The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-07
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.


irescoed and remodelled generally.
The city marshal and policemen of Elgir
are to be uniformed $50 worth, at the city:
expense.
Rockford has gone into the military line
and about the last of August she will have +
military encampment which will include one
battalion of Wisconsin, one of Iowa and on,
OF Illinois troops, and Chicago battery.
The population of Rockford exceeds that OF
Freeport 5000. This is a good showing fol
Rockford and she is justly entitled to praise
Tor her enterprise in pushing manufactures
FrecpOrt wants few funerals and must have
them soon, or she will fall hopelessly to the
lrear-BulletiH.
As a specimen Of rapid tree growth Robert
Milne Esq, can show one IN his door yard in
Lockport that challenges the whole state
| There Is an Austrian pine growing at the rear
OF his house which he set out twenty three
years ago, which now measures between forty
and fifty feet IN height and six feet in cir
conference at the butt. The tree is perfectly
solid-PhGnir.
A factory for the manufacture of sugar from
Iccrn stalks is about to be established at
lloopestown. 1t will cost about $4,000 One
OF the partners has made 1000 pounds of good
brown sugar from one acre of stalks of the
common Dent field corn, and is of the opinion
that at least 1900 pounds can be made from
one acre of sweet corn. Here is something
for our capitalists to study
Joliet is troubled over neighboring rail
roads. The Strawn road passes eight miles
east Of her, the c., III. & St J. will run or 10
miles west of her; new road to the Grundy
county coal fields will run some 5mlles south,
and unless the necessary stock to the Valpa-
raiso road is taken that too will pass her by
Altogether the SIM considers the outlook very
dismal.
For the first time in many years Princeton
Is practically out of debt Since the limited
license party has had control of the town. 1t
has paid an Indebtedness of $4,000 contracted
by the temperance party has expended $1S,-
600 IN gravelng the streets, has built large
amount OF sidewalk, paid the running ex-
penses of the town and got it out of debt and
the tax levy for the ensuing year IS but So 600.
Tribune.
Farmers in the eastern part of Grundy
county are IN fear Of losing their corn crop
this year. a small grub, similar to the com.
mon white grub found in barn yards has tax
en- possession Of their corn-tields and is eating
the roots Oft the corn. To look at the corn
from the road it looks as If it were greatly IN
need OF rain-drylng up; but on pulling up
the stalk forty or fifty of these grubs will be
found among the roots, and most of the roots
destroyed. They seem to be more plentiful on
high lands.
A new barn on the Cation farm near Joliet was
raised last week. The barn is SAID to be the larg.
est in the state. 1t will be SO feet wide and
PIP feet long. The outside posts are "a feet
high and the inside posts are 81 feet high
The driveway is 20 feet wide, and runs the en-
tire length of the building, the floor of which
Will be clay and used for training horses. On
this floor there will be % box stalls The barn
is patterned after the great barn of McFaren
4 Sons, of Kentucky. 1t will have capaci.
~ for 400 tons OF hay, and granary for grain
}6S52 feet, the granary alone being larger than
most barns.
The establishment of a new boot and shoe
actory in Rockford, with capital of $50, 900,
IS now certainty. Ii will give employment
% from one to two hundred men, and be in
'unnng order inside of two months Thus
within three months Rockford has invested no |
css than 100000 in various manufacturing
Industries that will give employment to at
east five hundred men, referring to which the |
Gazette says: Comment is unnecessary The |
acts mean that Rockford is just in her prime,
md the increased enterprise and outlay of so
much capital will necessarily be followed by
/ largely increased population within the
lext decade, and period of prosperity une-
lualed in the past"