, 1870-05-04
TIE NORTHWEST.

the catastrophe
TIE N0RTR7YEsT.
uifog-
The State Convention Of the order Of Good
Templars meets st Pam on the 7th of Nav,
"a girl at Annapolis, Crawford County,
made twenty-five attempts to burn doctor's q
house last week It is supposed she had
.ebmething against the doctor
;-A large convention Of Free M1sons WIS in
session'at oalesburg last week. The Grand
Mastcx OF the State, Fl. g. Reynolds. was pres-
chi, and moro than fifty lodges were repre-
scented.
Tho Princeton I'atrio. s.ys that young
man named William Kinney, Of Maiden, Bu-
Teau County, has become insane because the
parenta Of young lady living in Earlyille viii
not let her marry him
Tho Cairo Bulletin Bays: "Ths five thou
sand graves in Mound City Cemetery Hil1
create demand for nearly ali the Gopa1a
grown in both Alexander and Pulaski Coun-
lies.
Tho Galena Gazette learns that Il the
Richmond Capitol, in which tho accident took
place, Was bull, IN l7s2, by AI. Noses Bates,
who afterwards settled in Galena, and died
there in the year 1893"
Al tho mcetiug Of tho Board of Super
tisors Of Woodford County. held last Hook,
negroes, were enrolled As grand inrymcn.
~s INDIANA.
The work on the Logansport, Crnwfords-
vile 4 Rockville Railroad viii bo commenced
In June, and pushed vigorously forward
~ few days ago, party SEEMING in White
3 pike three feet four lnches long.
Tho total cost Of the iron bridge ACROSS
The Wabash River, at Terre Hnuta, is 3150, 600.
It is thought to DO the finest structure OF the
kind in the Western country.
MICHIGAN.
! On Thursday last, Harlow Tappan, life
convict, died at the State Prison st Juckson.
OF thefeyer that has been prevailing there.
This is the seventeenth death that has oc-
;cuIed st the prison from the fever during the
last three weeks, five OF the number being life
'convicte.
The Detroit Tribune says: .tAmechanic Of
cur city, Mr. Joseph caraona, whose plaee Of
tuelnees is at 499- Croghan street, Claims to
have invented T. tiue- -picca which when once
started, will neEer.stop, which, will correctly
Indicate the time for all ages to come and
which thus furnishes the answar to the lithet-
to unsolvcd problem OF perpetual motion. Mr.
Cardona asserts that he has working model
OF this fme-piece, which has thug far stood
all tests, and declares that the principle upon
which it is based is simple and easily compre-
hended. As to tho details OF his invention he
declines TO at present make them public,
and hia model he refuses to place on
exhibition, as the time-piecc has mot
his lack OF means as the e1cuse for his appar-
ent negligence in this respect; and has author-
lied us to make, in his behalf, tho following
proposition to tho public: Il the people 81
This city win pay all tho acsual]y neeeasa1y e1-
penses Of procuring = patent fos this inyen-
some pub!ic hall or building. wheza its work
ings may be thoroughly inspected and it's utili-
ty considered BY our scientific men, and all
who may feel interested. Then, il, after full
investigation, il is found to DO ~ valuable as
claimed, he proposes that ou citizens ahaIl
this, ho vii ag1ee to giye Detroit the exclusive
benefit Of sncl manufacturing enterprise,
binding himself not to sell any rights, nor to
give permission TO Any ono elsewhere to en-
gage IN the manufacture Of the patented ar
The ainndaspolis 1SRsoza 1ssssna Of the 1st s.z,.
