, 1874-08-05

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n11No1s.
N. Clarity, m cstilnnblo citizen, for tho last
twenty yaara one Of tho loading grocera OF La-
Ballo. died yesterday ut AZ yoara Of ago.
Tho State canp-meotlng, noar Towanda,
nino milcs north Of Bloomington, will begin to-
day.
llcan Central Committee held In, Bloomington
yesterday it was decided to hold tho County
Nominatings Convention thoro Aug. 25.
The drought aud g1asahoppoEa arc doing
much as%1gs In sG s. Esa It hapn Of hsses eosso
atlon yesterday. Al tho minors wero called up,
discharged, aud paid OF. Tho cause assigned
for not working tho shaft Is tho want Of q market
-hla1cy, tho City Clerk Of Springfield, is
found to 30 short IN his accounts about $500,
No ono believes that ho intended to dofraud tho
city, but lie got on spree. nnd while intoxicated
went OF, not expecting to bc gone long. He is
in Memphis. and his friends haye gone after
Maj. Bluford Wilson, Eollcitor Of tho Treaa-
ury, was In Springfield yesterday. He viii ro-
turn to Washington with his family to-day.
Tho National Hotel, in Joliet, was closed yes
torday afternoon by Officer Andrew Wheeler,
who took poasosBion undor clattel mortgage
given by Theodore n. Graham. tho proprietor,
to Mrs. EHthcr J. Caswell, assigned to ". T.
Barrett Of that clt1 to necnro ., note tor sboo
paid. Other uotos aro held by Chicago parties
to tho amount OF $2, 100, part Of Which amount
becomes due in few days.
MINNESOTA.
Six hundred MennonitcB arrived at Duluth
yesterday eyoning per stoamors Cumberland aud
Ontario, from Collingnood, aud will leave to-
dny, via tho Northern Pacific Railway, for Fort
Garry. Another colony ia expected no1t satur-
dbY.
There arc In jackson County 8, 100 persons
Destitute on account OF the grasehoppor raid.
The roliof distributed to them up to this timo
amounts to G pounds Of flour and 10 OUNCES OF
been contributed in Minnesots for the reliof Of
Tho grasshopper region.
ONO. .,.-
During tho past fow wo0ks robboriea OF horseB
and buggies In various portions Of Greene Coun-
ty have boon Of almost nightly occurrence. On
Monday, Sol Harnor arrested three Of the sus-
pisious burglars in Bell Brook. and they woro
undergoing trial yeBteriay. They say eight
moro aro connected with tho band. all young
mon, woll-conneoted. residing in Bell Brook.
--Ihreo colorel men yesterday announced
themselves in the Xonia Gazette for county Of
cers-two for lsocordor and ono tor sherift.
Tic election ia by primary electlon on the 18th
inst. A brother OF Peter Fl. Clark il candidate
for Recordor, and, with ton candidates in tie
field. be mny bo elected.
Lust Friday morning., Mr.. James mcclure,
living near West Union. Adams County, while
lusd haal te the e"mk m wss as kca By tie 10 log rolling
over him, on account Of tho chains which ,gero
used to draw the log boing too short and allow~
Ing 1t to fall back.
"a little boy about 10 years ofngo, son OF rob-
ert Daley, near DradyRville, Adams County,
waa poisoned, which resulted ln bis death. last
Sabbath afternoon, under tho following olrcum-
st13ces: His father WAS lying at tho point Of
death, and somo medicines wero on tho table
near the bedEido. The little fellow, taking up
ono Of tho bottles which contained medicine Of
poisonous nature, drank aomo OF It,, and 10 1o8B
than twenty minutes wns corree. post-mor~
tenn examination Was held, resulting n tho aboyo
| facts. - 80 ~ "
MICHIGAN. -
Wh!le the tug Getty wss towing tho aohooner
Australia out from tho port OF. Muskegon, Mon.
day afternoon; H8ilor on tho schooner GOT
tammea between the anchor and the tow-hno a.
| tho tug drew tho limo taut, and died IN about
twenty minutes. He was young nun, about 2o
yoara old, latoty from Traverse, name not known:
His remains Waro taken aboard tho lug anl
brought back. The Mason Lumber Company
buried him.
A branch atore OF the rtster Il Vogel Leather
| Company, OF Milwaukee, il, Tho Town Of carlton,
mlles south Of Kewannoo, was, entered oy bur,
5000 to $500 taken. An attempt waa also
| mado to enter tho store Iof Taylor d Baoh. u
milos south Of Kowaunee. tho Same night r, but
the burglars became frightened and left. Ihero
IL no clue to the perpetrators
Tho Loe County Normal Institute convened
At Fort Madison yoaterday, aud VIII continue ~ II N
| HeHslnn for four Weoks. It ls .conaucted ny tue
G9ay 9Gy ooa sa ss " n4 Spnnor TSo
programme is very Interesting to teachers. ana
tho proceedings will undoubtedly provo o auo-
ceAB.
! INDIANA.
Harry Tiedtman, cigar maker, Wtslo IN
bathing yesterday morning II the fermilton
! River, miles cast Of Danvillo. was drowned.