Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 3, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 July 1870 — Page 3

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A HORRIBLE MURDER. On Monday ni^ht, in a quiet llttl ., lape licM* I xorid^c, such a ghastly see no /was exposed as is, thank (Jod, without its like, in nil the bloodstained records ,ol our criminal history. In that village ^.jui(l 11\ (.*I a steady and industrious ruej^hanic,

,m,ned

Marshall. ]5v his labor

•aiis'ie supported a household of seven, con ^aistiiiKOf his mother, wife, sister-in-law, and lour children. In the night of *it urday ever}' soul of tho family was destroyed, excepting one child, absent upon a visit to Uxhridge. Through all

Sunday and till Monday evening, the Jjodies lay in the silent cottage, and none "who passed its closed door suspected what fearful occupants it held. The murderer left no sign, and circumstances aided him. On Monday night, tho wedding dress of tho murdered bride was brougl|t home, and then the ghastly secret of tho house was revealed. Tho girl who bore the parcel knocked, but obtained no answer. The door was opened—and one sickening glance discovered all.

In the front room of the cottage lav tho wife and sister-in-law of Marshall, dead, lying one upon the other. Uy the fireplace in the same apartment, the lxxhes of threo children were tossed together, all dead. In a back room was found tho grandmother of the family, murdered. Too hastily suspicion fastened on the father. Marshall. But in a few moments his corpse also was discovered in the workshop where he carried on his trade. The terrible doubt which for an instant had lain on him was removed at the first sight. Xo suicide could so have wounded himself, nor in such a manner have disposed his bod v. The skull was battered in. as though with a hammer, and the corpse was neatly covered over with sacking. So careful of appearances had been the assassins, that they tucked in the covering cloths beneath the body. Marshall was clothed, but the other victims were clad only in night-dresses, or had commenced their preparations for bed. The husband only seems to have been afoot when tho murderers made their attack, probably engaged at some piece of work to be completed early on Monday. The lofatariag.e of his sister-in-law, which Was to taJie j/Iare the Tuesday, perhajtecom-r pHJed iii 111 to be at work later than usual, to forestall the day of rest. Tins point

Ynav)»nvc some value in determining the ti"mc of (lib' murders, since there seems to be wine reason ',,r believing that the crime WJW not C0I.-,mtted on the spot where the bodies were .found.— London News.

A MAMA.—A worthy farmer had a passion for collecting the skins of animals. Kvcrjfc creature that ho could shoot, or ensnare, he dexterously skinned and fhe larger skins lie stretched upon tliesido of his barn, and the smaller adorned Uio waLls of liis apartments. He had no taste ,fbr paintings and his walls were covered with the skins of weasels and racoons, opossums and rabbits, and the intcrsticcal spaces were ingeniously tilled with the skins of rats, .squirrels, moles and mice. Now, the effect of all this was not unpleasant to the .eve. II was vastly more agreeable to the proprietor than a collodion of the "old niiisters" must be, now and then to the collectors, when a doubt arises, as it sometimes will, if the "masters are really as old" as they were bought for.

He ail this as it may, the worthy farmer went on catching and skinning almost every living creature that came in his way, and which was a lawful subject, for his operations. lie had a son, a mere child, who took groat pleasure in standing by, and watching his father's operations, whenever a creature was being skinned. The child's grandmother niukoned^ and died, which alllictod the poor little lei low vi-ry much and the day alter her doath, he went up to his father and said, in the simplicity of his heart, "Daddy, when are you going to skin granny?" •.

COSSACKS.—Among

the Cossacks

of the Ukraine, leap year is eternal. When a young woman feels a tender passion for a young man, she seeks him at the residence of his parents, and addresses him as follows: "The goodness I see written in your countenance is a sufficient assurance to me that you aro capable of ruling and loving wife, and your excellent qualities encourage me to hope that you will make a good husband. It is in this belief that I havo taken the resolution to come, and bog you with all due humility, to accept me for your spouse." "She then addresses the father and mother, and solicits their consent to the marriage. If she meets with a refusal, she declines to leave the house, and such conduct is usually crowned with success. The parents of the young man never put tin* young man away, if they still persist in their stay, believing that by doing so they would bring down the vengeance of Heaven upon their heads.

