The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-02-12
The Beacon says $3.50. 900 have been expended
in buildings erected in Aurora this eeason.

an accident and terrible death:
I'VE have learned additional particulars, since
our las., concerning the killing of drover near
this city, On the morning of the 10Th inst James
Long, the man killed had car load of hogs, but
was accompanied by an old man having several
| carloads of cattle. in the same train. Before
leaving the yards in Aurora the old man discov.
cred one of the cattle down, which the hog dro-
yer volunteered to help up. While they were
| doing so the train started. When about two
| miles east Of this city, Long crawled out Of the
end door to get on top, and in doing 90, fell The
old man was so terrified that he remained in the
car until reaching Naperville, where the train
stopped and he notified the conductor. The con-
ductor at once attempted to run his train back,
but before fairly getting started discovered an
extra train coming. He then sent for the tele-
graph operator, who telegrsphed to Aurora, but
before getting an answer, learned that three
trains had already passed the point where the
man fell The engine pulling the extra follow
| ing him had a cow.catcher, which ON examina-
| ton was found covered with blood. The body
was found terribly mutilated, as we have de-
scribed. We review this aceount partly in JUS
tice to the conductor, who knew nothing of the
occurance until reaching Naperville.
The Marseilles Citizen says:
Frederick Clark has purchased in Indiana
| about. 600 acres of timber land for the use of
the Pekin and Marseilles railroad"
| The Bulletin states that Mendoza is to have
Homeopathic Infrmary and Medical College,
| the building known as "Henderson's Seminary"
having been purchased for that purpose.
They have Prohibition Club" at the above
city numbering fifteen persons We recommend
them to bore an artesian we'll, as no ordinary
water works can possibly supply their demands
for this "thin" beverage.
The Bulletin complains that sickness was ex-
tremely prevalent during the recent session of
the Good Templars at Mendoza. Was it because
the Good Templars are lean, gaunt, hungry
sickly set, possessed of contagious diseases, so
that the people of that city dare not receive the
visitors, or are the people stingy? Echo listens
When the State Teachers Association was
| here, last month, oar town was very healthy
Every ones doors were open, and many felt
sighted because there were net enough teachers
"to 60 around"
The Streator Monitor electrifies its readers with
the details of a regular prize fight, which came
off there on the Goth ult.
Is Streator putting on city airs, or is it hoax
The Aurora Herald states, that in celebrating
| the marriage of young couple at st. Charles,
novel feature was the firing of a cannon, and as
ID usual in handling that dangerous instrument,
an accident occurred, by the powder on the plat
form being ignited, and probably putting out an
eye of one of the spectators.
The Herald says the coal raised in Grundy
pty
of $41O,S25 Good for one seasons work! Four
hundred men obtain constant employment in
| this business.
The Herald man has sort of vague notion
that "Lincons emancipation proclamation SUP.
plants the declaration of independence" How
he arrived at that conclusion, or whence the idea
came, no one can tell, nsr does he know. We
feel sorry for Charlie. He is q good fellow.
Perhaps he has the "rinderpest" or "trichina."
A bread and milk poultice and little rest might
restore his shattered intellect: Let US hope he
| may recover.
The Press says the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad Company have determined to
erect new depot fer passengers at La Sale.
This is an improvement long needed. The new
buildings are not to be on the place of the old
ones, but at the mouth of the ravine between the
two cities-La Sale and Peru. The Press halls
this location as long step towards the CONSOLE
dation of these hitherto rival places.
The same paper records feat of beer drinking
which out does old Gsmbrinus himself. A man
drank gallon and half of beer at one effort,
in fifteen minutes time without taking the
measure containing it from his lips. And she
man still lives and was not drunk. "Dat eos Elm
grosser teller, ant ar'
The ice crop at La Sale this winter is placed
at 100000 tons, at cost of 1000.
All the dogs running loose about the above
city are rapidly being killed off. The Press
objects. "A fellow feeling" &c.
The same paper has this important item:
We are automatically informed that the Chi.
cago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad company
are to put an extra train on their road, to
be known as the Lightning Express, and run on.
ly between Chicago and Rock Island. This
train is uniformly to start on time, regardless of
connections both east and west, and stop only at
the principal stations Peruvians desiring to
take passage on that train may reasonably rojoics
at the contemplated change of depots, which will
spare them the trouble of coming all the way to
La Sale for that purpose.
Carlo, Ills, has abandoned csrporeal, i. c. cap.
tia, punishment in schools.
The Mendoza Chronicle announces that:
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