, 1860-03-06
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FiESn1su Acr.--Some Gend went TO the barr
oi Wm- Collins, in Toulon, Stark county, INT
cut the tongue out Of one Of Ills cows ant
stabbed two Of his colts in the TANKS, maxim
bad wounds. Hanging would be comparativel5
| an honorable death to. such brute.
| - Thomas Taylor, highly respectable resi-
dent Of Ii Paso, in this State, and agent at thai
! place for Singers Sewing Machines, was
drowned in the river between Tiskilwa and
Bureau Junct'oo, while attempting to cross ths
river in sulky.
run over by the cars Of the Gaiena and Chicago
Union Railroad, few miles North of Elgin.
The deceased was undoubtedly intoxicated ut
the time Of the accident.
- The Planning Mill Of Messrs. Mills Co., ut
Hannibal, No., was destroyed by fire on Friday
morning last i grist mill attached to the
building was also destroyed. Loss about
81 900.
TuE LEAD M1SEs.-The last fall and past win
ter have been most favorable for the prosecu-
tlon Of mining in this section Of apy for many
ycars, and VIC shall be surprised iftEe crop has
not, on the whole, been IN uucommonIy rich
one. The weather las been dry, and scarcely
any time has been lost by the miners in the
prosecution Of their business. There has been
great deal Of close aud hard work done, md
We trust it will le paid for.-Galena 4drert;ser.
Fon P1EE's pEAK--Messrs. Ed. Deards, Frank
Hsath aud 4ox!y, three carpenters Of this city,
left to-day for Pixies Peak. In q week, Messrs.
Mercer, Rouse aud others intend starting, and
from this and what VIC see in our exchanges.
we are made aware that the gold digging fever,
which is felt more or less every spriny. bus com.
meuced.-Nadison lEs.) Patriot.
CARRIED AwAY.-The Galena mail carrier
came in town on Friday night on horseback,
and reported The bridges on the Pecatonica to
be all swept away, mud II feet Of wafer on the
bottom: The food was raised by heavy rain
that had just failen. which went right into the
water course in consequence Of the ground be-
ing frozen.-Aonee( lPM) 4StAtinel.
LuxnEn.SG n SAS1LAc AND HUnox COUNTIES.
-Dnring last week we were at most Of the mills
aud numbering points along the luke shore in
this county aud in Huron, and, judging from
what we saw, there has been d much Larger
quantity OF logs got out the present winter than
during any one season for several years past.
The 1umbermen in Huron county have had m
ALMOST uninterrupted run Of sleighins ever since
the first fall Of snow, They hare fured much
better than those Along the lake shore in this
county, though back on the streams in Saniac
there has besn a good opportunity to get in
logs, and the beds Of the streams are literally
filled with logs, to be run down to mills rs soon
as there is watsr sufficient to a3ut thcm.-Ler-.
fnytoa JtUerSoHidn, Ed. 25.
Cor,7EnFEl7kKs.-We have already mention
ed the fact that counterfeiters had been arrest.
ed 10 the northwestern part Of this State. In
addition to ttose villains another family have
been fe1reted ont. Their names are Randall, Us
we learn from the Lansing -Hiror, and their
residence is near the Upper Iowa river. Two
officers with search warrant visited their
louse where they found the implements and
material used in manufacturing bogus coin, and
few bogus hulf~dollar pieces, very well exc
cuted and liable to deceive pretty good judges.
No arrests were made because the officers were
not furnished with the proper papers, Dubuque
Times.
STEAMBOAT on TIE Iowa R1vEn-The Iowa
City Refuj{tcda is informed that the steamboat
Cedar lsapids, q craft Of three hundred tons
burden, is to ply between the mouth Of the
Iowa river and that place as soon as navigation
opens. -.
SAur CANAL REPA1Rs.-Letters hare been re-
ccised in town bx sIessrs Finney, Pendill. and
others, stating that the Saut Canal is not likely
to be open TIL into June, if it is before the 1st Of
July. The Golfer dam does not prove sufficient
TO Stop 1he water, which remains five feet in
depth in the canal in spite Of it, and they can
do but little On account Of tue extreme cold
1t is lucky that the Egin aud Mineral Rock
are on hlad.-Snperior Journal.