, 1864-07-18
WESTERN NEWS,

The annual meeting "f the Board OF Trus-
tees Of Bsloit College was held on Mouday
last~ Prof. Blaisdell takes the chair Of In
te1lectual and Moral Philosophy; Prof Bush
Rev. Mr. Pettibone is continued as Financial
Agent The degree Of A. B. was voted to
Messrs L. O. Wright, +. r Bacon and 4.
II. May now in the hundred days service.
The Mineral Point Tribune has been leased
to Major George q. Otis, late OF the I'd Regi-
mcnt- ofcourse it will be q loyal paper.
The amount Of personal property ut Madi.
eon for 1864 Is returned by the Assessors at
S, ,139, ,55I. IS.
The Eau Claire FREE Press says new chan
mel has been ntnde III the Eau Claire for run
Mug lumber; that 1t IL impossible for steam-
pewa; that Robert Graham Was dro rued IN
The Eau Claire while driving logs.
The chinch hug is in Walworth county at
taclink corn Us we'll as small grIin6. Farm
ers are selling their sheep on account Of the
prospective scarcity of food.
The Touring mill of P. n. Perkins at Bur-
1ington was burned on Sunday last. Loss
Col Utley, Of the aad regiment, has resign
cd on account OF Ill hel1tn, ind Las reached
his home at Racine.
The Raciud Journal says the body Of Jacob
Keghr.r Of that city, man about thirty years
olo, and on excellent mechanic, was found In
the river on.Mopday. His death is supposed
to have been accidental.
According to the Last School Census, Outa-
gatnie county contains 4 .220 school children.
Two fires on the morning OF the 5th de-
etroyca property to the amount Of $40 900, il
Fon pu Las belonging TO Mr. Amory, Rupp&
and Mrs. Gallagher.
Wool is selling at 60lS8c In Monroe.
The Janessille Gaxstts records severe
blow at Lima, III Rock county, on Saturday
afternoon last. Forest and fruit trees were
broken Off and uprootei, und more or Less
damage Was done to buildings and tences-
| Nobody was hurt.
The prospect for railroad between Pl1tte-
Tille and Calamius are brighter than ever.
The two Union papers at Pfairic du Chien
have been consolidated, the Standard B.drer
being merged into the Ui.ion.
IOWA.
G. ". Ensign, Of Des 1Ioiues, recently sold
bis t1ott1ng maIe Faunie to d Chicago gen.
tle1nan FOR 81, 100.
The McGregor Neaos says Thousands Of sheep
hnve come into that section Of Iowa within
| few days.
The grading for the extension OF the Du-
| buque Southwestern Kailroad LUIS been COM
pleted to Cedar Rapids.
4 thorough bred Spanish merino ram at
| Iowa City recently yielded taenty-four lbs.
| Of wool. 4 big clip! So ::
The Oelzaloosa Herald Of the 7th says, como
five orsix Weeks ago 3. G. Smith, Of White
| oak, accidentally stabbed himself with q
| pocket.knife below the knee, md severed
some Of the principal blood Te5sels ia that
| region. Unable to check the bleeding other
! wise the surgeon tied up the main artery Of
| the ley above the knee. This, however, was
| Of no ultimate avail, as modification set in,
! md the poor man was taken to his long home
| one day LAST week. lie was IN upright, res
pectablc citizen, and his death Is u loss not
| only to Ills own family, but to the communi-
| II ut large.
The Dubuque Times says that during The
| Inst week, two raits nf lumber, one Of 400,-
Geo and the other OF sol, 600 feet, hiye arrived
at Eagle PUNT.
Gov. Stone has gone South to Shermaa's
] Army to Look after tie conuitlon Of the Iowa
| soldiers.
| The Government Pension Agent at DeB
AIolRes.. ..disbustcd to pension claimants during
the mcnth Of March Of this year, the sum Of
31.94; ard in june $2l ,304.G0.
| All through the Stste VIC hear the most
| 1attcring accounts of the corn crop.
Dubuque was visited BY hurricane last
Wednesday which blew down trees In the
streets, and tore the roof completely off the
] Fifth Ward School House, very laFge build
| Ing, damaging it to the amonnt Of nearly
three thousand dollars
proposition has been suggested to the
Appleton Crescent for the erection Of o mon
ument in ORtqgamfe county, on which shall
I be inscribed the name and place Of residence
Of every soldier from that county who shall
fall In battle during the present war.
; An old mnn named Fl. Norton, Of intem-
perate and dissolute habits, iell down u flight
Of stairs in Beloit, number Of days since,
and Eas killed.
! MINNESOTA.
The Gilmcn Foundry at St. Paul, with all
its valuable machinery, patterns, ETC., wasto-
tally destroyed by fire on Wednesday last.
The loss is placed at $40 O0O. There were a
large qualify of valuable patterns, the &C.
cuMulation ofa dozen years.
| PARTIES bare left st. Paal to operate the
CottonN God coal .minea. Considerable de-
lay WAS experienced in procuring proper
supply Of machinery, but everything looks
favorable for an active raid into the coal beds.
4 military post has been established at the
mines, and no internission will now be suE.
fered until the black diamonds are dug out
and rot into merchantable order. Secretary
Usher, OF the Department Of the Interior, has
written letter to Hon. Wm. Window stating
that the settlement of the claim OF the suffer-
ers by the Sioux outbreak In 1869, Is progress
siDg as rapidly IS possible.
Y In Nevada they disfrancise all who
have been rebels. We trust to see this sau,e
rn1c prevail in all parts Of the country. No
1uan who has raised his hand against the
country should ever be permitted to return
to it.