The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
Our Neighbors.

Holm A. johnson, oil MOTIFS has pceu hei"
under $500 bonds on a charge OF forgery
voupr man working on Ed. stilson's farm
m HarI received a sunstroke on Thursday last
s,xty.seyen applications Tor liquor licenses
have been made in Joliet whcre 'hc iee 10
$500
The Grht of Mendoza against Forris'ai'
marshal. cost the city over 5000 The JUG
sneni was $S025O.
NJ Johnson, Swede of hankakee, working
in stone quarries, died OF suns'roSe on last
Saturday afternoon.
Abraham Allen, of Wenona, after suffering
with an encephaloid cancer in his riSh' ioo'
Ynr two wears has had the foot ampu'a'eo'
Rockford is liable TO be illuminated by
electricity ere long. 1t is proposed TO form d
MOCK company for that purpose, with cspi'
Gal Of $4,000.
Two cars loaded with live chickens from
Kansas city to New York passed through on
nc Rock Island few days ago In the two
sars there were $500 chickens
Work has commenced upon the extension
M he telephone system from Aurora TO uehe'
IN from which point connection VIII DC maze
.iih Chicago, and also all the uprlver towns.
The buildings of the Streator glass works
.re all up and enclosed. The west part OF the
yns,n building was struck by lightning on
Sunday night, but the stroke only spin'ered
AFTER.
pa Sale has organized musical association
t,rn
ser annum. Gus Weller is president Miss
Jessie Treat vice president, Frank Bllsh secre
cary, and Miss Jennie Mason treasurer.
The third annual meeting at the La Sale
a1lyiug Park will take place on Aug. Dds
inclusive. The prizes offered amount to S40Oo
'Fhere will be two races on each OF the flrsi
I'VE days and three on each OF the last two.
Samuel Plumb, Esq, whose illness at Colo
,rsd6 Springs we mentioned some time ago,
died at that place on Saturday last. The re.
nalns reached Streator on tuesday. The
saneral took place from the residence, Rev. j.
Blanchard preaching.
Ia Sale Press Peter Cummings fell
from the roof of Burkart's boarding house,
ahe building Just east of the Press office, on
friday morning, June %, and suffered severe
aoncussion of the spine. He is very badly
Injured, his lower limbs being partially par.
alyzed."
Some Suea,or imps perpetrated fendish
1rnnk on Sunday at North Streator. They
onught kitten, and after ssturatlng Its fur
With kerosene, set fire to It. The little creature
relied and Shrieked IN torment, and the dia-
soliGaI little 6ends laughed with glee at its
suffering.
The stockholders of the Plano Nanutactur.
ng Co. held a meeting at their Office Monday,
and by unanimous vote decided to doublel
.i,eI7capital STOCK making it 100000 Z. II.
Cannon and f. J. Huse, of Batavia repre-.
Hnt,ng upwards OF $4,000, were present.
'N,ecompany will manufacture 8 900 machines
nn1t year, agains, 1900 this year.
Reporter. THE people OF Mendoza find
themselves brought face to face with the ag.
,,ayating fact that we are without ice this
ssmmer. No ice was put up only by private
parties for private use, and the less fortunate
s:itizen WILL be obliged to deny himself his &C.
misunderstanding iced tea and other luxu
tses and take his butter with spoon"
Sweater Free Press: The track on the
Threerd road will be completed through the
Blackstone cut IN a couple Of days more, III
Che rains do not interfere toomuch, and then q
weeks work will bring the engine down toI
where they left off grading at the Wabash
track 1t is now surmised that the Wabash Isl
Do be utilized IN coming into towC, at least for
.he present"
On Saturday at No 9 shaft, S.rea.or, while
Tom Maunders and helpers were taking their
IRON man back to the machine shop for repairs
he troller jumped the track on the entry. I'M
crying to get it back on the road, they some
way lost control OF the machine, and it came
crashing down, pick foremost, on Maunders.
Il glanced by the side OF his head and cut a
1srrible cash IN his shoulder.
Streator Free Press Andrew Gosclyn isl
.lsconsolate. When he came home from OF
awa Saturday night, where his wife had con.
benien,ly arranged for him to be, he found his
BONE deserted and about $7j Of hardearned
money missing. After some inquiry he found
ais wife had eloped with Jack Owensburg,
and the two had gone to Wilmington IN Peoria
eCnnty, where they are now probably baskius
IN each others smiles
A Plano correspondent informs the Record
:ha, c. b. Clark, OF Earl, bought clip OF
WOOL last week, taken from a flock OF sheep
Hhich had not been shorn for two years. This
5eece was nearly double the usual length, but
he end of the first years growth was plainly
5lscernible, and the second years growth was
shOrter than the first The entire flock had
retained the fleece instead of shedding It at
The usual shearing time the first year
Joliet Signal: "a curious accident hap
-,sup1 at tho upu mill Wadnaad.,. "a N, ,,,os