, 1870-07-28
TIE NORTHWEST.

nLISo1s-
Bunker Bill has q Population OF 1,son.
II. l. Hastings, Sheriff Of Mason County, WIS
Killed on Wednesday Of last week by being cat to
pieces by reaping machine
IOWA.
The Burlington UaHkese OF the 2sth sars:
"We have already publtthed the particulars Of
the shecondlng OF Armstrong, sub-contractos on
the c. s. ". X n The hands were lett unpaid
and very much exasperated. On Friday about 100
OF these hands met the principal contractors,
MessrA Smell Aiken, at the Ashland crossing on
the DeaAolnes Valley Road, ent took them pr1s-
onera, refusing to let them 60 until they pail whkt
Was due them Irom Armstrong- They nnally let
Nj. suel 60 to Fairfield to ~ to obtain money for
them soon after the shes1r Of wapcllo County
aud the Marshal at ottumwa appeared on the
ground. but did not think 1t advisable
to attempt the rescue OF Aiken,
and tho meu were Tesolnic In their determination
to hold him, antl Threatened to hang him should
Mi. Smell return Without the money to pay them
The next day the Sheriff returned with pesse,
and the mob concluded 10 let Mr. Aiken slide. We
have no accounts Of any arrests being made"
ISDtASA-
a Mishaxaka manufacturer, George Milbnsn.
ESP, returned the largest income tax for 1869 Of
any person ID St Joseph County. Ills Income for
that year was something oyer ts3.ooa
MICHIGAN.
Jnseph Robarge, brakeman, who IVES killed in
the Michigan Central Railroad accident at Wayne,
last week. had married the widow Of his cousin,
Motes Robarge, fireman. who was killed on the
Game road year or two ago. Thus the poor
woman Is second time widowed by the same
agency which deprived her Of her rrsr husband
The Grand Rsp1ds Indiana Railroad has been
completed to Brady, Michigan. 50 miles north OF
Peru
x1NsEsorA.
In the storm at Minneapolis, on the 18th, 1ve
buildings were struck By lightning. The residence
| Of Emerson Coole. situate on Eighth street, was
struck, shattered and torn. Mr. Coote vas In ted
| with = s1nall child IN his arms He was struck
senkrtaa, and honrB elApsed before he WAS restoE-
| ed to consciousness. The child escapcd almost
without shock. The house Of Israel Dudley, sit-
ua1e Oh Third street, WIS Gttnck. The nuid CO.
teee.l the corner VI the ROOT, passing down along
the upright post, md tearing solid tlmbers into
srliptetcd shreds, Mr. Dudley's children, fosf In
l nuInber, were sleeping tn The ripper room- HI
eldest daughter, but few moments before ths
| house was struck, W4s sitting on the Rtie Of the
bed. The sublie agent entered above, passed
down a post within three inches Of where nel
! heal had been while in bed, splIntertnE and tear
| ing the post to BhIe3s. TWO Of the children weF,
badly shocked, hut speedily recovered. sir. Dud
Icy aud wife were In lower room, aud escape.
with but a slight shock
| IA terrible storm occurred In Southwestern,
Minnesota On the s0ih. At Fairmouut, Martli
County. almost cseEy chimney Eas blown down
and several buildings were moved ieom tnelr f0nn
da;ions; several houses were blown down. 4 1ua
br the name Of Taylor, living IN the nefghboEhool
estimates his loss Of property By the storm At nc
lcss than t2,ooo The gsoTes were batlly damaged
Cottonwood trees from SIX to eight inches thruuK
| were twisted on eight feet from the ground. Th
town Of Wells suffered severely; almost eyer
huusc YVES morcd from Its foundation.
ono.
Nathaniel Bear, OF SaniusRy, has three graz
viuex, two CataHba aud ono Delaware, upon whtc
, | arc a,.o0 perfect punches Of grapes
THE TERRITORIES.
ptoche City, Utah. has but one spring, and tn,
dries up every summer. 80 that water sells for
J cents gallon.