The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-30
Spirit OF the County Press.

| The Tonica schools cost 81, 527 4s last year.
Earlville has a prohibition board Of aldermen
The Earlvile public library contains ! ,265 vol
umes, 1863 of which were added in April.
The Mendoza Reporter thinks Mendoza ough
to have an opera house.
! Loslant has elected no.license toard by
very small majority.
A saloon license costs 500 In Mendoza. Poo
and billiard playing in saloons will probably be
prohibited
Rev. DR.. Thomas lectures in Mendoza on mex,
Wednesday evening; subject, The Successful
Life"
Mrs. John Colvillc, Of Earlvile, died in thu,
village on Monday Of hemorrhage OF the ston
ach aged 60 She had lived In Earl since 1852
Lostant man being awakened by suspicious
noises about his barn the other night, went out
with his gun to see about it, Both barrels were
fired at the intruder but without effect visible to
the shootist.
On Friday last the three. year.old son OF Ander.
son Common, OF Streator, fell into barrel Of wa
ter under the caves trough, and on being discov.
cred by his mother life WAS thought to be extinct
A physician was quickly summoned, and brought
the little fellow to after three hours hard work.
A 1o.ycar.old son Of Andrew Smith, q farmer
living few miles south Of La Sale, was drown.
ed IN the Big Vermllion river on Thursday He
and some other boys were fishing, and In cross
ing the stream in sktf the frail bark WAS upset
and the youth sank to the bottom OF the stream.
On sunday last NJ. Waldren, Of Streator, at
tempted suicide by shooting. He had placed
the revolver at his throat, but just at this mo.
ment another occupant OF the house entered the
room, and knocked the weapon from his throat
The ball, however, passed through his right
cheek, INJECTING only slight wound. Mr.. W.
has been in very poor health.
Peru Ne,rs: "Wm. Mitchell, the well known
stock man, and Hon. A. Campbell are engaged
in buying the refusal of The coal privileges on a
large body OF land lying west Of Peru. They
have already secured some 5000 acres, and are
rapidly gathering more. No information as yet
Is attainable, indicating the object in view. but
it is safe to say that something is in the wind
which Will rebound to the growth and glory OF
tn Twin Cities.
La Sale Press: "Mr. P. P. Singer, who is the
executor OF the late Joseph A. Kiss, informs us
that he has In his possession number Of manu-
scripts written by Mr.. Kiss, which evince the
scholarly attainmcnts and deep knowledge Of
the deceased. Some Of them were written many
years ago, when he was on the stat Of Louis Kos
suth in the Hungarian rebellion, and are on MILL
tary subjects. Others. more recent, are on philo
sophical topics, and were penned In his hermit
age, near Darrow's basin"
On Monday last the Mnseed Oil Mil of II. s.
Clark at Mendoza was burned. The building
burned rapidly, and could not be saved but by
great effort carload Of oil and one of timothy
seed were removed and saved, and the seed in
store was only partially burned before the flames
were extinguished. From the oil mill the flames
communicated with the planning mill Of J. ID.
Tower, which was also destroyed. The origin
Of the fire IL unknown. The loss on the oil mill
was $50 200, with 81, 900 insurance; planning mill
s. 600 ana no insurance.