, 1874-07-08

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The village Of Germantown, adjoining Dan
vile on tue cast, WIS Incorporated under tho
general law Monday by a vote of 81 to1.
Monday was grand day for tho Odd Eel.
lows Of Paxton and tho surrounding country,
Tho trains from all directions carried full loads
aud nt p. III. 1t was estimated that over 600
members Of tho Ordor were in tho city. At 2 p
m. tho procession WIS formed, headed by the
Loda BrAsB Band, and marched to the g.ovo III
the Courthouse yard, where the Hou. Schuyler
Coifax delivered IN nddreas., Thoro we're aDout
500 mon in tho procession. III tic evening the
officers Of Paxton Lodge w0ro installed in Cark'B
Hall, before an immense number of spectators.
The ex-Vtce.Frosident made maoy frlontB by Ills
visit.
Tho grounds OF the Dixon Park Association
number ncarly 100. and the ball opanB to. day.
Alrealy tho city ia filing up from all quarters,
and the attractionB will be immense, when it ia
known that tho fastest horses ip tie West arc
hero. Tho moeting Will hold Wednesday, Thurs
day. aud Friday.
AT noon, yesterday during temporary hb-
Bencu from his desk Of the Canlior of Harwood
Brothers, leaEing hardware dealer8 OF Bloom
ilgton q book containing $500 in greenbnckn
was stolen from the drawer. It WINS not missed
for Home tifno, and no cuo whatevor to tho
identity Of tho thief haH yet beon obtained.
Thomas Cllnch, a fireman on q BHitch Gu
giae on tho Chicago, nool Island & paolto Rail-
rond, afopt on the porch Of hiH boarding g-houso
iu Peru Monday night, haying taken oil Lis bust
panlaloous and put on Home old ouea for the
purpose, and when ho awoke il tic morning
found TINT bis l,antuloonu laa boan stolon, with
llss poeketbook in one OF tho pockets, containing
$50.
The Odd FellowB' celebration ut SIattoon
uected, owing, perhaps, to tho extremely hot
weatbcr. There were about four hundred Odd
Follows In the processlou IN taelr appropriate
raga!ias, representing three lodges IN Mattoon,
and vandaIla, Pana, sholbyyllle, Windsor, Sl1'l-
van, Etna, Arcola, Tnncola. Elhngham Charles
thousand people, many OF than ladies', az
Bcnbled at tho mark to listen to the ADDRESS OF
the Hon. Schuyler Colfax. Tho atldress was Hi
abla one.
bathing i'll the Wabash Rigor. twenty mites
southeast OF Flora. ILL.,. was takon With cramps
aad drowned. Three or four boys woro with
him, bnt could reuder him no assistance.
Bloomington & Mlssiasiop,i aud Chicago, Dan.
yile Il Vinconnes Railroads., ut Hoopoaton is
nearly ready for tho iron, whom 1t Ii expected
that theso two roads will run passenger coaches
botwoen Lafayette and Chicago, in opposition to
tho Chicago. Lafayette Il Cincinnati ltoad.
There IL report current to the effect that
tho old aud sulld banking firm Of Woodford,
Donoyan d Co., Ut WatHekn, is to DO dissolved
by mutual consent, and that two OF tile trm
-Aff. Donopau and the Hon. Thomas Vonnum
--are golug to tue fur South to engage In bank-
lug.
A man named Evans, living at WarBaw, Ind.,
who was bitteu BY rabId dog BONE ton days
ainco, yesterday began to show symptoms OF
hydr0plobia. DR.. WooawortA, Of Fort Wayne,
waa talegraphcd fur, and found the man suffer-
Ink mort torrlblo agony. Everything possible
was dono to rolioyo hlul, but witi,nnt avail.
Physicians say ho oanrot possibly roooyer. Tho
Mayor llas issued a proclamation ordering the
police to HAoot oyely untnu2zlcl dog NAnrever
found within tho city ltmits, and tho law III being
strictly enforced.
A firo Yesterday basned tho planing mill OF
TobiuB lteltz, OIL Fairfield ayoluo, Fort Wasno
Tho bulld,ng wan an old frAme structure cl little
value. Tho loss OIL lumbBr, tools. and ma
ohlnery ia $4,000. No inHurntIce.
"A liitlo boy named Charioy Fink oamo noar
drowning Iii u ciHtartttn QogAon Yoatelaay. k[r.
4. ". Whitaker, hearing the olios Ut The littlo
fellow fur hclpt won't t. ll1 rescue with u lRddor
aud Hucceoaotl IN gStt!ng tho hoy out III u halt-
drowllol condition.
Intense heat prevailed at Goulion yostar-
day, the thermometer indicating l0l dog ooa In
tho shlle as o'c1cg.
WISCONSIN,.
At the regular meBti,g Ct tho Board OF County
suporyisora Ut Milwaukee, County, yesterday. n
rot,0rt Of the Committee oil Poor-1louso aud
llGBpitAl recommended tho ereotlon Of new
hospital In Milwaukee. Consideration WaB do
forrea.
file Coroner Of milwaukee, dealdol nat to
hold III Inquest on tho body Of the buy Durror,
Istlg sa!stlu4, on inquiry, snat he lAd gono luto