, 1874-07-31

TIE NORTHWESTERN STATES.
Nu,vx xtcms Photographed to Tho
.Gf1icn&0 Tribune.
ILLINOIS.
4 preliminary meo!ing Of tbe ex-eo'diora re-
Hid'ng in BanGallon Conntyie oallod for Wodnos-
day evouiug VI noxt wook. The object ~ to
tNke tho necessary steps to ar1ango for tho An
mAal reunion Of Tho 4. my of tho Tenuessse.
which takes place iu Springfield on The 16tl day
Of next Octobpr. Committees will bo appointed
and duties askighet.
Tho State Board Of Equalization meets in
Springfield on the itth uay III Augalst. The
thbuIAtod forms of statistica for their uso arc
Harry 1voB. clerk In the Auditors onico, who IL
Candidate for tho position Of Socfesary Of tho
Board. to I'LL tho vacancy occasioned by the
itenth Of MIR. Gtnddon. It IL not expected tint
the session will last nj long as 1t did Inst your.
The lroquoB Nmes OF yesterdays issue
states TINT corn in tho southern and western
parts Of Iro1uo's County looks bal, but that In
thc northorn parts Of tho county 1t looks bctter.
-Gaeorgo Mowses' ef Wessoks, aged IS, yas
.h'gh-bono brokon, his shoulder diHlocatea, aud
face badly bruised,
--oacar Vore, Of Watsoka, aged 12, while ont
afsor the cows few days sinco, waH lakon into
tho woods by = xanaway horse, where, sttikiag
lslH haad on limb Of tree. ho Saa thrown, and
conoussion OF tho brain Waa the result. Tho boy
has been lnsensib!o over since.
- queer story is told oi y pe1aoh living In
IroquoiH County. whoBo wifo haa been suffering
was near tho end OF life tho husband procured
collin In Wataeka, and took 1t home, to have
iu caeo Of emergency. He oalled It a tool-box.
Ills ~iao, aRcartaiuiug tho fact, lifted up tue
allow and aoon after died.
To-day the County Convention OF tho 1ndo-
pondont party Of Iroquois County will be held
at Watsekn.
--Wataoka has now over forty flowing artcsian
| wolls. Average depth. 50 feot; avsrage flow
ct waser, 11l-inch atteain to height Of feet.
IOWA.
Yesterday Hugh IL. Martin, Of Davenport, ro-
Tho % lntolliseheo that bis aon. wellington Mar,
tiu. had been shot aud terribly wounded in QUE
Of his legB. The telegram said TINT ho had boon
slot by a navy revolver, badly shatteFing tho
| tabia, or ehiu-bono. Immediately htr. Martin
chartered locomotive aud coaoh. and, aco3n-
| panied by surgeon md Two frioudB, started for
| Marcugo. The lad il about 1G years Of ago. lie
went out to the former residence Of Ills par ontB
| but day or two slnce, to spend Ais yacat;on.
| Tho tram returned in tho evening with tho
| p4tiont.
About nilos from E1gin, Wednesday eveu-
| ing, L. G, Marston was tll:own from his wagon,
BY hls runaway team md injured fatally:
| Tho United States Grand Jury, at Keol1uk,
| over three weolis. During TINT timo tlloy fonnt
| 200 indictments, mostly for violations Of the
Revenue laws. This Is sald to 10 the largest
| number Of indictments ever found at slngle
torna Of any Court IL Iowa.
| Last Wednesday n1nn NAB arrested by the
Sheriff Of Bllckford County lot shooting Mail
in Montpelier; ahout one year ago. Ius man
County, and placad in Jill, bot In q short tiuo
thereafter lie knocked the Jailor down. mud
| naie good his escape.
| THE atorm Of Sunday 1t Charlottesville WAS
terrible, lasting most Of the night, but did no
sorious damage to orops Or property there.
The excitement 81 New Hayaa Alien Coun.
ty, In roga1d to finding Of oil, IL well grounded.
Petroleum still lows In 4 well Oh q farm near
that place, which WIS sunk about week ago.
