, 1874-09-16
Ncyxs items Photographed to The
Olllcngo TribunS.


County Circuit Court. Bradley. hold policy Of
9l200 In tl,oso conpanics which they rofuuo to
pay, claiming .hat lo WA n his right mind at
tho timo Of his toath. i 1t SHOULD 20 proson
hcrol that Bradley was found doad in liis bed
from pistol shot 1nat1o by himself. Tho do
fendanta made motion to liayo tho caso traits
forrcd to tho United States Court held in Sprlug-
field.
--Tho twonty-fourth annual fair OF tho Vor-
million County Agricultural and Mechanical Aa-
aocation opened yesterday Mt caslin, rnder the
most favorable circumstances, Alroady 600
having tho hest live-atuck show evor held in the
county IL worry lattotiag; Iho sa''duskys, with
their fnmous herds of blooded cattlo, will be III
attendance, and q number Of fost hornes from
thta atate aud Indiana will compete for pro-
uliunB.
Monday night tho Stony Point Planning
Mills, milcs northwest Of Urbana, caught fro
from tho machinery, which had bccn running
house attaoLed was also burnod. LOSS. sG,000;
Pit Fem and vito woro triod by Mayor
Brand, OF Urbana, and found guilty Of violating
tho Sunday ordinance by kooping open their
~ man named John caln, who lives at
Delhi, while riding from SAipnan to Delhi, on
Saturday night waa thrown from his hosHo aud
10 soyercly Injured ttlet ho died Monday.
The eighth annual r0unlon OF tho old Thr-
ty-sixth Illinois Veteran Volunteers will bo held
ii plano, Ill, Sept. a. 1871. a welcoming nd
dross, free diner, toaata ctc., will t,o tue order
of exercises. Music will 10 furnished by the
Plano Cornet band. All tho surviving monlbcrs
nro requested to be preaont. 4 good timo IL ox-
peced.
prospects nro big Tor grand fair, The colo
btated herds of Samuel Dysart and William
hoalfod by Gracfo Pierce, WHO Ia commanding
na mich admiration in Northwest cattlo circles
M Goldsmith Afnitl on tho turf. Tho lattor las
! his noted cow, D.,o1ioss Junior. ". II. Van
L. W. Ueldcn and Unclo Tommy Smith nro OK
rcrted with thoir Bhort Horns. The Candy
1}rotllors arc OIL tho grounds with their far
funnel Normaus. Many rlnnora and trottors are
also present.
Tho fair Of tho Southern Wisconsin and
Northern Illnoia Industrial Association began
| at Bcloit Yesterday; The weather Hinco the re-
bor Of ontriea yesterday, and thoro i c9cry
prospect Of an excellent exhibition and largo
attendance. Tho grounds layo been finely
| fitted up, and tho humorous now eta1s arc al
ready nll engaged for Horses mud CATTLE the dis
play Of which will probably bo tho best ever hold
in Southern WISCONSIN. Other departments aro
also vol itlcd.
Tho opening exhibition Of tho Boscobcl
Driving: Park Aseociation promises to be d auc-
ccss. Tho track is 20 loycl that tho horses eau
be seon all tho way round from auy. part of tho
ground. Much wors has been d0ne. and
splendid premium. list has boon offered. Benin
min Coates, President Of tho Fisat National
! Bank Of Doscobcl, is President Of tho Associa-
tion, mud Il. J, BROOKS, Secretary.
| lilo load mines III Grant County arc yield
| ing good quantities Ut mineral. At Fafrplay,
! Hazol Green, potosi, peotowr, and Pigeon, tho
miners arc reapIng . fair harvest. Tho ore is
snoltod near whore it ia raised, and shipped in
| pigs to Chicago md st. Louis.
| Tho persons charged with tho Bloomington
| Dank robbery, last July, had their trial before
rt's wore acquitted. Thoy loit Lnucnster TIC noxt
! morning for Cassyillo. whore tAay wero cap
| turcd.
Tho Grangora Of Grant County will hold
| ltnrycst home festival OH the Fair Grounds in
| lion. v. ". Adams. Of lowa, Grand Mastor Of
| tho National Grange, aud aevo1nl PROMINENT
Grange1a Of Illinois. .aro, advertised TO speak.
| AZ 1iaclnc. on Monday morning, ,noout $3.50
o'clock, Minor Co.'S planiug-mill mud snsl-fac-
| tory waB pal tially destroyed by fire. Tho ire
! throws abont 10 men out Of employment, many
Of whom lost their ontiro sot Of toolA. Tho loss
Of Minor d Co: il $1,000. on which tl!ore waa
| mediately rebuilt, and, as thor engine and
nlacl, Of thcir heavy inaclinorY were saved, tho
Interruption will be bnt a few weeks.
| INDIANA.
| Arrangements layp been made for three dnvaf
races op tho fairgrounds Ut Fort Wayne. bcgil-
ming Oct. 27. Five Thousand lolnra a,o ofrorod
| in prat11i,mg divided into tho following
nursox aG0II for S-mil,uto l,orEca. sam fnr
a.mi,,,,to pncprs: $500 tor 2:45 trottcrs: a700
Tor I'm trntters: sG0O for pnccrs. free to ali !:
ri 61il for trotinc. feo for ali: mud iva nnrsca
of sID0 and $3.50 for running horses. Wed
GIo1J. sensatiuu. Nellie, Glogfer. and other
wnlI-Knnwn fast horses wlll.tako pnrt.
| -peIcr Fox, q aaloou-keoner of Monticello.
waa baf3Iy s,nbbeu Monday n,ebt by Cbnries
brown. . Young man to whom l1e hid refused
! Eonnr. Fox IL In q bad condition, BROWN
cseape1 md has left tho country.
~ crazy won,uu. beloved to hayo eseoned
| from so,,o INSANE Agyluu,, was taken to t,a
! County poor-HouYc, at Goshen. Monday night.
Shn WA noorIy cIad. nearly starved, aud 1nd
ey;t,o,ti7 walsea . iong l.stpnco.
.-,rhn Committee to select n new dcaipn FIR
| tue nav Iudiaua State-uuuao mot at Indienanolis
yoytorlay, Twelve designs layo boon submitted,
! sTho Conmittoo concIudod to 1udeunitnly noat.
pome f|nal action. '~"'
-Yonator Marion ia adyortisod for n snoech at
| Intinnnnolis on trrilay'nIght.
o11NSEnorA.
Tho Executive Commit{po Of tho state Acri
| cultural Socfety figures tho o1pouBcy and pro-
mi,1ma of tho iato fair at a12.OOO. and tho ro-
ceintu Ut not Quito $1,000, aud viii dcduct tho
| lojlooncy FRO rata from tho prouun1n. Tho
| Cnr,nftfco ulao docifed tn inin wifi, Il,o nr;v