, 1869-05-29

AtoaeHsonSlle, the Illinois FEMME College will
ltola Us anniversary exercises juno Is to IL the
aoune Lazy 8 AthcnGum, June THE orator being
Rev. IN. Harsha, lately Of Chlcaeo}; On the JACK
sonvillc Femalc Academy, June =
lrof 1nnes Grant has resigned his protcssozsatp
IN Knox College, with which be has been Identified
for over twenty-five years.
The Illinois Central Musical Onion Will ho,tl
convention ut MinonS, commencing Tuesday.
June !, aud continuing four days 1t VIII be under
the direction Of q. R. Palmer, Of Chicago. The
cnet studies will be Mozart = Twelfth Nass.' and
uaydn's " "CFcatton.''
Inc POSTMASTER At CaseSyillc, Charles Afulter-
ger, who has held office for over fifteen wears has
eecn removed. Ills successor Is Charles Sherman,
Inc Virgins Ferry Company Of East St. Louis
nave commenced suit against the Chicago + Al
ton Railroad TO compel Il to transfer ali lis frcight
across the river BY the boat OF that comrany they
Claiming 10 have m exclusive right
Aessrs. Davenport and SErawn arc sinking a
shaft for coal In the eastern part Of Jacksonville
1t has now re-ched depth Of $50 feet The coal
pcd' which has been ascertained hJ boring to be
from six TO seven feet In thickness, lies little
over zoo 1eet from the surface, and Will be rcache1
N about two months.
In Aaulins, Bureau Countr, On Friday OF last
week, sou. years old. Of Mrs. D. Thurstou,
While riding horse, was thrown on: his foot
caught IN the re!ns, and he was dragged nfsy or
sixty rods receiving injuries nom which he died
the next day.
storm at Bloomington, On the morning Of the
eth, did considerable damage, the mos, important
item being the demolition OF the freight dcrot OF
tho Chicago L St. Ipu.s Ralroad.
1t being thought By conc persons that Isaac
Smith, Of Hudson, who died suddenly On the lath
sosI, came to his death BY foul Ecans, h!s body
Waa e3humed, Pssf ::::.cc-..tm examination held,
an" seFdfcs rendered Of death By congestion Of
The lungs ard brain.
A stampede Of henl Of az, II + I'm cattle toot
ilaee uea1 Mantcno a few days ago, The drivers
were framp!ed on and one Of them badl5 hurt
>.ne OF tne cattle were killed outright, and several
o'Aefs dangerously Injured. The animals dis
persca ai over the country, but nearly all OF them
nave oecn recovered. They were IN charge Of
Nathan Brown and Stephen Ashley.
w1scoSsN.
The Janessnle Ga:tttt estimates the total In
proycu1ents thai will be made IN ma, rt,r thIs
year 1t fss6,o0o.
A sturgeon weighing 100 pounds was recenty
caught IN the Wisconsin River, near Sauk City,
byn young man named Duenscr
1t is thought that two-thI11s Of the 1,ons IN the
vicinity Of Rccdsburg Will bc p,owed up or len
uncult!vated, and much less hboy than usua, will
be spent upon those tha. arc polcd. The nnni,
has made It's appearance there and at Barahoo,
IOWA.
Some boys killed 3 badger In Na1shall County
which weighed eighty pounds and had claws IN
Inch md half long.
Isaac hahn, who recently brought suit for
oooo damages against the city Of Dcs Molnes for
broken leg, died on the 2lst.
Lwrence Mccormick, who was put on the cast
ward passenger train Al Epworth, on the Dubuqrc
Sioux City Railroad, on Monday, sought revenge
By plling tics, atones and zptkes upon the track.
he Tns arrested
INDIANA.
Near lafayette, On the 9sth, stroke OF light
ming Killed Minor Wore and seriously injured his
father.
On she FIST warrant was issued for the nrresk