Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1883 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Jacob Nelling, the murderer of Ada Atkinson, who was lynched at Oxford, Ind., inet his doom as coolly as any wretch that ever felt the halter draw. His executioners were met at the door by Nelling. “How are you. gentlemen?” he said, quietly, without a tremor. “I know what you want, and I’m ready to go.” They took him to a two-seated open wagon that stood in waiting, into which they bundled him roughly. The ' old man offered no resistance, simply remarking: “Go a little slow, gentlemen; lam older than some of you.” The mob, with their victim, left quietly for the scene of the murder. A rope was suspended from a limb, Nelling bound hand and foot, when the Captain said: “Mr. Nelling, you realize your situation. If you have any statement to make we want it now.” “I have -nothing to say,” replied Nelling. “Did you not intend to ravish the girl • before you murdered her?” “No, sir, I did not." “Have you ever been implicated In any other crimes?" “No, sir.” “You have no further statement to make?” Nelling replied: “Nothing.” “Swing, him up,*’ said the Captain. A noose was placed arOund Nelling’s neck, the other end fastened to the limb of a tree, and the wagon driven from under. The mob dispersed, leaving the murderer swinging in the air, in plain sight of Atkinson’s house. A paper bearing the words, “A warning to murderers,” was affixed to the swinging corpse. The Coroner's verdict was death by violence at the hands of unknown men. Two enterprising photogra-pbers-were early on the ground and took the old man's picture in his suspended state.

Mr. Big-gar, the Irish leader, made a fiery speech ai Oldham, Lancashire, declaring that Lord. Lieut. Spencer had caused men to be hanged on evidence which was notoriously insufficient ; that Orangemen as a class were knaves and dupes; and that the processions in honor of Sir Stafford Northcote were composed of men hired for the occasion... .Con-, fidential instructions have been sent from the Vatican to the Irish Bishops, urging that they influence Catholics to act with the Government. A drunken ex-member of the Salvation army caused a riot at a meeting of the latter in Kingston,,Ontario. Four-policemen who came to remove the disturber were roughly handled and retreated in bad order, while in the melee officers of the army were kicked and pounded unmercifully.... A storm on the coast of Nova Scotia wrecked many vessels and destroyed a score or two of lives. / < The 9Gth birthday of Solidor Milon, one of the old guard who remained with Napoleon at St. Helena until his death, was made the occasion of a banquet to the veteran by the Philadelphia Musical association. Milon lias a parchment commission as Second Lieutenant bearing the seal of Napoleon.. Isaac H. Bromley, for ten years on the New York Tribune has entered upon the duties of editor-in-chief of the C ommrrcial Advertiser. ....Moses Henlein & Co., men’s furnishings. New York, have assigned. The preferences amount to $50,123. The New Orleans Timed-Demo-crat’s expedition through the Florida Everglados reached Lake Okeechobee Nov, 1, and discovered that eight large rivers emptied into it. They found a district covered with grass ten feet high, nothing but mud and marsh —impassable alike with boat or boot. They were within half a mile of the groat saw gra- s region, when a fire broke out. and for miles nothing was visible but smoke and flames. If the expedition has not already perished, the members must stand in imminent danger. The Chain of Books Bridge company has- been incorporated at Fpringfleld, 111., with a nominal capital of $2,000,000. The organizers propose to build a bridge across the Mississippi at a point not to exceed ten miles above East St. Louis. The new scheme is supposed to be in the interest of the Alton and other roads which wish to break up Jay Gould’s bridge monopoly across the Father of Waters, the present transfer business being wholly In tho hands of the Wubash combination... .Philip E. Newman & Co., boots and shoes, Grand Rapids, Mich., and South Bend, Ind.. have failed... .Samuel Henry, a farmer near Swanton, Ohio, killed his wife with an ax, f atally cut his daughter, and then took his own life with a razor.