Between TOO and 800 excursionists
1 from Embury church, Freeport, held a
! picnic near McConnell, on Wednesday,
| but the enjoyment of the occasion was
j sadly marred by tlie sudden death ot
lof one of the party, Mrs. Emick,
j caused by the bursting of a blood ves
sel just on the eve of their departure
j lor home.
The Seventh Day Adventist tent,
| one block north of the Illinois Central
I depot, is still having large enough at
tendance and interest to continue its
meetings.
The Sun.
Andrew Hendrickson, employed at
,1. 11. Ford’s hardware store in this
city, while lifting a bundle of barb
wire into a wagon let the roll slip and
| severely cut his wrist. He is at pres
j ent getting along as w ell as can he ex
; peeled.
Ole Hendrickson, of tin* town of
Dodgeville, while earning to the city
last Monday, killed a large rattle snake
{ with eleven rattles.
(Haul .Jones left last Monday lor a
1 week’s visit with relatives and friends
i at Creighton. Nebraska.
Eye ami stai,
1 Roy Smelker secured a prize out of
the Sun Prairie Madison race last Sat
| unlay.
Mr. Wm. Jewell and son, of Dia
mond (Hove, near M iueral Point, left
this city on Saturday for a few'days
visit with friends in Madison.
Three bicycle riders passed through
here on Sunday. They were on their
way from Chicago to Omaha.
Lameness usually results from a
(sprain, or other injury, or from rheu
matism, for which Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm is especially intended and une
qualled. It affords almost immediate
relief and in a short time ( fleets a per
manent cure. Por sale at the R. I).
Pulford Drug Store.
* PLATTEVILLE.
