, 1860-01-31
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.

others there we're three men who footed it from
FalrpIay, Nisconsin, arriving here Friday night
with 4 riow to being in full season to wltncss
the melancholy tragedy. It is useless to state
ney for nothing, aud that they went back sorely
disappointed in not having witnessed The con.
victed perform their last dance upon-nothing.
Dubuque H<rad.
Col. Fitz Henry Warren is sick with liver
complaint. and in letter to:tlle Hatokeyt Of the
18th, positively declines permitting h's na'ne 10
| te used in connection With the Meyoralty OF
| Burlington. lie says be would not accept the
office fau the people in the city would unite III
/ voting for him.
| Tho Bellevue Uowa} Courier Of the sGtl,
t snys that, on the FRIDAY previous, the Bellevue
| House (foruerly the Quinby House) in that vii
lase, took FIRE and burned down.
| Last year the makers Of Manny's reaper
| placed at the disposal Of the Iowa State Agri-
| premium for the best fire acres Of wheat raised
| in the State. The Independence Guardian Of
| tue 2tth states Tint at the present meeting Of
tie Society, at Des Moines, t1te award was made
and the machine was given to Jacob s. Hunt.
OF Benton county, WHO raised on FIVE acres. el4
Nheat, or nearly forty three bushels per acre
There were FIVE competitors, but the products
Of the others only ranged from 20 to 81 bushels
per acre.
BoDY FouSD.-On Thursday last the body Of
man vas found near the island opposite to Ea-
gle Point, frozen in the ice, by Mr.. Wiesbeck
and others, residing in that vicinity. From the
appearance Of the body it was evident that it
had been in the water for long time, as there
was but Eery little flesh remaining upon the
bones. Who the deceased was, no one could
tell, as there was nothing upon the body By
which it could be identified.
--Stutsman's Mills, in Pottawatomie County.
1f%gu1u <Hnr - H..
inst. A Mr.. bachelor. of Council Bluffs, got
into difficulty with young man Of the former
piace, and shot him through the head, instantly
killing him. Bachelor is in custody at Council
Bluffs.
1T is stated in the Corning Iowa) Sentinel,
tttat on the 9th inst. Dir. John Stripe, citizen
Of Douglas Township, Montgomery County, in
character, in the night time, WAS shot md in-
stantly killed.
-1ncrcdible as it ulaF appear to many of our
readers, the water-wheel connected with Rub1e's
grist mill, in this place, has actually been stop
ped several times during the past two weeks By
the fish crowding on to it in great numbers.
Hundreds and hundreds Of dead plckerel can
be seen almost every morning in the race below
the mill.-d15ert Liza Eagle.
u. ". Dutton. formerly cashier Of the Nus
cntine branch Of the Iowa Stale bank, who Ie-
signed bis position on the 10th inst, has becu
arrested as defaulter. The amount is stated
by one authority 10 be $l4 900, andby another.
S4o,06o to S50,0V0. He is held to answer.
4 MYSTERIOUS SrnAScKn.-On Thursday
morning, about O'Clock. while it was showing
sreat guns, Mr. !. Y. Waterman, one Of our
city bankers, received special deposit at his res
ldencr, which was outside the usual rules Of
banking. Answering tue call of the door-betl
ut the hour above stated, lie went to tue door,
aud there to his utter aulazemrnt he found Oh
the door.siIa, wrapped up in sheet, female ir-
FAINT, apparently about Two weeks old, accom-
| lsanying which was note reading thus ''Take
care Of this deserted child, and God will bless
you, for when you receive it, its parents will be
far away.-Oftuwa Ep"1lican.
FALL FROM HnlnGr.-A man named Ncag1e
| fell from the Fox River Railroad bridge on
"Wednesday, distance Of 25 or 60 feet, break
| ing both his arms. nnd dangerously bvuisns his
head and body. lie is brother to the contractor
! for the work on the new bridge. and when the
accident occurred lie was removing some part of
| theold frame work. Dr. yaybcry set the broken
bones Of his arms, and dressed his other
| wounds, making him as comfortable US could
be done, considering the dangerous nature Of
| is injuries.-l1id.
CuRlosl7y.--TLa Lincoln HkraL says:-Mr. g.
| f. Manly has left ut our Office a piecs of wood.
bearing the mark Of IN axe or some other sharp
! instrument found while dfgeinK well near the
Christian Church, in this place, seventeen feet
| beneath the surface uf tile earth. The wood is
somewhat dccayed.
We are crelibly informed thu. tue notes Of
| t1c La Crosse aud III Crescent flank arc to be
retired, and the same capital employed in bank
| here. Mr. Wells character Us i successful
banker nnd fnancicr is IL good guarantee that
| The bunk will BE- good institution, under Wis
| cousin !aws, ant where our business men eau
| get accommodation. Success 10 the enterprise.
