The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-22


There were four deaths from diphtheriain Sene-
ca last week. ,,,, -,
sos worth of knives on Sunday night;
Work on the new paper mill being Duiit ior inc
Narseilles Paper Co. at that place Is being push
cd forward as rapidly as possible. IL s to be
built of stone and two machines and eight oeat'
ers will be put in it..
The bow Frank Paige, Of Morris, missing for
some two weeks, returned home from Gnlcaeo'
He had wandered on foot TO Joliet and New Len
OK. He worked at the latter place Tor week
for money to pay his fare to Chicago, where he
went to an aunts who sent him nome
Rily Cummings train was so heavy last week
as TO require two conductors from aurora IN, anu
Steve Estee has been running with hin IN con.
sequence They have had from seven 10 eight
coaches from Aurora In every morning, ana the
local rush of passengers was too hea'y LOT one
man to handle. 80
way' near the Sheridan end of the new railroad
has vet been obtained. Mr.. Dick, who owns two
farms in Serena and Freedom, but has retired to
Ottawa to live, advises his old neighbors to com
promise with the railroad company Tor he be,
iieves they will get more for the mario" strps oi
land than Jury will give them II they go Into
court" ,,
The new Plumb shaft south OF No. b at Strea
tor. along ON the Pekin road is almost completed
and the operators will commence taking out coal
this week The buildings are up and the side
fore the new engines are in position. The smart
was put down without any drawbacks or serious
difficulty whatever The coal vein is from 313 10
AZ feet thick.
Kankakee Gd1tte: "O1 the kanKaKee ana sen
ecu road the track layers reached Horse Creek In
the town of Essex, thirteen and q hall miles
west of Kankakee last Saturday night, where
they were compelled TO make halt in order to
let the bridge builders erect the lOOioot brldge
across that stream. 1t is only four miles and
FOL acn tat n.
bash road That point will be reached next week
acme time, as IL ia expected to have the bridge
.com pcted by this week Saturday night
On Monday evening, about O'Clock, srys the
StreatOr Free Press, as the north bound ireight
, on the Burlington road was pulling out, an eX
ira freight on the Alton came in from the west,
and ran into the Burlington freight striking the
second car from the engine about the middle III
was box car loaded with coal and the force OF
the impact shivered 1t into kindlng wood, and
threw II and the next car, Hat also loaded with
coal, off the track. The front Of the Alton en-.
gine was badly damaged also The pilot and
headlight were broken off, the heavy tTnbers and
irons about the front were shvercd, and other
minor damage done. The engine was also thrown
from the rails and both tracks torn up somewhat
Fortunately, no Ore was seriously hurt, though
a passenger in each caboOse was considerably
bumped. There is difference OF opinion among
Che employees Of the two roads as to who is r..
sponsible for the accident.
ftreliOr 4 ItfSS. - L ne VHscS against jim
Foster at Chicago charged with bleeding" n
prisoner out Of $500 and letting him 90 have been
dismissed The facts are that the prisoner es-
capped from Foster leaving about 500 cash, Il
gold watch and some other yaluables In Fosters
hands Getting the assistance OF some frlends
In Chicago he sought to get this property BACK
from Foster by causing his arrest for larceny,
etc. His lawyer then came to Foster ana said
that II he would give up the property they would
not appear against him, but jim was not irlght,
ened by what he had done. AS the prisoner hau
agreed when first arrested to 90 along without
waiting for the formaty Of a warrant from the
governor, Foster had no authority really TO hold
him, when he escaped, but just as soon ms ne
himself was arrested he sent OIL TO Gov: Culloh
anu got a warrant for Smiths arrest. lhen ne
waited, expecting when Smith appeared az the
lr,Ai, to capture him But Smiths lawyers sus
picipned what was up and fearing that Their ell
eut would be picked up in that way they had Tue
trial nut oil two or three times ana nhaily uis
missed the cases Monday. jim Is still master OF
the situation even II he hasn't got the prisoner
Ia sale Democrat: mayor Welch is urged
by his friends throughout the county 10 DC acan
didlte for the democratic nomination ior sheriii.
IL is rather early for the question, sun IL rae.
that Mr. Welch, II nominated and elected, would
make one Of the most competent sherihs La oaiie
county ever hac.-i.ast Saturday morning bull
dog. owned by John Chisholm, fell from The III
nois Central bridge to the ground below a uls-
lance Of 90 feet and never had a hair iazed in
last Monday morning tie dl1ereht coai ol'ern'o.e
i'm this vicinity raised the price OF coal 20 cents
.1er ton, and II will now cost you 81 % Tor the
second and 81 7j for the third vein per ton at the
shaft. With potatoes at Sl.4O per oushcl ana
Other accessories OF life high In proportion, IL
looks decidedly bad for poor people during the
annraaching winter. On Tuesday while freu
x Hing was Il. work in the La Sale SHAFT rock
weighing about 700 pounds fell upon him. MS
cri.s brought help, and it took seven men an
they could do to raise the stone from ms oouy.
Dr. Arlington says that no bones are broken ou.
III, bod, is badly bruised and crushed now u
har,ened that Keeling was not crushed to instant
dean Is one OF those mysterious accidents not
easily eelyed.-James King a miner In the La
St''p shaft, was badly burned about the lace las
THu~sda7 by premature explosion oil blast
" p. Woodbridge, a young physician VINO ma;
been In this city about three years, was iounJ
dead in his bedroom, over Amser's saloon, abou
O'Clock on last Saturday evening. IL is sup
posed he died OF heart disease. He was about 81
years old, and unmarried"
Ottawa Tile Works,