, 1860-02-14
DreGs T. Trihtttte,
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.

ILLINOIS RIyEn.--The st. Louis Democrat ot
| Wednesday SAYS: "From the Illinois riycy VIC
arthat navigation is oil right to Harris Iand.
ing. (si1 miles below Gri2gsvil|e,) and from the
| movement of boats in that direction, we think
there will soon be rery l1Tely trade there
Tie Belle: Peoria came up to her wharf from
that stream about 7. u. yesterday, with very
1a'r trip as will be seen By her manifest"
A RrSwAr WIrf.-Last Spring the wife Of q
mau named sfarte1, a saloon keeper at Rockford,
ran away with d man In the employ Of her lus-
band. They came to this city and were here ar-
rested and brought before Justice Mil'iken, just
as they were on the point Of leaving for the
@ Eass. ne wife returned. to her home, and f.
nally, 4 short time since, went TO v,sit her H.
thcr, respectable farmer in uampspire, Kane
county Last week the woman again disap-
peared, leaving behind her crippled child. 1t
II supposed TINT she has gonc in search Of her
paramouF. The husband is desirous that the
matter be made public, inda1ging in the hope
That by this means the friends Of the fraif wo-
man may get positive clue to her wherea-
bouts.
NCRDER IN CARROLL CouSrr.-Ou Monday of
last week brutal murder was committed about
two and u half miles from Nt Carroll, in Ca.-
roll County. 1t appears that two lrisbmen
were engaged IN mining. when d quarrel Of
some kind arose between Them, and onr struck
the other severe blow on the head with nick.
struck another blow on the neck, inflicting
deep and horrible wound. Hethen left him and
went home. The next morning his unfortunate
victim was found dead in his shanty near By,
having crawled there altar the intlction Of bis
Injuries. The name Of the murdered man is
Welch, that Of the other is Shower Slowy. The
murderer has been arrested.
Coal IN BlooxlsG7oS.-A cali for meeting,
signed by some eighty to hundred prominent
citizens Of Bloomington, appears in the last
IInfagraph, for the purpose OF takip9 the uec-
essary steps for ascertaining to a certainty, by
boring, whether or not there is coal beneath
that city.
La SALLE County C1RcCIr CorRr-Last week
the case was tried of Walter e. Porter "a, The
Illinois Central Railroad, in which the plaintiff
claims some 1850 Of the company for furnish
ing certain stone. The Company deny ever
having nude the contract: The case was tIied
at last Term and Porter got verdict for some
S.,ooo. The Company got new trial, and now
have succeeded IN cutting the verdict down to
$500. The case will probably be appealed.
FATAL AcclpESr.-0n Monday afternoon Of
ing from Ga'ena to his home in Irish Hollow, be
uccid ntalty fell from his wagon, and the wheels
passed over his head, from the effect of which
be died the next day.
--Lo1o Montez is iecturing upon "John Bull
at 1iome," in Cleveland.
FATAL Acc1pES7.-In the town OF Alpine, on
"Wednesday last, as team was hauling some
logs, n child, aged about eight years, son of Mr..
CTamer, jumped on the load, but fell of upon
the ground, when log rolled over the child,
killing him almost instantly. Grand Rapids
(.0ieA.) Enquirer, FEB. 10.
Capt. Ward, President Of the Consolidated
Steamboat Line, from st. Louis to the Upper
Mississippi, writes 10 citizen Of St. Anthony
TINT there will be semi weekly line of boats to
the Falls during the coming season. The Saints
are jubilant orer the prospect Of being the
" head Of navigation"
lS7ERFEneSck.-The O. S. Marshal has gone
up to the +'llneries," at least am go informed,
to eject all the trespassers on the Public Lands.
It il we'll known that millions Of feet of splendid
logs are annually cut and hauled of these lnnds,
which will become worthless in a very few years.
IN consequence of this action Of tile Marshal,
our mill owners nFe fearful that the spring sup
pfy Of logs will prove Inadequate 1.-THE demand.
Should this occur, an advance must take place
over the present prices Of manufactured lumber
The supply on hand is exceedingly short, and
hut ineagre stock Of logs within reach. Most
Of our mills are running, the recent fne weather
having been highly fayoiable.-Cer. Of the 81.
Pau; -Minn.) 7tmts.
Posi- OFFICE THrEyEs.-Messrs. Parry, Bank
ers of this place, inform us TINT theT have been
seriously annoye ed for the last few months from
the regular failure Of drafts forwarded BY them
to the East. They state that they have been
unable to get draft, mailed at this place,
through since lust Sertember-faiiures being Of
almost daily occurrence.
The fact that letters containing drafts, sent by
private conveyance 10 st. Paul aud mailed there,
have iuvariuble gone through safely, would in
dicate that the robbery was committed snmc-
where on the route between here and st. Paul.
We hear that bankers at St. Peter are similarly
The matter should lie looked into.-
NduEafo Mimi Iadtpepdtnt,