, 1870-03-19

Iao C1dEcna' ticket, and wa e1ected De,eva,s Tn
the liz O Ecr1 Eood majority, although
10 tho convention, and was In sttendsnen nntii tns
aoJoarnmens Of that body before tho hoIidaJs
sser asns h9ne 9 n w. ken alex and
Ine Glenvood Opinion saJ7s IA car loaded
with 10 900 pounds Of corn len the oenwood depot
On tne eth inst, billed to Boston, Mass, without
aansiet. TIC sAme train had seven cars loaded
WIN orc OF some kind from the Rocky Mountains,
olned 10 SONG point in the Stato Of Connecticut,
without t11usfer.r
Musehtno has ITO more white rnales than f.
mAcs; Davenport, aeo; Burlington, 10; Dubuque,
u: Council Bluffs, 1sa: Dca Molnea, sss; Ottuua-
Wn, 2aS: Clinton, soA Keokuk has . moro females
than males; lows city, 50; McGrcgo1, IS; o4ks-
looaa, 11e: Washington. c.: MI P1easaut lis;
than fcmalea In Iowa
WBcoHsM.
taloon keeper at JancsvtIle ofTers pTt1e of 4
gold-headcd cane to the man who shau drink and
pay for the most liquor during the present year.
The TomAh Journa, ssys: "An Indian lady pass
cd By our of1ee the other day, with a quarter of
fehison and two papooscs on her back, Jug OF
whistey In one hand, and q wlgwam In the other.
How'a that for Lo7n
Mp1ANA
An Ohio girl Of Is hnA achieved matrtmony dc.
sertion, and divorce, In Indlana,-au In three
months.
MtNSEorA
From 100 to 600 men arc at work In grazing.
building bridges, and driving piles on the line Of
INC Wtnona d s. Peter Railroad 1t proaable
that the road will be extended as far as New Uluo
before the close Of the presont yeAr. -
The st Cloud 1fmts gives the following details
OF the arrangement made for supplying the line Of
tho Northern paelnc Railroad:
aTen depots Of supplies are already established,
-nSs on the east side Of the nscr,-to which stores
ana implements afe already In nctiye motion. On
the west side the depots arc at Gull Lake, Pine
Lake Otter TAU, the vicinity Of White Earth Lake,
nne across he State, from thc Dalles On 1T The st
Louis HreE, to GeoEKetoHn on Red River, II msJ
safely be inferred that the main line OF the road
meuth Of Willow River, iio miles above st. Cloud"
The saIne paper says that large quantities Of
freight, consisting Of supplies for men and teams
and tools and implements, all belonging to the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, arc being for
wardel from that city daily. About equal quauti-
ties are shppcd up the Mississippi and the Sank
Valley.
A 1re st Sank Centre, On Tuesday Of last week,
destroyed 81, 900 worth Of prppcrty-about half
covered by insurance. The principal suf1tress are
T. c. Mcclure, Ar. Ke1l, Lamb L M5ricl, Moore
Robbins, s. Pendergast, and r. Frank.
MISSOURI
The Caucasian is 4 Democratic paper published
at Lexington. In It's last Issue 1t thus refers to the
Oneida disaster:
"Thc Yankee wn7 steamer Oneida celebrated
WashlnEton's Birthday BY going to the bottom OF
the ocran near Yokohama, Japan. One hundred
and seyenty nautical whelps OF Doodle went down
With her."
TIE TERRITORIES
In the murder trial ut laramie, Wyoming, In
which the jury was composed equally Of nen md
women, the attorney for the defendant 1led plea'
IN abatement, upon the ground Of lncompetsncy
Of the Jury, arising from the fact that several Of
its members were women. The Chief Justice
ruled that the Legislature had conferred upon
women all The duties belonging to male citizens,
and incidentally expressed the opinion that z1nge
women who were aliens must become nAturallzed
to make them citizens, but married women be-
came citizens by the naturalization Of the hus-
band,