, 1869-04-26
JY{k. NORTHWEST.

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At II meeting Of tie Stockholders of tho Little
Wabash Navigation Company, hcld recently ut
Cnr1, q resolution Wa passed. without u dissent
ing vote cc,ng the lock aEd dam, and property
CONNECTED With them, to the Stale Of Illinois.
Miss Josephine ltartwcll, school.tcacheF In
Flagg Centre, op1c County, took IN ounce of lau9-
nnum on the night Of the 18th: but 1t did nut make
her sleepy, even; and so the next morning, she
cut her left wrist with rnzoE. The woun not
bleeding rapidly enough, she made deep cash In |
her nm, at.ovc the elnow. The now OF blood |
causctl her 10 become inscpslhe, In which coudl-
ton she was found, end, medical all ectnR ren-
dercsl, Ehc WIS placed out Of danger. Doubts rs
to the Rcnutucncss Of her Christianity were the |
cause Of the attempted suicide.
Isa!ah Hack, OF Quincy, was In the military
serytcc-a member Il the Sixteenth Illinois In
fantvy-for four years, and from exposures and
hor,lships became afflicted with a sore and ulcer
atcs throat, and In December, 1863, entirely lost
his voice, and for more than five years was unable
to speak except In whisper On tho morning OF
the 18th Of March last, he suddenly found, 10 his
Intense delight that he could again SPEAK IS uls-
ttnctly and casily as ever.
Mrs. Giln,er, widow Of Colonel u. II. Gt1rner,
has received her commission Is Postullstress at
Pittsdeld. 1'iIc County.
Horace King. IN old resident of Canton. died
| ehort time since. Mr.. +. serveta In the Mexican
| war, and was wounded at tho battlc Of CeFro
Gor1lo, In the side.
The ptaning mill OF Rakestrav Stowell, at
chil!cothe, WIS burned on "Wednesday. Loss,
| 5000.
Nathan Allmon, living two miles west Of Alma,
committed suicide by shooting himself Oh the 18th.
| Insanity was the cause.
4 fire At Henry, on the 18th, destroyed tho grain
elevator Of u. N. Sampson, with 1aooo bushels Of
corn, mostly belonging to Trulst / Jack, Of Chilli
cothe. Loss on builung, g. 900; insured for 81 500
n In
| the same company.
| Two men from Peoria went to the vicinity OF
Havana last February, for the purpose Of shooting
ducks, and between the 1lth Of that month and the
18th Of the present month killed over 1,so9 ducks
twenty I'VE geese, and twelve OF fourteen oranf-
These fowls were shipped to Chicago, where the
average price paid for the ducks was about two
dollars ncr dozen. The people OF Mason and Full
ton counties, not liking this style Of business got
lsx through the Legislature forbtddIug In future
such wholesale killing Of ducks ny persons not re-
siding In those counties.
The typographical survey being made by Mt
William Il. Cozztns for tue American Bottom
Haa11 Of Improvement, has been temporarily aus
pended, at the request OF many farmers, who de
not wish their crops to be irauared down by thf
J surveying party. The work viii be resumed afte
| harvest.
TWO farmers on the Inc between st. Clair an,
Randolph Counties Killed m old wolf aad cap
i tured four 5oung ones, some days ago.
General u. 4. LAWYER intends moving back t.
Galat!n County.
John uslc, who has been prospecting for co.
= IN the Gilbert place, struck vein Of coal abou
four feet thick, and forty feet below the surface
one day last week 1t Is the Intention to put dow
= q shaft Immediately.
Z The rrojec, for making the bridge across th
Illinois River at Ottawn, free, mas 1alicn tnrouR!
I A Moline letter says that Case + CO. are now Ct
gagged With the drcdgc and chisel bouts taxing o'
the dams on Moline and Duck Creek cha'ns az
cutting out a few ragged rocls outsae tae oala
l. They nayk also nut In about 500 feet OF dam,
Is Inv thc o,d tsm On SYCAMORE chan, from wink
~ -, some ooo Jars Of rock are Jet to DC remove
~ When this is done their present contract ~lll
n completed.
ls- a few days ago VIM Ke1ty, while engaged
:, re-E!nktng, in the Caseli1 Cave, near
o' bu9uc, came across d piece OF bre
that must nave formed an extra slice
some miners dinner nearly thirty years ago.
was found nfty feet below the surface, ind In i
et dirt that hos not been disturbed for at least It
W length OF time. The finder says II VAS hlmt
or fresh enough to eaL
Il. .Ou tho Goth, Nary Ann Duckncr adopt
or- daughter Of Mrs Thomas McMannus, OF q
"a TownshIp, Jones County, Was burned to death
wv her clothes taking 1rc.
J, ". Van Ormnn, accused Of accepting or
wh.jc United States Commissioner Rt McGrcR
inf, was discharged By the United States cout at
he | 1uquc, on the 22A.
an Mrs. Sarah IL Hannh, who graduated a.
NJ NJ New York Med!c4 Institute few weeks aso, q
Of In Fairfield on the 10Th Inst. She was e5 years
nd age ..--.-.,..
,ne o.an8, "uu nn.s spea - snv tss.- ~.
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