The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-24
GLEANINGS.

Illinois manufactures one-half of the farming
machinery turned out in this country.
The gasolne-burning street lamps used at
Elgn do not give good satisfaction, the light
being quite inferior to that of coal gas.
The total eclipse of the sun seen on the Pa
cifc coast Jan. 18th was the last total eclipse
of the sun that will be seen this century.
During the year 1879 there we're 600 births,
304 marriages and 159 deaths in Livingston
county, as shown by the records in the office
of the county clerk.
The c., B. & @. company have four eleva-
tors in Chicago capable Of storing 4,55000O
bushels of grain. The total capacity of the
twenty elvaters in that city, is 16S40,000 bush
els of grain.
The birthdays of famous authors are observed
IN the Cincinnati public schools. Brief adj.
dresses on the life and works of the person in
question are given, with Rotations and essays
by the pupils.
The village officials of Niagara Falls make
the extraordinary announcement that the hack
men there are civil, orderly, accommodating
and perform service for less money than is
done at any other place in the known world"
The expense of cars varies greatly with the
difference of finish The new Pullman sleep
ers cost from $4,000 to $4,000. Dining-room
cars from $1,000 to $1,000; ordinary passenger
cars from $4,000 to $4,000; mail and baggage,
$4,000; box.cars S400.
Ode, isn't it, that the IRON and copper mines
of Lake Superior have each turned out mere
solid gold and silver during the year 1879 than
the celebrated Leadvlle districtg Such is the
fact, however, though we haven't made hun
dredth part as much noise about st.-1he Min
ing J0urndl
The steamer Great Republic, Capt John
Greenough, of the Mound City Transportation
company, cleared yesterday tor New Orleans
with the largest tow of produce that ever left
this port. 1t consisted of five barges laden
with 100000 bushels of corn, equivalent to
about $50 car-loads-.St Louis Republican.
The city of Aurora has now bonded debt
of 100000, Of which $4,000 is due this spring.
OF this amount $1,000 will be paid out of the
taxes about to be collected, and on Monday
evening the Common Council authorized the
borrowing of $4,000 to pay the balance due,
and it is stated that the city will get the money
at per cent.
The Northern Pacific railroad company pro-
poses to establish a line of passenger coaches
DeJWecil lHe 1ellOWstOne anu TIE Ell u oTlelle
lake so soon as the eastern and western di-
visions of their road reach these respective
points The travel will continue over their
whole line. This will take place IN 1890 The
gap between these stations will be closed by
rail as fast as the company can build the road.
The success Of the land department Of the
Burlington & Missouri River road in Nebras-
ka has been larger than IN any previous year.
The sales aggregate BAG, 1888 acres, and as
there remain only about 10000 acres unsold
$50 600 acres south of the Platte and 100000
north of tit is evident that the grant will
soon be exhausted, every acre settled upon,
and yielding grain and fruits, and cattle, sheep,
hogs and horses.
The tax collector Of Aurora has on his books
$95, 440.j2 to be collected from the people in
the town of Aurora: and S1S,211.S1 railroad
tax in the same town. The town of Aurora
receives nearly two-thlrds of all the railroad
tax paid m Kane county, and the railroads pay
sixteen per cent of all the tax paid in Aurora
township. In Aurora's taxes this year enters
an item of $50, 5O961 for railroad bonds and
interest, which will not appear In the future.
The early part of the Week the town was
overrun by Q lot Of tramps, some of whom were