, 1869-04-09

l1rgcst load OF lumber In the log that was syer
known to bc hauled IN Grand Rapids plnery The
load scaled At the mill 4s. Weighing over II tonA
Hc hauled II Z tnue and hau.
L L. Doyle, Of DoyIestown, Columbia County,
ha1 sent to the Portage Re1ster samples Of wood
found In the artestaa well being drilled at that
place BY the railroad company. II = asrsh Of one
hundred and eighty feet, embedded In solid rock;
also samples Of stone coal found It depth Of TWO
hundred and eighty feet the stratum being about
si1 ipchea in thicknesa
At Oshkosh . man who WIS not In enjoyment Of
domestic felicity, Informed his wife that he was
going 10 leave this wicked world and 70 whcre
McalJ husbands are NJ rest As be left the house
bis gentle partner followed hin He reached the
bridge, and there wasa splash. His vito shrieked
and tainted she finally wended her scrTovtul
way home and settled down for good CRY. when,
o. the husband appeared once mo,e upon tho
scene. lie had thrown rock into the river, md
then dodged under the bridge Whether peace
VAS secured By this movement Is not known
Nels Hanson 0aletou- OF Pleasant Valley, 81
Croix County, WIS killed BY shed falling upon
him Oh the alst uiL
Al Winueconnc, Last week, younG ma1, named
Charles Roo:, attempted to outrage ihc person Of
u girl Is years OIL lcr cries, however, brought
aid And the villain WAS stripped treated to coat
OF tar and feathers, and given very short time In
which to make himself SCARCE A local paper
says: sit Is known to the Initiated that tar alone
Is hard to spread. 10 the boys ml1ea It up with
benxlue, tu1pcnttne and yasnlsh, and put II on
aice and even The feathers stuck beautifully. At
in,cAt advices, he was making aouth, probably 10
Chicago, 10 take Turkish bast-"
The Beaver Dam -4ryut claims that Dodge Coun-
~ has more churches according to it, population,
thar any other county Ia the State
INDIANA.
Joseph Mccntcheon died at Lofaxctse last Sat-
~, II A.A
the Ohio Legislature, and = County Auditor In In
di%na- During the WAY he s1ised tTo companies
OF troops for tie United States army.
A convict In the Indiana Penltentiary WAS sent
out to PICK whprtlcbe,r1cs last summer, and es-
capped, lie now writes The Warden that b. has
plcked enough, and wonll like to como back, Al he
| Is sick and out OF money.
The Charlottesville City Council proposes to
! appropriate seven hundred 1o3la1s for cavalry
boots for the use of citizens, as Substitute for
| sidewalks.
| A cuIorcd resident Of Connetsv1tle went dact-
shooting, emo day last week, with 4 crazy old
| loHing-pece that burst n The nrgt discharge
! A fragment Of the barrel, TX inches Iong,
crashed through the skull OF the hunter, hurylnX
Itself In the brain to the depth Of three snchca In
1 this frtghtful condition he nAde his way to the
nearest farmhouse, where surgeon extracted
| the fragment along with portion OF the brains.
| and, at last accounts, bade fair 10 get well
4 letter from iafa,este, speafingo1 the discoT'
cry c1 skeletons ut thzt point, says:
A1bese four skeletona are almost positively
known to bc the remains Of four wealthy LAND
buyers who visited La!aJctte In the year ls4t, fol
the purpose Of investing the large SUES Whtt:
they had brought with them, In the purchase O.
nal estate In the envtrous OF the prosperous ant
| RAPIDLY growing citJ. One or two Of them HI.
|
In lafayette, to have gone to the house unde
which tho Skeletons have now been discovered
and which Was at that time basn!o Kept by Al
| old colotcd hasridan. They never returned to tn
hotel at which they were stopping, md. some tim
! af.trwAsA une Of tar prostitutes al the tsotesa!s
proshel, declared thai several men hnd been no'
dercd II the house. The Affair. however, was 500
ai1erra1d forgotten, and II was not until now ths
The citizens Of lafayette have called the clsrnn1
stances 70 mind IN Investigation has been o.
deted. and, perhaps, more particulars NAY b
brought 10 Light IN consequence"
NculaAS.
A letter from Isabella County, Mich, sAJA:
"Much 1ntcreat Is felt just now In the nnal resp
OF the rArnors Rust pnrchase,' embracing nbor
1sco0 ncrrs OF the best pine lands on the Ch.pPew
reservation, In this county These lands were or:
inally entered several years since by Rodd Can
rau (lndtans} unict the old treaty. and By thel
! ~. to ,ne purchase. II seem. "a, substoueutl
tr.n,r.rrrd IN Erra I,utt Of saginaw. The r1ct
nj the ortn., patentees 10 enter these lands pndt
thr trraty xns. however. DISPUTED. and the matt,
found Its way into the United Stats
.C.rrumlocut1on. ONCE, where the title h,
; ever hnce heen held in ahcyauca Within ii
last few days however, the movement
!. OF the parties inscrasted IN thssd land
md the execution OF new conyeyanccs OF then
h,a rt.cn ree 10 the report that the sale has bce
8 connr1nr, hv t.r Interior Dxn,rtrntnt rr trnc
cu,s M a 1arve a,1cc from The rcser1astou, aud
9 vnorc xnrn win I..rc thu .noh,a nd men r
standing room IN lsabclla County,
,ow4
Their hss beeu a ten.foot r1sa IN tic Des Motn
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