The new North-west., 1870-03-25

0KER THE RIYER. ,
80 MINNESOTA XII 80
4 Board Of Trade has been established d
Red Wing. 1r% %
The contract for the building Of the St
Paul Ind Chicago railway from Hassipg'
to Red Wing has becn awarded, and wori
will be commenced immediately. .~-..
The mania for ''minnes" seems to be on
the increase. The. latest new city which
has sprung into being, on the St. Paul sad
Sioux City railroad has the astonishing
name of Minneinneopa- ..~
William Blackelter, who was shot BY his
wife at Lichfield, has since died.
Governor Avstin has commuted the sen
tcncc of John Gut, one Of the New Uln
murdercrs. to imprisonment for life In the
penitentiary.
Iowa. - '-...,s.,. -.. .
A. lady teacher in one Of the public
schools at Wavcrly has been discharged fol
drunkenness ...-,..>' s.>s "e'. i.4
Captain James Mathews has been sp.
pointed Professor Of Pomolosy in the State
Agricultural College.
The Methodist church at Iowa Falls, was
burned on the 81 instant. 81 af5a4G rAo7
The Democrats elected their Mayor and
Marshal, at Ottumwa
The following Republican city officers
wcrc elected at Dcs -Moincs, lately there
being no organized opposition. Mayor, J.
II. Hatch, Solicitor, Seward Smith; Treas
urcr, G. A. McViccr Marshal, 8. L. Car
son; Assessor, G. N. Walker.
A miner named Joseph Meekly, fell = dis
tancc of fifty. feet, down a shaft, at Du.
buquc, on Monday, and received probably
fatal wounds. .,.r.-....
Work is progressing rapidly on the Da.
vcnport aud st. Paul railroad and between
Maquoketa and Dc Witt. ,..,. .t..,,
ILLINOIS.
George Holland was shot, dangerously,
by George Rain, At Thompson, Carroll Co.,
recently. .-.....~..:r
The Bellevillc and Southern Illinois rail-
road is to be completed to Du Quoin, Perry
county, by the lst of September.
A girl, sixteen years old, named Lucinda
North, was turned out Of doors by her faith
er, near Pontiac, recently, for pcrsisting in
desire to marry man whom her father
disapproved of. On-the next day she went
to the track of the Chicago and Alton rail.
road, and deliberately cast herself before an
Approaching train. Her body was literally
ground to pieces. 49,
VIM. A. Steel has been reelected Mayor
of Joliet.
Many able bodied men arc idle, at Gales
burg, being unable 70 find work. Much
suffering is the result.
Geo. /. Bergen, Assessor Of the Fifth Dis
trict, and valued citizenof Gslesburg, died
recently.
The election at Rock Island resulted in
the choice of Porter Skinner, Democrat, for
Mayor.
Frank 6cabeck, Of Princeton, walked 100
miles and 4} rods in % hours and 81 min
utes, for purse Of $3.50.
An Illinois woman who wanted to 60 to q
masquerade party as Mary, Queen Of Scots,
looked through the Bible to ASCERTAIN how
the character was dressed.
,1 AT LARGE. 5'"
A movement has been Get on footin Spen.
Ger county, Ind, to raise fund to place
monument over the remains of the mother
Abraham Lincoln.
The Kentucky House has rejected the
Cincinnati Southern railroad. ~- ~
The Missouri Senate hls adopted Con.
stitutional Amendment prohibiting appro-
priations for sectarian educational purposes.
: A fire at st. Clair, Michigan, on the 9Th
inst, destroyed the saloons and groceries of
G. Lankin, J. A. John, q. s&rause. and
Mrs. Goulait. Total loss $4,000; insured
for $1,000 >.& ]
Dearborn county, Indiana, is about 70
build an $4,000 Court House, At Law
renceburg. .-.- - 49,
Joe Murphy and Elijah vivctt, while en-
gagged in / game of cards, Saturday night,
March 9th, at Spring Place, six miles from
Nashville, Tenn, quarrelled and fought.
viyett Was shot dssd On the 'spot and Aur-
ply received wound Of which he died on
Sunday evening
A frestaYpsilanti, Michigan, dcstseysd
the old Bucklin house, built in 1897.
The Winnipeg Convention, in session It
Fort Garty, before adjourninx, confirmed
the election of Louis Riel As provisional
EIes'oen1 4otr .gsr1 -sErs! g2sG ,t2-7t1 aarE.
In the Ohio House = bill Was introduced to
submit the question Of female suffrage 70!
the Honen Of Ohio over twenty-on years
Of age was rejected BY ! vote Of a q 81 b ~.
TuRxE I11oarAzfs Th1xaa-1RkA three
things e love-Cour.ge, gentlsneas and af-
fection. ,Ers ~ isas Ga#as - a'-7ra7 = III j
:.Tbree things TO admirs-Intellsctaal pex~
q, dignity end kracefslnesA A-'----------