, 1860-02-03
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.

WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
4 ]orsG ScAxr.-An ungtateful youn. tas- |
cal by the name Of su|!iran, robbed his mother
last >unday, while she w7s at church, "f ali the |
money she had, amounting to .on,e S3,. and |
then 1na.le tracks for Gaieua- The old lady |
started Sunday aitcrnoon after her " cruel.cru |
el boy," az she called him. White lamenting
the young rascal and bring hm back to his dis
tTcssed mo,her.-Dvbuqae 1imes.
Some TorAcco.-There is on exhibition at the
City Hotel, q stem or stalk of tobacco measure
lny some four feet in length It was grown on
the farm Of James Chinook, Of Troy.-Laisou
t His.j =. Star.
F1rE.--<uuday night, about 10 O'Clock, IN
alarm ot tire was given, and it was discovered
to proceed from the house Of J. ". 7. Murray
TIE ire broke out in the cellar, and iron, the
scarcity Of water in the vicinity the builiiu.
Was wholly destroted- 4 portion Of the fusni-
ture was sayrti- We learn there WIS an iusur-
ance Of $500 in the -Etna Company OIL the
t"A$e, aud {stv on the furniture -JaAesci,t
IH*.) Gu-tse.
FATAL ACCIDENT Fcox IxE2cUsAnLEC CAEKLEss-
SEss.-Ne learn that one evening last week,
::na:, by tile mime of Rufus Wheeler, residing
Ill the town o! Iin,a, 10 this cnunty, attempting
to ill i huid lamp, while burning, run the lamp
over and i5nited the 1u1;'. The clothes Of his
wife, who WAS standing near, caught tite. aud in
ill.,. effort III save Her, child fourteen months
old, lit distant part Ut the room, WAS forgotten
aa left alone, an. As is supposed. ran 10 the 1a-
b'e a+ .uc!, chiid naturally wonlL, and iuha1ed
the burning liquid. ac.i died saan after No
mar IN Of tire mrrc visible about the child. The
Hloliicr not seriously. iIjure,: aud the man
not 1t a''. -!SA*1cyyan Isis.j -io~rna!.
REvnvEt,.-ir. Cha7les Lyman, the los: Mas
ter ut l.snxril!c. Crawford County, Wis, til.
man whose Case shr Prairie %ln Chen f.4ritr
said nsu.s bc attended to votin: the Republican
ticket last fall. has been removed, ,l,nu.h the
Testimony Of the pcupic Interested Wen, to >huw
that ht was i first rate Post Master. Ills sue
ce.sor, Mr. ]. II. Eeynoll<. is rs course 4 i,en,.
ocrat.-Knera! Ioiat 't;s.) Tribune.
EonnEEr At TcSSEL tlTY.-Nr. H. Nia.h;p,
# Tnnuel City. WIS.,. ION tie LII crosse Il. L.
Treasurer Of the town Of ott;feenieiA. WIS robbed
ct $l;i, 4 few days since. The money WAS ta-
ken from Il trunk in his house.
SHIPMENTS rnox LlScuLS, LoGAx Co,S1r.
ILL.,. II ls.,y.-1hr Lit celn Hrd.d contains an
article rcyiewE. tllr business Of ttr past YEAR
The tclsowin. is summary Of the salu,. of the
total shipments If tEe lrauin: ertcles Fru. that
station during the year: Grams. Soi,"in..O;
Stock, ST.. .}0t; Provisions, $l,:?,.31; Mlscel-
sancous, S9, 52I5.@.. total. :l:1 .:l:'.1s.
The sullivan ntma7dt saws that there is d
se:l uear Coffee Post O.ics, III tlav County,
Ind, which puzzles all thera.1oSorhess in those
parts. When the wind is iron, the sol. Ii there
il eight feet OF water in the weu. Wbcn the
wind is from the North the well goes dry. II
this is true, it il i phenomenon OF Elose than
us;.:l iasrrest 70 philosophers
The Liberty indy HruA says that school
teacher in the eastern part Of that rnionl coun-
IT, wus dIcked By his scholars. on the 3.l Of last
month"; because he did not treat during the ho1i-
days. They insisted that lie should ar take q
iucking- H. refused, and they took lin to a
t,.- I<,f. ~. ;r..
him in and pulled him out about dozen times.
