, 1869-04-17
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THE NORTHWEST.

The Mercer County Agricultural Society has pur-
chased II acres Of ground near Aledo for fair
ground, for which they paid 800 an acre.
At a meeting uf the Illinois and Iowa Central
District Medical Association. at Rock Island, on
tho 18th, Drs Truesdale, plumner, bowman,
Baker aud Farnsworth were elected delegates to
the American Medical Association, to meet Mt
New Orleans on the 4lh OF May.
In Bureau County, In the suit OF Thompson
against Rhinchart, for damages for seduction nn-
der promise Of marriage, the jury found verdict
foE plaintiff In s. 500. 4 motion for q new trial
YVES denied.
Peter McFa1ln. wcll-known citizen Of Rock
Island, was drowned, d. Davenport, on the 14th
In attempting to jump On the ferry.boat, he fei,
into the river, He was rescued in q uttlu while,
hut died In a few hours. Two daughters OF Mt.
Mcfas1ln nte engaged in the millinery business In
Chicago.
IOWA.
REV. Dr. Alex. Burns, President OF Simpson
Centenary College, nj 1nlIanapolls has been Offer
| ed the Presidential chair of the Town Wesleyan
University, at Mount Pleasant, riee IT, Holmes re-
sIgnctL II Is rumorcd that the ollcc I'll not be
| accepted.
Nine soldiers OF the war Of 1s1a held meeting
| In Mount Pleasant the other 1ty. The young
| est Has = years Of nSc-
thrcc-ycar old hcifer, belonging to D. Davis, Of
| 1aden lately gave birth 10 thrre calyes-two Of
WHICH AlB HEllR &uu HntQS We'll. lne tn1Fu Ha9
Killed when few tlays old, bY being overlad.
At Maquoketa, on Sunday, Julius Petran was
Killed by taking dose Of acouite through mis-
| take
| EnIASA.
Jesse Slider, OF Kokou,o, tiied on the 9th inst
Ills father, Richard, served In the Revolutionary
| var; located In what Is now Clarke County in
11s77, mt, with the exception Of French settle
meus, built tue frst cabin for whites in Indiana
Jesse WEE the father Of nineteen children
The belle Of recent bali At New Albany was rec
oEnlzcd ~ u woman who earned her llvug bv
begging at street corner, dressed In rags,
! T. A. Nande1plaat, prominent citizen Of La
I fayettc, died on the 14th.
! The Infamous iisorce case at Lagrange ls to uu-
| dcrgo legal Investigation.
At Delphi, the other day, they had queer We'd
ding. The bridegroom was soldier OF the war OF
ISIS, aged S. and the bride girl named Lyd!a
! et1ndeld, aged IS
| A young man and woman came to vlnccnuas
last week and were married. as the girl supposed
hut the next day the youth left her. with the infor-
nation that the ossensihle clergyman WAS bogus
one The girl Is now lying At the point OF death-
| MICHIGAN.
| A lady in Detroit has obtained . divorce because
her husband used unkind language 10 her, and
! cnmree! her to black his boots
VIM ". Booth, OF Fcntou, died on the 7th. lie
established the tEst newspaper published in thza
place, the Ob<eTrrr, In 1853
E. II. Thomson md T. Muma OF Flint realized
ta7.s6 from breeding SOW during the year end
Ing the 1st ult
KANSAS.
| A Norwegian committed suicide at Osaor. m
Sunday. hy cutting his throat. He had preytous,v
stated that lie WAS going to the Scandinavian set
tleu.ent, and that he had left his children in Chi,
eaEo lie had but 81 % on bis person. and LITTLE
memoranda Of m account with the Scandinavian
Society Of Chicago.
WISCONSIN.
Mrs Oily Rssuc, aged los years, died recently at
Clifton"
A hoy Of ten years son Of Gotlelb Sampson, died
OF h.drorho,a, nj Fond du Lac, On the 18th. lie
WIS bitten by i dog apout fonr weeks rrcrlous-
The other Sunday lady preacher In Wisconsin
dlscouFsed from the text ~ say unto you, watch;
and the next week the gallant youths Of her con.
GreEatiou gave her nice gold one.
The Oshkosh Aorthsressez, Ra rs that the absence
Of rains viii keep hack II, ,ooh 900 feet OF lumber on
4 the south branch Of Pigeon River alone, and there
arr more logs now landed on that stream than will
fill It twice full Tor sixteen miles of iss course. On
Black Creek and the Upper Shloct there are le,
co.. 600 feet banked, that cannot move without I-
eral rains. On the Upper Emhasrass AMI, ,ts ,r,bu.
taries there are also large amount Of log. In The
same fix. Tho total amount liable to he thus kcus
| ont Of market Is estimated at 81, ,Oo0, $50 feet
Gov. Fairchild has appointed the following on,
GERS Of the State institutions: Trustees Of tht
Soldiers Orphans Home, Colonel r u. Strung
Baratpo; General 4. liaz1don, Madison Tsus
tres Of the Hospital for the 1nsanc, 4 L. Water.
mnn 1'eoit; r T. Mason, Appleton; Simeon Mtls
| StouEhton.
be cut Oh the Oconto River thls season.
James Mcclure, one Of the pioneers OF Grec1