, 1869-04-06
TEE NORTHWEST.


Aesszz. Ma1son, Mason i Smith are about To
erect dam across Rock River, at the head Of the
rapids II Sterling, under = ctIhrter obtalDet from
the Legslature II The Late sc11on-
At Alton, Last Wednesday night Gre occurred
IN the rtaidence OF Mn. Wtedcmeyer. Mta W.,
In labostng TO exuagu1h the flames, fe11 tnto
cistern, sot was drowned
VIC learn from the Dixon Ttly7uph that Frank
PaEr a boy twelve Jex11 old. living In the town Of
Pai1y7a, Lee County, Wis fatally shot by his little
brother, on ne 97th ult-T The latter, not knowing
that the gun Wa loaded pointed 1t at hl2 brother
and snapped tho c1p+ The charge tnok eject, and
the boy expired sitter suffering tutense1y Tor two
days.
There IS considerable sectional animoeisy be-
tween Galesburg and Knoxville, in Knox County,
arising 70 4 considerable extent, from struggle
to secure the county seat An Illustration OF this
feeling ia appended By the following nom the
Galeshurg F.ve FTess:
During visit to Knoxville a few days 4ncc,
passing IN front Of the principal store in tho
village, VIC halted for moment befprc the pro-
+ p!1etUF, whom no happened to Know, and asked
hin hows trade7 'Wtn,' said he, I1owly re
moving \ half chewed-stsaw from hls mouth, and
looking for encouragement Iowarts the Court
uouse ttb poosy brisk; ptestn' np eood 'eal.
Old Granny ~ was IN yer ibis morn!n', n
traded for ~ eggs Eerth OF tea, to be paid for
tHplAnA
In Laxrcnce County there lives MiBs Ritter,
who IL Il years old but Is only "a tnches high and
weighs only 81 arounda
In New Albany there u widow who claims to
have been The mother Of alI&een children befota
she reached the age u 81 Jrats !.
A queer wedding took place near M1ncie tho
other day, When the mln!star, arrived at the
house where the bridal party waa assembled, he
found the happy couple standing at the pump In
the yard, talking about their approaching union
II In -
thcre, md declared thai be would not marry them
At III unless he WIS permitted to perform the
ceremony right on. The parties were ready, but
| they were outside the hontc- The guests also
| were ready, but they were lnalde the house But
the youthful divine wss lnexorahe, and the happy
| couple nually stood upon the pump plsttorm, and
I were there naadc man and wife
IOWA.
A vote for Postmaster At Eddyv1le resulted in
| favor Of Mrs Kinkead-
| There Is eif in Linn County. only IL Jeass old
I o whom the following L. naf7ated: For zix weeka
Of the coldeat weather Of Last winter, during tho
sickness Of her father and mother, she Attended.
| carefully and well, <8 sheep, head Of hb1ses, IL
| head OF cattlc, and calves, besides milking 9
| cows driving the cattle quaEter ot rane every
day to water, eleArlnK the horse Stable, doing the
house work, and taking care Of her ssck parents
The body OF James Crane, Of Washington
! 4pHlsnpy hVAts NUAAIyt WAN a4cQ VII VIC 4aAu
| ultmo, wis dIsinterred last Thursday. and q
Coroner jury returned verdict thas be died ol
injuries received, NhEch II, at the hands Of Ned
! Conners and Thomas McCaHon-
| w1scoksN.
The steam Aw-mln of ]. 8 Stetson, In the to1l
Of Glenno,r, xns burned Ahout week ago- Losa
81, 900; no insurance The mln will be rebuilt
Warren Shaw, aged fifteen years, son Of JaIuc!
Shaw, in Liberty, Grant County, WAS accidentally
ahot tJ Robert Thompson, on Wednesday, ant
died soon afterwzsd Thompson bad been sittlnl
down, With gun In his lsp, and, In moving to
standing posture, the piece was ilschaEgcd.
| MICHIGAN.
Sarell Wood, an old resident OF Grand Rapids
died On the Sd Inst
On Tuesday last, Mra Barry, wife os-cx-Goscs
nor Bal1y, died n Constantine, In her ssth year~.
General par!G Smith died at Coldwat4r N.rc,
20, aged d yearA In the A!fef Hawk war b
served both ~ an Adjjaaii and Colonel, and a
st'n later period WAS commissioned as Majo
eelef1i hy Governor Mhson- In 1888 he Wa
elected ~ Representative IN the Legislature frou
1enawec County. In 1saa. he noset to col!ws ste.
aud for seventeen scnrs has occupied n promInen
| position among tho business men Of that city.