The Weekly Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • 7

THE WEEKLY 'PANTA GRAPH JANUARY 13 I893L 7 A INE SHEEP COUNTRY What an Old IMooinlngtonfan Says About the Land of tho Dakotas Dr Hutchison who resided in this city for twenty six years until 1882 when he went to Lakota Nelson county is in tho city for a few days He was called here by the death of his sister Mrs Harry Williams this being his first visit here for seven years He is very much pleased to be once more to be among his old friends all of whom have received him very Lakota is situated between Devil's Lake and Grand orks and the whole region there is largely given up to the sheep busi ness This country has for years past been known as a great wheat region but it has been found more recently that sheep pay better than wheat Mr Joy of Grand orks owns some 1100) sheep In all and Dr Hutchinson has charge of them Part of these the takes care of himselfhaving a flock of about 1800 The remainder of Mr sheep are given out by Dr Hutchinson in flocks of from 200 to 600 to iiersons in differ ent parts of the county who tend them on shares" The Prouty Sheep company is also a firm there which does a largo business in sheep This company has a capital of J200 000 and vear before last paid a dividend on this capital of 40 per cent Last year was a very poor season for sheep there yet this company then paid a dividend on his capi tal of 18 per cent When a former receives a flock of these from the owners they are carefully counted out to him and for the care of them he gets half of the increase and half of the wool Tho losses which may occur from auy cause fall equally on the owners and on the care takers Tho method of giving the farmer half of the increase and half of the wool gives him his wool money in July and his lamb money in November These sheep are generally grade Merinos and Dr Hutchinson says are remarkably free from scan or any other disease They are herded in summer one man or boy taking entire charge of a large flock They feed on the abundant prairie and buffalo grass and do remarkably well During the winter they are fed entirely on prairie hay except that an occasional sheep which does not seem to be doing well is fed a lit tle grain Prairie hay can be purchased there for 82 per ton stacked or put in a barn Que hundred head of sheep will eat about eight or tea tousof hay per winter so that it costs less than 20c to winter each sheep Dr Hutchinson said that when he left there last week the sheep were still eating grass no bay up to that time having been fed them To be sure there were some six inches of snow on the ground but they have big wooden plows with which tley plow a wide furrow of snow leaving the crisp green grass exposed which the shoep then greedily eat The' land in the Red River valley Dr Hutchinson says is very good indeed for wheat oats and barley but no corn is raised The government land is now all taken up and emigrants going there now can profit by the experienceof the pioneers Without having to undergo tho hardships which arc inevitable to pioneer life Land sells there at from to 810 per acre While the winters are very cold yet the at mosphere is dry The summers are re markably pleasant The doctor has great faith In the future of North Dakota and thinks that it is a most excellent country for a man with small means to go to It the democrats take off the duty on wool of course the sheep raising Industry there will not bo nearly as profitable as it is at present Mr George unk on Hogs arc pretty high said MrGeorge unk to a ntaohai'her tyoster day I think is caused by two first their scarcity and second the fact ttiat so many European ports nre pow open for the sale of our hog products well remember away back in December T8C4 or in January 1865 that I sold two carloads of hogs in Chicago for 81250 per hundred I got in there with them at 11 o'clock in the morning but there was such a glut of hogs there that I could not get them unloaded until 4 in the after noon I sold them in the morning but that same afternoon hogs no better than mine sold for 813 per hundred I remember that I bought them down here for 8 1020 and that I made about 8300 on tho two car loads fin 1882 hogs sold in Chicago for 8035 per hundred In July of that year 'ete' unk sold two car loads there for 89 com ing within 5 cents of topping ths market Tho reason of tho high price of hogs in '64 mid '63 was of course that the war was just closing and everything was booming in price They went down shortly afterwards quite rapidly The reason for the high price in 1882 was the scarcity of hogs I tbiqk it quite likely that bogs will now get up to 88" A Tog That Eats Hardware Thomas Kano who is a candy maker in the employ of a well known firm