, 1861-02-05
WESTERN MATTERS.

nrovi.;ons. 9c' c1mped near: Shawnee, No.,
ior the night. while On their way East- While
thew were brsylug themselves with the duties
Of the camp, party Of armed M9aonf1ans
came upon them, demanded their business,
and opened and aearchcd tEunks, por s1srs s.'e =.
though they Lad been felon tEespa1eers. As-
souri, citiz=ns are always kindly treated ~ ons
people, when coming here on proper anu leell--
fmate business, and this insolent treatnenL o.
our worthy, peacsahlo citizens was uncaAeo
for.-Noxnd City fantas) Report
Herman Borso, respectable citizen Or
Brownine's Mills, near Fort Wayne, Ind: com
mltted suicide by hanging himself on Tuesday
last. 4 Judgment had been obtained against
him In CoCrt, which he could not satisfy.
Hence the rash deed =,
M4RxE-For some time past we have no.
ticed considerable activity prevailing among
the ship-carpenters on hoazd tho barque Amer
lea and schooner hamlet, wtntering In, this
harbpr. On the former, afteT thoroughly lit
inc dut and examining the heels Of the lower
mEte, they have BEEN busy tearing out the
decks and bulwarks, and putting In new STAN
chins, deck-timbers and deck plank; On the
latter new bow-sprit and other head-genr.
By the opening Of navigation, both Vessels
will be well reatted, and II excellent order or
but prepared, with all her canvass and rigging,
for trip ut the first indications Of thAw.-
Raci1e Journal.
DEATH OF 4 W1scoss1s snEauT.-The L.
Gross Sc Republican says Sheriff Murray OF CLARK
county, Wis, went On hunting excursion
one dAy last week with two friends. They sep
aratcd with the understanding that they should
postnn Two Of the three met at the place des-
lgnated. Sheriff Murray was mi=slng. After
IN anxious night the two friends explored the
.wildeness in pursuit Of the Sheriff, and found
the tracks Of eonle one who had evidently wsu-
dere1 about as If hewildered and lost At laat
they discovered the body Of the Sheriff. Ha
was dead. lie had gathered boughs and made
bed near = large tree, which caught tifc
and fell upon him. crushing him to death while
asleep.
y ELooD ASr1cIpArED.-Tho St. Joseph
(afo.) D1ily Journal Of the .9th ule rays -
From wha; VIC can learn OF the depth Of snow
iu tho upper regions unl through the Missouri
Of the highest spring rises ever known In the
Missouri. Iii every direction, aud on every
tributary, the enow lies to tbs depth Of from
two to seven feet When this melts and tho
immense streams Of water force their way
through It's en1y outlet, the Missouri, nc may
ovrrApwed and it will also try the strength Of
OUT breakwa,ers. which ought to be strength
ed this winter, SO Is to be able to resist tho
coming food.
SAB Acc1pESE-ucury Newton, Of Wash.
inston City, engaged on the survey of tle
hnw Reserve, was accidentally shot and killed,
few days s;uce, IN attempting to take down
aritle, banging in one Of the wnsons Of the
partys Nj. Newton was Il ason Of the pr!ucil al
Messenger in the General Post Office, At WASH
fpgtol, and was highly esteemed foz Lis general
wertiand Lis amiability of fcharacter.-Leorx,4-
north Ii,.xs.
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED. We Iea.n Lat
locomotive IN charge Of Alex. Moore, on the
Illinois Central Railroad exploded IT, boiler on
Thurslny ught, at We.aiDg station, some
twelve miles below this place. The engineer
Was slightly iI1aTcd. The engiue was IN old
one, aud supposed to have been leaky, which
WIS doubtless the cause Of the accident. 4
sitlettack was built around the track to prs-
vent Interruption to lrains.-jV;tstoro G1=eue
Never have wcseen more beautiful weather
than that with which We have Eeen favored
tor tue last week; Clear; warm, sun shiny day
followed By nights Of Italian lovlicnes make
one forget that We are in the midst of cold,
stern W'utsE. So much for living in Egypt
Jun<storu Gdztke.
WARDS LAK: SUPERIOR L1Ss-The new
stsamtr Antelope Of eight hundred tons the
siIe-whcel steamer Planet of tselve hundred
tons; City Of Cleveland OF sewn hundred
tons, and the Cleveland Of si1 hundred tons,
are Published as to compose the Detroit and
Lake Superior Line" 3f Witch E. B. Ward
will be agent They nre to 1eayc ou Tuesday,
T1hu'rsday and Saturday Of each week.-.Dttroa
Tribute
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE F1sE-Yesterday
morning smoke WAS discovered coming from
the lower front corner In the sccond story Of
the wooden two story building on Woodward
avenue, adjoiuin. the large three story wooden
warehouse If s. P. Brady d Co, which ex.
teads to and .ro1ta this dock. The f3mes
spread with wonderful quickness, and we1u
hot arrested until they had cflectuallg burned
out the upper story aud l. portion Of the Sec
ond story Of the other building, and done DAM
aye to niher PORTIONS In slightcr degree.
The Brady warehouse WAS occupied by 8. 3.
Brady <E Co., for Office, and storage OF tsour,
etc, nnu Ind in it about four thousand bushels
Of oats, i've hundred bushels Of corn, / consid-
e1able quantity Of beans and peas, pork, dQu1.
seycrll small lots OF furniture, and divers and
sundry other articles, the details Of which VIC
are not apptised Of Tic flour was rescued,
and received slight damage only, from the va
ter and snow. The gnl;n WIS mora or less
damaged, Or totally destroy cd, tbs oats being
the lesst injured Tao pork WIS uninjured,
and the contents Of the Office saved. All tho
smaller and miscellaneous articles stored In
the third aud second stories were destroyed or
ruined by the lire or the wnter.-Detron Fttss,
efthe 2d.
William Brown, Second Assistant Fore
man Of Engine Company, No II, at Detroit,
| Ha9 h1ChCu 81 6EtEtEl3 lA0t lac uletls RQHE IN
| au intoxicated state, on Thursday last, hy a
! ruf113n named Michael Cannon, who took al-
| vantage Of Browns helpless condition to
CRAFTY his revenge. The zufian has not ret
| been taken.
Owen Kinney, q well known citizen Of To-
1edo, Ohio, WAS murdered at Aaum4o city, q
few days since Late in the c7eninc Of
Wednesday last, he went into 4 low groE.erv
to get drink, and while there it was set on
Are and burned, und the bc1t morning the boay
of Nj. Kinney was discovered ia tho ruins. It
was badly cut and bruised. The two men Who
kept the p!uce have been arrested. 3lr. K.
had large sum Of money On his person.
Aso1uEn METEoR-5ome Of our citizens
were witness tn "Wednesday evening, at about
10 o'clock, to most beautiful phenomenon in
the heavens. 4 meteor started from point
near the zenith. rapidly passing soathcrly and
increasing in size aud brilihLey rs 1t progress
ed, till it reached within thirty or !vrty le rees
| Of the horizon, when IL suddenly seemed to
burst In pieces with Intense bri'iiaEcv. 1t
| then took q fresh htaTt, Containing Its course
| in the same direction some twenty degrees
further, gradually paling in lu=tze till i. t:is:p-
peared IRON sight. 1t the point where the
meteor burst, it appeared nearly as large a. a
| fuil moon, aud those who saw it describe it as
| = most brilliant sight. What cratic waatrrer
could it bc !-RockJord Register.
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