, 1874-08-03

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notwithstanding tho ssosna Of Friday nighs
and tho threatening chnfaotor OF tho weathos
during tho entro forenoon a maBs temperance
convention at IlIchulond. Ind, WAS . complete
success. But few came On excursion tsa.as, but
tho country people TUNED ont III fnli tofco
Morning eorvicoa wero hold tt Lyconm Hall, fd-
tressod bX Mrs ooy Wallace o. 1ndsnepo,,s efo.n.
izod: In tho afternoon, At tho Fair dronnab
Col. John ". kay. Of Indianapolis delivered an
exhaustive defonae Of tho Daxtor bill, Which had
boon prepared With yicw to its, publication 20
riuo. Of Fl. Wayne, and The lion. William Bax-
~ * % araneers;' ;' picnic was hold mllca north of
GoHhon, on Saturday Tho imnlonse assomblage
sason as Goanty Gfad sser u tbo araeers
OF Indiana. Judge ". A. Woods, of Goshen,
also mado fow romarhs. More than 1.000 peo-
ple wolo present during tho day.
IOWA.
heavy ehowcr passel over Southern Iowa
Friday night doing E'uch good to tho crops AND
pastures. Wheat, oats, and lay. arc Al har-
roBtod, and will yield an average crop. Thoro
ia good proBpoot ior corn. aud potatoes arc
generally looking we'll, although The bugs arc
WORKING on thoin In somo sect1one Of tho
Tho emancipatlon celebration 1t Keokuk on
Saturday WAS tho fargost and most enthusiastic
Of tho kind ever held In that city. Tho co1orcd
were excursion parties from Hannibal, Quincy.
Lagrange, Canton. and other pfaceB, swelling
tho total number in attendance TO At least O. 00U.
Tho celebration was held IN grove short dls.
nsdo by the Hon. George McCrary. n,cmbor Of
Congress from tho Kookuk District, Col. Will
lam Leighton, g. ". Guy, and tho NoY. Henry
Blown.
a 1aborcr named potor Glenn. working in tho
Aslapt.o {; Lake Eric Railway tunpel, back ct
pomoroy, WIS instantly killed., Friday esoning,
Il Ms. Aslael Terrell. IN company with an
other lady on Saturday, MAS approaching ihe A.
Y. 4 T. Koad. the horse bcoa1no frightened at .
coming train, frightening Mrs. Terrell 80 badly
That enc died IN fcm minutes.
lilo body OF woman about % years OF ngo
found eanY q + hs ansssa 5yss Il a aaas ssrs Sou
Ponloroy, b.
"A barn owned by WA. Giflns wns destroyed
BY fire Mt Upper sanduHky yesterday. Loss,
a pigcou-Bl,ooslng tournament. under tho
management Of tho buckeye Shooting Club, Of
Cleveland wlll be held At hook River. near tlat
city, commencing Aug. 4, and continuing four
poted for, aud number Of noted slota will be
present.
n1onraAN.
On Friday night, about IL o'clock. young
lady by the name Of Eliza Jaeger, about "
yeara Of apo, committed sl,,eide BY taking taud-
anuu,, while in the employ Of Osmond Hiucklcy
She was out that evening with a yoaag Eentc-
man acquaintance, aud, while q a woll sotting
drink Of water, 1t IL thought that eho took The
laudauum. for about lalf an hour frun that
time she was taken sick. Nothing serious wsa
thought Of her complaining, nB slle bad not beon
feeling wel1 for few days. There waB consider
able T1etudice against tile young man. but whom
post 1nortem examination wsa held By four Of
lin n,t nhrnfpfnna t11nv rnnHftY NPfHf1
TINT rho catno to her death by her oHu hands,
Frank ". BellecR.. rich merchant Of Paw
Paw, WIS sentenced on Satnrdav to year In
Jail ior cndoayoring 10 pass forged documents:
signatures, we're presented in his bchalf.
"A boy na,nod ueadly accidentally SHOT
young ron Of Cha,lcs Smith at Ada on Saturday,
Whita playing with gun.
Doacb. Of South Lyons, w"ro str'lck by pass
Ing train AZ they were 1rlvnE over tho track Into
Saturday night aud killed. George was killed
outright, ano Charles waa fatally wounded.
"A son Of Ehhu Mend. at 0scoda, "as
drowned Saturday night III stream near Dacaus'
Prank, son Of Janos Bartlett. OF Detroit. is
to be nominated by tho Hon. Moses Field for
tho Naval Academy, having passed satlsfac-
sury exn1nlna. Inn.
a bold attompt nas mado to rob the utore
Of Nichols d. Graham, Of Berrion Springs. Sat-
uriay night. -Four Squares Of sasta were re-
moved from ono Of tho htaip street windows, hut
ono Of tho clerks, WHO occupied rooms IN the
made the discovery, aud fred four or five ellots
at tho burglars II ON tic window, one shot rass-
ing through, the bflm Of the bat Of ono. wIsicl,
he left behind In his haste to got away. Olticors
are Oh their track.
-The anniversary Of the emancipation Of
Tho slaves OF WorL Iudios was celebrated OH Sat-
urday at Calvin Centre Mich., where lsrgo
number Of negroes live. The celebration was
very largely attended. probably GOOD people be
Ing present.
The vito Of tho Hon. Warron Chapman, Of
ST. Joseph, died ut her Into residence at that
place Saturday evening, aftor IN ilinesB Of some
weeks.
w1scoNs1Y
The United States Marshal on Saturday sold
Fond du Lao County property On an execution
Ia the case OF Olcott W. tito County of Fond du
Lao. Tie amount Of Judgment and costB are
$4,000. Tho amount realized mas 1850. Ylis
caee has been before the State and United statea
Courts for five years, aud waB brought on bonds
issned BY tho county to the shoboygan & Fond
du Lac Railroad.
-Roports from oil parts Of tho State, carotnl-
yiold Of snni, grain IN the state AS q whole will
badly be hall as much ~ last year. Wheat Ia
especially phort from drought and ohincl.- bug,
and in tho vicinity Of Madison the harvest ts still
11ghtor. 1t ia remarked, howeyer, that even in
tho worst districts thoro nro folds yielding
Largo crops Of superior grain. Corn and pota-
toos arc promising we'll now.
Madison s nnusually full Of summer visit
ors, especially from St. Louis, who soom to be
enjoying themselves highly, md moro il being
done to promote their pleasuro than evor be-
fore.
Hard times in Walworth County for farmers.
Drought aud chncll- bugs destroyed tho wheat
and bnriey. aud now they aro Bweoping through
the corn that had so beautiful growth. Old
oorn il plenty.
TIE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug, 2.-Probabilftloa-
For the Upper Lake region and southwostwarl to
r potto III