, 1873-11-03
ILLINOIS NEWS ITEMS,


The potato crop is reported to DO an entiro
failure In Pike County.
Tho artesian vol at Mondota, after reaching
. depth Of $50 feot, ,entailing an expense Of
81 ,0ou, has been abandoned. "
Last Thursday evening, Richard Williams, q
lawYor Of pekin, died suddenly in that city. Io
had boon out hunting, and, on his return.
stopped at the residence Of Er. ". r. Eals to
leave ? gun which ho bud borrowed, mud was
Ia tho supposed cauBe Of dcath.
-We aro glad to learn thas In those portions
Of tho county, recontly aorely afflicted with
siokneBs, 1t has nearly disappeared, md TINT
bsas npss 1at ston aGSa5 ceSnsd % tS s'
The Chicago l. Pacific Railroad Company
find abundant money among their stockholders
when they called upon tlom for THO frat inBtall-
mont Of u per cent, many atockholdors paid tho
scribed s1o,00O, pulled ont and paid ii all, II
wants uo moro drubbles about It," said ho.
Several Genoa stockholders paid it all at once-
ono paid ST ,000.-Sycanore Republican.
The Bollevlle correHpondent Of tho St.
Louis Republican Inns beon interviewing tho
farmers Of this section with viow to ascortain-
ing the average production of their wheat-1elds.
Ho states the result to be about rs buBhela por
nero, which makes 81. Clair rank as tho second
county in tho United States as wheat-growing
county.
Tho bridges on tho road hotwcon this place
and Bureau Junction aro being put in perma-
mont condition, By driving pilos along each
end. Heretofore these bridges have boon merely
take them all on, causing new bridgoa to be
built each year. Wo think this manner Of fast-
ening them is good idea. and should have
boon done 20 long ago.-uennepin Record.
There haH been expended 1u Dauvle dur
Esggd 1ng t9s 5sp past six MONTHS for buildings 'on'
Farmers In TazoweN County complain Of
| wolves killing sheep, the wolves coming right
up to the barn-lots after tlen1.
-The cDunty-seat question is Ied-hot again
| in Woodforti County. Mota1nora, the present
county-soat, and Roanoto, a new town on tho
! Chicago, Pektn & p'ainaola Railroad, are tho
| contestants. The lattor place is much nearer
the geographical centre Of the county. The El
paso Journal publishes tho bond Of Faubor,
Plumb, and others. by which they biud them-
selves to pay to the county the full value Of the
| courthouse at N1otamora, md to convoy to tho
| county five acrcs Of land in tho village Of Roan-
oke.-all In caeo oud In consideration Of tue TO-
moyal Of the collnty-scat to Roanoke.
| 1t iH certainly q remarkable fact TINT pratrto
| wolves are ns abundant in this county this year
az they wero when the county was frat settled.
Thirty or forty arc killed every year i'll tho con-
/ ty, and yet they are howling nightly In every
town. pnc!!s havo been seen repeatedly Tho
summer md full playing By the side Of the
creeh q mile west Of this city, aud mile east
Of us they hnye been serious annoyance. 1t ia
timo tho snas1ing Sarnints were cleared out.
Haven't our hunters the spirt to dispose Of tleir
caHes2 Fifteen dollars q head is tho bounty
paid by the county. and it ID enough to mike a
wolf hunt profitable speculation.-Sycamors
Republican.
Tho Lacon Jo1t,'na! says: "4he little game
OF consolidating Marshall and Putnam Coun-
tics. concocted by Smith, Taylor. and Burt, don't
soen, to have carried at this time Of writing. ~
70 which the Wenona Intler roplies: HWe learn
from prominent citizens OF Putnam County, that
measures will be takon to CANVASS the district
aud SEQ how the feeling s on the subj ot
consolidation. We believe the people deaire the
consolidation, aud little courthouse rats can
howl az loud 81 they poase. Tho connty-soat
can remain at Laeon, II the people wish IL, o. It
can bo removed, but the couhty-aeat proper hae
nothing to do with consolidation"