The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-11-12

TELL Il. FONES
County and Neighborhood.
6treator is much annoyed with sneak thieves.
Mr.. George Langdon living on the Campbell
farm In MazOn dug POS bushels OF potatoes oil
one and a-haf acres Of ground. They were OF
the Peerless variety.
The new whistle at No. 2 shaft, Streator, is l011
inches in diameter and 10 In length, and no one
who hears It would dispute an assertion that II
Is as big as barrel and blown by steam at q
thousand pounds pressure.
On Friday morning last Isaac Cockshaw, . MI
per working in Peanut shaft and living In North
streator, was hurt by fall OF coal being cut and
bruised about the head and having his back also
hurt. The doctor says that he will come through
ell right
Fred Benikendorf, Of streator, has sunk coal
shaft. He struck q six foot vein. The several
railroads OF Streator have made propositions to
put in switch, but as be has not decided 10 20
Into the coal business he has not accepted any OF
the propositions. He was offered $28, 900 for the
100 acres but has refused
Cornelius J. Cahiil, . farmer living five miles
north Of Peru, died very suddenly from heart dis.
case Friday evening about o'clock: He was
sitting In the house with his family, when, with.
OUT warning, he fell from his chair, dead. De-
Ceased was 80 years OF age, and leaves a wife
end five children. He was brother Of j. ".
Cahill. OF Peru
The latest thing in the way OF church soeia.
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lady present Is written on card The cards are
mixed In hat and drawn by the gentlemen,
who escort TO supper the lady whose card they
draw. paying for their supper according to their
weight, tie charge being One.half cent per
pound or course this creates demand on the
part OF the managers for fat ladies.
James Watson, OF Morris, In the Herald says:
"There are In Grundy and VIII counties about
AGO. 900 acres Of black diamonds, and about TWEEN.
" coal shafts operated by steam, together with
These give an output Of $4,000 tons monthly,
end the distribution OF what all mankind are af.
Ger, the almighty dollar, to the amount Of $57O OOO
s.ch month. These estimates are made from the
out put Of November and December, 1880, and
January, 1881"
Peru News: "Joseph Gofr, a Peruvian, was In
jured by a premature explosion OF blast In the
Esmerada mine at the Black Hills last August.
A serious wound was made Immediately under
The eye close to the nose. The doctors sewed II
up, and healed it over all but small opening,
which continued to discharge. Mr.. Coli returned
10 Peru a week or two ago and went to DR.. Glen
denim to have him heal up the wound and stop
Che discharge. The doctor probed, and, striking
something fnty, went carefully to work ana re.
moved piece OF quartz one and one half inches
In length, one and one. eighth inches in height,
seyep-elghths OF an Inch In width, and weighing
six drachins. The stone had broken the cheek
bone. also the nasal bone, and was lying over
the palate. Mr.. Golf Is now free from pain and
Il doing we'll"
The Streator Free Press: "The well at Nc.
Vean's mill has been somewhat noted eyer since
IL was dug. IL is six feet In diameter IN the clear
and Gj feet deep and then a four-inch hole was
bored down nearly hundred feet further. 1t
always yielded great abundance OF water, moi
only for the mill but for the water cart In dry
time. The water generally Is not more than 4
feet deep and The pump which IL driven By
steam is put down about 10 feet from the bottom
The pump had not been working satisfactorily
Tor several days and on Monday John McVean
went down 10 see about IT, To his surprise when
plunged In cold water. He found the pump a
couple OF feet under water instead Of above it, as
II usually was. Thinking that surface water had
got In in some way TO ill It up he commenced
fixing the pump, but soon found the water ris.
Ing, and while was there 1t rose a foot or more
and drove him out In the course Of an hour or
two the water rose feet. In the afternoon the
water went down to the pump. In the evening
IL was raising again. Next morning Il was down
to the pump again, but during the day the water
rose to be "a feet deep. Wednesday when they
measured, the water was only feet deep, show
Ing variation of % feet In "A hours. When II
Is remembered that the well is six feet in diane.
Ter and that the water pumped out Is only u
email quantity for the boilers this ebb and flow
becomes phenomenon that will puzzle the sci.
entnc"
LA SALE ITEMS.
From the Press: The De Steger Glass Works
l. ,heir new factory have put In Siemens fur.
Dsce the second In the u. 3. 1t Ia called A
continuous tank" and Ia thus described: "rhe
tank Is about four feet deep, extreme length In
eide 40 feet width u feet, and Is composed Of
Several hundred blocks OF fire clay moulded into
proper shape and form, the bottom and sides of
sn average thickness OF IL inches or perhaps
over. The end at which the Ingredients will be
put IN Is square, the other, from which the glas,
will be taken for working, Is round. Heavy
walls OF stone, common and Dire brick, connect ted
BY arches, support the tank. On each side he.
low are cavities or chambers filed with check.
cred or open brick work, into which gas from
The new gas furnace will be introduced with the
requisite quantity Of air. In burning, the flame
will pass up through number OF fues con,igu
Gus 10 the sides OF the tank and produce the heat
for melting the glass. There will be no heat ap
piled directly TO the bottom OF the tank The
top OF the tank will be srched over with Welsh
Gre brick manufactured In Scotland) which are
made Of Q Material mostly silica and after being
burnt are about as hard flint and not easil,
melted unless by the aid OF sod T. ash or some 9th
er nuX The bottom will be comparatively cnol
the glass directly In contact with IL being of oo
low temperature TO flow freely will thus remain
there permanently while that nearer the top and
the hest 10 quality will be used 1.-THE Rock island
road ~ill pay La Sale $3.50 for burning the yermi
u IN river bridge-At the last meeting Of the coun
eli The attorney said that many persons, fire.
cuently unknown and Irresponsible commenced
suits In the Circuit Cour' Ia the name OF the ci,y
from malicious motives and otherwise, which
suits had TO be prosecuted In order to prevent
tlem from being dismissed, with the CITY Iiail.
for costs. There we're over twenty suits OF this
eharacfer now peuding In the Circuit Court this,