, 1870-04-05
TIE NORTHWEST

44%A1HOAS~
The latest report from the fruit crop in ths
"A gang Of rouGhs, at Talsska, entered the
ledge Of Tho Good 1emplArs uf that town
while the body WAS in session, last weak, ard;
seating Themselves 1t the Secretarys table,
played game oi cnchre as to who should pas
Tor a bottle Of gin which they had with them.
The Jacksonville journal Of the I'd says:
I'll is reported from 1eneseo that tho bridge
belonging to the Rockford, Rock Island i st.
Louis Railrpad Company, over Green
River, has been waehed away to-day by
along tho Green and Rock River bot4
toms has been washed out in many places,
and il is feared thAt tho wagon bridge
over Rock Nver, neAr Moline, win be carried
81. Tho land ID covered for miles on boil.
ridef Of both Green and Rock Rivers, and
situatea in the river bottoms. have been
either badly damaged or carried awny entirely.
Tho Tivcrs ARC higher At present than they
have been for twenty oE thirty yaara past The
eoA banks in thia vicinity, Ae we'll ~ those Of
swampcd BY tho high. wster. The Chicago
Rock island / Pacific Railroad track near.
Colonn ia ne4Eiy covered in some rlxcea by
vater. The roa0a arc nearly impasslblc, and
;ho mail between Geneseo And lfophetstnwn,
which han 10 BE- carried By wagon Owe. Green
River bottom. has been stopped on account OF
the high wafer"
The Amos Intelhaaoer hss found somc-
thing for the anGqua1ixna. On Friday Last,
NJ Ch1Slea Wa.esznzn. vhile digging wnN on
bed OF timber, 50 feet below the snnAco-l7
feet OF Which is through solid blue clay. The
timber eectue to be plsrcd in layers Ike raft,
aud somc Of it is in . perfect stats Of ptesazva-
ton, the bark even showing Little H1nptoms Of
decay. How far down the layers extend hAd
han %r1nH rrtnS, 1,{t
nor can the length Of the ricce Of timber be
| sscertAlncl, SIS the logs aro cut through mad
removed only sufficiently ia continue the dig
| EinG Of the wcn. Those cut through arc from
| I'VE to twelve inches in diameter, sud ere cup
poeed to be Of the fE or pine species
| INDIANA.
I! A chicken hawk was Killed In North Vernon
| fast week that measured from lip to tip o1
L wings four feet six inches. from lip Of bill t
end Of tai tuo feet four inches, and ~eiehe<
81 pounds. ~
Tho Pcru Rpuoiean chronicles the birtl
of a child in tho. family Of tho Rer- h. q
i Brown, OF that plscc, "a follows: "Stpe and
haN pounds Of piety caue 10 town On Frida
\ nczninS+"
i Tho Laurenceburg Prss saya: ut has =
last come our turn, as community, to be e1
ercised over spirituaiinn. 4 medium ia herr
4 One Of the st1id citizens Of our city wont I
4 sce her. Was persuaded by her ttat he ooul
j ny, cllubed into tree, LIT out-ana Wa PICK
4 Cd up. from the ground, eoifed and bAttere
i terribly, He don't want any mors epirstna1tsr
in Ms'u-
Il AlssoER1.
Al Tho opening Of the Circuit Court 1t Rich
mond. judge Lucas cast his eye over the gran
iury, spd addressed them thus: Gcntleme1
vpur faces look familiar; you have. been hat
before; 1 hAyc charged yuu frcqueoly
regard to your duty yuu arc familiar with il
/ md yon VIII now fetne to Iour room-"
Il 4 curious caBe is on t1il 1t Cincinnati, th
parties to which reside in Miami Township
: North Band Sasah perbon seeks to rocoyf
. el,Doo frum Matthias Blank and Eliza u
Donald sot tho loss Of time and saryice Of he
$ husband. Charles D. Pierson, md for labor a
: pended UPON him for tho ei1 month"; tnoeeet
c ing The 1ith Of hlstch, 1869. Sho alleges Ii.
!, on tbs day In question the detendan
:. Mcdonald, sold her husband fire drin]
Of Intoxicating liquor, and that tho dcfendan
j Blank, eo1d bin three drinks, and thAt he, ts
j, coming unable to control himself, fell AZ
broke hin 1eEH- Tbs defendants den; q
q liability On their part During the e1aroiu
4 tior, afr. Bailey, who testified in 7elAtion
| the condition of Tietson When he calIed 1t
house on tl1at escning, vza asked II Ferse
d had not drank soaua of ths witno4s' pate,
!. I cider and replied that he had not thn xttne
addcd that that article VIA not futoEcaHn
q and he WAS not manufacturing 1t taAt tim
n This brought up an inquiry in relation 70 Il
| compoueuts Of tho patantsd Article, md Il
= 4xitntsa MAS 4skcd to stato Of Whit they co
a sisted. He responded Well+ Eli, Il y
+ want TO know tho whnlc, thosn aro four Poun