, 1873-09-15

10 luO Stranger.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.
Tho shawnoetown Mercury which hss Ind nj,
o1nerionce Of over thirteen years, will RuHlol,d
publication this week.
Il>oro woro shipped from Augnata, Ga, thls
aouson, '2ao, 800 er1nclons. against Gs222 last
yonr.
Providence haH eiehty-avo jewelry 1nann;;
featuring shops, employing 2,250 persons, and
doing buBincAs Of s1, boo, ,00D annually.
Tho Muaston (Wis.) Star Rays the hop crop
In Tint section In nearly all secured. It tn very
light, not ovcr quarter Of m avoragc, but tho
Tho Anomosa Qowa) Eu,e1a sayn tho potnto
cropin that aoction is an ertro failure, and TINT
prices arc higher than Tor years pnst. Dry
Nentller ,a tho cause.
-East st. Louis, which has heretofore kept
her stores open half day Sunday, Inns decided
TO hHyc her stores closed all day, mixing it
Whole holiday,
notwithstanding tho Abyesnlau war and illo
oonosa award; lilo public asbt Of Et'glnnd hns
eoen reduced by 1928, 722, 775 within tho last III
tocn Years.
-.iho Town Of spragnc, noar Norwich. ct.
to 49oo 1ts Gotten mills now hnve ;;.I l:y!o loohla'
-Tho following from tho Fillmore County
Republican puta lis IN mind Of tho story Of
| Sarah IA Child was added to Norwegian fnn~
! liz In bancroft, Frceborn County, Inst week,
| whoHc mother Is 60 years. Of ngo;"
Wheat il now carried from Sioux City to st.
| Paul for ccnta bunhcl, and in large Qunntl-
| tioB, from Southern Dnkotn and Nebraska. It
| il being sent by that route and tho Lnko aupo-
| rior routo to Tho East.
There Is some talk Of building ; railway. n;
uao Of The Peoria 4 Rock Island and tho Davon-
| port 4 st. Paul Railways. which are under ono
| management, and must have bridge OF Bono
| point to form connection.
Tho Goilor OF tho stayc-factory nt Omaha,
ILL.,, exrpdcl last Sunday night about II o'clock,
| killing tho ongiucer. George Brown, md badly
woupding William Mcllcr Tho factcry was do
etroycd By fro, and hhcd near by waH thrown
| down by tho shock
4 ALMOST without exception tho agricultural
fAirs whicl, layo boon held throughout Iowa arc
reported the best oyer held in their locnlltion.
] This ia due partly to tho splendid crops, aud
| partly to tho increased interest awakened ~ tho
1nattor through tho Grange discussion and Of
| forts at o-operation.--Uauenp0rt Gaxete.
| "A promiuent Jcrsoy County farnor who l!aa
recently Travelled extensively through Alacoupin,
Montgomery. and Christian Countios Informs sis
that tho corn will not nverago quarter crop in
thoso snctions The :ato planting and tho great
drought of tho past si1 weeks aro nspigncd as tho
causes Of the failure.-Atton Telegraph
| Tho Davenport Democrat says Inst yoar
about this time thousands Of b,,shols Of potatoes
woro being shipped from tllia city, mud priccs
| raugod from I'd to 80 cents por bushol. Now
potatoes ara being brought heroo. and prices arc
| nbout 81 d busel. The drought has killed tho
potato crop in Scott County.
Tho Mishnwaka Qnd.) Enterprise contains n
diagram and full description Of the rapid PRO-
gross made in building M tint place since tho
ono Of tho hantlsomcst and triftieAt citoa OF its
eizo In the State, and its rnpid recuporation
should bo matter of pride to 1udianians. =.
The first voting Boston will do this fall will
| DO Oct I, when tile nnnoyntoll OF West lto1-
bury, llrooklinc, Brighton, md Clnrlcstown is to
DO decided by popular vote.
