of the State. In T850 there were no rats in New 3Iexico, and it used to be a speculation how long the adobe houses would resist their gnawing teeth, whenever they should sec fit to establish themselves in that country. It is -aid that the rat was unknown before the christian era, and that his first appear anco in Europe was long after the middle ages. This was the black rat, coming from no place of which we now have any record. He soon spread all over Europe, and, from his hostility to tho mouse which has been known through all recorded time, it is strange that the smaller rodnt has been cxtermihatcd. He would be were he not perhaps even more prolific than his bigger brother. The browu rat was not known in Eu rope before the eighteenth century, and, though called a Norwegian rat, was ac tually imported from India. He is the strongest and most ferocious and destruc tive of his tribe. To day, it is said, there is not a black rat, in Paris the race therehaviog been killed out by thebrowu er animal. This species is widely known all over tho United States. Tho ravages of the rats of both species arc enormoui. How they can be got rid of is a question worthy of tho attention of legislators. Sueh vermaio, if possible, ought to be exterminated ; a rat, no matter how do mesticated he may be, having no more rikht to live in a civilized community thau a wolf or a wildcat. Gov. Geary, with -the view of diminish ing the expenses of the Commonwealth, has determined not to have the position of Assistant Adjutant General filled, he deeming at unnecessary to have that and the chief clerkship both filled in a time ol peace. -'The clerk under whose charge have been the documents in tho Quarter master General's office, will also be re moved, as his services will no longer be needed. The Governor is determined to reduce expenses wherever praticabla with the proper administration of the govern ment. '''. ' '' .:"' During the last Congressional cam paign in Orange county, Geueral Van Wyck, who was running for Congreas and who was elected; lost his spectacles in a stream near Otter Kill Elation. A few days ago they were found iu tho belly of a huge piokercl, which was caught there. That pickerel must have r.scut cl quite a spectacle. National Banks Suspended. The following National Ranks have passed into the hands of Receivers : Croton National Bank,'Ncw York. -National Rank of Whitestown, Oneida co., ..xew l oru. Atlas Rank of Providenec, Rhode Is- au'i. -- - . . . Unadilla National Rank, Unadilla, New York." : ' .f ' Kingston Natioual Bauk, Kingstou, New lork. Farmers' and Citizens National Rank, Brooklyn, N. Y. First National JSanK, Mica, .. First Natioual Rank ilediua, N. Y. -First National Rank, Columbia N. Y. Venango National Rank, Franklin, Pa 3Ierchants Natioual Rank, Washing ton. i). VJ. Teunessce National Rank,rMemphis, Tenn. First National Rank of New. Orleans, Louisana. First National Bank, Carondclct, 3Io. First National Bank. Selma, Alabama. 3Irs. Jesse Craig of Island Falls, Maine. made. in six weeks this summer, 500 pounds of cheese. Prize Fights. . - - II ARTFOHD, V-onn., Uct. I J. A prize fight came off at dayliiht this morning in East Hartford, between George Carey and Henry 3Iumford, two sports of this i.iw inr S7M a sirtP. K even rounds - - .ii were fought, when Carey's friends threw up the sponge for him. Carey was badly ' . . ...I. beetcn. A large crowd was present.- Bltfalo. Uct. l'J Articles were signed to day between Dan 3IcDade of this city, and J. Cummins of - Rochester, to fiiiht in a 24-foot rms, according to the new rules of the English prize rin; 0! Dec.21, for 1,000 They are both novices in the prize ring. i'mr.Ai)"i.riiiA, Uct. l'J. a prize fight took place to day north of . this city, betwecu John Badger and Robert Lua uinirliuui. After a few rounds had been fought the police made a dash and ar rested 17 of the spectators,' aud subse quently arrested one of the principals. " Heavy Shipments of Lumber. During the month of September there was "shipped irom uiiamsport, by can- nal, 11,440,500 feet of lumber," and by railroad U.172,800 feet, being a total ol 23,0 lJ ,300 feet. Juring the same time there was thiprel from Lock Haven and other points west of that cit' by both the abjve modes ot conveyance, 8,0a,:00. Ike total shipments from W uiiamsport eastward, since the first of January to this