, 1870-03-18

rurnfng to Burlington, Or from Frederick, through
Rushytl1e, uttle.on, and Industry, 10 Il uApe,
A1d thence to Burlington.
4 Ametting Of the Dtn ctors OF the reo!1e, Atlar-
II i Decatur ra1lroad Company waa held at
Bloomington On the 1lih Inst. It was decided TO
lut tic pottjon ofthe road from Peoria to Atanta,
Wa5nesvtlle, under contract III mcjIatels. II L.
prus,a'''c Il ut thc work wir be commenced within
thirty days
IOWA
At Iowa City, tho Republicans aud Democratic
united In .he nomnat on Of ticket for School d.
rccto1s, comprising TIC nAmes Of air gentlemen,
aod It WIS supposed that ii. re would be no oppo-
E1dou to It. On tho morning ol the election, how
ercr, nnoiher ticket appeared, composed entirely
Of ladies, with tho following nanea: Mr. J. War
rem Clark, Mn. N. Il. Dyafnerd, Mr1 Il. b Lee,
Mn. @. 4 Preston, MT. Louisa Eastman, and NILES
l. c. lytle- The ladies wcte defeated, receiving
$50 votes to $40 fer the gentlemen.
The Lawrence (Ean) 1sIbus.s gives the follow
ing tale Of dog: :
"6on.e time since, d family started from Wash
ington County, Iowa, with an emlR1ant wagon and
their household e0ects, for new home (which
The journey mas long, and occup!ed rnanJ tayR
With them was m old, dog that had for many
years leen one Of the household. nc had always
lived Gt the homestead, and, With the strong at.
tachmeut peculiar to his race, he seemed 10th 70
leave II However, he followed the train Of mov-
ess untn they had reached the loe-hoasc that was
In future to be taelrn home. For an hour the
dog wandered about reztleaay, witnessing the IN
packed goods, Gut, when morning came, he WAS
missing. Days passed On and he did not return,
and be vas supposed tn have met with an accl-
dentsl death. Some weeks a1terward, friend
who lived near tho old homestead Tss paaa1ng by,
Ike obiect ne dog 81 his former neifneora lie
had returned to his old home, made dear 10 him,
probably, By youthful memoT1ea The strange land
had no attractions for him. lie had come home
to die. All attempts to eoax him away from the
spot were unayaittnR, and he wasted away and
finally yielded up the ghost- In reaching tho old
sWam the Iona and Skunk Riycra." :"
The Elknorn public school vas dismissed on
Tuesday afternoon Of last week. that the scholars
might have IN opportunity to listen to the muricl
trial OF Dr. Duvall
INDIANA
The Rev. Nj. White lecturcd on Catholicism, 1t
Fo1 Wayne, On Sunday night He was followed
to his hotel BY mob, and assailed With saoNbal!
md stoneA
The New Albany comtne,eai says: "About
year ago, the Evansville pape.s were Dragging
hugely about fourteen pound bahy that had COM
to Light In that fosai!iferous city, and were vail
I enough to challenge the world to beat It It Up
/ pears that bachelor, about 20 years old, ramcs
Schamcl, residing near Greeuvllle, md hloomtn|
| widow whom ha had tust married, accepted th
| challenges, and they now report baby weighlnl
.txteen and one-half pounds, and that 1t has no
been good year for babies eitter."
|: MICHIGAN.
Four clerEJmen In jackson have subscribed 81
each to secure "a fair and Impartial trial" 10
/ George vAudeEpooL
A train On the Lake Shore i Michigan Sonthen
| Railway met With IN accident on the 18TH a
| Huron Station The forward passenger coac
jumped the track, and a fcr persons were slighu
injured. John G. Heenan and James Msce, th
pngiltsts, were In the chr next behind; and th
Detroit FIRE. Press says that " They were forcmos
in the work OF clearing away tho dsorts Of III
| wreck"
| NE99OUNL
A st. Louis woman OF bad character, on exam
nation In 4 murder Case, got OF the following
"Thc paper said bad my hair crtmped By Elm
It ts q mistake; ! n1ed 1t myself Tint ought
| be corrected"