, 1870-01-12
THE NORTHWEST,

ILLINOIS.
The second anuual conrse Of agricultural lee
tnre3 acd discussions instituted By the Mtpo!a
Industrial University commenced at the uptyera!.
~ on the 10th Inst. and Will continue to the 18th
int, inclusive Similar courses will be held at
Cent1al1a. Jan e. e5 20, and 81, and at Rockford.
Feb. Z, s, ., and 10.
IOWA.
A young gentleman at Charles City sent geven.
ty-1se cents to New York, recently, for method
Of writing without pen or Ink. He received the
following inscription, in la1ge type, on card:
"wfile with pencil"
WISCONSIN.
The Rock County Gatette says: HThe,e Is a
man in this county mean enough to so,t the egza
laid ny the hens, bringing the Bn21l ones TO mar.
ket md retaining the large ones for h!s owa use.u
INDIANA.
Miss Irene Fatout 4 occurring On woman "a rights
in Indiana.
colored nan engaged TO anawef the bell alta
rc:ltepce In Indianapolis, on New Years Day.
was discovered attempting to prevent the entrance
Of q gentleman. who did not tender his cud. The
lady rcbnked him. but the "boy' excused him.
self BY saying that he thought she would lose
money for good many had already gone In WITH
9ut tickets."
There Is yonng nan In Princeton whose four
g1cat-g7andmothera are lis1ng.
From the following, It will be that there IL
fome prospect Of duel. The scene Is laid IN
Patosa, Ind: "Mr. Leroy CHURCH., str-I think
that son Cid me crest iaJuFe By EhuttuK the
door on me- yesterday Str think Ny Self far a
bove you and you Want Satisfaction Jou VII plea.
to Meet on Same Crowds With your pistol John
b vapnery."
AT Winchester. lad On the 9Th, v. Il. Arney,
aaloon-Seeper, WAS shot and killed By Niles Caro-.
line Smith, mflltner Or dressmAket, LIVING In one
OF the upper room1 oyer Routh / Baar!ster's
store. Miss Smith has frequently been annoyed
BY drunken and tllstolutc men, who have sought
entrance 10 her nom for improper pnrposcs, De-
Iermiued lot to be pertccuted in th,B manner, She
bought Tesotser, to protect her perEon. About
10 O'Clock 1T night, somt cne GANG to the door
and demanded adutttance, Threatening to break
the door down. Alter hanmestng sometime he
welt down ttairs, when she opened the window,
and, seeing man at the foot 0! the stairs, hred.
This nan was Arney, and 1t Is claimed thEt he Is
not the tusn who went 10 Miss Smiths room. The
shot took effect In his iet breast, pesatpg through
the heart aud killtrg him instantly. he fell upon
Hor. David Engore, who was pastlo1 along the
sidewalk ut tho ttnc. Miss Smith was arrested,
and Is closely connned. She expresses great anr-
row becsuSe she shot the wrong nan. Array
leaves wife and four children.
MICHIGAN
A State Non.ans Suffrage Convention Is called
10 meet at Battle CfGet, January % and II, TO
form Michigan state womans Suffrage A1so-
ci2uon: Mrs. II. II. Tracy Cutler. OF Cleveland;
Hrs. Mi1tAm II. Cole, Of Sydney, O. the Rev, ME,
Cocker, Of Ann Arbor: G. B. ssebhlns, Of Detroit
and otoet. will address the convention: and 1t IL
expected that Mis-. uyetnore, Mrs- E. c. Stan.
ton, or Lucy Stone, viii be heard from In time to
attend.
Johp Ffede1tchs, prominent merchant at Red
Wing, bar failed. Extended credit and liability
to collect caused the failure. His liabilities arc
$4,000,
The St. C!oud Times relates the following Incl
dent: "ju1ee Evans married couple on Thurs
day Who Fever raw each other until about an
hour before thefr marriage Tbs bids arrived Oh
lbe St. raul train In the afternoon, who was net
for the n1st time Al the depot BY the bridegroom,
nnd the ITO hastencd direct to Judge Eyans'
ot1ce, *here the marriage was consuumAted
without delay! 1t ls proper 10 say that the ecu.
pie had been corresponding with each other, End
had exchanged Photographic"
A Minnesota juror addressed note TO tae
Judge, In Fhtca he styled him, "Oc arabic j1g."
kASsAs,
liE1. Dr.. Mary Walker hzd a fuss ia Kansas
lately With a railroad conductor, aooat her fare.
Misty called the otlctai a .'duiy, attnfiog map,"
and then PAID the money, quite sausGel IL her
oEu mind that she had come OF vicsore1s
NEBRASKA.
Ala hotel in Omaha all lhe boa.derz are obliged
10 60 to church.
NJ. 0cAui1ay c!atns that On the Slh OF Nay,
1869. certain PAWpeo Indians lefs their srEerraacr
ADO vent in'o Polk County. Nebraska, where taey
murdered her husband; and abe nov appeals to
the 1Edlan Department ler damages amounting to
SIS COZ, which abe asks MAY be a1lessed upon TIC
tribe and sasen fsou their appropriations.
OHIO.
Frederick MAuRer, who died II E.ua, Licking
cocnH. few weeks ago, WEE 81 yearl Of age;
had been married three times, ard was the fathe,
Of tNnEt F.fW rht1dtHn ~ fhA
BY lhe 1eoond, and twelve by the shlrd.
There *as prlze dance at Clyde, on Christmas
Eve, In which ote hundred AID dtty couple con.
tended, and LII. o. G. June and sik:er won It.
hit. Jaraes Aoros. OF Ctlclev!ile, has been
Sabbath School txaeher 1or twenty dve conecca.
ure year,. and duEtxg that time hiss been absent
from scnocl but two SUNDAYS, when aae Was de-
tatned af hnnt hE f8nilK sflctfan