The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-06-21
Vicinity Items.

The farmers Of Troy Grove, Ophir, Mcri-
den, Waltham and vicinity, invite everybody
and wife to join them in celebrating the com.
! ing Fourth of July at Triumph, at the east
end OF Troy Grove. The New Farmers Decla-
ration of Independence will be read, and the
Grafton will be in support of the New Rcvo.
luton instead OF the glorifcation Of the little
affair of IS.
The Streator races, week before last, accord.
ing to the NoHior. were hardly satisfactory.
Not to put too fine point upon it, the Koat.
tor intimatcs that there was cheating around
the board The OTTAWA covcs' were too con.
tidential with the Wenona sports, and the two
together skinned" the Streator and Pekin
sports The Honjtor in short, is thoroughly
of opinion that the "iIcathon Chincc" live at
Wcnona and Ottawa,
The town of Strawn is an incipicnt city on
the New Railroad from Fairbury to Paxton
The town is being laid out by ID. Srawn,
Esq, of Ottawa. The Fairbury hd,podeat
says:
Mr. Strawn has adopted very different
in railroad towns In place OF crowding the
business front along the side of the railway
he has laid out a park three hundred feet
square. surrounded by wide and cOmmOdious
streets one side of the square is parallel
with and in the vicinity OF the railway and
the principal places Of business win front
upon the other three sides OF the square. The
park will be fenced and improved, and when
adorned with shade trees it will present a
most pleasing appearance in fine contrast
with the surrounding places OF business Mr.
StraWn is also taking timely precautions toI
prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors in the
new town. His articles of conveyance con.
tain the most explicit conditions that prevent
all traffic of the kind upon the premises con
veycd.'
In prospecting for coal, west OF Wenona, |
a vein of mineral paint was found 20 feet be
low the surface, which is 3 feet , inches thick. !
This discovery will be valuable, as we under.
stand many lG-inch veins are being protitably |
workcd-WeDona I"der
On last Thursday, while some boys were
bathing in the river, near town, one of their
number Charles W. Dayhoh, was aCcidenuy !
drowned Esquire Allen empanneled a jury,
who returned a verdict of death by accident
Sheator Nonttor, 1?h.
Mr. Parlng Plane Of Belvidere, Boone
county, j, supposed to be the oldest man in
Illinois He was born in Norfolk county,
England, March 18th, 1856, and was conse.
lucntlv l06 years old last March. Mr.. Plane
amigratcd to the state of New York in 1886,
md removed with his family to Illinois in
1899. His wife is a few years younger, and
hey have twcnty-threc children. Mr.. Plane
is yet very active, and looks Ii Ike man of
,eyentyfyc He has a sister in England
1inety.fve years old.-Chjc0go Illustrated
J0ura0i
% Tue railroad agents in this city inform Us
hat the farmers movement has put stop to
he laying of double tracks, both on the C.,
R. |. & p. railroad and the C., A. 4 St l..
oad-Joitst Repnblic0n.
Mrs Thorndikc's little girl Uhc same child
If whom mention was made in this paper Il
ew weeks since as having fallen and broken
N arm for the ninth time caught her toe, on
saturday last, and falling again for tire tenth
ime, broke an Srm. DR.. Bradwcll was called |
nd set the bone again.-Diron Telegraph.