, 1860-04-09

Louis Didisr. formerly editor Of tho 2ti!ung |
At Peoria, dad in that city on ths lat iust agsd
ssysazs.. ..An uaoecup!sd building at the cor
ner Of Boon'a allsJ and Simmons street, ownsd |
by T. Aoaisr, End wooden building oecupisd
by 1si h Carter a. a STORE, in Galesburgh, were
destroyed by fire On Thursday evening. Ar.
Carter saved bis goods. Loss about Il ,0oo....
The steam saw-mill OF R. ". Dawson, about
t~o miles from Charleston, in Coles county, was
destroyed by fire on Tuesday night Of last
week. Several thousand feet Of lumber aud q
great number Of saw logs were included in the
condagratioo. The loss was 81 900 or 5000
no insurance. AT Urhaua, ILL.,, on the Goth
u1s,, q little son Of Elisha Chznberlin, was so
badly burned By his clothes taking Gre, that he
died the Sunday following. =. The citizens Of
Quincy mud adjoisins towns in tits State and
Missouri will have celebration at Quincy to-
morrow, in commemoration Of the completion
Of the Quincy and Palmyra Railroad Tho
d:sellin. house Of William Allen, Esq, of
Centre Prairie, three miles northwest Of Prince
ton, Bureau county, was entirely destroyed BY
hze on the 3oth uls., together With all the fur-
niiure, the family having barely time to escape
with their lives. The fire Is supposed 10 bare
been the work Of an incendiary. Loss about
so,0oo-insured for $1,000. Ion Thursday
night Of last week, the houae Of Mr. Busson, in
Center township, Bureau coucty, was entirely
destroyed by fire. Loss 2500-no Insurance.
...-W'lliam BelI, school teacher il Dover
township, Bureau county, was accidentally
shot on Friday, the Both uIt, while bunting
ducks. The bullet passed through his head
and killed Lin INSTANTLY. attempt
was made on Thursday night lsst to set fir
to tho large warehouse Of Hr- Huffman, in
Charleston, Coles County, but it WAS discovered
IN time to arrest the d4Enes- There we're & lar5e
number Of hides and several kegs Of gunpowdcr
deposited in the warehouse. Hon. o Ven Love.
joy writes to the editor of the bureau County
R:pu1!iean "tbat VARIOUS petitions and proceed
inGs Of public meetings in our county relative
to mail route from Gardner to Touica, hare
been received and laid before the Postmaster
General, and will, If necessary, he laid befare
Congress- The house Of Alexander Mont
gomery, situated about one mile southwest
from Sca!es Mound, 10 Dasiess County, was
burned to the ground on the night al the 4,h
iust,. together with furniture, wearing appare',
etc.. The atab1e Of NJ. Beverley, il Jo Daviess
County, was burned on the 4,h inst. Consider
able hay, corn and oats, were included in the
destruction. .-.- -kankakee is trou6l d with in
cendlaries. Two fires we're kiud1ed by them.
but were discovered before my essential dam
age was done. The residence Of the late Isaac
Shelby, in Jackson township, l2 miles from La
fa5ette, Indiana, was totally destroyed By Gre
On Thursday morning last. The loss is 81, 900
.,..A noted counterfeiter named Nelson briggs
IVES apprehended ut Rising Sun, Indiana, lew
days since. He had seve74l thousand dollars in
bogus coin, and counterfeit notes on the Canal
Bank OF New Orleans, in his possession. ). The
Republicans Of Jackson, Michigan, are going 10
cops:ru:ta big "wigwam" for holding their
meetings in during the coming campaign ... On
Thursday evening last. ~ a lad named William
j. Atkinson, son Of William Atkinson, Of Mil-
waukee. aged about nine years, WAS playing in
fuckers planning mill, some article of Li. dress
| came in contact with the shaft, which whieled
| hica around at the rate Of 1e0 revolutions a
minu9c, AID lie was literally crushed to
atoms. lis body being scattered over the
| mill IN fragments Tho Madison wis. J
| -4rgus says: The Booth seduction case YVES r.,
moved, Tn his application. to Dane Co. for trial.
lie has si1ce, We lcarn settled the matter by the
| payment Of $4,000. aud tic girl has left the
| State. 1.-The dwelling house, with co3tents, oI
u. Harris, in Monroe township, Iowa, Was des.
