, 1875-04-25
AURORA
xANE COUNTY NEWB.

AURORA
KANE COUNTY NEwB.
suscta, Correspondence Of Tbs Chicago as7oatnt-
A1r1oR.. ILL.,, April 24.-About everybody has
haen industriously engaged in house-cleaning
during the past week, painting, calcinlnlng. aud
generally overhauhng residences. Offices, and
Stores, or beauti1ying their homes BY setting out
additional ornamental trees and shrnbbery. Ihe
people generally take great deal OF pleasure IN
rendering tl,eir homes beautiful and attractive,
snd when a1rnyed in summer garb OF fohaGe ano
flowers tho little city is most delightful place
Of resort. Although proVerbla1ly :,
HEALTuFuL CITY,
and hut little afflicted with diseases OF An cpl
demic character, physicians have been Kept very
busily employed this spring, in consequence Of
the chsneeablo weather. Just now they hs7e
their hands full Of diphtheria patients, and TINS
malady seems to have assumed = moro shan
usually malignant character, IN many cases
putriditv setting in at the commencement
Three deaths have occurred in consequence CUT
ing the week.
TIE SPELLING MANIA
stl1 rages with upabated interest. The congTe-
rat1ons Of moet churches navo had one or more
matches, in some cases giving prizes and cnare-
ing triflng admisaion-fee; citizens upon eHnet
eido OF the river have had series OF contests ;
the ladies have tilted against % equal nnmner o.
of eentlemen,--in fact, there Inns baen all the
variety in the way OF speuing-schools that could
| be imagined. Even the colored people have
caught the infection, and announce spollinE-
match 1t the African Methodist Episcopa1 Churcn
| for Monday evening. Last evening, a :as She
| was pitted against An equal number t.sl
Of gentleman, but at late hour
the contest closed as = draw game, three upon
each side remaining upon the hoor' W.: Ml7:
| Hood, teacher Of Room No. II, Centre 5choni
.Misa Hoylos Room No. 10, aod Misa Nellie May
standt 4 pupil in No. II the Rev. N. A. Pren-
tiss, pastor Of the Congregational Church Fr91'
| Clark. PRINCIPAL OF the High School and Mr.
Frank johnson. At the First If. E. Church,
| prououncing match changed the usual pro-
| rram1ne, ilr. Robert Holcomb was awarded .
| dictionary for beihg the first to take nB seat
/ willis Miss Stop carried OF the ho.,oEs in keep
| nr perfect to the last, aud was presented With
handsome copy Of ''Al the World on Wheels
4.' AMueEMEHTs
have not bean very plentiful sh1s week. Fso1
| Hermann, the magician, gave very GOOD snow
! at the Opera House Monday evening, ana Was
favored with good house. Tho Ladies Tenn
Derance Union gare their usual literary ano mu
aical entertainment At the C1ty-Hal Wednesda.
| evening, and 1t WAS greatly enjoyed oT ail pres
ent. At the Huntoon House on Thursday even
i ing the ladies' Of the Universalist Church gavt
an exceedingly pleasant dime-soclabIe,-th'
Young people soon adjourniug to the spac'ou
dining.roon and engaging in dancing. Thea
sociables are always enjoyable and largely a.
yored with IN entortainment by the Adelph
combination from Chicago. and tho citizens An
ticipate rare treat q
the pEr1sQur.sT TAX LIST
of Kane County is unusually large this yea1
owing to hard times sud the severity OF th
past winter. It appears to-day IN the Aufot
= Beacon, occupying twenty-five aoo LII
| columns. .........
has large circulation in Aurora, and La steadn
increasing; but they are received ny pony nyrtt e
g: press from Geneva On the Chicago d Nortf
western Road. This; however, il an improve
mont upon the original plan Of the newsdeale!
OF sending boy to Chicago Saturday night. l
order that be might get out On the early mo1nin
train with their supply, for the lineage, Ph; 81,
} enterprise. BY the present timetable OF tn
road the Sunday edition would not reach nei
until o'clock q. u1., whereas the NorthWeatel
and the pony express enables naTsdeaAsTs
send out their carriers at O'CLOCK
!, Tbs wife OF William B. Allen. Esq, 1ntern'
Revenue Collector for this district. died qnli
| suddenly last evening from diphther1a- Mf
Allen was highly esteemed by large circle
friends, ard bet sudden death has flied
| hearts with sadness.
) iii. W. Il, Watson and wife arrived hon
Thursday afternoon from Vincennes, 1nd
: t whither they were summoned Last weak 10 tt
: death-bed OF 1r. Watson's mother, who O.
pred Sunday.
3 mr. Henry Frolich, Chicago, Burlington
r Quincy mechanic, accompanied by bis vile q
:: parted Tuesday morning for Germany to w
the home Of his childhood.
' The marriages Of the wesk hare becn ~ Il
lows: -.
r By tho Rev. E. ". Donnsbury, OF the Fir
: Baptist Church, At the residence Of the 6r1de
]: parents, Mr. G. Albert Hurd, son Of Aid. Huf
: and Miss Emma ]. Wegtcott.
By the Rev. James Gorton, Of Christ Churc
r Mr. Hugh Farguson and Hiss Emma Dixon, DO
:. Of PlAuo. r.:
d By the Kev. John Ellis, 1t the Ga1ena stre
+ Methodist Episcopal parsonage, Mr. Bradley
Keaa1er ani Mrs. Tryphena e. Ward.
+ By this Rev. JAMES Gorton, Mr. Frank Alb
xnd Miss 0rphie E. Ashley, both OF oawsgo.
OTHER SUBURBS.
:..: OAKLAND.
- L fire was ono Of the sensations last suno
q afternoon on Egan avenue. between 71neen1
70 and South PARK avenues. Some gentlemen y