, 1869-08-11
THE NORTHWEST.

A son Of MI. Cutter. residing near Chcnoa, Will
lr1ding cattle, fell nsIeep On the railroad track
sud the t1aiu cut his head on.
| I0NL-
| 4 clergyman tn Page County wasn't Ceiling pa,
| cnncgh 70 he told his congregation he would q1!
preaching unless he received better wages. Bui
lie finally changed ha mind and said he wqllt
c,se all xno did not wizu 10 hear him al oppor,u
! nay 10 retire, and every sout nj once departed
leaving him aloac tu his glory.
Aiaa Matte Griffith, In her Fourth Of duly I'd.
1yess At H. Pleasant, fun9 Back, with contempt,
tie saying, On one hand, OF those who claim that
woman Ia ap angel and on the other, that abe de-
slres to lie q uan She had me- desire 10 be an
angel while m lnhaptant Of this sphere, anu, IN
l'scoMl1Q m1D, Rhe could See nt 1a{ItGlIar ad.
vantsge In the change"
The Davenport D-,nDcrct 1elIs Of q ttugu1nr case
Of snperstition: " Chatting with IN aSed Ia.3F we
nhtjced the wonderful preservation aut' oeautF of
hcr teeth. and could Eos refrs.n FROM Mentioning
r. 'fes, eaid she, i never had sootcache or
lost tooth, because t.t the SNAKE On inquiry
She Etated TINT, hen CHI! iren At home her fathef
had II noe them bte rattlesoake, he holding the
rrpt!!t hJ the head AID tail; each child bit along
Lie entire length Of the backbone, not violently,
bnt tItt so rs to tndent tho sk!n; and s1Is vas
rtuAidcred On infa!hhle recipe against toothache-
atd decay, and which the o!d lady orlle7es Up TO.
The present hour"
INDIANA.
Cruuda1l, the fast runner OF Michigan, has casl-
1rngei iiuah Davis, Ct Indiana, To run foot race
sor si,W0 side. The race Is to come on At Fort
Nalne-
Michael canlgan, near Reynolts committed
rapc, last Friday week, upon T1ri 10 yea1s old,
named Mary E Smith, living ut his house. The
Fame evening, seeing TINT hls act mast prove fatal
lie usok hts own life 5y poisoning. The next day
the gl5l died
The oldest man IN Indiana, Benjamtn Scalf,
s1sldcut Of Al1lcrahurg, Elshart County, was born
on the 10th Of May. 176l, In johnson County North
taroltua- lie lived In Tennessee In 1891, moved
to Mcdowell County In 1893, aud thence 10 his
present residence IN 1859. lie Is farmer, Ia still
of eoubd mind. aud las been O member OF lhe
Methodist Church for forty six years.
WISCONSIN.
The total valuation Of property In Racine, as re-
tarErd BY the Assessors, Is: Real cstate S2O3G.-
persornipEpresty,5 Il, ,1s2 445: total q, eoo
The lArEest amount of logs and lumber ever got
out in one season has been run out OF Black River
the tEfteut Over lla,co ,do1 fect have gone out
und 80 Co. 600 SILL tela1u and being rated for
tic fall rtEt.
4 eon Of DR.. Duvall Waited hs father, IN the
JnpcsvliIe Jat, few days ago. and the saetin OBJ
served the doctor alp piece Of paper INTO hts
eon's hand. The Sheriff acted as II he had not
eccn anything, but as soon ~ the boy left The ce
'suctcd the boy Is TO what he should testify Ia 70.
gard 10 the death Of his mother, IN St. Louia. lie
@us to say that she died Of gunstroke and - read
The PAPER over twelve times every dAy, go that he
should get 1t liked In his mind before he might be
called upon the witness stand The boy's mother
was the third MrH DnvalL The lady married tn
Minnesota, 2nd who died at JaueaF1le, wRs the
fourth.
k1ANKaoTA.
Seven sisters Work their fathers farm In Wright
Cuunty. They raised aud sold last year 1,61O
bushels Of grain.
MICHIGAN.
At MoAkcgon, on the sth inst, the saw-mllf OF
George r. Roberts, one OF the oldest and best on
the lake, was burned to the ground Loss, t5o,-
oOo; insurance sec, ,co0- The tre Is supposed to
have caught either from II gas-ourner or from the
antIt-Ht8ck.
Anaged German wonau, who had Just arrived
with her daughter and aon-.n-txw, Was abandoned
by the latter At the Toledo depot, few rays ago,
they gong on On the westward tram while she |
Was asleep, and taking al the proceeds Of the |
home shs h4d sold IN Germany to ncco.n pauy
them to America.
At Youngstown, week before last, John White |
Lis wife, and daughter, 1ouae OF years or ac,
were taken quite sick alter eating some poisonous
fungus, gathered and cooked as mushrooms, The |
daughter died In 1 few houra. MIRA White, who !
had caten spatngiy, ~as not seriously affected. |
Mr.. White, who had eaten more freely died after
q sickness Of two OF tnree dafs.
Ar. Bryucr, OF Warrington Guernsey County, |
recently Killed 1atgs snnke Of the garter sFecet
from which were taken 104 JounE snaIcs On the
.tay nI1cr, Mr. Fnrt1um, Of The sane p.aee, willie
moving in his meadow. near sown, Killed Loop
Ferncad snake which contained s. young one4