, 1870-05-30
TIE NORTHWEST.

TIE people Of Iacon are excited orer tho
reported discovery OF deposit Of copper in q
Lii near that city: -.
Last week John Haynes was sent to the
penitentiary from Hardin to serve term of
tLirty-one years for killing hit cousin.
II. Sapp, editor Of the Peru Herald, died
On the 2Gth inst.
a correspondent Of TIE Carlinyille DEM
otrat sends to that paper an account Of the
maidstone owned BY Mr. THbble. Of P1asa, in
long, and about three-quarters OF an inch
through, and tapers to point. In color it il
green and black striped. It was brought from
Kentucky, where it WAS originally found and
las cured over thirty persons. The operation
IL simply to soak the stone in aweet milk, and
apply it to the soEo as long IS it will stick:
After it has fallen of it is soaked in salt and
water and applied again. Tho stone is yalua-
BILE, the owner having refused s., 900 for it.
The Cairo Bull8tiE, OF tho 2Gth, says:
I'VE referred few days ago to the finding
Of the body Of young lady, inthe Ohio River,
believing that tho yoang lAdy had been foully
dealt WITH. Her hands were tied behind har
back, and her feet were shoeless. The Pa
dccah he7ttuckian Of yesterday speaks Of the
finding Of the body Of another young Indy, in
the Tennessee River, about Rt1 miles from its
undoubtedly been murdered. The hands were
tied behind the body, and the feet were shoe
lcas! In both casee, bark strips were used.
The bare feet suggest tho idea that the young
ladies were taken out of bed"
IOWA.
Two young ladies' Of Gleuwood arc match
ed to chew wax against time, best two in
three, in coreets: While they arc thus WAY
ing each other, their beau1 will hare resting
spell.
The Washington Press says erergreens
are dying everywhere. One lows nurseIynan
has burned 10, 200 trees which he expected to
sell this spring. His theory is that they were
frozen past recovery in the last SHOW storm.
On Thursday, man Without legs VAS on
board train from Sioux City, and discovered
he was going in the wrong direction. The
speed at tho time was about ton miles an hour
1he cripple threw his crutches OF, and imme-
dihteIy after rolled of himself. He Was not
Lurt-
--1hc..M ..Muscatinc Journal Bays: .sWe un-
derEtand that James H. Reed, schoo1-teacher
Of Fulton township, in this county, who lately
advertised his wife in this paper as having
left him, eloped last week with tie unmarried
daughter Ut respectable citizen Of Fulton.
Her father followed the parties to Davenport,
and brought the girl back to her home, where
She is securely guarded. Reeds wife, who is
still in Fulton township, says he vas s' sbusi!e ,
when be had another wife"
a Swede farmer Who was breaking land
near Pacific City barred with 3 ploW 4 huge log
OF antedi1urian timber. Further research
shows that an immense forest has at some for
mer time been submerged, and now lies about
fourteen inches below the 6urface- The trees
arc all lying in one direction, their tops toward
the vert. They arc black as jet, and capable
Of receiving high polish. There seons an
supply, as experiments for miles
round reveal them to the search.
-1he He'd Oak Express says: sin d d.
vorce case in our District Court, this week.
the man alleged as tho principal reason for
Waiting his divorce that his tyifo wonld nat
come to Iowa with him. Now we do not fnvnr
divorces much hut in this case la cerIain1v
was entitled to all he asked. a woman th,{
would not come to Iowa to live, deserves to he
divorced from Aer husband, and forsakon by
her friends. OF course. lie got divorce, and
could have had alimony # he had asked it,"
INDIANA.
At New Albany, recently, young man was
aI1aigned for elandcr by colored female,
and wealthy lady OF that city appeared IS
counsel on his beh8lf.
There has been Hurne unpleasantnees be-
tween the young men and young laR@es OF
Oxford, Benton County, and the lad66 now
march round tho town accompanied by fife
and drum, entirely independent Of theie mas
culine friends.
1t il reported Of Charlottesville couple
VINO attended meeting 1t L&goda, on Sunday
Of LAST Week, that, during drive Across Haw
Creek the lady tumb1ed out OF tha buggy into
Ing water, and that her chivalrous attendant