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 656 JOHNSON May 1, 1308, near Windisch, in Switzerland, assailing him as he was crossing the river Reuss on his way to Brugg. The murderers, who had been disguised as monks, escaped separately, and John fled to Italy, where according to some accounts he ended his life in Pisa, April 13, 1313, after having received absolution from Pope Clement V. at Avi- gnon. But this story is doubtful, as well as that of his having spent the rest of his life as a hermit on his estate of Eigen without being recognized, and that ho only made him- self known at the time of his death in 1368. The emperor's daughter Agnes, the widow of Andrew III. of Hungary, and her mother, the dowager empress Elizabeth, being unable to lay hands on the conspirators, doomed to death thousands of their innocent relatives, friends, and vassals, destroying their abodes and confiscating their property. One of the conspirators, Rudolph von Palm, was beheaded in the presence of Agnes and Elizabeth, with 63 other knights and their armbearers, while Agnes held a wreath of roses in her hand and exclaimed exultingly that " she was bathing in the dew of May," referring to the shedding of her father's blood on the first of May. Ru- dolph von der Wart, another conspirator, hav- ing been surrendered by the Burgundian count Blamont, to whom he had fled, was broken on the wheel after having been submitted in his wife's presence to fearful tortures. Part of the proceeds of her victims' estates was ap- propriated by Agnes toward the establishment of the nunnery of Konigsfelden, on the site where her father had been slain, and where she died, May 13, 1364, but without having been able to satiate her revenge on John him- self. He was however outlawed by her father's successor, Henry VII. of Luxemburg. Schiller introduces John in his Wilhelm Tell, JOHNSON, the name of eleven counties in the United States. I. An E. central county of Georgia, bounded W. by the Oconee river, and drained by the Great Ohoopee; area, about 250 sq. m. ; pop. in 18TO, 2,964, of whom 915 were colored. The surface is undulating. The chief productions in 1870 were 47,229 bushels of Indian corn, 7,168 of sweet potatoes, and 1,558 bales of cotton. There were 374 horses, 680 milch cows, 755 other cattle, 1,30G sheep, and 4,571 swine. Capital, Wrightsville. II. A N. E. county of Texas, bounded S. W. by Brazos river ; area, 594 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 4,923, of whom 279 were colored. The surface is undulating ; the soil is well adapted to wheat, and is generally fertile. Prairie and timber lands are distributed in nearly equal quantities. The chief productions in 1870 were 5,694 bush- els of wheat, 155,435 of Indian corn, 6,718 of oats, 7,297 of sweet potatoes, and 1,212 bales of cotton. There were 6,343 horses, 2,549 milch cows, 16,396 other cattle, 1,212 sheep, and 8,758 swine. Capital, Cleburn. III. A N. W. county of Arkansas, bounded 8. by Arkansas river, which is here navigable by steamboats ; area, 576 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 9,152, of whom 613 were colored. The surface is moderately un- even, and the soil is fertile, but not uniformly so. The Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad passes through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 13,864 bushels of wheat, 275,185 of Indian corn, 21,159 of oats, 7,048 of Irish and 16,890 of sweet potatoes, 11,915 Ibs. of tobacco, 70,493 of butter, and 4,489 bales of cotton. There were 3,341 horses, 2,958 milch cows, 4,708 other cattle, 3,135 sheep, and 18,906 swine. Capital, Clarksville. IV. The N. E. county of Tennessee, bordering on Virginia and North Carolina, and having the Alleghany mountains on its S. E. boundary ; area, 300 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 5,852, of whom 418 were colored. It is watered by Watauga river and its branches. The surface is mountainous and thickly wooded, and the county is rich in iron. The chief productions in 1870 were 16,484 bushels of wheat, 13,397 of rye, 85,782 of In- dian corn, 34,682 of oats, 10,671 of potatoes, 11,333 Ibs. of wool, 72,041 of butter, and 1,513 tons of hay. There were 951 horses, 1,601 milch cows, 2,579 other cattle, 6,004 sheep, 5,271 swine, and 7 iron forges and rolling mills. Capital, Taylorsville. V. An E. county of Ken- tucky, traversed by the W. fork of Big Sandy river ; area, 140 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 7,494, of whom 37 were colored. It abounds in sand- stone and coal, and has a hilly surface with a sandy hut fertile soil. The chief productions in 1870 were 9,482 bushels of wheat, 256,256 of Indian corn, 30,310 of oats, 13,341 of pota- toes, 14,481 Ibs. of tobacco, 13,798 of wool, and 81,082 of butter. There were 1,129 horses, 1,537 milch cows, 1,088 working oxen, 2,352 other cattle, 8,105 sheep, and 9,277 swine. Capital, Paintville. VI. A central county of Indiana, watered by the W. fork of White river and several smaller streams ; area, 320 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 18,366. The surface is mod- erately uneven, and the soil is chiefly a rich loam. The Jeffersonville, Madison, and In- dianapolis and the Cincinnati and Martinsville railroads traverse it. The chief productions in 1870 were 544,917 bushels of wheat, 1,240,- 221 of Indian corn, 50,392 of potatoes, 45,363 Ibs. of wool, 300,915 of butter, and 6,376 tons of hay. There were 6,319 horses, 4,279 milch cows, 8,233 other cattle, 13,775 sheep, and 30,006 swine ; 2 manufactories of agricultural implements, 11 of brick, 13 of carriages, 3 of clothing, 7 of cooperage, 5 of brick and stone masonry, 8 of saddlery and harness, 1 of starch, 2 of woollen goods, 2 leather-currying estab- lishments, 11 flour mills, 2 planing mills, and 14 saw mills. Capital, Franklin. VII. A S. county of Illinois, drained by Cache river ; area, 486 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 11,248. It has a level surface and a good soil. The chief productions in 1870 were 92,191 bushels of wheat, 343,298 of Indian corn, 74,525 of oats, 19,764 of Irish and 7,076 of sweet potatoes, 307,013 Ibs. of tobacco, 21,663 of wool, 99,725 of butter, 2,327 tons of hay, and 33 bales of cotton. There