, 1859-05-25
HE$TEN~S -e.E W. LTE.EE.

down On the bank Of tie river adjoining our
town, and saw some till fishing going on. We
slw une company Of Fishermen haul in, at Que
time, three isnnG-ed fish, weighing on an ave-
ragv two pounds apiece. EC saw auether com
pany in six hauis Of the seine. catcl, 1,:t1 fish
"A large ized twu horse wagon box full, weigh
ing Mt least 1000 pouuds.--Fre<1o.M CO. (Nn.}
Eayke.
M..1l CARRIER DRowSEo~-On the 17th,
German who for the past two years has carried
the wav mail between Quincy and Warsaw. WAS
drowned with his team il the Mississippi. While
passing tt place made narrow t3 tie washing
away Of the bank by the rivcr, one Of his horses
slipped, dragging the team int tile river. and
in bis attempt to save the mail he was carried
undar
Coz. WILLARD RoanEn.-On Fri,tay night 1,
burglar entered the Executive Mansion, and
making his way to Governor Wizards bed
Chamber, took his Exccllency's packet book,
containing sla5 ane .,i:e papers ofv:lae.-Ia-
sIiaaapolis Journal.
UAElNa BURGLARY Two TnorsASp
13oLLARs IN MONEY S7oLES.-The house oi
Thomas i. Ece:, II tic t.>1-n ot ;*ctI:ra. Peoria
county, about five mics IRON Chillicothe. WIS
broken info abnut midnight Of Friday last Tile
urs..s5 c,terted all entrance tlrou:, IL window
:.pd carried away with them . small chest con-
tanning eight hundred dul}ars in gold, one hail
slrod dollars in silver. and eleven or twelve hun
dred dollars in bank bilIs.-Fsorid Transcript.
ACCIDENT rpoS THE RAlLnoAo.-On Saturday
morning. as the express train trom Chicago wns
approaching Gill.nan station, the engineer dis
clvcrcd, Il short distance ahead, man Iyin.
upnn the track. lie sounded the alarm whistle
and cndcarcred to st52 the train; bu: could not
bring it to stand until the engine aud baggage
Tar Ind passed over the right leg Of the tlntor
tuna:e individual, completely seycring it from
his body near the hip. lie proved to be un
!rishman by the name Of Patrick Dorsey, and
il supposed to hare hrcn Intoxicated ut the time.
1t was thought very doubtful whether hc could
surrive.-i5ta.
Sr1cip: 1T DRowS1SG.-A woman nauicd
Hannah Mcal,au, aud wife Of Thomas AIcalan
residing On johnson street, III the lower part ot
:te civ, drowned herself on SATURDAY morning,
"hilr iu i statc Of insanity, caused bI excessive
drinking. IIcr busband thinks it must hare
been about four O'Clock when she arose frur,
the bet, crossed thu street into u neighbour :
.oor yard, and opening tho covering Of thu els
tern, plunged III. The water was 6ve feet dtc;'
N it, and the curbing abnrc ground about two
icet high. 4 jury Of inquest wa* beltf and :.
verdict returned in accordance with the above
f..c;s. Mrs. Meahan leayes five children. ,hr
eldest thirteen years Of aye, and thu youngest
threc.-l ii.
i New EorrE 10 CnlcAGo.-N'c understand
the citizens Ut the upper part tof the county have
nearer, cheaper and more expeditions rol1t,'
to Chicago titan via. g. l. Il. l. Il. H., from thi>
point We arc sorry to Lose their trade, yet fo,
their sake rejoice in their new facilities. i
steamer runs every morning from Port Byron
and connects with the morning train cast from
| Fulton CITY, and returns after the evtnin. train
arrives from the East. lsy this route they T.
! quicker Mt cost Of only four dollars.-Lve1
| lsland R<yister.
1 r. H., ;x
| this point and above. Although tic Mississippi
| s,,s been and is now higher than ever bcf"r.
| knuwn, our river has not been so high by ncHry
three feet AZ it was last August. Tie statet.-l
| that faru's hare been devastated and :"H:,>
greatly injured thrnu:;h tile valley, has III Euud
alton III truth. No damage Of ahy kin! has beer
| done, except the Inconvenience Of eros sing ane
travelling. Pttr .Ai"n.l .';trt Pres.
HTpcornonl&.-Wc regret to learn that OF
! wtu were at wnrk OH the raitruad '.csr Ctica
wrrc tukcn with the hvdroplohia, havin:, bc:.s
| hi!ten by mad doz some four months ago
| The o1u man was taken to the pnor-inu>c
where he died on Wednesday evening. The b.,
ulade his escape, and when last heard from, wa
in the siciuitr Vi Pcsiu.-CIatoa tl4.1 Ntgisf<r
! G1SScSG.-A gentleman from the East las 10
/ Gated few miles beyond FairhanEt, and Is buy
inr ll the ginseng that il to he haul fur cxpoT,a
tiou. lie has erected tirv houses. and is pre-
pared to dry and chip, during tic season, it i
can be found, 80, ,thai worth. Several hundred
persons arc engaged ia the business Of diggin:.
Or will he as soon Us tie tops get big enough t.
be distinguished from other herbs. We bar
heard uf several other dealers having located il
the DiE Woods to engage in thc same trade
Last year about SIC, ,AH' worth was shipped from
our State. and probably tive times tlat amnun
will be sent away this season.-lKasf.Ayx Him..
L'3:ysr.
-axo7uEE ID1AS UurEAGE.-0n Sunday n,arr
iny last j couple of Sioux Indians who had bee
han:n: around Traverse for some DAYS, st
tackled tie family qfa frrnclInan by the nan.
Of Laramie, cuttn. and brn1sin. one Of the /.
E1ates, who is also of Indian tlood, badly. .
very severe cash VII. cut between the FIRST an
stc.'nd fingers al ono h:n1, and she was severe
" Litrcu and bruised about thu breast. "
Lat,mie received nn ugly cut from y tonaaI,aw
directly over one eye, and had his thumb icarl
bitten uG by one OF the brltes. The family tic
in their night clo,',cs--is being about o'c!oc
i. M.--to neighbar's house, where they #
naiscd until morning, when the Indians wer
arrested a,,d placed in the Jail ut this place
await n examination. Liquor. ss usual, was
shr bottom nf the difficulty. The difficulty ori;
mated from some old quarrel existing betwcc
tue Indians aad Laramie, who married squa
Of the tribe:
We should like to know why the India
Agents 10 not Keep these Indians on their r
serva,ous. None Of them have any businc:
) here whatcvcr---.S{. Rk<r Him. Fro Prs.