The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29
Spirit OF the County Press,
al miners have found coal.

Seneca coal miners have found coal.
Tonica is enjoying run Of the measles.
La Sale has Il rife club OF twenty members.
Water is scarcer than good whisky In La Sale,
Tonica hunters caught two wolves on the
Little Vermiion last week.
Marsees factories are troubled for want Of
water for power
Mrs. Christaua Beck, for l6 years a resident of
Tonica, died ut that village Wednesday week,
aged 50 years.
John Essing, a StreatUr miner, was hurt on
Monday lay falling stone which caught him
about the hips and crushed him badly
Huse, LoOmis ~ Co., Ice men Of st. Louis
have nut up So, 900 tons OF ice In the vicinity of
Peru; and at other places along the river I'D, 600
tons in addition.
The La Sale Scotchmen celebrated the led
anniversary of the birth OF Burns on Tuesday
evening". There was an Grafton, songs, Scotch
reels, and all the other ctccteras.
! Streator gamblers took in" an itinerant pic.
ture dealer the other day, who drew" them out
Of 1850 There's Il lot Of fellows out there pound.
ing their heads against brick walls.
Turin city Ne,cs: "A widow was married at
La Sale last night cath whose husband had
died nineteen days previous, and the funeral
baked meats did coldly set up In the character Of
free lunch for the wedding party"
Democrat, La Sale: Large quantities Of black
Lizards, averaging two feet in length, have been
caught al some Of the air holes In the Ice lately
Some INSCRIPTIONS parties have been cutting
>.
Rev. VIM Edwards, OF Mendoza, died last
week He was born in England in 1916, came
10 this country in 1880, and settled In Mendoza In
1852 Ia lsiS he became a member of |. o. o.
r., and for - consecutive years was Grand Chap.
lain OF the Grand Lodge.
A Streator man named VIM. Miller died on
Friday last, who was supposed 10 be a single
mas Just before his death, however, he con.
fessed to Father Byrne that he had a wife In Ger.
many, though where he did not say, or why he
left her: nor did he make any provision for send.
Ing her the money he was known 10 possess.
Young man named L. II. Haas OF Sheridan,
the other day tried the experiment OF suicide by
laudanum After he had swallowed the potion,
however he changed his mind, called on u ply.
stefan, asked for stomach pumps, and was saved
Just in time TO swindle another mans money,
as alleged, for which turn in his excentricities
he was on Thursday brought to Ottawa.
The disease mentioned by the Morris Indepen.
de u in another column as attacking cows Is thus
mentioned by the streato. Free Press, recalling
q recent statement OF similar effects on horses
'The horses of John Baldwin, farmer out in
Usage, have been afflicted with a strange disease
for month past. They fret seemed stiff as II
overworked, but gradually grew worse until
they lost the use Of their hinder parts, and now
cannot get up when down and can scarcely
stand when helped up. There are three Of them
al that he has, afflicted In this way. The loca
borsemen cannot account for the disease"
Rr,e Press, Streator: They had q mighty fine
point in the Hitler case, which was taken on
change OF venue from Belford's on Thursday
The law says in a case Of that kind IL must &c
10 the NEXT nearest justice. As Colley and Al
kips are both up the same stairs, with Colley or
the west side Of the ball towards Belford II wal
IN he supposed that II would 90 10 him, but a,
his door f. a few feet farther along In the hal
than Atkins, IL was decided that the case mus
20 20 the latter. For fine point that will b,
hard to beat"
MathIessen d Hegeler, Of the La Sale Zln'
'.,ss,,,sc and nitric acids. The contract for ID,
buiidinss has BEEN let ne Pras says; "Th'