, 1869-08-18
THE NORTHWEST.


Last Wednesday night, young man, namet
James Gardner fell from the third story Of til,
Eagle House, In Lincoln, to The pavement. II,
dles| q few minutes after being found.
Professor Agaucmnon Thurman, who Is to tatt
the chair OF the classics In Illinois College, arrived
IN Jacksonville. Hc Is q German bS pa5entage
and Greek BY birth.
A terrible Incident occurred near Grand Chain
Alexander County, on Tuesday Of last week
Three men were Killed In cut on the Cairo j
vlncennes Railroad, by the dirt Caying In upot
them. The cut YVES forty feet deep, and the vic
uns were covered 10 depth Of four feet Thell
names were Daplel Hatse, contractor: Keen Ma
honey, boarding bosB, and Mat. Walsh, taborer.
The Jacksonville Journal states that beautiful
Cincinnati belle and helreBs, with prospective
value Of S15,O00, Kas rery much annoyed by the
nsslduouA devotion aud 1nslptd nattery Of host
ul Ohio dandies Determined TO rid herself ot
these grievances, abe left home and came TO JACK.
Eonrille. hoping 10 pace herself IN position from
which abe might yiew the positIye motives OF the
human heart unva1ntshed BIZ an assumed sin-
cerlty. To make loog story short, she Is Bald to
'c now living with very respectable private fam
lily in tue latter city. She busies hersef with little
household dutics sews, teaches the chtldr2n, &c.
Everything she does Ia done with q grace 14at
makes her great fayoEitc with MI who know her.
A young lady in Princeton received prescHp-
tlon ito be taken before going to bed" The phg-
slcian left, and. when night came, companion Of
the slightly indLsposed iasse, sollctors for the
cosery Of her fnenI. urged her, about the hour
preparations were ready for retiring, to take her
medicine. The invalid, who has a taste loo swett
for bitter phJs!c, replied. 1.-THE doctor directed
me to take that medicine before going to bed, and
I'm not going to bed tonight" And she dfu not,
hut rested upon couch and avoided the dose !;
and is now entirely recovered, Notwithstanding
her disobcdicncc.
Senator iatesiw1u leave for a trip to California,
about the eoth Inst He will be accompanied by
his sop, Henry C. Yates; United States Senator
Kellogg, ot:Louls!ana, and Colonel a. c. DabcocE
Of Canton, Illinois.
On Friday last, while Franklin Dallas WAS feed
Ing threshiug machine, near the head Of Bear
Greek, In Christian County, his right arm WAS
caught In the teeth OF the cylinder and TOM from
his body; his head was drawn close 10 the
machinery, and his stuli fractured IN two places.
Notwithstanding the severity OF his INJURIES II ls
believed that he will recover.
IOWA
The total assessed valuation Of all the property
in:.the State Is sci, 100000
Professor Showers, OF APPLETON, Wis, has ac-
eepted the Presidency Of the Upper Iowa uniEer-
s!ty, at Fayette.
hDLAHA.
At Wllhnspott, during the eclipse, 4 little boy
was looking at the Eunt when oil at once he com.
planned OF severe pain In his head, wns suddenly
taken sick, and died the same cyenio6.
MICHIGAN.
The following story Is told Of q pretty little
Jcweas In Detrutt: "She loved O poor young 1nau
fut her parents, year ago, forced her 10 marry a
rich old one She bore her grief and o child, and
recently resolved TO suicide- She eswallowed some
morphine and reflected; then she swallowed four
cups Of coffee aud reflected again; after that Sue
lrank glass Of soda water and reflected d third
line. The 1nal result Of her mental exercise WIS
lie opinion that she had better live and bear more
zr.ef, aud perhaps more children: 80 she tore up
he letter che had written 10 her nrtt lore. aaw
her physician, md the next day was about her
housework ns uHuAl."
The Rev. James Calder, D. D., Of Harrisburg.
Pa, has been appointed President Of u!Ilsdale
college, At ul!lsIale.
ATESEsOTA.
The editor OF the Minneapolis Tribune saw, on
The 18Th, on the down train from Wayzata, O
string Of fish caught by two men In q dny
and half, which weighed ofcr lis pounds, and
TWO OF the lot weighed Just thlrty-four pounds.
They were caught in Lake MiunetonEa, few
niles above Excelsior.
OHIO.
Bogus revenue officers lately appeared in Co
umbus. They made several unsuccessful A.
Lempts at black-mailtng merchants. In one H.
stance they purchased quart OF burning nuid
from wcll-known establishment. and, after the
Furchale soon returned, declaring th8t The mer-
chant had Bold them oil, instead Of burning mud.
md by so doing had violated tie revenue law.
The{, however. offered 10 keep Silent on the sub
cct flor 4 nominal sUm. The merchant saw
through the gnMe.