The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19
Our Neighbcrs.

gIjl bushel Of string beans.
Tho COMPLIANT comes from some localities
iha, The potato crop Is roltlng.
s,eator boys are organizing new nose
Eusupsny, to use arteslan water
The st. Paul II. r. Company last week pad
N,s 500 for land on the Rockford water pow
Work has begun on the excavation Tor the
sa,ra track of the C., X. |. & L. L. X. through
Ptr9
another Rockford boy died last week from
M effect of wounds received from toy
yassol
SIreator man raised from Feelings pota'
1es three specimens OF which weighed thirty
e0nee5.
IN entire freight tram loaded with tea, ship
pss5 from San Francisco, passed through here
shis week
The Knowlton Manufacturing Co., OF Rock
9nrd has increased its capital stock from
1896 coo to 100000
O. Bugbee, Fox River baggageman and
wife. went to Iowa last Friday, to enjoy cou-
ale OF weeks vacation.
The Rockford Watch Company are about to
aailc $4,000 addition to their factory, in the
shspe of a thrcc-s,ory Office building
Hops, which were I to 8 cents pound last
rear. have risen to 40 and so cents this year,
sxing to the failure Of The English hop crop.
NrS. ward, living IN Streator, Main street,
administered tea spoonful of laudanum to
Aer child one evening recently, which came
aaaa producing fatal results.
York has been commenced on the Aurora
street railway, q gang OF men being engaged
Ell preparing the ties. 1t is thought that IN q
neath the cars will be running.
4 swe,le by the name of Gelhcr, stranger
IN, Peru, while seeking work at one OF the
,gSsse factories last week, fel! and broke leg
de has been sent To his home III Moline.
The Elg,n watch Factory employs 1910
a.ois, ships 500 watches to Chicago every
IA, II pay rolf is $685. 400 per month, and the
rumber of hands will shortly be increased
roo.
Tae common c0unci, of Rockford Is about
"a, pass al ordinance making 1t msdcmean
or 10 construct or maintain along any street,
nley or public ground IN that city, u harbed
Bit fence.
The Joliet Schue,1rnvcrein will hold aprlze
sournament in that city on the 10Th ana 2ls'
mxa, at which terms OF shark-shooters from
a..awa, Bloomington, Peru, Aurora and Dav'
sDpOgt are expected 70 compete
Pour large mogul engines from tie BALDWIN
rEagks, numbering from Ala /" All, were re
;sc,ved 1T Aurora last week, and are being got
.taiy for the road. 1t is understood that ten
mere Of the same SIZE are yet to come
An exchange states that Judge Cation, OF
Ais city, some years ago sold out The Western
E,iop telegraph stock which lie picked up
9a very small price during war time, for an
income Of 100000 a year, for nnety-nint
gears.
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Rail.
assnpany are pusily engaged laying double
s.aek between Mokena and Blue Island. The
grsdlng is all finished between those stations
ant tic and track laying has already com
Nccced.
During the month of July, at the c. b. X
q oil house, at Aurora, Mr. Il l.. Streetcr dis
AIsed 20, 4i9 gallons OF engine OIL LII gal
aans lard OIL $40, gallons kerosene; 554'
pyands of tallow; 5000 pounds waste; 39lS
Ens Of coal and 1874 cords Of wood,
- THO Grundy county republican convention
IN Saturday last A. r. Jordan was nominated
10, county judge; Chas. ii. Ovcwocker TO
svanty clerk CLss. ID. Ferguson, sheriff; Jo
ssph H. Patterson, treasurer; Orrin n. Garter
superintendent Of schools; DR. f. R!dgeway
9gOner.
During the storm of Sunday week Lightning
aruck the residence Of Mr. Aaron Gum, sr
n the north part of La Sale, puncturing hol
q the foundation walls. Several of the in
mates Of this aud neighboring houses wer
badly shocked by the thunderbol,, but no on
sAs seriously injured.
Joliet Meas: Engineer Vanderhoof, Of tn
ssamer Welcome the property Of Norton
%, Of Lockport, was seriously injured at tina
1lsce on Saturday by the blowing out of
cylinder head. Not only was he badly scalt
I'd BY the escaping steam, but his leg suiIere
scompound fracture"
Judge sam Thomas, Of Morris, died In ths
city on Monday last. Of apoplexy. He wa
hrn in Pennsylvania in 1920, and went
Norris in 1854 He was county clerk for !
Successive years from 1861, and In 1877
aoagh not lawyer, was elected county judge
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