, 1870-09-28

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The Elm1pod Chronicle saJs: Water IL getting
20 be SCARCE article In this region. Many Of the
= ellis ara dry, and number have failed entirely
County wtthln ayeaf or two, aud the supposed
guilty parties have gone unpuniAaed-
-. =: ~ !, IOWA.
T&ma City has ,se9 Inhabitants: 1t the largest
.owu In Ta1aa County.
The Illinois Central has expended $4,000 On
n@E railroad shops in Waterloo, and the buildings
are far from being t1nishcd.
4 -Ats. Esthes &. Allen left Des Molnes a few
days Apce To attend course Of lectures In Phtla-
tclphaa- Upon the ere Of her departure few
ladies In tho city presented her with Il purse tn-
tended to pay large portion Of her college ex-
penses
Sioux CltT has still smother railroad company
tho Sioux l. Pemhina-org. .nlzed Oh the sth
last, to build I road northWard 70 tntersect the
North Pacific at Breckenridge, the distance belug
7o5 miles. John ]. Blair and oakes Ames, with
their associate capitalists, arc sad to be backtng
The company.
tho following report was unanimously adopted:
"Your committee appointed to ascertain upon
VT At terus tue Fallruad debt OF our cry can be
fttucd. rcpo1t that thry selected q suo.cum-
A.nr..t, anc Il ii. Barnett, to visit Judge Grant
Fnm lin they received the following proposals.:
F'rss, thss the city snail ahsn'!nn lisiKat!on;
seet nd, toe tax levied Tor 1869 shall be paid. He
will then be content with = levy Of per cent for
1874 after which he hopes ~ be authorized to ex-
tend The rayment .! large portion Of the indsbt-
telhvo these terms tso far ~ they go) to be rs
favorable as can be obtained, anl recommend
ltat this meeting aivise The city Council TO nc
Cept them"
l. during violent thunder ato:m on WedneA-
nay afternoon last, the family OF Mr. Emerson
lockwood weTe near the banks OF the Cedar, In
the vicinity Of Ftar Rock, where they had been
engaged In picking r!umA Wheu the storm came
IN the party took retuce unier the ptum tEees-
Two boys and the hase werc seated under plum
tree, with An umbrella spread over them The
balance Of the party we're short distance away
The children under the t:se were struck by light
n.ng, which instantly killed the two eldest, aged
respectively 10 and 1e yeara. The babe WIS rem
saeFed tnsens.b!e for u time, but was nnally re-
| atoresl
wIscoxsrN.
The Janesytlle Recorder has been shown slngte
plant Of tobacco from the farm OF Mr. George All,
of Albion, Dane County, with fourteen leaves f1ve
Of which will measure from twenty -tHo to twenty
Eve Inches w,tle. knd thft7-1ve to thirty eight
inches long. This STOCK was Got selected for its
! unusual Sic, but is IN average Of his crop On
three acres.
4 INDIANA
4 Kokorro man recently Sid his Mlfe for $40,
| and proceeded to 60 On Wild c2rouse with the
Eross receipts+ Now that te money IL gone, he
Is rather sor1y that he sold out, aud proposes to
test tho validity OF tho transfer.
Daniel We,ker died It the residence OF hi.
son-l1-law, Mr. c. rnayor, m 0recncasslc, on
Monday, at the age Of ss5ea-a- Mr. Walker was
Eoidler In the va OF 1872.
in 1864, Henry Child:ra WAS married. IN New
Albany, TO Mary F. Hampton. Soon alter ths
marriage the parties removed to Louisville. Somt
two.months ago ChiIdef1 LETT home On visit u
ZONE Of his relatives, u be gone sir weeks. Las
week be returned, and found his wife segu!ari,
married to George Mcknight, and she aud .Ac
Knight insisted on maintaining the relation Q
man and wife. Cfflders hes commenced sui
against his wife for bigamy-
AT The Ve1millltn County fair, at Newport
1ast week, twp mel were Killed. The lrst wes
| man living near Georgetown, Ill, whose name
unknown. lie YES associaung with womAn 0
bad character, ard, giving her some offence, III
! drew revolver, lDrlcunR tHo wounds, Hhlc1
| soon aiter proved fatal The other death Wa
| caused By an alteration between Richard Utter
| of Newport ard mAn named CLAYTON, OF Eu
seue. Clayton was intoxicated. aud insulte
| Uttet'a wife aid niece. Utter threatened to ca
J policeman, whereupon Clayton struck him
heavy blow In the face Utter drew pistol an
a nted. The hill only Rrazed Ciayton's coat, bs
struck younR man named WLlll1m tsrif1n In II
! nip, ranging up to tho lower bowels. He died q
4 Sunday evening. Utter has been held in II q
t ball.