, 1870-07-15

y
done, the grain trade Of the Northwest will be
placed on secure basis, in which fo1geries
will be much more readily detected than
now, and the over-issue Of receipts he rem
dered practically impossible. There should
be no unnecessary delay in the matter, as
there is nothing now to be gained by op-
posing the movement.
TIE NORTHWEST.
ILLINOIS.
Master Lotus Eiles, OF Bel1evlle. who was
receutIy appointed by the Hon. John B. Hay
as candidate for cadotsilip at West Point,
was one Of the forty who passed satisfactory
examinations.
Andrew Logsn, editor Of the Io.ra Sun at
Davenport in 1888, died at tho residence Of his
seR s1 A Al T. .tss LeS?n IN Jasper County On the
The trial Of Andrew Thompson for tho
murder Of the aaggerty family, in Clayton
County, has resulted in the conviction Of the
prisoner.
-Eome soventy-f1ve Catholic clergy we're In
session in Dubuque last week, called together
bv tho Rev. John F. Brazil, Of Des Moines,
Vicar General Of the Diocese OF Iowa The
object of the meeting was to establish means
for the inducernent Of Immigration to th!s
State. Cooperation with the Board of Immi-
grafton is one Of tho main features. Inquiries
lave been made and information received from,
the various railroad companies relative to the
prices Of lands along their lines Of road. It
il the intention OF the church to publish
pamphlets descriptive Of the state and its ad-
yantages, which are to be sent to Europo and
the seacoast and distributed generally in the
East.
The birthday Of John Huss, the martyr,
was commemoratcd on Wednesday OF laet week,
near Iowa City, By a large gathering Of people,
with speeches, music. and q banquet.
The Dubuque Times tells 8 romantic story,
Dubuque. The hero il Ralph Mason, who en-
listed in the army Of the Union shortly SITTER
the breaking out OF the war, leaving behind
him young wife and prattling babe. At the
battle Of Col1nth he was struck down By repel
bullet and left for dead on the field, and the
report Of his death was conveyed to l,is wife.
But Ralph was n6ss dea3--onlY wounded-and
in attempting to escape from the field, fell into
the hands Of the rebels, where he remained
for number Of months, when be managed to
regain his liberty. He did not rejoin his regi-
ment, but wandered through tho South until
the close ofthe war, when he went to Wash
ington Territory, and there succeeded in
amassing quite fortuee. At last, tired Of bis
wandeings1 he concluded to rejoin his wife,
and set out for Dubuque, where he arrived on
the eth inst, only to find that his wife, labor
ing under The impression that his bones we're
bleaching under Southern Sun, had married
Alr. Edson, and was living with him near
E1kader, Clayton County. Ralph took it cool-
r, concluded to avert the unpleasant consa
Guences sure to ensue upon his revealing him.
self, and therefore Immediately retfaced his
steps to California, leaving Ills wife in blssful
unconsciousness Of his existence.
The 1rbnnne Times Of tha 18th AaTg =.
i" 11r. Hoerner, wcll-known and respected
citizen OF Dubuque, who resides in the Fifth
Ward, WAS called upon to witness scene yes
tcrday, the memory Of which eau never paes
from Ills remembrance. He has two sons,
bright, promising, boys. named John and
specti1ely. Yesterday morning the boys
mounted the horses and started of in search
Of some COWS, leaving before breakfast, with
the expectation Of returning in short time.
Back Of shanklands nursery, on Mc-hnieht's
land, is an old mining district, which,
sbnfts, the great majority Of which
were abandoned years ago.. apd tho
entrance permitted to grow up With trual and
weeds. The boys were passing over this dam
gerous piece Of ground, David, the elder, be
ing a-s4ort distance in advance, when sud
denly, quick as thought, instantaneous as
tho lightning flash, the ground boneath gave
AOAS%
animal made one conyu1siya effort, and
screamed with terror, like human beng,
but it was no use, and horne and rider wore
precipitated down IN old mineral shaft, over
forty feet il depth, and fell, striking on tle
a1sS' az instant the smaller boy was
tpeechless with terror. and then he
turned his horse and 1ashed him at full speed
homeward- Mr. Hoerner was. just sitting
down to breakfast when in camo Johnny, pale,
excited, breAthless, with the startling an
uouncemens that his brother aud horse had
fallen down mineral shift. The nearly
frantic father at once procured few ropes,
and, summoning some ueighborr, repaired to
the spot. Wonderful to relate, neither horse
or boy was killed by the fall, and, aside from
the spraining Of one Of his atn,a, Dayil re-
ceived no other injury They struck the bot
tom Of the shaft together, the horse undermost,
tempted to climb out Of tho horrible pit. He
craw1ed up the side Of the shaft about twenty.
