, 1860-12-14

New Posr OFF1cEs-The following new
.',st Offices havo been established within the
'.,st week :-lNinois: OakiAnd. Pope county;
,:aeldon, lroquois cou,ty; Blair, Randolph
'unty; LanesvilIe, Sangamon county; ilut
.idgs, Peoria county; Lusk, Pope county.
:ixconsin: scotia, Trcmpcleau county; Kirch-
..ir,, Washington county; Lake Five, Wauke-
II county; Wishow, Columbia county; Little
urxcon, Door county; st, Mary's, Monroe
,untx Sentinel, Ashland county. .afinne*ota: :
scksonyillc, Wabashaw county. Loua: Den
IS, Appanoosc county. Kansas: Ell Dorado,
:unter county; Moore's Ranch, Marion cour-
+; Rosydalc, Anderson county. Indiana:
allaudct, Marion county.
The people Of Freeport, in this State, have
iready giyon 81 500 for the aid Of the Kansas
1::s.f1Irsrs, and they intend TO make the sum
*e,00o.
NoBLr DoSE-Thc town Of Ridott, Stcpl-
isou county, purely agricultural town, las
atitributed in wheat, corn and money, $500
:.' aid the STRIVING people Of Kansas.
FRrEpoKT GRAN eHIPHEHTs.-During tic
:hrco months Of September, October and No
.e1,bcr, Freeport shipped IL, ,107 bushels OF
Aheat over tha Racine foad alone. That road
u hut one OF three channels by which her
::,in finds lis way to mArket-Firt1o.t Jour
at.
CEpAnv11l.E DID HER Durr.-Cedarvillc and
icinlty las alrcady shipped to Kansas 50 bar
rels Of prime nour, and 800 bushels Of com
.,'tal value about G900.-ltdd,
IMPROVEMENT or KALAMAZOO RIyER--Wc
.arn thnt our nefghbors At Newark intend to
:.'ply to the Legislature to pass Law for their
:c.cat, similar to the Holland larhor act. If
lie harbor Is improved tho river ought to bc
cared, and asnug Light dra1t steamboat should
.an from Ancf;an down, In connection with !
launch speedy propeller, from the mouth Of
&c. river to Chicago. They have our best
.ishcs for their complete success In the pro-
'oscd improvements. s.-I{oldNd Negiatr, Dt<.
II.
"A destructive fire occurred in 1iennepin
',unty, Minnesota, quito recently. 1t broke
ut about : o'clock on Friday morning, In the
s.rn owned by the Mecker Town Company,
'.ich, t9gsthcr with it's contents, consisting
Il five Horses, tno yoke OF oxen, two COWS
nd quantity OF hay, grim, &c, were con-
hined. The fire il supposed TO have caught
'"n the pipe of ono Of the men who went to
ccd the catuc about O'Clock, for, III about
;rtl minutes offer lie came In, ii WAS discovered
" bc on fire, and 50 rapidly did it burn that 1t
":h lulpuetlo!C 10 save anything. Inc 1OkS -
'.timatcd to be about 5000.
Tho lumber yard Of Mr.. Plil]ips at Mound
.'ty,i in this State, WA damaged by fire to the.
amount Of 81 800, On Thursday night Of last
weak. -:
THANKSGIVING At nosExoxp.-An enter
.'risfng Yankee town is Roscmond, In Christ
I'm county, and right Yankee way they haye
'hcrc If voting for Lincoln and keeping
Thanksgiving: The Shelby FFeanan comea 10
as with. nearly three column, civing IN &C.
punt Of the general juhlleo held At Rosemond
Ill the 18th ult., embracing wedding,
speeches, toasts, and u good tins generally.
'bs. 1Iaw1ey read = letter from the private Sec
:rtaf , Of Hon. A. Lincoln, who had been In
sited to attend. The "ever3astlng" Wide
iwalcs wqsc Of conrse on hand in full force.
Southern Illinois has good reason 10 be proud
Of That Yankee town that Is not fenced in,"
albeit HI people did vote for Lincoln. The
Euter they are multiplied in that section, and
everywhere 1t tie West, the bsttsr: ~3''>' '~"
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