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Far and Near from Illinois towns and townsfolk
A survey of local notes reports Virdon plans a summer waterworks project and Lovejoy monument work starting last week at Alton. It notes Macon County gravel roads at $1,200 per mile with 1 mile. A Montgomery County line crew serves farmers. Perry County houses the only Mormon church in Illinois, built last winter. A Decatur firm to supply 330,000 bushels of corn at 16 cents per bushel to a southern buyer. Bond County hosts inmates at Vandalia. Greenville’s jail not ready. 114 residents remain at the county farm as warm weather nears. wild ducks abound along the Illinois River at ten cents each. Fire destroys Randolph County poor farm buildings. newer structures planned. A Salem farmer reports a blue hen producing 15 dollars in prior season and again hatching and laying. Indictments total 19 against H. E. Prickett for alleged bank fraud. Leopold Knebel, large taxpayer from Pierron, paid $8,590.17 across two counties in ten years. Trible mudstone found by Mrs. J. Hunt at Piasa, bought in 1866 for $700. Prospects for water on the Fulkerson track near Upper Alton strike a subterranean river, clear and inexhaustible. Macoupin Creek near Carlinville floods, Carlinville Water Co embankments lost near $10,000. Alton bridge rails updated as summer approaches. A Pana youth named Johnnie Lockard commits brutal animal cruelty. A batch of lighthearted quips and moral gibes follow about love, fashion, and editors.