, 1873-10-27

The annual meeting Of tho Illinois State
Farmers Association is to bo hold at Decatur,
Dec. 20.
An Ss, 600 tomb is being erected In Spring
Lake (Aurora) Comotery, for tho romans OF j.
@. Coulter. the bankcr, who diod about ai1
months ago.
Tho now Constitution Of this State provides
that tue county oflicers elected this fall shall
tako thcir BeatB on tho first Monday in December.
IA new double track, laid entirely with steel
rails. on tho st. Louis & Alton road between
Chicago md Joliet, will, it Ia said, bo completed
BY the 10Th Of November.
Tho dyke eoross Alton Slough is 1000 feet
in length, tho. longest structure Of tho kind on
the westorn rlyora. Tho baAe is 100 feot wide.
Montgomery Quoon's oirous company has
tahon up Its quattors for tho wintor on tho fair
grounds at Morris.
During my travcls 1aet weok visited F.sr-
bury. While there learned that the Sul1iyant
tract had ut least 1000 acres OF corn that was
worthlosB. Frost killed it before 1t was In tassnl
Ho has about $1,000 acres Of corn which will
yield perhaps a half crop. Ho had lately dis
charged 16o bands, principally negroes from
THO railrond companies whoso lines contro
in Enat st. Louia arc diacharging large numbers
'of their employees. md the streets Of that city
are crowded with unemployed, men. They aro
not disposcd to be very good natured, either,
with tho rigorR Of tho coming wintor staring
thom in the faco.
The hog cholera is playing sad havoc wit1,
the hogs in tho vicinity Of Rocky Ford. Mr. II.
Hy. Pierce. q. Rankin. Mr.. Beck md Alr. Vim.
Slioa, have each lost a large number. It soems
moro fatal than over before, and does not miBs a
lot Of hoga when it enters ueighborhood.-
Lincoln Salesman.
Wild geese were seen passing southward
yesterday, which Indicates that the northern re-
gionB are getting rather frosty for them. It is
pretty carly In tho season for them to emfgrate,
but we suppose they consult thoir own comfort
in tho matter rathor than datos. sportamen
who want to "get tho goose" will do well to bo
on tho decentralization Republican, Esd.
-TeamBtora find it profitable to haul freight
from this city to Chicago, and bring loads back.
Butter and lumber arc transported In this way
now to some extent, and the traffic promises to
very well for u tho bost managed railroad ID tho
West" as the Beacon calls tho Chicago, Burling-
ton i Quincy. II tho road waa vol managed 1t
would transport freight cheaper than 1t could be
done BY horae-flosh.-Aurora Herald.
which has improved tho health Of this Beotion Of
country. Most Of the wheat is aoWn, and 1t will
all be in the ground this mouth. Egypt has 2
good crop of wheat corn, and vegetables Of all
anticipated, be good with the general reRump-
tiou Of bantB next weok, Nc can look for good
times and prosperous business this fall and
wintar.-Jonesboro Gazette.
Peter Aenedy, membef or OakWood QranEe,
in McDonougl County, somo time since had en-
gagged lot Of wood, to DO delivered during this
month to ono Of the hrick-kilnB Of Mocomb. but
was taken sick. 80 that lo could not deliver it.
The mombers Of tho Grange to which he belongs
turned out with sixteen teams and delivered the
wood.-IlIinots Granger.
: "A correspondent writes ua to complain. for
himsolt and two dozen othors, OF being dragged
to Geneva, rs they wore weekago last Monday,
and then bo informed that tho Court would nd
journ and their sorv1ces woro not wanted. They
wero alao informed that, as they had rendered.
to go home without diunor oven, Or buy 1t them
selvea. Our correspondent says this Ia an in-
justice and 1t III the law lot uB 70 for the law
nkora, and II it iB tho Judge, then let us 90 for
him." We think ho Is right, but tho INV Is the
thing to "go for" ""-Elyi's Advocate,