, 1869-06-30
TEE kORTHFEST,

The Lacop Home Journal has entered upon Its
tni-teth volume. II claims 10 be the oldest paper
In northern Illinois With four exceptions II Is the
Oldest pa2c1 on the 1uInois River. and ntso the
oldest In the counties Of Putnam, Bureau, Maj
shall. and Stark
The iIou- Richard Yates will deliver the lnde-
nenuence-Day GRAFTON at Pontiac, Livingston
County.
A destructive l,a!lsto1m passed over belt Of
COUNTRY, about half 4 tuIc IN width, north OF Pc
orla, about noon on Friday. Some fields Of winter
grain were entirely ruined, md crops Of corn ser1-
ously II not latally damaged. The s1or1u passed
across the lake into Woodford County, where con-
siderable damage Is reported to have been Conc.
4 large number Of cattle have died In the IL
clnty Of Jole. within the past month. They are
seized With sudden Illness and die In fen hours,
and often few minutes. Most ot them bloat
largely.
Joseph Moore, Of Wards Grove, 10 DaTtess
County, has now farm OF 1,ooo acres In one body.
Mr. H. settled in 10 Dayiess In 1888.
TN the 2ith, there were stabbed In Rock ISLAND
twenty SIX Of the largest horses ever sccn IL that
city. Several OF them weigh leo pounds, and
several others hare the frame Io1 500 when prop
erly filed. They arc owned By Mr.. Washburn,
who bought them IN Ohio, and Is shipping them TO
California, By rail-, on speculation, .....
A 1re In Cnba, on the 18th, destroyed the stores
o: NeG shryuck, Mccseary Co, and shryock
Cox, and Nalltngs building, occupied By Taos'
AeMahon as saloon. The buildings were par
TALLY insured IN the Peora Marine and Fire.
INDIANA
Great excitement pscvnt1s nt Charlottesville on
account OF the finding OF the remains OF man Ia
the prtry vault OF the Court 4onse IN that town.
lr ls the general opinion that the remains arc
thosa Of the drover Lalollette, who SO myate-
rtolsly disappeared from Charlottesville In Deoeu-
;oG+ %hc tir1n nf 1.AYOl.
lette Ind some t10. 600 IN money upon his person.
It l. believed be Was murdered and robbed In
Balloon, then carried 10 the ptlyy md thrown into
tie rault.
w1scoNE1S.
Mrs MARY Miller, tr7ed at Prairie du Chen for
the murder OF Emery Wright WIS found guilty Of
granddaughter In the third degree, and sentenced
to eight years imprisonment. ...
AT shull8eurg, on Saturday, ex-rostnaster Be1-
nett asked Henry uugtll. OF New Dtgg.ngs TO play
game of car0a- 11ugtl declined, when Bennett
attcrpptcd TO make him, and Hugtn walked out OF
the house. A short time afLerEards. meeting
Hrgtu again, Bennett 1ted 4 pistol at him. After
being wounded, Hugtu fclled Bennett to tho
ground. aud attempted to get hold Of the Y :apon,
when Bennett t1ed again al Hugiu but feled to
hit him. Bennett escaped to Illinois, uug!1 now
ties N very critical condition.
MICHIGAN.
A Are at jackson, on Saturday, caused 3A,o0
damage: insured for s23.cao-the Republic,
Merchants, and Ftremeps, os Chicago, being
among the companies interested. The principal
sufferers nrr: Joseph Hammond, S10, ,ooo: Charles
Il Kn!ckerbocker, s1o,0oo; Glaslond Thompson,
.i,Gtn: II. L. Eortrec, E,s1o; ]. ". LOOMS,
s6u0c.
Andrew Sturges and John Ee1sey were recent
ly drowned In Crooked Greek, near Washington
Eight counties IN Iowa have one-1t1ned soldiers
for Recorders, namely: Apnanoose, Eugene c.
lIaynes; Decatur. VIM. ]. Sullivan; Guthrie, God
frey Jcluc; Iowa. n. ". Stoyer1 Monroe, Calvin
Barnard: Warren, Mllea VI. Judktns: Y WashlnGion,
Thomas Rowan: Webster, David II. Taylor.
Mitchell County has i one-arned Treasurer,
Charles Sweeney.
A1HEEsorA.
Duluth IS TO be called the :" Zenith City"
Faribault ships this year s1a,o5l bushels Of
wheat. Iast 5ear there Was sent from that city
6,d0o bushelA
John C. Breckinr.dgc sold piece Of land nt St.
Paul, atthe beginning Of the war for 81, which u
now worth $4,000. -..
Mrs Elizabeth Burgess has been appointed
Postmistress Of the Dutte.unt Valley of'ce- She
Il q soldiers widow.
MISSOURI,
A man named Shennehan vas lynched at De-
Kalb, . few Days ago. He had s1olca horse
from farmer In the ne!ghhorhood, was pursued,
captured and brought back. His captors took
him to ne1g,1nortng grove, selected SIOUX ll1no
OF q tree, and strung niU up without peEett OF
clergy.
4 St. Joseph paper tells the following:
Some carr 4nee, in InoaA. zaaa by tho name OF
61,1Ipe fen in love With tair a,Aden A Eival ap-
sexrrd Epoa the seece-k bitter aaimosit5 afo1c
which Shape, = he sappoted. messally wounded his
Antagonist and fed from the Law. ntyer eoppns until
wounded nau 6naJ recovered. and sha.pes trteads,
the ease aud adyised lin to return He did "a wss
ses:ea tFed "a ss9uit.cd Asanw h'e ths + n?Gsns
htcd hin @ the Paaee. T*Eao q {hts State. pat.
daEn seeans. hQveveF, ih.t: be stu had
afsAd tie EE u rt{eGcuee4 The affair,
Tes o. s,s: e IL m ~ ossss3as T. qssE saE
Looking ato:nd be two In front Of h1a ae!az
thaFuGa1y alarmed he aatxoa hs E1n tUpcd tra tho
nsual and made for 44 wooda, tktnk1QS tbs neo wAkN
c1s-f 1-rfit Ascr A4ttn: GiSsAQe4 hNt :9ppsA