The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-03
nEraHRoRHoop NOTES.
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| The reunion OF the 'GICn regiment OF III
inois volunteers was held yesterday at Elm
wood
| Next week the encampment commences
at Bloomington.
About 250,000 acres of corn were planted
in Livingston county, Ills. Notwithstand-
| ing the protracted drouth, the average crop
will be about thirty five bushels to the
acre.
| During the rain Friday, the 10Th ult.,
lightning struck the stable of William Hisey,
| in Bogard township, Henry county, killing
| two good work horses, valued at from $75
to 800 each.
The farmers in the American bottom will
give the right of way and $4,000 in
money and labor to the c., B. & @. com
pany if it viii throw up a levee for its
track high and strong enough to keep out
the Mississippi floods.
At Mattoon, on Sunday night, during an
alteration between Newton Hodge and
John Woods a stone thrown by Woods
struck boy named Landers on the head,
inficting dangerous injury, one eye being
instantly destroyed. The case is especially
pitiable, inasmuch as the little Landers
boy has always been known as the
guide and constant leader of blind father
T. E. Welt has struck six foot vein of
coal at his shaft south of Cuba.
The Fairview Masons have moved into
their new hall.
The Free Methodist camp meeting is in
progress at Ipava.
The greenbackers of McDonough county
have nominated county ticket.
There were nearly one thousand entries
at Ford county fair.
One thousand stand of arms were ship
ped from the state house to Bloomington
for the soldiers reunion. The third batta-
lion of Ohio cavalry will attend. The sec
ond brigade of Illinois guards will be well
represented
Astoria item in Lewiston Democrat:
f'The lad who went to circus in Yer
mont. got excited, took the wrong train
and had to walk back from Ray, will now
be forgotten, and the party of lads who
started from here last Thursday night to
go to Springfield to see Barnums show,
viii attract attention for some time, at
least. 1t is told that they went as far as
Beardstown on their way and after wait
ing till daylight for train to Springfield,
they learned it was Springfield, Ohio, and
not Illinois.
Att Ill
Aurora's police force consists of but one
man.
The double track between Ottawa and
LaSalle is almost completed. less than one
mile remaining.
John Wise will make balloon ascension
from the fair grounds at Sterling, Septem-
Der 18th
Malignant scarlet fever is affecting the
little ones of Elgin.
A sewing machine factory is the latest
Rockford enterprise.
A Peoria man was fined SO the other
day, for keeping an unruly COW.
The Joliet steel company is making good
progress with its new blast furnace, which
will produce one-half more product than
the present one.
The Chicago & Alton railway will run a
special passenger train to Bloomington
daily next week, to accommodate the visit
ors to the soldiers reunion.
Benjamin PETER, aged 20 years, a resi-
dent of Macon county forty years, lost his
life by attempting to beat out the fire in a
pasture, which suffocated him.
The Peoria society of veterans of the
Mexican war will be represented at the
Cincinnati reunion by four delegates,
Justice Frazer and Messrs. Mckenzie, Bry-
an and Schroeder.