! Tsls teacher had them tined. und it cost each
! One o. the young .cnsl mcu IS. The teach
| er's name is Gard. There were eight boys con.
cerncd.
SrrSkr WonAS.-n:1 Friday evening Marshal
| Morgan arrested Young woman who was d1es.
sed III n,au',s clothes. lie toak her to the Gala
boo$'. where = lie told the following story Ny
nan,u is Ncryal, and ual On lny WAY to ca1ifor.
Ei., to SEE my father NJ l.lare Of residence i
near I;t4:,eut ria.t county. hare teeo ricd
und hare one child bur M; husband WIS u
worthless character, and l ohtaincd IL diverc,
froa: lin some months ago. Getting tired o
t earuiu:; 1nv iiyin- by washing, determined Z
few days u 20 to start for California lef: my
child will. ,uv mother, and intended TO send fl,
It u soon AZ could RAISE money enough. |
you had not arrested mel would prnbably havs
succeeded in Elv undertaking.. Such Was, it
substance, the story told hy the woman ant
tile Marshsl. surposin. tha: it. might be true
sent her ea,tva:t. tn the t:reat Western Rail
road On Friday night. Sue l,as energy enough
c.rtuip]y.-Spr;"4f.ff Ja"rsM.
1loEn,nLE W'lrE MrnnsS At St. r.rn. M1xS
i drunken, brutal irIslllnan, named WIiiat,
N'Neil', murdered lis wife, Ann. Mnrph,
U'Ncill, ON Seventh street, st. }'aul. On III,
night OF the :.t,si. un. The tlilt7 iu which III,
deed was committed il not positively known
but the appearance Of tfls wcln,u indicated lha
sl,,. came 10 her deAh ',y L:vws whicl, lad Iee1
iHt!icled upun Various parts vi Etr body
The husband il iii jail. The family were lisin:
in the most al Ittt anil debasln. poverty. Hot.
1hs iuau and irs wife wcre ll.b.tua1 drinkers
:.:d a1e tie patents Of five children.
The Western agent Of tho Wisconsin T.le
.rapl. tn,Gpauy u LII Cr3ssc Pa,.ed W tE
RIVER this wcrs in search vi Il point Ut whirh Il
carry :. li.sc Of Telegraph ac1u-s tie Mississippi
lie SAYS tit" company las sl:trrnncd t" build
linz from la trasSe l.. St Itu1. t::t cen!in;
s2,;n: From Trcuirc:,>1 IL III. Crosse, hc 81,
ii tEus:.n:. with :!,e wires is impslctieabte; "
;'sse h"; seen Lin, >;,,cr his rrt"ln--S:. Fl"
Tin. s.t' Haa.>e!ttA.
/ F.T,L AFFH.T.-tn alteration cn~url be
tween M... l;lcen 1Hsl nAI,..'.l Setsattr, i
| Cumberland! C'nhtv- "ur day last week, Il
| Wlch tnr IL; Mtt reviewed settle injury, u ll1c
We r.trr, have SING: proved fatal. Tie iW
| ,:.en wrtv :.atl.esiH" corm- In i dispute. t:rce
struck ut >c1,a!ttr with i Win, stock, hen til
latter >e!zt y ci1rn kni!t', with which Lc struv
t:rtcu u, the side Of tile head. knocking. hin
.l"xn. t;rtcn threw III, his arm. and tile knit
struck il, sevtsiH:: the hand j'.st 1T the wrisI
II, that it huu. oEiy BE- p,;itinn ut The ii il,
Green thea attempted Il, run, pursued gain b.
