The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19
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Illinois News.

Illinois News
All over the state the cry is for rain,
+, w. Slaughter has been appointed
postmaster at Canton, I'll,
Rev. Hiram Buck will rededicate tn,
church at Ogden next Sunday.
Winchester was visited by glorious rail-
on last Tuesday afternoon.
During the month of July 8s. 900 gal
Ions OF milk was shipped from Dundee te
Chicago
George Cartwright. oGW atseka is the
Oldest living settler in Iroqois county. He
came to Bunkum in April, 1880.
| The Fandalia Baptist association holds
its annual session at Bethel church,
Marion county, in September next.
Mr., L. j. Spivey has the largest water
melon patch in Gallatin county, and some
of he best melons. He has in all twenty
acres.
The Methodist Episcopal church at
EichView. near Centralia, Illinois, will be
dedicated by Bishop Foss, August 29th, at
1890 q. m,
The old settlers society of adams and
Brown counties is to hold Its next annual
meeting at Clayton. on Tuesday and We'd
nesday of next week.
A well informed kankakee county farm
er said few days since that the CORN crop
in his county would not be more than q
one-third crop this year.
Wild buck, doe or fawn, or wild turkey
will not be lawfully shootable until the LIST
OF September, nor quail or rutt1ed grouse
until the lst of October.
A blackberryinglparty from BlueMound,
camping near Otter lake, Macon county,
killed three snakes six feet long and from
three to four inches in diameter.
Carbonate is to have a new hotel. It
is to be built by DR.. s. Ell. Edwards and
Charles eager. of the Newell house. and
will be located on the site of the Planters
house.
Late potatoes have scarcely come up at
all in Gallatin county. The drouth has
cut the corn crop short, and some Of the
farmers will scarcely realize the seed they
planted.
The whole section about Peoria seems
to be given over as a sport for the potatoe |
bugs. They may be found everywhere. |
on the trees, sidewalks, buildings and |
everywhere else.
John G. Henderson. Of Winchester, will
attend the next meeting of the American |
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10 be held at Boston. Mass, on Wednes-
day, Aug. 18th.
The Elgin board of education have shor-
tened up the high school course of three
7ears, 4 new course of study is being
prepared, which will omit nearly or quite
III those studies not embraced in a COM
mon English course.
About ten o'clock on last Saturday
hight. in White county, meteor of uu>
usual brllliancy was noticed 10 the sky. 1t
appeared to CONNECT two stars with curry
ID line of fire, and the line remained visi-
Die for nearly two minutes.
James Long, Montezuma. has stored on
The bank of the Illinois river and in ware
1ouses at that point. 22.050 sacks OF
wheat raised in Scott county. this season.
IN Wednesday, Thursday and Friday OF
asst week he received respectfully l5s.
81 and 154 loads, each load averaging 20
acks.
The sixteenth ANNUAL meeting of the
Tazeweil county Sunday school conVen
ion will be held at Washington, 10 st.
Marks Lutheran church, August Is, 10,
nd 20, Il large namber of Sunday school
Voi kers from this and adjoining ceuntiC
'ili be present to put enthusiasm into
be meeting
The Gilman Star says that the Illinois
;entral railroad npang's surgeon was
here on Monday. the I'd, and examined
he road mems eyes, 10 ascertain how far
hey could see. and how easy they could s
iscover colors Only few could match !
ephyr, and some could not distinguish =
ne celor from another