The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-01
Rural Happenings.
OI'IIIR.

luhy put u StOp VI l'Tlllug anu Tue ScucIai ou'-
look is for wet week. The storm week
ago did considerable damage in this vicinity,
demolishing fences, uprootlng trees and up
setting wind-mllls, three of the latter being
demolished IN this neghborhood.
Homer is Il thrifty and industrious village.
Seven or eight years ago it erected new fence
around the public square, but today 1t Is flat
and the square turned into "a common pasture.
The square is a beautiful plot Of ground and
if well kept would make the village look 90
per cent better than at preseat.
Now that we have path. masters and school
marin we hope We shall have the bridge at
the old Mcintosh place fixed or it will be com
lp]ained OF.
llcssrs f. & o. Krausse spent few days in
Homer recently. Look out, ladies, G. krausse
was III Chicago last week and the consequence
will be a charming new invoice OF dress
goods
DIST No. 8 feels happy because Mrs. Thos.
Miles became director. Well, she has done
more already than the directors did for three
years past, for she has given the house thor
Tough cleaning. We wish her success in her
administration.
John Wilshay and II. Johnson were elected
directors in Dist. No. ,, in Dimmck.
=. ID. Crmmins has resumed work at his
old stand in Ophir.
Miss Murray has begun her labors in DIST.
No. 8.
Miss Emma and Alvlna Krausse held sew
ing bee recently and all had good time.
/ When you are in Homer and want II good
meal and peaceful nights rest 20 to Mr..
| FIrstlne's He is Jolly host and his wife "a
good cook and genuine lady.
Homer has organized Library association.
Mr.. hclnhard's new iron fence is now fin
lshed and looks well. Chest. Mclaughlin was
the builder.
John Jackson Will run the boss shelter IN
this vicinity this summer.
Cox, the Triumph butcher, did skip, leaving
creditors behind to the tune of 5000.
| Mrs \. Chase Is confined To her bed by
sickness; also Ed. and John Lamb.
This i, the time Of year when your wife will
feast you on greens and make you raise car
II pets and move stoves, in fact the worst time OF
the year for Il man to be happy while the wife
Is in her element. The man that invented
house cleaning ought to have died early
PEDRO HERCULES
SANDWICH
| SANDWICH, Ill.,, April 20, 1Ss0.-Rev A. l..
Farr Baptist minister here, has formally ten
dered his resignation, and that church must
| find another pastor by next June or go with
out. Mr.. FAIR has been with us over six years
and has numerous friends who will regret his
departure.
There was no opposition to the reelection
Of W. IL. Van Fleet and Amos Shepard as
members Of the board Of education.
At OR city election there was a big fight
over license or no license" and prohibition
came out first best, The vote on aldermen
was rs follows:
1st ward-Thos Wright, no license, so; A.
A. Marcy license, 81
2d ward-lIenry A. Adams, no license, / ID
Samuel Mitten, license, So
3D. ward-Paul W. Wallace, no liccnlc 50
William II. Low, license, G6.
The three newly elected aldermen were duly
nductcd into office last Wednesday evening
| The city council now stand four n0-liCense
and two license members Saturday n ght the
new board passed "a resolution to not liccAsC
dram shops or billiards. An ordinance passed
Iforblddng the sale of any kind ofmtoXicating
quor-spiritOus vlnous, mixed, malt or fer
mentcd-in 0Hy qUaBttty tchaterer A section
was incorporated in the ordinance declaring
all places, houses, buildings etc, where Ii |
quors are seld in violation thereof, puJlic Rut-
sances, and providing for their abatement and
give bonds in the sum OF $500 TO quit the |
business" Druggists will be granted permits |
to sell, lust for medicine, you know under
certain numerous restrictions. Various opin- |
ions have been advanced by our leading IL !
Cense men, regarding the impracticabllity Of
local prohibition, and several prophecies told
about the result OF the coming fiscal year,
without the aid of s 600 licenses from saloons |
and billiards.
We must bear in mind that the new council
commence their labOrs for law, order, morali-
ty, peace, manhood, economy and safety under
untavorable financial circumstances \ bond |
ed debt of $500 and interest will be due in
May, 1881; about 5000 interest must be paid |
the coming summer; petitions for building
about half or threc-quarters Of Il mile OF side
walks can be relied upon, several Of which
were postponed, purpOscly, by the license
council; $500 to $1,000 must be expended on
our streets for repairs etc; "A new fire engine,
it Will be Strcnuously urged, Is necessary; city
officials must be paid; 5000 is needed for pc
lice services; and numerous bills will be pre-.
Scnted for payment Notwithstanding all these
dlsCOuraging facts, the city treasury is empty |
and no money to even pay ordinary expenses
a month let ne nil succeed, land don't you
forget it, either
twenty-five men Of the five hundred voters
attending our late city election voted no IL .
cense, whose combined ages amount to l,S5j
years, or - ID years each. What town Of the
size Of ours can make better showing?
Mr. /. Eldredge, Of this city, died at his
residence last Tuesday, aged 50 years.
The Latter Day Saints Chapel here was
struck by lightning Saturday evening destroy
ing the splre-throwing pieces o! boards feet
long over four rods from the building; pitch
ing piece OF the spire from the south end of
rhUrph fppt mt oh
the building. A pair of wood peckerS in their
nest were killed outright. The plasterlng was
scattered promiscuously around. About $500
will repair the damages. EX-UNo.
Prince Hassan. son of the eX. khediyc NOW