, 1870-07-09
TIE NORTHWEST.

| VI %4lG fCuGI0t one man was |
stantly Killed, and two othera supposed fata]
wounded, by the accidental explosion Of
number Of cannon cartridges while thew We
employed in loading cannon
Tho bloomington fdntugrdph eavg: II
certain Wedding took place in this city, fe
days since, at which two residents Of thp pla.
were Joined in matrimony. There wus notbi1
wrong or unusuai in that. But maiden Id
an acquaintance Of the parties, who did u
receive III invitation to be present at the cer
monr, has since expressed such bloodthirsI
determination to destroy and annihilate Ii
neWly-mRda husband and wife during the
honeymoon, By burning their house dow
over Their heads. that the police have bee
appealed to for protection. She still insis,
that abe will bur 4 the house, and, As eyideae
OF her intention, she has chopped of the Lee
of her shoes that her steps may not be heard.
The population OF Rockford is II, 56633-
loss ot thirtJ-tlSe since last year.
1lhe huntingdon Hasokege OF tho 7.h says
ABOUT IL o'clock on Monday night tho liver
stsbie at kelthsbnrg, n, was discovered i
who were sleeping in the stable, pcrislut
Several horses wero also burned. Three 3
four other buildings were consumed, includn
a new hotel We have no eatimate Of the los
or insurance. The boys were sons OF the pro
pr etor Of the stable, were II and 16 yoars old
and occupied room In the second story. 1
large lot OF corn belonging to Mr: Holland
The Virdcn Record Of tho 7th SAWS; 81 O,
Wednesday = young man commenced harvest
inE On the farm Of W, II. Vanarsdale, 81,
miles east Of town, and come time in the III
tefnoon he was teen to start for a shade ant
soon fau eenscless to tho ground, and died il
m hoar OF 90, without speaking. He Was I
pers found on his person, bis name was aap.
posed 10 he Wiggins, at one time soldier Il
an Illinois regiment. On tho farm OF llr, Mof.
tatt, who lives about eight miles northeast OF
sIFden. young man, whoBe name We failed to
learn. was found dead in corn field where le
had been ,Plowing. Both deaths wore from
Two little girls Of Geo. Dnrat went into 4
barn ut Strawberry Point, last Tuesday weak.
aud set fire to some hay with matches- Both
children were taken from the cla11el tilnbers,
burned to q czixp.
Tho Cleal Lake Observer sass that there ia
youth in that village who can handle snakes,
scorpions, centipedes,. or what not, with per-
feet impunitF. lie makes pets Of tho larker
kind OF rattlcsnake, twistinE them around hin.
and dallying with their forked tongues, and
their ten or twelve rattles- He has actually
carried scorpions IN his bosom, and wseps and
hornets in his sleeves and pockets without 70
ceiring bite or sting, In tho loneliness Of the
grove or forest, or any secluded plzce infested
with snakes, be can, by few talie,nanic words,
call around him any number Of snakes, whom
be can CHARM into perfect obedience to
al his mandates. He can pick them up and
lay them down at any gwen Place, aud Ut his
bidding they will remain there until his return,
afler an absence OF some hourB. Tho Young
magician AYERS that this miraculous power ID
given him By epitits. whether good OF evil he
knows not.
The Dubuque Times OF the 9Th eays
"On Monday afternoon last, Eddie Gorsucl,
son Of Mrs. 7. c. Shields, residing on Iowa
street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth,
aged 3 little over years; BENJAMIN E. Gil
liam. son Of our wel+known townsrn&n Charles
Gillian, aged Il years; John and George
Koch, aged y md II respectively, sons
on Fourteenth and Iowa streets, and Frank
Thompson. aged Is years, went down
to the river for the purpose of taking
bath. The party farther consisted Of
Albert 9auar, and Willie Gillian, making seven
in III, the former being the only bog in the
whole lot able to swim. The, poin. selected
vas directly under the railroad bridge, oppo-
site Rhomberg's distllery, = long, Low sand
bar 5utting out from that quarter near the
middle Of the river channel, ever which the
water is scarcely two feet deep. Following
down the sand bar about hundred feet, It
makes sudden shudder, pitching into deeper
Platte River quicksand- The boys got on this
baT, and were padding about md enjoying
themselves as boys generally do under sucl
circnnstances- While huddled In group, it
seems they worked their way to the lower end
Of the bar and were caught in the quicksand.
