The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-03-05
the sugar bowl. The party came of and then
but imagine the result

but imagine the result ki
The Earlville Gazette has this strange item:
AN eccentric maiden lady at Paw Paw, Miss
j., sent to friend in Earl to come and make hel
shroud, tor, though not dead, she did not expect
to live much longer; the friend, one of the ladies
| OF Earl, went to Paw Paw yesterday, in ODE.
dience to the call A strange task to sit by the
bedside of sick friend and fit and make a
shroud."
The Waukegan Gazette opposes woman's suf-
frage in this way: "Do hens that cackle loudest
lay the most eggs?"
That's . cOnundram we can't answer
The State Register. of the Gath ult., has cou-
pie of items from the FREE TRADER, without
proper credits. Suppose it was an inadvertent
taking, without criminal intent
The La Sale Press criticlses the jury in the
Murphy case very sharply for not hanging the
prisoner. and not content with that, denounces
the prosecution in this and the two criminal
cases of last term, wherein tine question of mu-.
der was concerned. as being very "weak," and
murder has been encouraged by inadequate
punishment
AtaTemperance meeting held at La Sale, says
the same authority, Rev. Mr.. Dixon was partic.
ularly Disguised, because "he knew of deacon
in the church who is "A liquor dealer, and habitu.
ally prays in the morning Thy kingdom CONT"
and then goes right along selling grog"
We have the first copy of the Iowa City 7u.
bune, at present a weekly, but threading to be
daily. The Revolver appears in it, but it has
evidently grown some since Chas. H. Hays fired
1t in the Statesman at Ottawa. Charlie Hayes
Is the local. The Tribune is rather republican in
politics, and starts out as lively as kitten. Is
this new paper started 'for keeps or to sell?
Professor Norton, of the Kansas Educational
JournoS, on Christmas evening, at some fair or
festival received dressing gown, voted to the
ugliest editor in the state; and ke acknowledges
the corn and desires sympathy. We shant give
him any. He had no business to live in Kansas.
Had he lived in Illinois we should have beaten
him, carried off the prize, and saved him the
modification, which he now must endure.
The Ogle county Reporter thinks that section
cannot be beaten on fat people. They have
lady who wei chs five hundred pounds A young
lady, Miss Evarts, of only six years. has appar.
emily developed into woman, and weighs one
hundred and fifteen pounds, and Mr.. David Ma.
varro is eight years old, 3911. inches around the
waist, and weighs 1877 pounds Evidently Ogle
is no place for Eight weights"
The same paper records melancholy event.
Mrs. Elizabeth W. FHall, an es,imable young
wife ard mother, was thrown out of sleigh and
killed. She was passing a school house in Rock.
ford, when the thoughtless boys ran out shout.
Ing, jumped on the sleigh and frightened the
horse. which away, throwing her out and
killing her instantly.
A few days ago, says the Jonesboro Ga=ete. a
doctor somewhat known in that vicinity was
called upon to zee person afflicted with some
not dangerous disease, and the doctors medicines
had scarcely been administered before the pa.
tient died. Two other members of the same
family died in the same way soon afterwards,
when mob assailed the doctor and beat him
awfully, so that besides losing one eye there
are serious apprehensions as to his recovery.