, 1860-04-10

A saloon keeper ut Frank, Ind, named
Anton Wuchter, was stabbed and almost in
ssantly killed, By Thomas Wright, during IN at'
frny On Tuesday Of last week On Wedncs-
day evening last about $50 cords Of wood be-
longing to the Illinois Central Railroad were
burned at Arcola, in Ford county. The fire
took from locomotive. - The planning mill and
carpenters sGop Of Me.srs. Park, Hays / Evans
at Bloomington, ILL., were entirely destroyed by
fire. The loss includes large amount Of lumber,
and will reach &l5 900 or tls, 900. This is the
third time that similar establishment has been
burned down on tho same spot within few
years. The warehouse and adjacent buildings
belonging to Case L Buell., located on the pier
at Waukegan, were entirely destroyed By IRE
on Monday evening last, including 1000 bushels
Of wheat, 5000 bushels of oats, 200 bbls. Of salt,
pressed hay, pork, &C., belonging to various
parties. The entire loss is about $4,000. The
FIRE Was discovered just after Hon. Abe Lin.
coin commenced his speech in that city, and
was NO doubt the work of an iuceudiary Tile
mill formerly belonging to Simon huykendall.
situated near7he upper edge Of Bond county IN
this State, was burned On the night Of the 50sh
ult, The property had just fallen into the hands
of firm in St. Louis, by mortgage, and party
to said firm had visited the mill on Friday, the
day beflre it was burnt, claimed the property
and forbid its further use By Mr. kuykeudal1,
The origin OF the FIRE is not known, but there is
strong suspicion that it vas the work Of an
incendiary, rs the mill had not been run from
Friday noon until II O'Clock the following night
when it IVES discovered 10 be in taues....
Samuel Wheatcrott and Daniel Cradlebaugh, a
couple Of ninnies, residing in Newton, jasper
county, Iowa, went to law about young bull,
worth ea5, and came out With bill Of costs
amounting to {a35. Of about nine times the value
Of the bull.
JACK SHEPARD OrrpoSE.-Wc heard the
other dag Of very daring ESCAPE from the
Indiana State prison, at Jeflersonyl!e, BY girl,
which pretty nearly equals the enterprise OF tho
adventurous girl in the Columbus peniteutiary,
Of which the papers gave an account re;ently.
The women's range OF cells ia our penteutiary
is four stories in height We believe, with grated
windows in each story looking into tue court
yard. This girl climbed up the lowest window
rs far as she could, the grate bars enabling her
to cling to it firmly, and when ut the top, she
managed in some lne1piicab1e Way to fassen
the sheet Of her bed to tho next window above.
then climbed the sheet to that window, climbed
up it to the top: as she had done With The tirst
! one, and again fastened the sheet to she window
| above, and thus managed to get to the roof,
| whence she escaped down the ladder which is
| used for the guards to mount the wall with.
| Her escape was not known till some time after,
and sue has probably ossafely oG-IAdsanapo-
| &is Journal.
The ST. PAIL Axp Ii Crosse TELEGRAPH
LrSE.-We are pleased to learn that this line
has received sufficient subscriptions Of stock
to ensure its sarlv commencement and compile
tion. James II: Winslow, Esq to whose casr-
81 and acsive efforts the success Of this enter
| prise is mainly to be attributed, has taken the
coatrAct for the construction Of the line before
| next wintar. When this ia done, VIC will not
feel US we do every winter. that we arc separated
| by barrier fro 'tthe rest Of the world" Tue
| moment the liae is completed, it will hare y
good revenue. and pay we'll. It is q wonder il
| las not been bnis ere this. But lasinX alxays
| done without it, ne hare not felt its necessity
so forcbly as will after it gets into operation
| So. tGuE Times and uiantsotiaH.