, 1869-07-26
TIE NORTHWEST.

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ship before he mast
| TIE NORTHWEST.
tLl.oIR,
The Dixon hemae1ot saJ7 that tomb stone
the cemetery In that c,ty bears simply The sugge
tive epltaph: "Gone np.''
The Chicago and Alton Ratlroad COMPANY b,
offered to cArJ the children OF the Sold,cra' O
phans Uome, al Normal, over the roads It II
close Of the school year and return them. free
charge, at the opening Of the uext term
Ella Petry was Killed by lightning, on the II.
Willis attending school short distance from Pan
Two other children wcIr, It Ia feared fatally l.
jufed oy the same 1Ash- Charles Hubbard, ttY1t
about fourteen miles southeas. Of 6heloyylll
"Aa killed bJ lighting on the l7ih inst
Nro. Hlscktune, living q few miics from Broa,
well. Mclean county, committed suicide, on Mo-
day Last, by taklhR AtTy chn,ne. Robert Dunn Il
ing near Oneida, committed suicide, On The 1o,
| by hanging himself
Two boys, Aons Of Mr. Carroll, OF Spring Cree
township, l1kc County, were drowned, not lon
asn, while attempting 10 cross the creek Ii
wagon.
EdwA1d e. WoodDan, living In the Illinois r1re
sotsotn u scott County. three miles from Maple
has Ind twu hundred acrcn Of fine wheat bTc,
away ty the dood. The wheat had been Ct
*AAtA 40 ~ eAE hAo-A+ Als " Utulu4Q 4 loss ca
not Ike tesa thnn s., ,00O. On the 17th there ~as
heavy flood nll over tho north part Of Adam
COUNTY. IL tore down fences hod te1ds OF v hta
Ahd destroyed great nmouut tE stock In the Nj.
siss,ppl bottom. One hundred thousand doilA.
would not cover the damage In the townships q
Craa, Lima and Mcdon. 4 letter from Stone
farrle, July ", says: "1rhe ram Of las, GAturdx
did Immense damage Pigeon Creek wa1 hixhe
than ever before known. Com, oats and whca
we're flooded. An old Indy named Luke va
drowned. Ancrancy Greek waa VERY hish. IN,
literally ciented out everybody that lives or hol,l
fal1u on IT, LAYTON and Welch lost u, NO. Nj
Pepper loet f,voo. Mr. Churchill. wha lives waer,
1t ehtesN The bottoTn, rays he Ioat &, a,OU0.'t
The Peor!a Itn1ocras tells the following:
"Tlc .utcds n.pts .nsa to hsse reached tbs eanln+
fentlriian Ut ill. ely: irw ds,s since he had GA
si'n T. +" ply sr'I.ly small llAck and ian tsrnnt
s Will III % 1 % ", 7, .s iana sa I'LL III
q nate. immediately lsrAuc suen. sEd mn}-d ai,oui
S ..r r ,s -py
r. .s.' .nn: n.ff.es h:inx psde ln s ,.sls!'rh.d pr
tos T. tset a.d q het hosr. .na that II
o. uT intfsn.nt .,.sts. u IT,, tisr
tbIs srlpe clear e.er ii drltLerztc suicide.
Mr. A. II. Lee, Of Prairie tu Rocber, hlei as
C1ncsnnasi on the 23h. Mr. Lee twho will be gen
orally recocetrd u the lucky drawer OF Tho Cros y
Open uouse} left hls home In Randolph County
Abors four weoks ago to visit BONO relatives In
Portsmouth sud other places IN Onio, lto was ex.
t'ected 10 returu ia few Guys t,n sh!4 tsn,c, and
was doaslIcss on h1 WAY hum0 when lie waS
stricken down ~ ucAt1L Ar. L VA about ~
yea5s OF ay1.
Tic following notice wsx found past "a on a1aEge
box which paAscd ever tho Nlnux Guy d Pacific
lsnsFuAh few t,nya ttnco: "Ba1Ra9u smashcEn
arc requested to handle rhlA box with care, ts II
eont4,us n!tro-RlJ JCennc. Grcsk mr., gun cotton
hD.i TWO III c CorF1llaA" Tic box vHa not broken.
