, 1870-07-12

intuslng on one g q tro bqiiings y this City. II
| same paper states that = serioLR gale vlsite
| Scotland toWnshfp. in Mel cDonough county, O
| me afternoon Of Tuesday last, and that in th
centfai part OF the township q perfect volle
81 hau WAS poured upon the growing croI
/ aelng material damage and cutting the cor
y terrible manner. Fences were blew
l down, barns we're unroofed, and -seve.5
houses were damaged 10 small e1tent,r
! IOWA.
George T. Shaw. the late editor Of Il,
Grundy County dttus, las challenged L. i
Tracy, the present editor, to fight a duel
Tracy, in turn, lns sued Shaw for $40. 900 fo
defamation of character.
INDIANA
a drunken wretch at Peru, who is in tn
5sR hsS nfbts % ssnsDs ss his sy Ha tEs Eet On
away from tho house, knowing that, il ah
went near it while be WAs in that condition
she would be cruelty whipped. She fell aalee1
on the railroad track, Waa run over by an en-
g1ne. and instantly Killed.
WISCONSIN.
A gentleman reports that in one locality IL
tho town Of Sylvester, on Thursday last, ht
saw twenty trees blown ont Of the ground
roots and ali.
Metal, supposed to be copper, has beeu
found in large quantities in the town OF
Maple Grove, Fnnd du Lac County. It is also
reported to have been found on the Neshoto
River, in the town 1t Gibson.
The Racine Journal reports that the cen-
sus-taker has come ACROSS an old colored
woman, LOT years Of age, who declared that
SHE has worn herself ont working for the white
folks, but hoped, BY a few years Of quiet, to
tout grow it." Her youngest child, girl, is
now living, and il 81 years of age.
"A Little Child of 1lr, Moore, in Fond du
Lac, had most remarkable escape from q
SNNHEiOr To In nj rtt
on the railroad track when = freight train
came in; As soon as the engineer observed
the child be whist1ed down brakes, but too late
to stop tho train. When the cow-catcher
struck the child it Was thrown upon the srnall
platform i'll front of the engine, escaping With
the engine.
We learn from the Oshkosh Hortt,eestcra
ilsat Alre. Sarah Reardon was badly stung
about the neck and face by hornet, on the
afternoon Of the Sd. Tho hornets had formed
nest in the garden, and, coming upon them
unawnres, MrH. Reardon was stung IN about d
dozen places, She Immediately took cold
bath. and, two or three days afterwards, exhib-
tied symptoms of poisoning. Sbo suffered
the most agonizing pain until tho 7th instant.
when death relieved her. She was about IS
years OF age.
"A terrible affair occurred near Plymouth,
Sheboygan County, recently. Charles Krum
Mt1o AtcHUS u1e nolsts u leapeHt Wleu LaeV
became frightened at a sharp clap OF thunder
and threw him down, dragging the reaper over
him. He was terribly mangled, and died on
TIE following day: few hours Rrsyiess f.
and, upon search, her body was found in the
woods hanging from the limb Of tree. She
had committed suicide.
MICHIGAN.
Detroit las 14,G98 families, 71s stores, 3S1
groceries, 4i6 ofices, 60 hotels, 1856 boarding
houeos, s. churches, IS public halls, los public
schools, sa3 machine shops, 6Ge pfacos where
liquor is sold, DC. The number Of families il,
1860 Was 8,sG3.
Tho Detroit Post of the 9th says: "1he
celebrated Reeder case has just been decided
by the Supreme Court at Lansing. Recder
married the daughter of John Harvey, who, it
Is hse claimed. "as an aIien: Harvey, years ago,
Detroit River, this sido Of the Fort. Edwin
l'eeder Was in possession Of it for several
yeafa sitter tie death Of his wife, md On his
death it Was claimed BY the State as escheat-
lng to it. in consequence OF HRrvey's being an
alien. 1t WAS sold by the State to Mr.. Walter
Crane. Reeder's heirs, to whom he be-
queathed tho property, brought suit to re-
cover it from Crane, and the suit was de-
cided in their favor By the Wayne County Cir
cult Court. Mr.. Crane appealed tho case to
tho Supreme Court, who have reversed the de-
cision and ordered new trial. Tho principle
by which the heirs of Kocder lost their title il
the old feudaIistic, barbArous principle that
an alien cannot transmit real estate. This has
been happily rooted ont OF our present State
laws but the history Of tho present caso runs
back to tho operation Of the Territorial laws,
and it was upon this point, We presume, TINT
the eschcat was maintained"
OHIO.
E. E. Barney, Of Dayton, has given a25, 600
TO Denuison Uniyetsity, at Granville. in MEM
OFT of deceased daughter, Marie Louise
Barney.