The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-08-28
CURRENT NEWS.

Peoria lake on the Goth inst, while bathing
Two men standing on shore could easily have
rescued the boy BY wading in waist deep, but
made no offer TO do 20. .4EDJt9 ~
The Radical papers in Virginia and Tennes.
see. since the recent elections, call the colored
people 'nUgrs."
A woman died on Saturday night last, Aug
e1st, at Edwsrdsvills. Of genuine Asiatis Chol.
era, and another on Xondsy nigh. = Alton
A young man ct Nashville. Tenn, . week age,
seized his sweet heart around tho waist and draw.
ing her to him impressed rpoa hsr lips IN ar.
DENT kiss. The Lady had . nsedls in her hand at
the time, and the head resting asainst her
thimble, the point was forced into the side Of
the young man 90 that II pierced his heart, kill.
ing him almost instantly. Tho young lady it 10
feared has gone insane . D.D} e. ar
A boy named Abbot, living in Elgin, has been
asleep for some three days. waking only once
during the time, and continues to sleep.
Three rascals recently arrested in Hennepin
in the act Of burglary, broke Jail last Saturday
night, but the whole gang were caught The
leader, the notorious Buck Holbrook, was shot
and killed by his pursuers the second shot and cap
tured, while the third man was caught ON Sun.
day, or Sunday night, on the bsyon bridge near
Peru, in this county.
John Cation, SEN, An old citizen of Will
county, was drowned in the canal near Joliet ON
Thursday night, and on Saturday morning lit
lie daughter Of John Gondolf, at the same place,
fell into the canal and WAS drowned.
Judge Charles B. Lawrence, Of Galesbure, de.
clines being a candidate for the constitutional
convention. saying: Tho Supreme Court, Of
which I am = member, will be in session at the
same time with tho convention, and il I were
elected member of this body, could not dis.
charge the duties Of one position without neg.
Letting tho 90 OF the other" Eli .tAi
Mr.. John Holland. of Bristol. R. l., is 1O2;
never drank glass Of liquor in his life, and has,
Of course, lived wholly in vain. r..,.. "A
wilson says it is . rare thing for senator's TO
take brides in cash. We suppose especially
from treasury girls.
Eight convicts, all Of the colored persuasion,
escaped from the penitentiary At Joliet last Sat-
urday night. Under tho 'humane system"
adopted at this institution, since it has become
sort Of asylum for needy politicians, rascals no
longer dread living there, or il, when there, they
get tired Of staying. they appear 70 have no diff.
hOulty in getting away-ths Joliet papers nearly
every week mentioning the escape Of from two
10 half dozen Of prisoners. ,ls ---, ..-.-,,..,
A portion Of the roof of the La Sale shaft cav
ed last Saturday. and heavy mass Of rock fell
upon miner, ~ the name Of John Farrell,
crushing him badly; no bones were broken, and
it is hoped he may recover. l.4
On Friday afternoon, Of last week, daughter
Of Mr.. Robinson, Of Brassyills, Grsndy Co.,
about 10 ye,rs old, met with shocking desth
from the careless use Of kerosene. She was try.
ing to kindle hre by pouring kerosene from the
can upon it, when an explosion took place. and
the poor girls clothes and the room were soon in
flames. Mr.. Robinson's house and most Of its
contents were consumed.
A monster tooth. weighing seventeen pounds,
was found the other day on the bank Of Spoon
river, near Galesburg. It il supposed to belong
to now extinct species Of elephant (B1ephas
Primi9eniou')-one Of the gigantic monsters that
roamed over this section centuries ago.
During the heavy storm st Keokak last week
the singular though not unprecedented phenom.
enon occurred Of q fall Of fish. After the shower.
the streets were full Of minnows and craw fish,
the fall Of which had been noticed during the
prevalence of the storm.
The Chinese shoemakers In California work
for one dollar day, finding themselves, while
white men have obtained three and four dollars
per day, aud have demanded more.
A dog if takan in his infancy and held for q
quarter Of an hour with his head under water
will never have the hydrophobis, even il bitten
BY q mad dog. 1t is not usual, however, to try
the experiment more than once on the same pup
A strip OF land, thirty BY two hundred feet
and covered with trees, is gradually sinking
from the surface Of the earth, one mile south Of
Fort Wayne, Ind. The supposed cause is said
to be an underground lake or river wearing the
earth away. 1t creates much interest among the
citizens. .t..
A Mr.. Epson, Of De Kalb, was 90 badly pois.
oned, while binding wheat. by wheat beard en-.
tering his hand, that he came near losing the
hand.
That must have been highly imaginative as.
tronomer, who hkened the appearance Of the re-
cent eclipse to "a Dutch pot with red-hot cover"
The Peoria Democrat contends that Peoria's
claims for the location Of the national capital
| should not hA dlsracarded. "a il has 4 suficienj