, 1870-06-11
THE NORTHWEST.

nLNola-
The Board Of Sngervisors Of Ogla County
propose erecting $4,000 monument i'll the
soldiers from that county.
"A gentleman OF OTTAWA, near 80 yeara Of
1ge, who has been q close observer of the
clt1nateo1 Northern Illinois, prophesies q
hea,y tfost about the 2esh Of tho present
Two Ittlo girls, named Parker and Lun-
day, aged respectively II and II years, were
drowned at the mouth OF Putnam Creek. near
Cuba. Fulton counsx, sunday last. They
we're bathing, and went in the crock beyond
their depth.
In Galcua, on tho 7tb, Joseph Hascr WAS
elected Mayor without serious opposition.
Three Aldermen were elected on the 'speo-
PIES" ticket, and tho On the "anti-bond." :"
The Ga1eus says: "party politics did NOT
a comprnInise OF our city indebtednt Be and
tht reputation" !" and tho former nas sue
ctssfrL
Great excitement prevails in Macoupin
County relative to the Bnfety Of e1-Judge Hol-
lillay. He went East some two weeks since
to attend to the sa1o Of an agricultural work.
visited New York, and Was returning to his
home in Ca1linsille. Nothing has been heard
Of him ainca the Eth inst., when he vas seen
at the falls of Niagara Suspicious Of foul
play are entertained
IOWA.
t1TC DOyB, aEcc Te6pect1F03F Il A0d ~ yeAfa-
started iruin Cedar Falls few days ago for
the plains to hunt bears and Indians. They
were ove1taken twelve miles from home,
taken back TO their m4lnmAs, and spanked.
Seventy days in jnil and $3.50 cash is the
piico Of Esaing wife and whipping her h,1s-
bind Tor seeing You do it. IN Mnscatine
County.
!-Of the hail-stor1n On Tuesday, the Ottum-
TIE Courier Fays: 'From the Big Cedar re-
gion- nine miles notthward, We have reports
Of terrible hail storm, yesterday. Some Of
the stones that fell measured three inches in
circumference, and were Of beautiful crystal,
almost TRANSPARENT The storm leTe1ed pretty
much ali the corn which was growing 60 finely,
and some vaa drivon clear back into the
ground. We ara not informed whether ii
damaged the fruit crop"
"A thing with the head Of q rat, the body
Of q lizard, tha feet Of duck, and the tail Of
2 kitten mas caught in the Siahnabotany, near
Red Oak Junction. tho other day It wag put
in . watcr-hlied box, hut lived only lew
hbnrs Il was then put in alcohol, and will be
The Mayor Of Bloomfield has issued the
following through the colu1nns of q local
paper:
t.know all men, and women, hy these presents
that, whereas Charles Pennington Is the only bi.
lurcate1 specimen OF ancient nalden procliTitits
in our goodlJ town. and whereas q certain con
renton, Whcrcat Buch animals most do coupre-
gNc, 1s to assemble at Mount Pleasant, that mod.
talented women, On the 17rh day Of Jnne, 1ei0;=
and whereaA unr town should be represented In
satu convention. therefore we haso consdtut-
and appoint the said Charles Pennington = dele
Eate at large from said town to said convention,
.dd We hereby commend him to the tender mer-
ct4s and loving embraces Of the women, and tear.
lui prayers Of the men Of satd convention Done
atBiuomneld, Iowa, this 24th day Of Nay, A. D.
1870 It being the s4th year Of the Declal1tion Of
Amendment and the dawn ol the 18th ditto. W.T.
nets our signature and the seal Of said town here
HEM-l FRANK ". E1cnEIDRBcER, Mayor"
WISCONSIN.
The heaviest income returned in Kenosha
County is that OF Edward Balm, 3l5, $40.
Lon Saturday last man. 70 years OF
agr, named Demot, living in the town OF Ho1-
b,ssy, in Kane County, committed suicide by
hanging himself in = barn. He left note
eaJipg that he felt he VIE getting too old to
enjoy life, and feared he would become bur-
den; and that bis body would be found in the
ba1n.
AT Daraboo, on Saturday last, David L.
Pearson vas punching bolt through crcu-
lar saw, when it wAs. shot backward, striking
Nj. P. In The lower part Of the abdomen No
external mark Of injury was presented, butthe
lower bowels seemed to have been completely
paralyzed By the shock, and Mr. Pearson died
a few hours afterwards.
The Is Crosse Republican says: g Yester-
day. the 9Th inst, by invitation Of NJ: John
Mckee, We accompanied him to his residence,
No. 68 South Second street, to take a look at
his den Of rattlesnakes. Mr.. Mckee has made
perfectly tight, square den, about five feet
each way, and al many high, open at the top,
and therein are eleven ratllesnakes, from eigh-
teen inches to three feet and ha!f in length
sight t. behold Writhing, twisting, turn
or, with heads erect, with keen eyes clisteu-
ing. and wictcd-iookiug serpent tongues % pro- |
truding from their ugly mouths wifi iirhten-
ing-hke sviftuess, there they are moving,
tTiniug, hldeous looking mass OF s,spents! l
1t Is terrible sight, And then to see Mckee |
coolly md deliberately enter among them, xnt3 7
take them each IN his hand, call it by name,