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

/ The Peru FIRE department picnic Oh SuHuhy
Aug. l4th.
The Joliet public library has about 5000 vol
umes The daily average of books down was "A.
The Wilmington Coal Co.'s barn at Streator
was burned on last Saturday evening Cause,
unKnown; loss, $780, uninsured
Chas. II. Shimph, OF Peru, while bathing IN
the river, on Sunday, was taken with cramp
three days.
Burglars went through the residence Of Ole
OlesOn, about q mile and q half northwest OF lie.
land on last Sunday night They got 80 and a
square meal.
Free Press: "Mr. Isaac Mason is prospecting
for coal on his farms out along Otter Creek. He
is merely sinking trial drill holes to find out how
thick the vein Is and how far 1t extends"
Marseiles 10 trying 10 start cheese factory.
The milk Of 10 cows has been pledged, but it
takes the yield Of $50. Buildings have, however,
been taken for tho factory In the old town.
Andrew Polka, Of Streator, was killed by the
cars on the Pekn road, while trying to get on a
moving train. Both legs were crushed. He was
So years old, leaves wife and four children, the
youngest being 10 years old.
| On Saturday last q party OF four gentlemen and
five ladies from Streator went over to Senach-
wine Lake, win Allen and another riding the
A. NJ, reaching Senachwlne at 4 p. NJ. They re-
NAMED until Wednesday.
Tonica Nstcs: "Within radius of less than
ten miles from Tonica the drouth continues with
scorching fury. This little patch Of the Prairie
State has not had enough rain In six weeks to
lay the dust, and at least two weeks OF the time
were the hottest on record. Gardens are drying
up, while there 10 not growing thing but what
would be benefited by coplous showers Accord.
ing to all reports, the northern half Of the state
has had plenty Of rain except in spots"
Late on last Saturday night burglars blew open
the safe OF T. Drew, hardware dealer OF Lostant
and secured $500 In currency $500 In silver, and
some valuable notes. The horse and buggy Of
f. Dugau was then stolen, and the men drove to
within mile OF La Sale, hitched the animal TO
the fence aud made their escape into the woods.
The money drawer Of the safe was found In the
buggy, containing some OF the notes. Having
left Drcw's the men entered Supervisor Robin.
sons office, securing 800.
Inc Suu TclOWh county dssOClutlOh plCnlC NJ
Streator Is going to be a big one. The Free Press
says: "The Odd Fellows have heard from lodges
in Fairbury Pontiac, La Sale, Tonica, Deer
Park and the Uniformed Battalion OF Aurora, all
formally accepting the invitation to be here at
the celebration to be held here on the 18th, and
1t Ia expected that many more will be here,
though the formal acceptance has not yet been
received. Over four hundred tickets have already
been sold at La Sale and it is estimated that at
least 600 visiting Odd Fellows will be here, be-
sides hundreds of others.
4. Evans, of Streator, writing OF the reorgani.
cation OF the Plymouth, Kankakee Il Pacific rail
road, makes this astounding revelation. This
will be an extension Of the Pennsylvania Central
from Plymouth, Ind, ION the main line) to Oma-
ha, Neb--a grand trunk line from the "far west"
to the Atlantic seaboard, or, perhaps more prop.
erly, the grand transcontinental railroad, the
commercial link between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans--the direct route to Asia and Polynesia"
To which the Chicago Times adds III this should
become nosed abroad-if it should happen TO be.
come known in Wall street, for instance-people
who OWE trunk line stocks had better stand from
under A tumble would be inevitable"