Strong trancs Of oil were found soon afsor COM
moucing work OH tho oelI. Two years ago 4
| we'll was dug near the same farm, hut Tue oil
flowed iuto it 10 fast that tho owner through IT,
uorance, Glled it up.
| -on Wednesday evenlng an unfortunate at
! fair occurred at MHySY.s!a, Alleu County. 4
meeting hold at tho Mothodiat Church MIS- dis
turbcd by noises outside, wllou two young men,
Seth Carr'ugton aud mother, unknown, went
outside to ilnd out the callse. revolver IN
| Curgington's rcar pocket wAs accidentally dis
c,arsed, the ball axing 0lreet in tho other young
,nut's bowels, causlnR injuries which proved
faal The name OF tho unfortunate yonng man
IL nut yot aBcurtainej
Last Tueaday night lady named Miss
committed suicide by hanglns herself wth sia
hundlalclci to beam ~ an ossb!'lld'ng.
-Jerome Springer. who atartod to Ko from
Wayerly to Circlovillo In an opon buggy. wat
found lyin; III tho road, n1,oat d uliiob south Of
Circlorilo, Wednesday ercning, with Tho appear
ance Of hnving tasleu lro'n Lie buggy. cutting
his forehead uud bruihing his face. lie "as car
rlod 70 farmhouse, and alaa n snoft Time.
Tho Grangors ot Van Vert County held .
picnic yesterday lniloa oaat of tho ioWn OF
Van Vert. Tie procession corBtso cd OF ist
b1aBs bands and G25 teams. Speeches wore made
by prominent Graugers. aud everything paased
OF ploaoa.tly.
Frederick Boudor. O; ST.. ra1l, whose dlaap:
penrasico alarmed Ho,uo vi hiH ttionah, fotusnct
from minneapolis nnrpraud to think h!s 4, anseaee
way uot we'll understood. I'ho Attlo I'm minnort,
gill, absent olcseu iiays was found in Wost 1t
i.au', Eiudly cared for by reop'o WHO nove
ti,oMglt of lor Inotlasa being worried about le
luss. Tho little Dulllap gr.. absent fuiif dayb
wus liacoyaloa unler tho l>rntostion OF :ssf ~
tleuer's family, just outaito the city. AL sl
Paul missing nre ACCOUNTED for
-Atlotber unsuccessful attempt Tas made laa
Wednesday,, In st, Paul, to soouto contractors 10
thc'stata printing ut, or Within, the maximum
ratcs established by tho Legislature !ss
ratoH, tho bids Tor the othsr -four olahses bolnt
ail above. 1t il now proposed to s"ni reports
etc., to Eastern pliatoH. unless each otilcer W!
ASSUME the responsibility of contracting iof III
I
. Tho turner's Of Niuollet County. where taf
, graBBhoppera' eggs arc planted, propose, II III
. pests are not hasoltel this season md TIM
Cotton rll Of, not to plow this fall nor oultvat
their farma noxt soaa,ll, hut TO try 20 1ha1e
living nntii grasahoppor tlmo Ia oSor, by woFksn
iu other pasta Of tho St4to.
MICHIGAN.
4 dispatch received In D1trolt from tho Stat
AdjutAnt General, at Mar4uetto, yaatorday, e
porte tho mining trollblos there IA aubssantiaii
over; TINT part Of tho hlrikcYa hnyo resume
work, asld thlt tho Detroit mltlA companies WI
+ leave for A0nlo to-day. ....
,, Tho infant uhiu ut }aboring man nauao
Richardson, In Dotrot, YVES found tloAd yeatet
day III hia house on 11aoolnh street from stnl
: walton. 1tH mother lostlnod bof0ro tue Corone
!, that her husband bud. IN Ills druakon ttH, PR
voutod her frolu uurain,: Il. 0jl}corH wore looh
inE attor thu man Inst night.
"A dwelling on Fountain street, n Gran
= naridu, ownad by Il. u. blown. waa =, dobsroy1 i
1 by illo yesterday attoln0on. lous, 9ltooo5 full
| Insured. ..., .....