, 1870-07-04
TIE NORTHWEST.


The Oquawks Spectator, Of July l, gives The
following version OF an event mentioned 10
our teleEraphic dispatches on Saturday: "a
dreadful accident occurred about two miles
north Of Hggsville, on Friday afternoon last
It appears that a young man named Wallace
had been ploving corn with cultivator, and
Eas accompanied BY younger brother, some
9yeA1s old. furry OF wind and rain coming
mp, they started to the house, and as the elder
brother started to open gate he threw the
to hold the team. Almost Immediately after
ward the horses started to run, jerking the
little fellow before the plow; one Of the ahnr-
elR entered his body At the side, and he wac
dragged come distance before his brother could
reach him, and when he did, it was only to find
linn dead cut to pieces by the plows." :
w1scoSsN.
Beara are quite numerous in the vicinity OF
Shawano.
u. ". Peck, Lafayette (walworth County
farmer, last week sheared ], 400 sheep-al his
According to the present consas, Sank
City contains LOIS inhabitants, an Increase d
245 ainca 1860.
The Janesrille Gazette says man in thb
town Of Bradford, who has been keeping oh
wheat, has commenced to thresh it out, Eeady
for market.
The Baraboo Republic Of June % says:
son Monday Of last week. the two boys Of
i10tluhs 3i4CuAkds f&slQ1Ab i've IQllRb CAST OF
Prairie du Sac, il Hoxbu1y, in going. homefro
school, stopped to bathe in q pond on their
fathers farm, near the house. There was one
place in the pond beyond their depth, and I'M
fortunately they got into it and sank Their
little sister, who vas with them, hurried to
. tield adjacent, with the sad news that her
brothers were, she feared, drowned. The
parents hastened to tho spot, and, with thb
help Of some neighbora, soon found the boys
int inthe place acc which the little gil Designated,
to to- life. Nv stransely,- @ The '' St,ia brothe1s 5e@
we're found IN The water, standing
upright. They stood eide by. eide, clasping
each other, The lads we're and u years Of
age. Another case Of the drowning Of twp
young brothers occurred at Kilbourn City On
Friday: The lads were Sons Of August
Bucholz, and we're aged 10 and II years. They
were bathing below the Kifbourn dam. The
youngest got into I hole or eddy, and, sinking,
called upon his brother to aid him. The latter
attempted so to do, and reached his younger
was promptly given, End the bodies Of the two
boys were speedily recovered, but not in time
to save their lives.
4 Acws dealer OF New Albany was fined
sls2e @ tor n selling s,la9 copy of the Louisville
MICHIGAN.
The Saginaw Enterprise of the 10th SAYS:
Last Tuesday morning man named OFT,
about TO years Of age, WAS carrying the mail in
from that city, at about 10 a. NJ, as he WAS
leisurely driving his horse through little piece
of woods, be was startled by tho sudden ap-
pearance Of two men, disguised with painted
faces, who sprang from among the WAyside
bushes, and one Of them seizing the horse's
and placing them in close proximity
10 the astoniebed mail-carriers head,
told him, il be made any noise or the least re-
sibtanee, lie was dead man. They then pro-
ccedcd 10 rifle his pockets Of what money he
had, which, fortunately for Linn, amounted to
only about Six dollars in currency Having
taken all they could find about the old mans
person, they coo1ly shoulderod the mail bag
and quietly disappeared in the green woods
leaving tho custodian OF the United States
mail ID state better imagined.thnn really de-
scrlbed. He FASTENED on TO Owosso as fast as
possible for man to hasten, under the cir
cunstancee, and. after notifying the citizens
Of tie robbery, body Of men, well armed,
numbering ret far from fifty, started OF in
hot p,1tuit Of the highway robbers"
The Fsribau]t Republican records the death
of boy named Martin, living ono and half
miles north Of Chaffees Mills, from the objects
Of ratt1espake bite.
AT st. Peter, June 26, William and Louis
Burghoff.' aged respectively and 10 years,
were drowned while bathing.
NEnRAsHA.
A NebrAekA City bdde demonstrated her
woman's rights by locking the door OF the
epitha1amiI chamber and refusing to admit
the bridegroom until he had handed her $500
cash.
in Caes County, on Tuesday last, Mrs.
Powers, q widow, was shot and killed, and
lad Of II. named Rnkes, has been arrested on
suspicion Of being the Perpetrator OF the
crime
The st. Louis Republican Of the I'd says:
yesterday MIR. J. s. Marlin, a cattle dealer
from Texas, represented to the police authori-
ties that he had been robbed Of between Sc, 600
and $1,000, His statement WAS that he had
driven large number Of cattle from TEXAS to
Abilene. Eansaa, where he disposed OF them
for this money, and came to st. Louis By the
Pacific Railsoad. The money WAS chiefly IN |
drafts, payable to himself, and, consequently,
not negotiable. lie arrived in St. Louis o.
Friday morning, and in the evening took pas
sage on the Olive Branch, expecting it would
leave for New Orleans that night. He retired to |
his statcroorn, and, the heat being oppEessiyet
left 10th the doors open. The money was N
wallet in 3 pocket Of his pantaloons, aud he
placed this part Of his clothing under his pil-
low, When he awoke yesterday morning, he
found, to his utter dismsy, that the wallet and
it's contents were missing. having been 20,
stracted from his pants. He at once notlhed
Captain Lee, and the matter sas put INTO me
hands OF detectives. It is supposed that the
thief Was person who VIE Aboard tie trasn
when Martin WAS coming from Kansas, ano
learned that he had the money" j, l
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