date, amount to 134,017,700 feet, and from Lock Haven and other points west of here to 33,331,100 feet, making a grand total of 173,305,800 feet of lum ber sh'ppcd from ihe places named in nine months. A Successful Alibi. A fellow in Philadelphia the other day, accused of stealing a violin, secorned the injurious aspersion upon his honor, and claimed the benefits of an alibi. He prov ed his innocence by the records of the court, showing thereby, that when the fiddle was stolen, he was serving out a senteuce for stealing a bass drum. Schuylkill is worthy of honorable men- tion. The large Democratic majority of last j'car has been reduced over two hun dred, and the Uniou men have elected a sheriff and treasurer in the very teeth of the Democracy. It is noticeable and significant that wherever there have beeu issues which necessitated a spirited can vass, the result has been favorable to our cause. The bridge across the 3Iissi?sippi at St. Louis will be the finest in the world, and will cost five million dollars, work will be begun immediately, will be completed in three years. The and A gentleman left New Orleans came North until the fever abated and and while in New York he purchased a ticket in the Georgia State Lottery for the ben- efit of the 31asonic Orphans' Home, and ilrcw the capital prize of thirty thousand ster came to her death on fcaturday, the dollars, on the 24th of September ultimo. 12th day of October, 1SG7, from au over- Lucky, to avoid the fever and get thirty tliousaud dollars by his visit. A man, supposed to be a returned Cal ifornian, committed suicide ou the 22nd ult. by hanging himself to a tree a" few miles below Detroit. I He waa an entire stranger in the neighborhood, but letters found upon him indicitcd his name to be Clarence Brewster. He also -had 2,200 dollars in his pockets and iu a belt, near ly all iii gold. - Poisoned by Tobacco. A prominent merchant of our city, who has been a great sufferer frou: chrouic rheumatism, was advised a short time ago to try au application of saturated to bacco leaves to his swolleu leg. He did so, and the result was so encouraging that the application was renewed every morning. t On Sunday, however, not in tending to go out of the house, he deter mined to allow tho poultice to remain on the atllicted member until the next day. Before that time arrived he was seized with a violent sick stoaiach, and in a short time it was emptied as by iufluc-nee of the most powerful emetic. A physi cian being; sent for, he pronounced the tobacco as the cause of the attack, - and removing the leaves, . the leg was found covered with pimpUs, into which, the juice of the tobacco had oozed. The suf ferer was soon utterly prostrated, aud th attendaut physician even despaired of his life, but by the next niorniug he lelt much better, aud is now walkiug our streets in comparatively good health. Richmond Virginia) Diqnitch. Taxable 144,272. inhabitants iu Philadelphia, A, fcuow Versailles, days siucc. white deer was 3Iorg:iu couuty, killed ucar 111., a few Fatal Mistake of a Drug Clerk. Coroner Smith held an innucst vester- lav afternoon on the body of Mis. Mat lSa Webster, who died on Saturday last from the effects of an overdose of morphine jriven as a sleeping powder by Robert 31. Kennedy, a drug clerk. The decca;ed, who resided in Eleventh street, Gowauus, had. been afflicted with the dumb ague and sent her daughter to the druggist to get her a sleeping pow-Jer. Kennedy who was the clerk in the store of 3Ir. Boyd, in Third Vjnuc, put up two grains , - - .1 I v w or morpiunc, imcauing mey snouia dj taken iu two doses but he neglected to' send'any directions. The powder w; s tak - en u . ouo dose, and Mrs. Webster died several hours after. The testimoney elicit ed is as follows : Jane Armstrong, a daughter of the de ceased, testified that her mother had been complainin about three weeks with the-' dumb ague, and part ot that time was cou fined to her bid ; witucss weut for medicine about eiirht o'clock on Friday eveuing, to the drug store where Kennedy' was clerk ; her mother toid her to get powder to make her sleep, as she hud not slept any for several nights; Kcntrcdy gave her but one powder and said noth- in'-: she asked him how it should be civ- en, anu lie saiu in a nine moiasaes or sweetmeats ; he did not say what it was. or that it should be divided ; witness