, 1873-08-22

NEWS PARAGRAPHS,

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Tho 0ntonngon Miner wants tho State Of Mic-
igan dlvidoi, and now stato carved out Of tho
Uppor Peninsula and a part Of Wisconsin.
Tho immoiBe river business betwoon st.
Paul mud b. Louis, which formerly employed
On Friday Int tllo Cairo l. ST. Lo,,iA Rail-
road Company pad :'25, ,09o tluty o., tho iron now
bolng taken out of tile river near tho ut. Charles
1[utol.-Cai'v B"lletin.
--rho Missouri, Kaunas Il Texas Hallway
Company has offored tho convention OF odisorH
that will meet In Sllornnn, ToxaP, on tho Cd OF
September, free ride to 1T. Louis md Chicago
Tho Western Illinois bridge Company has
perfected lts plans for building n bridge acroHs
tho Ntiesissippi NJ Quincy. Tic structure III to
be similar to the Hook 1snna bridge. Tho rail-
ways n5ing J. will pay toll, but the wagon earae-
-Iho st. Paul Pioneer, says TINT IL tho Mtn-
noaroliB prisoners at Fort Garry aro Bontoncod,
Manitoba Bhould bo wrapped III flames and Tho
ver.nin huntod down and room matlo for llonor-
able mon and Respectable nelyhborEood."
Tho Inst LoEihlaturo Of 1ntllnnn passed
my tnrtlo-tloyo, nlondow-lark, robin, rnockinE-
bird. blllo-brd, 'sren sparrow, red bird powco,
martin, thrush: swallow, orioIo, <yollow-bam1nor
| and cnt-bira. HnnterH, tn!to notieo.
stono for tho Government building at Chicago
forms conspicuous portion Of tho freight on
the kanhakoo limo, and estimates TINT thcro will
bc nh avorago Of twenty cars day paHsng for
-1li*cogenaton is not encouraged in the
State Uf Intlinnn. NicholRA Koigor (coloretl),
Of JofrorHonyil1o, has boon sentenced by tllo
Clark County Criminal Court to pay n limo Of
$1,000 and suffer one years imprisonment In
tho penitontlary for mnrrying white woman,
Tho Supervisors of Mclfenry County, ILL.,,
at their rocent neutiHg, instructed thoir County
Treasurer to uHo tho money paid the county by
tho paymont Of the county indobtodncas
IA Mrs: Darrctt, Of Dcs Nfoinoa,. was offered
n pair Of shoes for II kiss by merchant Of TINT
placo. The proposition WIS not at oil satsfac~
tory to tho Indy, however, AND sllo borrowed
| noso. In her opinion, Mr.. Barrett was too ia
ni!iar, and Hho couldn't Barrett it my longer.
,ZEighty. eight girls have entered AlichiGan
University fur tho 1,oxt yenr. or thcae, forty
two 90 to tue acadomlo department, thirty-soveu
to tho medical, atlA tho roHt aspire to the lar.
Mics Ruth Taylor, Of 0roon Dny, won silk
dress tho other day by takng hold Of tho drag
ropo Of . bre.enBine and running to fro. The
frolnon hnve had to add 200 feot to the ropo since
thon.
Tho Reading Eagle states that while Mrs.
John Fritz. widow, Of hTal. Fritz. m ollicor in
the late civil war, has boon appointed postmis-
that nio is to lavo but s., 900 d year out Of the
salary Of tho Office, Which IL II 800, the balance
being pai1 to tho iead elorh, -, ...., $780,.
.-Eyos like diamonds hair like vexod mass
of golden featlors !; q faultless form a hand
dosiro to kiss it-aro PORTIONS OF tho description
OF young lady who H Captain OF schooner
TINT trados with Houston, Iexas.
A fearful tragedy was onactcd on Saturday
noar Newton, II miles southeast OF Quincy, in
Iowa. James Hancock, .well-to-do farmer.
after cutting the tllroat Of his nged vito from
eur to cur, procured ropo, and going to the up
per floor Of the house, looned 1t aronnd hiB neck
and throw himself out Of tho window. When
discovered both llnd boen doad sonlo timo. Tho
couple wore old residents Of that county, in good
circumstances, and about GO yoars Of ago Mr..
II. Ind boon subject to occasional fits Of insanity.
Omaha Herald.
Tho shawncetown (Ill.) Gazette giyea tho fol-
lowing az tho result Of Gantn County'B Bpec,-
1ation III railroads: "a. Huck. n miller ut Now
Market, shipped ono hundred bnrrolB Of meal to
Shawncetown at the following figures:
Drayage n! 81 from Now aarEet 10 SO
psuyagc from railway 10 wl.arfboat.. 3Uo
rotai ....................... ta20o
| "TI,e cost Of hauling ono hundred barrels of
meal from New Market to Shawncetown by toana
| wonld be go. 1t will 10 secn from the nboyo
| that railroad wllicl, receives donation from
tic people Of this county amounting to ;225 900,
is to-day detr1nont to its interests and grand
swindting monopoly that eocltg to crush every
farmcr and protauce dealer to tho earth. Lot the
people rise up eli naasse and either compel this
roAd to comply with tho law or refund tho $780,
| 00D, or tonr up tho traca from ono end to tile
| other"
| Detroit Ia beautiful for situation, aud 1t hns
! tho reputation of refinement In fact, no place.
as n residence, is moro desirable than Detroit,
aud it axcItea no surprise that it's people ase
| proud of their city. But Detroit has it's draw
| backs, ns wo 500 by the Free I'ress. For i'll
| going into cellar, was loft in tho dark by .
gust Of wind extlnguishing l,or light Sue gropod
| for tho staircase. and soun hor shrlekB aroused
| the household, when aid coming with o candle,
| it was found tint number of.wharf-rata had ut
tackled and seriously bitten the girls limbs.
| And in another street, Prospect, two black
| Bnnkos six feet long, were discovered under IL
houHo, md in the snme street Tho night previous
woman w9s in her w9odalled nnrcloo5od, mud
terror failtcd away. Detroit ilas its drawbacks.
| -CIeueand Herald.