, 1873-12-16
ILLINOIS NEWS ITEMS.

Colonel Of tho FortY-Bxth Illinois Iufnntrv' iind
ut llB residence III DECATUR Inst Saturday wooE
lilo total taxation Of all kinds In Logan
e169 37504 In 1870, aud slG5. .si36l in i87i. Tn
total for 1872 was about 6160, ,000, Tho differ.
onco OF htnlred thousand or moro III tllo Drioa
paid for railroad glory-Lincoln Herald.
,t "A famous ra!.lunt las tust takon place at
thousand rats wero killed within tho limits Of
Blk nilcs square. 1t iH proposed to extend tht
hunt, 80 AZ to clean tito varmlnta out Of tls
1t is estimated by coupctcnt ,udoon thot
about 100 old AltonianB arc NOW residing in Chi.
cago. They maao thoir fortunes horo aud then
retired to the country 10 spend tlcir dccliuinr
years III case and aluonco, happy in tho con.
sciousnoBH Of havng lived yirtuous life. Oil.
Ahon Telegraph.
T1ho w faHo araon caRos Boom to have come
ont 90 tho little ond Of tho horn. Georgo Gocbrt,
Wootng 9o aeged a,a ans114dary vas indicted by the
burglaty ~ ''n IN ro1,''y J,ty 'aas week. on charge ol
from, but not for arson. Owing to tic n}snnca
OF JOHN y. Harper, claimed to DO material Wit
ness Tor tho dofenso, tho caao went over to the
We received small boz from Chicago tho
other day by express upon wliich tic cl1arges
woro only 5l.75. Now this is outrageous, Tnn
expross companies are four times worse than
tnom to ioyy tax upon packages at pleasure.
We 10 not know single corporation that is lalf
80 exorbltant in charges US the combined OK
press companies. We hope the noxt Legislature
w'1d glyo th,s coucern tho attcntion it deserves
-HeHona Iatlr.
y: H. Dovoridgc, our now County Treasurer,
pooketcd goodiy slim OF grnenbaclts last wcok.
which wcre the procnctls Ut ono Of tic bent
punches D. Of Cattle that hun boon shipped from
this point In ma,,y dizzy. Thoro Wcro sixty
head OF tho becvea, and wero sold to Nr. 3, Il.
Mink, Of Galva, who shipped tho,n to Chicaco'
Tho average wcght OF the steers was 1,il5
pounds, and were sold for $500 per hundred
weight. The amount received by Mr. Deyorilgo
waa 81, 909.b0,-uot q bad dose to tnlso,-Getesf
Republican.
AT tho city election in Paxton, last spring, a
strong anti-l'conse board was elected by 1nrso
majority. sinco thnt time, ono uorn,an DeLrons
laW, aud against the carnost protest Of oil good
citlzens. Lie las been nrrcsted and tnod about
onco week SINCE last April, hut boing 4 man
OF considerable mcans ho Inns boen able to ap-
peal each case, aud givo good security. Ho waa
under tue State law, aud found guilty. The re-.
snlt IL alrcady apparont. He Inns settled all tlt
city cases, and paid about $500 into tho Treas.
ury. In addition to this amount, ho pays Ill
cohte, and ontcrs into bouds that lie will haya
nothing to do with tho traffic hereafter This
puts MI end to the whisky tfhdo in Paxton, and
thirsty travellers aro advised to make their ar
rangoments ;o accordingly.:--Fazton letter.
III wIho II many friends Of Judge Ezekiel Bowman
place Dec. 10, near Mlddletown. uo wns about
q yoara of age, and died Of dropsy. Judge
Bowman was an old settler, having removed ia
this county in 1886 He haa boon Sheriff Of the
county twice, mud has also boon Judge of ths
I'robate Court.-Liacoka Herald
Tho other day wo noticed the death ofJudge
Hcaton's grandmother at the ago of 104 yoars,
and 4 nov nov there comos an pcconnt of longevity IN