~ going down together. sauer and Willie
Gillian managed to make their escape, but the
others Bank to rise no more"
w1sCoxs1N.
A tornado at Green Bay, on the afternoon OF
the 30th ult., blew down chimneys, smoke
stacks, trees, signs; etc., while the tide in the
river rose two and half feet, flooding gar
dens On the lowlands Of East River. Over
three hundred treea fell across the telegraph
line between Green Bay and EBcanaba during
the storm. The tornado inflicted considerable
dlmage upon timber land in Green County. In
one locality in the town OF Sylvester twenty
trees we're blown out Of the ground, roots aud
trees mud one or two houses were demolished
by the wind which preceded the rain,
Tho Door County Advocate reports that
during sharp squall on Friday Of last week,
the water in the bay roae two feet in few
minutes and fell again az suddenly. Tho
within the remembrance Of the Oldest inhabi-
tant.
The Dunn County Ae.cs says the Chip
pewh River is SO low that nearly all OF the
steamboats, have been withdrawn, and lumber
men experience considerable difficulty in get
II. C. Converge, prominent citizen Of
Deloit, died on the I'd inst.
INDIANA.
Madison hinges an election on :" the new
graveyard question:
The Lafayette Opera House has been
closed "on account of circumstances beyond
the managers coutrol,'' Those Hcirc,11n-
townshtp trustees for passes out Of town, and
he Issued them an order permitting them tn
walk out.
There is woman in Indiana WHO don't do
things By halves, but by fouIths On the
18th she Tas marHed to her fourth husband.
at o'clock, in the Fourth Street Church, had
four bridesmaids, loft four houra later, and
will do four-weeks bridal trip.
Two brothers, Jerr, and Patrick Conners,
werc drowned, on the 4th, in Potato Creek,
near Colfax. One was in bathing and got be-
yond his depth. His brother went in to save
him, and both went down together.
Two brothers Of Honey Greek Township, |
sieter, whose husband was killed in the Fed
era1 army. The fraternal pair visited her I
house on Friday OF last week, beat her dread !
fully, breaking one of her jaws, and doing her |
other serious if not fatal injury.
AT Kokomo, on Wednesday evening, Levi |
townsend was struck h.. lightning. t bit him
about midway Of the shoulders, Kidding his \
'hirt and pants Is though the mice had been
preparing them for nest It eiuGed the hair
ID his breast, and made large red stripe !
1own his back and On each side.
= The Indianapolis Journal says. In
ApHl last the Board Of State Debt Sinking
Fund Commissioner gave notice, as required
" law, that the outstanding pcE cent ceEtil-
:atea Of State stock would be paid in full, at
he Office Of the Agent Of State in New York
:itv, On the first dly of July. The notice wss
published in three daily papers in New York,
ind IN the journal aud Sentinel hero, and |
.gents OF foreign Stockholders were otherwise
Edyieed Of the ability OF the State to pay on
he indebtedness. In pursuance Of an order |
i the board, meeting was held in New York
Il the office Of the Agent OF State, on the 1st
II July, to take such action aa should be
leemed necessary in e1ti1guiBhinE the debt
md closing the State agency, and the board
sas prepared to take up all the out
tanding certificates on presentation, Holders
Il stock, however, did not manifest desire |
0 surrender their certificates for payment as
hero were but s159, 100 Of the 81 ,2G5, 600 then
offered at the agency. In viaw Of
his fact, and for the purpose Of inducing l.
to surrender, the board has given [
lotice that interest On the 5 per cent certif-
atcs Of stock will cease On tho 1st day CT Sep
ember next, and the stock should be presented
or payment 1t tho Office Of the Agent Of State,
Z Pine street, New York city, On or before
hat date. Il j. hoped that this notice will
nd report the e1tin8uishment Of the State |
[ebt and closing Of the agency To the next l.
senoral Assembly"
Tho Grand Rapids Eagle, copying state
nent Of tho Milwaukee Htsco1ssn, that The
ruit region in the vicinity Of St. Joseph con-
ists Of single strip Of land two miles ,wids, )