, 1870-06-27

his rtidence for the purpose Of NehiinR Il
came, discovered one evening that sornofhir
vas wrong, and, going to the works in Il
darl, struck match in order to see better. 4
INF tantaneous report followed, and Geora
picked himself mp ut = considerable IHstsn5
from the scene Of disaster.
- fe" d'ys $50 WeBave an account, fro,
q Quircy paper, Of the loss hy Frederick Hoe
ling, Of that city, OF some ei8, 600, he havin
entrusted the amount to hiB wife and she ha7
ing left for parts unknown The Now Yor
<un Ct tho 18th gives sono additional PAL
ticuIaIs Of the affair, ss followB: .Thre
weeks ago q wel-dressed WOMAN Arrire
in tLis. city, ria the Hudson River Railroad
her. She was modest in demeanor and Of
taciturn disposition. For two days she stop
ped at the Metropolitan hotel, aud then wen
to 150 East Twenty-thiTd street to board. o.
Saturday last she went to Europe in tn,
steamer City Of Washington. She gave hel
name Us Mrs. Hoeding; said that Ahe hat
separated from her husband, and that ar
equal division Of property had been made be
fore the separation. Her share, she said
amounted to tifle over &c, 900, and abe e1'
hiLited government honda and bills to thai
amount in support Of her assertion Wher
a4ked why she desired to visit Europe, she
replied: wish to live alone. I shall never
marry again. The interest Of the money in
my possession will keep me until death. j
quietnebs and peacc.''
The Decatur Republican Of the Esd says ::
1.-The coming State Fair promises to be notar
ble event IN the wsy Of an agricultural e1hibi-
tlon. For several years past the fair Of tile
lDinois State Agricultural Society have been
rapidly growing in importance, and the c1hi-
bllon Of 1869 WAS probably the must SUCCESS
f11v hall
1870, il no untowatd event occurs, will most
likely supasa III magnitcence any OF its prede-
cesEors. The officers Of the society arc III re-
ccipt Of information which justitlcs tho asser-
tion that no such display of live stock was over
seen in America as will be exhibited here next
fall. Herds Of blooded cattle never before
shown at an Illinois fair will come to CON-
horses only recently imported from rom
Europe vii be brought to tho fair Of
will not be behinu, but will bo out in stronger
force than ever before. The most striking
frature Of the last fair-the Implement de-
paftmcnt-wll bo still better represented, and
sco' es Of new and valuable machines viii be
promises well, and, il tue people turn out IL
proportion to the increased attractions, the
fair will DO ono long to be remembered.
IOWA.
D'ecoreE1es o. bones ut Sioux City indicate
that the aboriginal residents in thst locality
were all eight feet high.
- Wedding took place in the Harrison
County Poor House Tow days ago, CAV old
paupcr Of G6 years marrying lively lady pau
per OF GO.
WISCONSIN.
Tho Stoughton Reporter says that Lars Il.
Horre, wealthy Norwegian farmer living
about four miles north Of that place, commit
Hltt1f-t
INST A tit Of insanity was the cause.
INDIANA:
The servant girl OF tho Mayor OF Indianapo-
liz lately touk a fearful reveuge on him for
scolding her. She loft his shirt bosomB and
cuffs limp as cobweh, and starctel tho lower
e1trem'ties till they resembled cardboard.
AN lndlana man recently wrote letter to
: friend in 4 town not far distant He nd
dressed that letter to !" Columbus, Indiana, ~
the "lndiana" being mado very distinct, writ
ten out in full, and underlined. Then in the
lower left-hsnd corner be wrote, "Battholo-
mew County, and across the upper right-hand
corner he wrote: 1.-THE reason ] put Bar
tholomow County on this is, I don't want it to
go to Columbia, South Carolina, or any othor
Columbia, but to Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Indiana, and to no other Columbus y
He mailed that letter, and tho Postmaster Of
his town sent it itto-ColnmbuB, Ohio.
The New Albany Ledger Gays: u Ono Of the
Epsies campcd near this city sent to Now
osk some three weeks ago. and had silver
teA Kettle manufactured bya jeweller OF that
CITY, as present for lis bohemian wife, send
Ing, With the otSier, one hundred dollArs, ~ 3
and ordering the bill to be sent
with the tea kettle, by express, g. O.. D.
