, 1870-12-17


A letter to THx TRtkrxk says: aA COW n.
long1lg TO Henry Poster, In Marshall County, s.x
miles west Of Wenona. soue two weeks ago gave
birth to calf that still llvea Tne COW died that
n'ghtt ands By an autopsT, nftJ-ays more calves,
from the size of Txt to that of mouse. we're
founn, ali OF natural form. After showing them
to some Of tho netEhbo.s. Mr. Foster fed them 70
hls hogs, not thinking they were worth thousands
OF do!lAf1
This u The WY 4 couple OF Muscat,ne sharpers
scrved gTceay from the country: He steppcd
lnto saloon for "sn'thin' watm,r 4 coupIe Of
'dtad beats" got up shAm quarrel and IT,
qpested him to hold lhclr coats while the5 fought
II cut,-tntehuIng. on fec1aimlng their coats, TO
arcute him Of tsrlnK "gone through their pock-
cts, and then "go through him. They walked
Into each other ike wildcats, when they happened
to observe that the coas-nolder Was nowhere yla1-
tcne but greeny has not returned to that vicinity
since.
WISCONSIN.
The Iarekrtlle Gazette SAYS that shortly after
oftlock on Monday evening, meteor Of unusual
brtl4ocJ appeared In the Eastern SKY. 1t vas,
apparently, about the eixe Of the iul1 MOON sh!p-
ing through the clouds, with bright green co,or,
AID shot upward With wonderful velocity until It
Ieachesl the zenith, when 1t disappeared
INDIANA.
OTIS Leonard, Of Newton County, contributed 4
r4'se and An eye to the spells OF nght On Tues-
.ity night Of last week.
The people Of Lafayette arc e1ultant over the
b~ief that barbeg In that village has posse4uoa
Of razor with which King Wllliam has been re-
reatedly shaved.
Tho County Commissioners Of Tsprccaooo
are good debaterA Daring the discussion OF sone
question, II 1heiE meeting On Saturday, tho ept-
thet F" id Liar, used by one member, vas r.
rronded sc b. blow straight from the shoulder
which was rrga1ded ~ An unanawe1ahIe a,Ru-
1lent, and the debate was suddenly closed.
MICHIGAN.
The Detroit Tribune OF the 18th sAys:
"'SeytrAt days since. youuE md rrotulkInx non
81 z A. ch1moer!In, Of tue toxn Of fluruu, :WaJnt
County, poisoned himself Win dose Of s,rIch-
nine. Nc 1as attending school II Flst Rock, ind,
| kchool natter, he x1s urlefed by his father to
| bring hi books holne and attend school Ia tue
,ts.sst = rnssc 1na he family ies!aed Ths boy %
! a1u gsvc ~ reason that he had becu upk5ndif
treated q the school to which he was to be tsans.
fssfca: a.. vs. xsntes. Y so@s q sae older boys.
lad rtt1Eed Tor the night The neIt morning
| he rose and Performed his usual 'chosts' about
sse vpse q
u large doee, and Il deliberately walked to the
wa1e1 pasl spu took drink. In = few tnlnuteA
| when be recovered from the etfecss Of tne IL he
told hts frts nds what he had done. In lesa than
an hour II er thts death ended bis misery. Nc1l-
| thing. An 1nqueG VA held. and tho exauinalon
tnat Was maae showed that young CnambeFtia VA
heh fpt1lted. tnat ms fatuer vas hzsd In hls os-
tnteated 10 XIII nlmselL~
The Graud Rapids Eaott says:
e.s witch cone 10 u. ia 1s,ea iii, CO e.snas sa
! The downfall and dtA{12ce OF Judge Gtdtluxs, OF
the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit fsals STAG. Not
1 m fY1nn NS1 Fh lara rfh A.1~A .nh
fezm would cure sne .Feuct,ons Of tae. .pa1s. But
morning, 1uesdsJ, DECEMBER il. Judge Giddlnss
wss found tn tho ssteets Of Kalamazoo, without
bar. cosr of boots, having arrived there IN tho
nest. he h2d enaeavnsed 70 throw ntnself waile
ttsends sent him back BY mail traia to Big Rapids:
Lis shro4', snd gave h!meelf severe cash oQ tne
Jaw. though Eos dAnEe1olas wound Tho prompt
ana enslstt.c in.erts,saes G, it,en'1s ptoe.esy
Tuesdsy. ne was favtnk uaau,ac, suffering me
to11uTes Of the damned from the worst fofm Of
snoseer bran. Intellect ha1e souaa az d,.aea asa
| and ruin. Judge GiddtnRa mast now fex,1u OF
tc impeAcncd. Ats circuit Is composed Of the
growing 1rd important cuuntse2 Of u9aKa New.
syeU. Oce1na, MutkeZ0E, and MecostA It Will
be rccot:ected that thefe wsa no oppos4ton 70 the
,sn III; I'd e so, sssfs easDsa :aspeaa 81 s 1: parties
Nj Lempsteret 4 distinguished scholar aat son
OF tie c. s1ttsaied Classical Diosiopsry Lemptiese,
Is About 70 op n dry goods stors n onahs-
| CHIC.
ScnAllenbtrx, the convicted murderer OF hi,
wife NJ Cleveland, has ktased TO ont OF hts A:tor.
neys that he Vas glad he wss convicted Of mus.Ie,
IN The nsss degree rather t4an OF murder In III
,rrnnd des,ce, became he anonld prefer being
| tanxfd 70 being llrp,l -oned for nfe. He sa,d ht
w u.d have liked very we'll to hare bcca enavIet.