The Ottawa free trader., 1878-10-26

IKnappc, Lutheran minister at Emlylc. wcr,
stolen from hi, barn ON last Saturday might week
\ fine quarry Of limestone Aa, been opened on
the Vcrmillion IN the west end If this county. |
lis very compact crystalizcd and filled with shell
specimens 1t takes a fine polish, and strange I,
say has no flaws around the shells, bat every part
lis nucd with solid quart It j. far ahead Of or
'dinary marble in appearance when polished.
T4r Mendoza road commissioners are building
Iculycrt, Of tile OF nne and twelve inches diane
tier
Il Mr.. Bryant Of Mcrdcu, estimates hi, lOsse,
from hog cholera at $1,000.
During the storm Of last week. the cornicc of
the Masonic Hall in Mendoza, aud the residence
! OF john Kinney were struck by lightning.
I Oh, yes, money l. very scarce. 50, at least,
everyone Of the one hundred or less Srcehback-
crs IN Strcator ard the rca'oi the county wlIItell
you; yet at the last monthly meeting Of the Stea-
tor Building and Loan Association eleven hun
drrd dollars OF h''t series none! was 'oHere" WIN
no takers, Two hundred ana twenty '"II"IS oil
o,cond series was sold al eleven per cent
/ The boss pumpkin Was raised 10y Isaac Van on
hi, farm west OF LoNtant II weighs loo pounds
and measures feet inches In girth.
The Tonich public school has lHo pupus on lt'
roIL
Last week HiIi McOaIcb, "i Lo'tahl, wa. rdlhG
into tn" country at iuI speed "heh his morse
ran a@aineta COW that suddenly jumped up III
the road throwing horse and rider forward heels
over head, breaking the bone of McCaleb's lower
leg and his collar bone, besides .rfictlnS some
slight injuries on various paris "i thc oody'
some ie" weeks az" hth''"h was h'a"c "' 'l'c
strike "i c"ai miners at SUealoI' 'hIc"y miners
OF the country or private BANKS fur'her ae'cI-
'opement' show mat some "i Tue strikers nave
io'hd employment III o'h'f hi'ues' some nave
lett Tor INNING hcId- elsewhere "h'Io IL" nave
oeeh gwen WORK. NJ prices "shcu' ny 'Hc'r "'u
employers. But, rs rule 'he e"Per"t"F- VIII en-
| ploy none OF the strikers, II possible to secure
new men, y large number are SIN out oi EN-
poymcnt, with prospects OF remaining 50 IN
definitely. This strike has occasloncd serious
loss to the mine-o"nerS ana the strikers them
selves as the cool season was just fairly begun,
and orders were pouring in from every direction.
The strike has been exclusively among the min
cr, Of the country shafts, and hos been bcncft
to the different coal companies, who are now, for
thc first time in several months, working on fun
time, and are shipping from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty cars. The miners are getting
eighty cents per ton tor digging, and make from
:? 10 - per day.
On sunday might Stephen Matthews, one of the
enlightened promising youths of La Sale, broke
INTO the dwelling of Edward Cummings coal
hauler, and, armed with revolver, demanded
hi. money and threatened hi, life. He was driy-
cn out Of the house and on Monday, in default of
bail, va, brought to Ottawa to await the action
uf the grand Jury
Jacob Miller, cigar.m maker Of Mendoza, on
Monday last applied for a warrant for the arrest
of Isaac Haas, his travcngagent, on the ground
of cmbczzcmcnt. 1t appears that Haas, while
out ON his regular trip collected some 5000 how
much more l. not yet known, and skipped out
The first Miller knew of it was that he was seen
in Lincoln, Nrh ON his way farthcrwcst I[aas's
reputation is not \ I, aud it is said he was some
time before in another cigar serapc on a much
larger scale, but his adroitnc,s and low cunning
succeeded in wardng Oh the punishment lac so
justly deserved. This time sufficient proof will
Inc r,rthcominu tn convict bi,-ir thav catc,
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