The Recent Murder.
     A few days ago our usually quiet community, although slow to realize it, were startled with the intelligence that a foul murder had been committed in our midst.  The circumstances surrounding the case are substantially as follows:
     Some time since a man by the name of George Livingston, an auctioneer in the village of Smithville, sold a horse to Valentine Seib, the keeper of a small beer saloon (vulgarly called the I. E. House) about a mile north of the city, at the stone quarry.  Seib gave Livingston a note for the horse, which fell due on the 22d day of August.  He sent world to Livingston, a few days before the note matured, that if he would call on the 23d he would pay him.  Livingston called at the appointed time and a dispute arose between them, which resulted in Livingston being put out of the house.  A man by the name of Horner happened to be passing the saloon at the moment that Livingston was put out, and saw the melee.  Livingston attempted to re-enter the house, but was prevented, and Seib then went out of the bar-room into the kitchen adjoining, procured a small revolver, and fired at him.  Horner left at this time and proceeded on his way.  Blood was seen on Livingston's head.  He was taken into the house, and a small mark, which was discovered on his forehead, was covered up with lint procured from an old silk hat.  He remained around Seib's house all that night, and the next day came to Wooster.  He wandered around the streets here for several days acting rather strangely, but the people thought him under the influence of liquor.  On Thursday, he went back to Seib's and slept in his barn that night.  On Friday, his wife came after him and took him to his home in Smithville.  The physicians who attended him found him very much bruised about the head, he having evidently fallen down very frequently and injured his head.  His actions led them to believe that he was suffering from an attack of delirium tremens, until a short time before his death, when they discovered a small hole in his forehead.  But even then they thought that it had been caused by some sharp object in one of his falls.
     After his death, which occurred on Thursday, the 2d inst., a post mortum examination was held, and a small bullet was found in the back of his head, it having entered his forehead and passed completely through his brain.  How the man survived this shot ten days is a mystery to every one.
     Suspicion attached to Valentine Seib, and he was arrested on Saturday morning.

Murder in Millersburgh.
     The Holmes County (Ohio) Farmer has the following: "Two weeks ago last Monday George Livingston, near Smithville, Wayne County, an auctioneer, forty-five or fifty years of age, holding a note of $110 against Valentine Seib, residing immediately north of Wooster, and teh Keeper of a drinking house, went to Seib for the purpose of collecting the note.  It appears that Livingston was in the habit of becoming intoxicated.  The parties had a quarrel and separated, Livingston passing into the public road.  While there a man came along whom he asked to go with him to get the money from Seib, which request he declined to comply with.  The traveler started on; Livingston went to Seib's door and made an effort to gain admission; as the door opened a shot was fired and Livingston fell.  Nothing was generally known about the affair for several days.  Livingston was seen wandering about town for two or three days, apparently crazy.  On the Friday following, Livingston's wife came to hunt him up; asked Seib if he was in the house, which was answered in the affirmative.  She went in and found him sitting in a chair, propped and insensible.  He was taken home, and remained in a  stupid and insensible condition until Tuesday, when his wife, in washing his face, rubbed off a small cab from his forehead which disclosed a bullet hole.  The next morning he died.  Dr. Greenamyer, of Smithville, made an examination, and found a cartridge pistol ball in the brain.  On Friday last Seib was arrested and lodged in jail.  The Court of Common Pleas is now in session, but the Grand Jury had adjourned.  A special Grand Jury was called to investigate the case.  We are informed that Seib admits the killing, but claims he did it in self-defense.