:sclla,ler, hut who entirely Itsi-ted fro.M s,,s
i1,er yiu!curr Schati.r WIS arrested nu.! il no.
III jAi}. Mr. tsrern hert the character, oil
1,eaceahlr, quiet lnan.-CH.ri*>:os. ,lli.) {Aio4
Wnrtr s,,:rukSrs.-ln 1>'a rrceIr,rt ship
ped uyer the a;senA Read ;;:4.',:::'r bushels !,
wh,at ever thr Iia:inc Road, i5.::.: bushels
over the Central Unit iucludio. ilr wheat frau
l;.', iilc nr any uicr >:aiun, :>.;;::;; bslet.
making Il total Of :::>'::, bushels. ls.si.lr
this size shipped ..,:;:s Hills Hour. equivalent /
::t;,:'h bushels Il: matchmaking grand tut.
of .i3:I,,:s.:. bushels.
kockturl shipped .:;-,;;a. h,,sl.els, over e.
!ria Road, 1:;..'.r bushels over k.nos..:1 :
SAYS andrews, au,l trl Ibis s.oar eu,,i, at.
10 IL ,,n.' bushels wheat, making u tnia1 .
SIS ,"yi.-ffsiurt tih-) sjeu'"af.
t Nkw iSyES7nx-:;o:Guru N1IL.--Mr.
t:ran.lmas, :.n intsl:en s;srnan E4.c:.as,ic vi
i:lrn1eE IF frcep'rt. has j.ist sen. OH ~ Wa>l
in.ton 4 no.lel Of Il Sorghum, Canc Cr,.S!le
invented By himself, Which surpa>ses aEyth,n
We have ever sttn. II IL 81 constructed Il,
eun!ins four machines in on... aud with cnl
The ordinary horse power. rim them al IT n',c
1t takes hut two ,ncu to feed the f..nr crs,>hrr
and the cutie cost Uf the machine will |
| s,nall.-ibtd.
~ Must uf our citi.cus will recolltc. I'll:
s''tse 1rNr years aEH, Il grocery WAS srr: b
Robert Il. dunbar, Shrrt Iisfance north
Ehe Princeton depot, which wa+ fan,iliarl
known by tic cn:no.'sn of ke: North >>a
establishment BECAME offensive II curtain ind
! v,duals, By reason Of the selling ci spiriunr
liquors. 0ne night they proceeded To the e
| t:lulistment. and demolished Dunb.r's l.,,sn
| and groceries. The deed vas ustsiLused l., SUI
ladies as being the principal actors, hu, 50 ".
was the seer. Kept that dunbar could not i
certain the dests"ycrs vi tue effects Of III
North.' Last week, however, !e te>ortca
law, and suei several persons before .1usepll
. Williams, Justice Of tile Peace, for Lan,a.vs
! the amount Of $l,t. for the loss he sui,cre
Tie defendants wer: acquitted. dunbar u;
5 ! beaten tut not dis1nasei. lie has s,,el bet,
t u. ". l:arsl. Justice in Walnut township. ii,
nlher persons tor The saline act. Thev are Jal
+. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. J4t,,rs u. Fisher, Ut
Mr. anil Mrs. Samuel Dunl2r.-E~e4H tvu~
! De,ne3a!-
Fire vt :rrEcloH--A fire reccnli, uccurrt
1t Superior, tr-troYin. The hotel building acc
, picd By Mr.. kiri.ill, Wuu,ierce'> shoe SHE,
Aeyer's taiior shop, arl two atljuiuiu, ten
n.eu.s. Loss :;",''".
: nkrArLrisG EAlLEo.ts.-TLe N:lxauk
, .S.nfir<2 has the following:
''Therc is rumor abroad that the sever
, Rt:ti oad Companies to who,a our city l,as s:
, yaaccl lis creti., ID the shape Of Municip
l;ou:.s, IL ile amount Of million and more, i
tend IN tnE2 rare nf fter1-tlrr. nnu II ,r II