The Vicksburg Herald estimates that there
are forty pistols to every subsoil pHw in thf
state of Mmiaalppi
Brady to Be Hanged.
Dublin, April 13.—Tbe judge finished
his charge at thirteen minutes after 3
o’clock, when the Jury retired and
were absent bat a short time and re
turning to the court room announced
they found Brady guilty of tbe muider
of Cavendish and Burke. Brady was
immediately sentenced to be hanged.
Dr. Webb moved for arrest of judg
ment and alleged that under tbe
crimes act tbe jury which heard the
case was not legally formed.
The Judge refused to grant Webb’s
motion and die date fixed for tbe
execution of Brady is May 14.
The Bloody Deed* of an lowa Farmer.
Dubuque, April 13. —Charles Smith,
a well-to-do farmer living four miles
north of Earlv.Hle, lowa, went to bis
barn this morning, where his two sons
aged 9 and 13 were engaged at work,
and killed them with an ax. Return
ing to bls house, with tbe same weapon
be killed bis wife, who stood by the
stove preparing breakfast. He then
attempted to slay his two daughters,
the only remaining members of tbe
family, but they succeeded in reaching
a neighbor’s bouse safely and gave tbe
alarm. When they returned it was
found Smith bad killed himself by cut
ting bls throat with a butcher knife.
These meagre details are all that Is
known, and no cause Is assigned for the
deed.
Where the Word Dude Came From.
