The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

zion; COL +. A. Bowen, A. Dean, Nllilam
Truman, ]. f. Odds, f. ID. Edison, A. Hoffman,
r. Portcrfeld, f. p. Snyder, Willard Smith,
T. +. A. Newport, NJ, A. Mickey, DR.. Z. F.
Cook, John Madden, p Dunn, A. j. Reeder,
A. +. Lindeman. 1t is proposed, we believe,
to raise fund of $500, to be available at all
times, to be used to prosecute violations of the
law coming to the knowledge of the League
Aurora Beacon Kendall county has a
considerable amount of money in her treasury,
raised to pay the county railroad bonds. Now
that they have been declared void by the Uni
ted States Court, some of the people of that
county are suggesting that it shall be spent
upon the roads, as is being done with portion
of the same funds in the treasury of Aurora
township.
4 little eightyear.old son Of Jacob Plain,
living on North Broadway, Aurora, stepped
upon a rusty nail one day last week, but altho'
the foot was quite painful, he was able to be
about on Sunday. Lockjaw set ln however,
and he died in great agony at haltpast six
O'Clock Monday morning. He had been SWIM
ming in the river frequently, and the doctors
say this helped to poison the blood still more"
La Sale Democrat: John Dennis and
Henry Salmon, living on Third street, sons OF
the gentleman who was killed by the fall OF
derrick while at work on the Utica bridge a
few wears ago, have fallen heirs to large for.
tune by the death OF an uncle who died in
New York city last Friday The uncle was
worth 81, 100000, and telegram received in
forms the boys that IN the will they are left
100000, an even 100000 each. The Salmons
live with their mother, are steady, hardwork'
ing boys, and this bit Of intelligence places
them among the richest Of this end OF the
county"
Morris independent, "The Rock Islands
midnight train was halted here Friday to al
low passenger to get off for the purpose OF
giving an hours employment to surgeon
He was Geo. Wingerter, o hardware dealer,
doing business at 371S $. Halstead street, Chi.
csgo, and had started for Dakota to purchase
land He had slowed away on his person two
fine revolvers, one of them fell out Of his peck
ct between this station and Joliet and the ball
struck his left arm just above the elbow, fol
loving the bone down few inches below the
elbow where il went out. The doctors dressed
the wound, and the man left on the early train
for Chicago"
Rockford Register: THE residents at sos
Mulberry street were badly frightened yester'
day by an electrical phenomenon that appeared
in the form of a large ball of fire that dropped
from the heavens, landing within few feet of
one house, and passing directly in front of a
window at which one Of the ladies Of the tam
ly was seated The light from this ball was
of dazzling brilliancy, and il struck the
ground with cannon ball report, dense suf.
locating smoke arising from the spot where it
embedded itself in the ground and poured in.
10 the house. The ladies were badly frightened,
and one of them was badly stunned, the effect
upon her was so great that she was Frustrated
to the floor"
Paw Paw Herald while in conversation
with a railroad contractor we learned tina. If
the company building the new railroad from
here to Sheridan had not the work SO far along
they would abandon the line The object of
the road in the first place was TO make short
line for hauling coal to the U, NJ & st. Paul
road at Rockford, from that company's coal
fields near Braldwood. Lately that road has
discovered immense deposits Of coal along
their route in Iowa, and have sold their inter
ests near Braidwood to the G. b. 4 q. But
their new line having been paid for and over
half finished the company will now complete
1t from Paw Paw to Sheridan and most likely
on through to Joliet"
Llewelyn Evans, of Strea,or, on Tuesday
thrash his wife. The Free Press tells the
story: "As soon as he entered he began abus.
ing his wife, calling her the viest names, and
finally striking her with heavy club in the
mouth. The saloon keeper interfered tor the
protection of the woman, whereupon Evans
assailed him. Bowen then tried to put him
out, but the fellow got hold of his thumb with
his teeth in such a manner rs to make dead
lOCh III tuC uOuSC AZ thlo JuuStuiC LNahS
wife rushed into the conflict. She had a large
pitcher IN her hand, and raising i. aloft, she
brought 1t crashing down on her husbands
head, breaking the vessel into fragments. This
caused a slight diversion in favor Of Bowen,
and enabled HIM to get his thumb out Of lin.
DO. He then used his fists vigorously and
with the aid of the friendly pitcher he soon
had the enemy vanquished and insensible,
Evans was pretty badly cut about the head,
but he had sufficient vitality about him to
utter the most fearful maledictlons about his
wife as soon as he regained his senses
Streator Monitor. THE arrangements for
the extension OF this division of the c. Il A.
have been completed, and we are have much
more important line than we had any reason