The Ottawa free trader., 1876-11-18
VARIOUS ITEMS.

Bro. Dutton, Sunday School superinten
dent was arrested for robbing his employers
5. X. Ormsby & Co., of Chicago. Farwei
Hall, where he often preached, will miss
Bro. Dutton.
Hog cholera is raging to considerable
extent IN Winnebago County, one dealer hav
ing lost $4,000 worth of hogs. dispatch
also says that hundreds of hogs are dying
daily in Henry County from the same
malady.
Mr.. David Crockett, who resides seven
miles south west of Mexico, Mo, while clear
ing rubbish out of his corn.crib killed 81
rats After clearing the crib of shucks and
rats, he commenced to haul corn from a num-
ber of pens in his field, and while so doing
killed 270 more rats, and then wound up by
capturing II more in the open field.
Wouldn't it pay Mr.. David Crockett and 9th
ers in his situation to build rat proof cribs
rather than iced so many rats?
r. E. Dent, jr., and family, who had moved
from Wenona tc California year ago, re-
turned last week to their old home. The
Inder says: "a years residence on the Pact
fic coast satisfied them of the real merits OF
Illinois, aud they have returned to Wencna
with the intention of remaining here perma-
nently. Rawley is a good citizen, and we
know that our friends will be welcomed back
to Wenona by all our people"
La Sale has organized benefit and
Building Association" on the plan of like
associations in Ottawa, Streater, Joliet, &C."
"These associations" the Democrat says tru.
ly, "otter liberal inducements and seemingly
perfect safety to small investors and are uni
versally popular in the older cities. A care
ful showing up OF their merits will we are
sure induce liberal patronage.
A Chicago Times dispatch from La Sale
Nov. 14th says: "A farmer named James
McCarty, aged about 80 years, single, and
living about six miles north of this city, was
in town Thursday evening, and when about
TO return home was called outside of sa-
loon, and set upon and robbed of some SIS
in cash and note for $10O. Subsequently,
on the same night, while riding home, he
fell from his horse, which stepped upon his
bowels, severely IDjuring him, since Which
time he has remained in town, and to-day ex.
piyed Of his injuries"
On the night of the 9th pier of the Chi
bridge, which spans the Mississippi river at
Louisiana, Mo-, became undermined and fell,
carrying with it two spans of the bridge,
each 100 feet in length. Both spans tell
into deep water, and are buried out OF sight.
The loss to the Railroad Company will be
nearly $4,000. The bridge is being repair
ed as rapidly as possible, and by Wednesday
next is expected to be ready for the passage
of trains
One of the humorous incidents of the pre-.
sent hard times was meeting of the New
York BARRIERS. The compliments INDUCED IN
were, some of them, quite laughable. Hard
times resolved itself into an Indignation meet
ing. Charges were made that some BARRIERS
had demoralzed the trade by cutting prices
to fearful extent; for instance, shaving for
five cents; worse still, shaving for five cents
and schooner of beer (whatever that Isl
thrown in. Some shaved for 10 cents, and
threw in two "schooners." Occasionally one
shaved for five cents, and threw IN cigar
These reports created a wonderful excite
ment The Barber of Seville, Figaro, is a
laughable opera, but None, the great macs
tro," would have improved it, If he could
have woven into it shaving a customer for
five cents, and "throwing" in schooner"
Of beer.
Georgia has a gold-fever. The mines are
IN the northern part of the state, chiefly in
the neighborhood of Dahlonega, where there
are seven stamp mills in operation with to-
tai of u stamps. Some of these mills are
reported to get out $1,000 worth of gold
per month, and it is estimated that no less
than S3O,OOO worth of gold reach that city
every month. The little boys IN and about
Dahionega, 1t is asserted, spend their leisure
hours in sitting the loose soil in panfuls OF
water and make 80 TO 20 cents day. 4 SOL
id nugget o: gold as large as peanut was
picked up by the sreet-workers in Dahlonega
as they were grading the public road Spec
uators from Boston are in Georgia, develop
ing mines at Gainesville and at or near Ack.
worth. The latter section Is said TO promise
ever richer results than have been developed
at Dahlonega.
The Aborigines' Protection and Anti.Slav.
cry societies OF England are making an
earnest protest against the warike operations
of the N Y Herdlds African explorer Stan
ley. In one of his letters he describes how
on Lake Nyanza he opened on several canoe
loads of hostile savages with his elephant