, 1870-04-23

who lived two miles northwest o1 Granville
ncaf tho old timber road loading to Hennepin,
WA lSnehed and hung until dead, in putn&m
County, last Saturday evening. Ramsey, for
many ycazs, has been known aa dishonest,
but shreWd and plausible man, His neighba.s
hase been in constant fear OF him. Ha hid
been guilty, in tho opinion OF the neighbora,
Of theft, .rson, shooting his nsighbors' horses,
barn wAs burned, with insurance to double ths
amount Of it's value. Some si1 yearu Aen his
wife WIS found dead In the e,noke- hou1e under
suspicious circumstances. It WAS generally
thought be poisoned her, although no pos1t17e
proof could be obtained q. 70 noIno three SaaFs
upon a married daughter, and quito recenf1y
with similar crime upon another daughter,
only II yeara old. The proof baing positiye.
he Was arrested last Saturday evening on bis
way home from Peru, snd taken before Judge
Hopkins on the chargu Of incest In the ab-
eence Of bsn, Judge Hopkins committed him.
pe1rons. who we're apparuntly calm and IN
excited. A portion Of the crowd started in
advance Of the officer who had him in custody,
and when the officer and prisoner ware we'll on
their way toward Hennepin, they were
stopped, and tho officer directed to re-
significant BY the number Of pistols IN tho
bands Of the crowd. Tue prisoner was taken
beyond the sight OF tho officer and hanged.
When Satisfied that he was dead, the e3ecn-
tionets passed on. Otharz coming up found
him hanging to tree, cut him down aud took
his corpse home- A Coroners jury rendered
= verdict 70 the effect that 'thedocoased came
to bis death by hanging, administered By pAr-
ties to the jury unknown" Rausey Is naid to
have owned farm OF 800 acres whore he liyes,
and thousand acros Of land in Iowa When
arrested be hid in his poekefa "t,out dozen
Z Ernifh'a 5er,Srs ctr fp
Tho Dubuque Times Of tho 21st sAgs 1.-THE
river kept crawling up yesterday, much to the
conhternAtion Of many who predicted that it
could not get up any higher. Yesterday the
water covered the corner Of First and Jones
while slins we're rowed up on the sidewalk OF
the American House, The 1Atge franc wArp-
house Of Clarke 4 Cowles succumbed in u
measure to the force Of the flood yesterday,
one end being carried nearly around over the
road. Il is 80 racked and shattered that it will
probably prove nearly total loss."
After correspondence among citizana to
different points, it has been decided that, to
take initiAtory steps necessary to elect the
construction OF y railroad from Marengo to
Cedar Rapids, thereby securing direct railroad
connection between Dcs lIoineH and Central
Iowa on the ono hand and Dubuque aud
Northwestern Iowa on the other, convention
OF delegates representing Dea Moines, Du-
buquc, Clinton, Marion, Cedar Rapids, Marengo,
md Grinnen, and the various intermediates
points interested, viii moet at Cedar Rapids,
on tho 4th prux-
Tho Davenport Gazette Of the Goth SAYS :
g At Nalcott, in thus county, on Mouday even.
ByTnes. and Willie, aged .years, son Of Mt.
Darchc, died from eating the poisonous rooi
known as Wild pstsnip or homlock. The child.
ren were pharmacies, and about o'clock took
walk along the tailrosd track, where they
discovered the rlsnt, Of which they ate. Tht
first intimAtiou anyone h2d OF anything being
wrong Vas about o'clock, when little Har1S
came homo and told his mother thai
down thezo (pointing 70 Tie raiI.
road}, aick. He ss{d Willie staggers like .
drunken man. aud he Is aick, Nam lie ls rea
sick, land feel aick, too Dr.. Bunes, who wat
1t home, overheard the remark, and. on look
ing, saw Willie lying down upon the ground
He Immediately requested Mr.. Peck, Station
Agent, to bring the child to tho house. Thi.
was done, hut the poor Little fellow was then IT
state Of collapse. and eoou went into yiolen
conrulsions, and died in half N hour. Mrs
By1nea, whom apptiaed by her little son that b.
