, 1869-08-17

1ht1 iaas Il ats @ FIJI I'd ssdex ys.
TIE NORTHWEST
tI1IHOta.
The old settlers OF Sanganon, Log1u and Macon
CotDtlC1 Will bold thcIr annual picnic Ut C1car
Like Oh thr eEh Inst On the sth prox. = reunion
NJ thc old settlers ol Lake and McIIenfy Counties
Is 10 be held n McHenry.
G. r Kellogg Decatur wool, grower, has de-
ciled to transfer his business to Tennessee. lie
~tl 'ake with him esoo sheep
Tie Methodist Churches OF the Peoria district
vii unite In holding camp meeting In u grove
ncar Oak H!li, beginning on Aug. 81, and contIuu
ing for about one week. severat thousands Of
persons are expected 10 be present. aud q great
rer!tnl IL expected
The Rockford A<osstts has the following: I'VE
have on our table one Of the most singular exau-
lles g. patart'r freaks We have ever seen It con-
tlfts 0f white Scotch fose, perfectly developed
Oh stem which passes directly through its cenler
snd extend. tomo slx Inches beyond the nower.
tav!ng some ten Or twelve spHss Of leaves near
and Oh lis upper extremity"
IOWA.
young man IN Auscatlue rose in his elecp on
the night OF the 7th, and ~ some means climbed
10 Tie roof Trinity Church, aud proceeded To de-
hycr M eloquent DISCOURSE After speaking for
fo1e !r, hc retired IN good order Ill he came TO
The ct'Gc of the roof, when one step brought him
10 the ground, and, at the time 10 conscious
'esP. lie was considerably "wrenched " by tic
lutI,
The Ottumwa Courier gives the particulars of
the elopctucns OF Dr. II. Flint nnd MrB f. Piank
liz Ii CO. md thc " y. lie Ii 1Iard-sheI Uaptl
preacher, aid Democratic politician OF pront-
nence. 10th had large families. which they LEFT
tEhlDd, with the exception Of TWO children OF
Mrf Plank. When Inst beard from they were near
O.knloosn.
w1scoSsIS.
The aggregate Of real AMI personal property Ia
Milrnut CT Is about SO, ,AaO. .0oI.
German In Mllwanfce, the other dav, had his
pocket picked Of thlEt5.seyen do!la1s, and yet
WIS happy man. lie hatl started TO 70 Into the
country. with eight hundred and thrty-tc. cu .ol-
lara In tlla pockctbook. When nesrly down 10 the
depot fc thought Of the danger OF having NO much
Honey uboat him, and went back 10 the city.
"hcrc he left eight hundred dolIars IN bank.
thDtAAA.
A farmer In MuncIe. Ind, hnx taken very good
srop or mustard from 1eld which he planted
with potatoes and aDo. her In the sarue town put
In cucttDlcr Beeti, md s raising from 1t some nne
tiupthen and pumpkins.
despatch wRs received In Madison, on Tues
day: Inst, from Franklin. by The sexton OF the
Catholic Cemetery, tnstruct1ng HIN to dig grave
Ior the little child OF John Collins Prenatnilons
were peirE mnde Tor tho lntcrnens Of the child,
WHeQ Second despatch was received. bUDOUpE.
Ing that the child was not dead, bot had been IN u
uance. A few hours more, and the liitle fellow
would have beep hurled alive.
MICHIGAN,
Mzn. Harriet L. Hunter, widow LADY OF Deer
HelI, who Inns been Postmist1cks at that nlacc for
forty ytare, has tust been superseded by Mr..
George Iiebrca, and, II IL reported, the cItizens
Of Deerbcid arc Indignant Mrs Hunter took the
ONCE when It Was the only Post once bet ween
Monroe and Chicago, and has always performed
The duties acceptauly. During her scrm Of once
-he has twice been made widow.
Ar. May, Of Peshtlgn, brought into Menominee.
a few DAYS ago. lnree lump Of copper foand on
his farM IN the Sugar Rush. II WIS pure conner.
and weighed 16s pounds The query IL, How did
1t come there7
A schooner halling from t1apton, now In bort at
Detroit, has 10 complete his complement. huce
Men 1oundlaud dog, belonging to the Cau,ain.
which has sailed with hIs master for the last six
YEAR,. During storm, he mounts the cabin. and
exhibits the utuost pleasure In watching 1he tuu.
bling Hhltccaps as tley dash.aruuuf the yesseI.
and, when the men arc making saIl. The canlne
will se,zs The rope and en1eavo, IN ,ear a hano