The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-09
VARIOUS ITEMS.

Sheriff Stevens has appointed Lieut. Thorn
as Clark, of La Sale, as his chief deputy, {
gentleman said TO be well qualified for til,
place.
The funeral of Hon. Jesse X. Dubois oc
CURED at Springfield last Sunday, the venera
BILE Father Hale officiating. The pail bear
ers comprised a number of the most distin
gushed men of the state.
The method Of appointing presidential
electors it appears Is not uniform IN the diff.
; ferent states. AS IL general thing they are
elected by the people, but in Colorado they
are chosen by the Legislature, while in Lou
isana, Florida, and South Carolina they are
designated by returning board.
Young & Co., dry goods merchants at
Streator, closed up last Saturday and made
an assignment. The unexpected stagnatlon
in business since the presidential election is
given as the cause. An assignee is now in
charge of the stock and is selling from day
to day until it is closed out.
1t seems the noticeable improvement IN
the editorials of the Morris Ueruh after
Hayes became candidate for congress was
owing to the fact that he let his business
partner Fletcher DO the editing, while Hayes
Travelled around the country clectloneering
The Generals loss to Morris, while absent
attending to his congressional duties, prom.
ises thus to be her editorial gain.
!
! The WW County Courier has finally fallen
under the control OF an editor who will give
1t some life and vim. Ed. Nattinger an OF
tawa boy, formerly connected with the Joliet
SIN, has taken it in hand and Will make
it a success or bust Ed. is Woodworking,
pains.taking editor and aspicy writer What
the Courier now most needs is such printing
as will make it readable
c. II. Whitaker, Esq, editor Of the lIacomb
Edgle, drew prize ut the late election, and
will represent the district composed of Nc
Donough and Warren counties IN the next
Legislature. The EogLc is one Of the most
ably conducted local papers Oh our exchange
list, and a man who can get up such paper
is better fitted than 0.lGths of the lawyers IN
the state To make sensible laws.
G. W. Greene, resident and prominent
farmer Of Mcnard county, is now engaged in
gathering 100 acres of corn winch he had en-
tered for the premium offered by the centennial
commission, but owing to the failure of the
officers appointed by the commission to exam.
inc and report upon the merits of the differ.
ent fields entered, no award was made. Ow
ing 10 very bad winds, during the latter part
.of tLe summer, blowing the corn down badly,
the crop has not come up to his highest eX
pcctations, and only averages 1870 bushels
per acre.
The iIoCpestown Chroalcls tells a "cock
andbull storys that Last week gentleman
named James O'Meara, from Memphis
Tenn, tarried at this place several days, and
believing Tildcn elected, feeling his oats "a
little, boldly declared that he had had the
pleasure of shaking hands with ]. Wilkes
Booth within the past thirty days. He said
that Booth was living III coz. in the South,
and was well known by many prominent
Southern gentlemen, and only awaited the
election of Tldcn 10 come ont boldly and
declare himself the assassin of Lincoln" Is
This man OWeara, or the editor Of the
Chronicle either for that matter, internal
fool enough to imagine that the murderer OF
Lincoln would be any more likely To escape
punishment with Tiucn than with HAYES as
president?