KNUI.ISII UNOKKII.KP.—We have a ji

noble

inheritance in literature now five

centuries old, comprising writers as great rs any I lie world lias seen, in a language which has grown under their auspices into one unmatched among modern tongues, for vigor, richness, and varietv. simple in construction, tuneful anil manageable from its diversity ol accent. 15y

nil

means let us do our best

endeavor to keep this well of Knglish undetiled. it has been too long and entirely neglected its hedge has been taken away and its walls broken down, and it is getting choked with briars. Let us fence it and gather out the stones thereof, and make it tlow bright and clear again. But it must be let to "tlow." II is a s!ream, not a tank. Adaptability is one* of its best characteristics, and that which makes Kmrlish a living, not a dead, language. Only let us watch over its nmrse and keep its embankments, as far a in us lies, in good condition,

WHAT WAS WHAT Two HI NIMIKI) YKAUS Auo.—The 7'A'7V7»V.W of Vienna gives a curious extract from the court regulations of the llofburg tor the ltJ4. on the etiquette to bo observed by officers when invited the royal table: I. Officers should «tme to tho jvilace handsomely dressed, "and not enter the noni in half drunken state." 2. lien they are at tho

table

"they should not

rock alwmt on their chairs, nor sit back and stretch out their legs-" They should not drink after each mouthful, us bv so doing they will

very

soon get drunk:

nor drink more than half a glass at a time and before drinkinc they should wijH their lips and mustnehlos.' 4. I hoy should not put their hands in theihshes nor throw lones under tho table. I hey should not lick their fingers, nor spit on tho pinto nor

wipe

their now* with their

napkins nor drink so brutally *s to tall otV their chairs."

Two Princes of tho royal family of "Prussia are, in a military age, reviving the literary fame of their family. Prince (Jeorge has published three volumes of plays under the pseudonym of }. (Vmrad, and Prince Albrecht Sohn *as he is called, to distinguish him froui his father, who boars the same name) enters the list as composer of music, serious and guy.

A FEARFUL FALL.

A hunter, one autumn evening, fol lowing tho chaso too closely, found himself sliding down into an old, nban doned coal pit.

Seizing upon bush as he slipped down it scraggy sidos, lie hungdangling in tlnj air over the black abyss, and felt conscious, from his knowledge of the place, that if he fell, ho must drop 200 feet at least, and of course bo dashed to pieces at the bottom.

In vain ho struggled to regain his foothold he heard tho dogs as they bounded past him he shouted with all his might, but tho echoes of his own voice was all his reply. Ilis strength rapidly failed him, and yet ho clung to that bending bush with an intensity like iron. He thought, in his terrible agony, of home and friends.

A cold sweat, wrung, as it were, from out his very soul, oozed from, and stood clammy upon his brow. To die that awful death, to be dashed to pieces on those rugged rocks to lie there unheeded until his bones bleached, and yet the loved ones wondering, mourning, and weeping over his unaccountable absence wife and children to live perhaps for years in tho dreadful torment of suspense, while his body mouldered, unrecognized, within very rifle shot of home.

His mind became bewildered his muscles gave out and down—down— down ho went—swifter and swifter, gaining velocity in every infinitesmal fraction of a second, nor struck the bottom until he reached the enormous depth of sixteen inches. "f&

QUEEN ELIZABETH AND SIR JOHN SPENCER, LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.

Canonbury Tower,or House,Islington, the chief part of which still remains, was possessed in tho sixteenth century by Sir John Spencer, who was Lortl Mayor of London in 1594, and was reputed to be the richest commonerof his time his town residence was'Crosby Hall, Canonbury House was therefore a sort of country residence at that time. The greatness of Sir John drew upon him dangerous eves, and a plot was laid by a Dunkirk pirate to waylay and kidnap him for the purpose of obtaining a ransom for him, which it was said would not have been less than fifty thousand pounds. Sir John, however, escaped accidentally by remaining in London all the selected' night, and the

pirate and his men had to fly and embark for Dunkirk in the morning. But more s^c-cossful pirate turned up in the lover of Sir John's daflgliler. who stole her away in a baker's basket, fcfir John resolved to disinherit her in eon sequence, and on Queen Elizalxrth rfsk ing him to stand as sjwnsor along with herself to the first child of a young couplo who had been abandoned by their father, he resolved to make this child his heir, but to his astonishment discovered that it was his own grand child whom he had adopted. This is one of the best anecdotes extant of "good Queen Bess."

