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tin* • ecc i.'oil, swore tis follows: The first .hing I knew ibis morning, between l-w.i iiihI three o'clock, some persons uiimu into the bed room where I was sleeping with Mr. Kirk-man, sezcd him ami look him out of bed into the kitchen where he hallooed “Marion,” (calling for Marion Haynes, his son-in-law). I also screamed for Marion. 1 was going to follow them out of doors but my daughter ton hi not let me. Two shots were lircd as he was taken out of the Iioiim*. It was.so dark I eouM not tell who any of the persons weie. There was not a word spoken by an\ person but Mr. Kirkmaii. lie just called for Mai ion. '1 hey look i wo quills that- were on the bed into he yard. 'I hey only had him with his night clothes on. Money that was in his |Mu:kel book was taken out. We bad no visitors yesterday. There was no person on the place bat Kli-as Pierson and Mr. Cunningham for a corn marker Sir. Kirkumn was at home all day yesterday. I heard no noise about the house and did not know (he persons were in the room till they had hold of him.Marion 1/rn/nos worn—I do not know much about it. The first 1 knew I heard sonic one speak; I suppose he was trying to halloo. I was in the bedroom with the door locked. It was about an hour and a half before I made the alarm. I went and made the alarm before I went and looked for the lio.lv. I did not go to the outside d lor when lie was being taken out of the house. There was an awful slamming of filings, and I was afraid to go. The dogs barked all tho time after he was taken out. We all staid in the bed room till morning. I have heard Mr. Kirkmaii say ho was afraid some one would do him /in injury. There were marks all flic way to the place where lie hung, showing he had been dragged.\V. II. Pierson sworn, said : My judgement, is, by the tracks shown this morning, that there were three persons in the party. The ropo being shown witness, was identified byliim as the rope with which Mr. Kirkmaii was hung. I found some of the clothes in the yard that seemed to have been drawn out of the house at the time Mr. Kirkmaii was. They were bed clothes, a quilt and a blanket, I think. Along the road the marks looked as though lie bad been dragged nearly all of the way to the place where lie was hung. When we found Mr. Kirk-inan the rope was tied around his neck, tongue protruding a little and head on one side.Dr. A. G. Gorrell, sworn ; Am practicing physician, have examined the body of Mr. Kirkmaii, find nothing that would destroy his life but strangulation. The mark upon his head looks as though it was struck with a revolver. Neck is not broken, but was without doubt strangled to death. Tho blow upon the head was enough to stun him but not enough to produce death. There were other brnisw upon him, but were produced by dragging along bones or limbs.We also append an extract from | an editorial in the Regutcr, and heartily endorse the suggestion in regard to prompt and condign punishment for such crime :This is a deed which must appal while it dishonors our State. Murder could not be more brutal, more cowardly, or more infamous. No excuse may be offered for the assassination of this mob. They wcro murderers, nil. Their pursuit of the old man was brutal in its inception, brutal iu its continuation, fiendishly brutal in its last fell act. It was cowardly in the same rank degree— cowardly iu ils masks and secrecy cowardly in its ciavcu odds of twen, ty strong men to one poor, old,weak man, cowardly as even animals would be ashamed of cowardice inpari.whotoNeatness.A g r s every nay toilet is a nl iiL’i* character. Tho maiden is slovenly in the morning, is not be trusted, however fine she may look in the evening. No matter how humble your room, there are eight tilings it should contain—a mirror, waHistand, w; ter, soap, hair, nail, aim toolhbrushes. These sirs jiisi a.** essential as your break fast, be fore which you should make good use of them. Parents who fail 10 provide thoir children with Mich appli .uiccs not only make a great mistake but eoihrtiii a sin ol omhsiou. Look iidy in the morning, and alter dinner work is over, improve your toilet. Make it a i uie of your life to “dress up” for the afternoon. Voiir dress may, or may not, !j any filing better than cotton; but with a ribbon or a flower, or some bit of ornament, you can have an air of self-respect and satisfaction, that invari-ao.y comes with fine sensibilities cannot which help feeling einburrssed and awkward in a ragged,di.ty uivss with hair unkempt, if a stranger or neighbor should come in. Moreover, your self-respect should de-maud a decent apparelling for your body. You should make it a point to look as well as you can, evun if you should know that nobody will see you but yourself.Facts Alioat Printing.We glean from an article in a laic number of Harper's Majazine, come curious faets in regard to printing.It is supposed that .Tolm Cronc-berger was the first printer in Amor-ca. Hu set up his press in Mexico in 1550, and printed a hook called tho Manual for Adults.The.first press in New England was established by Stephen Daye, in Cambridge, Mass., in 1030. The first press west of the Mississippi at St. Louis in ISOS.The first type were made to imitate the best writing.Subiaco was the first place in Italy where printing was practiced.lion mil letters were originally used to- distinguish remarkable words or passages, as is now donewith Italic.The first newspaper was printed at Venice, and was called the Gu-'1a rcnordenIIIOIref iecufirstlikesoodurIIIOInunlacoft-i imWli•I mlwasuftvUrnon i cell peri a ski lion was IIOll we i a la mi t ally a siiThewlnizetto (lc Venice.usedSignatures to sheets were by Zorat, at Milan, in 1470.The first type-foundry in America was Christopher Sanr, of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the first font east was of German type, about 1735.Mof pwo :camwillwillcnciusecomalonas (ithe ■ in tl have it m novc worl then fanii tlu-ythiscron;insitinvijawaicursiFind no brokenThe first type-casting machine was invented by David Jirucc, Jr., of New York', 1838.Stereotyping was introduced info the United States by David Bruec, of New York, in 1813. The first work cast in America was tho New Testament in bergeois, in 1813.Perpetual Motion Again.Pella Blade, May 21th.—A citizen of Polk township, living near Coulporl, claims that he lias solved the problem of perpetual motion and invented a machine that propels itself. One or two persons who have been fortunate enough to get a glimpse of it, tells us that it is the most wonderful piece of mechanism they ever saw. It has no weights, springs or anything of tjio kind about it, and if started to ruuning in the evening will be found going at tho same rate in tho morning,and would run ten years the same way, or at least till it.was worn out.OiBecc peop disec her ; guill agai:it°liaIt is nil made of wood, and tho inventor intends to make another one of iron, brass or steel. We have ulways been of the belief that perpetual motion would continue to puzzle tho brain of tho greatest inventors of tho age, and would like to • see this machine, before we can yet believo that it is a success.pxprwrot•‘lie • in in been chan the his b lie k: and, tedthorn do sir hund famo woul for li“I farmi dyiut that; tho o settle tlc’t, settle settle settle claim get he the st his fa
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Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Wed, May 19, 1875
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