, 1874-08-07
TIE NORTHWESTERN STATES.

tho Minnesota Nlycr.
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N0Ws Items Tclcesrnrheu TO Tho Chi'
eng" Trtbnnes
ILLINOIS.
4 Young man nntnud Root dropped down in
gnr,,,nfnli abort timo si.lco md secured sttun-
ton III q aotta' furnishing Htore. lie Hoou began
driving fast iloraoa nntl paylug attention 10 n
boartlol, A few days ago Afr. Weldon, With
whom lloot WINS working. susr,cutcd that hts tilt
was being robbed by clio latter. On TncBdav
Weldon caught lin III tho act. and at once had
ylcl, llo paid over to Weldon, protesting TINT
tlat amount vas alt llo lad ta1on. Subsequent
developments showed this to bo untrue, and
another warrant waa sworn out, but luot l1ad
slipped away aud could not he found. 49,,
John II. Htol, Of St., Clair. WIS taken to
Springfield for selling liquors aud tobacco with
out pnying the revenue tux, and Wednesday, was
put utldor $500 ball to appear Mt tho next Term
Of the United Statcs Court.
-rrosidont Qsnnt lns doolinnd to deliver tho
address ut tho dedication Of tic Lincoln 1nonu-
mont IN Springfield, but tho Com1nittoo have
written him again, asking him to reconsider Ills
doclnation.
Meter Company. Of Chicago, capital, 100000
to The Co-Oporative Mercantile Association, Of
Chicago, capital 100000; aud to tho Victor
Mower Company, Of 1'olloyilio. capital, $4,000.
-Thoro was another splendid rain at Jackaon-
vlo Tuesday night, aud corn ia doing aplon-
didly.
In Dloomtngton aomo tirne euco youug
negro named join Thompaon mado away with
eolorod girl nanea Barah Heron. agod 10, in.
tondug to marry as BOON as opportunity offered.
Wednesday, tho Eiri's father found Ler place Of
conccalnent, nnd took hor away. Soon aftor,
1llompsou followed uorron to his house AMI do
manded Tho girl, whom tho hitter blaxed away at
VIItf11 Iht lit
| There has boen and Is much cxcltomout among
tho negroes Of the city over tho matser aud
trouble may yet result.
| An accident happened on tho farm of A[r,
his life III we'll on tho place by fira-datnp. II
went into the we'll with fho intentiou OF cloHuiur
IL, mud In order to nialotho doscout had put a
! lnddor down reaching to within five foot Of tho
top, and to roach tho ladder lad caused himself
to DO lot down by ropo In tho iautla Of anotor,
! ne had reuchcd tho laader aul begnn 10 doncol,ti
] It, when he complained Of bong Dizzy aud asked
tlioao above to dtus lin IN. II,oY did no but
lis Htrougth failed him. aud ho foll to fdo bot.
| Tho IlEin Grange, No. COZ. will hold . picnic
in Patrick Higgins grovo northwest Of Clfnton-
vited 10 attend. y.
| Tho dam across Fox Rlyor at Clintouyillo Is
boiug thorougbly ropairol,
A crystal wedding took place ot tho rosl-
| dGnco OF llr. and Mrs. DeI,NiS LAWrcnEQ. lu
CIiutonyio last Monday oye}iur proBcnts IN
Tic crystal Inc wore numerous.
-Tlp tvcntv.tlirl auuual fair Of tho Pike
County Agricultural Society COMMENCES ut PitLs-
| fold on Tucsday, sent, s. mud continued four
| days. Five tlIonsaud dollars In premi,,tns aye
offered, aud everything il being done to ius,,ro
great SUCCESS Crops are abundapt, md agricul
| turyts arc feeling hanpy.
| -trho trial OF Putsoy Casey for tho murder.
| last October OF Pit Kennedy, at Dattelghors
saloon, IN Decatur, wYs called on Wcdueylay iu
| tho Circuit Court now in session thcro, over
| 1O0 norsonn Nero oxamincd boforo d iury co,1ld
| bo oitniuoti.
john Mor1au. son Of cnpt, Mor1ap, a yery
| nromfnent nitizc;, If Entfn|1 iunnci fron, =
| sccoud-story window Of jns fathor's dwelling
last nicht wl,ilo aslcop. and wns ycry soriousIy
iniureds Young Morlan ia steaiy and highly re-,
! s,ioctcd. >
-rho death Of Thoobold pfoifror, an old aud
hipl1IY resrnctca ci,izou of penr,a wns nr-
! noutrcotl on 'Ohaugo there Yesterday morning,
I1o died from paralytic Btroho white couvorsing
| with blu pllygic,an iu tho jattor's otlico.
Con AIoore, ouenoer Of tho excursion
truu OIL tho PcDriA UDkip & Jacksonville Rail.
xpi,to,. 49,, ,,,,,.