The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28

lutTc was u IHuU III uOtubu tOWH,
And he was wondrous wise;
He jumped into q Broadway coach,
With dust In both his eyes.
But when he found ne had no "change,
He pulled the strap, jumped nimbly out,
With firm grasp on Lis cane,
And walked the pave again.
-Erdtic Enrique.
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Streator Free Press: Some facetious
heather calls attention to Supervisor Hoge's
report as chairman OF the committee to
settle with county officers. In it he says,
substantially: "Your favorable attention Is
called to the large increase in the receipts
of the sheritf's office" This miserable
hyena who pointed this out says it is like
congra,ualating the minister who preached
IN the penltentiary for having such large
audience The fact is, however, that on n
business of $96S9.74 IN six months the pres
ent sheriff has collected $2,030.40 of costs,
while his predecessor in an entire year, on
business OF $l0,302G3, collected only ST.
323O4. That is just so much saved for the
county and is well worth having the favor
able attention of the board called to 1t. The
trouble is where the officers are paid sal
airy they grow careless about collecting
costs, as It is nothing to them, although
the costs properly belong to the county.
The county boards of nearly every county
in the state are having trouble over the
collection OF costs due the county, and II
an officer is found dong his full duty,
where others are Negligent he should have
credit for it,
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La Sale Democrat: "The attendance dur.
ing this week at the teachers institute has
greatly increased and the work is beng
vigorously pushed by the corps OF instruc'
tors. Very marked interest Is shown by
the teachers present and 1t Is safe to say
the schools of the county will receive a
wldefelt stimulus from the work done here
County Superintendent Stockdale has aim.
ed to call about him instructors OF whose
work and professional standing he has
taken rams to inform himself, and a short
call satisfied US OF the abundant wisdom OF
his course. 1t not untrequently happens
that some foreign celebrity is called to
dazzle and astound the teachers Of county
who are supposed to shine hereafter by his
reflected light. He has broken through
this custom and the teachers of La Sale
county have great occasion to thank HIM
for so doing. We think the young teach
ers of this county who fail to attend this
institute will lose an opportunity which IN
the coming time they will regret
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Aurora Bedc0n: The first car on the C.
IN. w. r. r. will be received by the firm
of Mason Bros, who have bought acarload
of -four from Winona, Mimi, to DE ship
ped direct to Aurora at Chicago rates OF
freight"
La Sale Dcmocrdt: The arbitrary meas
ures OF the telephone company in eXaCting
toll rates between this city and Ottawa has
caused its patrons here, to about the num-
Der Of 90, to order out their phones On
Water street, Peru, but one telephone re-
mains, together with few others IN w
Iious parts of that city. Out of The 81 tce.
phones IA THIS clty and Peru not 10 will
remain at the end Of the quarter, Oct I, il
the company persists IN It's present suicidal
policy. Ii is not alone the severmg Of the
Ottawa connection that meets with disfa-
vor, but the eXtortlonate rate of S4S per an.
mum which compels business men to dis
continue fayoring such "A monopoly. Can
didly and honestly Speeding THE Democrat
does not understand why the property OF
the telephone company should be exempt
from taxation. 1t should be compelled to
pay its just share OF local taxation the same
as othc: taxpayers. Other cities this size
require an annual license fee OF from 500
to $500 to he paid into the city treasury
and we know Of no clause in the agreement
between this city and the company that
would debar such q fee, if the council
passed a requirement to that effect"