, 1870-06-18
TIE NORTHWEST.


The Rev. D.. David NcDiu, Of tho United
Presbyterian Church, died ut Monmouth, Juno
4fhe steamer yan Zan1t arrived st Alton
on the 10th met, having in tow the largest raft
ever af1oat upon the Mississippi. The raft
contained 2,600, 900 feet OF lumber and covered
an area of three aud one-half acres.
The Hon J. r. FasnBworth will deliver An
Grafton on the 4th Of July At DeKAlb.
On Tuesday last violent hail storm occurred
in the vicinity OF Burlington Stones the size
Of pigeonh egg fell, aud in some localities
tha ground WAS white with hail.
INDIANA.
Nathaniel Carroll, sr-,. % years OF ago, and
for thirty y-eiglt .ears citizen Of Clarke Coun-
ty, died last week
In Pulaski County, last week, alrn Sarah
Healeg filed tub with scalding water, and sat
down in chair near it to rest q moment. She
tainted, fell into the hot water, and Was
scalded to death.
The vevay Rcreine says that farmer 1iy-
ing about seVen miles from that city ma4le his
appearance in the Repeiue Office last Saturday
clothed in linen coat, shirt, and pantnloops
the material Of which was raised and mannfac-
snrea On his own farm: His hat was also
made Of straw raised on his farm With the
exception of his shoes, all his apparel was OF
home manufacture.
a son Of Peter Hughes, in Lost Creek
Township, Vigo County, had to go TO Terre
Haute to get crooked piece Of wire taken out
Of his nose, which had lodged there when he
w-as trying to initiate \ sleight-of. hand per
former in passing the wire through bis nose
and out at his mouth.
. Mr. Frederick 4. GilHon, Of Minneapolis,
died in New York on the 18th. He was former
" one Of the proprietors Of the international
Hotel and TaylorFs Saloon, in the latter city,
!. and subsequently ;, purchased the Nicollet
House, at Minneapolis.
The st. Joseph Gazette Of tho 10th says: !:
Mr.. Antlih Hyde, who resides come three
and half miles south Of this city, has eome-
thing IN the Tay Of horseaesh that is natural
curiosity. It is 3 three-year-old colt, with
horns resembling thoso Of decr proHuding
out straight about two and half inches above
each eye. These horns made their appearance
come two months ago, havo grown with re-
ma1kable rapidity+ and have now attained con-
siderable length. The colt is very finely
formed animal, about sixteen hands high"
oHIO.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports that unless
the observatory in that city is speedily sup
piled with funds, it must be abandoned. and
The glass, one OF tho best in the country, sold.
"A very remarkable young bull lives in
Lake County. Being tied in tho yard to a
grindatone Of the weight Of $50 pounds, he
took It INTO h1a head the Other day to g7Te =
tiles. Having cleared . peighbozing fence It
4 bound, says local paper, grindstono and
| all, and not satisfied with showing how
high he could jump, nor having tho
fen, Of ghosts Of drowned cats with
| big stones about their nccks before
his eyes, he concluded to demonstrate that he
could not only jump high but dive deep, and
with a bound plunged into the deep wators Of
| the river, ben cath which both bull and grind
stone disappeared. But not being satisfied
| with bottom lands, Mr. Bull, by desperate
efforts. succeeded in coming to tho surface,
blowing and spouting like young elephant.
site shore, where, after several more appear
ances and disappearance, and moro blowing
and spouting, he safely arrived, landing hln-
self and gHndstone high On terra tfrmd.