, 1861-03-02

FROZEN 70 DEATH--John Wallace, a citizen
Of Troy Grove, L. salie county, got intpxluat.
ed on Saturday night LAt, while on his way
aone from Homer, and the next morning was
| found about half a mile from his own house,
| frozen to-death.
TIE FRUIT PROSPECTS Although we have
had some severe weather lately, weare pleased
10 learn that The prospect for good fruit crop
! is dattering: The buds are beginning to sV eli
end exhibit no indication Of injury by frcst. st.
The budded peaches, which to a great extent
tailed last season, now give promise Of an
abundant crop. With continuation Of ia
yorable weather, our fruit growers will make
lafger shipments TIC coming season than ever
Letore.-Azsnd {taaso;s Co. Democrat.
The Oshkosh Courier. says: Two children
belonging to a family named Malloy, living On
Irving street, were shockingly burned last
Saturday afternoon, hy their clothes taking
fire while left al ne in the house. The eldest:
girl four years old, died the same night: the
other, year OF two Younger, Is Jet alive, with
small hopes Of recovery.
F1RE.-The De Soto Block, !" In DARLINGTON.
Wisconsin, was burned on the 10th u1t. The
dry goods stores Of s. l. Barlow d Co, 7. ].
Sanford, and Daley {, Allen; the drug store of
C. G. Otis & Co., the Post Office aud several
Law offices, all In the block, we're DESTROYED.
Total loss GIG, ,0oo-insured for $4,000,
CONSPIRACY TO BREAK JAn--On Tuesday
evening about dusk, as Mr. Hooking, the iailur
Of our county jail, Was proceeding to lock 10
. some Of the prisoners who had been allowed
to be in the passages Of the JUL during the
day time, he Ta9 attacked by five Of them,
who attempted to choke him and take from
him the keys. The noise occasioned by the
attray brought Mrs. Hooking and Sheriff Niner
to the door, when they found NJ, aockInpr
npon the tloor, but making q valiant fight
He had fired hve barrels Of his revolver
Woundi0g man named Mcclure seycrely.and
had also stabbed him with knife Ths pres-
ence Of Mr. Miner stopped The disturbance.
Which was already growing less severe after
". Hooking commenced firing his revolver
The prisoners were then locked up and secure
" ironed. Mcclure, and Kellogg, the Plum
River Post 0fHce robber, were tls ring-leaders.
and are both stout active men. :Mct uire was
stabbed IN the Right breast, and also shot
through the leg-da1tna 1dtrtiser
LUMBER MANUFACTURING AT GRAND IRA
vERsE--Hannah, Lay & Co. are putting anoth-
be In operation In the spring. Tits viii give
the mill a capacity Of ten million feet, and
they intend to run it up to that figure
Herald
Go1sa DowE.-Our salt well has reached
the depth Of 61o feet, and the drill is steadily
FoAh4tE ANHAHAA. ~ Ht AEElHEHL 1rCuFH.
it will probably be completed in the course Of
the present week. Mr.. Srang1e4. is Of the
opinion that the dip of the salt basin Is this
way from the lake, aud hence IRE shall Be
obliged to 60 down little deeper than the
wells at East Saginaw and Carroll Hton.-Saai-
'a.o Rep, 25th.
A PA1SFCL MYSTERY EXPLAINED, - Mrs, "
John s. Tyler, very respectable lady Of Fre~
mont, Ohio, while laboring under I'll Of tem-
porary insanity, on the 9th Of November last,
mysteriously disappeared, and no trace Of her
could be discovered, until Wednesday morn
ing last, when the Ice on the sandusky river
having broken up and moved away, the body
Of the missing lady was discovered IN the bot
tom Of the river, in The neighborhood where
she disappeared. The body wss in good
condition Of preservation when discovered.