, 1860-05-12
WESTERN NEWS,

1LL1So's.-4a child Of Mr.. Nryant, residing a
bloomington, aged about four ycsrs, fell into
cistern on Thursday afternoon aud va
drowned. The family had just moved into th
house, and knew not the location Of The cistcru
The Joncsboro Gazette says tho corn la
much revived since the late raias, md now look
in hne condition. DR.. Hickman Of Diyenpor,
1own, wasshot ut Mound City, r.ke's PEAK, b,
German named Hastily. lie died almost in,
! med atc1y. Hickman had ordered Hastily from
claim hc was working, when the litter drew ,
pistol sad shot him through The head. ;. :. 4 ca,
LOAD OF iu,nbc., together, with tho car, VI,
barned on Wednesday last at Chenoa. On th.
St. Louis, Alton aud Chicago Railroai. >. TIT
p:oplo Of Peoria have in contemplation tho con
s:rucsion Of @ railroad track through Washing
ten street in tha! city, to accommodate the pro
posed railway extension. >. On Sunday evening
last. child aged three years, son Of Mrs. Bar.
hara Olson, cook on board the canal boa,
Laura Ann, Was drowned by falling from The
bont at Ottawa. The body was not found until
the following morning. THE dwelling house
Of l. Crcel, abou. four miles north Of Aacoub,
was destroyed BY fire on Saturday last. Nr. c,
faved portion OF his furniture, but lost all biz
clothing. .0a Tuesday crcning last, about 10
o'clock, the house Of Mr.. Bnnday, short dis.
tascc cast from G4lssburg, was entirely con.
sumed by tire. Most Of his furniture was saved.
His less is about 5000. .At Anna, On Sup.
day last, N afray occurred between Mr. Jobe
and James Mckceby, in which the former was
severely stabbed in the groin By McKeeby :. !.
The ~itc Of Hanson MarIome committed suicide
By hanging hertelf, at Ru4h1iue, fev days
since.
1xn1AsL-A lady in Posey county committed
suicide short timo since By blowing ous her
brains with \ rife, The mnz1le Of which sbc
placed against her head and discharged with
her foot. Disappointed love was tho Cause. =. :.
a fierce hail storm visited Mishawaka on Non
day eFenilg Of last week. Soma Of the l,n;t-
stones measured thres.ard.a half inches in CT
conference. The windows Of the houses sui.
feErd scrcrr'y, somc single dwellings harine
rs high as fly l'sh!s broken. Considerable
otpsr dana.c vas done.. :, The Tinceupes Ga
fatt says that On, Monday last, a man naa,p1et
John Madden deliberately Falkel into lie riyer
opposite HAT plnee. quietly laid down in ~thc
watc: aaal drogned hi1dsalf. lie Had been drink
ing hard for some time. Tie young man who
shat lin.en ne17 ssy ym,,ar List wtes is dead.
1t was supposed TINT the ball dropped out and
that he MS not seriously injured, but after the
yoang man ras dead it was discovae.tca ID the
roof Of his n,outh:.. I'll he, Sullivan D:moc-at
says that a man named Doat@an, Gring abou:
s!1 miles from That place, Killed himself last
Sunday by disehargshs ,ae ball through his
heal ue leaves wife, ,aad Two, or threc
M1cu,cAS--A team Of Mr. Edward Armita.e
1t Three hsers, consisting oF three horses hitch
cd to plow, ran over his little son fen days
since, nnd 10 badly injured him that he died On
the third day after the sccidcat. :. The steam
saw mill belonging to D.. S. D. Richardson.
asout eight miles west Of: Threo Rivers, was
entirely consumed by Gre. oa Friday week. 1t
was doubtless tho work Of an tncendinrJ. Loss
$1,000. The body Of Charles Grah.ow, the
missing Gcrnsu, whoke mysterious disappear
ance from Saginaw ne mentioned tmo weeks
aga, was found oaS Sunday m5rning last in the
Tlttabawassee' River 1t Ii, fry about three
miles from thai city. His body caught agains.
the rope which is stretched across tho river.
From all the circumstances there sppcars to BE-
but little doubt that hc lost his Life in attempt.
ing to cross the river oa the logs which wero
floating down 1t ahs tiao his Disappearance.
W,scoxsts.-Ths Berlin C:uraNt suys: l.
GeEmaa >g'rln3ued Mary Ab'am, astd sixteen