The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-05-22
NUMBER 46.
The Dixon Horror.
Dixon, H., May q Correspondence OF the New
York World.

lork w oriu,
This pleasant, prosperous and quiet
Western city has become 4 city of tears
and lamentations. and affords picture OF
desolation more awful than would be pre-
sented had fire laid waste its streets or
plagne swept away its dwelIers. The
pl ettv, white houses still stand, but at the
door of almost every one waves Il wisp OF
crape-the blinds are all drawn As it
was years ago in Egypt, so it is here ::
There is not a house where there is not
one dead" The dram-shops are all closed ;
the public buildings are all draped in
mourning the only stores open are those
where mourning goods are sold: the
cotfin-makers and graye-diggers ere the
only craftsmen who ply their trade. The
cause of this is already known to the
civilized world but as telegraphic ac-
counts are necessarily bald and hurried.
and local accounts dtfuse and contradic-
tory, a plain. concise aud connected re-
cital of the tragic affair will be ot interest
and value.
pIXON-rHE PASS OF DEATH.
Dixon is city of 1900 to 5000 souls.
situated in Lee count. III ON the Rock
River. 1t is about 100 miles west of
Chicago. Through it passes the Illinois
Central and Chica.,o .nd N,rtbwastnrn
Railroads Tho Rncl !. stra.n, ,,rohal,1,
I'M a., enn faat i, ,v;d.b r,,,,ni,.t ,.,,,;,ll,,
ovar . rool.v had ord ,n;sbi,,,t nn,vo,, -,
several Iaroe m;iis anI mannf,ntnr;n,r
nstalli shmn1ts Thoro i = la,.cn 1an7
milf ,thwart tho r;ve,. o,,o,. ,vI1nI, tho
yotars nonr with groo s,oo5 rio
hanks arc nenar,llr 7ohr,nt h,+ a tho
brdpn which snanS thn i've. at Nan
strnet tba s1ona i rantla All ,ba s+r,an,
shallow The water varies in 5an,b frnnl
five to oioht faa+ INF tho mnlt;n,r "A th.
Snrino shows has swollen the straan tiu
il is fiftonn ar eighteen fant doom and
oiv;np tho ,lraadv ranid rurrant :, v.i,rit,,
of from five to 4i,rbt miles an honr IVA
bridges cross the river. distant from each
other about halt mlie-one the railroad
orldTe, over when runs the cars OF tue
llllnols Central, tue other the "Maln street
pridge' which mas lust wrought sucA
bloody WORK. 1t is Cor WaS) lruesdelI-
truss bridge, OF ave spans, resting on
brick piers each span being ahouI l2o
ieei IN length. The bridge was bmt by
l. +. fueSdelI. a native 81 warren. Mass,
IN iS6S, at ! cost OF SNS,o"- II was. NY
the terms OF the contract, 70 bear weight
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THE FATAL pAf AND HOUR
On Sunday afternoon Rev. J H. Pratt,
who has been in charge OF the Btpu>t
Church ut Dixon since 1864, was, accord
INC 10 appointment, conducting a public
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