, 1859-04-14
W.ESTER~F 1H.EW-S ITEMS.

RE7rnS1xo-The Dubuque .San says that
three Pixies Peak teams from Grant County,
Wis, crossed over the river to Dunlelth on
Thursday, on their way home, having enconn-
tered the elephant on the prairies of Iowa.
Go1SG.-We learn BY friend from Iowa City,
that during the twenty-four hours ending Fri
day morning. forty-seyen emigrant wagons
passed ever the bridge At that city, on their way
10 Pixies Peak. The mule teams appeared to
be making the best time. Our informant passed
with his mule tean, nearly twenty OF teams be- :
tween here and Iowa City.-Daetaport Ga:<.te.
TnEaE.-A letter, published in the Rock Island
Argus, from Mr.. Jackson, now at the mines.
to lis father in Henry Co., Iii. has the follow
ing paragraph:
In Arrapahoc County there arc from eight to
twelve hundred dcvil4like myself, hunting gold,
but not finding any, At present ne are pre-
parinE to skin the spring emigration, which IS
10 be done By disposing Of town sites and bad
| whisky.
HEAVY Mass or CopPkn.-Thc Ontonagon
| Miner says:
AT tie bottom of No. S shaft, in the National
mine, they have mass, Of which some notices
| have been giren previously, which is stripped
for = feet in height, and ii feet in length on tho
| leyel. 1t is still going down and eAst and west
| the edge being nowhere encountered except
| at its top, where it shows from II to IL inches
in thickness. 1t is estimated to contain ut least
100 tons"
| 4 R1cY BrRGLAn.-At Galesburg on Friday
night last, L man named Van Blarcom was ar-
rested by an officer who had been On the watch
for Two nights, for breaking into q hardware
| store and attempting 10 carry oil key Of nails.
| Van Blarcom is, ii is said, the owner Of rso
| good far1ns valued at ten thousand dollars, and
Of other property i'll the vicinity Of Galesburs.
! CONTEMPT Casa regularly elected and duly
authorized Justice Of the Peace, in Brown Co.,
| nI,Io Ardrn,r II Tottari11 IL un.v ro1.
fined in tue Jail of the county, having been con
signed to durauce by another Justice panied
Vim. 5. Wharton, for contempt. The contempt
consisted III c. suyiug to ". in Court, You
behave yourself, or will take you by the
throat"
4 Runaway MAYoR,-Another name is added
TO the list Of the - absquatnlated.' u. 3, Dillon,
formerly of the Franklin Ho,lsc-sti1l later d
householder ofthe deepest dye"-and wilhat
holding the important office Of Mayor Of West
Liberty, has departed to unknown regions,
there 10 cke out the remainder of his existence
on other peoples money. Two Of our citizens
into whose pnckets he was pretty derp, started
OH tile next train in pursuit, but pursuit WIS in
vain. They went Us fur Cincinnati, where
they asccrtaincd that he had "gulled' people
worse than here Mt home. His debts III this
place are numerous, although chiefly small. 1t
| Is supposed that lie went TO Kansas, and VIC ex-
| pcct that We shall next hear Of him as being
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uigtltcd Territory. liz certainly is capable Of
filling either Office i'll creditabte style.-Kaea-
chsrk lU.) Press.
DornsoS MONTHLY SALEs.-Monday was q
| pleasant day, and good number of persons
were in town. Stock commanded good prices.
Horses sold at from $3y to goo; cattle (two
! wears old) from x.~5'' to $352j; and as fur
mules. we could not learn the prices, although
several lots were sold.-{aris Flag, It'll.
4 Sw1SplEn CArGur.-!a number Of citizens
| at Oberlin, have been successfully sold by fel
low calling himself $. S. Dexter, who claimed to
be an ayrnt for Phillips, Sampson 4 Co., and
other publishers Of various publications. Some
forty 10 sixty dollars slipped from the pockets
of professors, students aud citizens before the
sending him to Elyria Jail on the Charge Of Oh
tanning money Oh false prctences.
Spn1sG WHEA7.-Wc hear with regret tha,
much OF the wheat TINT has been suwn thi:
spring, is rotting in the ground. The cold, disa
greeab!e weather, has prevented it from grow
ing, nnd in ali probability much Of it will rot be
fore it will sprout and take root.-lP1ck Ltl4na
-4ryus.
D1Kn On TnA1S.-On Saturday man witt
tickets fur st. Louis rot on the ears Of t!lt
becfontaine Road 1T Crestline, whn had irn
mediatcly befnrc been affected with bleeding a
the lungs. At Gallon all effort was made II
persuade him to ret off tile train and 20 to
hotel. but he obstinately refused, although til,
blood was leaving lis lungs So fast Us to aln,os
sutlNcate him. Conductor Ward placed him il
as comfortable position US liz MS able IL do
and moved on with his rain. Tie bleeding
continued freely, and attention was shown th'
suffering man every few moments About lul
way between Gallon and Marion some one d,
the train approached him for the purpose .
atlo1ding what relief and comfort there was a
command, and discovered linn to be Icad. IL
had died unobsegvcd, aud without struggles u
commissions At Marion the body was take,
from the train and buried.-lndtdhalnfi
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