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A Mother Attempts to Kill her Daughter with an Iron Heater. The Daughter’s Recovery Doubtful. The following, from the special cor respondence of the Blanchester Star, is printed as the sequel to the special from Goshen in our last issue, ‘‘At tempted Assassination,near Goshen.”’ One of the most startling events that has ever shocked this community occurred about two o’clock last Sun day morning, April 6. Some two miles south of Goshen lived the widow of George Binkley. Her youngest daughter lived with her, and the two composed the family. The daughter, by hard work and per severance, had managed to educate herself so that she was capable of teaching school. She had taught three or four terms when her health failed, and she had been under medi cal treatment for nearly a year. It appears that the daughter has been very saving of her money, and had quite a little sum loaned out, some of which was paid in a short time be fore the terrible tragedy occurred. The daughter sent the mother to Goshen to pay off some little store bills there which it appears she did not do to the entire satisfaction of the daughter, the particulars of which I have not the space to narrate. On Sunday morning the daughter was sleeping quietly when her own mother assaulted her with a heavy iron heater, striking her most fearful blows over the head, fracturing her skull in one place, and cutting most fearful gashes over the head and face. The daughter saw at once that the mother was trying to murder her, and although scarcely able to stand, she sprang from the bed and grappled with the mother, and forced her away, and ran out at the door, and in her night clothes went to the nearest neighbor’s, and fell in the door, ex ore Ane that her mother had killed her. Mr. G. Collins, the neighbor to whose house she ran, awaking in a fright, came to the door and there be held a sight that caused him to faint. There lay Nan, the daughter, covered with blood and unable to help herself farther. The neighbors were called and medical aid summoned, and found the daughter in the condition above described. Soon after the mother (if we may Call her such) made her ap pearance, and claimed that the ‘same fellow” struck her on the arm, which the daughter says is not so. The mother says it was a little man, and calls him ‘Charley,’’ but she won’t say who ‘‘Charley’’ is. Some of the neighbors are charitable enough to wards her to say that she is demented, but the most of them say she is no more crazy than she has been for forty years, and that the very devil is in er. Many think that in her hellish freak she thought she could kill Nan and secure the little money she had saved up, and then claim that some one else had done the awful deed. The mother was also covered with blood, which she got on her in the struggle with the daughter, understand that the physicians think her recovery is very doubtful. The community is terribly aroused, and although a law-abiding people, it would not take much to lynch the old hag. If the law don’t soon take care of her, God pity her. The old woman claims to be a‘‘med ium,’ full fledged “Spiritual Rapper.” Many of her neighbors think she has willed both soul and body to the devil. The daughter taught two terms at West Woodville, Newtonsville. Joseph Myers was in town last week looking for a horse, and bought a daisy of S. B. McKinnie. Miss Pet Collins,who has been visit ing relatives near Edenton for the past few weeks, returned home last Sun day. Sheriff Lloyd was in town last Sat urday distributing papers that had a little writing on them, telling the re cipient to excuse himself from busi ness, and to make his appearance in the courthouse next Tuesday. Thomas and Deak Wood left for Clinton county last week to work on the C. V. C. railroad. Medaris South Co. spent Sun day at Owensville. The W. T. T. A. was held here last Saturday. On account of the stormy weather the members were not all present, but it was a success. The next meeting will be held at Edenton, April 26. Miss Eva Collins visited her parents residing near Stonelick Sunday. Miss Eliza Hodges smiled on her many friends at this place Sunday. Amelia. The public entertainment given by the Wide Awake Literary Society of this village, One last Friday evening, at Hick’s Hall, was a success. The pro gramme was made up of recitations, dialogues and singing. The principal features of the evening were the songs. The Natural Spill, by Fanta Ricker, Mamie ore, Lena Penn, Effie Wyatt, W. F. Strickland, Chas. Hall, Wes. Doughty and Elwood Welch; Reuben and Racheal, sung by Lena Penn and Foster Edwards; In the Starlight, duett, Ollie Herron and Effie Wyatt; Hail Blessed Music, full chorus, by Society; A Boy is a Boy, solo and quartette, Wes. Doughty, Harry Hopkins, Charlie Hall and Foster Edwards; The Red, White and Blue, solo and full chorus, Mamie Corbly, (Red,) Lena Penn, (White,) Fanta Ricker, (Blue.) This piece was splendidly rendered, and the