, 1860-03-19
WESTERN NEWS,

The freight train on the Logansport, Peoria
and Burlington Railroad was thrown oil the
track near South Midd;cpo7t, on Monday night
last, By means Of some obstruction placed upon
the track. Tie engine, tender and three cars
were thrown of. 80. On the Saturday evening
previous freight train ran off the track on the
same road four miles east of Logansport, and
screen Of the cars were p1ecipitatcd down an
cmbankment about twenty-five feet-caused by
running over COW. Joseph Rogers, a passen-
gcr, was considerably injured BY jumping of
the train. >. IA nu ber Of citizens Of 0quawka
{1N.) contemplate going to Pixies Peak this
Spring. An advance guard left on Tuesday
morning last, and it will be followed in short
time ty fifteen or twenty more -. IA man named
G. ". Gennings was killed By single blow
wiu. the fist, struck by Martin Duzza.d, at Lin
coin, in this State, on Saturday last The diff
Guilty was Of Gcnnings' own seeking. The
"grass Widows" numbering seventy-one, who
reside in aud around Elkhurt (1nd.) gavc 3 hall
last week, aud invited their male friends. None
but grass widows" were allowed to participate
in the festivities. -. Tie German Aaennerchor
serenaded Gail Schurz at indianapolis on
Wednesday night. Tie Hon. John L. Robin
son, United States Marshal Of Indians, is lying
dangerously i'll at his residence in Rushyitle....
At Madison, {Nis,) on Wednesday, as David
DonucllT was adjusting some gearing in Briggs
steam mill, the machinery suddenly started, md
he became entausled in the cogs Of The driving
wheel, and IVES literally crushed to DEATH.
The Stevens House, in North La Crosse, (wis.)
WAS burned on Tuesday night. 1t WAS low
placc, infested with drunken Indians, c:c., and
was undoubtedly set on fire. Loss about g 900.
1.-The Indians are very numerous in Ia
Crosse now, MS we learn from tue RtpubEicdn.
The citizens do not like the manner In which
thcy swing their guns around when paradiuc
the streets, drunk, and there is some talk Of
"cleaning them OUT. James D. Spencer
Killed John VI. Deebc in self defence, in Sands
Hill, No., On the ed inst After an examipa-
tion Spencer WAS discharged. II. D. Frary, q
promising lawyer Of La Grange, No., was found
dead in lis bed last week.
WoIr1sH.-A day or two since, as Jas. Mourn
ing, citizen of Irish nativity, was walking
along road in the town of Nontrosc. in this
county, he espied large grey wolf lcisurely
smelling around a little ahead Of him. lie i'm
mcdiatelv gave chase, and after short run Of
about Quarter OF q mile through brush and
wood, Nj. Wo4f sought refuge in the ledge Of q
rock frcn which his tail aloDo waA iavi.ingy
exposed. His pursucr although unarmed, with
out moments hesitation, seized it. and alter
two or three whIrls at arms length, introduced
the VOLS skull TO the trunk Of tree. and then
flung it lifeless to the ground. It was then car.
ried AWAY with tncurn,ng.-Aad;soa Patriot.
lsropxAr1oS WAS1Ep-Of the whereabouts Of
boy named George A. Pickup, who left tbis
county about Aug. 10th, 1858. Ssid Pickup
was. when lie left. some fourteen or fifteen years
Of age. henry set. red hair, frecklsd, and bad at
the time one Of his upper front teeth broken of
near its middle. II our brethren Of the press in
Illinois and Iowa, especially Northern lows,
will copy this notice, they will confer grast
1hvor, Is will also any person giving the desired
information to the editor Of ths paper, at Aedo,
Mercer Co., 1linois.-A1edo Rcord.