, 1870-07-13
TIE NORTHWEST.

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TIE N0RTHNE
nLISo1B.
Michael Denslinser, = German farmer, Of
Groneland,, Peoria County, committed auicide
on the bth by hanging. Domestic difficulties
were the cause.
In fight between Allen Brown and Oscar
Graig, st otseos Fulton County, few days $50,
Brown was twice shot and Instantly killed.
Craig WAS arrested. and held in S2, 500 bail.
The Peoria Transcript OF the 11th says :
''Ihe people OF Chenoa are reyeling over
casc Of e1opement. The wife Of Esquire T.
L. Payne, an old and highly respected citizen,
a fellow named Davis, formerly farm hand
Of her husband. During the Illness OF her
husband, and while he YVES uuder tho care Of
wstcl,ers, che slipped ont Of the house in the
night, taking her youngest child, and, joining
her paranour, fled to parts unknown. Mrs.
Of her husbands money, which had been paid
10 her In her husbands illness. She was a
second wife, and the mother OF several chill
dren."
1st says: During the night Of tho 18th of
June, tho residence Of Mr: Il. H. Bailey, some
eight miles southeast Of Newton. was broken
open by mob, who dragged him from his
family, took him to neighboring. grove,
where they bound him TO a tree with bark,
terrible manner, until it was thought he Was
dead, when the villains carried Bailey to near
Ills residence aud pitched him over the fence.
leaving his wife to got the almost dead and
suffering man into the house as best sheconld.
,Ssn %hs RoTion Rsas ethot of the rosDoa mob were
the house snd gaVo vent to their savage spirit
by ta1ring and feathering Mrs. Bailey'a head.
And one God -forsaken specimen Of humanity
played hie part by using his foot On q little
girl Of eleven years. because she got from her
bed and attempted to escape from the prena-
citizen whose character Glands untar1ished in
the community where he resides"
"A letter from Lincoln, Ju1y 0, to the
Springfield Register, Gays i" The past week
has been al extraordinary ono in the history
Of Logan county. About one year sgo, =
Mount Pulaski for the larceny OF some articles
of clothing. Tho jail in that place being IN
secure, be effected his escape, left tho county,
and did not return until ono week ago to-day,
when be appeared at picnic held on the camp
ground near Yankeetown. The next day his
from the place the picnic was held, having
been shot through the head by a ritlo or pls-
tol bul]et. The murder is q mystery, and,
although suspicion attaches to come parties
who were seen With him, stil! there are no
known circumstances connected with tho case
that point positively to any person as the per-
I pettator Of this foul deed. A singular coin
c:dence is, that the father Of 10y was Killed
near the same spot about three years ago.
| Another murder was committed in this place,
| foolish 1ban, by tho name Of Asher, got into
some difficulty with co.l-mine1s, and during
| the quarrel cut man named Walton so badly
| tbat he died On Thursday morning. Asher
was arrested, and is now in Jail. fester-
| day the body Of man was found on
I Hfx 49, w.
town, horribly mang1ed and cut into moro than
| a hundred pieces, Ills body aud cntrai1s being
scattered along The road for quarter OF :
| mile. He Was not recognized until about 2
O'Clock in tho day; when Il Nas found that his
namo wss David Cntlip, man qnito well
miles north of tho city. He had been work
| ing near Mount Pulaski, and was going home
from there, when be met his death so sudden
" and Unexpectedly. A uan nanad 1ohn
1 Loux was badly injured st tho bEiekyard. this
morning. By the falling of an embanklnent.
! It is said that Lis injuries are serious. One
] day last week, q German who WAS bathing in
tho kickapoo was drowped; and q fow dayB
before, man named Bragg jumped on the
cars at Lawudsle and Was killed.
| IOWA.
The population OF Vinton foots up 2,500.
The Cedar Rapids Times figures up 5l15,
600 worth o1new buildings being constructed in
that city this season.
A Ind II yeans old, at Dlairs,own, was
sent down iutoa we'll BY his father on Tuesday
last in spite Of his earnest pleadings to the
contrary He had descended but = few feet
when the foul air su1rocated him, and ho drop
ped into the water corpse. 4 second sonwas
lot down by rope to see what had become OF
his brother, when lie, too, tainted and vas will
difficulty restored to life. The fathers name
ID Ephraim Robertson.
