The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-06-07
County Fair.

county IaIf
The premium list for the county fair, in the
hands of the printers, will soon be ready for dis
trbuton. The list is large and comprehensive,
including everything that interests the people OF
This region
In addition to the usual general prizes there
are a number of new features and great improve
ments upon the lists Of former years.
The educational department promises to he
large this season and should he one of the best
features of the fair
The same premiums as last year, together with
the beautiful prize township and grange banner,
are to be competed for, and will not fail to fill an
entire wing of floral hall.
The fine art department, under the manage
ment of Judge Gilman and his able assistants,
will become a superb attraction, and fine art hall
will be a popular show ofitsclf-presenting amore
varied and interesting exhibition than the whole
combined fair of former years, This year there
will be large number of fine special and private
premiums, all well worth winning
Thursday, Sept. 4th, has been set apart as the
chdrens free day. This will be gala day Of
amusemcnts for young and old. Among the
events for the lttleipcople's admiration and en-
oyment will be two yelocpedc races, as follows:
For boys of y years and over years old:
Best, So; 2d 50; I'd, 81; 4th, 80 cents
For boys under years old;
Best, SO; ID So; Sd, 81; 4th, 10 cents.
Sheriff Stcyens's foot race prizes:
Boys l6 years old and under, 100 yards, best, -.
BOYS IA years old and under, - yards, best, 81.
The slow mule race the last mule in wins first
and so on
Best, S.; ID, So; Sd, 81; 4th, 81; the owner
not permitted to ride his own mule.
This exhibition is always the cause of unbound
ed fun for both young aud old.
The following clearances have been made on
the canal at this port since our last report-to
Chicago except where otherwise mentioned: Up
Victor, l1ennepn, 4,siW bu. corn; Frederic,
Peru, 5000 bu corn; Elizabeth, La Sale, to Lock-
port, 5000 bu. and 1000 lbs. mill stuff; Isa-
bella, Utlca 5000 bu. corn; Prop. Peerless, uti-
"a, 1900 bu. corn: Tempest, Ottawa $500 bu.
.corn; T. Rybrrn, Utica, 5000 bu. corn; Prop.
Imperial Ottawa, 1900 bu. corn; Prop. City of
Henry Henncpin, 1900 bu. corn; Cataract, Til
ca, G,000 bu corn - bbs. cement to Joliet and
same to Seneca; Prop. Novelty and barge DcPuc,
iO,G90 bu. corn; Seneca, DePue, 5000 bu. corn :;
Prop. Ed A. Hart, Hennepin, 4, 100 bu. corn An
drew Jackson, Hennepin, 800 bu corn; Cham
p:on, Henncpin, 5000 5u. corn; Hercules, Peru,
600 bu corn; Gold Hunter, LA Sale, 5000 bu.
corn; e. S. Booth, Buffalo Rock and Ottawa,
5000 bu corn: North Branch, Peru, t, 100 bu.
.rorn; Prop. Whale Ottawa, $500 bu. corn;
Friendship, Ottawa, $500 bU. corn; Venus, OF.
lava, $500 hu. corn; Prop. Welcome, Utica, f.
200 Lu. corn; Georgia, Utica, G,4,0 bu. corn; sun
shine, Utica, 5000 bu. corn; Midgie, Ottawa,
100 bu corn 1900 bu. oats, 1908 lbs bbls
Montana, Ottawa, 100 bu. corn: w. j. Roebuck,
Utica, G100 bu. corn \ total Of l6l, $50 hu. corn,
l,209 bu. oats, ~ bbls cement and 1900 Ms of
merchandise, at a cost of 81, 3Ol. 50.
Boats down from Chicago except where other
wise mentioned: Senus. 10 Ottawa, BIB #.
lumber: Midgie, TO Ottawa, 100 bbls salt, II!
tons hard coal, p bbis. lime: John Carton, TO
Peru, 1880 feet lumber, II so lath W. Roe
buck, to Utica, $50, 092 f lumber; Day Dawn, TO
Peru, 10, al #. lumber, d, 100 lbs agricultural
implements, $40 lbs m'd'se; Gold Rod, Peru, III.
al IT, lumber, 81, 80 lath: Whale, Utica. y. a}S
It lumber, l9j,GO0 shingles, Montana, TO Utica,
$500 f. lumber; Zinc City, 10 La Sale, p 900 IT,
lumber, 100 tons coal, - bills salt; Dolphin, OF
tawa, Il 926ft. lumber 100 600 shingles, 5S4 posts
China, 80 bbs salt, S99is #. lumber to Morris.
20 bbls salt to Ottawa, ~ bbls salt to La Sale
Jack Robertson, y bbls lime to Hennepin, II
100 f. lumber, %, 600 shingles, 10000 lath, l. l3}
posts to DePue; Merchant, a as II. lumber to
DePue: Welcome and four barges light 20 Oita-
wa.