Was sick, consulted her husband, and stropt
annette WAS given the child. In answer to wha
he had eaten, he eaid, Only two little root
about Rs big az my finger. The child continues
to grow worse, and, in abort time, was seize<
With eon!nleons, and, despite al remedies
Mepublished yesterday an extract from
Winona paper ststing that Lacrosse WAS un
der water A gentleman from the latter cit
says that tho boot il On the other leg-Winon
being thoroughly inundated, willie Lacrosse
as drr II bone,
The winona Republican Of tho elst Rays
"We received \ call today from Mr. Jo. Ellie
4 NJ Fan T1xfr vhn N-Svn5 nro1iur b-,
ing made quick trip down the Chirpewa b
the mid OF high water. Thn Bream has bee
very high, hut the food ia subsiding rapid,
On Sunday night the water receaed twelv
inehes. There ire two engines aud Il
men. At work on the big jam Of loe
i co: y boom, which has come to be dubbe
the Jam BOOM Very few logs hea bee
worked through up to Sunday, and the mil
below were all stopped. whiting for log
There are about ", ,o00, 900 feet in the jan
which, although not 80 large as tho one a &c:
ago, is worsc On aecount OF the water being
very much higher. Fears havo been cnte
tanned that the jam might break loose and g
tho 1ogs going in such way that no power c
earth could nrrest their course, or prevol
them from scattering over the fats below Ea
Claire, or running down into tho Mississip
River. Delegations Of tho mill men below il
Jam hare been urging them to stop work Il
fear Of such catastrophe, but since the wat
has begun to fali there il lcss danger Of a.
such accident"
ISpLASA.
A widower in Indiana, who married aga
to the depot to start on bridal tour, wasrud
ly stopped by an undertaken, who demand.
instant payment Of his little bill for buryi,
his first wife. Tho father OF tho new hrit
stepped forward and 1iquidated the bill
"A man in Evansville, the other day,
; clean out his chimney, fired Il pistol down
and has determined, AZ soon as be gets Il
duet out OF his eyes, and new suit of c1othe
to give the man who advised him to do It Il
contents Of the other barrel Of his pistol
Fifty years sgo man was murdered
LaE1enee Connts, indiana, and his DO
robbed Of 5000 The murder was not Ct
tainly discovered for somc thirty years, a.
, would not then have been known had not I
murderer, on his death-bed, acknowledged t
crime and told nherc he had buried the boz
, The Bedford Netes sAre Of tho matter. Ma
: Of our older readers will remember the fndi
Of skeleton in the rocks thA. abound in t
vicinity Of the junction Of Salt Creek 4
1 White niver, in The spring Of the yes1 Is
At The time Of tho discovery it created grt
] excitement. and tho whole country for mi
around visited and inspected tho remains
8 what was once, TO judge from the eviaent
, left = stout, athletic man. Time, tho grt
obliterator, in his onward sweeping course, l.
l
! peatance Of gentleman in our town on 1
r 1ueedAy, tha thing would perhaps nerer az
have been mentioned. The gentleman aliuf
TO called on ua and gave US tho following p
ticuiArs: Fifty-one yeaIa ago, his brother
a suppress tho ;,9,e na1ae At tho request e of our
L the city Of Richmond, left his hume, TAX
Q with him $1,000 to invest in Western, Ian
II Weeks and months passed after
4 departure before his an1ious fe1ati
:, ~ heard from him: Finally letter )
Il received, aated Palestine, Indiana, !
!. q, 1Sa0, informing them that
;f was highly pleased with the country, /,
Il thought he would invest his capital in
le lands lying immediately below the moutt
l. Salt Greek. The balance Of the uatrativ
!. already known. The brother Of the uurde
- man {for there can be no doubt that he
o murs]cretD Will exhs,mo the remains and t
r. murder @ h.s loss since ~ p.la a sSs debt q oi
u tuc.
b A lady in Michigan h.s recently recovc
es her reason after having been insane twe1
three yeaEs. The interval has beeu bla
hut ehc remembers vividly uhaterer oecnt
before 1t, and sadly puzzles her new fric
It hy her stories Of "whAt occurred tew We
d, hEo." KANSAS
The Lawrence tribune of the Goth :sa
= "After pretty ca,cful survey, we think
a effect Of the late cold upon om fruit has
h. been nearly 80 disastrous IA has been by q
:, thought We think it may Be safely zssur
!" that The early crop Of apples has been '
er generally cut of in this vicinity, but
t. crop Of fall and winter apples may be expect
:. The peach crop viii be MORO than lair. All
y, moro hardy kinds, with those Of later crov
th we think Will bring good yield- or che1
or it nov looln "a though the crop would be +
al 0f pcars We cannot say snysh1ng vcr2y fsy,
~ ble. The trees were very generally (
budded, and were in that ttzte Of forVardr
that the cold took them It very great du
vantage"
XENHAgEA.
e. The Sioux City Qow11 journal Of the
SAYS: "On Wednesday, whilo returning +
n / Si0rY Citx IN hfa hama IL, Neln.s liz e.