, 1866-04-04

Pa few days since, James Miller. 4 citizen o.
.Gtesgsslle, Pike County, rent to 8 drug store II
that place, procured twelve grains Of ssryehnfne,
went to his house, swallowed IT,, and died In AZ
hour. He Was man In prosperous circumstances,
ant no reason can be assigned for hls rash act.
DR.. Hadley, OF carbondale, his wlle, son and son
1nlaw, W. H. McGuire, have been arrested for hav,
ing for sometime past been engaged in abstractus
valuable horses. from the freight cars Of the ILL
rols Central Railroad at that station.
Considerable excitement was 1atslY created in
Waterloo, Illinois, BY 1t having besn discovered
that two butchers OF that place had purchased and
killed COW that had been bitten By mad dog.
:. We learn lfaom The Decatur Chronicle, that on
Saturday evening, eth ult, the freight train going
East on the Great Western Road r1n over tnar, at
the Union street crossing, cutting Oh both legs and
one arm. He died shortly af.ef. Tho name Of the
unfortunate man Was NathanP. Harris, an employe
at the saddle and harness shop Of ]. G. Starr He
had been drinking during The dny, and Was going
bone In statc OF Iu4oxcahon, when 1t Is eppposed
be fell down and Lay On The track, insensible,
where he remained unll the tsatn passed. ovez
him.
The Dueuoin Recorder ka5s tia. few evenings
since ouns man and a girl presented Themselves
before Squire Hamilton, at T1nckneyvilIe, for the
purpose Of having The matrimonial knot tied. The
job hsrtuE been completed u their euttrn eutiqAc-
ZION, they started to take their leave OF tho place In
high E!ee. but IS they were about ret1n. from the
Court House, third party, young lady, confront
cd them, accompanied by an officer, who had q
wit or The arrest OF this young Benedict upon the
caafRe tha' nc hao aied to Keep his promise with
her. The additional charge made ngatnst tbs young
man was OF sueh grave character, that he mad
great difficulty m compromising the matter 70 ae
TO enable him to Epend the night with his newly
married wife,
melting was held at Cambridge, Henry
County, last week. to make preliminary organ-
azatlon, preparatory to survey and incorporation,
under the Railroad Act, for the purpose OF
building railroad from Rock Island 10 Galva,
tTenfy-eirht milee). aboard OF commissioners,
eons'sting Of thirteen members Was appointed 10
conler with the authorities OF The American Central
Htl"ay 10 receive SPECIFIC propositions Tor tho
couttruetiout OF branch Toad between The two
points named. The commissioners consist Of G.
II. French. OF Davenport; G. A. Bltlinbsnuer and
I'D. Robinson. Of Rock Island; Charles Atkinson,
N. u. Lloyd, Ambrose Denton, OF We.tesn; Royce
AAcu, OF hnnton; William boltensteln, OF Lynn:
Mofston ftancis, Of AudoveF; y. E. Page and
Amos Gould, or Cambridge; Jacob jacobson, OF
Weller; ]. ]. Bennett, OF Galva- T. J. Robtntou is
President ofthe Comnf'ston. The Board meets at
Rock hland tomorrow 10 take action.
members Of drm in that cityh hss been found guilty
ofembezzllDe. The frauds extend over quite NUN.
ber Of year and amount to nearly ten thousand dol
lar. The accused bAt occupied conspicuous posi-
tlon IN the community, and his NIL Will escate
good deal Of remark. The affair has been hushed
up, md the sw7udtcr hiss turned bis property over
to the11rm to make good his deficit, Otbc, deycl.
opmente nc expected, d, the books aro now being
overhsuled.
A sraal chtla, daughter Of JUDGE Jacobson. Of
Pontiac, IVES shot through The lower part Of tho
abdomen, With buck.hot by The accidental dis
charge OF gun In the hands OF boy, Il il hoped
TIA. the child will recover.
The Pontlac. StntloA eays that Ed wsrd Hnookrr.
well known In The northern part OF Livingston
county, and who had but rrccntly returned rom the
army. While belpipr remove a horse GOT en-
Tangled smopr The horses, and was 80 Injured that
ha lived bat short time. ua !eayos a widosr and
scva,al small children,
The Sprtnrdold Jorsnof stva ths. a csttIa train
on the Ch{caeo st. Louis road ran OF the trsck At
no1ut near WilrnIur1on. brokeo r,,t can.ea tho
disaster. Nine cars vc,r thrown from she tr,ck-
and a lsrpe nn,nher of c.ttl. vrere ,n,o,ad r..
cattle belonged to J. C. Bona vho xustains he.yv
less by the accident. The damage done viii ANN
be repaired and trains run on time.
A meeting oi The wool 0rowrra or Frori, conrtv
vzs held At Peoria On rhunsdav hst. A nern,nrnt
orrsn,.alfon wss formed. and In. fo1oxi1o ocnt,e.
men appointed officer, lar The ycar. pncs,dcnt
Alya Dunlsn. ytce President n, F. n C1,nn.
secretsry, D. b, BOWMAN Traeurer. John Thon.
as, Resolutions were sdontd II, faYor Of pro,cct,on
10 wool erow1ur. In accorusnoe with thosa ns.sed
by the State Association 1t Bloou,ineton In jam
ar, la.t.
"A gentleman reading at Springfield has New
foundand dog, which, four weeks apo, vas Al black
a, Jet. The dog was t1oub,ee with tiea., md some
parties ady,acd him 10 apply coaI oil To the dog,
lie did 10. rubbing the dog ali over with the OIL
when, to his vondcr and astonIsbment, the dos'e
hair began 10 luru watlc, and he has low white
An idiot boy, Is to 1a years old, aas picked IN
tn the streets Of Ottawa On Sunday last in help