, 1874-09-18

News Items Photographed to The
Chicago Tribune.

NA4C&&AV AFANkAASt
ILL1Nola.
yesterday test Was ma41o of tho capacity Of
tho we'll Of the Alton Road, from which Bloom
ington is thinking Of getting watcr-anppEy.
Owing to tho imperfect working Of the machiu-
ory tho tcBt was not satisfactory.
-Liconso was issuod yesterday to Tho MiHsis-
eippi River Freight Railway. The road is to bo
run from Georgetown, vefmtllion County, to a
a4.OO000o.
-AIr. Edward lies. Of aangamon County, one
Of tho foremost Of tue flne-atock deatera in tho
State, Inns just returned from Scotland, whoro
he purchased ono bull. tho puko of Richmond,
and four Durham cows, and two ClYdosdale
draft stations, for which ho paid $4,000 in
gold. The Btock nil arrive this wepk, and bn
gu exhibition at tho Sanga,non County Fair uoxs
week.
The Patrons Of Hnsbaudry held their annual
fcto at Cro4n Poiut yesterday. Tho Grapgors
mustered in strong force, and marched III pro-
ccssiou through tho town to tho Fair grounds,
where DR.. ". .. S. Raymond, tho Hon. DaiBt-
wood, aud othors delivered addresses. There IL
a marked increase III tic uu.nber Of Patrons
nincD Inst gear.
.~-Maun's millinery and faney goods store, OH
East street, Grown foiut, was destroyed by fire
ycoter1ny morning. LOSS, $4,000.
About 1000 pcoplo assembled ut Romo City
Yesterday to take mart in the Granger picuc.
Henry james, Master OF tho Indiana State
Grange, wan expected, but failcl to appear,
wlcroupon impromp.u addresses wero delivered
BY Froouan Kelly, Democratic nominee for Com
gross for this district, and also Granger; John
Paul Jones, Of La Grange aud Dr.. j. +. Qo"cr,
OF llomo City. Tho exercises woro lnterbperscd
With nuBic. there hcing two lands Oh tho
grounds, Il bountitul dlnuer Wns 6ofved by lazy
Changers.
ID colorcd boy 1lansod Samuel Woodruff, SOD
tenced to tho ponitentinry from, ludlanApols
two years ago, and transferred to tho Homo OF
Nofugo, eacapod from that institution two dayH
since. Yesterday morning ho atto!nptea to steal
ride on tho bumper Of one Of tue freight cars
OF train ou lilo Lafayette ll0aa, intending to
go to Chicago, whore hlH mother resldes. Flo
was jolted or tho bumper III crossing ono OF tho
etroetH, and WIS instantly cru8leu to pieces bf
tho whcola Of tho train.
Tho Westorn yearly moot!ug of Friends con-
yones iu plan!leld today, and will continue IN
session for weok or ton days.
Tho Grangers gave ar9o ana ensnas1sa1o eno
pooplo woro present. A. o'clock tho atroets
woro ttrougctl With vehicles, each ono tsianaying
com, cofn-coba, or gono ollior appropriate etll,
bloa, of tho orsler. Tho assembly "aH addressed
l,y Donuty Grand Master LecBo aud other elo-
quont orators, antla very pleasant time was had
throughout tho onuro day.
WISCONSIN.
Tic railroad aeo!Bion creatos little excitement
at DaTQpDQ, lH0 ltnEI0 VI taA* 1GIt!oA> ~
whom railroad facilities arc now and highly val-
ned, focljug that they haye littto to complain Of
TAoso Ia gcnoral disposition, il railroads COM
ply With tue law now with good spirit, to amend
whatoyer in found unjaBt.
Tho Julien House at Prairie du Chen,
Wis, wnH totally destroyed By fire "Wednesday
ult.l,t. Tho Dol,xrnsu aud Tronont Houses bud
= narrow eBcape. 14osB. $500; insurance.
e. 0J0 OIL building md contents, equally divided.
The Northwestern National. OF Milwaukee, car-
riod 81, 600 on tho building md eontonta, and
tho Hartford, Of Connecticut, 81 500 on tie
building aud contents, Total loss on building
OIL cositontH partial.
DIR. Eraatus Lewis. one OF tho oldeat real
dentH Of Juneayo. died yeatorttay and will DO
buried with Masonic honora today, 1o bctpg
yosy high up in that Order.
-somo $3.50 GrangorB joined In picnic near
tho Town OF l.aprairlo yostordRY.
4 lttlo boy, aged t. sou OF an ongrant pas
aengar, full from tho oxproAa trim about two
1nilea west Of Ada yeste.slay, naa, strange AZ it
may Boeln, WAS not injured, although tic train
VaB running ut d speed OF 35 mica per hour. Az
soon as ho stopped rolling ho got up and rau
after the trall.
"Wednesday evening" Il gravel train, Com
luctor Sinl,nona, OIL tho Atlantis Il Great Vest
crn Railroad, brought gang OF thirty men from
hichnlunsa TO Urbann to lay tho now trauk Tho
conductor promised tho mon board at $4 nor
week, Dnt oll llltlug that they could not rot it
for lon'i than I'll, thoy uttackol him with shoye'a
anu would ll1yo killed him bud not tho Alarshal
md officers cone to his I'D and arrested fYo' Of
| them.
-ratriok Murphy wss yostertlay brought be-
foro tho Mayor OF ufbnust and ploaded guilty Of