The Clinton Herald relates how lady Of
that city dropped an egg into a -four barrel, d
few weeks ago, forgetting the incident Alto
gether, until q few dtys ago, when she was
surprised by the peeping Of q chicken. which
had hatehsd from that idcntica! egg. The bot
chicken is alive and doing we'll.
w1scoS61N.
Mpon has population Of 2,U7.
During tho progress OF game OF base
ball at Milton, on the Fourth, Cheney. the
catcher, and NewberTF, the pitcher, in endeav-
with such force as 10 prostrate both. They
lay npon The ground some length Of time, in.
sensible, RewberTy bleeding at the mouth and
nostrls from an internal injury. The acci.
dent stopped the plsyIng for half an hour,
when their places He1e filled and tho game
vent on
The Manitowoc Pilot records two suicides
A young lady, Miss Esa Griffin, residing in the
| town OF Cato, took poison aud died 6oou after
A man named Patrick DoIan drowned himself
on the Sd.
On the 5th, man named Mills, % year.
Of age, reading about two miles south o.
Omro, loaded up bis shotgun, telling his
| brother thAt he was going to shoot bIackbrds
and, proceeding about half mile from tht
house, placed the muzzle Of the gun TO BIZ
mouth, and deliberately blew the top Of BIZ
head oil.
Peter Wilt. IN elderly farmer, was at1ucl
by lightning and instantly killed, in tho towr
OF Vernon. Waukesha County, last week.
AT Wansau, on the Sd. 1eAac Guusoliy VA
murdered by his stepson, Aonzo Wood, abou
10 years Of age; the victim having receivee
five or SIX etabs in the breast. Wood says ht
did it in self-dcfence, yet there ia not singl'
mark about his person. Tho deceased WAS ,
large, powerful man, and could, unless somt
undue advantage had been taken, have han
died hak dozen Of the size Of his murderer
Wood Was arrested.
The Boscobel Journal reports sud affai
at Lancaster, on Thursday Of last week
Frank, tho Oldest son Of the Hon. ]. Ale,
Barber, Of Lancaster, cut lis own throa
with q razor so severely that he was no
expected to live, and then attempt
Joe, who was sleeping in the same bod, Aaviul
I just returned home from the Naval School a
annapolis. ice was awakened by tho kcel
edge Of the razns, sprans up ana saw as
glance the state Of Affairs, started down stairs
and, in company with Lis father, retnrned t.
.ANA6
| and Joe knocked him down couple OF time
before they we're able to secure him. Til
Journal s1ys ho undoubtedly intended to mnr
der the whole family, aud would but for tn
timely action Of Joe. who, With his own throa
badly cut, did well to gave the others from
similar fate. Tho Eoung man coIamittoI th
bleody deed while insane, having been in tha
condition for sone time.
INDIANA.
The population of Peru iB 3,G53-
I .1A on FVarr ant n = q
! 10 depth Of ! l,100 feet, but no veln has ooe
| reached.
Richmond has curiosity in the shape Q
pig with one head, but two distinct bodie
. { from the shoulders back. The head has lou
ears md each body four legs
| tho following: "Tho excessive heat one da
last week expanded the rails on the Louisville
, New Albany d Chicago Railroad so that SON
Of them were bent nearly double, and othei
curled into the shape Of an s. ..-
! The Vincenncs Times says: 1--we youn
| colored girls. named respectively Ma1gare
Jackson and Elizabeth Vincent, recently die
7 from tho effects Of over-doses OF tinctuIe c
iron, taken to cover up the shame resultin
from seduction. Margaret Jackson died
,, Saturday night, and Elizabeth Vincent on SUI
l dny morning."
: 1t is claimed that the Oldest couple in ii
State reEide at Leavenworth. They n
William Wilbur, aged 81. and his wife, age
Q IS. They have been married., the lndepende'
aays, for sl1ty yeara. They we're among tn
. earliest settlers Of that part Of Indians
1 MINNESOTA.
! A Methodist clergyman, named F. ". krl
ham, from GAINESVILLE, Wis., whsre he had br
recently held the position as pastor of
. Methodist Church, has been wandering abou
: Viuoua for week OF two, in . state Of il
. eanity. His singular conduct attracted the o
!. tent;on Of the police, and he WAS taken i
: charge, and his friends. informed Of his col
\ dition. In response to tha inquiry as
= whether he had any money about him, he dze
= from III inside coat pocket common pal