The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
Suburban Gatherings.

Col. Plumb is laying out another auui
lion 10 Streator.
The McC all tsrm near Wenona has beer
sold for $26,350.
The Utica Baptist church is going t.
have new organ.
A Chautauqua reading club has been or
ganized at Slreator.
The Wilmington Coal Co.'S October pay
roll at Sreator was S55,O00
On Saturday Mr.. NJ. Muloody, OF III
Sale, dropped dead of heart disease.
The 81. road has opened an office il
streator, with Charley Smith as agent.
The Aurora Silver Plating Works EN-
ploy 1875 hands, and are crowded with or
jers.
On Saturday Kate Scheuring, at La
Sale, tiled to kindle fire with kerosene
and was feartuly burned.
The Mathlesen 81 Hegeler Zinc Co., OF
La Sale, are laying the foundations for an
other mammoth smelling furnace, TO be
heated by gas.
Gotlleb LaissiDg hurt in Strealcr mine
las, week, had to have leg amputated to
save bis life and has been brought to the
county asylum.
Last week the home Of j. Z, Merritt,
Two miles west of Lostant, was burned and
.lso $500 IN notes An over. heated stove
set fire TO the roof
Frank Grabezk, Of La Sale, while eros
sing the Little Vcrmilllon railroad bridge
at La Sale on Saturday was struck by a
freight and killed.
On last Saturday Judge Underhill, OF
Peru, sent Charles Connors to the Ottawa
Jail in default of $500 bail tor stealing an
overcoat from James Cahll.
Jack McHugh, of La Sale, former
swi,chman IN the Rock Island yard, has
been arrested for stealing live hogs from a
cor in transit through La Sale.
Robert Graham, near otreator, Is said, to
have raised $50 bushels Of Burbank seed
ing potatoes b the acre this season. and
20 bushels OF White Elephant and Baby
OF Harlem.
Billy Sumner, Of North atreator, while
gong home from town Saturday night was
waylaid by some thug who struck him a
savage blow on the mouth, cutting the lip
clear through,
Minnie Morarty, of Streator, made a
desperate effort to commit suicide on last
Monday evening, trying TO throw herself
under Wabash train. She was prevented
by Car Inspector Rlsley.
rhe City National Bank, OF La Sale, be
gan business on Nov. LIST, with capital of
100000. II. d. Brown ia president; W.
G. Brown, cashier; and Chas. Diesterweg,
.LO'Conor, J. NJ. WEIGH, B. Murtaugh,
A. [. Hartshorn, c. r. Brown, II. ID.
Brown, w. c. Brown and |. W, Rogers, di.
IcCtors.
On last Saturday morning, as the night
express was nearing the depot at Mendoza,
an'express messenger named Hugh Nair
ran beside the train to throw his money
tag into the express car, but slipped and
Tell beneath the wheels, having both legs
sc crushed and mangled that amputatlon
vas necessary, and he expired Sunday al
,crnoOn.
There IS rumor that a western connec.
non for the g. Il A. is soon to be formed.
The scheme now proposed Is for the Iowa
Central to build a road from Ottumwa to
Lacon and then 10 effect consolidation
with the c. q 4. If this plan be carried
out 1t will give VS. a direc. and easy outlet
90 the west. /, is said that some such con.
nection will surely be made by the G. Il A.
within year.
La Sale Democrat: "A stabbing affray &C.
cured between two Polish residents early
Tuesday morning on Eighth street which
may probably result fatally. 1t seems that
there has been bad blood between them for
some time, and they met on that morning
and had some words as to which was the
most glorious party, the Dem. or Rep. The
Dem. Pole knocked the Rep. down and tor
his fun was stabbed. The chances are
about even for life or death. The Demo
crat is in bed and the Republican skipped
the premises So each party lost vote on
Tuesday"
La Sale Democrat: peter Tasting is an
employee of the Rock Bluff Cement Works
Of which the well-known, ever happy j. N
Flinck is superintendent Peter carries
pistol, and with that gun he came to town
last Saturday On returning home in the
evening he cooked the weapon and placed
ii in his trousers pocket to be handy IN
case highwaymen attacked him. In some
manner, which he cannot clearly account
for the tarnel thing went off, and the
ball passed through the calf of his leg
making an ugly wound. He didn't vote
on Tuesday"
Streator Free Press: at Is estimated that
about so cars OF stone have been put on the
finished block of macadam. AT $40 per
car the cost of stone per block at this rate