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Last evening a lady named Marin, who is eighty years of age, was found wandering along Penn avenue, and as she could not tell them much about herself she was taken to the Twelfth ward station. The old lady said she lived on Jefferson street, but weather in Pittsburgh or Allegheny she could not tell. She also stated that she had two sons named John and Charles Martin. At 11 o’clock she was still at the lockup.
Zanzibar, April 20.—Dr. Peters, just arrived here, reports that the people of Somali ports refuse to give the steamer on which he traveled any cargo and notified him that if he landed he would be killed.
Paris, Tex., April 20.—Deputy Marshal Fleming came in from the Territory to-day and reports that while traveling in the Choctaw Nation, fifty miles northeast of this city, in the search of a band of criminals he came upon the body of a man by the side of the road, with his head cut entirely off, which was found sitting upright on the other side of the road with the face toward it. There were seven bullet holes in the breast and the blood stains showed the crime had been committed only a few hours before.
A Sand-Pit Discloses Several Skulls and a Quantity of Trinkets.
A find of no little interest to the archaeologist is reported from Delafield. While digging in a sand-pit on the Pfeifer place near the village, workmen unearthed several skeletons, undoubtedly those of Indians, as a number of Indian relics were found with the bones. Among the articles found was a curious necklace made of strips of copper, copper beads and the teeth of some wild animal. Three skulls were found, one in perfect condition. The teeth of the lower jaw are in a perfect state of preservation and not one is missing. The place where the remains were found is a high sandy hill and not long ago a stone hatchet, a number of copper arrow-heads and several other relics were found there.
London, April 18.—The judges of the court of queen’s bench Saturday handed down a decision that women are ineligible to serve as members of the London county council. This decision renders the election renders the election of Lady Sandhurst to the council void. The county council has taken an appeal to the higher court against the decision.
An American Horse Dealer on Trial for Murder in England Discharged from Custody on the Ground of Self Defense.
London, April 16.—A verdict was given to-day in the case of Luke Emerson, of Bowling Green, Mo., who was charged with the murder of a man named Robinson on Oxford street in February last. Emerson was acquitted and discharged from custody.
Emerson, who is a horse dealer, came to England last winter to buy horses. He displayed a considerable sum of money in a public house here one night and upon leaving the place was, he claims, set upon by two men, who attempted to rob him. He thereupon drew his revolver and fired two shots, killing Robinson, who was one of his assailants, and wounding the other. Emerson’s plea was that he had simply acted in self defense.
Some of the Marvelous Deeds Ascribed Him by Ancient Scribes.