The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-15
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the newspapers of the community are bound t.
make Il president of him.
That Grand Ridge. Streator- Chicago" patent
in'ards" thing says there are at present two case
of smallpox in this city, which is not so. Their
is but one case-that Of DR.. Pettit who is i'm
proving fast and is past all danger, and as ever.
precauton has been taken, there will be no spread
of the disease at all.
On Sunday, June 2, during the heavy storm
the depot at Cornell was struck by lightning ant
entirely consumed by fire before anything it con
tanned could be removed.
The Marselles Herald appears this week as 4
seven column "home" paper and is much i'm
proved in appearance Mr.. A. j. Lukns, who
lately succeeded Hunt, is an enterprsing young
man, and will no doubt be instrumental in fur
Their improving the appearance and financial
condition of the paper
Marseics will celebrate the 1O2d anniversary
of the nations independence.
The annual commencement exercises of high
school at Peru occurred on Thursday of this week
at the cit hall in that city.
A meeting of delegates from the Red Ribbon
Clubs of La Sale, Ottawa, Peru, Utica and Other
towns was held on Monday last at La Sale
and decided to celebrate the 4th of July at that
place. and the La Sale Club was authorized to
make the necessary arrangements. Clubs from
all parts of the county are INVITED to participate
Geo. Woodford will be invited to deliver the ad
dress.
On Wednesday of this week, Stephen McCor.
mick was sentenced to three months imprison.
ment in the county Jail, having plead guilty to
the charge of riot at Streator Chas Stewart,
who broke into the calahoose at Marseilles, also
plead guilty on the same day and will spend the
next 30 days in the county cellar.
Mr.. E. N. Lewis was made the happiest man
in La Sale county last week by the advent at his
home Of LII boy baby. That boy about LAYS
over 'em all in these parts though we have had
pretty good crop to report this spring. "If you
are man of family" Z. N. says, "you can i'm.
agine how feel-big-high up, etc"
Some two weeks ago Mr.. Thos. McDermott
while out hunting, succeeded in capturing five
young mink, which, although it has been stated
to the contrary bid fair to live and grow up in a
domesticated state. Mr.. Med. has for a number
of years kept and raised ferrets, and his purpose
in obtaining the minks is to breed them together,
which cross he thinks will be far superior to the
ordinary ferrets rs rat.catchers and pets
We are in receipt this week of little sheet
coming from Streator, entitled the "Screechcr.' ~
which could be more appropriately called the
squeakcr." Its contents are devoted entirely to a
TRADE and burlesque of the municipal authorities
and police of that place, and are very silly
indeed.
| The June term of the appellate court of the I'd
district begins on next Tuesday in the supreme
court room.
a greenback meeting was held at the court
house last Saturday evening at which local
club was organized and several prominent green
hackers addressed the meeting
| stephen Mccormick and Andrew Roberts who
took hand in whipping the Niger at Streator,
broke Jail last Saturday morning. Mccormick
was retaken, brought to Ottawa and confined in
Jail.
That smart daily dodger has in the issue of Sat
urday, the Sh, an announcement of a church fes-
tival that came off Friday evening" the 18th. Also
its readers found in the same issue that lady
died in 1873 and in the issue of the 18th we find
the following comprehensive item: "Thc grand
jury have been at last invagled into the great
Mendoza as to who will be city marshal"
Willis's band furnished music on Thursday eve
ming for Lacon party.
Diptheria is raging among children in Prince
ton. From Mr.. Gushing, of this city, we learn
that 81 deaths have occurred SO far.
meeting of ladies was held in the Methodist
church on Wednesday afternoon, addressed by
Mr. Woodford, at which it was resolved to organ
lie ladies' reform club, and on the following af-
ternoon an organization was effected. Woodford
will address chidren's meeting at the NJ. f.
church Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
Workmen are painting the Washington
Park iron fence.
Corporal Hossack is the "chcekiest' man in
town ut present.
The church festival at the residence of J. E.
Scott on Thursday evening was a very pleasant
and well-attended affair, and financially sue
ccssful.