The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-07-21
Illinois Items.

Top ALroN-Cook county sent down last
Fhday another delegation Of fifteen to the
stite institution at Alton They were most
lyIconyic,ed for larceny and burglary.
rhe residence Of S. C. Bacon, near Sc
nathwane depot, on the Bureau Valley Il.
II, vas destroyed by fire on Friday OF last
week.
The Urbana Union is ag,tating the sub /
ieet Of the call of an extra session OF the le- /,
eislsture, to expungc the Objectionable ica'
lures Of the lately rejected liquor law Of this
staff, and to repass it.
A house owned by W. J, Hunt, in syca-
more, De Kalb co., was burnt by mob on
the evening of the ith, on suspicion that
re,son who had rented Il as cake and ice
cream stand, had kept liquor for sale in it.
a democratic paper Is about to be cstab'
lshcd in Alton, the Courier having gone
over 10 abolition aud fusion know nothing
i'm. Geo. NJ. Thompson is to be the pub
Usher, and John Fitch, Esq, editor Mr.
Fitch is said to bca writer Of "much raci-
MISS, humor, and sense
DIR. Robt II. Paddock, Of New Haven,
c., and for many years one OF the principal
professors in the Berkshire Medical College
n. Pittsfed, Mass, has been spending the
last three weeks in Rockford. lie became SO
well pleased with the city that he bought a
large farm short distance from town, and
intends to move to Rockford in the course
of the next three months. Thus 1t is TINT
intelligent Eastern gentlemen are rapidly
making their home in the Mississippi Valley.
| The more and faster they come the better
Rockford Dem.
MURDERER EXECUTED David StDddard,
tic murderer, was taken to the scaiIold,
| cree ted on common south Of Rock Island,
at IL o'clock NJ, on Friday Of last week,
| Appropriate and affecting addresses an
prayers were made Stoddarl spoke at some
length, acknowledging the murder of his
wife warning those in his hearing 10 beware
of the wrath to come, and ayowng that IL
ouor was at the bottom Of the horrible deed
and lis consequences About hali.past two
the drop fell. lie hung about twenty-five
minutes. Abou, 5000 persons witnessed
| the execution.
| PGEcocious DErRAyITY.-Thc Peoria New.
of the 18th, says that q boy was killed on
the day previous in that city, by two lads
/ named Oaklcy-,hc oldest not over II years
beating the boy to death with br:ckbats
| The murdered boy was from the country
having been sent into town by his father, t.
make few purchases, and while on The
way, was met by two lads, who commenced
beating him with brickbats until they kilic'
/ him and then taking his money, amount
( inc to about five dollars. The murder la
created much excitement in Peoria.
4 man named Boardman, who rcsidc
near Como, Whtcside Co, had been to thi
caco on a wedding tour Tie with his hr!d
nut w at tavern on Temperance liu, a
night--ar0sc III the morning cheerful, ahd u
his usual good state Of mind, with Tie eX
ception Of asking his wife t. IL hi, crayat
and then rcmaIkng a. he looked 10 a glass
that it Cooked fine" this being an unusua
act. He then told her (his Siie) to lay dow
and 20 to sleep, rs he would he out aom'
time. He accordingly went out 10 feel hS
I horse. and was not again seen unlil n iliclcs'
corpse. hung by the neck toatrcc. lie ha'
Z purchased, while in Chicago, stock o
goods, preparatory 10 starting IA business
near Como What cause he had Tor com
: hitting this rash deed no one knows. u
was a man Of about 80 ycars.-DiFo" IT,
TaruMPn OF YorSG AwrEicA The city
authorities Of Canton, Fulton CO., havin;
passed an ordinance forbidding the firing o
sdnhs in the streets on the 4th, the boy
made up their minds to be refractory, AM
entered into the celestial amusement will
great animation. Thcrcupon the police oil!
again the boys fell to- and beat ofthc polio
officers with stones, brickbats, &c. FINAL.
a few Of the ringlcaders were arrested, a jur,
trial was had, the boys were fined one cent
and the jury compelled to pay the costs.
CASYE,. CoAL.-A gentleman Of la Sail
has lately been exhibiting chunk Of can
mel coal in Peru, which he says he took on
Of a vein three feet thick, near La Sale
but he refused to tell where the vein is.
FIRE AT RocKfoRp.-A fire Broke out a
Rockford at noon on Saturday last, in tn
starch factory of that place, which spread I,
the foundry of Manny's reader factory, whcl
latter was also destroyed.
The Western Citizen, Chicago, has bee
merged in the Tribune, the weekly Of whic
will hereafter be sent to the subscribers {
the Citizen.
ILLINOIS STATE SrocKs.--At .he Ne,
York Stock Exchange, on the 9th, we ne
tee the reported sale of $4,000 Illinois il
tcrnal Improvement Stock, 1901.
DgArn or lIoS joins SrRuSK.- We al
palned to learn that Hon. John Strunk, men
Der of the legislature from this district, die
ut his residence in M0mcncc, kankakcc Co
, on the 18th inst. His illness was of but
few hours duration. Mr.. Strunl was goo
neighbor, valuable citizen, faithful Office
and his death leaves void that cannot cas-
" be iillod.--Joiiet Signal.
{ ONO AND INpTAyA.-The "Republicar
. party has been regularly organized for Il
J coming fall in Ohio and Indiana. \ convc,
$ ton in each state was held on Friday of la
@ week, one at Columbus and one at lndia
r apolis. The Ohio convention nominated
!. p. Chase for Governor and f. T. Back II
=. for 1t. Governor. The Indiana convcntiC
/, simply met to adopta platform and orga
c ize the party, there being state officers
n elect in Indiana this year. Both convc
o tons adopted about the same platform.
They resolved that "the people, who co
stituc the supreme power in the U.
It should guard with jealous care the rights
l. the states as Independent governments, "b
l. in another resolution they declare their u
o atcrabc purpose to oppose the admission