, 1874-07-17
tho vicinity Of Lancaster. The crop will DO a
tloAd failure,

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Ao.yoar-old non Of Widow uhanrnan, reading
In Uodar 1apids. wag drowned in Oodar River
Wednesday, in attempting to recover liH hat,
which had blown into tho vnter.
"A boy about yoars old, sou Of hotoi-
barge about 8 o'c!ools Wednesday evening. I'm:
moslsasoly after, man namod Tom Howard
jumped I'll TO reaouo him, and, before assistance
nrriyed, both wore drowned. although tho shore
was lined with rcop!o and two or three skIiis
wore In tho rivor trying to roBcuo them. Tho
body Of tho younger las not yot boon found.
Howard's body was found yoBtcrdav.
a 'nnn named J.. J. Droiboldis who loft
l,ts famIy oil farm noar Dubuque 95 yeAra ngo
fornin, was brought homo last Saturday BY llp
ron from Council Bluffs, where lo wrote from.
Informing lila fnmfly he lad no fund.- to not
homo, hayinR bson robbed OF ii! he had in tho
world. l1o was gladly received bacls to tbo
bosom Of hts faniy aftor l'is long absoucc. His
fnrnl, having incrcnsol iii value as tho yoara
rollnd OIL In worth to.tlay Bt,nl Of nnncy tllnt
will n,nhe him independents tor. life. 1isB wife
remained truo to him, although he was given up
for dead 10 yoala ngo.
Tho stalo Dental Sociuty, IN session In nlilwa,s'
keo, Wednesday evening elected tho following
officers President, DR.. G. w. Barnes, Of Fond
du Lac; First Vce-rrosident, II. Enos, oi
ht!lwaukeo; Second Vice-prosiaent. DR.. N. r
ins socretary. Dr. ii. I. Moon, Of LACROSSE;
Treasurer, J. g. Llkoa, Of 1tncino.
Philip IoE died in Milwaukee, on WcdneB,
day from intnrfoB recDived in row with rnllroAt
rouglls ut T. German picnic at Cedarburg lasi
John Minsella young 1sis]lman aged 81, wnf
thrown from wngon in Grand Rapids Wclnos
day Afternoon, and almost instantly klllod. llit
| mock being broken. The .ieceaaod ,SaH unmar.
| rlod, anh Formerly livod at Guelph, Ont.
Tho Western Anlntour Press Associntfon held
itH annual convention In Detroit On Wednesday,
| md decided to meet next year at Put-iu-Day
| Tho following appointments woro made for thc
enSang . yeai: h1esidont ~,, A. Y. RsEg, ot Do
cnsn; Secretary, Charlos T. Clark, Of Cloye
lantl Treasurer, II. V. G. Hart, Of Adrian
Orntor, Charles McColm, Of Cleveland; Poot
". Cahoon, OF Detroit; ol!lcial newspaper, the
| Akron .S,t1inYsiae.
| = Wednesday, morning, between Z and {
o'clock, III: :Whoedon Brown, mn old aud respected
farmer living ut Ottawa Laxo, NTicll. near tl.t
Ohio llue, waH found by his family in dying
| conalt!on. Ha had sought q retired spot ant
dollberately cut hls throat with razor. Ivory
| thing poBrsL!e wxs dono for him, but ho shortl,
aTterwaid died. Tho unsuccessful issue Of sev
erat lawsuits is supposed to hnvo Affected lii
mind and led to tho commission Of the doed
| 1.-Two little girls, daughters OF n. Riadon, oi
Alaska. Grand hapids County, woro dr9wnet
Tuesday oyentng. while battling in 2 small aks
| near their fathers fatm. The bodies wero 70
covered the next morning, but tie mother is
| raving nlaniac.
--An infant hon Of George Z. Brown,, o
Alanlsn, diod Tuesday, having swallowed ioH'
oil corronlyo subllmato. lie endured the nos
I intenRo agonieu.
! --Yesterday morning. ahout 2 O'Clock til,
| froight-honse Of tho Lake Shore Il MiehiEa'
Southern Railroad md two froight-carA stuuti,nt
| on tho trac's at urand Rapids woro burned. LuH
about $4,000. An hour later 4 nulall boy natlle'
! George Pitchonky, n Pole, WAS lrrcHtod, nnl la
| slnce confesHod to firing the Central depot an
Doynton'H Htora, On Kent atrcet.
| AN attempt waa made by MI incentllary OF
| Wednesday uight to burn Howard City. Ill
| fro was discovered in to fruBtrata the design.
| NEuRAHKA.
| Inmcnee clouds Of grasAhoppors ure reported
| M having nltgtteh yesterday Near Colti!nbuH
doing Hotls damage. I'hey are rapidly moving
eastward.
MINNESOTA. .
| Gov. Davis yesterday recelvod draft Of 81 ,10
| froa 0orsit Smith for t!,a relief Of !I,s eyauH
hopper sufferers, o1,o-half to 30 for the hoaoti
| Of tue Iowa sufferers. 4 grateful letter 0
thanks was returned for tho generous donation