The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-02-18
NElaHBORK0oD NOTES
v,p,ous MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


Auro,. has organized T. Mercantile Associa
Gion." ~.
The stock of the Mendoza Fair association mas
all been subscribed.
p Howe grocer OF Seneca, has taken rs
mariner Mr.. Henry Hall, OF Ottawa.
Morrs amateurs will give Gilbert " SULLIVAN
"Trial by Jury" on next Friday evening
The contract for building Williams's paper
mil, IT streator has been let to local firm
Morris is discussing the license question IN inc
form of ss00 for spirit license and soo LOT Deer
license.
J.ssie Couthosi read at Morris on last evening
The Hon. SCHUYLER Cofax ia TO lecture there on
the 9th.
On Sunday evening the grain elevator OF Hem
,;np Bros at Lostant, was burned. ihe origin
of the fire is unknown.
The Aurora German Catholics VIII 'his }ear
erect a new church 60xl4O feet, to cost in the
neighborhood OF S65OOO
The Utica Sewer Pipe Co. and the Utica Fire
Brick Co. are building bridge across the canal
between the two works.
Morris has had Ten fires since July 81 last Tor
Ave of which no cause can be gwen unless !" oe
the work Of incendiares.
Martin Smell, Of Deer Park, is down with sihail
,ox. The supervisor has taken proper steps to
nrevent the infection of that neighborhooi
The Alton depot at streator was burned on
Wednesday evening. The origin OF the blaze Is
unknown Little property was saved from inc
baggage room.
On Sunday five converts Of the Baptist church
were baptized in the river, opposite the old town
al Marseilles. A large number were present TO-
witness the sacred rite.
Morris has just adopted an ordinance IN reia-
ton to auctoneers which calls for license fee OF
s25 per wear and 5 per cent. OF the gross amount
M all foreign goods sold, with bond OF SOW.
Frank Lamar and Dan Ilartwell, OF Morris,
sL;nned from that town "between trains" on
Friday night last They are very little short IN
their accounts and leave only few DEBTS hart
well, however, deserts wife, leaving her PENN
less.
Utica reyeled in prize fight" on Friday night,
the contestants being named DALEY and fet't'
The Gazetfe saws: AFTER eight rounds Daley
was compelled to throw up the sponge, Tor ne
was "a badly a whipped man as conld be found
For his $40 which he lost he got badly battered
face and black eyes,
It'll understood that the Geneva Grape Sugar
factory will resume business as soon as the rail
road company can put in switch and side track.
When running last year at one hall It's capacity
the factory received thirty cars OF freight every
week. and better facilities required to handle
il. Il also gave employment to seventy hands,
and paid out for labor each week about $500.
Aurora Beacon: "At the Aurora Silver Plate
ae;orv q hippopotsmus hide weighing l25I
pounds vas received the other day. 1t was a
trimmed hide nine by three feet in size and an
s-.eh and three quarters thick, and before being
sguet u looked more like great wide board
;nsu ANYTHING else II Is used for bluffs for clean
inr fte ware preparatory TO plating and is the
rt,oe; suitable r1stsriAI ye. found for that pur
yoss t.sing q spoBgy texture, sufficiently soft
q --ts1uot scratching, sno Jet exceedingly dura-
.1s a"
ycraa11es Rez4',r: upon examination Of the |
records, 81 Ottawa it is found that the plot of
al. or nearly all, the additions to the Town OF
Nsrseilles has never been filed for record or
recorded. The purchaser Of the Land " Water
Power Company's interest agreed to pay 800 to-
wards having it recorded, and Messrs. Adams
80. This leaves about $40 to be made up byI
our citizens, and p. A. Butterheld was appointed
70 solicit subscribers to make up the balance,
and, we are informed, had no trouble in raising
the amount, and the plat will be recorded at
once"
The report Of the Secretary of the Aurora Sill.
yer Plating Works shows: The total sales for
the wear 1881 amounted TO sl45, S550s. and the
cash collections were sl2S96345 The largest
sales In single month were SGT, u, for De-
cember; and the cash collections for that month
were $40 95l.S7. The total expense for the year
Of salosmen on the road was sl3, 2o927 The in
debtedness of the company Is, on bonds, slj 900;
other bills payable, S3G, $40 03-a total OF SOL,
500. o. The Indebtedness was reduced last yrnr
81, 1913 90 and during the past four years o3S,4OO
The capital stock of the company is about $3.50,
DOO-ln common stock; and the net assets are
SOL, 551 80.
Kankakee Gdzc,te: The KanKakcG Il Seneca
are making preparations to put on another
mixed train next week. The time card has not
yet been definitely arranged, but 1t is probable
that the train will arrive in Kankakee from Sen.
eca in time TO make connection with the east
bound express on the C.. I. st. L. IL C., and Will
leave going west upon the arrival of the 800
mail train from Cincinnati II this arrangement
should be decided upon the people of kankakee
will be benefited by the trade which 1t will bring
in from the western part of the county, and the
latter will be greatly accommodated in being
able TO come 10 Kankakee in the forenoon and
return to their homes In time for supper"
Yorkville Record: "A committee Of the Seth
Illinois has held two meetings in Yorkvllle re-
Gently to consider the erection of monument to
Colonel Olson. The regiment has 800 on hand
aud will put up the shaft in the MllingtoR GENE.
terry. The contract was let on Tuesday to Bald
win 81 Kuyl, Of Ottawa, for $3.50. The monu-
ment is TO be IS feet high, of medium dark Quin.
cy granite, surmounted by a ball and eagle Of
Italian marbe-all finished In handsome man