The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
Suburban Gatherings.

The scarlet fever has appeared in joliet
Belevllle is now lighted with the electro
, light
, A Peoria firm Will start another bee
depot at Streator.
The Strcator Glass Co. have received Al
order from Mexico.
The Aurora Smelling Works are nearly
ready TO DepIu operations.
/ Seven d!uuks and disorderlies were run
IN on Wednesday night at Streator.
The chimney of the Illinois Zinc Co.'S
works, at Peru, will he $50 feet high
At recent De Kalb county stock sales
cows sold at from $40 to $G9.50, averaging
$l7.
Michael Reap, Of Str6ator, at the Eagle
shaft, was hurt on Thursday by fall OF
coal
! The latest Rockford enterprise is sash
and blind factory, with capital stock of
$4,000,
| A Decatur firm have bought seven acres
! of land near Mendoza on which to erect
tile works
Joliet Is 10 have another daily-the En-
terprise. This will make about seven; and
yet Joliet lives
The drivers in the Coal Run Coal Co, g
shaft have struck for an increase of 15c o
day, making $40.
Pluck Whalen has just been released
from Joliet, and during last week was
around visiting his old haunts.
The democrats of Mendoza are 80 pleas
ed with the success last week that demo.
cratic organ Is among their aspirations
now.
s. f. Fosters drug store at Millington
was burned on Tuesday morning; loss,
s.. 80; insurance. o., 200, cause, supposed
lncendlary.
On December 9th an excursion will run
over the Illinois Central to New Orleans
($20.5 round trip, and to Texas (San An
Itonio. s47.50 round trip.
The Morris city council has ordered the
construction of $50 gallon reservoir at
the artesisn we'll, from which pipes will be
laid to the court house and other places.
Patrick Laran had leg broken in Ca.
hills shaft, Peru, on Saturday, while assis.
ting the car driver, his leg being caughtin
the coupling chain when the mules started
suddenly.
On Wednesday morning at depth Of %
feet below the lower coal measure the bore
hole in the Coal Run shaft stood in dark
blue slate. There issued from the inch
hole enough gas to supply ~ inch pipe
with a good head.
Dolly, daughter of r. d. Mcdonald, died
on last Monday at La Sale, at the age Of
10 years. Mr. and Mrs. Mcdonald have
certainly been most grievously afflicted,
having during few months past lost three
children. A host Of friends mourn with
them
Aarora Beacon: at was recently men.
toned that young lady IN this city had
just completed quilt containing 1000
pieces, no two of which were alike. Mrs.
C. E. Best, living on Clark street, now
comes t. The front with quilt made by
berso'' which contains 1900 pieces, no Two
OF which are alike"
The workmen at Lipprant's coal shaft,
on the Dan Merritt farm, miles north OF
Streator, struck coal at a depth Of 10 feet
on Saturday last One blast was made and
the water came up so rapidly that the
pumps were at once put to work. The
vein will probably be found AZ feet in
thickness.
The Marseiles Register reports a fight al
a funeral IN one of the towns south OF the
river recently. While waiting for the min
lister to preach the sermon, the two sonsln.
law OF the deceased got to wrangllng anc
finally to blows over the money their de
ceased mother.in.law left behind her-lr
the neighborhood of $50.
La Sale Democrat 'On Friday after
noon lsst West Empy, the brother OF no
torious young desperate OF Troy Grove
named Billy Empy, entered the store o
Thomas Flnnern, at Dimmlck station, and
proceeded to flourish revelver. In thu
attempt to disarm the young devil MI
Finnern was shot in the right thigh, max
ing a severe flesh wound. Empy theI
made his escape"
10. Q. F.-Several Odd Fellows vii
attend the session of the Grand Lodge a
Chicago next week. The following 20 IA