, 1860-04-13

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1II1so1s.--Ths Freeport Jou,no2 s.y, that
specimens OF copper orc. Of razs purity. ha,s
peen taken from vein found in 4 auaszy On |
.ne land Of Adam Wilson, j., Cranes qrore,
o'ephenson county The vein is from tuo To
four feet thick, and laid opeu to .iev for sever.
IL rods where rock has been quas,ied. Tie ore
Is apparently full IS per cent. copper The Ia
e.es Of ROCKFORD ars engaged in the very lauda-
bio work Of setting out ahade trees in the mark
of that citJ....A farmer named John ]. Win
'ets' hF1ng in the town OF Grand Rapids, ha,
sola himself Tor verJ small price He took
load OF corn to Ottawa md sold it to 8. r., M.-
g1is' taking therefor check On ths CITY Bank
for IS and some sen.s. Winter. altered the
cheek to SIS and odd cents, and drew the uon-
eg ior the increased amount. The alteration WAS
soon discovered, and Winters held to answer on
charge OF forgery. 1.-The Alton Co.srisr SAYS
'ne peach crop in that vicinity is not 20 bsd as
"as generally reported few weeks azo. Tie
trees ara NOW in full bloom.
lxD1ASA.-A child Of John P,rker. Of Butler
nile, Jennings county, WAS scaded to death on
Saturday week. by falling into kettle Of hot
wafer. The Howard County TFi5xn4 s.ys that
Levi sizelore, living in the eastern part Of that
county, one day last wesk chopped dawn t1eo
which fell upon Little daughter, killing her IN
ssansly- -..About 700 cords Of wood belonging
u 'he indianapolis and Logansport Railroad,
werc burned last week It one OF the stations
II took from sons eleasings whicl vera IN fire.
1.-The Wabash rivsr, st Lafayette, is re:y
high, and rapidly rising. Fears are entertained
OF seFioEs Hood. Quite serious break &C.
curredir the Wabash and Erie canal, near Laiar-
cite, Oh Monday night. 1t will take some tEe
to repair it, as ths water is 50 high in tho river
that no work can be dons to any advantage.
41cnoAx.-Am man ns,ned Ole pierson, f: OF,
L. SAFE, liliaois, committed suicide at Mount
Clemens, On Tuesday afternoon last. He hun;
himse1f to bed pot in room of the American
Hotel, where he had hc.~-u stopping few days.
He WAS man about So yeas OF age, aud si-
nearsd to hare been eontractoe.: Dr.. E;ch-
arasen, Of Laphamvi'lc, aear GRAM. r.. 1id=, has
been arrested on charge os administering .,soi-
son to his wife. The crine, it IS alleged, VA,
| committed several days aso, since which t:nA:
his wife has been very low, aud not expected to
live from oue day to auothes. Some Of tho con-
! tents Of her stomach have been auAiyzeI. and
| found to contain stry ychniae. . Thomas Hroch~
WAS recently arrested 1t Adrian for having
| married six wives, one Of Hluu uas = werch
nad two others squaws.
WISCONSIN,. Friday morning last the
Fscler Nou.c, at p1attey,lle, was entirely de-
stroycd By frs. Furniture .nred. This wss
one Of the best houses in Central Wisconsin.
There was an insurance Of $o,:r10 on the hulI-
| lug and furniture, The Boscobel Dtmscera3
| learns that the wife Of David Goodrich, Of tim:
place, killed her child last week, while II state
Of insanity. Twelve years aso she destroyed
two Of ter children under the same circun,sran-
ces, after which she was kept IN the Luualic
Asylum Tor one year. She is now in Lancaster
jill. NE. Carl, Of Clifton, Pierce county, bur
led his potatoes last fall, aud, to his surprise,
he had double crop OF potatoes, ncw ones
having grown upon the tops Of the old ours.
IowA-Tha Marion Htrahi states th.. some
ten days aYo the residence OF Mr. Willie, twelrc
miles from Marion, Was burned. Mrs. ", 1t
the time Of the burning of tic house, was its
only inmate, with the exception Of lcr ipl4nt
nhicl. wss scarcely 1n hour old. Fortunately
Sue was enabled to reach tie door With her
child, aud save herself from horrible death
-...A hotel Ut Csrimoua was destroyed b; ire
u fem days since. Loss SJ,"o7-
kESTCcK1Axs ArHoAn.-A few tiuys since TWO
""hi'e slaves Of the South" arrived in this cisy
from Kentucky. vi. Cincinnati aud Cleveland.
No ope on seeing them would hare supposed
tor an instant that they had drnp Of negro
bloot IN their veins, yet they had been born
and raised slaves, and that, too, il this glorious
land Of Liberty. They vera brothers, the cider
being something over thirty and OF Il regular
sapdy complexion, tie other n few years ounE-
er aud at bEt very little darker cast. They are
evidently men of considerable natural ability
and in our free atmosphere will doubtless SCOT,
become useful and respected citizcus.-Dt.,xit
-4dreytts:r.
IHR OT1rNwA MrEoER.-The Burlington
!3amftye OF Monday reports that ex-Sheri:r
Lewis, Of Wapcllo county, passed through town
IN Saturday ou his return frun pursuit. Of the
murdsrers Ct the girl st OttuawA. He pursued
Them into rhe S:.:e Of Missouri, nearly two lu:-
di7d miles from thz place Of tn. murder, and
fiuallT lost track of1hcu' nut inr fruu ST. s-
seps1. Full information lxs been given 10 ths.
authorities in st. Joseph and alongthe Missouri
river regarding tas fugitives, and which
mar result IN their capture. Mr. Lewis goes
back to OttulnwA, with the intention Of raising
means Tor more EXTENDED search, and il sue
c.sstul, wili pursue the villains to Pixies Peak,
wa'shsr they are, without doubt, bound.