, 1860-08-07

B.41 4. H. A*oo +. H.
800 0PA Gas r. Il.
b.o3 r. y. Waute egan Accommodation,
tE 0@ces Of tie ators roads soiA plssss o.
pife u ,p1en chauqts IN tAis taJk are ntc.s.Ary.
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
ILLINOIS On Friday lust worthless fellow at
South Pass stole quantity Of goods from the
store Of Er. Adam Buck, of that place. Ar. B.
pursued the villain, aud coming in sight, began
shooting at him, which brought the scamp to
stand.stil', and he recovered Lis goods. But
while Mr. B. was conducting the fellow to town
for scfe keeping, he broke away from him and
cor,ld not be retakeu.. The house Of Mr. Bowen
Keith, living on the Ridge, nine miles north Of
Jonesboro, was destroyed by fire On Thursday
last. All his crop Of wheat. about les bushels,
which had just been thrashed the day before,
was all destroyed. ia sad accident occurred
ut Spesland on the arrival Of the up trnin, at
noon on Monday last. It had been theprsctice
oil children, on the arrival Of trains, to mount
platform and ride till increased speed required
them to jump OF. On Monday tTo smaller
cl,i1dren-Mary Jane Corrigan, aged years,
and boy named M'Guir, aged 4, thought they
too would have ride. They did have one:
the girl got eff, but in attempting to take the
little boy OF. her clothes caught under The
truck, aud both the children were drawn urdcr,
tho train passing over and crushing the legs Of
each in terrible manner. They died between
4 and r. n. Of the same day....At the Demo-
cratfc meeting at II comb, ILL.,, the other day,
several fights occurred, aud among others an
aHray in which man named Russell, of Ma
comb, was stabbed several times with 4 knife
By Zeke Morgan, desperate character from
Burlington. Morgan is IN Jail awaiting his trial
1t is thought Russell will recoyer....A son of
Samuel johnson, aged 12 or IA years, acciden-
tally shot himself ut Young America, on Tues
day afternoon last, He WIS in company with
other boys, amusing himBen with pistol, and
ut the time Of the accident had the point against
his breast, mud it is supposed was fitting the
cap. The contents entered his breast near the
heart, causing bis death in about ten ninutes.
SAD AcclpEsr.-On Monday afternoon last
little child OF our esteemed fellow citizen, 10.
seph Crawford, Esq aged between four and
live years, while running 10 his father with
ma1kt basket, which he had plaJtully thrown
over his head, fell into q boiler full of boiling
water, that had jet been taken from TIE store,
scAdlng his right arm and about half Of bis
body from his shoulder to Ills knee. He died
IN i'uesday morning-Ui1oa RtPubtican and
IdtgrapA.
IowA.-Two valuable horses belonging to
Mr. Cover, of Iowa City, were struck by light
ming on Thursday evening. Tic storm at Iowa
C;ty was very fierce. Heavy wind, repeated
claps Of thunder and continuous lightning made
night hideous for some time. ;. Four buildings
were struck with lightning and d number Of
cattle killed in Keithsburg during the thunder
storm Wednesday night. IA little son Of Ii.
h. Knight, Of Mlddlebury, Elkhart county,
Iowa, was frightened to death last week. lie,
with a young companion, Was gathering ntraH-
berries, when the owner Of the premises ap-
peared and threatened to set his dogs on them
md shoot them il they did not leave. The little
fellows run homo as fast ii they could, aud on
arriving ut home, Mr.. Knights son was found
to be crazed with terror. He lsncied Tint the
dogs were after him, aud that he had been shot
uis fright at last produced convu1sions, which
ended his life in few dsys....A melancholy
aud fatal accident occurred at Anamosa on
Thursday. L man named Littlefeld wasshoot-
ipe at q mark with rife, and a. It 1alned he
fred from within the house through the door.
The last time be fred son sged IL years, came
up from the basement md bis head passed be-
fore the rifle just as il WAS fired. The ball struck
him Just at the lower edge Of the ear, passed
into the head and killed him instantly. -. Il
man named Daniel O'DonncIl was arrested re-
Gently at West Point, on charge Of horse steal"
ING, and for want Of bail, MAS committed for
trial. A little girl about two years old child
of Truman Williams Of Waverly, was killed on
the street on Friday last, by having its head
crushed by being run over by wagon wheel,
and strange to say, no one saw the accident, or
knew that it had occurred until the child was
found in ths road gasping its last.
HARVEST OyEn.-Many Of The farmers in this
comfy have Ink If wheat cut and in the "shock,
md nearly all OF them will be through harvest
ing and hare their wheat stacked by the end o1
this week. The earth never yielded 50 general
and abundant harvest in this section before,
md he weather las been 20 favorable that the
era,u, plump and sound, will SO into the Crane
~ without injury. 1t is truly golden harvest
to our farmers-Lyons .Ai.ror.
W1scoSs1x.-One dollar notes Of the Jeffer.
sou County Bank, altered to three, are in circu'
lation. They hare blacksmith on the right
aud harvester on the left end likely to deceive
..Mr.F. J. Starin, Of Whitewater, was kicked
in tho face, dag or two since, by colt he wa,
breaking. The animal was unshod, Jet 4r
Starin had his chin laid open, and his neck auG
shoulder severely bruised. He had marrow
escape from very serious injury. As it il, h
| has received severe hurt. During terrific
storm ut Whitewater last week, the barn of Nr
Lewis Vincent, about one mile west Of The I'll
lage, Vas struck aud set On fire by the electro
fluid, and it, together with its contents, who'll,
consumed. There Was some grain, considera
| bis hay, and two fnc horses and 4 colt in th
tarn. The flames burst ont 80 suddenly an'
fiercely immediately after the building va
struck, that it WAS found impossible to SAT
the horees.
BAxks 1x W1scoxsM-By the official state
| mont Of the Bank Comptroller, We see that ii
whole number Of banks in operation is 10.
Their circulation IL A,l35,al7: The seeurisie
| C0QH1SS Oh e, wv Ua1u'f III tkNl6 bkuCkl
and $40, ,lG7. 50 in xpecie. Twenty three bank
are winding up; their outstanding cireulatiq
is s5s,41s, ,;ior the redemption Of which specie
held IN trust to the amount Of $53, ,4el. Ou
State currency is under the supervision Of
careful and honest comptroller, and is eminen
| Iy xound.-Hadison Stats Journal:
1xn1AsA.-The Indiana State Fair will be bel
at indianapolis from October 18th to 20tb. IT
new grounds are nearly completed, and amp
preparations are making to render it the tine
industrial exhibition ever held in the Stat
The premium list amounts to &l2,eoo, "bein
the largexs offered by any State boazd.".
Hon. J. a. Rice, Republican candidate for Coz
gress in The sth district, died 1t Delphi {
Thursday.
Fozorn7.-A person by the mama Of Andre
c. Gregory was arrested thia morning 1t II
Brsnch Bank Of the Stata. lie presented II
! / notes to the cashier (Mr. Se1ton), to bs di
counted, eAch nots for tho sum Of $13.9l2.G
| payable eight months aller date. The not
bore The forged signatures Of Vim. Connau2
. and Sqnire Connaught- lie also presented
note fol tbs sum Of $4,000 ut tho Weste
Bank OF Missouri, but 1t was refused. The ca
4 is Oh trial before Justice Sherwood. One v
q In .raiae tha wind ~ iudnfued in .by ofd fox,i