The Ottawa free trader., 1881-04-23
Snirit OF tho County Press.

othing store at Streator shortly.
Two tile factories will be running in Streator
his summer.
Mathiessen 4 Hegeler, La Sale, Will spehu
5000 on an office building.
Ducks are reported plentiful on the ILLINOIS
bottoms near La Sale.
The Turner'S Of Mendoza contemplate oundins
a new hall, with stage for travelling combina.
tions.
streator Is again going through the agohles
OF a discussion OF the question, License OF ho
license"
The Mendoza municipal election on Tuesday
resulted in the election OF X. Wormley mayor
over Mr.. Chids, mayor last year. |
Two cars standing near the La Sale uepo'
were broken open Sunday night and quantity
OF goods taken. No clue as yet to the thieves
The first boat OF the season, the propeller
"yictor" arrived in La Sale on Thusday week
from Peoria She came up light The river Is
now practically open It's entire length.
Tonica Ne,.s: "Bee-keepers have lost heavily
by the extreme cold and stormy winter. Hehe
Miller says he has but eight swarms alive out oi
eighty, and others report total loss OF all lhey
had"
A Mendoza wedding was last week seriously
interfered with-indeed, had to be postponed
because the groom lost his wedding pants stolen
while on their way from La Sale to Mendoza
How true it is, as Thackery was wont to suggest,
that each of US his own particular grieis, NC.
Tonica Ne,rs: "We have reached the middle
of April and yet there are miles OF unbroken
sleighing at stretch in the lanes leading IN all
directions from the village. The snow is TWO
or three feet deep and excellent for sleighing
much Of the way
At the La Sale city election on Tuesday, John
NJ. Welch was elected mayor, receiving 1S5 votes
Locey, 525; and Phil. Conlin, 35 A. j. O'Con'
! nor was elected city attorney; j. u. Felder
! treasurer: T. j. Sheahan, clerk; and NJ. Corco
} ran, John Feeney, John Murray, B. Doll and a.
J. Reid, counci-men.
On Saturday night, about ll3O, Daniel Gala
!, CHAN fell from the window OF the saloon over
Jacob meat market, Peru, and received injuries
, from which death resulted at 10 o'clock suhaao
morning. He was sitting in the open window
and it is supposed, went to sleep and fell 10 th'
> sidewalk He was AZ years old, and unmarried
II. r. Walker, Of Streator, Is patentee OF
!. locomotive smoke stack for which 1t is SAID INT
Braidwood Manufacturing Company has paid hin
$4,000. The patent produces centrifugal mo
; tIon In the column of smoke, catching sparks
and cInders In hood, and conducting then
. downward to any desirable point for discharginl
= them, ,,,,
: Th, machinery for the Rolling Mill OF the iii
high water In the Illinois river subsidies, but all
preliminaries are being arranged so that the
work can proceed rapidly when dry land ap
pears.
Peru Neos: "lLe La Sale Board OF Health
last week employed some men to bury the dead
fish lying along the basin west to the Peru line.
The contract price was $8. After several hours
work the contractor threw up the job and
said that the work couldn't be done for that
money Another lot OF men were hired-this
time for $l5-who worked half day, when the
stacks Of dead fish yet unbured made them 80
sick they also "threw up" the job. Joking aside,
the number of tons OF dead fish lying along the
margin of the basin and cut is astonishing. or
course the La Sale Board of Health will sec that
they are buried, no matter what the expense
may be-"
Free Press, Streator: "The miners have gen
cents per ton The G. w. Il " men also get the
benefits OF the "sliding scale" for all the coal the
company sells outside Of its regular contracts at
over Sl.75 per ton. The c. w. & V. company
treated their men, during their deliberations,
with courtesy and fairness seldom shown by
large corporations. 1t made statements in re.
gard to the prices 1t could actually afford to pay,
and gave the men the privilege OF verifying
their statements by throwing the company
books open to their Inspection. The other com.
panies, we believe, also treated the men gentle
manly, and as consequence there have been no
bitter feelings engerdered between employer
and employe, and the miners 60 back to work
satisfied with their arrangements. The miners
are also entitled to considerable praise for their
actions. Their meetings were we'll attended.
they discussed the matter of wages calmly and
thoroughly, reached harmonious conclusion,
and went to work There are but few collieries
anywhere where such deliberations can be en-
gagged in without melting strike"