The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-10
COUNTY NOTES.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
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| MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Miss Minna Wright reads at Mendoza next
Thursday evening.
| The material has arrived for the construction
of n round house for the X. IS s. road at Seneca.
The fifth annual ball OF the a. o. H. OF Utlca'
will be held in Clark's hall on Friday evening,
Dec 23d.
Il John Clark fell from building in Seneca on
n Tuesday and was instantly killed. He was about
90 years old.
The Earlville thieves entered s. d. Phelps
; store Wednesday night and took what money
there was in the safe not over 500, cut OIL a
piece of plug tobacco, and departed.
Wenona Indec: "The grain men were on the
ragged edge las! week. An agent for patent
right man paid them visit and wanted little
royalty on the patent dumps they were using.
They all had sand" and didn't come down.
The old wooden bridge over the Vermillion
river, near Geo. Fcncer's place, some six miles
above Lowell. is to be replaced by an iron bridge
at nm estimated cost OF IS 500. The old structure
has been unsafe to cross for some timc and, the
road commissioners of Farm Ridge and Vermil
lion have decided to test the economy OF an iron
bridge.
A division A. o. H. was organized in Seneca
last week Members OF the order from Joliet
Morris and Ottawa were present. The officers OF
the division, No 8, are: Alex. Vaughey presi
dent; NJ Broderick, jr, vice president; John
Heaton, treasurer; Rev. T. s. Major, chaplain
James Morrssey, corresponding secretary; Dan
P Cahill financial secretary.
! Kankakee Gazette 'The new town which has
been laid out at Vcrkler station on the kankakee
a. Seneca, ten miles west Of Kankee, has been
named Bonlield, in honor Of the president OF the
road A new gang OF track-layers started this
way from Seneca last Monday and II the weather
is favorable will meet the westward bound force
by next Saturday night A few days will then
be required tor sWfacng and strengthening the
line before trains can be put ONT seems that
Bloomington lott the shoe factory through the
greed of Il real estate owner When the would
be Spectator discovered that the Teeds wanted
his lot he screwed up the price from 81 200 to
So, OOe The Tecds didn't have to-" and Kan
kakee is ahead by the transaction"
SOME sTREAToR ITEMS.
The Streator Guards have just received thirty
new regulation uniforms at Il cost Of $500.
coal per day from their new shaft northwest of
town.
Press: "NIss Jessie Couthoui, Of Chicago, will
read at Oriental Hall, Dec l4th, for the benefit
Iof the Library Association.
| Streator has settled with John Murphy, the
man who fell through hole IN the sidewalk on
Bloomington street nearly two months ago and
broke his leg, by paying him $lS7.5O and assum-
ing his doctor bill, which amounts $l5 or $50
John Campbell has recently been boring for
water with which to feed the boilers at his shaft.
At depth OF 10 feet he struck vein that flowed
a constant two-inch stream into his mine This
appears to come from the same body of water
that has been found by several other parties
The water is apparently inexhaustible in its sup
ply and is almost free Of any impurities. 1t is
probable that If Sreator ever secures All ade-
quate water supply, she must do SO by pumping
This water rises within nifty feet of the top,
LA SALE AND PERU.
| The Press: 1.-THE sulphuric acid works OF the
NJ. " II. Zinc Co. when entirely finished will
contain 1000, 600 pounds of lead, or 1000 tons,
which at Is tons to the car would load 66 cars or
over two full trains, At seven cents per pound,
/ WHICH WOulu htl Nhiy HiuNu nun thN PiNc Phiu
for It, the cost OF the material would amount to
SAC, 600 This is considerable money to put in.
side of such an unpretentious looking building.
The Democrat; Two engines collIded on the
| III. Cent. X. r. at La Sale on Saturday. Isaac
Ferris engineer, was badly hurt in the leg
Wm Smitz, while unloading iron at Peru on
Monday had both hands smashed.-A few Years
ago La Sale voted to levy S65,O00 to build II
bridge over Illinois river. The bridge when up
cost $50, OO0-"within a few dollars OF the legal
limitation of the Indebtedness Of the town. The
cost Of the bridge was limited seemingly by the
amount of debt which the town could incur. But
we are not now Directing to the cost Of the
bridge, although the people of Utica got one for
a much less cost which really serves the pur.
pose OF enabling the people Of that township to
Icross the river when they will. What We admire
In our bridge is, not the triiing cost OF $50 900
OF so, in long bonds at 10 per cent interest, but
that it's north end was made To terminate In the
middle Of river! That is a feat in bridge.huild
ing which could not be performed, We believe,
outside Of La Sale. Our bridge is Il dog day
bridge. When Sirius shines tercely In the sum
mer ely, then the farmers OF Eden can bring
their butter and beef and hogs and hens into La
Sale, without danger OF drowning in the over
spreading waters Of the Illinois. And who says
ss 600 in 10 per cent. interest bonds is too much
TO pay for the privilege OF meeting our Eden
neighbors ia the hot, dry months OF summer
Now the people Of La Sale insist on having a
road built from the bridge TO the town, such that
good rain will not leave the bridge in the mid
die Of the riverl
| According TO the annual estimate OF Mr.
Lawes, of Rothamsted. England, the seven
seasons ending with 1881 have been more dis
as,rous TO British agriculture than any seven
consecutive years Of which there is any record,
ain 1862" be says, 'two-tbirds OF the total
bread consumed was the produce Of home
grown wheat A Few years later the require.
mcr,;s of the country were met by one-hslf Of