The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-29
Rural Happenings.

Tough last Tuesday week picked l3S bushel
of corn between day and shutdown. Wh'
can beat itg The corn was picked on the farm
of j. III. Bouslough and weighed by him OF
McIntires scales, taking - lbs to the bushel
Miss Minnie Bousough has returned from
Nebraska, but am sorry to say that her healtl
is not improved. Mrs. NJ. 4. Bouslough has
returaed from her visit to Pennsylvania.
There was great excitement here last Friday
over the elopement of John c. Cainaham witt
Miss Sarah Sulen for parts un known. Tho
rascal besides leaving a wife and five children
unprovided for, left s 800 debts for the crcdi
tors to mourn over. The scoundrel should be
pursued and brought back and punished to
the extent OF the law.
Several Young men are talking about organ
Izing literary society. Hope they will sue,
coed. HARRY DALE.
SANDWICH, Ill., Nov. 24.-The Lecture As
ISOLATION of thys city have completed arrange.
ments for the lecture course the coming winter
The course consists of six entertainments and
season tickets are placed at one dollar Nina
Slayton, Laura Dainty, Todd Ford, "lionora.
bic James Billy Patterson" The Tennessceans,
and one other to be filed, complete the course.
thing is strictly first-cass. Sandwich is one of
the few small cities that for nearly score OF
years has kept up paying lecture course"
A couple OF young men got into an aterca-
ton the other evening concerning girl with
whom both were keeping company. Knives
were drawn after few rounds with fists, and
one Of them received flesh wound upon his
arm. The blood who drew blood SAID :" let's
quit now, and call 1t square" The fellow
bleeding, said, "No; challenge you to meet
me with pistols, and this matter will be settled
III no other way" Since then $50 bood.money
has been asked to hush up the matter and set
tie threatened prosecution 1t is quite prob.
able the end is not yet. One of the boys lately
came from Chicago, while the other is son
of an old and respected citizen of Kendall
county.
The residence of Sylvester G. Lincoln was
reduced to ashes by fire Friday evening, with
most of its contents The children of Mr.. and
Mrs Lincoln were in bed up stairs, and first
discovered the fire and gave the alarm, A de.
fectlve chimney, repaired the day of the fire,
is believed to be the responsible party. There
was no insurance, and the loss about $500, Is
quite a serious one, for Mr. Lincoln is poor
man and much crippled by rheumatism Sat
urday his felow-workmen in the shops con
iributed about $500, and about 1925 was raised
from business men outside, to aid in building
new house, which will be begun at once.
A large number of our Methodist Episcopal
brethren, including DR.. w. GoOdfellow, attend
ell the District Association at Plano u few days
ago, We listened to some Of the speeches and
discussions Thelec by Mr.. GOodlellow,
on "ObllgatlOns of Christian Church Member
ship" was fine eulogy on truth, candor, and
all the elements ola truer better manhood and
womanhOod.
Farmers have mostly finished husking their
corn. The average yield is about 25 bushels
per acre, Go0d corn yields 40 to As bushels :;
yet but few such fields are heard Of New ear
corn is worth Az cents per 100 lbs.
Already the names gilmore than fifty persons
who "emigrated" from Crawford county, Pa,
to La Sale, Kendall or Dekalb counties, have
been sent IN as willing to participate in a Re.
union and Picnic at the Sandwich FAIR
Grounds next year.
The new buildings of the s. NJ. Co arc near
ly completed, and present fine appearance
The Protector Fire Company, No. 1, will
give another ball Thanksgiving night, Nov 81,
1879, at the Sandwich "Opera House" Prof
Wedgewoods band, OF Chicago, will furnish
the music.
We shook hands with John Kadley Saturday
evening, and then learned he had been at work
in the city tor the S. Ent. Co. some time and
left EarlvIlle about a month since We wei
come John and family among US.
J. G. Taylor one of our city undcrtakcrs,
went with hearsc and team to Milllngton last
Friday to attend upon the funeral of ii. =. Err.
win, Of that place Mr. Erwin was relative
of the Wallace brothers, OF this place, and quite
q cortcgc Of carriages accompanied the mourn.
ers.
The total vote of DcKalb county for survey
or, at the late election, shows A. Il. Armstrong,
the present incumbent, to have 3,0l5; scatter
ing, 3. r. II. Roberts, for treasurer, 1897 !;
Dwight CrOssett ,B5.
We see an item gong the rounds ofthc press
that one Bouslough, of Mendoza, lately husk ed
l3S bushels of ear corn in one day. This Is
boss" husking, but Sandwich has a colored
geman, named Cal. Simmons, who is said To
have husked 10 acres of corn yielding 50 bush
els per acre, in DAYS, or an average of over
l0S bushels per day.
Widow Robbins, who died last Wednesday,
and was buried Thursday, was 50 years of age
The funeral services were held at the NJ. f.
church
The attempt to get the money from the Ken
dali County Bank at Yorkvillc has taught our
bankers lesson which they will heed The
reserve corps of watchmen ought to be doub-
led, and balls OF nltro-glycerinc furnished
them. This would eilectually save the banks
from m0lcstatIon.
The Sandwich cheese factory has commenc.
ed the manufacture Of butter, and will make
no more cheese until next spring. EX-UNo.
The Hunt.
The deer hunt set for Thanksgiving day was not
asuccess. The deer secured vas black tail Mexi
can buck, the animal that killed the little boy In