The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

Uc had iust fred a blast which shattered tue 'oo
OF bls room. and the coal came down upon hin
He ia in 4 critical condition though alive
The Wenona Under goes for the La Sale ponce
lin this way: I'VE understand that me city mar
shal of La Sale levied tax OF $40 on Ed r.
Donyan. ESQ, of Lostant, for the return OF BIZ
borse and buggy, when rs a matter oil iact ~
mad nothing 10 do with IL. On the contrary, 1t IL
charged tnst he neglected to strike out for tn.
thieves when telegraphcd TO, out went 10 III
neral. The Lostaut folks say that had ne doh'
dead. =" he could easily have captured both the
money and thieves. Mr.. Drew gave the city
marshal IS 70 give o the Smith boy, and had te
nav II ~ ain last week, when the boy went 10 HIN
and said he had not received It. Tom keys can
NOT afford 10 injure his reputation by such work
n. hn. stood We'll heretofore with Lostsut people
but they are down on him like . thousand Of
brick Just now" :,
Here's the latest StreatOr craze-frOm the Fire.
Press: "Whe digging the cave for the new bot
tie aud glass works on yesterday morning (Tues
day) the w0rkmen came to q seam or assure Of
blush gravel that contains numerous particle Of
some yellOwish mineral substance which they
thought 10 be sulphur. The superintendent Of
works, however, who has had four years expert
ence In California, got some OF The gravel aho
washed pan which yielded quantity which, II
IL we're pure gold, would equal anything In the
Of experiments have been made and all the tests
so far applied Indicate that thc mineral Is pure
gold The vein Is Of considerable thickness bul
has rot been traced far, owing to the anxiety oil
the parties Interested to keep the matter quiet
while they were negotiating for the mineral
rights Of the land"
The Mendoza races last week we're failure.
The crawd was not large nor the races strictly
Hrst class. The Reporter says; ut was unfortu'
nate for the success Of the races In some respects
that the association had not adhered 10 their
original programme. There never WAS better
feeling In the country nor q better prospect Tor
large receipts at the gate, but the races having
been declared off aud the purses withdrawn,
leaving only the gate money TO he trotted Tor,
created doubt In the public mind as to whether
the spectators would receive the worth OF their
money, and also as 10 whether the racing would
be honest some having the Impression 1t would
be made up In advance who would win. While
We do not know what arrangements were made
Tor dividing the money, we can say that those
who attended were rewarded by witnessing as
"prrtty" racing az is usually shown on any
track. The chariot races were worth travelling
many miles to see"
"Deacon" Lath rop, OF La Sale. one Of the old
settlers, died on Sunday evening last. He was
S. years OF age or his career the Netns says:
ale came west In 1895 as the agent OF the Rock.
we'll Land Co. The land is about what Is now
known rs the Rock well shaft east OF La Sale
out and ut the time It seemed rs though the fu.
turc city would be located there. This did not
meet the view Of the canal company and anoth
er town was plated on the she OF the present
city aud the town OF Rockwell was no more In
1858 Mr.. Latbrop, who WAS an enthusiastic Keol
oyist, began boring Tor coal near where the De-
Stieger glass w,tks now stand and proved con.
cusivelv the existence OF the coal beds that had
40 much to do with the subsequent growth and
OF the two towns. He II WAS who dis.
covered the existence and commercial value Of
the cement rock, and also Of fire clay. Though
quite feeble for some years, Mr.. Lalhrop had new.
or Lost his Interest la the geology OF the country
and had accumulated very large collection Of
specimens.
The Tonica Necs tells this story: "PhillipI
Bloch, q tenant on Henry Shawback's place In
Rlchland, had couple OF horses sick with the
distemper. He was advised To try
as a remedy BY wetting the horses legs
ing IL on fro. With foo!hardy recklessness
n the stable The legs OF both horses flashed
n an Instant at the touch Of the match, and the
animals began to dance for pain. The intlamms-
,lc oil blazed up with fury far beyond Mr..
3Och's calculations, setting fire to the stable
md burning 1t to the ground With great d ill.,
nifty he managed to get the horses out and save
hem from anything worse than the horriblel
,corching already given them bv the blaZingl
Help was soon on hand, and bv hard
york several havstacks near by were pulled down
md saved from destruction. We have No figures
u the loss, bnt presume 1t was heavy enough
or Mr. Bloch TO remember as d constant warningl
never to apply blazing Kerosene as a blistering
,lastcr again"