here has a little bit ot a black dog that has developed an omnivorous appetite for vari ous small articles of hardware Mrs Kane was tacking down a carpet this week when tho dog came along and ate up tho whole paper ot tacks A day or two after be swallowed four thimbles displaying a de cided preference for largo steel ones Yes terday ho was caught trying to swallow some darning noodles but they got stuck in the roof of his mouth and made him do gome lively yelping His mistress pulled one out from bis mouth but before she could get away with it he grablied it and quickly swallowed it This dog is only 6 months old and what bls capabilities in this line may prove to be with advancing years Cun only bo guessed at Bad Weather for Stock prominent stock raiser said yester day that the present weather is entirely too cold for stock While it is known that blustering snowy days and nights are very severe on cattle and that the poor brutes can endure very much more cold if the Weather is calm yet whan the mercury Skirmishes down around the zero mark the cattle bunch up and crowd each other which is very injurious The cold weather of the past few weeks has been a trying one to stock raisers and has kept them busy looking after tho comfort of their herds Gone on a Lon Tour Potter went to Cincinnati Tuesday night with ths executive com mittee of tha Home Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church rom there she goes to Portland Ore and will spend the next three months on the Pacific coast where she will organize so cieties She will return home in April and after remaining a week will again start out this time to New England where she will remain until July She has six con ferences to travel through in the New Eng land states Mrs Potter ts the general organizer cf Home Misslonery society of the 61 church A Big Lot of Cattls and II unk Tues day zhirped from unk's Grove five car lrads eighty head of 8 year old steers to CtdiijO The average weight of these ani mals was a little over 1600 pounds They have been fed by the Messrs unk for nearly two years past st Stanfortl A erorai tr ria is bnrfng forasst St The village authorises vr mm thia cwnsnv a franchise and ChUA I i enco this week Tho CteHt 's st about the center of Us sectoi53 wat CtuA Aivrii good for poison HIS AREWELL ADDRESS Iloiit Laayette unk of the State Hoard ot Agriculture Re views the Works Laayette unk president of tho state board of agriculture has issued his final report to the members It is in part as follows to the provisions of the statutes governing this board the time has now arrived when the state board of agri culture elected for the years 1891 and 1892 must retire and turn over to the new board its trust most commendable reference that can be made to your past service is the unqual ified endorsement given you by your own constituents in reelecting you with scarcely an exception to the offices yon have filled with so much credit to the state has been the custom of your presi dent at the close of his term of office to briefly call your attention to some of the work of the board during his incumbency In accordance with this precedent 1 request your attention for a few minutes of time for the purpose of presenting a few matters that form a portion of the illustrious history of the retiring board The past two years reford of the board contains the best evi dence that should bo presented of the ser vice that the members of this board have rendered the agricultural interests of Illi nois The success attending the holding of the state fair at Peoria in point of excel lent exhibits in the various departments as well as the large attendance and unusual interest manifested by all classes in the ex hibition is without precedent lack of sufficient space for exhibts was the serious obstacle that interfered with the satisfactory holding of the state fair on a more enlarged scale during the past two years "The prospects arc now favorable and it is the serious wish of the friends of the Illinois state fair that when the time for the new board to commence preparations for the next exhibition that a permanent and well equipped homo may bo in readiness for a show that can hereafter be conducted on a scale in keeping with the magnitude of the interests represented and creditable to this the leading agricultural state fat stock show held by the board in 1891 was most creditable to the meat pro ducers of tho country ana worthy of tho great and important industry it repre sents The luck of suitable quarters for the proper accommodation of the fat stock show of 181)2 made it necessary to abandon the exhibition the past season which de cision was arrived at with great reluctance by the board temporary abandonment of the fat stock show