, 1870-04-20

At Indianapolis, James Copaly throttloi ".
4. copeland, who b not expected to live.
The dispute arose about busincs. tsansac-
tiou.
| -Earney Hinchman killed Abraham Heorton
1t Winchester, on the 18th inst
--1he Kepnnhran Congressional Cnayentiou
9! the Tenth District received Letter from
hon z; ". Jullan Withdrawing from the con-
test. Hon. Jeremiah II. Wileon, Of Favette.
WIS declared the unanimous choice Of tlae cnn.
sention. Resolutions wero adopted asirmine
the StAte convention resolutions, and rccoc.
nizang Mr. tuli1ns fdeity.
Last week, the Junction uou1e, near Vim
eennes, Towers furniture warehouse. Fort
| Masne, and the fremont Houee, county build
ings, blacksnith's shop, and an os1us' At
WAhash, were burned down.
| The IeJ7e Hauta Vandalia i St. Louis
| l.o1d Is built west ct the Wabash, and the
completion Of tho lridsa over that liver ua1t
week Will 6nlse. the Inc.
fro-., Al Of horses, with earriagc, stolen
ssoe ~ohn F. Ttley, Of south Bend, we're re-
| and Mary Robeson- who pleaded guilty.
The international Convention Of Young
Mems Christian Associations viii ba held in
Indianapolis, on 22d-225th June.
The three story brick BaEbee Buildings,
lafayette and Heller'a large Touring mills,
near Fort "ayne, weEa burned MondaJ.
The proposition to appropriate eco, 900 by
the citizens Of Rochester IN lid Of the Fott
wsync L raciHc Railroad, through Fulton.
was voted upon Iuesday, and carried by $50
Ihs yssmil1ion County Tte.suzers safe.
II AeNpo1t+ EAs broken open On Mnnday ni1ht
I'd sasoo distracted therefrou. the gams
being The property OF the COUNTY, i heav
fewArd is offered ty tho County Commission
ers for the arrest Of the thinves.
Samuel A. Hall died IN Loeanaport, On Sun
dAE morning lass, Of syphnia fever. He vent
started the Democratic Pharos, Of Which be
continued the proprietor unn January l,
| In Jackson, the 18Th. 4. 3. Williams used
a5unive language toward Howard H. Gzidley.
| who told lin to ''ehnt up." The abuse WIS
| followed BY : blow from Gns11er, Who used he
! fat Of the had striking Williams on the side
| OF the head. He fell dead instantly.
The Madison Courier s1ys: "On Friday
xe passed ore1 the rsillnad from this city 70
time 70 make notes Along the zoute, o. each
tde q the tosd. We noticed the farmers busiF
engaged in plowing and clearing, preparatory
70 puthnG In their crops The wheat fields
looked remarkably hne and green for the sea-
son. We were informed that N unusual
breadth Of this grain vas soxn List fall, espe-
eaAlly in Bartholomew and johnson Counties.
Although the r1ins OF the past ten days pre-
vailed In tho counties named yet the ground
seems to b in splendid order for The plow-
ing
The second report of the Secretary OF
State, made IN pursuance Of the State Law re-
| quiring returns from counties in regard to
ha1the, marriages. and deAtha, has Just been
issued from the State printing Office. The re-
port only eoyefr The period fruun April to De.
eernber, 1865, and tho total Of names returned
By the several county clerks is 36 ST.. Saysthe
report: Nineteen thousand one hundred and
seventy -one children we're bo1n. Of which u, 1s3
Heta males SOUS wore females, and IS sex
not given, showing neaz1y as m2ny for period
| less than ninc mouths Is ware returned for
the cntirt previous year. Ten thousand nine
hundred and seventy pessons, Or $, 485 couples,
wefe married Tbs whole number Of deaths
returned was {, SIG. The excess OF births over
deaths was Il, ,6l5- OF the l9,l71 childrcn
bonn, the psrcutsot 1000 children weze BON
IN the United States; tho parents OF 65E
children xerc bora in foreign countries;
SIS children were born Of American
| fathers and foreign mothers: 1894
| children were fotn Of foreign fathers and
American mothers: and the nativity Of the
| parents Of 81. children wsa not returned
! ons hundred md dfsy-sro children ia nalea