, 1875-08-29
AURORA.
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ArnoRA ILL.,, Aug. 23.-Slnca tue fros.s of Sat.
urday and SUNDAY nights last. which. by the way,
| did no damage in this vicinity worth speaking
| OF. the weather has been moat favorable fo1
farmers, and they indulge the hope that the corn
crop may escape serious injury. Despite the
! damage done BY the Wind and rain the Weld OF
| small grain. and its average fine quality hare
been surprising 10 ALL. It Is not uncommon to
have reported q Weld Of 50 to 80 bushels
OF oats per acr.f or Is or 80 bushels
Of rye, and should the frost mold of a
few weeks the corn drop will be greatly in e1-
cess Of ANYTHING knorn 10 this region for many
years. The good feqtlt z Of The farmers proves
infectious the merchants anticipate an uuueu-
ally heavy fail trads, and ars mating prepara-
tions accordlng!v:f Many Of them afo now IN
the Eastern markets making theis purchaser,
some few have returned. and their new goods
ale daiiy arriving, while others, moro di1atozy,
depart next week to uaske their SELECTIONS.
SCHOOLS.
After the louE summer vacation, the public
schools OF tbs Weet Side coznntpce the Tall
term Monda', Prof. Hastings. OF Litchdeld,
having beer' secured ~ Principal, to succeed
Prof. Frank h Hall, who takes charge OF the
Sugar Grove Agrlcu'tural School Tie schools
OF The East Side, District ND. 5. ppen Monday
Sept. &. The only change in the Faculty hsaid
Of is the appointing Of a successor to M,as
Carrie Foed, second assistant iu the HIGH
schoo{, that lady having acceptet position IN an
Ea-te1a State where she spent the vacation
Prof. Powell, the P..nc,pal, arrived home
Thursday evening from the Stste Teachers In-
stituEe at Champaign, and meeting Of the
Board OF Educaton haa been called for this
evening. for &hs purpose Of filling the vacancy.
Al Jennings Seminary, the fa1! term OF which
comm onces Tuesday. Prof. 1andeyiAe has made
soma charges 10 the flcu!ty.
ADJUSTMENTS
have been few OF late, aside from e1cursions and
pcn,cs, which are OF everyday occuri euce The
Piano Society OF the Oniversallst Church, the
members Of which acquired = good dramatic
reputation last wlrter, gave fine entertainment
last evening In the Easement OF the church,
rendering IN = very cteditab!e manner the
- Duchess Of Dublin. and . tAsoe entitled "Ay
Turn Next" 1t Lhe Clty-HaM the North Cnroii-
na Miustl els we1e we'll received last evening.
and repeat a really fine concert tonight for the
benefit of the Galena Street Metho list Chn,cb.
Next week there Will be the Susan Den;o
troupe At the Opera-House every evening,
With .fhs Discarded VIE NJ. John Sy1n's Wsitel:
is great favorite in Ausora,-ha5 never vet
brought us poor company.
EXCURSIONS
seem to take up the atteution OF tho people this
season more than anything else, aud they 60 ai-
most every day IN some direction. Tuesday over
l,20o persons went " Rockford and met with An
ovation. Tuesday quite q large number
Joined the excursion from Hinckley to Rock
f,rd. Thursdsy the MetLod!ss Episcopal Church !
Suuday-achoot and their tneude filed three |
coaches and spent the day 1t M!llingtou, on the |
Fox River Road, ard Yesterday The Gaieua Street |
Church people picnicked ~ Mll.brook. Some time !
next week the Unisersaltsts will invite the;r |
friends to accompany them to Geneva Lake. !
Saturday next cautle Of carloads at least viii ]
visit Genera Laxe with the Bats vis 4olkr, for |
the benefit OF the Batavia Free Llprary. epe-
ciai train taiviog Aurora at s oc1ock a. NJ, aud
With the excursion train At the Junc-
tion.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
All throughout this region ha.Ilng from Wash-
ngton County. N. T., and their name is legion. |
re iav1ted to participate m the basket PICNIC 1t
Lew Stewards magnificent park ut Plano, Tues !
1ay. The csrs vilf leaye Aurora for the cronnIa