The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-11-26

NtHtTul UTluRc Suuuuy uoouS " N''N'''
A freight train was standing on the bridge Just
where the bridge repairers have taken up the
walk and the railing. Francis wouldn't wait for
the train TO pull up, but attempted to walk
"stringer." When half way over, 1t ia supposed
he became giddy, a. he tottcred and wavered Tor
moment and then fell, full forty feet, striking
on his head and shoulders on the frozen ground
below He was taken up and DIR, Applingt0n
summoned who after examination, pronounced
il u case Of fractured skull. The unfortunate
man was nsensible for many hours, but yester'
day regained consciousness, and may possibly
recover"
On Monday last Miss Bella Mccormick, OF Pc
ri, was married to William 4 Hagan, Of Peoria
The wedding was not large one, only intimate
friends being present. ''rhc ceremony say
the Heraid "took place shortly after noon, AT
the fine residence Of Capt. Mccormick, the Kew,
l.. Taylor officiating. The bride WAS dressed in
a travelling suit OF peacock blue, becomingIy
trimmed, with hat to match in shades Bella has
long been a favorte in Peru, most charming
girl in society, and one of exceeding good sense,
well domesticated, and devoid Of the fasity prev.
aent in upper circle life, which many assume and
believe necessary to indicate the presence OF cuI
ture. Girls of her attributes rarely found, and
Mr.. Hagan can be congratulated on his choice.
Their many friends wish them prosperous and
! happy future"
| The PeruYians are mad, and getting worse.
The Heruld states the case in this way: "lhe
new arran gements OF the Rock Island X. X. do
not work satisfactory the people of Peru Fail
ing to stop the passenger trains from Chicago at
night is Il small portion Of the Inconvenience in
ncted under the new order, but the failure TO
receive the night mail calls out loud condemna
ton from all our business men, Why such an
effort should be made by the company to slight
Peru is difficult to understand but such is the
fact, and it is growing more patent every year
that this effort is intentional, and now that the
mail service joins with the company the inillc
ton is more than the people can bear. Peru
subscribed $40 900 to aid this railroad enterprise
II is now time that the city council took hold Of
the matter" &C., &c.
Streator Free Press, 10th: "a keno room will
be opened this evening IN Bloomington street
second story. The furniture and outfit was re-
ceived to-day from st. Louis, and will be in oper
alton to night. We do not know what the au
thorities will do in relation to this species OF
gambling. Other games are carried on almost
publicly without molestation. The Free Press
has frequently called attention to the alarming
publicity Of poker rooms. but there has been no
response. individuals do not interfere and the
authorities are apparently ndulging in sort Of
somnolency that is anything but refreshing.
Yet the Free Press is asked to keep on condemn
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OF every sort, and 1t does 80 with no compunc-
tions whatever. 1t will do that which it thinks
Is to the best interests Of the town If it takes the
editors boots off,"
Streator Free Press: "The work Of taking out
the water from the flooded shaft is now fairly un.
der way. Two big boxes are used at the shaft,
each holding perhaps Ton and half and one
comes up and is emptied every fifteen seconds.
Three shifts Of men, working hours per day
each, have been put on and there is not moments
pause in the work in the whole "a hours. The
water was running in for about GO hours and the
stream coming out Is at least one-tenth as large
as the one that went in, and perhaps larger, so
that in from 20 to 80 days the whole mine should
be drained. The water had been lowered in
ches this morning.-No. l Is omnivorous. Not
content with taking in Prairie creek, last night
il attempted to take in the Pekin railroad. AS
Wilson was coming down from the tank little
after midnight, in coming through the cut near
the creek where the break is, he found the en-
CINE rocking in a very mysterious manner, and
he was nearly thrown Off Investigation showed
that the track for couple OF hundred feet in
length had sunk right down three feet in the
deepest place. A force OF men was put on this
morning to fill up, and the trains have been pass
ing over without much interruption.
The city OF Joliet is now cursed with coal
monopoly and the citizens are paying s4.5O
and IS 90 for soft coal delivered. The former is
either Streator, Morris, Seneca or La Sale coal,
the latter Braldwood coal. Upon inquiry the
News finds that Streator coal costs g. per ton
laid in Joliet by the car load. Braidweod coal
costs 81. SO at the mines, and the freight is 70
per ION, making Il cost OF IS. 25 per ton. 1t ap-
pears that there is profit of 10 per ton on
one kind and 81 IS on the other, which is simply
an oppressive profit The NecS says: There is
one relief for the tax burdened people, viz: F.,
NJ. Plumb, recently OF Streator, H., has opened
an Office for the sale Of coal. He does not expect
to sell at retail, but can furnish coal by the car
load, delivered in Joliet, for So so per ton. A car
usually holds from II to 10 tons, and plenty Of
men can be found who will deliver such a car to
any part Of Joliet for S400, making II tons cost
$3.50 against Loo charged by the dealers The
plan suggested by us Is that the neighbors
''chip in" enough to buy car load and divide
the coal according to the number. 1t is well
worth the effort to head of the extortion prac-
ticed upon the people of Joliet"
The Sturgeon Bay Canal, cut across the
peninsula between Lake Michigan and the up.
per end of Green Bay, has just been formally
accepted and opened. 1t cost 100000. 1t
shortens the distance from the lumber region
about the head waters of Green Bay to Mllwau'
kec, Chicago, &c, by two or three hundred
miles, and is regarded as an improvement of
great importance. 1874 vessels passed through
it within three weeks after the water was let