, 1874-08-26
frlIE NORTHWESTERN STATES.


| ILLINOIS.
1ho district Agricultural Fair will coma of a
Dlxoss, on the grounds OF tie Dixon Park Asso
c'Rtion, commencing on Tuesday next, Sept. /
anu holding through tho wcok. Tho grounds ar
acknowledged to bo the finest in Tue 8tate
Iomposltion 10 open to the Counties Of Leo
wglo ,, aMa M on Mlltehlde, Premiums amounting t
nearly 70 QUO ute offered, and splendid slow.
ihS Of Stock. grain, aud produce ia expected
Liberal premiums aro Offered for trot.ing anG
running iAces.
-Illo twenty-lrst annual fair Of tho Knox
V'lle, sent J, 2, ., and =, 1874.
| The ladies Of thu arusada persuasion in o.
| tawa gave mn ica-crsan and fluit out tort ainmoni
~ t5e Court Hosae Square last evoniug, to raiso
1uhaa whoro"tth to carry on the uamnairn
against the Huloons and aaloonitcs in general
| aud Also 10 obi ain monay to run their mnnthH
newsaper, which IL called tho Litise Cru adder.
r;mGStenslve r;n.e; s preparaiona arc being mado in
Eifeolh -. 1of the an9ual fair Of the Logat. Coun
y Agricultural and Mechanical Agsoojn lion. to
shRe a. PLACE on Sept. Ia trottioc iras of
$1,000 will be offered. 4A9o VI
I'm ,onenny oe y, drapy, while endoavorng to 60 into
was seriously injured by coal falling On in. es'
a young man named dodds was |zillo;, sTondov
hs!! nasIt wh'te e., working on the new brid1 being
was ut work on tho colfer-dam when II q hanI
eaYe1 ~ on him. Ho was extrcatod tnno.
died III two Lours '''1'"' "o
In 1n enr;r Yuesa@y 9 neht Aug 25 the barn at PHI.
bttnek by lighting and burned to tho grou I'D. to-
ESTHER WIN 1oHr llotHeH, six COWS, poultry. swine
and all hiH farming implements. No ins, lrancn
gu any VI tlo property.
.n,o?wnsllrs report short cropa Of woat And oats
tnls yeAr. Usually tho yield Of wheat in that
Vicinity IL from Ii to 90 bushels ror Ho,, ,wj,iin
fa's ~ @ yoar te average IL ony from to ID Oats
In hnsta previous years tho farmers easily pu "
.,.a nushos % into sack: whereaa this year, ,hen
she suck ia paoled full 1t contains oiy b. ,sl
oh " @eaeht One farmer hai by u1si.snro 181
weighed tue lot foil short 81 bushels, ' A0' ''''o
sroi,aa san case OF abandonment occurred In ea-
Aio1hes Monday evening. Mrs. Conad, Le
mother of three small cnildren, Isft Lor husbs Vi
prce 0a'tasHn non4 n company With young III
great doal Of talk. ~N'0s>
MINNESOTA.
alaaiaatsoppera by millions aro reported de- |
'condlug upon tho eastern psrt Of Ta,t;;voh;
Ionuay. ' - "AeoAoA oo@"s
Near Marshall, Lyon County, Monday oyon-
x: s4,Sk no1anaer o aa t saders young man. while at
jIad " hy tH 1tnia .0p 81 "sa,staok wAs instantly
ata aea, y y minnesota, accompanied by fatatloa
rom ilEntnihg. has boon remarkable j
IA!a. lolcher lost tic Bt. Paul sportsmou's I
aaSo ha Yesterday, A. w. Dnbray, tho fonrth
m hor.s ~. Dubray Rctually killed 10 birds, but
~o fall over tho boundary,
AT i Little Falls Morrison County, yesterday,
;Ira ~ nr'ggs. an old nsttlor, while crossing tic
, ,'ssslaspM sa Nvcr with loat"load. was oapaixel
aoap water aud drowned.
- young son OF A. Il. D!lls, Of Long Lake,
.otnhelih ~ County, went hunting Friday last, .
n, n9 ao. s returning, search was made aud Lii I
hh1f nfIn IT. H.
10 Lad Incidentally shot himself dead. :
-Near Alden, Oh tue Huutl!ort, minnesota Road, q
A,tn!aay, Char!es Collots, Of Garlon City, waGsf
ll!'ng y tho oylnlos Of threshing u,noAiuo, mon
~ etolhlt'g caught aud hls nook WIS drawn i
BIN ent1ely out. uo died in two minutes sftsr. =
INDIANA. =
Edwin Rsoxs, 1oung mAn kgea ~, commit. /