At KtokuE, on the 2iHt Collector HctknAp
seized about 1ttJ loxeA Of tohacco bearing coun-
tcrfeit stamps. TIE stamps ~cre photograph
limitations Of tho genuine. and represented In
yn!he nhout u 10 the l-ox,
burlington has hnd 4 sensation. Ono mnn found
lnathcr mau ID thu anne room With his wife, and
the door locked. Husband banged AWAY at the H..
ter!npe. with pistol. but didn't hurt him
A rat,1esnaAe csawled up the tyouscr legs OF u
boy III play, IN Aprsh2lltowu, the otner day,
aud bn hun twice. Wnlskey,and amuonla saved
him.
The lows rot<r says thnt farmer OF Union
Township, during recent storm, went ont with
sraie And commenced digging ditch on the TIP
stream eide OF hs land. The mora the water rose,
the mnFe be dug; md there's no knowing how
long be might have kept at It. but his ne!ghbors
happened to discover him, waist deep In the water
md digging away. and went ont and captured him
by maiu force and brought him tn-
A panther, measuring three and half feet IN
length, aud nearly two feet high was Killed on the
18th. three niles north Of Des Moines.
II Is stated that Professor Brush, Al the request
Of the hoard, has resigned the Presidency Of the
Upper Iown Cuiscrsity. Professor n. c. Showers
is his successor. Atss Wary Knox has been chosen
Prccertrcss.
Al Des Aotnes, few days ago, ONE Of the en-
p1oyes at the freight depot OF The Chicago, Rock
Island 4 Pacific Railroad ~Hs horT1oeI, upon
opening freight car, to ind II loaded with dead
people, With rigid limbs, and features OF ashy
paleness. Upon closer Inspection It was discovered
that they were only stAtues-1our In number
carved tn wood, representing Justice, etc. to he
paced In inches made for them In the County
Court House. They we're shipped from Chicago.
The Dca Aotnes Ee.ftst<T statea that Aaralnt
CnrEon, Of that city, succeeded. after three days'
,at,or, IN occurring 800 worth Of properly stolen
from store IN Decatur, Ill The owner came on
and got bis goods, and. bJ way Of recompens.ng
thr Marshal, " went TO Aliens Bank, deposited Il
10 Ar. CafRonB account, and notified him by
d5Dpletter that he had done 30, Taking good
care not TO call the Marshal, the generous man
then departed for Illinois, with his 500 worth Of
goods, recovered at one dollnra cost- The Mar
shal ~rota letter to him, teIltng him that he
hal been entirely 100 gcne1ons, and returning his
81 hill.
WISCONSIN.
Charles Rich, Of New London, fasn got INTO o
novel speculation, siz !: raising mink He has
nice yard lifted ur, and has already hall dozen
young and old mluks, mud will soon have large
bruoA.
The WauGesh2 Fireman tells OF COW which,
between the e9th OF May and the elst Of June,
yielded $50 quarts OF milk. an average Of 2lAt
quarts day, from which an avcTase OF twelve
pounds OF butter week ~us made The cows
'sed @ was grass ana Two quarts , o. oats nnd corn
neal nAaeo' morning ana evening.
o,ba se1 ,nonr ,,,,nae-at Tenorta The ca,,n,. IN
,,-... 4ne .uoA. -. -. ~
n,eas1r,4, % tonr T 1re1 In length. N'7'& ''9~'
The latase.,e c"uyer reports tho arrest and
ronnnen en- N ma, crr or a 1ttlr hor annarentIy
not more thnu 19 years Of age, for stealing
horse Iii. name IL Henry Smith
A yourg gentleman Of LoEansport has sued q
ba1 Der for spelling his noustachc In trJing to color
1t, and laid Ills da1aFrs As ~.
A nau Ut Liberty, Union County, got into a ter
rble fright, the other day upon swallowing hottie
had been ordered to take. The doctor saotned
him y lib the assurance rhat the worst injury the
dose could do hin would be 10 coat hts stomach
and bowels with hah.
The franklin JcFer~onidn Is responsible for the
Kuake story:
One day tatt wsek trr1scu dalf frifhttnt LOCKING
rontno, ,ins tns,;pc ~. ttd IL Tie .cen
!! country between ClsFk,st,rsti aud ACTON, ~
rfrne.s, hs ~ thh g. .@nt X, s f tnn H. .nd
tr.etcd hf atrf,tlo and, il rce,ned br kolns il
tir dit,ttson q h,s is51n hs cnns4ea = t";!.w e
Tt.tch ia m,st fs..n krd~how a. Nv wfat nIsn. h.
y unahlr To tell Pa<ins on aad ueAEiue big taEm
n tsnrd r .u-thsnr M N ertnr nc,r 1h