is the cause ot much regret and the deepest sympathy of the members of the board have been expressed to exhibitors and 'the general pub lic Tho board could in no way overcome the obstacles presented to holding a successful fat stock show in 1892 and I am happy to say that with the great mass of exhibitors your action in this mut ter is understood and that you stand before tho public fully exonerated from any cen sure or criticism occasioned by this un avoidable failure most important service rendered by the state board of agriculture during the term of service of the retiring board has been in the preparation of the state exhibit to be made in connection with the Columbian Exposition Tho consid eration and adoption of the plans for the magnificent building for the Columbian ex hibit the awarding of the contract for its construction the elite jifleation of the ex hibits and tho vasj amount of time and labor expended in preparation and col lection of tlie great variety of displays of samples and specimens imposed a burden upon the individual members of the board that has never before been borne by a sim ilar organization Tho magnificent re sults obtained in connection with tho work of completing the preparation for the state exhibit commend your efforts in a more eloquent and permanent endorsement than any words at my command can ex press It has been my purpose to especially commend the work of anumberof the mem bers of the board whoso efforts havo been crowned with exceptional success butwhen tho services of each have been duly considered 1 can only say that each one has made the most of tho opportunity presented und that it would be invidious to make any distinction Tho results of your fforts confirm the state ments heretofore made that there is no more effective agency for developing tho resources or promoting tho higher civiliza tion of a slate or nation than a well organ ized and efficiently managed department of agriculture closing this mv farewell address I wish to assure you of my sincere thanks for the coi din! and friendly spirit you have manifested towards both officially and socially If at any time there has been any lack of harmony or cordiality between the members and the chair it must be ascribed to a lack of understanding and not In the intent Is a great pleasure to me to again re fer to the faithful and competent corps of assistants in the office of your able secre tary Garrard who with his clerical force basso creditably performed the duties assumed have made a wise selection in my successor and it is a source of no little satisfaction that so upright a citizen and so sincere a gentleman and so faithful afriend to the best interests of tho agricultural and industrial classes is to preside over and direct your efforts during the ensuing term "The Hon David presidentelect bos had a successful and extended exiwri ence In the breeding of stock the cultiva tion of while his intimate acquaint ance with the public nnd his extended ex perience! eminently fit him for the duties of the office of president of the Illinois state board of agriculture (Signed) Laxtette cxk AN ECCLESIASTICAL COURT The Cass of Bev Dr Phillips Now Being Tried Before the Eecleslastlrnl Ap pellate Court of the Church afternoon in one of the class rooms of the irst Methodist church was assembled the ecclesiastical appellate court of the Methodist Episcopal church ITia court was presided over by Bishop Merrill of Chicago and was composed of seven ministers from the Northern Indiana conference the Central Illinois conference and Illinois conference twenty one in alL The court was called for the purpose of trying the case of Dr Phillips at one tt ne chaplain of the Southern Illinois peni tentiary and presiding elder of tho Alton district Ills charged that about a year ago bo became involved in immoral rela tions with Aire Laird wife of Rev Mr Ixilrd of Giiieaple III The case was tried by the conference ence and Dr Phillips was found guilty The care was taken to this court whose decision is Anal The attorneys for Dr Phillips are Rev Mr Robinson of Brighton and Rev Waller of McLeansboro The attor neys for the prosecution are Dr Clark of Erileville and Aliya of Carbondale Tho session yesterday was hold with cloned doors and the utmost secrecy prevailed among the members of tho court The ministers who are in attendance on the trial are Revs Pavey San ders IL iter and William Graham of tbs Indiana conference: and Rar a AUsa Whitlock Wos muth Clark Wolfe I Walter A ItoOinsou 3 Phillips A Cummings Kaufman Meredith li Str ole and oxworth The ease of Dr Phillips is quite a one and is attracting milch attention ur twenty live years he ba been a member of the Illinois conference and baa been one or tho leading area