F." The surrey work on the Northern Pacific
railroad line ACROSS the State ia now said to
be done, and the full details win be mado pub
Lie soou. It lis positively ascertained, how.
ever, that tho Ens will strike the lied River Of
the North above Georgetown It is intended
that this line shall be finished AZ far as Red
MEe1-230- miles-by JauuAIy i, 1871. The
German capitalists who have taken the burden
Of this construction On their hands, gro in
New York, and nro there to advance ali tho
money necessary to do all the work that IL to
3IEp21AuQ18
are making to push the surveys and locate the
permanent line beyond the Rcd River. Clark
" Thompson, President of tho Southern Min
ncsota Railroad, is in New York, making ar
rangements for the completion Of the forty
miles Of gnp between Lanesboro and the line
of the Milwaukee Road"
MISSOURI
Tho Springfield Leader Of April q says: IA
very strange tragedy occurred in this county
last Friday, which resulted in the death Of E.y
Hol1ingsWorth, We1l-knpwn in this city ns
Deputy Sheriff and City MarehM two years
1go. At the expiration OF his term Of Office
he removed TO fam seven miles soulh Of
the city, on the James River, on the road lead
ing to Ozark Last FridaJ afternoon, about
O'Clock, information was brought to him that
man had fallen out OF = wagon into the river
and he Immediately mounted hs horse and
went to tha rescue. He found the man, aud,
from bis Appearance and achons, concluded he
Fas drunk. The deceased proceeded 10 bathe
the mans hesd and wrists in cold ~ater. While
doing this, Mr. W: B. Patterson rode up, and
entered into convessatinn with HoI1ipgBTorth.
While they were conyeraing, the drunken man
suddenly taised himself up, with = knife in
his band and commenced cutting Holhngs-
map, who caught the deceased by the shoulder
and cut hun thIco times, once in the neck,
once in the shoulder; and oneo, fatally, in The
right bTeast. Patterson went to the assistance
Of HolMgeHorth, but too 1ate-thc fatal blow
was struck: The deceased was taken to his
house, md died the following Sunday At 2
O'Clock. The man who committed tho deed ia
perfect stranger. His name Is o. 4. Reed.
about 60 years Of age, and lives near White
river. He il now in jal1."
OHIO.
The Toledo Commercial says: ut viii be
remembered BY many Of our readers that when
the Union forces took possession Of JEFF.
Davis plantation, in Kinds County, Miss, q
large amount Of property Of various kinds was
contiscated by tho soldiers and carried oir,
Among other things was the gold-hea1cd cane,
made from the timber OF Old Gonsilcs, and
presented TO Davis br e1-President franklin
Pierce, which fell into the hands of a son OF
Rev. Samuel Lynch, and BY him was brought
North. L appears that J.'R. Linn, Esq, OF
Interested himself IN securing its return, and
yesterday had it in the city, and will forward it
to its owner a letter from Mr.. Davis to Mr..
LINN expresses strong desire to recover it,
III tho stronger from the fact that the giver
has since dicL"-
= TIE TEnnrroR1Es.
~ President 5 John Young died at Salt Lake
City, April ~, aged 79 years. The Telegraph
gives the following sketch. OF his life; :" He
was IN elder brother OF President Brigham
Young. being nearly ten years his senior. In
his 18th year, ho beamo member Of the
Methodist Church. to which he VAS for years
deyotedly attached. In 1918 he married, and
IN 1926 became d spreaehe1 Of the Methodist
doctrine, receiying his license as such. He
continued attached to that body until lie heard
the principles of Mormonism from his brother
Joseph Young, now President Of the Seventies,
and was baptized in 1883. He subsequently
took mission through the States Of
Ohio, PennsylYania, and New York, and in
1856 removed to kirkland, whcro he assisted to
build the temple. IN 1871 he was ordained as
High Priest, and subsequently, became P1esi-
lent Of the Stake At Kirkland In 1847 he en-
grated to these ralIoss, and when the twelve
eft in that year, after their arrival here among
he pioneers, to SO back to the States, and
Father John Smith was appointed to preside,
Elder Young assisted him as counsellor. When
|ho organization Of the church was completed
here be was appointed to preside over the
High Priest Quorum, position he occupied
until his death. He was for many yea1B =
patriarch in the church, and oficiatod as such
throughout tho Territory"
MISCELLANEOUS.