, 1870-04-04
THE NORTHWEST.


Reuben Miller, OF Springfield, rs yeArs Of
age. has kept diary in vetse for fifty years,
and it now contains over il, 900 items
-Colond E. ". Newb! died II Quincy,
March q, aged 65 years. The Journal Of that
f syfs ss Se sag of h7
to Illinois at an carly day. He raised = com
pany for the Mexican war, aud waa elected
fsolonel OF the First Regiment Illinois volun-
tccrs, on tho assembling Of tho regiment At
Alton, His opponent for this post Of honor
camc veEy popular, and was held in hisl es-
to Dece.nber, 1876, be was n
command Of the Ninth Military Dis
uie., with headquarters at santa Fe, n. n.
He waa engaged in rrico's expedition to Sono-
"a and against the Navajo Indians, in which
waE Colonel Nevby entered the Regular Army.
In March. 1855, lie Was madc Captain Of tho
Tisrt United states Cavalry. lio was soon
1ftcr detailed on recruiting duty, and also pur
chased large number Of horses for tho gov
ez1ment. In kansss he, engaged in
the expeditions against the Cheycnncs
ard other tribes Of Indians. lie was
also with the Utah expedition sent out
to subject the Mornons in 1859. From April
10 December, 1861, lc was in command Of
November, 1862. In July. 1861, he became
Major Of the Third United States Cavalry, then
near Alexandria, Va, He afterward Joined the
regiment At Memphis, Tenn, but, on account
OF disease contracted in tho service, he WAS
placed on the retired List in September, 1863,
in conformity with Al net Of Congress of
August, 1861 Since his rrtirctnent from the
Army, Colonel Newly has resided in Quincy.
In consideration OF his valuable ecrTices in
the Mexican war. the State Of Illinois pre-
scented him with gold awosd soon ALTER Ills
return home"
Tho Pontiac Sentinel Hays: "aIaryin s.
| Ro&inson, late City Attorney for this town, len
for parts unknown last Sunday night. In the
! spring Of 1869 radical Temperance board was
| elected, and Robinson, pretending to he /
| peri.ent convert to the causc Of Temperance,
vas appointed City Attorney. During the
| year TIC board, besides h1ving ehcctuxlly
| cloecl the saloons in town, had instituted scv-
cral suits aeainst Steinbach. proprietor at
visious Of the Princeton charter. These
cascs had been continued from time to timc,
and stin remained unsettled. Knowing that
the new board, elected LIST month, would dis
! pense with his services As City Attorney, Rob
| inson entered into sipniAtions with Steinbsch
to tis1niss ali suts against him, At the cost Of
{ the town. for the sum OF $500 We under
! stand tho money WAS paid over the latter paH
! Of last week, and on Sunday night Robinson
| etcaltlsiy took his departure, leaving young
| wife and child, widowed mother, and sisters
| to mourn his uutnitigated mesnncss Ihctc
eeems to be = question Is to the legality Of
this transaction, and the opinion now prevails
| AMONG ZONE Of our best lawyers that Robin
sons settlement With steinbsch will not stand
| the test Of the law.
There WIS Al ususual amount of anoE On the
ground in Wisconsin, ten days ago, which the
| late 1ainR dissolved, causing the tributary
| streams OF Rock River to swell and force Essc
| Of water in our river which On Sunday and
MoIday Last threatened to enectual]y cleanse
/ II. "a V.$o r1rEar FIN
Monday, number Of our Leading Enaunf&cto-
ries Temporarily suspended operations because
| Of tho flood The lower floors OF tue extensive
reaper works Of n C. Thomrson were covered
with water to the depth Of two feet, and +. h.
sIanny'e and Clarke I Uttezs works we're IN
feet aloye the ordinary level sna the con-
tinued high water during the week caused =
partial suspension Of operations on the water
power, although no serious damage hAa fc-
snltca from the flood At the present WHhng,
Friday evening, there has been but little shate.
meua of tho height Of water in the river: 1t
has not fslltn more than twelve inches from
| the highest point reached, aud il, therefore
four tces above tho ordinary level."
! IOWA
| At Vinton, on tho 21st uH-, Mrs. ieorgt
Sherwood presented her husband with a psir oi
twins whose aggregate weight WIS twcnt,
poundA.
The Cedas Rapids Timer Claims that III.
| me1ne8I m2n IN A0NA LIVES IN LE&* QEiEnCCt
hood he kept two cows, which supplied biz
family with milk had good WARN stable
Which he rented to = neiGhbor for - Pc
month, and let tho poor h1uteu lay cut, day AMI
| night, the entire winter.
The Dubuque 7inses h1s the following
item Of gossip from Cedar napids "Th
First Presbyterian Church Of tf,is pl1ee hA
, heen having disturbance in it's ranks, by th
eudden cIopcment Of young couple-wticl
VIA mentioned in tho Times Of = number @
! dsys ago. As both parties to the olopenen
!. vero il full standing in the Church, publ
confession on the part Of each Was necessar
10 reinstate them to full fellowship. On
, aious ue1c read BY Inc pastor, the Rer. Nj