, 1870-05-19
THE NORTH WEST.

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Three new churches are under Wey in
Aurora, Catholic, and Metho-
dist
The Hon. Matt. Il. Carpenter, Of Wis, is
announced to deliver the Fourth Of July ON
The Fog River Baptist Association Will
meet in Joliet, on May 81 This association
contains about fifty churches.
The Cai1o Bulletin Of the 10th gives the
following incidents OF the recent fre in TINT
city: "For time it was thought that the
storehouse Of Mr.. Scott White would inevitably
ford rushed to the third-stury Of the burning
building and sought to close the shutters Of
the windows that overlooked Mr.. Whites
building. While pursuing this purpose the
plastering overhead came down with Z
crash, knocking Mr. s: down, and, foE the
his peril By soIue person who happened to See
him lying On the floor and thus escaped. har
ing only an incousiderable burn to remind him
OF the ordeal through which ho passed. Two
managing the Arab nozzle, ventcred within
tide walls Of the burning building, and directed
stream into the very midst OF the roaring
mass, but the venture nearly cost them their
lives. A crash WIS heard, and the young men
were euveloped in q cloud OF smoke, embe1s,
and Bcorching sand. They ree1ed from the
opening, blaekened and scorched, and
were conducted 70 their roouaR+ They
we're burned about the face and neck, and
somewhat hurt by tho falling debris, but their
injuries re not thought to be mortal Mr.
Tom Kezth, standing neaE by, WAS also
ture Of the calamity wa6 reserved fo1 tho last.
The walls stood the shock OF the tumb1ing
roof, partitions, and inside timberB, but only,
it seemed, TO lure men to their deathH. About
half-past O'Clock tho rear portion Of the
lower side wall fell with crash, smashing the
1r4ej 1fDSy nj Ell m r
der the rubbish. When taken ont, they were
dead. The first body taken out Was that Of
Ihoruna DAWN, well known by most Of our
citizens as the lice man, bis akull
was badly crushed, and bis head aud
face covered With cuts and bruises: .aa
years, and was known as an honest, hard
working man. He Ieases wife, an aged
uother,f- and four children, who wife de-
pendant for subsistence solely upon his daily
labor. The second body WIS that Of James
Holmes. Seeing. the wall giving way, be ran
act Of passing out Of the window, when the
CREST maes Of rnbbish fell upon him His body
WAS found. face downward, lying acroes d bnr-
rel-in which condition he died A1r- Holmes
will bo remembered IS the late steward Of the
David Watts, and rs prominent witness IN
the somewhat notorious Magnolia insurance
Tho Galena Gazette Of the 18th sAya: IA
married man named Vim. Smith has, for some
months, been in the employ of Nh John Bell,
ut MIL Creek, in the town Of Thompson
Smith Was quiet. peaeablo man, and WAS the
last person that would have been suspected Of
doing violence to any human being. Last Sat-
urday he left home on foot. making his way ont
on the Galena road. through the town Of Chill
ford. It aeems, from what afterwards t1ans-
pired, that be Was taken suddenly insane
Meeting Mr- Nady and wife On tho road, he
rushed at the horse, stabbed it in two places,
and then reached for h1rs. Kady, who wns in
the wagon, attempting to cut her with