AN A IJSTRA LI AN SPIDER. Wo saw in the garden of Government House a spider which makes a more beautiful nest than anything have seen among tho many interesting structures of the insect world. It makes its home of a tubular form in the ground, under the grass. A door, which is perfectly smooth and sharp edged, and looking as if cut out of leather, is fastened to the tube by tho most perfect hinge and the tube is lined with web, as smooth and glistening as white satin. It requires a careful search to discover the little, bare patch in the grass, denoting the presenceofone of those clover builders but when found it is worth watching. with'a you1wlif owner of the dwelling, who is so largo that lie tills up nearly tho whole tube, come cautiously up stairs, stop for a second or two to reconnoitre, and then, with almost lightning speed, make a rush and drag down the door. This he fasten on the inside, in a manner which is doubtless strong enough to make good his defence against the intrusions of his expected foes, such as thrushes and jays.

The Antipodes anil Round the World.

PKKSENCR' O.I MIND.—Tho following anecdote illustrates several things among others tho prsenoe of mind of medical students, and tho absenco of ditto, sometimes, in cabmen.

A medical student, returning home late in a cab, recollected, upon'finding he had no money to pay his fare, that he had dropped two sovereigns at the bottom of the cab. He told the cabman, in an agitated maimer, of his loss, and begged of him to wait till he had got a candle to look for them. He went into tho hall to look for one, but while falling over the chairs in search of a Inciter, he heard the cab galloping as fast as it could down the street. He halloed, and called, and shouted, but tho cabman was so deaf that he could not hear him. The medical student, however, went quietly to bed, and instead of reproaching himself for the deception he practised on the cabman, he laughed heartily at the ingenious win* in which he got home for nothing.

Soi*Nn Anvit'K.—Never throw a stone at any one until you have looked to see whether there is a window behind, or you have to pay rather dearly for your revenge. Never leave your hat in the passage, unless it is a bad one. Never fix your own price, but leave it "entirely to the liberality"of the gentleman, as the chances are that you will get a great ileal more by it. Never sit next a voumr lady at dinner, for she only talks, and does not care alout eating. Never bo executor to a will, as it is all liability, groat trouble, and no profit. Never quarrel with your wife, or your sweetheart, as you will have to pay for making it up in the shape of a season ticket at the opera, a trip to tho seaside, a silk dre.ss, or a cashmere shawl. Never mention you have received a legacy, or some imiertiuont fellow will be asking you to stand a dinner. Never pay to see a balloon go up, as von can set) it much better by remaining outside.

HKFOKMATIOX IN Ciurwoo.—So rapid is their way of doingthings in Chicago, that when a man makes up his mind to reform (rather a tough jon) it becomes important to fix him promptly. It is therefore necessary, at times, to cut a hole in the ice to jerfonn the solemn ceremony of baptism.

On one of these occasions a convert who had felt the necessity of that rite, on coming out was asked by the minister "How do you feel, now, brother?" "Better," was the reply. "Put me in again!"

Tho request was complied with, and after tho second dip,-Ihe ^question was repeated "How do you feel now?" "lienor! better was the response, in a solemn tone of voice, "the devil may go to grass now

Such is the plucky spirit of the Chieago convert.

Tho coinage at the San Francisco mint for the tiiscal year was §19,1)11,000.

LOCAL OR RELATIVE TIME. Local time is that which is shown by our common clocks. It indicates the time at an}' given place, the meridian of that place being the standard from which it is reckoned therefore, the time or the clocks at any two places will differ by the difference of tbolr meridians. Thus when it is noon at New York, or when the sun is on its meridian, the sun that instant at Washington is east of the meridian of that place, ^because the meridian of New York is east of Washington therefore the clocks of Washington will be earlier or slower than those in New York, by the time tho sun takes to go from the meridian of Xew York to the meridian of Washington, viz., 12 minutes 2 seconds. Hence when it is 12 o'clock nr. at New Orleans and St. Louis, it is 1 v. m. at Philadelphia, which is a difference of one hour for every fifteen degrees of longitude. By this regulation, the sun is made to come to the meridian of every place about 12 o'clock. It is incomprehensible to many how it can b4 true that the sun rises and sets at the same time at all places on the same latitude around the world. The difference of local time will account for this. It is not to bo understood that when the sun rises at Boston at 6 o'clock, that it is then, at that instant of absolute time, rising at every place on the same latitude but that at all places on that latitude, when the sun rises, it will bo six o'clock by tho time-pieces of those places. Tho sun wi'l go from the horizon of Philadelphia, west to the horizon of St. Louis in an hour.

rne Cineinnafi"4.—"Gris," annexed story •of an old conductor the was promoted to superintendanir-K«. trains:

Habit was exceedingly strong with the ex-conductor. As ho sat in the office ho would start every time ho heard a bell ring, and yell "all .aboard

Then ho would go about the office at intervals, and try to collect fare from liis assistants.

