The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-15
From Leland.

LELAND, Aug. 12th, 1874
All had been quiet in our usuallypeaceabl
village for a long time. All at once shower
of rain came, just such one as usually
brings crowds into town, and big one came.
The result was a good many boys" got Il
| little 100 much lager aboard and raised awind.
Each concluded himself a better man than
all the rest and of course wanted to "try it on"
just TO prove it. Policeman Barnes being at
Mendoza attending the shooting match, the
boys held high carnival for some time, until
Esq. G. A. Young ordered their arrest Sew
eral were lodged in the calaboose until they
got sober, and were brought up before Justice
Young for trial. There were some who felt
disposed to pay and some who proposed fight
Ing the corporation laws.
Mr. Burgoson was fined S. and costs;
James Lynch SO and costs; L. p keenan, So
and costs; Samual Crumpton So and costs;
Alex Holverson, Austin Hauvda, BENZ. Rich
olson and Mel, Peterson took Il change of ven
ue to Esq c. F. Oakield. Here new field
was open. The boys were now defended BY
A. Potter, George Herrick, Esq, and Atty. j.
W. Brown. Nels Peterson had Il jury trial.
Verdict not guilty. Alex Holverson, jury
trial. Verdict, Guilty; fine 81 and costs.
Benz Rlcholscn and Austin Houvda submit.
ed TO the court and were each fined $40 and
costs. HOlverson, Nicholson and Houvda
filed their bonds and appealed TO the Circuit
Court. Montgomery prosecuting for Leland,
A certain young man who married another
resident of this town and moved to Chicago,
has leturned, leaving his wife and child there
for $50, while he comes lone to ma.
&. F. Oakfield, grain dealer, and John Adj
dis, his chief workman for years, have form
ed co.partnershlp, built grain warehouse
at Fox, Kendall County, on the o. o. " F. Il.
V. r. r., and will commence biz this
week. Mr.. Adds has moved down there, and
his partner will remain here.
Saturday found lice bar in our village,
playing all sorts of tricks, standing on his
nose, and walking wire, as well as tickling
all the little boys in town. \ grizzly is quite
a sight for most of our young people, cspec-
tally when his owner and he constitute the
whole Of the meragerie.
Simon Dougherty, 4 resident of this place
for the past seven years. leaves in about two
weeks for the more cOngenial Soil-as he
thinks of Missouri,-to purchase farm. He
does not intend moving his family out there
within two years.
Every one having relatives in Northern
Iowa and Southern Minnesota continue to re
ceive sad news from them. Monfgomery's
brotherln-law, Joseph Wells, of Palo Alto
County, Iowa, has been obliged to leave his
farm and seek a more congenial CLINE in cas-
tern Iowa, owisg to the devastation Of the
choppers" Last year he managed 10 save
enough grain from their ravages to keep him
through the winter This year ne has suffer
ed a total loss of 1000 apple trees and all the
grain on 400 acres of land, Verify the "hop-
pers" are Il tough set.
The funeral of the only child of Alex. Nc
Nair and wife, of this place, took place at
the VI. L. Church on Monday. 10 A. " Ed
er Foreman delivered the address 10 a large
audience and i numerous concoursc of
friends Deceased was aged years and Il
NOS, and was called Nina NcNair"