The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-06

eral Streator people who have been robbed by
this same man. The c.. B. Il Q. authorities
ought to get a man in there that would at least
lean toward moderation In his prices"
Yorkville Record: ave can testify that man
gets mighty little for quarter from the animal
He has bought several silver mines with the
profits Of the concern"
The Peru B,1rs will never be forgiven for this:
"a grave error was committed in the laying Of
the corner stone Of the new court house, that the
funny man OF the Ottawa Journal was not in
cuded In the collection walled up for the bene.
III and information Of future generations. The
advantage to posterity would not have been great
hut what q blessed relief 1t would have Teen to
the generation now at tie bat"
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RAILROAD.
The Earlvic Leader OF Thursday says, touch.
Ing the Joliet, Rockford Il Northern r. Il. :"
"The matter in regard to our new railroad seems
now to be definitely settled, and the road ia to be
built AT once from Paw Paw to Sheridan. Mr..
Meeker, the chief of the engineering corps at
work here, visited Chicago Wednesday and was
instructed by the officials to at once set the grade
and make estimates for grading the proposed
line, and is now engaged in the work, comneuc-
ing at Paw Paw. He states that the purchase OF
the Chicago Il Iowa stock of Aurora township
was made In the interest Of the G., B. u O., and
that that company will assume control Of that
road, aud further that the new road from Paw
Paw to Sheridan will also be built" We have
similar information from railroad employees Of
the Fox river line. Whether the road will 20
beyond Sheridan may depend" In either cast
will be an advantage TO Ottawa. IL seems to us
that an effort on the part Of Ottawa men might
induce the c., b IL q people to huid that much
needed line over to Mendoza.
CAMPING.
As to camping ont at Senachwine Lake the
Lacon Home JOgrhdi said, on Thursday last:
"Whilc crowds continue to come and 20 to
Serachwlne Lake, the combined experience gath
cred from the visitors is not satisfactory. The
confped area, the heat, the mosquitoes, the
stencil, the more or less impure water of the lake.
all detract from the general enjoyment Several
of the campers" since their return have been
sick, and many complain OF arrangements they
ascribc to the effects OF their visit. A more de-.
lighful experience is narrated 10y q party that in
weeks visit took in Deer Park, Starved Rock
and its canyons, Babies Falls, etc. They car
red tent aud changed their resting place as
taste or convenience dictated, and returned
Dronzed in color but refreshed and reiuverated."
RoNps.
OF the judgment entered by Judge Blodgett IS.
the City Of Ottawa, two being less than 5000
are final. The two amount 20 about 50, 600. The
Eames judgment is about SI5, coo; and another
is for about 5000. However, az the amount of
city taxes that may be collected in Ottawa Is I'M
der the law extremely small--hardly enough for
actual running expenses, 1t is hard to see how
any Of the Judgment creditors arc going TO get
their nIuucy!
TROUT SWINE"
Mr. Theo. S. Van D. Ike, in that very readable
book, "Firtation Camp" has = chapter entitled,
"rhe Great American Trout Swine" Mr.. Van
Dyke is the most thorough sportsman in Caliior.
mia, loves fishing and shooting for the sport and
never counts his game, so that the chapter
named will delight all true sportsmen. We
should like to have MIR. Emmett, Of the Acade-
my of Music, Chicago, read that chapter, for we
are lllClIltu 10 Iullk ultll tue army
OF "rrout Swine" Mr. Emmett was down to
Snachwine lately, GShngCD. He probably can
not tell dog fish from speckled trout as they
come from the water Nevertheless he wanted
To show the "boSs" OF the prOfesh That he was
IA fisherman; and in company with MIR. Grubbs,
Of the place, with seize, took out about $50 lbs
of beautiful bass, pike and pickerel. Emmett
sent to Chicago an even 100 pounds, which
doubtless were eaten with champagne and fish
story trimmings. Enjoyable enough for Mr.
Emmett; and vet every man who has camped or
intends 10 camp at Snachwine should send Mr..
Grubhs Il protest. Though Mr.. q, does not con.
troll the whole lake, lie should not he guilty Of
going to sea with a "rruut Swine" ana seine
FORGERY.
The farmers down about Furbury have just
been taken in by u new swinde. Men went
through the country pretending to take orders
for clothing, groceries, etc. The orders were
put up in tablets with rubber band across the
bottom below the space for writing the order but
above the signature. The order slip ended un.
der the band, however, and the signature was
attached to a note, which the swindlers proceeded
TO ill up n soon as they got away from there.
When they had made the rounds Of the neigh
hOrhuOd She notes were taken to a bank and sold.
They were then in the hands OF innocent third
parties and must be paid and the swndlcrs were
safely out Of the country with their spois. 1t is
estimated that 81 600 or $4,000 was secured near
Fairbury. -StredtOr Free Press.
Editors are supposed to know everything. The
editors of the Free Press, In particular, are men
ofeucyclopedlac owledge-touching coal, sand
aud salt water. Unfortunately We must caution
the ord as TO the quality ofther legal lore, which
is decidedly "off color, for the above bit Of legal
doc matism is rank bosh--arrant nonsense. This
proceeding Of the swindlers Is f0rger and we have
,et to learn that forged note Ia legality col
lectable.