The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-05

Fish Commissioner 5. i. McDOle planted
$4,000 young fish in the river at Aurora on
Tuesday morning, above the dams They
were all native Illinois fish, consisting OF
croppy, bass, perch, hickory shad, buffalo ana
shad. He left Quincy with 10000, but lost
5000 on the way in consequence OF heat,
The boot and shoe merchants of La Sale
have agreed to keep their stores closed on
Sundays. The rule goes into effect on August
lG. Saturday evenings 1t has been the custom
TO keep open till eleven o'clock; nevertheless
the clerks have had to be up carly to open
again the next morning. The Peru NerS
says, This is an example that other trades
will do well to follow"
John S. Lord, chief of the state bureau OF
statistics, in recent letter says LA Sale
county has this year outs,ripped st. CLAIR
county, both IN production and capital EN-,
ployed and now stands at the head OF all coal
producing counties in the State. | expect
also to be able to show IN our next report that
our total production of the State exceeds that
of Ohio, and Is only exceled by that of Penn.
sylvania."
A Seneca coal miner on Saturday sat while
pretty drunk on the railroad track to doze.
Soon a freight came laundering along and
lifting him up hurled him about forty feet to
one side. The tram was stopped ana The men
started back to shovel up the remains, but In
stead of finding mangled mass of flesh and
bones they found the man coolly looking
around for his hat He first denied having
been struck, but at last acknowledged the
corn.
A son of Fred Kraft, aged II years, of Kan.
kakee, residing in the vicinity of the brick
yards, died on Wednesday of lockjaw, caused
by wound in the hand from the bursting of
blank cartridge. The accident occurred last
week Monday and lockjaw set IN on Saturday
last with the usual accompanlments of rlgldity
of all the muscles of the body, and paroXysms.
The lad refused to tell how the accident oc.
Cured, and also declined to take medicine
On Thursday last Thomas Wend, of High.
land township, Grundy Co., while starting for
home from Seneca dropped one of the lines {;
stepping over the dashboard with one foot he
placed it on the axle and when reaching for
the line the horses cramped so that his left
leg was caught between the spring and axle,
cutting It IN two between the knee and ankle.
He was carried to a friends house where he
was attended by Drs. Cymer and Underhlll,
who amputated the limb over the knee but
he lived only a few moments after the opera.
ton was completed. His wife reached him
Just as he was breathing his last.
Rev l.. N. Golf, of the Baptist church of
Morris, was on Monday declared insane. For
some time peculiarites had lead to a belief In
his insanity, but his friends and family hoped
II might pass away without any serious conse-
quence, and had INDUCED him in every way
to try and bridge over the difficulty. But IN
tins hope they were sadly disappointed.
About two weeks ago he commenced series
of services upon the streets, which brought
his misfortune more prominently before the
general public. Ills friends endeavOred toI
persuade him TO desist, but this seemed only
to bring the crisis the sooner, and on Thurs
day last he became somewhat violent, and it
became necessary TO have some one watch him
that be did not do himself or family harm.