Tho Rockford ull.) Journal Hnya there Ia?
been more substantial improvements IN Rockford q
this aeaaon, In tho way OF buildings, than for the
| last two ycara put together.
lilo educated bear, which s ono Of tho at
| fractions for visitors at Rocky Point. T. L., If
.sad to have rccontly drank 1lG bottles Of sarea.
parila aoda-wascr in the spaeo Of single hour.
Tho Grown Point {lMl) Register saya .
company Of Chicago capitalists have purchased
a tract Of forty acres ad3oining TINT village. i'll
cluling Fancher's Lake, which coyers an area oi
ton acres, and will mike Of it fashionable
summer resort.
-A Boston dispatch tells Of nnotl,or I" Eigh
Of q Man with T. Kai!soad." An unfortunate en-
ginocr, WHO had hccn injured whilo OF duty
sued tho Company for dnmageg. For three
years md in three courts he obtained verdict
and each ti1no tho Judge set aside the verdict
until at last tho persistence Of tho plaintiff a,'s
tho pluck Of the Jurors has trinmrhet. and I'll,
Company will be compelled to pay ovor laild
souev.
a burglars knowledge Of locel geograrh,
stood him in good stoad ncar Pouglkecleio TIL
other day, tor whom tho train on which he wa
riding tither, uudor tho caro- Of a Sheriff. wa
Obliged ut certain point to back actoHH th
State line into Connecticut in order to got upol
tho proper track, tho BURGLAR after informing
| Ills guardian that ho had now no authority owe
him, bado him pollto good morning and wen
his way.
Tho Suspension Bridge Journal staten tin
tho Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Directors in
teryowed some high Great Western officials a
Hamilton last Fsiday. Nothing definite was ~
al lin. fnp J Is
Groat Western Company aro not disposed to tall
! just now, having in hand noycral schemes III re
: fation to their present track and tho crossin
! hero. The Lewiston Bridge Ecou,s to hang b
-Iho Bloomington I'aniagrdph reports tia
at tho opening OF tue Circuit Court III that cit
> OH Monday 3lr. W. q. Randall md Messrf
shur, Tonlpkins Il Co., OF IL raso, rnshea i
! f. Hnr,cr, tho aofanlting Collector, tho fozme
' for 81, ,673.90, aud tho latter for S13,sGS38. LIZ
, eoutions were ordered iDstanter OH both judg
!; mentB.
y GrocucaBtle, Ind. which waa rcccntly dcstroyo
= by fro, with prasowortly promptncBH have rt
Bolyed to begin ut ouco tho erection OF nc
n building in the coutro Of tho college ground,
> ono enil to complete It within ycar. If th
y good resolution is followed up. by tue props
a energy, tho fire will provo blessiug IN d't
n gnise. .., ...-, .
Il -"Bpeaking OF farmora HloTenenta, II
= = marked ono OF Chicago's sportsuon, who. r
J cently visited Livingston County oil q prairie
! chicken hunt III tell yon It isn't I. sham dow
y y noar Dwight where was chased by thrae farm
/ ors and four dogs, and only escaped the
!; Tho railroad monopolieB will by And by, fin
u u tho,naslyeg in similar prodicanont as roghrt
y tho farmers movement. Champaign n'Ion.
:. -Coltain newspapers havo, published Eiow,,
- y Baloui, at Niagara Falls. It is statea TIM
4 + afior walking acroaa the ropo, lie returned
i lie middle OF It and jumped then In
v tho river, lao feet below; Ihs 5um
~ ing consists In letting himaolf dow
= bys . rubber rope having good stretching cnpa
ity, until Within somo or 10 feet Of tho wate
- into which uo then quietly drops, to ho p'ckt
~ up by boat stationed for tho purpose. Not ~
d 80 daring feat aa crossing the ropo.-Sf. Cafa
AZ ri,es Paper.
:" Nothaci.ild i bro, Of Alnsoatino recently ;
- | eeiyed two lots Of MlerelalGso from Now Yor