The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17
COUNTY NOTES.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
c. A. Clark, Esq, Of Mnrseilles, has removed
TO Logansport, Ind, where he has purchased II
paper mill.
The good people Of Marseilles are up in arms
because billiard room is Il luxury proposed to
! be licensed.
Tonica NarS. j. W. Moore has the credit Of
auctioning of the highest priced hog ever sold
! in La Sale county. 1t WAS or 9years old he
knocked down 800 pound SOW to Mr.. Terry for
| Sl05 good and lawful bid.
| Peru NecS; An agent OF the G., Il. l, " L.
railroad is in Peru to-day, endeayoring to arrange
for the purchase of strip Of land on The north
OF the track running through the city, with Il
view to moving the tracks greater distance
from the buildings on Water street.
Frank Gage, son Of Isaac Gage, OF Brook field,
had a leg broken on Saturday while telling q
| tree. The tree falling towards him instead OF
opposite as expected, caught him in its branches.
An artery was severed, and only theyoung man 8
control OF himself saved him from bleeding to
death.
| The Water Works Co., after spending 100000
| In Joliet, are met with u resolution by the city
council declaring the contract revoked ana re-
sCindcd, for the reasons that neither the SAID
Jesse Starr, jr., or the said Joliet water WORKS
Company have complied with their said contracts,
or either OF them, either the original or supple
mental contracts.
Peru NarS Rock Island No. p coming west
Sunday night let go Of the caboose and two cars
three miles east OF Utica. The conductor sent a
| hagman back to warn II, following, but he
wasn't quick enough, and though engineer Nos-
burg reversed his engine (275l and did all he
could to check speed, the caboO5e OF % was de-
molished and engine 275 Is minus pilot and
smoke stack. Trains were delayed about four
hours.
Esrlwlle Ledder: Dwight Hapeman, while
hunting in Browns Grove, Saturday, came upon
a suspicious looking bunch OF leaves in the
woods, and upon kicking them aside found some
ladies' finely embroidered shirts, several cards OF
buttons laces, etc, evidently hid there by some
one who had stolen them. "-"Geo. Binder, living
west of town, met with painful accident; while
| removing a shed, a portion OF 10 fell upon him
and broke his leg. The Odd Fellows turned out
aud husked his corn for him."
/ Two well defined cases of smallpox have been
developed at Norway, in this county. An elder
lily gentleman named johannes died recently, II Is
believed, Of this disease, though there seems To
be controversy among physicians oil the hexh'
Iborhood on the subject. He Is believed 10 have
taken il from "A second. hand SUIT of cloths pur'
chased in Chicago. woman OF the same fani
lily Ia now sick with the disease Supervisor
Adams has taken the matter in hand and IS max
ing every endeavor to prevent ITS spreading.
Considerable excitement exists in kankakee
and Grundy counties, Ill.,, over the discovery lu
the lands owned by the Wilmington CoslGelds
Railroad Company. of veins OF coal, several feel
thick which are said to be OF superior quality
These coalfelds are regarded as particularly
valuable because they are In one OF the best az
ricultural districts Of the state, and are easy
access Five railroads will compete for the trans
portaton OF the coal. Shafts are now beint
sunk and it is expected that mining VIII DC be
, gun in a few months.
| Mendoza Inoi,J, 18th: 'On last Friday evening
In Turner Hall, Freddie Miller, while trying u
make a giant swing" accidently fell from th'
F., pole and sustained internal injuries. lie was a
b. once removed TO Max Hass' drug store and cares
for, but II was all In vain. He fingered until th'
next morning at o'clock when he died lie re
manned unconscious from the time OF the iaii un
r I'll his death. He was 14.year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Miller OF this place. The tuner
al services took place at the German Lutheran
Church, on Sunday. at 2 o'clock T. NJ, under th'
a auspices OF the Mendoza Turner's Association.
II On last Tuesday at Mendoza, young irish
man named Mike Boyd burglarized saloon II
the basement OF the postoffice building. lie wa
detected by Warren Barrett, clerk In the saloon
IS who procured the assistance OF Night Policeman