went home, mixed the powder in a little mo lasses, and her mother took it without in- qniry ; he followed 3Ir. Kennedys or- ours, auu uuu! uci uumu iw n, ehe MJ "Thank God for this ; I'll try and get asleep :" her father retired about quar terpast ten and tried to wake her mother up, but could not do so; about half past two A. 31 her father awoke her and told her that something was the matter with her mother; her mother opened her eyecr but. could not speak ; Dr. Ruell cia-a about seven o'clock and satd he thought she was under the influenc of the powder, and if she did not get out of it before twelve o'clock they had better send for him again ; he prescribed for her and then left; he came the second time, and on being shown the envelope containing, the powedr he said she was a poisoned woman ; her mother died at 20 miuutes to twelve A. 31. Thomas Webster, the husband of de ceased; testified that his daughter told him she had giveu her mother a sieepm er powder which she hid procured at the drug store ; he endeavored to awake hi wife, but she said "don't bother me;" the deceased had been suffering from dumb ague for some time past. 3Iargaret Jeuks testified that she was a sister of the deceased, and was sent for on Saturday to see her; Dr. Buell came, and in reply to a quesiion said that the deceased could not live ; the doctor call el upon Kennedy, the druggist, and he told the doctor that he had sent morphine, and that the quanity.was two grains ; de- ceased seemed to suffer ccHiiderably be- fore death Dr. Rticll Instilled fh-it. hi? -7.13 rnH.-.l to sec the deceased about seven o'clock ou Saturday morning, aud found her suf- fering from the effects of some narcotic poison ; he immediately administered the usual antidotes, belladonna an I nivfee, al so ordered mustard drafts, a!) however,, to no effect ; the deceased had. the appear ance of a person suffering from a dose of poison. Dr. Shepard testified that he resided at No. 141 llloughby street, and was practising physician; was called to make a post mortem cxamiuation on the de ceased on the morning of October 12 ;. found all the organs of the decease 1 in a, perfectly healthy coudition ; the contents of the stomach were not subjected to'arr analysis, is this would have put the coun ty to an expense of from four hundred to five hui dred dol'ars ; eviJe-c: of the ma terial administered and its quantity hud been otherwise asccrt. ine 1. Coroner S nith called the attention of the jury to thi fact that this was the se cond case wlvch had occurred in Rrook lyn receutly froai this mistake of drug, clerks in putting up medicine. Before rendering their verdict he hoped they would go over the testimony, in this caso carcfdllv. After an absence of an hour the iury returned the following verdict r "Wc find that the said 31atilla Wcb- dose of morphine sold to her daughter,. Jane Armstrong, the same having beeu ignorantly or carelessly prescribed by Ro bert 31. Kennedy, druggist." Kennedy was then committed to jail by Coroner Smith to await the action of the grand jurj. New York Herald, October 16. An immense iron and steel furnaci? upon the Bessemer principle is to be es tablished near Bellefontc, Pa., requiring for its construction and management a capital of one million dollars. Ex-Governor Curtiu, it is understood, will be the lead ing spirit in the enterprise, lie is just home from Europe. Somebody, possessing that very article, now -a days, a conscience, scarce which apparently has got the better of him, rc turned $02 to the Government ou 3lou. day, from New York City. There is a boy in 3Iinnesoti 12 yean; old, whose legs are only ten inches lon and are without bones. Germany has a rival for Hrigban Young, in the descendent point of view; for aGermai uewspaper says that two years ago a 31 r. Christiau Segemnyer be came father of his fifty-eighth child. His first wife gave birth to twenty-three, of which six were twins and eerca sin gle born; bis second wife t uictce8, and the third and yet living wife w moth er to sixteen children. Of these tdty- Lf l;m f u-Pntv-Pii:ht are living, n . .i...,i,,m- aud the mail has never been sick, aud enjoys good health, as do his children. 3Iackerel arc so plenty iu New Loudoa just now as to sell tor fifteen cents ti doz en on the street and yet yield a proi'-t.
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