, 1870-12-31
THE NORTHWEST.

4L11EOIA.
Michael i,aisey MD William 7. Datsey, broth
err, residing In Quincy, accused each other OF
heng insane. A legal Investigation terminated
n * ndiug the latter to Jacksonville
-Lsfe.stzed portraits Of the late Colonela Bar
tlcsou and irwin have been presented to the Jo-
ller llistorlcaa Society BY the soldiers Of the
Twentieth and One Hundredth Infantry Regi-
mtnte.
In Joliet, On Saturday, James Sunderland, II
years old, was accidentally snot h5 FtauE Moran.
Of abe ut the same age, and lsed but two hours
afterwards.
A Pilot Lake boy has caught 1Gs mnskrats thus
far this winter.
h, KiLsel'a L BsoF., Of Monticello, have
failed. The liabilities Of The 1sm are about s.G,-
60, and TIE sssett <sn,otn.
Matilda Fletcher, the Iowa female lecturer,
has goue to New York to oil a ak weeks engage
mcn', commencing at Lockpors. next Wednesday
evening. =
The Rev. q. II. Faisai, pastor Of NEne Me,no-
dist Chutch ut Decnrah, mas been chosen. by The
Bishops, To 50 To 1soIc, Italy, aEd establish q
mission. He goes With Antoni Arxht,t the con-
vcited Italian. i
William @. Hammond has heen aHpo,ctetl IN
place Of Judge Policy tte1npved to Ch, Ngo,, upon
the comm'sa1on t. cndIfy the isws OF Idwa. The
other two arc William Il. Sewers anu William J.
klIioht. ,.-
On Sunday last, daughter Of Mr. Young.
living ne ar the ire let Seen Warren and Lancas-
ter townships, IN Keokuk County, met with Il aor-
r,h!e death. Her mother hai gone from home,
lrav,pg the girl, who was 1a years Of age, alone
ut the h. use. As Mrs. Tourg was RETURNING, she
no:iced her daughter emerging from The house
with her clothes IN flames. The girl ran toward
her MOTHER meeting her distance Of nearly one-
fourth Of = m,le fsuH the h7use- by this time
the unfortunate girl WIS burned In , terrible
manner, only the band Of hex dress being left
uuconsumed BY the flames i.
wIEc0HsfS.
The Clark County Republican, says that Kate
Scott, an old Indian A4uaw, aud the widow OF q
Mr. Scott, white man, has killed some fifteen or
twerty deer this fall. She Is the most successful
hunter In the county, -
lSpiAHA. -
"1be Doves Of Perfection" Il the name Of a
secret society IN 1Ldana, comprising only ladies'
u color. -
a woman In Tenc Haute gtues her husbands
ese;ids 4pgesher when be comes home drunk, and,
when he promises better 1hlpRs, she soaks them
In warm water and Fesl0re8 his vision.
--Au Indiana man was sent to the peutcntIary
about year ego, and bis wife got decree Of d.
voice, for which She o*ctl the costa On Friday,
the husband made his appearance, saw hts ex-
wife, made up with her, aui went to get MR.
riage stcente liz couldn't &c. II until he paid the
costs Of the OLD divosce.
The Mount Venom Democrat tells a story OF
"yoodeu,su," In which one Samuel Painc, .
negro, Wa the victim. 1t appears that one Joseph
Atle, also colored. having Aome difficulty With
1aine, "made a contract With the ,iesil to place
snake in Paiues 1eg." The manner IN which
this vas accomplished IL stated thus: "lt vas
caught, hung up TO dry, then pulyerixed into 1ae
rowGpr. fhfn nI&Cft1 in the p4th of Paine. y
Paine 1eclared that he suddenly felt tho body Of
the serpent imbtited Ia hts leg, anti he knew q,
once that he TAs "roodoueh," but he had not tue
power to help hl1Lsclf- Ills wife exercised the
snake "by 1 poulttce Of red pepper, and. ~hen
removed, It was one foot IN length. She threw II
on The nre. and It wfEgsed on the DOT before she
caught II" Ttcse statements were sworn to tte-
fore Squire Campbell.
MICHIGAN. -
4 Detroit woman supports her husband by
cleaning tho snow from her netRhbors' sidewalks
THREE or tour weeks ego. q man By the nane
OF William Enghe'soo, from lfc1aul, ShcboJgau
County. Wis, got lost In tue woods near Green
Lake, 10 l3eDzlne County, and wandered so"ut
without toed for six days. lie finally found l
| shant,, which he broke into, finding some sail
! pork and a quantity Of 1out- He Ate about 4
| pound end a halF OF rzw pork. then bui!t a nrc
filed q kettle with water, aEd stirred in e3ms
r,cur, rnsKin9 q kind Of a porTiife, Of which he
atc scrJ heartily, and then rolled himself up 10
blanket ard went 1icep. Ills feet and legs Wert
| frrzen. and It Is feared tina: he will loss tts
| former.
! The EscanAha Tribune says:
| "1ieEeHtth We present orc and pig iron shlp
neuts fFo1n the posta OF EscauabA and II &tquesst
for the season They show m incfea4e ovet thost
Of last year OF 20 per cent, fact which speak.
for itself. The feuEes given are I'LL net tons:
| ESClE1BS SHIPMENTS,