The tea Kettle was received this voek and the
LII, calling for one hundred dollars more.
The gipsey had the kettle weighed, found it
all right, pad the bill, and presented the cost
" vessel to his wlfe, who immediately put it
into Use by placing it ovet the fro and boiling
water in it for tea. In paying. the gipsey
displayed q roll Of twenty one thousand dollar
bills"
a7ssoun1.
In the Missouri botfoms. onno+ita c.;rn III.
Mr.. Vim. Hodney rajsn] 4 ernn Of corr ft,,}
viii do to tulk abont. On eieht acrss he nr.,.
duced one thousanj and iiffv F,nshe1s. tFbis
is e0uAI 70 one hnnired md th;Ttv-nno and
1rns1,els Ia The acre. ~'-''1
An nnrions ronnIc FINN n1;nois recont1r
arrived at a St Iouis hote]. and. At their re-
n,.st , rlarrrn,,n ,rns soTt for' afIs- ~
narriace cerempnV was oTer. tha hnnnv Urnoro
tendered tho minister = s3 Eli A. his fee. Int
Tie landlord suggested that be Ought at least
ro make Il q V. fjnon tbe hint tba hr;darInnn, nm,
handed out S3 mtre. Fyerrtbinr waa 1nveiy
W far. fThe mari ,ler ,rhe1 The n,rtv xv;ahad
10 return home. tha 1sndInrt1 fonn1 that f,Ie
uuest Was s1ort of funda-tbnt ha h.d ~ r,ct
5aid ali be had to tbs ninistars The landlord
|eneYnberin, that ia hail r,rgod tT,a f;fsr.i;tv
lnsef rece;nta1 ths;r b;lI n ri s,T 1T, h,Ja -.
hem derart ia neare '
On he 1ith ~ Fahrnsrv ,,at ono ~ tba
nmataa of tha St.ta Tun.t;e Aav,urn ~ FL.
an. rnada bis escaneL He was haan] ~ ~
I'arkyille PIatte County, md Afterwards At
[.oncab. Dixon County. Sebraska tnt Il, nach
rase disapraared heYorr hn r,n7d be tatcn
AZ.
he as2in .n .sied e s ~ aaut ~ he Sorer ~
Ilall. as II he had only been out for a short
walk. He saws le lid 4 call to raturn to
the kingdom of GLORY above" and that he
walked the eutirr distance Of over twelve hum
dred miles, With the e1ception Of about forty
miles which be zode on freight train. His
entire trip was made without money. except
one dollar given him on starting to return,
"A young man recently captured 3 white
snake near Ashland Church. in Howard Conn
.y, and now has it in his possession. Il in
ecme five feet long and il a. Write IA thc
driven enow.
Much excitement waB created among the
Cooper County, last week, By tho disappear
Y ;4.Ne e.hat elioald nave been paid out TO them.
he sntecontfactors = brother, AZ. Smith. and
lns bsotheI.1n-laW, DaEld McCord, we're Miss
|ng also, None.of them hare been heard OF
=ince- ine hands4Eere paid OF and qaieted
es me ehiel contractor.
-ihe Spfing1'ed Le0der loar1s that des-
3 . anfay occurred N stone t9unty On the
nen+ Aoadas night num6et-of horses aild
mules were stolen from stables N Asnonylle;
j ,uspie'on testeu on tNo elschafged ralroad 9
aanas, VINO nag oeen seen golag sonth Vith
1olses aAo males: :. d posse vas immeaiatey
sent N pursuit, ana overlook tnena
~ otoag Cou9ty, aoouS Nteen unles
rom Maison.'ne. Iae Meses
.a.useo @ 70 susreaacr "ataoat MatIants TN ltaeu
hlfest @ ~ese P!uuaceo' Cne VI t1e peSse VIZ
NC a,a;i i1oeSa%ad T .t;oraa +a p50S Jr.nt.o "
Of IN unguarded moment and shot one Of tie
t,osse named Williams, who lived at Longs
Mill, On White River, who Was instantly killed.