In it until the preforring of tho charges against him by Mrs llrd rftrr tho ssspensirn cf Rev Mr Lain from tl church al Gillespie A SHOCKING ACCIDENT A Boyf Near armer City Accidentally added over 33 per cent to his figures slat ing that $13 801 003 would bo needed There is no assurauce that a month heneo Shoots and Kills Ills be will not ask for a few millions more Thomas Warton a prominent and highly respected farmer living about five miles north of armer City met death Monday in a sudden and shocking manner Some of the neighbors were helping Mr Warton kill hogs anda rifle was being used The gun had just been loaded and handed to a son of Mr Warton when in some way it was accidentally discharged the ball striking Mr Warton full in the breast a little above tho heart and ranging down ward It was thought that perhaps tho wound might not be fatal and a messenger was dispatched post haste for a physician but he was dead before the doctor reached him Mr Warton was a man a little past mid dle age and the head of a family Ho was a mau who enjoyed the respect and confi dence of all who knew him and his sudden1 death has been a great shock to the com munity Broke Her Arm Tuesday Mrs Warton wife of tho man who was accidentally shot by his son fell down the stairs of her home near ar mer City and broke her arm Tho mishap occurred in tho excitement of the first acci dent and she did not know until some time afterward of the injury she had received She was not otherwise hurt She is a sadly afflicted woman CRACKS THE TRACK List of Trotters That Have Eutercd tho Charmed 2: US List 2:12 list of trotters has gradually grown to extensive proportions until now there are thirty six horses iu the exclusive list They are as follows Nancy Hanks by Happy Medium 2:04 Staniboul by Sultan Kremlin li by Lord Russell 2:0714 Martha Wilkes by Alcyone 2:08 Sunol by Electioneer 2:0814 Maud ch by Harold Palo Alto by Electioneer Belle Vara by Vatican Allerton brh by Jay Hird Vay Eye See blit by Dictator 2:10 Nelson bh by Young Holte 2 10 Moquette by Wilton 2:10 Alix tn by Patronage 2:10 Little Albert chg by Albert Lord Clinton blk by Denning Arion by Electioneer Nightingale ch by Mambrino King 2 10'4 Greenleaf by Simmons Guy blk by Kentucky Prince Lobasco bh by Egmont 2:10 St Julien bg by Volunteer Ryland by Ledger jr Gillette blk by Cyclone 2:114 Mattie by Abdallah Mambrino Directum blk It by Director Delmarcli by Mambrino 2 lift Hrminie blkm by Plymouth Jack gr by Pilot Medium Monbars br by Eagle Bird red Wilkes rn by Hector Evangeline by Director Walter bg by Patchen Mambrino 2:1 Ik Regal Wilkes bli by Guy Wilkes Axtell by William 2:12 Constantine bbby Wilkes Boy Truman by Electioneer 2:12 A Land Irnlo The iuability of the commissioner to make correct estimates is calculated to make people nervous as to the future He said in his last report that he believed tho maxi mum expenditure for persffhis would bo reached a year from next Juue and that it would be $188000000 IT he is as much out of the way In that estimate us tho ono for this fiscal year the total pension bill will be $210000000 just about using up tho entire receipts from customs Gov: ifer's Happy Speech Chicago Tribune Gov brief speech on the occasion of the inaugural cer emonies at Springfield yesterday which is printed in another column was in striking contrast with tho somewhat lugubrious formal address of his successor Gov Alt geld found so many things out of joint ac cording to his way of looking at them that ho spent over an hour in suggesting rather thau in recommending remedies Some of his suggestions were timoly others which at least are not beyond criticism aro re ferred to elsewhere Gov ifer could point to thirty years of republican achieve ment and progress He did so gracefully eloquently and manfully in such a fashion that he won tho applause of his political op ponents He recalled the useful and mem orable careers of republican govern ors of Illinois llko Bissell Yates and Oglesby Gov Altgcld could not but take the reference as suggestive Will his four years of administration leave such an impression on tho legislation or the history of the state as tho administration of any of those great men? Gov ifer alluded to tho defeat of last November as a temporary reverse It was not disaster or overthrow Tho republican party In the state and the nation will re turn to the conflict abating not one jot of its principles and proud of its record The democrats are now on trial in Illinois und will be judged as Gov ifer said by their performances and not by their promises Gov ifer was within his riglit in remind ing Mr Altgcld and his party associates of this His speech throughout was admir able in tone and spirit It defines the posi tion ot Illinois