The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-09-10

for the purpose of entering . motion that thu
resolutions adopted at that time and the proceed
ngs then had be now entered upon the records
OF this court, and copies Of the resolutions furn
ished nunc pro tune. The motion was allowed
Reference was also made by the Judge to the at
tempt on the life Of the president. The rest o.
the proceedings are uninteresting 10 the public.
The County Ofnces.
County Court and C!erk-walther's Block Madison At
Gr sId'IS opposite na down
Siertr-same. up stairs
Couoiy Isent~w, ilher's Block. up stairs.
Sspa e. s,,.,s, .,J T,Ips-s"me
The following were this week granted lcene,
to marry:
Oscar II. Foot and Edna A. Brooks.
Jas. b. Williamson and Nellie G. Cunningham.
Robt. Lee and Jennie Lowe.
James Miner and Maggie Guthrie
Rich'd Van Buskirk aud Cora +. Hayenhill.
Geo. Clark and Anna White.
| ThOs. Head mud Mary A. Coleman.
! Geo. NJ. Poundstone and Louisa Phillips.
REAL ESTATE.
During the week real estate instruments mum.
bercd from 90 100 to 20 226 were nled for record.
The business Of 1881 was:
sales. va, ovs' 10
Loans. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 6,9l5.OO
City sales: streator, IL, for 81, $50; Peru. 8,
for $6,345; La Sale. 4, for $500; Mendoza, /,
81, GOO; Marseilles, 2, $3.50; Rutland l, $500.
Among the papers filed were the articles OF in
corporation OF the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha
railroad. This Is an immense railroad scheme,
and the articles condensed give the following
outlines Of the project. The incorporators are
Geo. 8. Bowen, Elgln, H.; Pindar F. Ward,
Geneva, H.. Holmes Miller, l.. d. Brady, Otis
N. Shedd, James L. Holden and Isaac N Hardin,
Aurora, III. The capital stock is $4,000 600.
The board will consist of seven members. The
company proposes to construct, equip and oper-
ate line Of railway from Chicago III d westerly
direction to Fox river, near Aurora; thence to
Freeport; thence along the Pecatonica valley to
the northern boundary Of Illinois. This line, rs
projected, will be about l40 miles in length. An.
other line to be constructed by thi. company will
extend from point upon the line described, in
Du Page county, In q southerly and westerly d.
rection through Du Page, Will, Kendall. La
Sale, Bureau, Henry and Mercer counties to the
western boundary Of the state, opposite Musca-
tine. The first Of these lines will be designated
the main line Of the St.. Paul division, and Il
second will be designated the main line Of the
Omaha division Of the proposed railway. The
latter is projected for distance OF $50 miles
The company also proposes to construct the
South Chicago branch, extending to the eastern
line Of the state Eear Lake Michigan, ten miles:
branch from the main line, near Fox river, TO
Batavia, Geneva, st. Charles and Elgin, twenty
miles; branch from the main line, near Rock
river, to Sycamore, five miles; branch from the
nam line, In Ogle county, to Rockford, fifteen
miles atranch from the main line in Ogle coun.
ty to Polo and thence to the Mississippi river,
fifty miles; branch from PIainfeld, viii coun.
ty to Joliet and thence TO the coal fields in Will
county, thirty.fve miles; branch from Lisbon,
Keiidall county, to Streator, with sub. branch
to Morris, thirty five miles; branch from the
main line in La Sale county to Ottawa, eight
miles; q branch from the main line In La Sale
county to the towns Of La Sale and Peru, ten
miles, and a branch from the main line to Rock
Island and Moline, twelve miles. This makes a
total projected system, including main line and
branches, of about five hundred miles The Of
flee of the company will be in Chicago.
INSANE.
Mary Ann Kennedy was found insane on Mon
day. She has been insane for two weeks from
an unknown cause. She was sdnt to Elgin
JAIL.
Thos. King, OF Streator, says he stole James
Doyles watch as joke As that kind Of joking
is little too serious, Judge Miller on Monday
fined him 81 90 and gave him forty days longer
in Jail.