The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-02

/ Shaft No ., al Strcator, recommended INNING
operations last week with few men.
Mention has been made Of the new bridge AT
Wcdron. The Nc,rs. Letter, says the stone work Is
now in hand, which will cost four thousand dol
lars The bridge will be in two spans, 100 feet
each. The center pier will be 3Oxll feet on the
bottom and - feet high There will also be u
stone abutmcnt ut each end. The bridge Is To
be built by the Canton Bridge Co., OF Canton,
Ohio, and when complete the whole thing VIII
cost about sll POO, It is expected that it will he
ready for use some time in December
Abe Armstrong Mt Serena Is about to build Il
| large grain warehouse.
| The republican county pres. is very sever" on
p. W. Wilcox, 7. c. HAYES right bower and wind
pump. They call him dreadful names. Wedont
like to quote them but they are very like the
sainted Iloracc's "hoss-thicf and luh'
"Twas ever thusw Says the sheridan paper:
" 1t has been known for a long time that some of
our young men las well as old ones have been
INDUCING in strong drink Of some kind Some
of our business men sell cider, We are told; but
as we have an ordinance prohibiting the sale OF
intoxicating drink, of course they sell nothing
but very sweet cider. We do not know what
these men have been drinking or where they get
| il, but we do know tina; it tanglcs up their legs
wonderfully some times
! Over 100 ducks were hagged by Il party at Mud
! Lake last Sunday week,
ON last Monday week new lodge Of the \. o.
[. W. was organized in La Sale, and the follow
| ing officers were elected Past Master Work
man, Thos. Kinsman; Master Workman, George
f. Coutant; General Foreman, William Tamblyn;
! Ovcrsccr, Thomas Anderson; Recorder, Richard
| l.. Gundry; Fnancicr, Joseph II. Kiusman; Re
cciyer William Battcn; Guide, Charles Leon
hurpt; Inside Waterman, Alexander King; Out
side Waterman, William Trcstrail; Trustees, D..
/ Y. Thorp, Thomas Kinsman, William Batten.
Here he is-thc "tircd" est man in the county:
There is man in Streator," says the Press
"who has invented Il novel and ingenious way
for lighting fires this winter, He has procured
one of those gas burners that can he operated
with II string from another room. While the
light does not 90 out entirely it is 50 protected
that nothing can be ignitcd by the flame. But
by simply pulling string it can be made to eth
or shoot forth a gOod.szcd blaze or shut up so
that it can hardly be seen He ha, one of these
ARRANGED so that 10y fixing his kindlings at night
and placing it under the CRATE, all that he has to
do is to pull string, ard he soon has good fire
to dress by"
On last Monday week, says the La Sale Press,
rs Levi Scott, of Little Rock was walking along
the c., X. IL =. railroad, on his way to Peru,
in passing through the tunnel at Split Rock, he
discovered that somebody had placed four large
stones upon the track-two upon each ~il-eith-
er of which would probably be large enough to
wreck the train, and one of them nearly H. large
as he could lift. The probable result of wreck
ing passenger train in such place is too hor
rible to think Of, and the westward bound day
express train passed u few minutes after the OBJ
strlctions we're removed The mallgnty OF no
find in Tophet can surpass that of the person who
placed those stones on the track.