, 1869-08-26

wstcr, they made dams At certain distances Aud
followed the Chinese plan--to whom the lock WIS
uufuoNu-ot driving shcir cargo from one ltre!
10 Another.
The Governor Of lows, in reply to q despatch
from New York asking hin for Information In To-
h'iou to bonds Of Lyon County now Offering IN
the market, sent the following telegram: Tho
bonds nr Lyon County are . fraud. Arrest the
PARTIES Offering thcn."
w1scOHstE.
The Badger State Banner s.ases that the heavy
shower Of last week produced rise In Black
Riser. and last Saturday and Sunday the waller
came up about s11 feet The logs commenced
running ID considerable force. and On Snuday II IA
eftmated BY the best Judges that at the least ~.
0oo,bo0 feet Of legs passed doWn. The r11er was
literary covered with logs all day far A. the ere
could tcach- Most Of them came from Wedges
Creek and Ponple River. and II Is said thnt ihoae
streams arc cleared Of logs tnh time. THIS Is the
nrst r!se Of any account that has occurred for
nany Jea1s In the Hscnth Of August The river Is
r1pidly falling.
MICHIGAN.
The telegraph Informs Us that Miss Ada Webb
lne actzess, Is married. Some time ago auc COM
menced, IN the Wayne Circuit Court sutt Against
Mr. Iohn Sfac, . wealthy Californian, for breach
of promise OF marriage. Claiming soo.0oo dauases.
The matter Was Subsequently settled BY Mr..
skees pa5tng her f5,o0o which she accepted In
full Of nll demands.
The lay City Journal tells story OF resiacnt
OF THAT city, who, while on a recent Tip down the
hay, got Into berth belonging 10 lady who had
rFrStously placed her child there Resuit: La1y
entered IN the DARK, put her hand In the berth 10
feel for the child. found one much larger than she
expected. went luto Mysteries and tainted. Nqs.
hand rushed In quite indignant aud 4crked occa-
pant out Of tho berth. Free light in which the
Intruder came out second best.
About four miles east Of Eyrou Station, cu the
Kalamazoo / Grand Raptds Railroad, Is a Eipyl.
lar sprtpE, that has formed ita oTn curb by de.
post OF lime, making rock, With hole up
mp through It's centre, through which The wpter
Issues. The stream issuing from th.s eprlug,
though clear Us CRYSTAL coata every tTig OF 1noay
or shell that lhJs In iix bed With uue. Close by
sh!s spring Is another, TINT seems CHARGED ritn
Iron as strongly as the otaer u with lime.
The Detroit 1fibu,Is has the following from Al.
peoa:
Alter drilling to the depth Of LILO feet, et reached
Il I'D It ths M deph j = LIZ y:
fcct-the depth ve haze now Tc.ehed-ho brine /,
nss I'd sst e
sprsa1anee Of brine manifested tt.e3l tho eornpany
r. sts
aoaa = S1sa 9d Itbs5 10 g shs
fe9t mess ~. ~ 3 naIted thla "a aad wl1ter
water caus IL so@e respse,a 70 .he s.sa:Sfs 9ats.
wm orened which eonuucs tlor The tnp Of II.
well 1t powerful rate- The Ezlt produced Ifp thi
brine T. very white and ptle and cTdrntIy quite fsc.
from iii impurities Ttt veil viii ID pc, dow pr,haps
ATTY fees dtrpe Hhca i II thought ttrnxth tnd nusu
tity e4 ne suseisns 70. the !ne.t fArorahin 1au1ag
| turing purposes viii be reached"
Benz. T. Gleason, ono Of the Oldest residents O.
Michigan Centre, JacElon County, committed sui
eide, a few dAyE ago, BY taflpg strychnine. IL
left letter which confirms bitter ep!thcta desosa
tory to the character Of h.s wlc and couples wlt]
hers the naIoe Of citizen engaged In business a
Jnekaou4
| TIE TERRITORIES,
The Cortnne tulah> Reporter s2ys that On Sun
day morning at an carry hour, Das1d Ecalney
I kection foreman on the Cn1on Pacific Railroad
for section 1so Just eaSt Of thak city, while nakin
his usual tour Of inspection, discovered whef
some neud had arranged to preciritata tho 1cs:
warl bound train. due shortly after noon. fspn
the track. he had carefully removed scycr7
bolts from one Of tho braces that JOIN and hold L
their plAcca consecutive rails Lapplng thes
pieces Of Iron across the track, he again 1rnl
botted them dorm. Fortunately Mr. kearne
happened along before the train did, and mad
the discovery, thus preventing the disaster tha
Tould otherwise inevitably have followed T1l
Is the second attempt that has wtthIn few Week
been nade to do lnjury to the road.