The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26
NEWS ITEMS.

Friday Of last week one OF those pc!I9I1H'
ating nusanccs OF which this state seems 10
be oyerrun at present, commonly called
"tramps" attempted to ravlsh the young wife
Of farmer named Chas Davis, two miles
east Of Yorkvle. The lady beng alone at
hcme, he seized and attempted to throw her
upon q bed, but she forced herself from his
grasp and hastily selling gun in another
room drove him away, The brute was subse'
ouently arrested at Fox Station, and is now
held tor trial,
At meeting Of the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons Of Massachusetts, held on last week al
Boston, an apron worn by Gen. Joseph War
rem was presented to the Grand Lodge by
by the heirs of Grand Master Benjamin Rus
sell, who was at the head Of the lodge in
1913; also, an apron worn by General Lafay'
cite on the occasion of the laying OF the cor
ner stone of Bunker Hill Monument,
Chicago papers of the 18th mention slight
earthquake shock having been felt there,
The only surprise is that anything should be
able to shock Chicago,
The town authorities Of Streator, on Fri
day Of last week, fixed the liquor license for
the ensuing year at $500. Halt the saloons
IN the place, it is supposed, will be obliged
TO close after the lst Of July,
IN an alteration at Peru on Sunday be-
tween two men named Hurley and Uptegrow,
Al f. ,,i,b a
knife in the hands of the latter. BY prompt
surgical assistance the mans life was saved,
though his wounds are considered OF very
serious character.
The Illinois Vally Homeopathic Society
will hold its next quarterly meeting in Oua
wa, on the lst Of SEPTEMBER.
The people of Iowa were immensely fat
tered by Vice President Wilson, and many OF
them came out squarely in his favor for the
next presidency, when he told them that "the
near future will place Iowa in the rank o.
the foremost of all the commonwealth o.
thelU nion,' but their ardor was somewha
dampened on the discovery that lie Lad made
substantially the same statement in Tennes
see, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Ne
| braska!
The people Of Elgin are greatly exercised
at the suspension Of work at the watch fac
tory, which had given employment to 50(
operatives. The Buff City of Saturday says
the presumption is indefinitely postponed
These are hard times and the people have ne
inclination, even had they the money, to buy
Watches
Mayor Crooker, of Mendoza, having beer
at Ottawa during the past two weeks in at
tendance upon the Circuit Court, the grea
question is agitated in Mendoza in the mean
time, "who is running this town, the POunC
Master or the City Council?" The counci
passe, an ordinance authorizing "all persons
living within the corporate limits of the city
of Mendoza, who own or have in his or he
possession any Cow or Cows, shall, on anC
after the passage Of this resolution, have thu
privilege Of herdlng such cows upon The
streets and alleys Of said city: Provided, suci
COWS must not be allowed to stand upon any
sidewalk or be tied to any tree in the streets
or alleys Of said city In spite Of this mas
sive ordinance, however, the city Pound Mas
ter proceeded to seize and impound all cattle
found in the streets, and Philo Castle, Esq
the local Police Magistrate and Supreme ju
dical authority, sustains the Pound Master
and mildly calls the members of the city
council set of asses. at vas better, Mayo
Crooker, you go home"
The Oldest man in the United States is sale
to be Homer Griffin, of Lodi, Medina County
OHIO. He was born on the 22d of April, 1853
at CRANKY, Litchfeld county, Conn. In spit'
of his old age he is still hale and intelligent
and well remembers the localities and scenes
of his early days.
There is said to be quite fair prospect to
small fruit hereabouts, IN spite OF the destruc
tive winter Of raspberries the crop Is very
promising, and grapes look uncommonll
well. There are also more strawberries com
ing IN than had been anticipated.