, 1870-07-11

be rational ~ long ~ Tho stone was appuod to
any Of the woundA, but as soon al it wls re-
moved to b. o1esused he would take . 1t, and
80 be continued when the stone Was |
on and r1vinE mad when ofr-unEl be died |
1r. Evans cannot tell how the properties OF
the stone we're discovered, nor bow long thev
have been known and in use. II hAs been il
bis own and his ancestors family for about tFo
hundred year,"
A Hiber1lan lady, in Linn County, when
asked by the ccnBIs-takef what was her hus-
bands nsme, responded, " Faith and that's no
account, I'm husband aud wife too"
The wife OF German in Ainsworth Town
Blip, Washington County, died one day last
week, and was buried tue next day. On the
third day ho stated his grievance to man,
johnson County, which included manageable
girl. He went Immediately. her parents came /
down to see his land, and, believing he could |
support her, gaze consent, and he WAS marned |
the fourth day.
H, II. Cady, At Sioux City, offers to wager |
| 91sO that he can make twelve dozen si1-quart |
milk cans inside Of ten hours.
On tho 9Th Of June, VIM. P. Chapman, |
aged 104 years, was married to Mrs. Mary E. |
Warner. aged 70 years, at the poor house in |
Harrisonian says that Chapman VAS private
soldier in the revolution, fought at Bloody |
Run and Brandywine, aud Was present at the |
| Eiege OF Iorktown-that 1le also served in the
! war OF 1919, the Mexican war, and WAS with
the FREQ State forces during the Kans.s
troubles.
1 Tho Marion County 1otey has been shown
. curiosity in nature: Mr. B. S. Kirk. Of
Washington Township, has shown us q couple
OF 1ell-formed heads Of wheat, Just picked
from his field, each head containing one un-
mistakablo grain Of oats on It. We never saw
or heard Of the like before; but Mr. Kirk
tells us that, some sixteen yoars ago, Ill. Nott,
the well-Luown Quakcr, found 4 similar case
x,fn vJ1n0} nd I1af!n
count Of it in the Ohio Farmer, and that, i'll
tho next issue Of thst paper, about hundred
men ridiculcd tho statement az absurd,
declaring it impossible. As to that particular
| in Tie wheat from s1r. Kinks lcld, and there
are others to vouch for it's growing there alHo."
WISCONSIN.
4 Norwegian family, consisting Of man, wife,
and twenty -ono children, landed at Shoboygan
] lately.
Tho Oshkosh Times says: "Wo hare be-
| fore us au idol, worrhipped by tho pagan branch
Of the MenuInoncc Indians, living Oh the rcscE-
vation in Shawauo County. This idol is small
wooden image, intended to represent tho hu-
| in 1cnes1,, rsatlcly carved, aud looks as though
| It had been handled for many years. About
] the neck Of the image is tied pieco Of to-
l,acco, the offering Of sumo faithful doyoteo.
known ne tho pagan band, Irving Just north ol
Shawano village, and within four miles of !
/ school houac in which NC, last winter, heard
Il preached a worry ufgont sermon on behalf of
+ ancllrstianized people. Tho portion Of the
nouuccd their idols, and still worship then,.
/ They arc generally orocted on poles or stakes,
9 and about the foot Of tho altar il spread mat
It ting, OF, which tho faithful stand or et whlo
Ii consulting tho invisible spirit"
= The Indianapoli. Journal says: "Thc indi.
u cations are that tho population Of this State
y will approximate 1000 00O."
Il THO Bloomington Progress Gays: "a
Il farmer camo to town last week with a ham ol
~ medium size, and with the proceeds Of it's sals
g paid for o barrel Of flour aud stock Of gro
10 cerica sufficient to last for soyo1al woeks
el 4 This is the first fimo in tho history OF th
;" county, NC believe. when small ham WI
worth moro money than barrel Of hour."
u u citizen Of Lafayette, committed suicide, OF
- I the Sth, by taking strychuinp In tho pocket
he book Of tho deceased was found . card, upol
G. which he had written farewell 10 Lis wilc
n n budding her take good care Of the childton
e, e, saymE that he had had great deal Of trouble
~ ~ 3Ir. uand MAS 20 years old. lie WAS Count
a. Recorder from 1860 TO 1864. His widow il
id | niece OF the Hon. Wm. II. Seward.
