The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-05-18
livingston County

proper agent of Itl may direct q suit TO b. ms.s
tuted t,r It's auuulmcnt
livingston County.
The Circuit Court Tor Livingston county met NJ
pcn,mc On NouIay, AMI as w, had "a short breath.
ing spell, and A. uoreo, a, We had ~gh.'nce {"
ride offered IL. we took fyns v-i; loths state
Of Livingston" In the circui, cog, there wa ilt.
tie bu n,>s There were some l. cases ON the
docket, AMI they were disposed of by Tuesday al
,ernnon The case that r>ci'cl most interest
WI, that Of thc people against Elliott murder
clse--ile defendant being charged viii, the mur-
der of lis brother u.Lv. tn, graui jury found
an Indictment against him iar murder .'d t'car-
cused entered u plea, or rather ~ he stood muse,
thcjul,e ordered Plea o( "n'' guilty To- he en-
tered forhiu gndtheu ch {, of rtuae w't t1Era
toui- co,aty Jol,, Dtkey m,imat"s at The '"e
that there wol, probably bsa special term ot The
cr,ait court held at Ottawa IN August mkt
,4a.agxt iuportIn, case on ,i'e docket was the
which has already become famous in
NJ n Of Livingston 1t is IA" c'," Of Perry
y T,ynolds,-a rcptym sut, where .h' plaintiff
sues fora calf wLi,h, at the tim, the suit VA,
brought. was probably worth 50, bpt N reference
to which both sides have 10y this time -peut some
$50 each in the way Of lawyers fec, and a I'd.
of costs Of probably 500 more la, been aceuu"
/ latin, which lhy loser mus; pay at tlc emil of the
suit. Two juric, had teen hung ON the ,Uj' ~
/ previous terms otthr court. but Is, t'f term the
jury f,and for the plaintiff, and To- the great relief
of the court Jury and the people gcnrry.iy 1t was
hoped. the II suit was at last terminated urev
err But in th, they We're mistaken \ bill of
exception. WAS filed hy Messrs Glover X Cook, the
defendant attorney, and the case j, to be taken to
the Supreme co,rt where, if the point made by
the defence is sustained, tie suit will be
rcmandcd back fora new trrl, and thu, dozen
more iure- may vet be "hunI" On it, The qucs-
ton is one of tn, identity ola qyor.aa o.. 2. and
the best any jury can'do /, TO come to yer! hap
hazard conclusion abou, it, The case was very
ably argued by Glover * Cook. ior plaintiff and
Mr. Grilloy Of Bloomington, for defendant
The other suits on the docket were Of 50 local
and private a nature Is not to need a reference 20
here.
Livingston Ike every other portion Of northern
Illinois, i, Al present enjoying her fill portion of
prosperity. Her population has probably douO-
led within tha last years AMI in every dyec
ton, where few years ago was wild and tracklcss
prsries, new aul tine farms are now being opened
and the country wears the cheerful face of pros
perty and improvement \ richer soil, or a more
eligible region for farming purposes il not found
in Illinois, and the only reason why Livingston is
not as dcnsely populated as any county in north
ern Illinois i the fear which is entertained of tie
milk sickness which prevails in several por
tons Of the county. But really there is no need
of fear ON this account a very little trouble
will afford perfect security against this. tn,
sickness occurs only in the fall when the cattle
quit the prairie and 60 to the timbcrcd bottoms
to Craze. Now all that farmers have to DO Is to
drive their cattle into enclosures aboat the first
Of september, and keep them there until cold
weather aud they are perfectly secure.
Ftycyears ago there were but three post Office,
in Livingston county. At present there are II
d Villages are springiuS up aman. On Wclnes
day there wSs u sale Of lots Of the new town o.
Reading, near Moon, Point, where there Is al
ready a post office, store, and where orr excel
lent young friend DR. W. W. Cavalry has opcue,
an Office, in which, by the way, the whole Iiy
ingston court, with some slight exceptions, wer,
entertained and lodged on Tuesday evening, in
style rs characteristics oithe DR., as it was hosplta
Die aud sumptuou.. May his shadow never be less,