The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-15

| heard Mr. D!llthnoclcr say 10 Mr. Coiicy that
he would not accept the boiler until il was tested
and that he wanted it tested with cold water.
! Ii would seem then that all the persons about
the boiler when il hursted were spectators except
Air, Cohcy ana have paid dearly for their
curiosity. Mr.. REM had been assisting IN put.
ting in water pipes and doing other work about
the place the day before ana Ind come up from
his shop = see how the Ju,, Ms would work, and
the Others merely 10 loo'. at a. engine maxim.
steam.
i va, thought the gauge which registered but
20 or Il 1hs at the explosion must have been dc
,tcctyc; but test In the railroad shops at Srra.
tor disproycs that SO that the most reasonable
explanation Of the break is that of Mr.. W b. Hall
who was called before the coroncg'o jury;
NJ view OF the matter is that the fire box was
not sufficiently stayed. J found fourteen ryct
heads which were put in to fill up the holes in the
outer shell Of the fire box. In looking nj the iron
should think that it was Of medium quality. To
be done properly the boiler should have as many
stay bolts put in rs were originally pat in when
the boiler was first made. thiEA the cXplG,ot
was due to the fact that this was E3tlOuc. think
Il there had been half a dozen stay bolts in the
accident would not have occurred with 20 Tbs. Of
steam. By not putting the stay bolts in ii leaves
surflcc Of feet by 3i6tha there j. no Stay.bolt
suit of accident, but must have been done intcn
torally.
As both Mitchell and CotIcy are now ,ick abed
and unable to testify in the case, the inquest has
been adjourned until they sufficiently recover
when new facts may be obtained
The Circuit Court was the center of attraction
all this week up TO Wednesday evening, when the
Fry.Portcr case was concluded All the avala.
Bile room was occupied and at times it was ncces-
gary 70 haul In an extra supply Of chairs to seat
the numerous lady spectators-uuusual phcnom-
enon in the dirty old rookery. The main facts
are quickly told since we must now believe Miss
Fry in whose favor the verdict of the jury was
rendered Porter in 1872, shortly after the death
of his wife, went to board at the house of the
plaintiffs father, and proposed to keep her com
pany.' She thought this rather premature, but
as he continued TO board in the family, they soon
began TO "sit up together" They sat nj the
same table reading or writing, and quckly grew
so familiar and united in soul that every few min
utcs their Spirits rushd together Mt the touch
ing Of the lips" andwc suspect that they thought
with BcnJohnson:
Il should be- nv wishing
That might die kissing.
The usual fOolishncSs of Il courship followed,
the sitting ON the knee" the hugging the kiss
ing, pic-ncs and moonlight rides, travels to-
gcthGr in foreign climcs StreatOr, Chicago, Mar
settles, Seneca and other great cities periodical
presents were made, diary kept by the lady,
and when Porter was absent letters were cy
changed. The lady's were DESTROYED but PUrtcr's
were preserved in all their mnutencss. They
weren't gushing at all; were the thnncst, dullest,
coolest love letters ever mortal man wrote: were
business all over in all It's dulIncss. But they
were suggestive. Other things looked bad for
the defendant: he paSturcd her cattle free, he
bought her a sewing machine, he gave her adj
vice and all that sort Of thing. 1t 5 the Old old
story: Porter, "oh, lonely Elizabeth, sym.
pathetic; both "spooning;" Porter, rcpentant;
Elizabeth, true to her first, her only, lower"
Porter cold, and anxious to get out Of this bust
ness; Elizabeth, defiant, bellgerent, bellicose;
result, ''wah," a suit for-damagcs, a trial. The
week was occupied with the crosscyamnation
of Porter and the speeches Of counsel. We'd
nesday afternoon WAS the 'eld day" when Hon
w. Bushnell made his plea for the plaintiff The
court room was packed to Sutfcation with spec
tators attracted by 50 unusual an occurrence as
a speech by Mr.. Bushnell-thc. first for some
years. The jury retired about 1 o'clock and next
morning returned verdict for the plaintiff Civ
ing her damages in the amount OF S4,G25, Slow
music.