The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22
Vicinity Items.

Mendotaiuns are lrylng TO RAISE $500 IL
pay Tor hearing BccCner talk to them.
The Piano rWine Binder Co are Just
completing another large stone builuiug
and, it Is reported, viii III the spring IN
crease their force ,roni 400 men To thous-
and.
Aiosu Barber has completed his job OF
grading the approach 10 the north abut--
ment OF the MilnnglOn bridge. Eb Barber
has the piers and abuliuents completed
ready for the iron supers,ructure.
Chas. j. DevlIn' has resigned as Secl e.
tary OF the Union Coal Co., at La Sale, to
accept the position of general manager Ior
the new coal company about TO begin the
development OF a tract OF 1900 acres west
OF Peru, recently purchased
An exchange says that thirty-iive acres
OF corn on the j. &. Waterman estate near
Sycamore recently sold at auction for $50,
and when the purchaser had hushed day
on 1t h "cut and offered so If the admin.
istratois would give BACK his note 1t
wouldn't pay Tor husNlng.
The T., b. " q gives Mendoza free
water for fire PURPOSES from their pond.
The city Will lay 900 feet OF main, Il; a
cost, estimated, ior pipe and laying OF
$1,000; and 1000 feet OF nose anu Ii car
rage. The pressure from the steam pump
at the railroad tank will throw the water
over one hundred feet in height
Peru Noes: The fastest time ever made
on the c.. X. |. IL +. road was made On
Tuesday last 10y engineer TwombIry, a
young man but II years old. The ram
was late and left Geneseo at 2 :39 T.. NJ, and
arrived at Chicago at D: go; a distance Of
100 miles IN l9l minutes, and made n, reg
ular stops, which number IL"
Peru Ne,rs: "On Saturday last the Coke.
ley farm, OF 81 acres, three and u halt mics
southwest OF Peru, was sold 10 Mr.. SchNao
at SO per acre, the coal under II having
been sold II tcw days previous for 81 per
acre. Tie farm was purchased in 1880, by
MIR. COkeley, for $780, and has been IL
possession OF himself and hls heirs since
that time"
The officers oi Stre9,Or post, G.. \. r.,
are +. +. Bale, commander; X. l.. Meiri-
man, :. Y. Com; Elmer B.cuu, J. v
Com. j. II. 1aggart, chaplain; Dr. " Gods,
surgeon; }. Ii. Hill, officer OF he day W
J. Kelly, officer vi the guard 5. K, Nc,
Feeley and +. Bacon, representatives 10 the
grand encampment; W. ". Bean aud v III.
Ley, alternat.s.
Rockford CLAIMS To he The scCOhu Elahu-
featuring cry IN he Sale, und from Stats
ties CAREFUL, CUmpi,u hy the Go-ette II
appears that tie amount ~ capital invested
is S4,SSI ,JSS; number Of hands employed,
1887; anauai pay roll T2,Ui0,S10; and The
annual pruduc, $l0O2@, leo.
Dekalh Ci,Hontcir. Among the CuriOsi-
ties lncid, III III The late DAIRY meeting WAS
a machine hr cNIiaCjiuS the cream from
the milk Immediately alter II comes from
the COW, without scll!uS or holding. Such
machine vas TN eAhlbiiiyn III Gurier
Bros. factory, anu dlu lis work perfectly,
using 100 pounds Of niilk per hour
The Gd.ette saws tie Rockford W atch Co.
are turning out numner OF twenty-fOur
hour watches. 10 the common movement
the hour hand has forty-elght teeth, and
the centre pinlou twelve. But ID order TO
&c, one revolution OF the hour hand in
tweDty-four hours in the new movement,
there has = the eight times the number Of
teeth Ia tie hour wheel as there IS In the
centre pibion. They are being made for
eastern jeVe!ry firms. twill probably be
years before th' ~ will l~ general den and
nor hem.