The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-08-31
Tie National Horse SHOW.

Tie National Horse Show.
The National Horse Show commences
at Ottawa on Tuesday of next week. That
3 iOubt. There are an eIdy OH The g!oui.d
aud II the stables iii Ottawa LoI>es enough
ON abroad 10 insure lis success 80 lar Is
&c Number and excellence OF the l.UIses
10 be exhibited is Concerned. There are.
IA Dr.e, here from Missouri, Iowa, Ken
c%y, Ohio, Wisconsin, ana iGo.!. Chicago,
Peoria, AID i nu:.UeT .! other points III
/ this State, with many more known 10 be
on the way. Among these are SOME y!
the most ianIOus trOtteis ami PAGERS Ia the
Country. Ltuem Alien AMI la. coil are Ola
: tic way, ami w!.l also lie here The See
Rotary Is busy making eniI!es, the nuuILe!.
OF winch PROMISES 10 exceed ally iOlLI!er
:.lIr.
+ Tnc fair grounds are in admirable order.
Tue track las been ia uaiiy Use iOr two
week. and = All that c4n he desired. !
large space Inside The sIouHds Is allotted
= eating entertainments, wnIvi. are. being
erected by tbs dozen. Seats Tor Iel thou
SAID people are erected. aIt! Cvv.i Thin.
else done ~ promote the comfort oil lie
vast cOmcUuroe oi spectators cX. ecleI 10 Ur
present
The Chicago & Rock Island Railroad
COinL.;ny vii! I'uI upon their road .pecial
accommodation tram, upon which visitors
upon the Inc q! the road from Joliet 10
Peru can 20 to Ottawa. IL the morning,
spend the day, ard return IN the evening.
al halt fare.
Ottawa Will be the most crowded, busy.
Lu-tIIL.g i,!.lce ia the Union nvXt week
Cart. c. c. CAMPBELL. i now in this city
Business III connection with his new ar
tilieIy company tool. him to Chicago ten
DAYS ago, ana while there he VAS taken
sick. ~ "Wednesday, however, he had 50
Ear leeoEered ~ Il. he ale 10 come to OF
tawa wtleEe he no,y Is, rapidly recovering
his wouted health and streus,Lh III new
artillery company y ~ A;,sro, organized
AID .nusterei gpty lpe service, ;:itA the
following otiieszs
N.t4sa.l,.-C. C. NAslPnGfI~
j.; Ltsatel.aat-a. w. HoTrIsTEE
i3reret Ist j. ". D. WHITALI~
~ L Z MITCHELL
j,eret II :" GEO c THouHsoy.
Col. &..xs+s,s- Chief OF Artillery. Is now
in s. LOWS fltlpg out the requisition for
arrning and equpping this COMPANY with
5 rified cannon. s;,Dres a:li rcvoivcrs for
each man. and 100 horses When tu
there Will be tHo hundred men in tie
company, forming one Of the les, artillery
corps Ip the service.
GeRB.Ra,tss AFFEEY At Troy GRoyE-At
til4s c..aaai. r4.feiiug at Troy Grove, in this
,o.,;A,=>,. R,-st sunday there was gathered, as
j. tao ,titten the case. on snch occasions,
IlunEbcr OF - rour from La Sale Men
.Qota, &c Some low wretch had opened a
whiskcy shop within a mile Of the camp
ground, where the rowdies re>orted 10
drink. Naturally enough they got drunk,
and quite as naturally also, into = row,
when half dozen pitched on man ma
med Mcnamara. from MENDOZA, who lit d.
ing the enemy in too large force took TO
his heels. He was followed by three or
four, and after running a few hundred
yards turs.ed upon his oursuers and knock
ell one OF them down. again maxim. OF.
Another of the pu,sucrs closed up OF him.
when he again turned and stabbed him,
inficting a wound of which he soon after
wards died Mcnamara then went TO
Mendoza and surrendered himself into the
hands OF the law
" bav' make one tousand tollar dis morn
inr." said a French mslc chant to his spouse
one day. How so?' she asks. = hav'
mark all my goods up, was the satls:ac-
try answer. On the same principles, our
friend Fiske has lost, or given 10 the pub
lie, at least one thousand "toilar' within
a week or two. Determined TO sell as lar;
a portion as ossibie of his present stock
OF goods before going east after a rev stock,
lie has put his clutli;ng, boots and shoes.
&c down to cost. and will sell at that rate
for the next two or three we, ks SO now
i the time 10 l.uy at Fisk shear The CITY
Bank
CONVENIENT Wrench -Messrs Maader
& Norton, of EarIville, in til s county, are
the inventors and patentees of new
wrench which we are quite confident no
man having the charge of machinery will
be without. after he sees it, We are not
able to describe it, but one Of its leading
advantages il. that after being fastened TO
a screw or nut it need not be removed,