The Ottawa free trader., 1877-11-17
From Sandwich.

loihc Hoil dll cAlcnucu NlSll WcSJWaTu. Don
of them have bought fine farms in Iowa, n
braska and Kansas, and in consequence theI
will be a general exodus from this city IN ii
spring,
One Of our young men, Ed. Harvey is i
. Chicago studying portrait painting, in whic
art he is already quite proficient
The Sycamore Daily Nens, the first dali
newspaper ever published in DeKalb count.
is bound to be success. 1t is literally p;
tronizcd by the best advertisers, and starts O
by disappointing its fricnds--by proving pro
table from the start.
La Sale county it seems, had but one car
didatc for county jrdgc DeKalb had two
and big fight Mt that Thirteen tie ballots il
the convention showed the relative strength o
the friends of Messrs. Robinson and Lowell
The fourteenth ballot resulted in a majority o
one or two for Robinson. Lowell charged
fraud and buying Of votes on the opposition
delegates, announced himself an indcpenden
candidate for the Office, produced atiidavits
etc. Robinson retorted with equal effect ant
stronger affidavits Forgery was charged
lying and other mishaps, also. You can read
| lily perceive the fight was u bitter one. Botl
men are Republicans, proud, gritty and cduca
ted. Mr. Lowell is the present incumbent Of
the office, which he has filed eight years. Mr.
Robinson is Master IN Chancery and President
of the Illinois State Board of Public Charities
" Biz don't it? Robinson was elected by
about $50 majority, each man carrying nine OF
the eighteen towns.
AT the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Sandwich Fair Grounds Il few days
since, held al Castle & Co.'S Bank, Il dividend
of ten per cent. was declared on the original
investment (Will the Ottawa Fair Grounds
prove as succeSsiul0 All the old officers are
retained
Messrs. White and son, who shot and Sc
riously injured young Mercer and Avery at
the charivari at Whites, were indicted by the
Grand jury a few days since. The cases are
continued until the next term Of the Circuit
Court
Hon. r. NJ. Pritchard is slowly recovering
from the effects Of a broken LEG.
Rowdyism and stealing are again rampant.
The four young men who were arrested dur.
ing our lalc fair for larceny and burglary, two
Of whom were taken to Sycamore and two to
Ottawa have been declared fit inmates for the
Joliet palace. One of them, Mr. Coleman,
when at Sycamore, shortly after the jury said
You are guilty, young man." related tn Shor.
lr IIoIoo".hn sarias Of his nIaiautttns uevil-
tries sufficient to indict forty men.
Lyell Carr, our young Paris limncr, is cX.
peeled 10 return home in few days.
The young men of This city have organized
Il moot court, which will engage their attention
the coming winter. A system of appellate
courts is established, with A. l.. Davidson as
j. p, and J. |. Montgomery as Judge Sever
al suits are pending and quite an interest is
taken in the study Of Blackstone aud Chitty.
General Fitzpatrick will lecture before the
Sandwich Literary Association Dec ls,
Emerson Trout, formerly of this city, has
been appointed Collection Agent for the Amer
lean Sewing Machine Company, with head
quarters at Cleveland, Ohio
VI. Solomon, jcwclicr, has faiscd--gone to
Chicago-and his creditors ar. selling his
goods at auction
Rev. Mr.. Chppcrtcld, oar new VI. L. Min.
lister, is winning golden laurcls
Moses Hill, farmer living few miles
north of here, raised $50 bushels of apples this
year.
The Sunday School concert at the Congrc
galonal Church last Sunday evening was an
interesting and Crcditablc affair.
The first snow of The season fell ON the first
day of this month, in flakes as large as pan
cakes
In the holly suit of J. T. Lcgner
WI. IL. Merritt to recover pay for IA thrcShing
machine, before Squire :. B, Stinson, the
plaintiff obtained Judgment for SlG3.5s.-
Messrs. \. ii. Hopkins and j. VI. Stratton ap
pearcd for the plaintiff, and ]. W. Browne fol
the defendant
| The last monthly meeting of the Board OF
Education here reported $3.50 received; ant
paid out for the same month S3919 for repair
and supplies, $3.50 for ianitors' services, ant
SJ1433 teachers salaries, which range from
$50 to Sl33.33 each. ..
Julius VI. lIummcl, the boss advertiser an,
machine man of Sandwich, is having dali,
auction sales of his property for the purpos
/, of paying his debts rs he announces.
\ good many of our old citizens have bcci
o passing away" of late, and the dcathratc ia
a few days past has been rather heavy Lean
l. der o. Howe died Nov. q, aged Is years. \
y \. White died Nov. !, aged 6G years. Mr.
Stewart wife of Rcv. Samuel Stewart, died j
Il New York City, of consumption, and va
brought Ia this city last week. lonncy Wilsc
died Nov. |, of scarlet fever, while attcndin
; school at Valparaiso. Indiana, aged - year
The funeral occurred on The 2d inst Al
Barrows, nf Sycamore, formerly of this cit
died at his home Nov 3 oftyphoid fever, alt,