, 1876-08-20
ILLINOIS.
AURORA.
PROLOGUE.

AURORA.
PROLOGUE.
Special Correspondence ef The 1T7oune.
AURORA, ILL.,, Aug. 18.-Let me give you
little hurried letter this morning without A.
tempt to arrange medley Of gossip, and
news, ana trides combined, which, if of NO par
ticular interest to your readers, may cause some
unfortunate typo to climb into his coat and
swear that he is a "reprint hand"
BASEBALL
is what's the matter with lis principally just
now, and our entire community has gone stark,
staring, raving mad over baseball. If an out
side nine comes here to play friendly game, as
did the Rock Citys, Of Batavia, on Saturday
last, all the small boys and bummers and
roughs Of the city congregate upon the grounds
and vie with each other In shameless abuse OF
the visitors ana the unhappy umpire, and it
seems to be expected that any scrub nine hastily
picked up, and without practice, shall be conf
pctent to clean out anything that can be brought
against them. The Batavia boys have twice
beaten 4 nine from the G., B. & Q.
shops, but the shop boys have no time
for practice, and, while there is some
good material IN the party, there are
enough lame ducks to forever insure their fail
ure The East and West Side clerks have been
pitted against each other; the printers have
met the clerks, and are theirs; tue BARRIERS
were walked away with BY the cigar-malscrs;
and there are dozen other games pending be-
tween business men, professional men, and 9TH
ers. But the most exciting game was play
ed yesterday upon the Black HAWK grounds
by rival mines Of ''fat men" from the East and
West Sides OF the river. At half-past 2 o'clock p.
m. the East Side nine were loaded upon five drays
at the Empire House, seated In arm chairs and
supplied with fans (the temperature being 900 in
the shade), and pulled out for the battle field,
headed by brass band. Along the route they met
with q perfect ovation, but their opponents were
OF lighter mold, and in the contest they were
beaten two points. At least ?. 0OO persons wit
messed the game and laughed themselves almost to
death over ludlcrous scenes which have not time
to reproduce on paper, and will only ask you to
glance over the na,nes Of these decate baseball
Ssesxn III a note waabu3 si1 ns st ben kai ssss sss
:S r,sa 90: so eS:,t i ,o -,
Ga1ines. :.so. West Side Sine-R ". Gates, 200;
RcD1 R H0orne @ + so}; psn stb haasy i 8 l. v LAM
Talking OF baseball, an organization was effect
ed on Tuesday evening which embraces the best
Aurora talent in this line, and after few practice
games you will hear from them again. The club
il composed Of the following gentlemen: Isaac
Morgan, President; L. Burger. Vice President;
Willis Hoyt, Treasurer; Charley Hubbel, sgcre-
inn Loomz, b. :; John Eryan, ? b.; Dwight
Richardson g. 9. Ben Radcliffe, If. j; r. Lindsay,
c. T.. !; Frank Griffith, r. f. sand Lorn Waite. sub.
Edward Charleston III catcher, and Win Hydon
pitcher.
On Wednesday evening Billy Vests Minstrels
gave very fair entertainment at the Opera-l House.
Last evening the international Novelty Combina
ton called ont l very slim audience, but gave by
far the best entertainment OF the Kind ever wit.
uessed in Aurora, and if Campbell j. Browne could
but manage to give us another call this
son there would not he standing room in
the Opera House. In Billy Bryant, Fannie Peake,
Jeppe, and several Others Of the party we recog
nized old fayorites, and the combination is excel
lent throughout tic only possible fault to be found
being that their programme il too lengthy. and af-
ter persistent encores have been responded to mid
John Dillon will he with rs On Monday evening
in '*Our Boys, j" and John never fails TO draw an
appreciatiye and payins audience in Aurora
ITEMS.
The ponderons Fred O. White departed on Mon
day afternoon for the Michigan pineres, to select
the annual stock of lumber with which to I'll up
White j. Toll's depleted yurds.
Jay J: Davis, after spending some months in the
Black Hills, is expected home tomorrow.
Arthur ?; Vaughn, the genial G., r, p + Q: agent
past, but il slowly recovering,
Eben Deaupre, Charlie Clark, Johnnie Coulter,
and Joe Conway, quartette Of our most estimable
on Sept. 3.
Waiter S. Hackney and Lee Moss started on
Wednesday for the Centennial.
Let inc whisper the names of few OF our Young
people who are shortly to shove their heads into
the moose matrimonial: Jack Senccnbaugh Is about
to lead to the altar Miss Eva Selvey;J. Y. SOM
arindyck, Miss Annie Senccnbau4h; Ambrose 11g-
gius, Miss Jesse lloyt: Sherm Wilcox, Miss Annie
noyt; Nose Moss Miss S. Lyman, Of Chicago.
Little Gertie, daughter of Conductor Sam Crance,
while chusng butterfly On Wednesday, fell over
q fence md broke OF her limbs,
William 3. Allen, Internal Revenue Collector, Is
viewing the Centennial.
Henry May, Of Rochelle, is spending few days
with his Aurora friends.
The Rev Dr. Thomas and wife are rnstcating in
Wisconsin for couple Of weeks.
William Lawrence t. Co. have thus far this sea-
son shipped lao, 600 pounds OF butter to Provi-
dence Il. !.
D. C. Pratt, the veteran photographer, reached
his fftieth birthday on Monday last, and his
youngest daughter c0mmemOrated the event by
presenting him with a costly cane
Mr.. anu Mrs. John Woods are spending few
weeks among friends in Indiana and Ohio.
Miss Libbic Denney ie spending the last weeks Of
the school vacation ut Champaign.
Frederick keyes, Fox River brakeman, very
highly esteemed by all who know him, was So
badly injured by the on Sunday night last, at
Serena. that he expired next morning at his home
in this city,
". ]. Pollock, of Ottawa, visited among his
Aurora friends couple Of days this week.
When Evans, Watson, and Tim Holden undertake
to carry an Aurora delegation, there is no such
word as fail.
The Catholic temperance societies united in
pleasant picnic yesterday, at the Fair Grounds.
Willie Reeves reached home yesterday from New
York.