, 1860-05-01

ILl1sols.-On Friday, the match factory Of
Hall / Co. at Rock Island, together With car-
penter's shop adjoining, aud used By tho same
parties for getting out match wood, WINS totally
DESTROYED by fire. Loss &s00-no insurance,
On Thursday last the house of DR.. stoner, At
Perry, was entirely destroyed by fire. The
furniture WIS sarcd. The house was not occu-
pied at the tine--3fr. Stoper mad his family
being in ST. Louis. Loss s1,000.. IL severe
frost visited Peoria, on Thursday night, which
is supposed to have destroyed I'LL prospects Of
fruits, together with Ill descriptions Of segrsa-
hles which could be Infected by frost. There !;
was heaEJ frosti in sangamon county On Thurs ;.
day night Grapevines, tomatoes, potatoes. Ic.,
suffered se'e1ely..--A severe frost visited
Jonesboro aud vicinity on Monday and TUESDAY
nights OF last week, but nothing was damaged
except early potatoes....A difficulty occurred ;
ut Anna on Thursday last. between Mr.. >
McConkey and u. H. 1nman, in which tic for :,
mer WIS badly stabbed in the abdomen by tue !
latter. The wound is considered dangerous-...
4 large barn belonging to Sam Warner, at
Jacsson7'lle,~ ,~ as burned down On Monday morn
ing OF ias. Heex- The ire was the work Of aa
incendiary. Loss $s,ooo.-- The house OF john :
Norman, ut Horse Pfats'e, "as struck By Light
Ming and burned last week. The family barely
escaped. 3lr- n. had considerable stock Of
drugs and medicines, which was also Consumed
1.-THE store OF Sir. Hutchlns, in snaen"'ne,
On the bureau valley Road, was entered oT
burglars on Sunday might Of last week. and rob-
bed Of rallse containing considerable amouat
OF money and also Two or thEec hundred dollars
worth Of goods. .Aiss kachel Irwin, a highly
respectable soun2 lady, daughter Of pr. 1hos.
Irwin, Of Shelby silte, Shelby county. IN old
practising physician, was burned to death
few days since, by hez clothes tsk1ng hEe. a
Mrs. Cotton was severely burned in endeaEof1n2
t, extngui3h the flames.
1Sp1AsA.-The shelbJville Banner says that
last Sunday afternoon about O'clock tue barn
Of Ralph Co'escott OF tnat place. WIS seson nfe'
and totally destroyed, By ~ so", n boy Of nne-
teen, in q Ct OF drunken wrath at reprlmana
given him By his father for bis bad conduct
The Decatur Republican announces the deash Of
Davii Eat.crton, formerly editor Of that paper.
on Thursday the 18th ult., IN his Ssth year.
Nr. EattcSton was man Ok tue talents, aat
thorough education, and but tor the bcse'tins
stn Of iasoxlca:lon, would have made one Of the
foremost men IN tho State. "a man who ca:li:
TO Indianapolis two or three days ago With :
drove OF horses.w k'ckeo u one ot them asy
betore yesterday, aud died from the Elects OF
the injury yesterday noFn'ns.--. The New Cas-
tie CoHrl*r says tia! little boy os tour years,
sou Of Frederick >" earu5'n, OF lratf'e township,
| Henry County, was dro"aea IN 4 Small cFec-,
| near his resldruce, on Tuesday. "a young ulan
! in Oscn County, the Joar0az states. got access
to his fathers money drawer week or TWO ago.
! helie.! himself to $500, and left, no une kaowt
where. lie had been ut work on the faral as
usual darin;, the day, and hal never been heard
| to cxl,:css any dissatisfaction with his condi-
tion:- The st. 10. Il gis:rr publishes lis. Of
! persons who hare emlyrated from that County
to Fixes Peak this spring. The list embraces
| go rsues, and ret, says tue Rgistrr, does not
contain the names Of all who huve gone.
Wtscoxs1s.-A child Of Thomas Armstrong,
| st Milwaukee, near the Cold Spring course, was
| p!arine with = number Of other children near i
| mr,ino hrush hean. on Wednes,1av last. when
! hpr .1o,toa +oos FIRE and hefnre assistance
c,ud he rcn.,.rcd the Moor thing VAS buruedto
acus, YIN u. Ncrriil editnr nf the pra;r;,.
du f,lien f,,.r;r, i. ,x;n.- d,nrercustv i'll.
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