, 1860-04-23

Springfield. owned by Drs. Lord i Fowler, was
entirely destroyed by fire on Wednesday moru-
ing last. The mill cost $4,000, and was unin-
sured. The fire ia supposed to hare caught from
a passing locomotive. . Tie bridge o7er the
Three Nile Greek, eouth Of springfield-the
scene Of tho late catastrophe On the St. Louis,
Alton 4 Chicago Railroad--has been repaired |
go tha. the trims now run orer it as usual....
4 terrible casualty occurred ct pers, Cham
paigu county, on the 18Th inst. Thomas Short, |
Esq, together with his son, aged twelve years,
aud man by the name Of David Corbin, from |
Teemi1lion county, were out in the field. No
ticing storm approaching, they turned for the |
house, but were oYertaken, and d terrific stroke
Of lightning descended upon them, instantly
killing the gon Of Mr.. Short, aud Ar. Corbin,
md striking Mr. Short himself sense1ess TO the
earth.
lSp1ASA.-A destructive fire occurred Ut Vim
eennes On Sunday morning Of last week, by
which ten buildings were destroyed, with an
aggregate loss Of about $1,000. Several per-
soas narrowly escaped from the burning build.
inge. The fire was the work Of m incendiary.
M1cu1cAx.-The Union School house ut
,,o,ron;oc COSTING with ;ts xtnrcz. oyer 81. 900.
,rau h,rne; IN t;e pround IN the evening OF the
,7th inst, Il is supposed that The Ere orig
mated from the store paper. Three thousand
dollars we're insured on The building. In the
Cass county Circuit Court, Smith has been
cornd ,,,i,iv of n1,c;nc instructions on the
+-oct IF ,ta M;ch;o,n Centr., Railroad lin
C.ssooo,;s il t-r;na IN oot Tho nrasa oftb AZ.
| i;or,1 f,o,, tha o1d otI;co IN Tho Cd storv If
| sm;th,a store.hopse tn ;ts new onarters. the
! ..o:.. aara ,v and nress and men fell to the
- e.rars3, ;n;nr;no f;eo Van antrern.
20 unrbr and s,;oh4,v ;n;pr;nr othars.
w., ant,rarn h,d one tncer cnt nearly MI.
nd , savers cnt IN The head. Murphy WIS
hod,v rrt IN 4he 1eo and otberx;se injured
Han abner Pratt II. s. Consul at Honolulu.
~atv~,ad With t;e VITA tn h;s horne in Marshall
m Friday of lat week He liz On leaYe Of ab-
sence for six months "A fiendish outrage Was
committed On the nersou Of Hiss Ade1ine
SAMPSON. daughter Of John Sampson, n
49,, rasro,+shie vo,,o tadv aoed II residjnp
's'1 Ae'pes:oa,' 'os's & r.:s.s
on the principal foad 10 alisaale' Oh r1'oo}
last, By villain narned George Aisener, who
had been let out of iail but a few daystrevious
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LIE Is III 1a'l - u" ass us 'fia''
WISCONSIN. Saturday afternoon, tue l4th
inst, while the Chicago and northwestern
Railroad train was on its.way SOUTH III tle ricin
u, ,f .bs fo+a, c,4.strcnfe wb;ch honnen ed 1as
~ VI LIE AA't1 s4sA's''fn' ""'s" l.AFp
fall, an OK MAS found On tie track, ana pe1or'
, ! the locomotive could be stopped, it came il
contact with the au;,oal killing it. apd suash
, sS:- -, ~1 - - ~ o.s.naa
+ ing III Lae 1ool eAu - ons ~ 1ne pa0sense
cars. This WAS the extent Of the damage, an'
!. fortunately no individual was injured .Coun
{ .;,,.. ~. - 1t;,,-o,1,aa has ha., srr.s,a
. c'''of 'oyes, .. IN" "'Nee o-' oseD -.
0 for completely IN tue recent frauds commute
$ bT the City Comptroller and Clerk. lie Ta
held in 81 900 bull. Thirty. six different indie
= uurts haze 1,cen found sqa,nst tie Coulutrolle
1,s-, .a, 1v:,;n,
't and Ctefk.-.~a young man haaea nHlip
d Stuckman, formerly a compositor in the S
= Pan, T;mt< of1;ce. was drowned in Pine LAX
+ -: ed. -s,o.,,;,,,, ~. ~, ~,
It WISCONSIN, oa ounaas a'otA'as' Nv ~ A''
IS while hunting. His parents live in Qulnc.
'c 1l1,oois.
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= Last Sunday drorc Of sl1ty-six horses Gto