The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24


trains on the Rock Island. The mail train on
the c., B. so goes south at lilo A. NJ. and
north at 3G2 M.
A little child of Mr.. Scely on the south side
fell from a second story window last Saturday,
but, strange to say, was comparatively unin-
jured,
On Monday lbout half past Il an alarm of fire
was sounded and it was soon asccrtained that
haystack was OF fire at residence near the MAJ
chine shop of IIcwes X Duffy. few pals OF wa
ter extngui>lrd the flames, however
\ union picnic will be held ON the north bluff
schools of the 'ity.
A. Franks little Italian greyhound Lille
committed suicide the other day by hanging her
self. She was tied near Il cellar window and dur
ing the night jumped down into the cellar and
was found hanging and dead the next morning.
EditorS FREE TRApER-La Sale county has
some things OF which to be justly proud. Her
trio of thrifty cities, her coal mines, her bridges,
zinc works and other manufactures are all OBJ
jects of interest. Her public temperance work
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determination to succeed which is carried into
all her enterprises Among the various societies
for moral improvements which exist in all her
communities none deserve more favorable no.
ticc than the Womcn's Christian Temperance
Union Of Peru. 1t is composed OF ladies who
know no such word rs fail, who fully believe that
"whcrc there's will there's way"-to do good,
and also that that faith which removes noun
tains of difficulty is no idle boast This society
recently held a picnic on the grounds OF Mr..
Holdridge, atTonica, which was one OF the grand
est and altogether most cnjoyabl: affairs ever
held in the safe Mr. and Mrs. lloldridge have
IL home in the true sense Of the word-spacious
and elegant and rcstul and pervaded by that in
deGnabe charm which can be traced to woman's
influence, which, more than all other things,
makes Il home Upon their ample grounds is an
artificial grove Of fifteen acres Of cultivated for
est trees, intcrspcrsed with cool and lofty ever
greens, forming most charming spot. This
grove was thrown open for their reception, and
thither, on Friday last, they repaired with their
friends and tie friends Of Temperament to the mum
Der of nearly 1000, with baskets, tents, awnings,
music, provisions and everything te make the
occasion delightful. Speeches were made by MIR.
Holdridgc, the owner of the grounds, who eo-
Quently welcomed the assembled multitude and
Hospitality rendered them the Use of the grounds;
by Mr.. H. A Calkns, of PEORIA WHO dwelt upon
the growth of public sentiment on the temper
ance reform and made some comparisons between
communities in which ntcmperance does and
those where it does not exist by Geo, Woodford,
who spoke chccringly Of the good results already
accomplished and eXhorted the farmers to give
the lie to the statement so frequently made by
liquor sellers that "cven though everybody in
the towns signed the pledge, there would still
he good trade from the country" by Hon. Mr.
Bangs, OF Chicago, whose professional life had
given him ample opportunity to learn of the de
moralizing effects of liquor upon those who make
and deal in, as well as those who drinkit; byS. H..
Davis ESQ. of La Sale, who said that pretty
much all the political aspirations temperance
men had was desire to elevate TO office men
whose character and habits were such that they
could point their sons to them as worthy OF imi-
tation; and by Mr.. Davis, president OF the La
Sale Red Ribbon Club, who spoke fcclingy of
the difference between the home of drunkard
and that of a sober man. The festivities contin-
ucd into the night, and when the writer left the
grounds at II F. NJ, a large party Of young pco-
pie were happily "trpping the light fantastic"
to delightful music, and several hundred people
on another part OF the grounds were still listen
| ing to temperance address by Brother Wood
ford, the indcfatgabc and untiring worker
| that he is PEORIA.