The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-09-19
THE NRrH-WEsTERN COUNTRY.

Aooti twenty years ago, whcn wo drove
down our stake in Springfield, there were
scarcely ten thousand uhito people 10 the
Stnfe North ofus, ano the greater portion
Of Wisconsin aud Iowa were wild and al
mos, unknown regions. 10 the Black Hawk
war Of 1892, even the Rock river country
had been explored By hunters aud trappcrs;
and we rccol!ect The deep interest manifest
ed at tha, lime, 70 read descriptions Of the
country over which the army passed, aud
sen, to us BY some of our soldier citizens
To bnve supposed that the Rock river conn
try through i,s whole length-the couutry
intervening between Chicago and Golena
1.-The wiIds Of Wisconsin and the Indian
territory OF Iowa, would be occupied by
whites within twenty years-'hat there
would be million Of people where there
was scarcely any white popula,ion,- would
have Lcen regarded as the ima ginations Of
a dreamy enthusiast Yet this thing has
been deoc; and our population il steadily
pashing its conqnes,s towards the sources
nf the Mississippi it's eye upon the
distant regions waterei by The ST. Peters
upon the beautiful country between ths
head waters Of the Mississippi and the Red
river Of the North, and even the advan-
tagcs which the last na,ned river may here.
after ofef to agriculture and commerce.
Who dare now cay that all the country be-
tween The Mississippi river md the Rocky
Mountains. capable of settlement, will net
be reduced to subieciion by the stalwart
arm nf the Anglo Saxon, and occupied bv
him within the next TWENTY-FIVE years!-
Events which in former ages required cen
turies for their accomplishment, in our own
day. are the work ofa few years. The ra-
pidi,y Of icIegrapbic opcra,inns--ihe con-
quests Of steam-secm scarcely 70 advance
mnre rapidly than the march Of Anglo Sax
on improvements in the vast regions Of tho
Wes,.-Hiinois Journal.
The following singular death of an nc
compIished ymng lady at Green Bay, Wis-
consin, Miss Charlotte Ann Mooers, will be
read with melancholy interest:
On the evening of,ha 30,h oi July. ut
twilight, she was sitting in her fathers
house agaiust partition over which
stove pipe communicated with chimney
during thunder storm singing with her sis
Ter. Mrs Laihrop, as was her custom. ihe
/ plain,ve ballad ..Good Bye" each bearing
q separate part. And while the sweet mel
ojy fingered on her lips, a heavy cloud pass
| ing over the huse discharged its fearful
contents. The fatal shaft entered the
chimney. followed the stove pipe to tho
stove. and then down the partition ngain..
which The deceased was sitting. and ex-
piodcd just over her head The room was
filed with sudden blaze oflight, thun-
dcriDg crash followed by piercing scream
was heard, and Miss Moocrs, who but
momen, before was IN perfect health, now
envelopcd in flames. lay upon the 0oor in.
sensible, and apparently dead. Immediate
! y, and before the death Hight had left tbs
room her distracted parents we're by her
side, the flames wero ex,ingnished, water
was showercd upon her and other remedies
nscd. hui no signs Of life appeared. Her
mother, with NJ ich presence Of mind,
breaihed in her mouth, throwing yo|un,s
Of air into her lungs. which WAS repeated
again and again by her father. until by ev
Iiraordinary efforts slight response was
observed, contraction Of the lips qn;ver
ef The chin. f.llnwed by partial resplra,
,,on, until she WAS SO for restored TO con-
ciuusness "a 10 regain her sight. 10 speak,
t, know her friends around her and .ppre.
ciate their efFofts to alleviate her suf1erings
bat not 10 fully understand the causc Of her
distressed condition; and although her snf
| ;erings internally were intense she wa=
not heard 60 complain. So pans blessed
senses having been restored to her il very
naturally raised in the minds Of her affiict
ed parents and friends around her hopes Of
her ultimate recovery which for a while
were Endly cherished, but those hopes were
Elusive. About twenty hours after the ia
tai shaft struck her she gradually sunk a.
way, easy and apparently unconscious Of
whs, was passing around her for some hours
before she died, until about 3 o'clock on
Thursday morning
! Al recent Fourth OF July celebration in Mnncso.
to the following toast was given:
4 The Shirs Of onr Navy.
1hs ladies oil our land,
/ May the former be we'll rigged,