, 1866-07-03
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS.
ILLINOIS,

n-he 1,;oneer Eot.etr or GaIe.burg bad their
snn,yer.ary festival o. tho sd iusian'. There WAS
large representation o lie ''drst families" pres
cnt from Gulesburg and the surrounding country,
including Chicoao, 1aucy, &c. a. ihfce O'clock
Tia SERVICES wcse optred Sith readus Of tfe sc'is.
lures aed prayer by Res. Or. Heecher. and follow
cd bv. an historical otatien by Rer. Flarl bascon.
of Pfipetloa: IN the evening a. re.nn,on Nas heo
IN The church. at which speeches were m1ae, shnss'
.taps. md seuancn1a given BY Rev. noAatip Eoots,
a. s Olneis,d, Joseph u. Holyoke, Egg. Prof
& N{beoct, Rey+ George II. Datl!eld, Jr.,i Marcus
\ Ling, Esq, Chauncy $. Cotton. Esq, T.. l..
J. sritaman. ESQ, Ell Farnhan, John Wcs' and
oilers. The closing address was made BY kav.
Joseph E. Roy, Of this city. The OCCASION vas
ua1krd one In every respect.
:. A; the auiua, meeting OF the Board Of Trustees
Of Iombstl University, at Galeseurg, few days
Since 1t wae resolved to increase the sa!artcs oFs
,asu,,y The salatics now arc: Prcsident, e, 600;
Professors, +aaco each. .....i
The Peoria Isdasevipt received viait,l few
day : t!ucc, from Mr. Geune1t, ct Ch.'swoftil. lie
sp.aEs enthusiastically Of the prospect oi the Bee
Sugar Manufacturing Company oi thst plaee. The
&C cnpapy have aix hundred acres Of bccts growing
,Lis ycur They look finely, many of them ct 1his
,lr-e being lhecc inchcs in length. They hav. re-
tesv.d no injury by tho we,thez, aud promise
iar1e harvest. They eauml1c the crop At ten IONS
| 10 tue acre, which would y1eld mil oue million
| pounde Of Eusar. The machinery OF the company
| Il all new, was brought from Germany, aud IL in
tho most perfect order. They will commcnc, oper'
alions abont the rst OF October. II this ent:fps'>e
yfoyts trcces-of sflich there 10 not much douo'
the business Will be snrc to spread with rap!d ~
/ though tho stato and Northwest.
Il coEycns,on OF tecse g.owctl -wss called fc
ueci 1t Jseksonvlale on Trcsdhv last, but SO len
were present. that ac.!on ssns takep snd thc cor
,en1on ndjsurned TO mect-rn this city on the uees
! OF the SiA.e EAlt. .....
Tic Keno .ha 7.!tcr.ph gives lhc following paf
sIcusas. Of the fatal accident 10 Lnmon Efock~ay
E.o, s,a:1on ageft OF ,be Milwaukee Attltoat a
,ini rlace. Mr. D,ockway, w,nlc coupling cars an
,,epptne backward with the slow movement OF th
,ruin. caught the heel OF his boot between III
| rack and (Which track, unl before he coaaa ei
| ,.,catr It be ,as thrown down and two wheels {
! Ire }rc]sbt ear passed over him, cruzhtnE an
uap:iIns one limb the whole 1eec,h. and nesEi
scyc1in; II from tho body, and pa..iu; over Ii
| ,oucf portion OF lhe body. Thu. crushed and Ita1
clcd Nj. 3. wac still eonsciou. ard composed, m
| when b16 head vas raised. looking down at h
,raurted limb and proIudiu: cnireits, re1narke
/ tint he wss gone, and requested that 4is VA
: | cch. be rent for. He wa. ca'r1ed into tue depo
aud {u ttiA terrible cocdstton snsvtscd abput h
| m hour, in The most intense agony. The news
the accident. epvcad a feeling Of gloon oset It
e whole e,fy, Tor Mr. Drcckwa7 was universal
: known md a. universally esteemed, as wrll Ior
| mary soclat qualities. a. fneEt ann compsnlo
A. fir his nptichtrc-s aEd public eplf1t as c,tl1c
He has held tic position etAtton agent there cv
T. t1rcc the M1lwackr" 4 Ch!cs.o Railroad was COT
1eted TO that p.cc, aLd IN thai capacity h.s ay
!. tntosed the rn.l.c roAfftsrcc ol INC mans;:css
1 III. load, ard rfue In Z; Of eHbody vino
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