The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-30
The News

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The News.
A Long Branch dispatch states that Gen
n Grant declines to serve as u commissioner
tonegot!ate acommerclal treaty with Mex
leo.
Hogs have been steadily advancing in
the leading markets, so that the quotations
at Chicago yesterday were 500 to S9.15-
the highest figure reached since the war
Who says water routes are not necessary
to keep down freightss Rates on corn and
wheat from Chicago to Buffalo are now
~ and Ia cents per bushel. The lowest
rates by rail, in the face o, this competi
ton, is 8 and cents. Without 1t, the rail
roads would charge or 10 cts
st. Paul is jubilant over the discovery,
made by sinking an artcsian well, that
the city is underlaid at depth Of $50 feet
by q bed of the richest iron ore AZ feet In
thickness.
The National Postoliice Department in
making up its accounts to June 30th,
makes the CRAFTY ing discovery that for the
first time in 25 years, the department is
not only selfsustaining but Will have u
surplus of million to put into the treasury.
The immigration to this country from
abroad during the month Of July was 65,
010 against 56,60S for the corresponding
month last year. Of these 1920 were
from Germany, $500 from England and
Wales, 5G3s from Ireland, and 1889 from
Canada.
The surveyors OF the Hennepin canal
will commence work on the 1st OF Septtm.
Der. 1t will be under The general superin.
tendence Of engineer II. b. Herr. There
will be two surveying parties. On the main
line from Hennepin to the Mississippi the
work will be in charge of engineer Chas.
Z. Taft, in whose party will be "a men.
The second party, Numbering Is men, will
start from Dixon, on Rock River.
A natural gas well recently developed at
Bloomington, ILL.,, attracts hundreds OF visl
tors Experts say that 100000 feet of IL.
Illuminating material escapes daily through
a twoinch pipe, showing q pressure of
eighty-fve pounds. In the basement of
Dayld DAVIS block is gas we'll which in
winter Is used in heating the furnace.
Yellow feye: steadily keeps up It's rate
OF ABOUT 50new cases day both at Browns.
vile and Matamoras, but with singularly
light mortality, the deaths averaging but 2
or 3 n day. In Havana the disease seems
to be more fatal. With 80 new cases day
the deaths average 90. 4 case occurred
at Pensacola, Fla, on Monday, but caused
no alarm. When, however, on Tuesday |
there we're nine new cases, the greatest ex-
element prevailed.
The region of the Colorado River in |
Texas, was visited by a destructive flood |
on the Goth inst At Fort Concho and |
Benficklin nearly all the buildings were
swept away, the loss of property being |
placed at 100000, and several persons
were drowned.
A horrible murder was committed last |
Saturday morning at the farm house of
John Dustin, three miles south Of Kewa.
nee. in this state Mrs. Maggie Copeland
was left IN charge of the house while the
rest of the household went to neighbours
to thresh oats Some one entered the
house during the forenoon and shot and |
killed her, and robbed the house Of consld.
cradle money, notes and other valuables.
A man named Makinson is under arrest |
on suspicion of having committed the
murder, having been seen near the Cope.
land residence about the time the crime
was committed, and pistol balls found in
the body of the murdered woman fitted a
pistol IN his possession.
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