republicans clearly nnd boldly and in their defeat there is the sat isfaction that they havo such loaders as Joseph ifer to rally them and organize for future victory AROUND HOME Trouble between tho operators and the Wabash railroad may come at any time county is in excellent shape with only $169000 bonded indebtedness Tho little city of Maroa spent $45000 last year in substantial improvements Hutchin of Kenney is about to move to Oklahoma where ho will try farm ing Sperry of Allentown nnd Miss Elizabeth arnn of Minier aro soon to Wvd fifty men aro at work on the "Jackson villo Bouthonstern railroad bridge John Patzman has purchased the Bayler farm two and a half miles south of Washington Tazewell county consisting of 140 acres at 8H0 per acre giving as part pay a 160 aero farm three miles north of Roberts ord county nt $5750 per aero Gen Butler Benjamin ranklin Butler was born at Deerfield November 5 1818 gradu ated at Watcrvillo college in Maine 1838 commenced the practice of tha law at Lowell Mass in 1841 Ho early took a prominent part in politics as a democrat He was elected a member of the Massachu setts house of representatives in 1853 and of tho state senate in 1859 In ISU'J lie was a delegate to tho national democratic con vention at Charleston There he en deavored to persuade the convention to simply reaffirm the principles enunciated in 1856 at Cincinnati by the convention whicli nominated James Buchanan for the presidency but was defeated by a vote of 105 to 198 In that convention he voted fifty seven times to mako Jefferson Davis tho democratic nominee for president When a portion of tho delegates assembled later at Baltimore Mr Butler after taking part in tho open ing debates withdrew from tho convention because of its pro slaVery tendencies In the same year lie was defeated ns the demo cratic candidate for governor ot Massachu setts At tho time of President first call for troops in 1861 he held a com mission of brigadier general of mllia On April 17 1861 he marched to Annapolis Md with tho 8th Massachusetts regiment and was placed in command of tho Balti more district He served through tho war iu Virginia tho department ot the gulf and in tho Lower Mississippi region Gen Butler on May 1 1862 took possession of New Orleans and governed that city vigor ously until November when he was re called by the authorities at Wash ington Near the close of 1863 ho was placed in command of the dis trict of Virginia and North Carolina being especially at the head of the Army of the James In December 1864 he con ducted on unsuccessful movement against" ort isher and then returned to Massa chusetts In 1866 ho was elected to con gress as a republican In 1861 he Iras con spicuous in tho impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson He served three terms in congress In 1871 he was an unsuccessful can didate for tho republican nomination to the office of the governor of Massachusetts In 1882 he was elected governor of Massa chusetts as a democratic greenback labor candidate Iu 1884 he ran for president on Hie greenback labor ticket During the last eight years of his life Gen Butler was not actively conspicuous in politics Ho do voted most of his time to tho practice of law Ho was regarded as ono of the fore most expounders of constitutional and in ternational law in America Essay on Moral Courage Springfield Register: One of the rarest and most valuable of virtues is moral cour age Many men can face a battery without fear but are weak against the entreaties of friends and associates Such men can never be heroes Luther was great from his moral oourace Had he listened to the wishes ot his friends or to his temporary interest we might have had reformation but he would not have been its hero There are some crises in the history of all commun ities when one man or a few men can change the current of events honor their country and make heroes of themselves Such times have coins in the somewhat recent history of Illinois but tho men have boon wanting Those to whom the opportunity came have been common men for whom history has uo use In its record of great events With the new administration of our state such opportunity again presents itself The democracy has pledged the reformation the chief executive points but the way Will he have the moral courage to lead and the general assembly to follow in putting into practical operation tho needed reforms' The tnfe K'gtner trusts so If they do they will honor their state and country and make heroes of them selves The Appropriation Chicago The commissioner of pensions it always getting up urptetsnnt little surprises for the entertainment of the taxpayer The amount appropriated for pensions for this fiscal jrear was 8145000 000 At the time