five feet, when, becoming faint and dizzy, he
let 80 his hold and fell to the bottom again
Bruised and bleeding the boy was uudaunted
and he made d second attempt working biz
way up to within about fifteen feet OF tho sur
face, when the shaft closed up like an arcl
overhead, and he could 80 no farther. II
sheer desperation he chung to the rocks will
one hand, suspended in mid air, and in thii
condition he was found by his father. Ropes
were coon called into re9uisition, q running
nooae Was fixed and intoJthis David thrust hi
alive, he was drawn out and clasped III Lii
fatllerfa arms. Attempts we're made to reaeu,
the horse, but they were not successful, ant
the poor animal died in the pit"
INDIANA. .
4 small Indiana town has one school hous
and eight base ball clubs.
An Indiana man attached his Ightning-ro'
| to the Western Union telegraph wire, N or
der," lie said, +" to relieve the rod should
BECOME excessively charged with electricity,
and succeeded in relieving the live Of q mum
| Der of dispatches before the cause was discoy
! cred.
| An Indiana maiden cloped with her love
| at midnight. After going few squares tls
| youth left het on the street corner while II
should search for a livery stable. During hi
absence along came lover No. 2, who. on learn
I ipr the circumstances, proposed to Miss Ind!
ana, was accepted, and the new couple start
cd for Louisville, leaving lover No. to mour
On his return the Inconsistency Of woman-
"A woman living near Fort Wayne: pre-
poses to get i'd Of 4 worthless husband BY
lottery Of he1 effects, be to be one Of the &c
cond Or third rate prizes. =,
| Tho canal around the falls at Louisvill
| will positively be closed On the 25th Of III
present month. and it ia not likely to re-ope
before ;se 1st Of December, anring which tin,
1900 or 22,5oo hands will be required to cou
plete the work. -.
AT Da14yille. Hendricks County, on the 4tl
wonan'a Rights picnic WAS held. Tho Decl!
ration Of Independence was road BY Miss Joa
CouIan, after which came very fine addroi
by nEs D.. HsggaFt wne @ was ~ n tHrn turn folloTs II
Miss Way thought tho time was close at han
when the term people, as uaed in tho Decl
ration, would mean women as well ~ me-
Mrs. A. Y. Ferguson made few remark
| whereupon picnic dinner was served up undt
the trees to all present.
Detroit young ladies' have boat club.
s1NSEsoTA.
The St. Cloud Times chronicles the a1TiV
| of seventy Bed River carts. They were 1oat
| ed chiefly with buffalo robes and wolf skin
though there were d considerable lot Of fiji
furs.
NEBRASKA.
The dead body Of an unknown man nj
found between st. Johns and ponca, fc
days ago. Upon examination Of the remail
it was found that he Lad received three pist
wounds IN the head and two in the body, ar
forty three knife wounds in the body. It
supposed that he was murdered, for h
money, by one Matthew Miller, and office
arc in pursuit Of that individual.
Tho Omaha Republican Of the 18th eaye
awe learn from q. E. Brown, ESQ, that so
head of cattle arrived ut Schuyler, from TexR
on the 9Th, making come Il, 900 now in th
vicinity. P, s. Nj. B. has just informed !
that 5000 more cattle arrived at Schuyler {
Monday last Our informant bought 100 hea
About /, 600 head have been sold at that poi
already, yet the demand is not now quite
sharp as the Texas droyerB would like. Th
| have good atock. At least 1900 OF 1870
head are now in and around Schuyler. Co
fat cattle, weighing = thousand pounds, III
be had at o55S to 8 cen,s, on foot
ONO.
Cincinnati claims the second highest spire
America .a,
The Mayavil1e Tribune says: 4"Tl