, 1859-01-17
We8te1'1e .He1C8 Items.

ATFRAx IN LRRor.-An atfray occurred at a
gambling house u Leroy on Monday evening,
which well nigh proved fatal TO one Of the par
ties engaged Two men, named Selmsu and
Jordan. wers gambling in the back room of the
establishment, when, upon soms provocation,
which We have been unable to laaru (probably
Jordan had all the Jacts Ia his hootsl Setmun
struck Jordan severe blow on the head with
club. He was for some time reported dead,
and ru11or- n that effect Ha4 current in town
yesterday, but subsequent reports SLY thst tho
injnres ara not ae ssveze - IT frat supposed.
belman succeeded 10 making his escape sad 80
lar has etuded tbs officers who we're in purauis.
'-BEooming'os Pantdgroph.
McLuAx Couxrr AGRICULTURAL. Soc14r.-Th;.
Society, IN lts list Of premiums Ter the paat ee,-
Bon, offered premium Of IS for the oreate.t
yield Of corn on gu acre of ground, md IS for
the greatest yield Of potatoes on one fourth of
an acre. We give an abstract of the reports r..
ceiyed from those competing, as follows:
CoR~-Thomas and Wm. Kari raised on me
acre Of ground. SO bushels and So pourda. q
Barnard, ST bushels and pounds, Robert r,,r.
rimer 7011s bushels.
Po1AzoKa.-0. Barnard raised on one fourth
an acre OF ground II bushels and 40 non,,ds
A. D. Benjamin e715 bushels.-N. p''@
EtopzxEsr OF 4 Dxpurx sHxp,r-sou.
four or five weeks ago. the Deputy She,;ff If
this county, A. r Town, left III. ri.na eor ~.
Rockville. where ne met citizen Of Ds}hi. tax.
ing from his pocket bundle Of pspera pertain.
ing to ShsEih ous.ness. With the request that
rior in office. The wish Of Mr, ia BENZ r carn.
piled With. 1o.hing more was thought Of the
affair, "a Nr. Towns lady ras then At tha E..t
on visit. aud the Inference was. he had oone
to return home with her. But recently the
wife OF the trnans husband returned hons
n'tnus man ana reported abe had not seen OF
which hare come to light of late hare e.tsbl;shed
the fact Of his eloPement beyond doubt. Goa.
sip has adoat many strange and pny.teriou,
tales in regard to the affair. His hns;nes. waa
left unsets|ed.-Dt!hi (lo,'a) DtmoeTat. -
Bouxp FOE P1KE's PxAk.-From what Va
1esrn. q large number OF our citizaus ara ooiro
to pske's Peak. Some think Of startinv soon
and going through Iowa, and wait on The Other
aide Of she sa alssGur' , until grass starts This
is nearly impassahe in the spring,
Among those who are certain 10 On ara tha
following:
Messrs. Alvsh AaEsur, Reuben Wells. Manly
Darling, Calvin Hitchcock, Charles FuIler and
Mr. kuhns.-No!ias Iad<ptnden.. ~4 ''1
MOLINE WATER PowER-We understand the
new Water-Power Company are TO send first
class engineer To oversee their work Of improve
mens in the spring. Tbs gentleman selected is
JUG " 4aiSG eApGt4eASes uAFluK H2Q MUCH 10
do wlth the hEdEau1ic works at Oswego, N. \.
Hon. z. R. Reed, President OF the Company,
is coming 10 reside at Moline. and will take
charge Of the interests Of the Conpany.-D.
TEE FoRr SHILLING SALE AaA1s,-Tbe st
Paul Usanfsotlln learns that the Fort Smelling
spectators have failed to pay up the second H.
sta!ment Of $50 900 due to Government. on the
purchase OF For, Smelling and its Reserve: and
that Instructions hare been received there to
fureclose Oh their obligations md resume Gov.
erumentai possession Of the premises It's q
long lane that has no turning; aud the specu1a
tors are likely 10 be tripped up at last.
FE1GurTuL Acc1pExr.-An orphan boz by the
name OF Delavan Wilcox, about Is years old,
was found dead in = cisteEn in the enclosure Of
5. L. Mccall on Tuesday morning last, Jan 4th,
nrar stable. John Corbett, Esq, summoned
ajury to Investigate the cause Of the death. ard
they rendered q verdict of accidental drowning,
From the evidence, it appears that quite num-
her OF small boys we're engaged in disturbing
singing school in the SOUS Hall, aud aoue
one of them giving the alarm that they would
be caught. as the movement OF some one Inside
indicated pursuer, they ecanpersd Of ii All
directions, each one for himself Several Of
them started to get across the enclosure Of Mr.
McGitl, the deceased among the number, aud
the cistsrn being in the track, wide open, with
same i've feet OF water in it, received the tugi-
tlvein its cold embrace and drowned him at
once, probably. The boys next morning missing
their companion Of the night before. and think
lnH perhaps that he was drowned, went to the
cisteru and found him.-ysrstyrWe Prairie
State, Jua. ia.