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

rough fellows. One of these, rather better
dressed than ramps usually are, called at Prof
Gratton's residence after the Professor had left
home in the morning and demanded cup OF
coffee of Mrs Grafton, who was alone. She
replied that she had no coffee. Then the tramp
ordered her u make some; but when told there
was no Drowned coffee IN the house he direct
ed her to brown some and make him a cup OF
coffee. At this juncture Mrs. Grafton seized a
revolver lying on table, and pointing II at
the lnsolent intruder, gave orders to march,
and he did march, at pace bordering on the
double quick Fhirduy Independent
Culver Page & Hoyne, of Chicago, have
made each of the county officers of Will coun-
ty present of beautiful Russian leather
pocket book, in which is blank diary Tor
1880 These are very handsome, and appre-
ciated by those who received them.-Jotd
Sun.
For all of which Culver, Page & Hoyne, of
Chicago, were handsomely remunerated by the
bestowal npon them of the printing from these
several officers, which work ought to be done
in the printing offices of Joliet-Noris Her.
What did the officers and printing commit.
tee of the Board of Supervisors of La Sale
county get?
The Aurora c., b. e. @. locomotive and car
shops employ 1,lS4 men; those at Galesburg,
157; Beardstown, 224. The wages paid rail.
road men at Aurora station in December were
$1497224. Fox River line passenger conduc-
tors and brakemen got $l4GS5.
The c. b. & G. company yesterday com
menced the erection of a large new ice house
on the river bank above the car shops, the
foundation for which was laid year ago.
hn hp m
trains over the Fox River line was 1872; cars,
3,671 average number of trains per day, 554
cars, 1915; cars per train, 2O17. This Is
considerably greater than in 1S7S.-Condensed
from Beacon, Aurora.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail
road began Monday running through trains
to Kansas via the Cameron branch Of the Han
nibal l. st. Joe railroad, which it has leased
for thirty years. Two regular trains will be
run between Chicago and Kansas City. The
day express will leave Chicago at 10 30 A, NJ,
and arrive at Kansas City at 80 the next
morning. The night express Will leave Chi
cago at 10 =. NJ and arrive at Kansas City at
1918. Two trains from Kansas City will ar
rive in Chicago at, respectively, $40 P. NJ. and
6 20 A. NJ. The Rock Island is the only route
giving through passengers the choice of going
either via Kansas City, Leavenworth Atchi-
L
cars will be attached to every train. This road
has also established regular ticket offices at
Kansas City. The freight business of the
Rock Island for Kansas City Will hereafter go
over the Cameron branch.
Last month the centenary of the punishment
by order of Frederick the Great Of the Judges
of the miller Arnold, on the 14th of December,
1879, was celebrated at Berlin. The miller IN
question was the proprietor of a water mill IN
the Neumark, and had got into financial diff
culties, owing, as is SAID, to the water of a
stream which ran by his mill having been di,
verted by neighboring landowner, Baron Won
Gersdorf, for the purpose of making fish
pond on the estate An action for compensa
ton was accordingly brought by the miller
against the Baron, but the Judges Ransleben
Fredel and Cram, decided against him.
Frederick the Great on being informed of this
decision, sentenced the Judges to months
Imprisonment in the fortress of Spandau, and
published a decree notifying this sentence IN
the Berlin papers. In this decree it was stated
that "prince and peasant are alike before the
law" and that similar punishment would be
inflicted on any other Judges who should de
liver so unrighteous sentence"
The committee of the Illinois State Board
Of A griculture, to which was referred the sub
will issue, at an early date, a circular which
Will be sent to the various cities in the state
who are DESTROYS Of securing the location. We
learn that Decatur and Bloomington are max
ing active efforts on the grounds OF central
location. Mendoza seems to have the inside
track for the location in the Northern Dlvis-
ion, and, from the interest taken in the matter
IN the southern part of the state, Centralia will
be hard point to beat-SprinQfeld Register,
The Board of Agriculture has under dis
cussion the question OF selecting some place
for permanent location for the state fair. lfi
this is done, unless Chicago should be selected,
we predict that in five years the present mag
ni6cent fairs will dwinde down to the size of
an ordinary county fair Exhibitors want to
show their goods to as many people as posi-
ble,-therefore they desire that the audience
be occasionally changed and the audience,
on its part, wants something new. Let the
state fair act as public educator, and, if ne
cessary, travel from Freeport to CAIRO and back
again. People will not go very long distances
to visit q fair, especially where hoteconven-
fences are not abundant. There must be some
thing besides to attract. In a city like Chica
go there are hundreds of other things to inter.
est the observer, and :he fair might perhaps be
a success if located there.-ChicagO 7ri6uae