The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-06-25
FROM EARLvILLE.
AN INTELLIGENT FIFTEENER.


1t don't take the shooting of a Key or Rich
srdson to produce = sensation in Earlvlle We
can take less seasoning with our dishes but as
the boy said when reproved for hurrshing at a
funeral, "A Teller must hurrsh some time" Our
contrabsnd displayed q remarkable amount Of
intelligence the other day. use the "our" ad-
visedly, - We can boast Of but one. certain
Roberts came with quite an amount of dry goods,
&C., to sell at auction. Having occasion to be
gone he left Lem, in his store till he returned.
The ''intslligen.." Misunderstanding what was
required of him, opened shop on Sunday, and
did good days work, taking in about fifty dol
lars. Roberts, upon returning, had Lem arrest
cd for stealing, alleging that he had no orders to
sell, and had disposed Of the goods much below
their actual value. Lem; on his part, assured
them tina. he was left there to attend to dc
Affairs OF de firm, that "de handbills said down
wild do prices, and da., acting in injunction wild
de 'quirements Of de bill, he had unhesitatingly
caused &c prices to descend" Lem wa. acquitted.
THE FOURTH.
We have not yet substituted the celebration of
bio by Abraham Lincoln in 1868. for the 18th of
July, and extensive preparations are being made
for that day here. Each OF the different depon-
nations Of religion, Presbyterian, Upiversalist,
Baptist and CouNregationalist, are to prepare a
table, from which, by paying for it, visitors can
be RECALLED We are TO have pulpit instead Of
forensic eloquence; the pastors of the different
denominations officiating as orators.
ADyENTIsTs
The Adyentists have been holding a con-
ference here, which lasted four days and brother
Towle says great deal of good was done. A.
many as twenty ministers of that belief were
present part of the time.
TEMPERANCE.
Prof. Hurd, formerly of Chicago, now estab-
ished here as principal of the public school, last
Sunday evening delivered an address in the Uni
versalist Church. Subject: Temperance He
presented the old subject in new and attractive
dress
The editor of the Ptolt,JitjonjSt had spoken the
week previous on the same subject He pouad-
ed the pulpit cushions of the Methodist church
in the most approved style, and could not help
thinking all the time there's an axe to grind
somewhere back of all this and finally i. came
out AS he produced the paper of which he is edi.
tor and solicited subscriptions.
ACCIDENTS.
On Wednesday of last week, while Mr.. Casner.
an old resident of this place, was digging we'll,
when the pail with which the clay was being
removed by an assistant fell with its contents
upon him, breaking number of ribs and dislo-
eating his thigh. He is seriously injured, but
It's thought will recover.
On the same day Norman Powers, while riding
into town on horseback, his horse fell, precipita.
ting him to the ground with such force as to
cause a fracture OF the leg.
PICNIC
The members and scholors of the NJ. +. church
had very pleasant picnic in Stlson's grove,
Saturday. One of the Suggestive features of the
occasion WAS the dignifed pastor, with shirt.
sleeves rolled up and regulation cravat wilted,
in his frantic efforts to yet his kettle boiled, pre-.
paratory to making cup of tea.
GRAIN MARKET.
Prices Of grain, Ms courteously furnished by U.
3. Munson " Son, to-day June 20) Wheat 75c
@$1; Corn 75&S0c for 60 lbs; Oats 45c for 20
lbs.; Barley 30a35c.