A FfBBX JQVB.BJSX. — As a train was approaching JPeolla, Illinois, recently, the prairie was discovered to be on fire for miles around. The flames leaped up to the height of thirty feet, and spread for seven or eight miles apparently. The traip ran directly through the belt of the flame, which extended across the tract The heat was intense, but the current of air caused by the motion of the train prevented the cars from being the least blistered. The passengers on the train my it was a splendid sight. A new' sect, -leaded by a middle -jtged woman, har sprung' up in Buairia, under the name of the Chrigtua anti-taxpayers.
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Southland Times, Issue 947, 8 May 1868, Page 3
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