, 1874-07-02


q oorpBo
-Champatgn wns onlivcnad yoatorday py,
largo excursion from Deoatlir, conasat1ng OF III"
pr6m1nnnt cftizona Of that place and TUG mot1-
bera Of the Methodist Episcopal 9nnday-Bchool.
Tho exoursionists woro received Ct tho depot ny
tho city n,tlloritcs, with tile NtlIlikon Cornes
Band, and wore conducted to tho City Park,
whore thoy wnfe heartily wooo'ned ~ spee'hea'
from AID. Donrds!oy, Mayor l4chafos, @tu
oll,urB.
Tic Commissioners for letting the contrast
for tho labor of tho oonvlcta oontineu N tno
lows ponitentiar7 mat ut Fart Madison yoHtof.
awarding tho contracts. T.:oro was found TO bo
only ono bid, which was found to 10 tron, Mr.
nn ot co%nsa me oho a,o wo wa wste xet
to ba contracted for.
nnco Unlon, Of Sioux City. for 4 mssa meeting
10 DO held tEers yeAserdny at the Coalft-iaomss.
q largo audience wRs proEeut, mid nome stronB
speocheB uero made for tho benoat OF tho cauGe.
INDIANA.
The inquest At Waterloo oycr tho boIy OIL
John Burnett was concluded yesterday Illoov.
ilenco showed coneluRivcly that Burnett was not
murdered, but diod from apoplexv, aA herotololo
decitlcd by tho nhyaicians. It was hlo%1', now.
over, that 1tspan who Ind contohAed to robnng
aud numbering Burnett did ao ualty fob the deaa
body Of Burnett whom it WIS laying ID tho woods
| by the roadside.
| "A few weeks ago aevoral dogs wore bitten nt
| LhpprIe by q dug supposed tu havo beeti rabtd.
Thoseupon tho da or iasued ?! oalanaslon tnas
| eyory dug hot found nuxzlod should bo kllioI.
I AB no dogB have hnce yono mad. tho excitohlent
had about Bubsilel; bit yesterday 1t waR
wrought afresh by tho satl tidines that ono Mrs.
Ragan !lad been bitton BY dog tllat vas a rnDia,
Crops ID Lale County and Northwestern
Indiana arc in louribh,ug conlitinn. Corn Ia
nway ahead oI isa usual time, with moro lhat,
! nt1nY nnfA rrnmHH plentiful
yield. Wheat promises good Weld. bacR-
wheat Hungarian graBt, and other Hoeds are
being sown iu groat quantities.
I MICHIGAN.
Tho magnificent dweliLng-llonso Of Thomas
Clouey, Of Pavilion. wae destroyed by fire yestel
dny, tho ii1nn!os barely escnplng With thotr
lives. Two wela saved NY Doing dropped from
an upper window upon bed-qults stretched
| hollow.
Tho Odd Fellows mado quito show in st.
Joseph yesterday. They wore represented ny
parties from several adjoining to"ns. md mot
iu tho grove on Lake Wow avenue, aud listened
Colfa1 in The afternoon. Mr.. Coifa1 stopped at
tho ho,1se Of tho lion. A. II. Morrison, aid was
Beronaded In the evening by the cornet band;
Two drownlngs took place III Dotrolt yektor, sa.
along tho river'a odge, e,-one, Of Albert G; Earl:
at tito foot Of Rivatd street, aud one Of Ernest
DaIezone, IN Hnmtiamlck.
-Statemont Of the Michigan State Treasury
l
Balance, May 49, 1s74... 7a..ot y. D
koceipts for june. l's'l2'.4t
s1,aep,s7l.4!
Payments ......................... !lu't9Aol
Balance. juno 80 30.................si S, i,1lo,077.aE
| WISCONSIN.
W. Fern, Of Hammond, accused OF incest iI
thnt placo q short tlnle slnco. las been d!Bcov-
.rcd in Minnesota. and Deputy-Sher'H las
gono after hum With requiuition from Goy
Taylor.
A fond In humnn ahapo named Dan Anburtor
in the employ Of Fred DroicKer, iivory*lnuis q 2
st. Mary, assaulted and outraged y young Eri
about II yoarB old named Anna Stono. NJ Bh'
was Oil her way to ler tchout III the country
yesterday morning abolt o'clock. Tic VAS or
rcstod aud tried before Enqulre g TOSS. the tra
occupying thlrsy.tye minutes, an was bouns
ovor to Court In the sum Of $1,000 n:l com
mittod. The citzena Of 1T. Mary aro very mucl
exclted.
THO case of William Etz, sa'o,n-keepcr, Q
Mansfield, Tor yoaton Of tho pro',ibiLury orai
nance, Witch has bosn on trial before Mayo
helacor ip the courtroom s'nca lnst Thurhda
morning, terminated yesterday fosoiotn D
tiircctinn Of tho Mayor. who, iu his charge to th
jury, ruled that the ordinance was null mud foi
uwing to tho fact that the record liaa not bee
signed by the President Of tue City Council unt
: alter tho expiration Of hia term Of Office, IN
L1ayor directed tho jury to bring Ia ve'tict Q
; not guilty, which they gid. a lnree lndlgnntlo'
]
: The park yeBtoruay evening.
| NEBRASKA.
Margaret Williams died last Monday night i
Iiuculi1 from tho effects of al abortion, pc,
formed upon llcr two wsoka ago. She was 6tot
ping ut tho house Of her blolher-in~law. VII
took her away upon learning her condition
Willie away Instruments we're used In such
! bungling manner that dcath oupned.. Tho pal
tas arc very respectable, and considerable o.
:. oironsnt wls raised over 1t. A physicla
2 and the girl'a brother.in.law we're suspected {
tho crime, but the Coronor's Jury found nobod
), guilty.
while moving in field ten milos from L!t
: coin, Androw Ruggles, boy of 1G, accidental!
;. cut the throat Of 4iB 3-ycur Old brother Wit
the scytho, killing him instantly. The little on
lad crawled into tho high grass and waa Rittln
there uuperceIved by Andrew,
MINNESOTA.
O. E. Dodge aold his st. Paul property q
. auction yesterday, preparatory to intended RI
moyal to Now York City. Tho prices realize
!. wero hardly up to tlo AssoABor's valuation III
more than three fourtha Of tho supposed cas-
= = value Of the property sold.
Over 100 thoroughbreds are entored for til
Minnesota Giata Horse Fair premiums, in .
: Paul. besides forty entered for racing pusaol
y The fair and racoH begin to-day, aud ond sAtul
day evening.