the commissioner made that estimate he said that "after a careful eissaiustion be was satisfied It would be sufficient" Two months ago he stated that he was mistaken and that he wanted a deficiency sppropriatlcn of 810000000 psy lefore yesterday he appeared before the House committee ca appropriations and at Havana Elmer Marsh a young married man of Danville has eloped with a Crawfordsville Ind woman A supper party composed of nineteen mutes was recently had in Williamsville was the There is a strong probability of Decatur having a packing house to ho owned and operated by local talent uller near Peoria was shot on Tuesday with a gun that his companion didn't know was loaded Woland has been appointed postmaster nt Harrisburg Logan county vice Woland deceased Tippett who recently died at Monticello was the oldest man In Piatt county being 94 years of age Capt Holt has closed a temper ance revival at Effingham during which 650 persons donned the white ribbon Menard court house at Peters burg had to bo braced up on either side re cently to keep it from blowing over cold storage building with a capacity for 2500 cases of eggs and 26000 pounds of butter is to be erected in Monmouth Blackwood a well known stock dealer of Decatur is looking for ids wife who recently mysteriously disappeared £1 Noble aged about 83 years died at 2 o'clock January 10 at his home in Urbana after an illness of about twelve days Mrs Anna Herndon widow of William II Herndon Abraham law part ner died at her home near Springfield Sat urday morning Piatt county farmers have been exten sively awladied by an Insurance agent pre sumably by the Michigan Mutual Life In surance company annual banquet of the freshmen of tho Illinois University at Tuscola recently was again broken up by the sophomores by moans of vilo smelling acids A Bailey vows that show will never again visit Jacksonville that ho will do all he can do to keep all other tent organizations away from that city irst Methodist church of Gales burg celebrated its forty seventh anniver sary Sunday the annual sermon being preached by the Rev II Clark of Peoria city of Decatur has obtained judg ment from tho United States supreme court against the Illinois Central railroad for $1000 special assessment for street paving improvements Trowbridge nnd Carrie Park er of Midland City had a DeWitt county license and were married in Tmgan county They were married a second time in De Witt county in order to be legally wedded Sangamon County Columbian club want to exhibit at the fair the car in which the remains of Abraham Lincoln were transported from Washington to Springfield It Is In the car yards at North Platt Neb Thecongregation of Bethlehem church" of Petersburg and also that of Christ church (Lutheran) of Mason City have called Rev George Koch of Deer Park Wis to tho pastorate of these churches made vacant by the resignation of Rev Hansen Allentown Union Hall company of Allentown Tazewell county has been licensed to incorporate The capital stock is (1600 and toe incorporators are Wil liam Russell William inks and Seth Allen Elliott Marehall has returned from her visit with her brother at Congervlllo on January 6 to Mr and Mrs Isaac Botin daughter Also on name data to rml Mra Clinton Mcfiherry a son In tai cat in the revival meetings st ho church is growing with every service There are great hope ot accompflshing much good In this village Rev Reynolds ts holding the meetings alone reaching every afternoon aed night A Hollingsworth hl po sitlon station agent of the last week and ha retired from railroading ex peels to go intn the grain business at another point He is su (needed by a gentleman and his wife from Kokomo Ind the iadv doing the telegraphing and the man the freight work complete collapse Is occasioned In our feelings by derangement of the liver stomach and bowel Dr Pierce's pleasant pallet cure sick find bilious headache bowel complaints interual fever and coa tiveness They remove 11 waste matter and restore health to body and mind A dose ax laxative consist ot cn tiny sugar pellet Cheapest and eaaiast to taka By druggist Sic a vUL Clinton' DeWitt County Medical society met at armer Cltv Tuesday the physicians ot that town moving at the last session here three months since that it should ell occasionally in their town and carrying their point The next session will be In as usual Installation of the officers ot rank Lowry Pustaud the lit Het L'cips was jointly held by both ord rs Monday night at their hall Notwithstanding the storm there was luitmusual attendance and after lhe Im posing eeremnntei tho old soldiers and their wives partook of a luxurious refreshment tlie nucleus ol which feast was coffee and alie und was supple minted by a social peopled the