, 1889-12-26
ROCKFORD INCIDENTS.
Death of the Man Who Was Re-
Gently Kicked by an
Unruly Horse.
A Few Legislative Suggestions in
the Interests of the
Farmers.

delightful town Is enjoying its first
real snow storm of the season.
Sleigh bells are making the air live
ly with their merry jingle, while
''soft eyesn look "love to eyes which
speak again"
Messrs. Reynolds & Urbach have
completed the bridge they contract
ed to build for Messrs. Coon & Ed
wards and Others of Spokane. 1t
extends from point on Lake ave-
nue., about $50 feet from First street,
along the line of Lake avenue across
Rock creek to its west bank; Is about
400 feet long by twenty-four feet
wide, has a carriage aud foot way,
and required 10000 feet of lumber
for it's construction. 1t is a fine
structure architecturally and me
chunically and reflects credit upon
its builders and the public spirited
gentlemen whose enterprise caused
IL to be built.
Mr.. Owen Bear, who had the mis-
fortune to lie kicked by an unruly
horse last week, died from the in
jury Monday afternoon, the 10th
inst. The grief stricken widow and
fathcrless little ones have the warm
est sympathies of the entire COM
munity. May the assurances of
Him who hath promised to be n
father to the fatherless sustain them
I'm their time of need.
Mrs. Abram Wathman sustained
very painful scald late last Sutur-
dny evening by stepping into q
bucket of hot water carelcssly left
ut the bottom of stairway Mrs. w.
had to use I'm her attention to the
affairs of her house.
The Rockford Literary Society
are preparing to give an entertain
ment during holiday week. A play
has been selected. The society Il
said to possess some fine amateur
dramatic talent.
Professor Irwin has moved into
town with his family and will open
school rs soon as the seats arrive,
which are somewhere on the rail-
road between here and Chicago. An
effort Is being made to form IL new
school district out of parts of dis
tricts 90, % and 80.
A SUGGESTION.
Our farmers, since 1t has been
proposed for the Legislature to fix by
enactment the number of pounds of
flour and bran every bushel of wheat
shall make, think yet another source
OF their troubles should be removed,
and that every threshing machine
man In the state should be made to
thrcsh forty bushels of wheat and
sixty bushels of oats to the acre
every year, be the same wet or dry.
They think 1t would efiectually
solve the problem of irrigation, late
frosts and smut, should such law
pass, besides saving them consider
able labor and also the United States
government a vast outlay for "irri-
CATION experiments" which might
be applied with better results to
building n navy. They also think
while the Legislature Is at the busi-
ness, n few other natural laws might
be changed for their benefit by
our accommodating representatives;
that water should be compelled by
law to run up hill when one finds It
inconvenient to build In the valley,
and they should also regulate the
times and amounts of summer rain
fall; that u few more showers at iu-
dicious periods during the summer
would aid very materially the
threshing machine men in obeying
the command for more wheat with
out the necessity of straining their
machines. Your correspondent can
zee great opportunities herein for
local celebrities to become word
famous-will the tide be "taken at
| its iiood?'