display of flags and the waving of handker chiefs representing the National colors were beautiful. The recitations by Frank Thurber, Charles Cole, Claude Judd, Effie Wyatt, Fannie Robinson and James Smith were well selected and rendered very fine. The dialogues were full of fun and well adapted for the occasion, and each one acted their part well. Professor Strickland, man ager of the entertainment, deserves much credit for his energy in giving Amelia a first class entertainment. Miss Penn presided at the organ. It was one of the best school entertain ments ever given in our village. Union Easter service last Sabbath at the Methodist church. Sermon by Rev. Middleton. Singing was con ducted by the Baptist choir. Sabbath school in the afternoon. Miscellaneous service at night. Singing by the Methodist choir, girls and boys. Mr. Gregg, who recently moved from Cincinnati to this place, died Wednes day of consumption. Remains were intered at Spring Grove. Richard Ervin has returned from a visit to his brother in Mississippi. Capt. John Foster and wife were the guests of E. G. Penn last Sabbath. Last Saturday E. G. Penn gave a bachelor’s frog dinner, at which were present Messrs. Percy and Tom Ash burn, Ed. Parrott, Dale McGrew, and John Zermuhile, of Batavia, the gen tlemen leaving their ladies at home. I. N. Foster left last Monday for Toledo. Mrs. Frank Miley recently enter tained Mr.and Mrs. George Dustin, Mrs. Potts, Mrs. John Robinson, and Mrs. W. H. H. Robinson, of Batavia. Quite a number of our young folks, including Mamie Doane, Susie Penn, Phil Offutt, Dick Wyatt, W. F. Strick land and Clayton Nichols, took in the entertainment at Bethel last Friday evening, and report it a fine affair. Marathon. Rev. Wm. P. Jackson and Mrs. Ellen Ashton were married on last Thursday, and in the evening were serenaded by the Marathon amuteers. Lydia, wife of B. C. White, died the 12th instant. Her funeral took place on the following day. Deceased was sev enty years of age,and had been sorely afflicted for more than forty years pre vious to her death. Henry Hartman is slowly recover ing from a severe attack of fever. M. F. Apgar, late constable of Jack son, goes to Cincinnati in a few days to engage in lucrative employment. Benj. F. Rapp is the boss huckster. He halled 13800 dozen eggs to the city last week at one load, besides his other loading which was proportionately large. Perry Griffith visited our village one day last week. T. C. Rapp is dealing largely in po tatoes. Parties wishing to sell might be benefited by corresponding with that gentleman. S. J. Abernathy has rented his farm and reached a broader field with greener pasture. John Orbough, of Pt. Isabel, will move to Marathon this week and take charge of the Marathon mills, which he has rented and proposes to put in first class order by adding all modern improvements. On last Tuesday morning, April 1, the people of this neighborhood were shocked by the sad intelligence of the death by suicide of Mrs. Thos. Gold trapp, which occurred on that morn ing. The mind of the deceased had been in bad condition for a month pre vious as was known by the family, but her actions were not such as to ex cite the least suspicion that she had any idea whatever of self destruction. On that morning she got up at the usual time, and having prepared breakfast, she, with the other mem bers of the family, partook of the same as usual. She finished eating before the others and went upstairs. She had not been gone but a minute or two until the family were startled by the report of a pistol. One of the family went immediately up the stair way and entered her padeenaanten and there found her lying upon the floor covered with blood. Upon ex amination it was discovered that the ball had entered her head back of the right ear and rested in the rear of the right eye. She breathed but a few times. Medical aid was summoned, but long ere it arrived, she had passed away. Deceased was indeed a noble woman. She precedes a husband, six children, two sisters and a brother to the other shore, all of whom have our deepest sympathy in this sad bereave ment. Law and order will never prevail in Cincinnati until they banish the whisky and beer saloons from the city. Exchange. This presupposes a banishment of the citizens, hence the laws could not be violated. But law and order in Cincinnati, on this basis, will never become startlingly epidemic. LITTLER’S bill abolishing the sys tem of separate schools for colored and white children was lost in the Legislature last week. Mgr. L. will be compelled to send his children to school for a few more years with child ren of their own color. THE man most talked of before a National convention is quite frequent ly the one soonest forgotten afterward. In these latter-day conventions it is the dark horse that wins the cup. JupGE Loupon presides a at the next term of court in Adams county,which convenes at West Union on the 22d instant.
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