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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 324, 25 November 1864, Page 6

Am. r<'U two S'nj.wvr.nnm s.—The ./•>/" tit- h Muntv gives an aecounl of a Miicide and a murder bj im min is of the hidh! inn ily at ] oi-v (Murr.e). th< two clinics being the consc<}Uol!ee of an ineiden futile in itself—th«' tat ing of two jdrav lx I*l it> by : child. 'I he daughter of a IM. Kennux. a resident ii the above-nautili village, was to make her first com luiuiinii a week ape. In the w«>rnirg, however. hi*, /ore jiriu Hito church, w lii!e standing before ; dish of st raw In rries. fo'cettiig for a moment tin solemn ceremony in which she wiis about. to take part she inadvertently lasted the fruit. This was, of course sufficient to e\«ludc her from the communion o that (fay. 'I lie child, lirvei t hcless, at t ended di\;in service, but without joining in ii, and the cure learning front her the can^ 1 , spoke to her kindlv, ant I told her to retain the following morning. JShf [reached home and stated what hud taken place t> ; her parents, and the latter appear to have rei roacluv her in Nevere language, and lo have tciriJjed her h\ an exaggerated d> si ription of the consequences of hci I fault. Afier retiring In rol I lie child's terror .-cem* . to have overcome her reason. as she dressed her I self, and. secretly leaving the house, fled across thfields, and look refuge at u liirrii ;tl some short ditance. Here she was rccogni/.rd. hut, instead of briny sent home,she was taken to theschuol which she attended in the village. In I lie meantime, themolliei happening ( 0 enter the room where her dauirhtei slept, found th<* bed empty. Mm was sci/"d with a terrible misgiving that her daughter must hav* drowned herself. Tho mother instantly rushed in the direction ol' the Marne, and was seen no mure l< our days later her body was found on jl low hank at ."-olangcs. A hrother-in-law of Madame Kenanx, residing in the same neighbourhood, liad for sonu time previously given muiis of mental derangement, and the disappearance of his brother's wife, for whom ho liad a great respect and affection, sufficed k entirely unsettle Ids mind. Tho night preceding Hu morning on which the hody was found he becatm most violent, and from time to time took up his fowl-ing-piece. His wife, who was alone in the housi wit.li him, was struck with terror, but dared not move In tho morning he went out with his gun, hut shortl\ alter seen returning in a .stale of irre.tt excitement. A farm servant had just time to inform Madamo Kenans ot her danger, and she concealed herself in a garret The servant, however, paid for his devotedness wit), his life, as lien iux. turned on the man and discharged the gun into his brea-t, killing* liim on the spo*. Kenaux next pointed the second barrel to his owi forehead, and blew out his brains. It was at thf moment that this tragedy was being accomplishes that tho body of Madame Kenaux was iV.und ai •Sofariges. The murderer leaves a son, ami th* murdered man ;i wife and two children.— Times J line l-». lo Pake out. Stains from Mahogany furniture.— Stains and spots may be taken out of mahogany furn t ure by the use ot a little aquafortis or oxalic aeiil and water, by rubbing tlu» jait with t iic liquid, bv means ot a cork, till tho colour is restored; observing atterwards to well wash thu wood, with water, uud tc dry iiud polish as usual.