tsoysd by fire on the S3th uls. Christian LIN.
eDbe:gcr, citizen of farmers Greek sorpship
Iowa, died OF h5dropho5ia, on Tuesday Of las,
week. He was bitten By dog about three
weeks previously. .James Doltahia.t, agcl
los years, died in Burlington, Iona, on tho c.,t
nit. He was born IN Guilford county, Y. Co.,
IIi%1ey Brothers iire7y .t=ble, iec!uJine fou1
Eslu,be horses, large quantity Of hay, a,5N
bushels Of corn, 1850 bushels Of oats, 1arncss
dc., was entirely destroyed by Ere on the :,.l
ult. Loss 5000. nascr's u..rb,a factory was
also destroyed. The s.. Joseph Fra lIt.1 say.
tha: that city il full Of "prigs md Craftsmen,
"knncks and koni1ckers' Of every gratlo eut
degree, wlo hope 10 resp rich harvest from
the en'Igra-ts on their way to Pixies Ieas.
ANOTHER SIck1cs.-A terzib!e aom:cide rra;
committed at Thcasril!c, to~n Of Aisnon
tz1rkec county, " g., last Thursday. A 1lol
Under, whose Dame il not given, discovered sr
intimacy between his vii. and German whe
resided at the same place. This created q terri
bls feeling OF re.enge in the mind Of the noi
lander, and nj about Ten o'clock The same picA
the two met, aad the German commenced
abusing the uoll4nder about Lis wife, when tbe
latter, becoming greatly exsspera!ed, started
/ = 6usn f-11u 4. a.
who continued his abuse until they reached the
formers house. After some wraneny. tht
Holiaader finally seized knife ard plunged i,
into the Germans bowels, cutting fearfu
cash clear across his stomach. The German
died in few hours. Ite murderer Was irntuc
diately arrested.
FATAL Acc,DEST.-Last Thursday afternoon
IS Nf. George Grouse, a farmer from Big Rock
was passing doHu Gafena street, with bis wi:s
! and sun, in a lumber wagon, ooe of tht
| wu,:t1etrees b came detached, fai:ing ueon th.
horses b. els; the tongue also fell isom tit
neck ycEr, IND was brokeu of. The team BE-
came uncomfortable, and rushed down Galeus
stree. to Riser- IL front Of smith i market. Mrs
Grouse, large. htshy woman, WIS thrown O,
fell esous the wagon unIer the wheels, aud rus
tained severe and fatal internal aud external in
J juries- Mr. e. and his boy remained in III,
| Wl.no, ana were stopped safely Just IN front 0
s',ockwesrs store. The lady WAS nrst taken intt
the Fox River House, and thence ia the resi-
deuce of her son-inl.w. Mr.. Wm. knicker
bocker, and intended by Dss. " ipslow l. Giliett
She lised nat,l Saturday evening, when she cx
pired, having been conscious or nothing bu
| her pain. from the moment she was thrown /,
the ground,-Aurora Eeaeon.
NARr1Ep AGA1S-Mrs. r. A. Brewster n
Middleburs, op:ained divorce from her hus
band, Oven Brewster. at the term just closed o
our Circuit Court. But true love, they sav
uever dies-they met again-confessed" thei
sins and mu'ua1y forgase-ki<sed and made IN
and OH Friday we're ouca more made one assh
The happy pair are now enjoying their secout
honey ymoon, and declare that It ia about NJ coot
rs The 6rst. We hope that they arc now we;de,
so strung that neither powers nor principultits
Kingdoms unr courts, will ever nc .iu be abfc /,
separate tbem.-Etkaa,t INDY 73n&.
4 SAD N,sTAKE.-Pat1ck King. c1utJena,
from the SOD, came TO the Clerk Office On hon
dag for his natnr. r.lization papers, ind starte,
post haste to Jefferson township to vote tt
"Dimncrut" ticket. In bis hHste. however
instead af ticket, ho deposited memorandum
from CAthnfic priest, Informing him Of til
time when Good Friday comes along in Til
year Of our Lord. II the Board had been o
tie right stripe it would doubtless bare bee,
counted for the Democracy. 4 bad mistake fa
| Pat hut no harm dpne-{fash<,, {.{ TIM.