The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-12-22

From MarseilIes.
MARsEULEs, Dec. 20,

DR.. c. A. Weirick is happy over 1t twelve
FOUNDER
There will be social hop at Occidental
hall on Christmas eve.
j. Gage & Co. is the name Of the new
firm that bought the bakery and restaurant
business of Parsons & Co.
The weather has been such as TO quiet down
the Texas going fever of such as desired
warmer climate,
Mrs. D. B. Felch has been lecturing TO ID
dies, on afternoons of this week. at the Con,
crcgational church She commenced with
THE physical decline of American women"
At the Sons of Temperance sociable the new
and the old fashion of rhyme and torfeits was
INDUCED in. Both were heartily enjoyed
A reception at John Wilder's on Friday
night out of respect to the lately married folks,
Rev G. Sullivan to Miss Emma Strickland,
The affair was quite largely attended.
At last accounts Mr. d. f. Smith, who went
East in hopes of improving his health, was
not expected to live but a short time This
will be sad news to his many friends here
SUICIDE OF DANIEL iEkLOthE
Wednesday forenoon report spread rapidly
of the hanging by self of David Herocker
man some tifty-three years old, living near the
upper canal lock.
At six o'clock of the night before he went
INTO Bennets store and bought some rope OF
the clerk, who asked him, in a joking man
ner if he wanted it to hang himself with it, or
that in substance, Dan replying no. The
next seen OF him was after death had set lts
seal upon him.
From person present at the inquest the
mode of suicide was learned. A bar OF iron
had been secured to which he attached one end
of the rope, and this was then laid across
scuttle hole over head.
Mounting on box the rope was adjusted
around his neck, the box tipped over and he
was left suspended, with his feet barely clear
ing the floor. Without doubt death had soon
ensucd
Nothing was known positively as to what
should have caused the deed, but dissipation
and lack of work was judged at least to have
had a strong influence.
\ HEAVY BOltlAh1'
On Sunday morning it was discovered mat
during the previous night the hardware stores
of Galloway & Nelson and Clark & Stebbins,
the saloon of VIM. Willis, the carpenter shop
of Samuel Wells and the clothing store OF
HAYNES 4 Harrison had all been broken into
by burglars and goods stolen.
Wells shop was entered for the securing CT
tools to get into the other places with. AT the
saloon a loss of only about s. was noticed.
Divided between the two hardware stores two
sacks OF goods were taken, to be left at the
clothing store, dropped probably by the par
ties getting scared out before they got through
with their work. The clothing store was gone
into by boring through the panel OF one of the
front doors and reaching in and showing aside
an iron bar. Here the real work Of the iel-
lows was put in, something over $500 worth
of stock being carried of, as Is presumed in a
light wagon OF some sort tracks and other ey!.
dcncc leading to that conclusion.
1t will be remembered that the night of the
robbery was one of very bright moonlight,
and it is somewhat singular that they were not
seen. A barber shop near the scene was open
until midnight.
Efforts at tracing M have been made, but ID
The knowledge of the writer no clue has been
obtained that would lead TO the suspecting or
capture of the thieves. FULL GEAH