, 1860-11-03

Mr.. starkweather Of Princeton, Bureau
county, Qu} wns severely burnt tar days
since By tho explosion Of fluid lamp. lie
was Ut first thought to be fatally injured
LARGE YIELD OF WHEAT.-A gentleman In
forms u that Nj. Ross, living in this township,
has Just thf9shed q crop Of wheat grown On -
This Is exactly - bushels per acre We call
that, Tor spring wheat, decidedly good.-M.
The Genera (Tis.) Air7or records the
death OF Mrs. A. j. Howe, Of that village, by
her clothes taking fire while engaged about
tue store. The accident occurred on Sunday
week.
DEAD.-Renssclaer Smith, whom We nn-
nounced yesterday as being severely injured
while coupling cars Oh the Mineral Point Road,
died at Warren on Wednesday morning.
SAD AccDES7.-Lyman Persons, son OF
Mrs. Persons, OH Biddle street, aged nine
years. while running neaz the corner Of Jctlss-
! looms pockets filled with powder and matches,
+; the matches ignited the powder, which e.
! ploded, burning, his body very seriously, from
(; the effects Of which be died On Sunday creu-
| Ing at u o'clock.-lGunaukze Free Den:ocrut.
Com n 1SD1ASA.-Quite III excitement
| prevailed In Indianapolis fen days since, by
the report that gold lad been discovered In
kokoma, Howard county. A quarter near
that place gave 1t ont tllat he had discovered
quartz in the layers Of stone where he was at
| work, and exhibited q piece Of rock tlecked
With what appeared to Le gold as the result Of
bis digging in and among the material de-
signed to be used for improving streets. The
bling gold, was sent to indianapolis for chcr.i-
cal analysis, by gentleman deeply Interested
| in the Vuar1ics. The result OF tho analysis
proved that there was gold, ''and no mistake, :"
in The rock.-Lc}dyttte Journal
SAD ACCIDENT IN DEKoRA-A young man
na1ned James Stevenson, OF Dckora, says the
Portage City tNis,} Record, accidentally shot
himself on Thursday. The charge entered the
left breast and passed through his heart, cau.'
ing Instant death. He was universally re.
spectcd-
The Peoria Transcript denies By :atLo.!t;
the statement tint OFT, the murderer Of tht
0llcndorG family at Delayan, is German. i
is pretty well established that he was born II
La Porte, Indiana, where his parents now re
side.
NEW PASSENGER HoCEE.-The Detroit Ere
Press ssya that the Great Western Railway Com
pany hare made arrangements for the lmrnedi
ate erection Of I new passenger house Oh tn
docl. at Windsor, for the accommodation O
the passenger travel, which occupies 1arg
share OF the capacity Of the road. The ney
building will be 200 feet long, o. feet wide, an
81 feet high, aud will be erected south OF tn
present freight house, two hundred feet G
which will be removed to make room. It wi
contain two tracks, one for entry andt the othe
: for departure, with Offices and waiting room
, between them. 3fessrs. Lee & Grundy, {
, Hamilton, are the contractors.
!, FATAL CASE OF Po1sox1so.-On Friday nist
list, Jesse, aged about seven years, son (
. Whitley Woodruff, Of Marion, Mich, died (
drinking corrosive sublimate, which he IT:
induced to drink by another lad-
c The Aurora Gnd-) Commercial, mention
;, ing tho death Of Mrs. Lynn Of that place, fto1
|: injuries rceeired br accident, says:
She fingered from Sunday morning until sa
urday, when she died. The fact of her existin
2 Ut nil, even for one hour, o. one minute, Wit
u so severe an injury, IL remarkable. Her nee
: was broken at the titth ccrvic,,l vcrtehra, NJ
!. the spinal cord was greatly Injured. The cffe
VIA to paralyzc tho catirc body nul limbs
c leaving only the head with vitality. Still 81
did not suffer greatly: Her greatest t:is:rc
art,se from j feeling as il . troc1 iron band II:
# tightly compressed around the chest. Fl
r. breathing grew gradually more and more tiif
cult, and 1t list, with gentle sigh, her spi1
WAS waited away.