, 1870-05-27

THE NORTHWEST.
ILLINOIS.
The Second Annual Premium Tobacco Fair
Of Southern Illinois, is to DO held at Cairo on
the I'D Of June. .---.
improvements arc in progress in the Kas-
kasEia River Which will make it nas gable all
the yeAr round to Fayetteville, in st. Clair
County, . distance Of eighty miles from
Chester.
P. McFee, about five miles west Of Benton,
arriving there about O'Clock p. m kessler
c.iled for Mt, McEee, when bis wife came to
tha door and said be was about the place some
where, Keesler then got on his horse, won't
into the house, and, after tew minutes con
versstion, threw Mrs. McFee dowE, sud With
threats prevented an alarm being GiVen, Wills
he raTiahed her person. He then asked for
uauer to read. Mrs. McFee, pretending to
Eet it, passed into Eli adjoining room, but, IN
stead Of the paper, ahe got revolver, with
which ahe shot Kessler through the breast.
He at once jumped up and ran into the yard,
where he fell, pursued BY trs womtn; when
she approached, shooting him second time
through the head. Mrs. McFea testihea that
Kessler has tnolested her il similar manner
twice before, and she lad warned him that,
he ever attempted such thing again, she
would Kill him. Mrs. McFee gave herself up
to the authorities, aud is now awaiting he- tftal
for murder.
The Dubuque Herald Of the 25th aaEs: "ln
Tuesdays Hcrald there appeared . brief notice
OF the drowning Of IN aeropant belonging 10
DeHaTen's circus, occasioned by the 1udden
falling Of the balloon into the Missisoippi
Prairie du Chien. We learn that MeDogot.
the individual who undertook the perilous risk
of ascending in balloon Inflated only with hot
air, was man OF about q years OF ago, and tho
son OF widow lady residing in Cincinnati. He
Joined the DeHaven troupe on the 9th Of april,
ing employed in the duplicate position Of
baiioor-terder and wardrobe-maker. The
balloon, after receiving the usual imitation,
was eent on its ae17M flight from McGregor,
about o'clock Monday evening. tho wind taxi
ing it in northeasterly direction across tho
Chen When nearly half way accross, the
balloon began rapidly to descend, and speedily
came into contact with tho water. Tho aero
uaut Immediately jumped into the river and
attempted to make the shore by swimming.
He was drowned within short distance frons
boat which had been sent TO his rescue"
Tho Page County Dem0cratsays: During
tho last ten days there has been about 70D
head Of cattle shipped out Of our county.
These cattle belonged to men who reside here,
and who have fed Them during thepast winter.
These cattle, We are confident, will average It
least ,LuU pouuuss nuur at CoA%e pa3 ppuHu,
would bring s58, ,O00 into our county Besides
these cattle, there hayo boe1s several thousand
Eoad OF hogs ahipped from ot,r county. We
think there has beon over 100000 left in our
county for stock IN the last three weeks
WISCONSIN.
A sailor went into shop III Milwaukee and
purchased goods to the amount Of tlity conts.
two dollar bill; give me the change" 4
glance showed the storekeepar thss the bill
was a "T," and, hastily sweeping it into the
drawer, he gave hack the change. After Jack
Was goue the man vent to the 1rswer and
found that the hill waB 3 "V," to be surc, but
q little the worst counterfeit ever soen. In.
dignaut at the treatment, Jack was found BY
the storekeeper and threatened; but Jack was
ready, and showed BY coulrade that he re.
ceived but dollar nna a halt in change, sc
ho could not have givon the man the bill
| After little talk the matter was SLOWED tt
| drop by the Btorekeeper, who has probably
learned something he did not know before
| Alexander Mars, Of Charlestown, Clatl
| County. died on Saturday last, in the 84th ycal
| Of his age He had resided in Char3estown fol
! forty-fi8e years. He served as Justice OF the
I Peace for over thirty years.
| Two Sons Of Joseph Cutter. aged respec
lively 10 and u years, we're drowned will
bathing in q small pond near their father,
residence, in Lake County, on tho 18th inst
"A tremendous bail storm passed over Rens
selaer, jasper County, on FHday Of last week
A letter from there says: q What made it 81
awful was tho sizo and weight Of the stones
After tho storm was over, tho children took 4
basket and Glled it with them. They wer
larger than hens eggs, or about the aize o
| mediuu1-Bized apples. Tho ploWed ground il
all pitted whcra they buried themselves in til,
earth. No ice that ever saw was 20 hard a
! these ballH."
MICHIGAN.
A mineral spring has been discovered q
Spring Lake, on the Grand River, two mile
from fts entrance into Lako Michigan. Th
spring ia magnetic sud medicinal, and tA
water has been used with good eftects BY pot
sons afflicted with rheumatism. scrofula Ant
blindness quantity mt 70 Of ths wsteF F b. h.s bee3
Analyzed by Prof Wheelcz.
| rug rKnH11oarEs.
The Cheyenne (Wyoming) leader OF tn
21st says: The Dig Horuers were allowed +
proceed yesterday, and made marc!
% Seventeen ss mile mics t1o this ' city, M SapE
Wise was in town this morning, Al
made us call He. SAYS tho part
had some difficulty in hauling thel
cannon, as they wero short Of teams. Part .
his business in town day wss 10 procure g
additional team for tho artillery. 1t is under
stood that the party viii now be allowed
proceed, upon the conditions frat exacted, an
no further interference By the government
alprcbendod. Tie men are in excellent spifltf
and consider their chances for Big Horn bette
tlan ever before. 1t is said that n large forc
from Colorado will soon oFertake them The
also expect one hundred and fifty recruit
from Sweetwater. The officers OF the expt
dition are as follows: ". L, kuyeudall. coz
paaudef; J. S. FATaf, cAptain OF the fir
company; William Wise, captain Of the secou
company and acting Aa1utsnt-"