, 1870-05-02
TIE NORTHWEST.

A letter from Mascoutah says: "The frnit
seems to be ali killed here. Peachea are to-
tally destroyed By the late storm, aud We
never had 3 fsirer prospect for abonntfnl
crop before this calamity" -. =.
ANDREW 8. Williams died at Decatur, April
q. aged 81 years. He served over seven years
in the United States army, WAS In the Florida
and other Indian wars, and participated in the
Battle Of New Orieans~ n.
The Quincy Whig Of April . says: "To
say that the Mississippi is trying TO- spread
herself viii hardly carry to the minds Of our
readers Al adequate idea OF tho: fact thAt
thousands upon thousands Of ac1es Of land,
with wheat-fe1ds, fences, houBes, &C., -are now
lying At the mercy Of the flood. What scane
is presented 10 the eye Of the -beholder as he
gszes At the majestic flow OF this irresistible
body OF winter rs it sweeps over the low lands
opposite our cityl Just think Of it's broad e1-
panse-almost ten miles wide, and still risingl
The country above us Is III inundated, At come
points the nyer being over twenty miles in
width, while the amount Of destruction to
property Is incalculAble"
Tho Des Moines Register, OF April %, sayB !;
Assistant Marsllnl Clark came home yester-
day from tour among loHs, johnson, and
Muscatine Counties. These are all heavily in
debted for railroad bonds, and we're plaintiffs
in the suits that List year created so much III
terest and Little less e1citement. In Iowa and
johnson Counties the Captain stAtes that the
legal contest ia practically abandoned. The
people have cone to the sensible conclusion
that the best nsy is to setha the claims and
peacefully adjust . litigation that haB been 3D.
their bonded indebtedness. Seven Thousand
dollars OF tho c1aius haye been Gquidated- and
other securities are in process OF redemption.
Muscatne, however, refuses to strike her
co1ors. She flung out the war flag, aud pro-
posea to fight it out on that line If it takes every
man in tho county to prison for contempt, and
tho Sixteenth Amendments hAyo to ploM and
run business"
The telegraph announced the suicide,
few days ago, It CedAr Rapids, Of Edward
oe H. fa.es ssnG &. fJRoTns RS5ia It ae
dent connected NTH the act: Returning to
tho hotel from drug store where he hnd
bought eighteen grains Of strychnine, ostensi-
bly, for the purpose Of killing rats, be gave one
Of the girls ten cents, saving: Here, sako this
i IS The Last supper Jon vill o7A get for ma
After eating supper, he took : package from
Lis pocket, and told one Of the girls it Nas
poison, and be was going to kill himself IAe
girl, never dreaming that he was in earnest, OF
swallow It down, for il sho had a relative us
big fool Is ha wAs. she would help him to 3
dose. He poured the contents Of the paper
into tumblcr Of water, rema1kng: L honor
yogF good sense sG hssS gees sooa b{a }E,n
ana lWuEl1AlElY HNAAoHtA 4k+ LII Ae2s t41a+4
ten minutes heirsa corpse"
WI5CoS5IN-
4 gentleman from Wisconsin hn6 purchased
a caInels hair shawl in New York for his wife,
at an expense Of FIVE Thousand dollars He is :
.'b1oated saw-nill owner,
Tho Eau G1aire Free Prea7 sayB: PARTIES,
who have recently been to see the big Jam, aay
that logs are coming out very slowly, per-
haps one-tenth part Is fast as they are coming
John O'Bden committed suicide, near
Shnllsburg, April %, BY hanging himself. He
was a temperate, hard- working man, ard il is
thought TINT the small debt which he owed on
his farm was the cause Of hR rash set He
bad stock enough to pay mis- debt, and waa by
no means in bad circumatanceH. but he always
wife some days before the suicide that ne
thought the family could get along just rs well
without him
Alr. Isaac B. Decker, OF Eden township, La
grange County, has recently lost eight head OF
ease which has attacked the cattle in that 10
cslity. M1. Stayer, in Clinton township, Elk
hart County, hns lost eight head by tho eame
disease. Other parties have also suffered
MICHIGAN.
The Jackson Citizen and Lansing Republican
urge tho immediate calling Of m extra session
Of the State Legislature If the Railroad Aid
law should be declared unconstitutional BY the
Supreme Court, 20 that an amendment to the
constitution, giving the power to nunicipali-
ties to vote nd, can bo submitted TO popular
vote ut the general election next fall.
KAEBAs-
Tho Lawrence Tribune Of April % says
HOur information from all Southern, and from
many pxrta Of Northern Kansas, warrants US IN
saying that Ne hha]l have larger quantity and
better quality Of peaches, cherries and apples
than we hAve ever hsd before"