, 1866-02-12
ILLINOIS ITEMS.

The Nattoon Gd=ktte OF the 9Th eays the farmers
OF that ueighboYhood inform 1t that mueh or the
wheat put In In the fall looks dead, and Is doubtless
severely injured By The severe weather which has
prevailed for some weeks past
There are now between eight and nine hundred
cony7cts IN the Joliet Penitenttarys and hrge num-
be,s are being daily added. ChleaGo sends goodsy
pha1e-estnnaied 1t fully one-halFof the entdra
number. In many at tho cells. which asa only four
feet by eight, two persons are compelled to remain
nbcut twelve hours Of each tEenty-tour, and tne
ventilation Is very poor. notwithstanding thla
oyerrrowded condition Of the prison. the general
health Of the prisoners feznains good there being
only two perzons In the hospital At the time of The
last report.
In speaking OF the proposed airline railroad nom
Cairo to st. Louis, tho Cairo Times say: "The
country lying between the Illinois Central railroad
and The Isetssippi river, is one Of the finest asri-
cultural regions In America, producing gam snd
fruits n great lu1usianee, and cnntaln1ns t1ex-
haustible beds OF coal Of quality almost equal to
that from the Pittsburgh mines. 1t Ia seen al
glance whst inducements such \ country Psesenn
for railroad, independent Of Its tefmlnl 81 Lon1a
and Cairo, Certainly no better paJsHR road sbsu
tb1s will be, taa not becnl built in the Mississippi
Valley, md nc doubt II morc profitable route ean
be found anywhere in North America"
Reylynls are in progress among the Erausel1cal
churches at Eaukakee, ind mnny conversions ara
noted, Reyiyals are in progress also at Morrison
and sherbulnyi1le, kaukakce county, in the Meth
odi.t churches.
TIE Alton 1lserupA appears IN new and baud
some dress. The 7aeorrpd is ably edlted- aud A.
wnys a. true al steel to the great Issues ~hehd.
| vids Tho American continent
| c. g. Taylor, Esq, Of Rock Island. few days
since, sold to Nr. Green, Of Camden Mills, sheep
| e months old, winch Weighed ri pounds. It vas
half Leiceetes.
During the year 1865, there Tere issued, tn Ful
ton comfy, SIS marriage lIeenaet. In The isans
year 80 divorces were applied for, and GEanted+ i
Of winch were granted at The Last tenn Of the t1E
cult Court. -.
The establishment of wooden tactory in 1aeos
Is a h1ed fact, The 100000 first contemplated a
its capital STOCK Is about raised. aud there Is tall
Of Increasing the auonnt to $125, 600.
A vein Of cannel coal has been found rear cha1
lesion, Coles county, On Whltley's creek.
The Freeport NorGtutA says that little Rtt1
| named uazard, In that tow!a, ffo1e bo1h her feet
short time since while spending her "noonins"
school oue cold day, IN the yard, she living at e
fnconyenignt distance rom the school house, N
not beng permitted By The school master 10 oecup
the inside Of Tie rehoo1 house
A company Of cittzeus Of Joltet ls boring fof o
pes1 the confluence OF the KanEakee md ue'
n}aiues R,sers. vhere the KAnkakee Feeder to Il
I NNAAh@ @-<+~~
River. in Wlt county. Sandstone has been dug q
ftou, The bed Of the stream at that point eonfann
1sper cent Of lnbrtcaung oil. The boring con
mencet tcw days aso, md 1t last accounts bad g
| down Is feet. with gratifying prospects.
. The GTndy County Herald cautions our nfme'
| asapst The saludl!ne schemes for transportation
rain, totnt stock companies, etc. TheEt sse ~
lot Of nd.entu.ers travelling through tho COMM y
taking subscriptions to the cspitai .oek .. ceu ~
uaion Despatch, Uu,on transportation, Union ste Io1
niasion, Or Union Warehouse Gonpsn'efs; ss,i mas,
are the eheereat frauds" Tne hoeA'1o ;" ,cwsp
s ths.e H seiados lin schemes o.. ntess s,po. ,'
100 @ CAUTIOUS how they enter into .&1leI .&nansleIs u
; persons l the5 Do not know to be Fs'p'
: honorabc men, -.ut,, IN I,rRe e1tcnt
1no hog cholers = pss'annsa nesas..es, living ne.
Pe s's.7 n. e.t nl an. s. DIM viii y
/. txo vesis, oshers IN ths fs1's '
' | 1oet largcly.