, 1874-09-23
THE N0R'rnWESTENN STATES.


THE NonrnwEsTEnS STATES.
Nesvs Itanss Tolegrnphod to III.
Chicago Tribune.
11,LlNo1s.
ing that Con, Charles Black, wlo Gns bcon yori-
ouAly Ill for fonr woekB at tho ros;denco of 1,fa
fathor-in-inw, tho lion. O. Il. 0riEgs At vii.
miugton' nGl.' M:s rapidly falling aid could no:
aud aeoms to havo developed isso!f within = fow
vecks. lii, paronts started for hts bodyio yes-
Tho stosa Of Charles n.llon, Of aonove,
destroyed. but tlte building. loayy ptone 'es ono'
was but littlo Injured. Losa, $1,000 to 5000.
No INHERITANCE.
MORRIS Nouatadt, for the laat tvonty-piz
vorsaly ostcomcd, dloa on Monday. Of pnou-
n1ouEa after an Illness OF eight daYs' duration.
Ho waa about G9 yenrn Of age.
-fhe State Convention OF veterans at tho Afcx-
/ lean War will moot In Bloomington to-day, aud
wifi continue two days. unloss buatness III sooucr
Tho Illinois Wesleyan Untveralty, as Bloom
ngton. opohod its fall torn yesterday with uearly
twice as many students ns ovor asHDmbtod On
Increased attendance throughout tho year. TLo
law department also opons up With full o}nBsos,
and promises TO grow largely during tho term.
,-Prenidont Edwards, Of tho State Normal
School, haa boon chosen by tLe Bosrd Of Educa-
body.
The colored people Of Champaign md Ur-
pann hela Iargo and enthusiastic celebration
Ihoy began at midnight with tho firing Of guns
md martial music. In tho afternoon tho isov.
llarce. OF tho Congregational aud tho Row j.
n: y - Payne, OF The Colorad Alethodiat Ghutch,
or Champaign, mud tic Rev. DayiH. OF BIoum-
ingtou, made adlresars ln the CITY PARK. Tho
attandauch conpriaad tda whole colorod nonula-
* Ion OF both cities, including . carload from
| INDIANA.
An exciting chase took place al tho dennt in
goahon on Monday uieht. 4 prisoner from d.
ha!o County, in charge Of an officer from Water
loo. jumped from tha cars while III noton, md
narrowly escaped being killed by being thrown
down nn cmbankmont Tho prisoner. whobo
I lcet we're orusmeutcd with shecklcs vns bruised
and had m nrm brolton. Tho convict, who rna
aeutoncod 10 several yoara in tho Stato Prison
for Relieving people Of their pockot-books, waa
followed soon after By tho Sheriff aud D crowd
Of cltzcns, md capturol.
--llonry Folson, farmer, Was thrown from
paggy, a. l Mshmo"a. .' BY the running away os
ipHectcd. @'@'A''
"A arangern' Harveat-Home picnic Ia to bo
hod At Richmond On tho 28th inst. It Will DO
the grsudest affair ever witnoaaed in Eastern
Indiana.
| MINNESOTA.
George ". stowart, residont Of lo sueur for
twensy M yoa5s, <liea oa Wednesday, at omahs On
separate room for tho night. Not answering 4
t"call III tho morning, tho door was burst onen.
wsfon 10 mas found expiring, AZ WIS docidod by
omaha physciaqs; from apople1y. The body
| TAh returned to LoSueur aud buried On Sunday
but IL to be taken up to-morror for post.
norton examination bT Drs. Stewart and Hand,
OF st. Pau Il anpeara that, within the lass
year. Mr. Stewart naa injured Lis ifo as follows:
Ennftsf t sb1e oss s,5 9o .S
nouedt. $10,000; Continental Hartford, 81 900;
Security, 3d. St. Louis Life, $4,000 NORTH
american: 81 900; and Minnesota Mutual,
sl,goo., Iotai S?7,o ,ooo. IN all cases . strlct
medical examination resulted in ctassing tho
risk az fitst-class. He applied for further ill.,
burauce also through minneapolis ageucics, and
III one instance to tho company direct, hut
without succaaa, probably On account OF tho
$4,000 policy in the Etna, whom ho
passed under Instructions OF tho Company
the moat thorough examination posaIble, aud
was again ratod titat class, but tho Company 1o-
fused tho rsk on account Of tho amount he was
carrying, involving an expense for ycar]y pre-
msutna boyoud hfH apparens uaeana. Tho several
| physicians hero who havo separately exsmlncd
him for insurance, ons Of whom has been fa!uil-
as With him for twouty yeara aro coa0dent that
Io did not dto OF spoploxy Or any organic dig-
ease. The suspicion ia that he vas partly in
sane, aud secured la7go insurance for tho bon-
oft ot his family With ths deliberate purpose Of
1t Is reported and believed that . bargain haa
bcon concluded by which the Miuuosota South
crn Railroad, with tho Wells & Mankato Branch,
waukoe i ST. Paul Company. Such a 1raustor
wlll it ia thought, operats iniariously to tho st.
Paul, rs the interests Of the milwaukee, Con,-
pany will operate, to turn the traffic Of tho Wolff
i Maukato Road eastward. which else would
naturally como oror tho Sioux CITY Road to St.
Paul.
Tho Minnesota State Agricultural Associa-
ton and Driving Park Society announce t4es
n'ion raco meetins for Oct. Is. "a. aud Is.
| Twenty-threo hundred dollars aro offered IN
soyon trotting and two running purses.
| N1scOHHIN.
Ayoung man uauaod Nathaniel Root, mas No.
cidontally shot, near Madison, and instantly
whom ho lad boen % out Squirrel % huntinE. TIey @
had returned from hunting, and when neas tho
barn Of Briggs father young Root hando1 tho
gun to his companion With both barrels c0ckod.
Briggs placed tho gun acroos his aru, tnfnc1
when the gun went on. shooting Boot through
tho heurt. He died instantly.
| -lesterday forenoon man, named John
Schmidt, died OF dellrium tronlens ss the Coup
ty Jail, at Milwaukee. Schmidt WAS brought IN
Monday oToning for thoft Of sexap-iron from
tho ST. Paul Railway Company.
] -First-Lio1itenantJ B. Moore. .of tho revenue
cutter Andy 1ohnsou now at Milwaukee,, acct
dautally slot narit,o, named Moran, yesterday
forenoon Moran was under tho influence Of
nqucr and bad cxoated disturbance 0n y l"s beard
tho cutter. lie was ordered to DO placed tn irons.
but reBisted to Guah degree that Lieut.. Moore
drcw revolver to intimldato him, but during
tho melee tho weapon Was discharged, tho bal!
passing through Mooses sleavo aud into tho
shoulder Of Moran. Tho lattor, though not
seriously injured, was moved to tho hospital Tor
treatment.
| IOWA.
William Humphreys. wAile oiling tho n3astor-
wheel OF a tllreshing machine horse~powsE,
yesterday, hear Iowa City, got his hnnd caught
In tito cogs aud taken OIL at tho kAuoklas.
MICHIGAN.
Ten miles OF Ase-aaru telegraph &nd alarm
boxes at convenient intervals, aro to b0 put upin
! Grand napilB this fall. Other improvements by
| Wv OF protection from fire arc very extensive.
!! 4 mammoth reservoir. covering eayaral acres, ia
boIng built at tho su1zsNAs Of tho hill eaat Of tue
| city.