On the St. Lawrence River.
Burning of Steamers on the Ohio River at Cincinnati May 17, 1869.
New York City, -- The Steamboat Riverdale blown up, August 28th – Rescuing the passengers.
The burning of the steamer John H. Hanna near Plaquemine, Louisiana, by which thirty lives were lost

Robbed of Her Tresses.
An unknown tramp the other morning entered the residence of Augustin Wentzel at Boyertown, Pa, and, seizing Mr. Wentzel’s daughter, Della aged sixteen years, who was alone in the house, he held a cloth saturated with chloroform to her face. She soon became unconscious and when she recovered, a half hour later, she found that the villain had cut off her luxuriant tresses, which had hung nearly to her hips. Miss Wentzel suffered no other violence. She at once gave the alarm an searching parties were immediately formed to hunt for the unknown criminal.
The National Police Gazette, January 1, 1887.


