The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-01-11
Sandwich and Vicinity.
SANDWICH, Ill.,. Jan. o, 1879.

SANDWICH, H.. Jan. o, 1879.
DR., q. H. Robertson will address the Red
Ribbon Club Tuesday evening Jan. 18th, al
the new City Hal Elder Far andJ |. Mont
gomeIy spoke words of cheer at the meeting
FRIDAY evening. The election OF officers tol
the year 1879 will take place at the next meet
ing,
Dedication services at the new City Hall
Jan I'd were very entertaining, useful, instruct
i've and amusing, The singing by the several
church choirS and some of our best singers
was, indeed, superb The instrumental music
rendered SO gracefully by Miss Minnie Adams
who carried the prize At Normal was truly
magnificent The opening address 10y Prot
A. f.. Bourne, superintendent public schools
was well received amid frequent bursts OF
hearty applause. II was voted 10 publish the
Professors address Mcssrs. :. Il. Stnson
johnson Harvey, Enos Doan, Mcneil, Dr.
Robertson, Mayor llummel Revs. Farr and
Crot1s, Geo. Kleinsmid and Others made excel.
lent fivcminute speeches, which were full OF
bits of history morals and wisdom. The sing
crs, speakers, city council, contractors and
builders were given vote of thanks and the
meeting of 675 adjourned,
Hon. X. NJ. Brigham left to-day for his seat
in the House at Springfield. His actions will
be closely watched and widely criticised I'M
less he votes for the good of his constituents.
He will doubtless vote for Logan for L. 5.
Senator for no other reason, | presume, than
that he is bound to his idols and knows no
better
G. W. Lukins still lies very low with con.
sumption HIS life has been despaired of for
some time, yet he seems To lingcr that he may
remain with friends" He Is brother of Mrs
s. r Stilson, of Earvlllc who has frequently
visited him.
The Sandwich legislature has rcorganized
with Il Senate and House, Governor and Lieut.
Governor, and both houses meet weekly, pass
laws, debate grave" propositions, etc. AT lis
last session the question of rt-demonrtiziHg SIT
Ccr was discussed, and decided mo"
Some time in 1878 Il certain young couple
of this place were married They lived hap
PLY but II short time and then separated DC.
of late, the husband has been seen
flirting with "a certain divorced lady. Last
week 1t was announced through the city pa
pcrs that the husband had married the iii.
vorced woman, giving place, time and name
If the minister The wife had her husband
arrested on the charge of bigamy. Neither
party beng ready for trial, the case was con
inueS until evidence could be procured. lnI
he meantime it was ascertaned that no such
persons had received marriage license in eth
r Kane, DeKalb, Kendall or La Sale coun.
les. 1t also turned out there was no such per
on living in lorkvile az Rev. T. Wilson,
he man alleged to have performed the mar
age rites, and further, that the whole thing
vas canard, gotten up for the express pur
,osc of inveigling the wife into a trap" the
uit was noLIe prossd
Twelve farmers in the town Of Worthwhile, |
III in one section and their farms adjoining |
ach other, have lost about | $50 hogs this fall
md winter with cholera, lung fever or some
'thcr disease Suppose the farmers IN the lal-
nee of the town have lost in al equal rate,
hen about 10000 porcines are minus. Should
his be a fair average with the rest of La Sale
oun,y then fully 100000 hogs have died in
ich La Sale, which, at only $3.50 apiece,
mounts to a million d"llars Whoever in
cnts successful anlidote ana remedy for the
diseases which are thus killing off hogs by
will prove a great benefactor 10 the
ntirL farming community
Public schools open today.
III &. Gravcs's horse ran away with the cut.
er Sa urdly. No damage done. Ex Uso,