M. Lccles ; bis assailant was ex-Circuit
Judge J.M. Krum, man wbo bas
been Mayor of St. Louis, and is rankcll
as one of tbe finest lawyers of tbe State.
Tbe case being tried was an important
one, and during tbe argument of Judge
Krum, Mr. Eccles interrupted him
rndely, and charged bim with being
intoxicated. The Judge promptly
knocked bim down, and tbe Court
promptly fined them both for contempt.
The fine was paid, and the argument
proceeded, but dir. Eccles agaio offend
re-I'd, and, another figbt occorring, tbe
Coart ordered both men under arrest,
While thev were being conducted from
the court Judge Krum drew bis pocket
knife, and stashed bis opponent's arms
and side four times, inflicting as many
severe wounds. Both men immediately
were taken to tbeir homes, Mr. Eccles
declining tj prosecute his assailant.
r.rltRlL ITEM S
The Forty-fifth Congress considered?
TSlltW. Sherman died
last Wednesday.
Two nation.! banks at M.dd .tow
N- Y , bare gieo "t,ce !hV
will no longer receive trade dollars at
par.
The skeleton foflnd recently in an
abandoned lead mine at Ellenville. I , I
iter county, N. which was being
reopened, bas been ideot.fiei "
maiosof.teleer.pb operator named
David Smith, who disappeared myster
iously from Ellenville in February,
1866. It supposed be was murder
ed by one Joseph Flicker, who became
insane and died after Smith's disappear
ance. . .u nf J N. Saw-
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