The Ottawa free trader., 1877-05-19
FROM SANDWICH AND VICINITY.

THIEVES are all the 60, and there is system
as well as millions in: it," that is, IL
the plan by which whole communities are
robbed and plundered 10 asingle night. Only
think of h-Aurora, Montgomery, Plano
Sandwich, Somonauk, Leland, Earlville and
Mendoza all "cleaned out" by the same gang
IN two days or rather in two nights. Auro-
ra missed the guilty and punished q poor in
nocent boy; Montgomery caught the smallest
thief and let him go, there being only Suspt-
ct0n thrown about him; Plano did nothing;
Somonauk ditto; Earlville ditto; and Men
dota did little better as the guilty chiefs were
not caught. In Leland, the irrepressible Tom
Barnes, that boss among detectives, gobbled
two OF the gang, Ed Brown, eldest son OF
Stephen Brown, for 20 years past agent OF the
c., b. & q. r. r. Co. there, and Frank Potter,
MRS Brown has nearly gone crazy over the
conduct of her wayward son, and is suffering
from the course he has taken). The two had
just rlfled w. III. Kennedy's drug store OF
$3.50 worth of revolvers and other "medi.
cines," and were about carrying off the groce-
ry store of V. b. Ketchum, Iwhen they were
discovered-Tom having lain in wait for
them that night. They were given the alter
native of going TO Joliet or delivering up the
goods and leaving the state; they promptly
accepted the latter offer, surrendered the
goods, separated and left the state. In Sand.
wich tailor shop was y1bbcd of $40 worth
and Henoch's clothing bazaar of 5000 worth
of clothing. The stealing here was done at
different times Two arrests have been made
and the boys bound over to the next term of
the circuit court, which meets on the second
Monday IN June. Every property owner
should form himself into a committee of the
whole, watch and in short time many would
be awarded blessed opportunities for making
the devil valuable presents.
Fred S. Douglass, formerly Of the gazette
here, is now on the Marsailles HerdM with
Burton.
VIM. H. Paine, the inventor of Paine's au-
tomato binder for harvesters, is in Texas
with IL. A. Adams, supt of the S, Manufac
turing Co, to test the binder there.
The friends of Rev. c. b. Black rec Gently
met at hls residence and presented him with
some resolutions of sympathy, assurances of
kindness and tokens of support A fine So
cial time was had, and after refreshments had
been served and another fine social time en-.
joyed, the happy hundred departed. This
Rev. gentleman was "called" by the trustees
of the Presbyterian church here oyer two
years ago at $1200 year, as authorized by
the vote of the church. His call and contract
WAS a yearly one; he served two years and
three months less one week, when he receiv.
ed word from the trustees, without any au-
thority from the church or any cause what.
ever, that his services were no longer needed
and that he must not preach after the first OF
May. The trustees also locked the doors OF
the church, thus iorbidlng both minister and
congregation the right to worship there.
Fodr trustees voted aye and two no on the
question of discharging Mr.. Black, and two
Of those voting aye were not members Of the
church. The rules of the Presbyterian Church
forbid members and ministers, discharged
for improprietes Of any kind, being admitted
into any Presbyterian Church only by and
through the church eXpellihg them; and i'll
must be done there either by confessing the
fault and asking forgiveness and promising
to do better, or by proving that since the com.
mission of the wrongs, the applicant has liv.
ed and is living godly life, etc A certain
ran a,,I I,a lad
PEELED from the ministry and church at Louis.
vile, and had applied to the Cong. society
here for admission, and was refused. He
then applied to the Presbyterian elders, two
of whom were absent, and was "voted in"
Rev. Black was, by rule of the church,
chairman of the session, an held that the &C.
ton was improper because contrary TO the |
rules on admission; nevertheless the appli |
cant was taken in. The presbytery met at
Aurora shortly after and the committee on
church record reported an irreguarly IN the |
Sandwich records, debate followed, and hy |
unanimous vote the Sand wch session was or.
dered TO correct TIER records-whch meant
to drop the applicant and new member As
ii to add insult TO injury" Rev Black was
elected chairman of the Aurora Presbytery,
and member Of the General Assembly. The
next meeting Of the session here received the
mandate ofthe Presbytery and continued their
action 0a ii aHtH aGH Ju'y and set to work to
have the minister discharged for dong wha,
appearedto linn his plain and bounden duty
Thccase has become the topic of hourly
conversation here, and may yet end in law.
suits or bloodshed; parties, churches, socie
ties, families and friends are all divided, and
a sad condition of things exists.
L. 5. johnson has Invented a fuc jewelers.
lathe.
Rev. DR.. Goodfellow has returned from the
revival at IIinckley
There was a slight "clash' in the city
council al It's first meeting. Mayor Uummel