Show from wednesdays daily may borse drowned yesterday afternoon a couple of individuals engaged a hope aad baegy of carroll deeana drove off northward they went to jones grove where one of the men got out of the bugg yand the brews cry the other man after promis in g to be back abtey a brove away in a short tiina be returned on foot and in an excited manner announced that the animal and vehicle were in the river iio and his campanon com panon immediately started out and when they reached the dam just below the ford be animal as discovered still struggling in the stream and soon after vent under it seems that the party who bad the hugg leaving jones grove proceeded earlward and took a foolish notion to cross the river at the ford jut above parrs grove although during low water the crossing is a most excellent one at this time the water is very high and to any person in his right sense the idea of attempting to th ath a buggy would l a prep berous one but the started the animal in anil had hot gotten but a few fret the stream before he became frightened threw away the liin x jumped into the water swam for the bink b ink and left the horse and bugy fate had proper eni been tian the animal might have been saved when observed at the dam but aa neither of the men attempted to enter the river cut the tugs and release the animal from the buggy it was drowned one of the carlies he who hired the outfit when he saw the turn affairs had taken made himself scarce while the mothr came to town and informed acors Acs rs car roll st dee of what had A party immediately started for the river a search ws instituted and the body of the animal with the wrecked buggy were found tho seats of the vehicle minus however the top smashed in and oneat the wheels was gone we are informed by mr carroll that the los will not be less than as tho animal was a very valuable one and the buggy one of the best in tho stable the individual who absconded has not been seen or heard of up to the time of this |