, 1875-03-29

Ice -. Social Gatherings - spelling
observation-disclosures Notes.
1lAaAAKEE, ILL.,, March 2G.-A genuine thun-
ler-btorua visited this locality this morning bo-
fore daylight. pcala OF thunder royetberatcd
a!ong tho eky, and shook tho houses to their
foundations. The rain did tho gentlenanly
thing by tho waBheswomen, and cams down In
cenerous quantities. Tho roRda are eating
worry muddy, and travel will aoou boco.as 'Lcdged
ip."
OK TIE RIVER.
During the past few days, tho Illinois Central
1sa!Iroad Company las had gang Of ice.plow
at work, under tue direction Of Mr. Ca1ndou
knight, cutting tho Ice frum uar Creek 10 tue
old Camp Grounds distance Of n,iles. The
furfous arc 10 inches dcop, aud divide tie
field into diamond-shaped cakes. When the
,co "gocs out" these cakes will pass between
she piers OF tho railroad bridge without restraint.
Trestles nra now being prepared for the tenn
porary support Of tho bridge Wien tho EeN piDrs
nfc pus In.
soc1AI GATHERINGS.
Tho residence Of A. q. French, tho popular
Company, @ was comfortably fllel last Wednesday
evening by Jolly company Of friends, who as
sembed to celebrate A1Es. F.'s birthday. The
Dn4d was present. and Lent aadlsionsl oclat to
Tbs Congregational Society gs7e its frs. uocIa-
bio this ssasoi. at tile large residence Of George
u. Joiuer. Owing to the darkness Of the oreli.
lug, and tho muddy walking, the attendance WIS
not largo. Tue refreshments Nsre tlne. and tlls
evening, was very agreeable one to thoss who
THE UNIVERSAL grELL.
should hardly venture anything mo1a than q
passing notice Of tho match nt the II. L. Church,
laat Tuesday evoning. did not recoGnize The
present unsuitable demand for the details Of this
| epdemical amusement. Estimates OF tho i1ltol-
! llgenco and culture Of = community are now
popularly based upon tue class Of words mis-
spelled by itH representatives. Tue Attendance
on the above oceasion. was fair. Md., A. L:
tue osthoErapt!cal cohorts. 1u the preliminary
| trial. the stata's Attorney was suppressed by a
| nuisance" and 1efnBod 70 enter the lles for
tho psize spelling. In the hitter, John Il. Nc
! took his. scat amfdss yociferous applause aud
TUG whlrl Of, brain incidcns to IN
ind!acrIm!natc disposal Of tho yoNols
in "onn1vo.ous." ,obscurtty uas soon
l criet ns City ss st
OF tllor lino OF literature, wna sufficiently un-
familiar to batlle Bliss Frank Paddock and Mr.
YIN Durham aud roguisll" alrs iliekox
yielded to- to I'M msRsssa ~ Mrs. Y Y, noss
"Bpontanolty;" aud Ssoye Il. 3{ooro, tho lawyer,
missed "supsthcde." Aliaa Conan, tic cham.
pion Of the previous match won't out on "idiobyn'
crasy." DR.. cutler bloraoned out gorgeoasly Oh
+" iniioroaceuce." but suddenly wilted.. Lawye,
Orr couldn't swallow ipecacuanha." An oph.
1cleid do" was all instrument unknown to Bauker
Dutham tho horn was loft for another to blow.
| THO illusiFenoeB OF "phnntastnagoHa" was pain
fully apparent to Mrs. Will 1eltno and then the
remaining qnartette went down IN the following
| oruor: Ink TM1Dusr on "peripharY;' Judge
! Wilcox on "roscsiol,," and AIiaa Florence Matu,
on "ricochet," leaving young Frank Holmes tue
victor.
evening, at the preabyteriau Church. Eight
lawyers. NTH tuoir iady-alies,- beyy Of school.
nla'ams, will DO pltted against lite number Of
0nslucss-men and = reinfolcetnent Of fair oncs.
sons: j. N. orr. llra. William, Kenaga. Judge
| g. Il. Starr, b1iss Florence Atssur, 4. T. Dom
field, Mira. DR.. Cutler, s. Il. Moore. Mrs. Or.
Ames, J. bEonsseau, al1as Price: Il; l. l'tchasd- "a
Il AIR.. b Mckinney o. 9: n,st'sts , w. ..cd Orr
thus: il: 9. olsrke. ill.,: ". Ionasld, viii
Durham, Mrs. Wln Gelino, ". O. Richards, Mrs.
II. O. Carke. L. s. 11ateh, Miss Conan, 3. II.
Hathaway, NiHs Milk. Dr.. cui1os, Alss kate
Thompson. 2 J.; T. Mckinney MIS- " H. A4'iot'
| The Dartists also announce = match for
! Thursday eyanng, with interesting features
among which will ba = class Of peraons who make
no pretenAouH to orthoeraphieal atts'umeues'
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
The Tlev. Dir. barnard. tue popular pastor Of
tile Presbyterian Church, was recently presented
| with 4 magnificent gold match. costing 500. by
hin Admitting frioa0, J. II. bhaIer. How much
hotter 1t fa to be country parson than Brook
| lyn dlyinel
An election for incorno.At!ng the city under
the gsnerai law Nill be held on tic I'd Of next
| November.
o, G. BARTLETT rendered bis resignation to the
City Council ~ Police Magistrate. It was &C.
ccptaa.
Tho cllage Of DourbopnRln must bold an
othor elestion for village Incorporation. Ths
furul OF the hAtiots III tbs recent alsctlun wss y.
loyal. The election will be held April 10.
| Tho Collectors throughout tho county havA re-.
| turmed about GO per cent OF tho amount on their
books,-a lover pcrcen.age than lant year.