The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-28
Our Neighbors.

opened Nov. 9th by grand Dali.
Mr. N. w. Duncan, Of La Sale, on
Tuesday last married Miss Mary A. Stu
art.
The foundation was laid this week for
q round house for the Pekin road at Strea-
tor.
The stockholders of the Union National
Bank, Slreator, have voted to increase their
capital from $4,000 to 100000.
George Railton, farmer living west OF
Wenona was thrown from his wagon by a
runaway team on Saturday and had hip
fractured.
Chris. Fisher, of Streator, it is reported
was swindled out of large amount OF
money on his way to Iowa, by the usual
form Of confidence game.
1t takes 80 cars Of stone at Sl2 per car to
macadamize Streator street the distance
of one block Kankakee stone is being
tried IN addition to Joliet stone.
Philo Barber, of Lostant, manufactured
about 1900 gallons of syrup from his 90
acre field of sorghum. He also made up
large amount for his neighbors on
shares.
Intelligence was received in Streator on
Saturday that Richard Burton, resident
of Strestor four or five weeks ago, was run
over by freight tram near Bristol, Ind,
last week, and instantly killed.
Kerian Maddocks, of La Sale, died on
last Friday afternoon. His funeral took
place Sunday under the direction OF the
A. o. H., of which he was member.
Some thirty-five members attended from
this city.
A new mandatory, the Aurora Ma
chine and Tool Company, has commenced
the erection of new building In that city
and will have their institution in operation
within sixty days. They will devote their
time to local work. and to the manufacture
of lathes, and to the various adaptations of
the JIG saw.
The Kankakee knitting factory gives
employment to eighty. five persons, and is
running twenty-eight machines until nine
o'clock at night. The factory is $4,000 be-
hind its orders. This season the demand
is larger tor extra fine goods than at any
time previous. Ten machines are kept run
uing on this kind of work.
Streator Free Press, "a most painful and
unusual accident befell Tom Smith, a
miner al Eagle shaft. lie some way al
lowed wedge to drop point foremost from
the top Of the coal onto his foot 1t struck
about the center of his foot and went clean
through that member and the shoe that en-.
veloped it. The wound is causing MIR.
Smith severe suffering and the foot Is
swelled to twice the ordinary size"
The stagnation Of the bottle business in
the west this season Is having depressing
effect on the Streator makers, and the Free
Press says: st Is reported, and with con-
siderable color of truth, that the bottle
works company are seriously contemplat-
ing changing their present establishment
into window glass factory. They cannot
afford to allow their capital and plant to
remain unemployed without considerable
loss, and it is thought that about $4,000
will more than enable them to go into the
manufacture OF window glass and at the
same time leave them IN a condition to re-
turn to bottle-making whenever the trade
would warrant ~
On the 23d two professional iorgers were
arrested IN Morris by local officers and a
Chicago man. On Aug. 90, the men OPP
ened an account with bank at Racine
Shortly thereafter they presented draft
on the Chatham National Bank OF New
York to the amount of 500. On this draft
they drew $3.50 and took certificate of
deposit for the remainder, and then went
to Morris, where they commenced opera
ting rs at Racine, but were fooled IN their
design by the cashier Of the Morris bank,
who, being acquainted with the Racine
matter, at once notified the bank. Request
ton papers were procured, and the arrest
followed, and the prisoners taken to Ra-
cine. Their names are F. NJ Brown, OF
Stanton, Mich, and Thomas Cardomy, Of
New York.