We dropped in casually one afternoon, and Billy wanted to know if we had a "pass." lie couldn't get accustomed to his new position at all. He pined to be again on the road.

One day he begged the boys to put him through a collision, which th did to his entire gratification.

Billy was in an ecstacy of delight, and declared he had not enjoyed himself so much since he had a bile.

(JKNKIJAI, MHADE'S ADVICE TO A FENIAN.—A correspondent who never told a lie, gives the following as one of the amusing incidents that occurred during the late Fenian invasion

After General Meade had arrested several of the "Boys in Green," ho was standing ono afternoon upon the stops of the principal hotel at Malone, when he was accosted by one of the "discomfittod," who wore a sergeant's badge, as follows: "Are you Gineral Meade, sur?"

Tho General bowed in assent, and his interrogator continued: "Well, General Meade, av ye plazo, sur, when yoz took my tlirunk from the woods yondher, yez saized mo artillery tactics as was'in it, an'by yer lave, yer honor, I'd like to have thim." oung man," said the General, with a patronizing air, "young man let me give you a hit of advice. The next time you come on such an errand as this be sure and bring your artillery, and leave your tactics at home."

A Di'TIKI'IJ SON.—A man in Towanda had a father who wanted to play "William Tell," just for fun, and so,'merely to humor the grey-haired old man, this dutiful son stood up against a tree, and permitted the senile author of his days to shoot at him with an arrow*.

It was particularly at home upon his left eye—the arrow was—and now the man don't know* whether to go to the blind asylum, or got his living by exhibiting his discouraged eye in a bottle of alcohol.

He says this business of filial piety can le run in tho ground with a very slight effort. i' a

THE ABSOKBIXH POWER OF. TUE SI*N. It is altsolutoly certain, that all planetary matter is inevitably gravitating toward tho sun, which will lie the common

bourne

OFFICIAL SYNTAX.

Tho Now York Fhicning Post? (Commenting upon an ill-considered phrase in President (Jrant's dispatch to the Viceroy of India, congratulating the latter upon tho connection of his country witn "tho balanco of tho world," refers to President Zack. Taylor as having in ono of his messages to Congress made uso of tho pliraso "all tho world and the rost of mankind." The editor of the Post, should know bottor than to put this clumsy figure of speech upon President Taylor, when it belonged to tho inaugural address of President Harrison. The dispatches and other official papers of Gen. Taylor were models of good English, and thoir admirable stylo was even observed and admitted by the cross-grained London Times, with whoso writers Gen. Taylor was no fiworite, on account of his success in Mexico. Nut General and President Taylor had for his private secretary his son-in-law, Major Bliss, upon whom had been conferred tho soubriquet of "Perfect Bliss," from his terse, elegant and comprehensive style of writing.

Tho Democrats amused themselves hugely over General Harrison's figure of speech—as much as they do now over General Grant's slips of tho pen—it helped to soften the bitterness of their defeat in the "hard cider campaign but President Harrison's competitor, Mr. Van Buren, who was a good scholar, once wrote, in regard to some political grievance, "Our sufferings is intolerable, and cries aloud for relief," and for this he was most unmercifully quizzed by his party opponents. Soldiers are proverbially clumsy with the pen, and General Grant is not an exception. They should have another "Perfect Bliss" at the White House. General Jackson's letters and messages would have been specimens of literature had they not been looked after and embellished by his friends, and his first War Secretary, General Eaton, who once wrote his biography, was a most ridiculous blunderer in the fields of grammar and sjmtax.—Boston Transcript. .....

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They tore his clothes nearly off, blacked both his eyes, broke a* kerosene lamp over his head, and piled a red hot stove on top of him.

of onr system. "As surely,"

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