, 1870-03-24
1HE NORTHWEST.

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A nre u GaleshasK. On Sunday night, Destroyed
nine b01dtngH, The leading x1feserA ara Sta1a ! |
Fcris. ercccrs; n. 6chwarmh9 4 Co, hAta aud
cars; Harrington BruA, auction and commission;
Gscss StcJcy. booksellers The los Is estimated
ii about S'n,ooo. The nre was undoubtedly the
work OF ~ tncendi2rJ.
At ShiEman, on the 18Th, young married NO
man, named Betty Gillespie, attempted 10 commit
suicide, By cutting her thsoat With pocketknife.
II Is thought that she win recover. M11 G., VINO
ia only 30 years old, 1rat married Z man named
1A"n, who Vas frozen to death three years ago.
near f'la!nv1ew. HeT second husband. named
BullA1d. Wss dsunfard, fun whom she xaa d.
yorccd. afteE which Ahe married Gillespie.
MI. J. q. Sou1ard md wife celebrated thelr
gniden wedding at GAlena on the 18th Inst They
have seven daughtcra lly1ns, hfty-two grant,
children, and eeyen Escat-Esnnd-ehidrcu,b bcatdes
numerous other relatives; anu nearly all Of these
were present on The occazlon. Among the presents
were two hundred dollers In gold coin, nnges-
rings, vases, salt-celiara, spoona, and numerous
other articles, al Of gold Mr. Sou!ard is II years
Of aRc- Iiis 1a.ne1 was Tor many years Surveyor
General Of the Province Of Louisiana, nrat under
the bpanish Government and Afterwards under
the American. Iii. T. settled In Galena IN 1877;
has been Recorder of 10 DAy1e4s County, County
Surveyor, Postmastcf Of Galena and has occupied
other positions Of honor and trust Mrs SouIard
Is Is years old Her father waR Colonel Taomas
Hum, Of Dostun, soldier Of the Rcyolu1op.
IOWA. i.
AT Sion1 City, few days ago, MISC Humphrey,
q teacher In the High School, punished one Of the
female pupils THIS enraged the mother Of the
child that she "went for" the teacher with 4
ontcher-knite, and the latter escaped injury only
through the Interference OF Mr. Rogers, Principal
| 0f the school
| NtaCoNHN,
The Milwaukee Temperance soclcty has formal
| " thanked Governor Falrchild "tor his exampl,
Of total abstinence before the people Of Wisconsin
and particularly for the influence II should hAv
upon the young Of the State"
| The 1AcrosAe Leader learns that tho logXiuX Ia
tercst has bccn materially injured by the lat
heavy fall Of snow. The amount Of logs put in o
the Upper Mississippi and st. Crolx thIs soaso
Will not lc over 70 per cent Of that put In last vii
ter, which YVES about 60 ooo 900 feet on the Chit
pewa about Co. o0 aRalast 1k5 900 900 last yeal
On BlacI River 1oo, 00o against a45 o00 900 Ia.
year. Operations ere nearly suspended now.
IapiANA.
The project OF bridging the Ohio River 1rom Ne
Albany 70 Portland, Kentucky, IS being ser1oua
considered by men Of capital and ceftalu CORPORA
companies
An Indiana farmer thought he BAN ghost In
| cemetery the other night lie procured hia gu
fred. and brought down hts old white horse.
Mr.. Cyrus Walker, nu old and respected reside
OF Batavia N. T., left that place on Tuesday Of Il
, week for Albion, Mich, 70 pay for a farm he h
recently purchased for one Of his daughters
arriving st Albion, be started from the depot
the residence Of bis daughter. lie suddenly dis:
l IearetL His body WAS soon afterwards fou
. | ncattnG in the Kalamazoo River. lie had on
n reEsoa when he disappeared s 600 In drafts q
| about 500 in cash. He WAS murdered and tpbt
. | by persons unknown. ME. Walker was the fau
u u I1pn. E C Walker, membe. OF the New II
< | Assembly frum Genesee County, md fathcr-tn-l
J. Of Hon. George Bowen, State Senator from
Geneaec District Of New YORK.
- The tenth annual meeting Of the Seventh
Il Adventist Publishing Association waa held
cl Battle Greek Last week. James Whit WAS elec
m President for the ensuing year. urtah Smith
elected editor OF the Rrrit,r and Herald, and g.
20 Reli editor OF 7Ar Youths Instructor. The
u dttor presented bis report, from which are IA
"a the following figures:
p Cash on hand Mar I, 1860. 1,22
Cash received since. '.........,--.,. Ga,