Litchfield enquirer., 1880-06-17

miles from here, and IS the Rev. N. H Whittle- sew New Prestoni;e was to be there from the southwestern part nf tine State put in a claim for that ''neighborly visit on our door step, being only about three hundred miles apart in this country of magnificent distances ? 1 (Some of the N. P. friends will recall the allusionl But the railroad on the direct route, was washed out, and only by going
 round on the other three sides of the. square,
 could he get here, but he persevered and
 reached us Monday evening having travelled nearly all day to compass a distance of I only thirty miles He left Wednesday evening about 10 o'clock on a steamer for l Burlington where he takes the cars for home
 It furnished him an opportunity to attend the weekly prayer meeting before embarking, 1 where he ''took part" to our edifcation and delight. I need not say to those who know
 him that we enjoyed the "neighborly visit" By another coincidence our wives were within four blocks of each other visiting at their old
 homes in New Haven, Ct. 1 hoped to have had him with us over Sunday and to have heard him preach, but he was one of the Scribes at the Association and could not get away. He appears to be- doing very suc- cessful work, having started a Mission church ! with eight members four years ago, increased it to one hundred and fifteen, and made it self sustaining and power for good in the | community. The Bishop of the M. E. church paid him the compliment of sending their 1 strongest man into the same field-to help him-It is such men that have made Iowa the
 ''Stalwart" State that she is
 The trongest men in our state belong to the ''1owa Band," company of fifteen young college graduates who came to Iowa forty years ago and settled as home mlssiona- ries and have been a power for good in mould ing the state into it's present advanced posi- tion, many of them remaining unto this pres ent day.
 We also had delightful visit a week or so ago from our old friend Mai Burnham, we count his visits among the green spots in our
 "pilgrimage."
 In the disbarment proceedings of the State
 Bar Association Us Judge Cole for libeling Judge Dillon, the case came to sudden end by the complete back down of Judge Cole, ac- knowledging the libel in his zeal for his client, and the case was dismissed. Such
 ''acknowle: lgement" opine is new chapter in jurisprudence.
 most distressing accident happened here on Decoration Day. There were two steam boat excursions to Rock Island, one from Lyons and one from Clinton. It was very rainy day but all went we'll till about eleven o'clock in the evening cn the return trip when one of our most promising young men fell from the boat and was drowned. His mother
 was nearly deranged and threatening to kill herself, was closely watched. On Monday last the body was found seven miles above Davenport and brought home and inferred
 Tuesday, greatly to the relief ot the family
 who had offered $150, for the recovery of the body. He belonged to one of the higher class es in school and was general favorite. The class wear badges of mourning for him.
 The circus proprietor in Janesvile, whose skull was crushed and mashed in half a dozen places exposing the brain With his left eve destroyed, nose torn from his face, lower jaw broken and life dispaired of, was able to ride in the procession when his circus started out on it's summer campaign, though very weak and feeble
 Crops of all kinds are looking well, berries plenty and cherry trees loaded A.