The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-26
THE NEW COURT HOUSE.

To the spring Adolphus Riley put his sealskir
cap In pawn.
THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
Mendoza Reporter: ave believe the Board have
Aope the best they could under the crcumslan
ess, although We would have preferred better
location. Now the people want the Board u
hold her level right there, and keep the tota
cost inside Of $l5OOOO, and we guess there will
be no more kicking to amount TO anything. We
are heartily glad the thing is settled"
,Msrseiiles Register: "The vote OF the Super.
yisors on the question OF 9 change OF location,
WAS a surprise to many OF the citizens Of the
county, as the majority was much larger than
anticipated for the site chosen by the committee.
Our member, S. +. Parr, Eco, having good
level bead, voted with the majority OF course. lie
IA also member of the building committee, and
will prove the right man in the right place.
La Sale Democrat. 1t Is q relief to everybody
70 know that, after the various chin music en-.
zagements by our local Legislators, this question
Is settled once and forever. 1t Is devOutly u be
hoped that no element Of swlndling will enter
into the erection Of this building. We shall see
What the future brings forth.
has been finally settled by the Board Of Super.
visors, and the contract let to Col"ell Bros. OF
Ottawa. The contract price is Sill, lOO, and
work will be Immediately commenced. The
present site 10 retained, though for some reasons
another location would be preferable, yet the
city OF Ottawa has been bui., with reference to
she present location, and removal to any other
would have worked an injustice to properly own.
ers upon the square that could scarcely have
been considered fair. We are glad at least that
we are TO have new court house, and that the
mstter has been SO settled by clear majority OF
She Board rs to preclude any further discussion
or meddling with the matter"
%.*
None OF the editors of this paper had the for.
tune 70 hear Brother Barnes Of the Congrega
siOnai church, on Sunday evening, but we are I'D
vised that the FREE TRADER came In for large
share OF his attention. None of our informants.
howeyer-and there were dozen Of them--could
give US Il very clear idea OF what he said, all
agreeing that II was such jumbled and inco.
herent deliverance that they could make very lit
Tie out OF it. In this, however, they agreed, that
the FREE TRADER was treated IA the advocate OF |
low licenses. On that head we have only to sug. |
gest that Brother Barnes could not have read the
FREE TRADER OF the preceding Saturday. or he
must have formed a somewhat different cOnclu. |
sion.
But we desire no controversy with Brother |
Barnes. With our large audience against his
limited church congregation the advantage on
our side would be unfair 1t is due to Brother
barnes to say, however, that his lato series OF
Sunday evening discourses have not been with.
out effect. He evidently succeeded SO tar as to
thoroughly alarm the liquor dealers and the an.
,i.prohibtionists, Germans and other foreigners,
and drive them into making common cause |
against the classes inclined to favor temperance,
90 that with their earnestness, and the indfier-
ence or Incidence of the latter, the saloon crowd
have been able to capture the mayor aud city |
government, which Is in air way to be run the /
coming year in delicate regard TO their Interests.
BRIDGE.
The Streator correspondent of the Chicago Tn. |
b,ns got In an extensive scoop" on the Ottawa
representative OF the same paper on Friday; and
sent to his paper u very pathetic obituary OF the
Illinois river public bridge, which he sent down |
The river that afternoon The Sympathy Of Strea.
TOR for Ottawas misfortune in this case was In.
deed touching
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up and down the scale with his bow as graceful |
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