| Show from the th rl artford ilme D bee 26 A iloine cutting his flis wil wilcott rott A shocking tragedy occurred on sunday morning at the new england house ja front street at that place baci shortly before 10 oI clock mr henry asher asber an englishman a cigar maker by trade while laboring under a fit of despondency and homesickness home sickness cut his throat with a razor nearly se severing his head frota from his body and inflicting a dreadful wa w aund u I 1 d from winch A aich he be died did in in about three m minutes lu mr asher was a young man mah only twenty five years of age ile he had beer been employed by nelard neland loomis in suffield at his is trade of making cigars but from a feeling of oe lonesomeness loneso honie bonie sickness and despondency he left his place in suffield and came to this city for work tits his dejection defection bad induced his bis brother benjamin asher asber to take him fo a change of scene to new york for a few days and they started accordingly on saturday afternoon but henry insisted on stopping in in this city over sunday so they left the cars at the asylum street station and went to the new england house where here they stayed over night on arriving at the hotel the brothers met an old acquaintance from engla england 11 d and the conversation had with him produced in in the mind of young asher asber a idill more despondent and home bome sick feeling and lie he shed tears while expressing a desire t to ago go back to england to see his mother the next morning his melancholy again manifested itself by crying n g and renewed wishes to go home his 1 1 s brother sang to him some cheery cheer old english songs and endeavored to cheer him by every means in in his hia power and seemed partially to succeed not long after 9 lie he went loii don stairs leaving henry alone in the bed room soon boon after the friend of the blathers bi others from erig england michael leverett carne came to the house bouse to get henry to take a walk with him i leverett went up to henrys room found him birn alone in a lerr melancholy I state of mind and feeling as if he were ere alone in in the world and every body down on him leverett soon after left rum him and went w ent down dow n stairs whre where lie took a seat in about ti two a lb nry came running down don with his throat cut lie ile threw himself into his 1 Leve everetts lip lap and died ir in less than a minute lie he had stood before a looking glass and cut his neck to the ephal colu columna mill lie ire then dropped the razor and came do down two flights of stars or dr E elsworth lh thinks lie he probably cut but one of the carotid arteries coroner iroles hold held an iri inquest quest and tho the pay jury returned a verdict of suicide while chile laboring under temporary insanity the body was buried yesterday in the zions MI elvish bart a tir 1 th hl members of the coroners coro nerl e 31 gave 1 I 1 each for defraying the funeral expenses as the llie deceased had no many the following amusing anecdote is is told of john jacob astor fil m the double character character of a patron of life r attard and parsimonious money hol der winch appears to be bb exceedingly exceeding exceed in ay characteristic among the subscribers to audubon bo is magnificent work v ork on orni thoO gy the price of which was inas 8 1000 per copy appeared the name of john jacob aaton during the progress of if the work w ork the prosecution of v aich was w as exceedingly exceed iDly expensive mr audubon of course called upon several of his subscribers for payments it so happeney hap penea that mr astor asior probably that lie he might not be troubled about small matters was not applied to before the delin cry of all the letterpress and plates then however audubon asked for ins his thousand thou sard dollars but he was put off with one excuse or mother another ali ah mr audubon would the owner of millions oberne ob sere you ou come at a bad time money is very scarce I 1 hive have nothing bothin in in bank I 1 have invested all m my burds at length the sixth tinte time audri audubon 0 N called upon astor for his thousand thou band dollars As he be vas inas ushered into hi his presence he found wm win B astor the son conversing with the father no sooner did the rich man see the man of art than he be began ali ah mr audubon so you have come again g gain after your money hard hardtimes times mr audubon money very scarce but just then catching an inquiring look from his son he changed his tone however al audubon I 1 suppose we e must let you ou hive have some of your our money if possible william illiam lie he added callin calling to his bis son on who hid had walked into an adjoining parlor have hav e we w c any money at all in in the bank yes father replied the son supposing he be was asked an earnest question oti pertinent to what t they hey had Vesti been een talking about when nhen n hen the ordith ornithologist th came cam e in we have in in the bank of new york in in the merch merchants ants in the I 1 Alec mechanics hanics do do exclaimed john jacob interrupting him it seems that william can give you a check for your money CoIn mercial bulletin A bill has been introduced into the nebraska legislate Legis legislature latu re which provides for an election of delegates to for forming a cons titu tion it provides that the constitution so formed shau shall be submitted to the popular vote or on th e of february on the first X monday in may if the he people adopt it state officers are to a be elected under it if |