Christian church here be gan a revival last night under the leriershlp of Pickerlll the pastor of the church Not withstanding the bad weather the clii rh was well tilled aril great luteri st is promised Tte revival will continue at least one week and per haps longer There were throe uddiilons to the church Monday Mr Pickerlll has been most succ esslul iu adding numbers to his Hock Hartsburg Emmons has begun work on a new barn 1 Dixon had hogs on the Peoria market Monday Henry Beekman iz conducting a drug bus iness in Emden Musgrove is village marshal vice Sherwood resigned Mrs Joseph West who has been quite ill for some time is convale ciag Bradley Jennie Briggs lsvisitlng her sister in Atlanta Ibis week 'ui II Dennis gives a literary entertainment at his school the Lone Star school house ri day evening i George McCalla has commenced to raovri to Deer Creek where lie wilt farm his mother's land lhe present year Minier has gone to Lincoln Ni to visither daughter Mrs Edmiston and expects to spend the inter there young people of tho nelglihortbod are at work preparing an entertainment lu lie given ia a iew weeks for the benefit ot the i lnircli Eaton of Champaign has been visit ing relatives in this lielgbboriiood lhe past week He was accompanied lionie Sunday night by his cousin Miss Anna Dennis letter from Eureka Springs states that Mr James Railsback is better and that his brother William will return bomesoon but Ilullsbaoli of Mmier was not so well strange character calling herself Mrs Williams nnd claiming to be a niiiiisler visited our neighborhood the past week She said she was from Jcrusulotn und was oue of tliebeavenly" Not being allowed to reach alto went away quite disgustid with trie com munity She is midoubtealj demented El Paco weddings will take place in our connminity soon Oon Duff is still very poorly and her re covery is very doubtful Jenkins son of Isaac Jenkins Is very low with pneumonia infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Smith was burie I Monday Infant daughter of Air aud Mrs Robert Hitch was buried last Sunday child ot Mr Miller engineer at the elec tric light house is Very sick Worley Bros have sold their implement business to Charles Weseolk boy was born to Mr nnd Mrs George Burster last Saturday night Willie Sliur left on Monday for California for bls Leallb to be gone until April 1 night was Hu cold night of tlie scoson anil many houseplmts were frozen Sev eral thermometers registered 12 below Hurley aHter of Mrs Timothy I riglit was buried in the Catholic cemetery last Monday Thdrnly was Btriiidi by a train in Chicago last Saturday Chenoa Shur went to Mexico jmny for his health II Ryan 1 conducting revival meet ings nt Weldon Grace Elder west to Lockport ana Chicago Tuesday Hedge has gone to Colorado Springs Col to visit Mrs Davis Dr Lord and have returned from Vermont: Ha left hl mother better Dniilel Galvin Is nt Springfield assisting in tho inauguration of Gov Aitgeid night was the coldest of lhe sea son tho thermometer Tuesday morning ranging from to i'J degrees below zero services will commence Sunday thoGermnn Baptist (Dunkardl churoh ly liev: Stewart slate evangelist of the Christian church Stevenson was summoned to Washington Monday by tho slckntsc of his rather He and hie wife and eblldi en de parted Monday evening annual assembly of Chenoa Council No 75 Royal and Select Masters was held Munday evening Elder was roeleet' 1 but declined serving I fArd was then elected I hl airs I Joseph Ptrkey Davis treasurer A Copeland secretary Commander ike assisted by Joseph Mcarland installed tlie officers of Chenoa Post No IB 1 A It Monday evening al Stillman's hall: Jarnos Downlc commander George Sayres senior vice commander: Wm Brown junior vice commander Kirk patrick chaplain Hfillinsu quartermas ter Elder adjutant and surgeon: Georffe Harris officer of the day: McDonald officer ot Hie guard Thomas Ballinger quarti nnrtsiter sargennt 8 Elder delegate Brown alternate After lhe 1 latallatton ceremonies were concluded Col Ifowule invited Hie mem bers of the post to his restaurant to partake a banquet which ho bad prepared fur them It as partaken of with a relish and a genera! good time was had until a late hour and the thanks of those present was unanimously voterl to Col and Mrs James Downle for their kind hospitality Smith llowm report tha rabbits and blackbird plentiful McKay returned the first of the week from an extensive trip through Indiana Joseph Kinsey having reeled his farm to Hancock will move to Leroy in the near fu ture where lie will roatdo series of two weeks protracted meetings was teguu at MU Cvrmel chapel Monday even ing under the charge of tho regular pastor The many friends of Mrs Carrie Scarry formerly of this pine