-i.a Crosse Npub|it1a.
| i DAn1SGScouSnnE1, IIoRsr Thief, SgpucEn,
&c.-The Prairie du Cl,ien fourier says that u
| young man recently stole horse frou Z. Lyman,
III Crawford Co., tat the last heard Of him was
in I4afay yette, Iowa, aud adds Of him:
| We believe from tile description given Of the
thief in this case, he is the same individual WHO
has been passing his time for some mouths past
in Southern Iowa aud Wisconsin, sedacins girls,
false marriages and horse stealing. lie has
seduced, aud in four Instances married, no less
than seven girls, stole and ran off with three
| ftsrty teams, QUE horse and buggy, nnd five
single horses, all within two months. We have
been tracipy him by the reports Of these acts,
aud now believe he is iigurin., somewhere III
| Southern Minnesota.
FATAL Acc1pExr.-The Edwardsyile 4ldr.-
tistr Of Thursday says: I'VE arc pained to
learn that Charles Lucy, Esq, M old and Te-
| spected citizen Of this county, while returning
] to lis home from Lebanon, OFT Thursday night
last, was. together with lis team, psecipitAted
| over higl, bank into a small creek. When
found both Mr. Lucy and his horses were dead,
the wagon having fallen upon Mr.. Lucy.
HEAVY RopnuRY--$a09 REwARD.-A bold
robbery was perpetrated upon Nr. Engwall, at
bis boot and shoe stor.', on Saturday night last,
BY which he lost some fifteen hundred dollars.
The following is IN inventory Of the articles
takcn, as furnished to us by Mr- 81, ,isl .3j
in n,oney-$l,372 Of which was in bills, mostly
Of Illinois and Wisconsin banks; $99 in gold, susi
| Las. ;,,e tlr,tnrc of N.r-
rem, each s. aud 50. Two notes on y. +. carp
for *147, payable to John Lund. 4 very heavy
silver English lcvcr hunting.case watch, with
heavy silver chaiu. Also, receipts from busi'
ness houses in Chicago and St. Louis. A Ia
ward Of fire hundred dollars is offered for the
capture Of The robbers and the return Of the
money or agreater part Of fit.--Ho'.,aouhi atlas
Acc1nEsr.-0n Tuesday evening last, Harfi
son Sanford, landlord Of the Sanford House
! was seriously Injured in the following manner
lie lad been to the third story Of the hotel, ant
| dcscendin. one pair Of stairs, supposed that t,t
had reached the ground floor, and incautiousI,
opeusd tho front door Of the second story, ans
stcpped out aad fell som twelve or iourtect
feet 10 tic sidewalk. splinteriny the bone Of on'
leg, and seriously bru'sing lis back.--Noua
Iorris ddrerftttr.
; ILLINOIS MoSEr.-Allth the banks Of Janesyi!c
{Wls.,) says the Ud-dt<, give notice that I'LL
nois money will not be received on deposit atte
this week. This currency will, however. b
bought at from one half to one per cent. I'll
Gaxtse adds: ave understand that lllinoi
money has not been received on deposit ut Mi
waukee und Nndlson for several months, IN
| this course is takeu hecauss it is not readil
| convertible, while Wisconsin money is sen
home for redemption from, Illinois in larg
| quantities. The banks here have taken thi
.. course purely III selfdefence- an
BRurA1 Or1RAcE.--0n Tuesday evening, til
10th inst, IN lrishmau named David Flain, CT
: tered the grog shop Of Daniel Lynch, on tn
! lower patch to get whisky. 1t seems that th
i way excited the anger Of the Lynch family
q lie was set upon by Mr.. and 3lrs. Lynch an
y their son Jerry, who after beatp. him until /
i tainted, kicked hin, out Of the shanfy, breakin
;, several Of his ribs and iualcting other scriot
= injuries After 'he recovered his senses. I
managed to draw himself 10 the home Of one
n his brothers in Rockton. lie lived in gre
e | rain until last Friday night. when death put :
It end to his suffering. The Lyncles were ARE
c ! ted by otiicerz Wright md smith. and are no
"a | rwaitiug in the county Jail, their c1aninatio
- | which takes place next Friday. They are 0
- offenders. Mrs. lynch has been sent to Jane
u vile beiore.-Btloit Journal.
= W1Lp cAr.-Seventv- -four Thousand dolla
II in bills on the Hartford Exchange bank we
IL found in possession Of two women in Lafayett
Indiana, tlay OF two ago. They said tn
,e were employed to buy it up for the owner
% tho purpose Of retiring it from circulation.
X W1LuELu1*A D,EEAaS Acoc17rEn-The {
O. | 1Hilhetu1ioa Uietnan, who has been on trial
"a the Circuit Court, for the murder Of her icg
-. innate child, was acquitted yesterday morn'i
:. Last night ne understand, she was 1t Bau