The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07

Edison Plumb and Rode Bancroft.
Henry Diehl and Syb Billiags.
Lloyd Wright and Sarah A. Kelley.
Herbert J. Mates and Bertha Bitterly.
Geo. w Debolt and Ray PitZer.
Richard Ilallett and Mercy Hyde.
Alfred Oxford and Ruth Ann Baker.
REAL ESTATE.
Eiohty-four instruments were filed in the re-
corders Office this week. The money involved
compared with last week was:
Sales, week ending Jan Goth, IA NJ. 81, SG2 II
Sales, week ending Feb. 4, A NJ. $3.50 ~
Loans--to Jan. %. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lI,4o3 w
Loans-tO Feb 4......................2 IT, 246 66
Among the warrantee deeds were
Sylvester S. Preston to Francis Day, Jan. 10,
lot IL, swq and a, pit sw fr q, 80, Sc, 4, Adams,
$4,000
VIM F. Hornekel to j. II. and c. G. Cowles,
Jan IS, lot 4, blk 6, Smiths subdiv blks & and Z,
Marseles, orig, $500.
W. w. Reynolds to A. II. Joynt, Jan. q, pit lot
4, blk s, and lots l, T. s. $, blk Is, Rchey's addn,
Lostant, $4,000.
r. V. Sutherland to Archibald Means, lots 8
and 4, blk s, Peru, $1,000.
Chas A. Whitney to Edward Martin, lot s. blk
~, Sheridan, $500
Mary j. Clark to John Holceman, 2Sth JAM
lot ;, blk 1, Clark's subdiv, lot I, Utica, 800.
Eldoras Lane to John Kennedy nwq 80, 81, D.
BrookGeld, sl,4O0.
John Brannagan to Patrick Brannagan, una q
II GO Il seq "a, 81 4, Grand Rapids, $3.50.
Jos. ]. West to s. NJ Frink, Dec. so, seq, 90,
~, 8, Brookfcld, $1,000
Pstk Shcedy to Timothy Sheedy, Jan. 90, eh
swq.l3 81, 3, Brookfeld, s3,120.
Julia Caquelin to c. b. Hill, Jan. 2S, VIII So
a, sea IS 80, g. South Ottawa, ST. 600.
Antony White to Matthew Schrumpf, Jan -,
sh swq 20, 81, 3 Richland, $4,000.
jas McManus to Thos McManus, Feb ., and
h neg, l. So, 2, Ophr, $1,000.
THE JAIL.
Geo Pfefcr is q man whom drink seems to have
gotten control of. At any rate he was in bad
condition through the stuff on last Friday after
noon and on that day he assaulted with dead
ly weapon two young girls in Streator, firing
pistol shots at them. lie was arrested and on
Saturday he was brought to Ottawa and lodged
in Jail in default of bail.
James Corrigan committed an assault on IL.
H. Evans, of Earlville, on Monday last and on
Tuesday entered the Jail in consequence; he will
have GO day to repent in.
The Jail contains Is prisoners. Up to Thurs
day the number was 10, but on that day four
tramps sentenced under the vagrant act finished
their 90 days and were let out; two horse thieves,
Kennedy and Cotton, were taken to the penten-
tiary.
The iails of this city and county are among the
curiosities. The city's is little Sxl0 affair that
will hold only the insensibly inebriated, and is
in all respects SO miserable an affair that were it
possible to force an inmate to stay in it against
his will it would merit universal condemnation.
As 1t is it is most superb farce since the con-
fined when tired of staying within its walls
needs but to kick hole in them and walk out.
The county affair, however, is somewhat diff
ferent. This splendid room is 46 feet long, feet
wide and about 10 feet high; that is, 1868 square
feet of surface. Out of this must be taken space
4x5 feet for the cage GO square feet AKA feet QG
square feet for the store; and Axe feet GA square
feet for the prvy,-in all 60 square feet leaving
the generous space Of 30S square feet on which
prisoners may amusc themselves. Atpresent there
are 10 prisoncrs-as small a number as the jail has
had in six months. Giving each man his proper
allowance of room, each prisoner has the elab-
crate space Of % 9-13 feet-a space say 6x4 feet
For breathing room he has ., S33. Is cubic feet
less the size of his own body, the change OF air
being effected only by window at each end OF
the hall about three feet square. At one time
not long ago the Jail held % prisoners, who had
II square feet each to exercise in and l3l 81 Gu
bic feet of air. The sleeping accommodations
are six cells four feet wide, six feet long and
eight feet high At present, therefore, each cell
except one contains two men who sleep in a
space . feet wide and six feet long and has 90 Gu
bic feet of air-changed only Through the door
of the cell The cell containing three gives each
man space Il feet wide by 6 feet and "a cubic
feet Of air. When % are there two cells contains
4 and four contains > prisoners! Up to Thurs
day morning there were for some days 10 in the
Jail, giving each man IL 4 10 square feet to move
around in 1893 1919 cubic feet of air; and six
cells contained three sleepers each and one held
four!
1t may be interesting to know that the infa-
nous Black Hole of Calcutta was twenty feet
square 400 square feet larger by 81 square feet
Black Hole became famous for the scene Of an
unparalleled horror, liG men were confined in
the room, Of whom but % came out alive in the
morning.
! "A friend in need is friend indeed" Such a
friend is DR.. Marshall's Lung Syrup for coughs,
colds, etc. Il costs p cents, 30 cents and 81 a
bottle and may save many doctor bill. Sold by
VI. Kneussl.
James and VIM Moore, sons of c. q. Moore,
of the second ward, on Saturday were out shoot
ing pigeons with pistol. The rest can be
guessed. James was shot. DR.. Campfield ex-
tracted the ball.
The Irish Relief meeting held on Thursday
night simply heard ward committee reports
The amount collected in Ottawa is about $685.
in Wallace sl72. The treasurer, Hon. VIM. Red
dick, was instructed to forward the funds to the
Parnell Relief Fund, Dublin, Ireland.