will he glad lu hear of her remarriage to her dlvori husband Mr Ed Scarry of Peoria at which plaea they now reside Itaudolpli Emma Zalor from Rankin Is vlsltlntr Miss Maggie Dorland Mrs Edwin Van Horn Is entertaining her parents Mr and Mrs Lapplm of hauipagn Mrs Lizzie Hall who has beoil ery low for Borne time with enosumptian died on Sattir day and was burled on bmidav at the Shiloh burying ground She leaves a husband and one little boy Her maiden name was lilchle Arrowsmith Mary Crider is la Peoria visiting rela tives Mss Lillie Weight and mother of Missouri arc hero visiting Misz Wright Anderson Brown and wife of Bantown ar here visiting Jeaea and wife The remains of the wife ot Nr Marion Lowery of Gibson CHy were brought here and interred iu the Payne cuuieiery aouuol town last week Barnes Cunningham ban just received two large car louis of tile which he 1 pnitlnj in fit farm two and a halt miles esal ol Barnes inley dye pool and ehlllrea Robbie and Allee otSaybro A EU Sebrajer 11 lente Central Operator llurkmttmm and Albert behradtr agrulo! the Ilu te eulrti at llu and wife are vteluag Iseur parents Hr asd Mr Amos Schrader hero Whco Baby was kk we pure her CaOoria Wbe she na a 1 (be cried for Castor! Wbea aba became Mb daag to Cutori Wbs aha bad CUldrw aha gave them Caatorffi NEVER AILED Gen Hamilton Soldier and Scholar Is a Grandson of tlie Great Alexander llaniilton Proud Record in the War for the Union Now Living and Writing at Tarry town The Author of is Strong and Active Miij Gen Alexander Hamilton the friend ot Lincoln nnd Grant is living In well earned re Urement ut Tarry town on Hudson Proud of his family for he is the grandson of the great patriot whoso nnmebo bears and proud of hts war record for ho was a fighting artillery and was wounded at the front he was always popular with the government at Wushingion It nag been well said that his clear sense of duty was never known to fail him Gen Hamilton was educated at Columbia col lege and also studied for a while under Captain Kingsley at West Point At an early age he was left the care of his family estate In New York cty At tha breaking out of the war lie was actively employed in organizing and for GEN HAMILTON AT 45 ftsSk 5St hjTJl troops to the front In May 1851 Gen Scott assigned turn to duty at Arlington House Ya In October of that year after vigorous service in various fields having recruited sev eral brigades ot volunteers in New York city he was appointed Brigadier Genera) of Volun teers by the President at Gen request and was ordered to a command in the regular artillery Ho was appointed Miijor General at almouth Vn by the President in 1H63 having Served onltnually until that time and was thereafter In special service until the cluse of the war Be was one of the guard of honor to remains Since lhe close of the war although he has al ways been interested in Grand Army affairs and is a Past Commander of Post 1S2 Depart ment of Now York he has devoted much of his time to church and literary work A volume of bls dramas nnd poems was published tn I9tf7 and attracted groat attention 1a literary cir cles Of these is the most famous GEN HAMILTON LN 1NX noble to quoto the Bostonand nobly written and planned'' OUtils tragedy A the able renlewnr o( the New York Jerald say na ture of the subject and the "aid beaytb ful manner In which it Is presented com mead V) favor with all who sppreo'ata artlslis Ut miureuf Aid His certainly one of lbs best dramatic prodncUtHBA of Amrri esnortgiu Gen In a gentleman of fine schol arly luaUncU a patriot of the old aebfxd and his recent reoommendatiun of celery compound the remedy that makes la as frank and to the point any action of his Ltc nun ra ttrsrBdtrd lever from Tarry town the WellA KichirdMD Co he says: orlery compound his been a bless fng tomy fam! It relieved Mrs Hamilton who atur suTc rlny from a severe att4 of the pripi sufitrvd frvm etetwsivu rnrroutaefoi sad great pro? ration Andotr daruhterof 1A who aho ruHtr tho grip and wearies was Cund by tiua rvmedv in iboaame manner haven dear friend who wns Ictricrd ts the abdomen by a bi'fee and was alo ost ExttsaBc aertouacaa and the phyal clans MCribod it the injury He now af tr nsltjy two bottlM of Pnlre's eelrry ctm pound able to tratei in tie cBy and lake ag rides and auoad to bis tusmoan ov the fara I have for many year rd rromwr ns rccCre! during tbs war there bviisgMio ov rmy left hoari and tarn cawvted round a tnuricei ball for twenty yes Utft af ter using Paine's cMery compound for the pan yeeroe two 1 am vigorous aud wcZl and free from ibe great nerveatwe sad he mor rt age rma Which 1 swgered st th eCrct rd the yril over my heart Mf family would Mt be wlthowt alne'e eeb ery ftt the the sad Is tie test eedkU that ever osod.