nd The NeT Albany Ledger OF The 9Th aagB
"On Friday Inst We published such details a
We had received Of terrible and fatal case q
poisoning TINT occurred near Tell City, PER-
H. County, by which two persons lost their lives
,e- and another WAS probably fatally Affected b
~ ing the putrid flesh of dead COW. OF tho sa
Is and fatal affair the Cnnnoiton Enqtsre,' Gays
IL On the Saturday following tho dissection {
the COW the parties were al taken With spas1I
not and cramps, the arms and bands Of nj
We except spoer, wero swollen to an immen1
od nixe, and covered with purple n1
Of black spots, from which the blood oozed ou
ys, indicating, u the physicians informed us,
IN. clear caae Of animal poison. There il son
tho difference Of opinion as to how the parts
$ tho one entertained by tho physicians, il th
the the poison from the putrid carcass was a
- 2 . aorbed through the pores OF the skin, and,
ua' ~ this means communicated to the entire dystor
na Mr. Friant died on. Sunday morning in gre
Dr. agony. Mr. spoeri, who, BY the by. was n
% afflicted with tls purple or black eruptions {
ve- | the hands and arms, died On Monday, havil
I'd; been unconscious almost from the hour
dAt was first taken, while the wife and child
ap' w. Friant are yet alive, although little hol
~, is entertained Of the recnvary OF tho formt
The Child, who took but little para IN the d
ues section Of tho COW, IL less Affected than any
re- the others, and great hope is entersained
Eas Ills recovery. Immediately after the death
US us Nr. Spoeri, who wss unmarried and had no rel
~ ~ tions in this country except cousin at Over
boro, . few prominent citiZens made search
rne J his money and vAluablts, OF which ho "
ex- known to have considerable, when il vas d
con | covered that some lend had robbed him VII
Not on his death bed. His roclct-book MAS fouu
eSn ;a with ecveral notes and check for oonaidt
snu | able sum. but the money had Ill disappeared
son a farmer living near Elkhart has refus
loee for seven years to sell his wool, because
gto could not get the price ho demanded.
Of Etock has, therefore, increased, until tho otE
@ @ents day he concluded to como down, and brouG
aao @ to town over 8, 900 pounds Of wool, contract
aose it nj from thirty Ave to thizty~eight coats
the pound. Por = large proportion Of this II
he WAS long ago offered II per pound. ana
the fused it.
Ihs o. At Port Austin, griudstone, weighing AZ
the pounds, WAS recently quarried-
tty | A Michigan farmer anointed his pot
We ] vines with rat poison, to destroy the hu
ton, and the next morning found bis herd OF CO
al dead, having broken into tho potato pa
.Lns tns during the night.
'Sed Oh the Gth instant, Wesley w. Sanford,
sure. Ridgcvay, blew out his hrAins, aud Thon
holy Wilson, living five miles from Rdgoway, XII
emo himself by taking arsenic.
MINNESOTA.
At st. Peter, on the atb, Mrs. Schultz, a
10 years, committed suicide By hanging.
a1tn putting hor head through loop Of the &C
:ctne leaned forward and strangled herself.
had been heard to say that, As aho IVES |
a,sr. tially blind, life lad lost its charms, and
!, 500 might as well be dead.
oGl KAssAs.
l.:0i The Hon Josiah Miller died at Lawre,
~ ~ july 7,aged q years, 8g. n, wien syoung II
4'o edited tie Illinois Central Times, at Bio
~; ington- In 1854 he went to Kansas and est
K, 1906 liehed the Kansas FTec Stdtf IN LAWRENCE
- 1856 when Lawrence was sacked by the II
1osl der Hut1iana," Air. Millers presses and
were thrown into the river. After the ces
ton OF the kansaa troubles Ac was clct
the Probate Judge Of Douglas County, whicl, p
near Ioetag - +ea,,har M ~ 10 f,-at st,ta Oar
min sonn after Mr. lincoln was called to the r.
actor Dental chair, lie appointed Judge Miller
SO master at Lawrence, which position he held
28th ABOUT n1feen mont9s: wnen nc tosfned IL =
;recs it.a ~ 1n 1acG hn u.a c1,oean h 20
De- sent the city Of Lawrence in the lower hc
Of the Kansas Legislature.
Kansas City had an ordinance ena
against public bell ringing AZ a means o1
ia At tructing people, tho law being employed to-
press noisy auctioneer. Sufficient care
n nv I not taken in arranging the enactment, and
0o6 asctioneer has now suppressed Ill tho cht
ra at bells.
and Tho Grant City CWortb County,
boasts aftor this fashion: ''The comb
little agea Of the editor, foreman, and devil Of
j 10 office. are IS years. We wager that Their
Vag not another Office in tho State conducted
die . such 1ufehles'
, the ONO.
into 4 Cincinnati gentleman, acting on
fluid adagc that, If . man has plenty Of rope b
in srte to hang himself, committed suicide
in 81 fathoms Of cordage-