, 1874-01-22
ROCKFORD.

Tlte Proposed Nntcl-Eactory.--Otl
or 1mproycnents-OrE OF
ErsaMxcs-Efle Farmers Waking Up
IAv Local Fotitacluns.
Correspondence Of 1he Chicago Tribune.
ltocxFonp, ILL.,, jan. II, 1874.
Although tho panic and CRY Of hard times
quite alarmed our businessmen for time, the
app1ehendod trouble Boon blow over, al!d puBi-
uoss speedily rigltcd up, aul has for some time
boon moving Oh with mo1e than Its usual vigor.
An ,mmenso amount OF grnin, hogs, and cattle
has found q market hero, which put such
large sum Of lnouey in circulation in tho country
tributary to tl,is city TINT ita businessmen Boon
became satisfied TINT tho panic aald hard times
wero more flctiou than fact. This restoration
of couiideuce las had tho effect Of setting on
foot several new enterprises, chief among which
is the proposed
wATcH-FA0ToAY,
to build Which will require 100000, Up to
Inst night, $8S 200 Of tll,B sum had been secured,
aud tho remaining $4,000 will be unqucstlona-
bly, sccursd tho coming week.
Az III evidence OF tue faith Of tho Rockford
os iu the benefits to this city Of this enterprise,
aud thoir desire to secure lts location hero, it
Is proper to state tlnt the sun already sub
scssbed IL mostly III sn,ail amounts generally in
$500 and $500 subscriptions, -lLoro being fow
firms who have put down $4,000, q fow iltlyitlu-
als l.0Oo each, whilo there ale great mauy
who "go s1uo only. Rockford now counts on
tue wntcl-lActorY as u fixed flct.
Another enterprise which tho opening spring
Will Aes Established heie iHa
PAPElt-nA AItE1 FACTORY.
TING ID now bnterpilbo i'll Mnuu ufaeturing re-
equity introduced by F. N. DAVIS, of Delolt.o lie
hns lecuntly perfected hiB muchiutYy 30 TINT lie
call uow lnake barrels, hoxeH tubs, husketu. u1ld,
III fact, alnost anything lint ID in use about
m'lls and housos for lulaing or ahpping nour,
the Ioards from Which these articles are made
arc located here. and Mr.. Davis will in Hho.t
tllno, bring hiH machinery heru mud Bbt up for
making tue barrola. IL ia clat.l1ud tllat ilour-
bAtleis. cisar-DoxoH, And many otAor things now
niaae OF wood eau DO nnate Of paper, A.id at
nlllcll less cost to those waiting shen.. Theso
contemplated improvements haYa given bl,sl-
nens loro new impetus, and Tic ppenlug spriug
vail wilness more tnan tne usual anauunt Ut lvcI
improvement.
Tue farmers OF this county are beginning to
wake up tu tho Iack that tAey are OF soma 1m-
porlanco, bo'i1ed boluY merely tho machines 10
pay taxes aud "vole tue regnllr ticko;." Con-
heuoHiy thoy are quite basy now forming then,-
selves lnto Glaugas aud organizing tor q County
CuinGli.
Within tho last few weeks nino Oranges hayo
boon organlxed, with about 2uO members. A
number Vi olhors Lave Applieu Tor CHARTERS, aud
MI! SOON be oigani1od. Within the next two
woeks ut least ton Or twelve new Graugus will DO
estaL lisncd, aud tho County Deputy expects to
lnyo ,nole thun 1,UuD names OF nemhtra on hia
books before the LIST Ut March. IlIey nre very
| enthusiastic III this 1nAlter, tue Bloomington anil
Decatur Ctnyentons having sslr1oa tloln up.
From prolty extensive acquaintance a,uUug
tlenl, cau say ! only til.d nuw and then o1la
who looks unfavoraby OH these organizations.
THE LOCAL POLITICIANS.
Az might he expeo.od, that olasa Of our fellow
oitizons knowu ~ The lucal politicians look with
| opportunity to tu,ow cold water OH thon, aud
| pronounce them AL invention Of tho euetny to
uuludo tho houost yooulanry into bye and for
hldden patils." Illby lave hoard, probably, from
Wisconsin,, Iowa, and California, and Iii leuu u
repetition Of tho Hamo tling In loyal Wlnuebaso.
a leading farmer informed ynur correspondent,
atow days siuco, thut some Of those local po!lsi-
clntsB aro huustr!ously at work pro-
partng to gain admission inso tho
farA4ors' Cuba aud Granged. They arc read.
lnk agriculture! papars anu agricultural repolt t..
aha arc preparing eaaAys IN tue oest yafletioa
Ut Vegetable aud grains, aud tue prupor lAanuot
o. Conducting tile DAIRY. DY the aia Of theHc
tAej expect to aoon become ful'tIelged Grang.
ets, although llloy eanao. toll tlo tilferunoo be-
! tween HcUtcll drag aud Helf-raKe reaper OF
| field. roller, nor whether wlite-oak-oAeese II
la.i bottor bo planted iu tho fall or spriug.
Tho farmers, however, aprolend, will rim
! th9lr business iu tAoir own WY, daspito the
| tranto appeals Of these man-Who nuvor tlu
anything uxc8pt hunt for place-nnt to do any.
thing Independent ot tile lvcA pol,t'clans.
| OCCASIONAL.