Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-01
LYONS. Iowa.

October 25th, 1875.
 Ep. ENo.-Your Judean huntsmen were very fortunate in their selection of weather for their expedition Old .-Sol" held full sway all through the month of September (not even giving way for the equinoctiaD clear over into Oct. winding up on the 2d. with regular scorcher- mercury at 900 in the shade-When, af- ter killing 8 aman with snnstroke.i it retired gracefully behind thunder cloud. and allowed the old equinoctial to sail m on the wings of the storm. which in turn has held sway most of the time since.
 Tn consequences (Election day t'eing no exception) the republican vote fell of a good deal. but we rolled up very respect" able majority for tue ''of year" to wit' over 10000 The governor two years ago received only 32. 600. and the one previous to that only 22. .OOO So Iowa will not do for the dem''s to bet ou just yet. The fight in the river counties. where whisky and democracy are strongest. was sharply contested. In our own county, honors were easy, each party electing half of their candidates, but in Lyons "we met the en- emy and we were theirs" sh
 The officers of our State Fair for next year, have been taking time by the fore lock. and announced baby show for next year with $50 first prize. It is thought this will give most of the mothers of Iowa 6 "Fair" chunce.
 Owing to clerical error of the enroll ment of the statutes. defining the penalty for delinquent taxes, there is an ambigni- ty out of which a lawsuit has grown. It is urged that but 2 per cent. can be claim ed for the first three months, and one per cent. a r,ontn thereafter, while Judge has decided that it means 2 per cent. each month for the first three months. or 6 per cent. It goes to the Supreme Court for final adjudication.
 CoURTs MUST ADyoURN.-Ths supreme court of Ill.,. has decided that the iudge cannot leave the bench during trial. even temporarily. The case went up on appear where the judge temporarily left the bench. and called lawyer to preside. during his brief absence. with the consent of all parties. The prisoner being tried was sentenced to be hung, and an appeal was taken on the above grounds, and sustained in the higher court.
 SOMETHING FOR THE DOCTORS. cond. dencs man travelling under several aliases, victimized number of Iowa physicians and was brought mp with round turn in Lyons. He claimed he was sent out by the United States College of Surgeons, Washington D. O., an Institution endors- cd by the dovernment, in connection with each state, the especial obiebt being to relieve paralytics and those afiiict ed with epilepsy and ascertaining the best treat ment. He was sent out to secure statis- tics and report cases which went before Beard, and by paying small amount to this agent to cover incidental expenses, patients would be treated by this high Tribunal in the interests of science, &c. Meeting physician here thus afflicted, who had exhausted all known remedies, managed to get handsome sum out of him. On reflection, however. the doctor began to ''smell mice," aul by vigo- rous use of the telegraph. discovered that he was swindler and started the sheriff after him. He found his man in Davsn- port, with another case well worked up, brought him back to Lyons. and caged him safely in ] sil. where hs awaits trial with an excellent show for the peniten- tlary. ~.t.,-,xsrs. zr t<g-s.- sf .efse
 The unlooked for drouth of September dried up the river 30 rapidly that the mlll men found thsir logs pn terra JsrnsG: and, with plenty in sight. were obliged to shut down their mills and wait for a SIX inch rise. which did not come till about week ago. This was especially aggravating. as they had been troubled to get logs, and the heavy crops had 90 stimulated the demand for lumber that their yards were being rapidly depleted. Up to the 1st of Sept, tue mills ln this vicinity had sawed about 60 millions feet of lumber; 20 million shingles, 10 million lath, and six million pickets. These fg- ures convey very little idea of the vast amount of lumber handled. but some idea may be formed when it is known that the amount sawed would make up2 long trains of cars day. Your Washington correspondents who found themselves in the midst of the lumber districts of Michigan will be able to form a better estimate of the vastness of of the trade that has 90 increased in the last ten years. The question is begin ming to be seriously asked how long the logs are going to last at the increased ra- tio of demand. The above figures repre-. sent about one quarter of the cut on the river, with from to months more to be added for the wear. A. B.