The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-14

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= The miners of La Sale are out on
! strike. They were offered 60 cents for md
J die ana 70 cents for third vein, a reduction
a of Is cents ton. Quite a large majority
, are willing to accept the Sueator scale Of
prices, bat there are very few who will
take the offer as made
Negotiations have been concluded be
, tween Bishop Spaulding and Rev VIM
Choka, of Streator, for three and onehall
lots on south Illinois street, for the Saint
, Adelbert Bohemian Catholic church con-
gregation, who Will Immediately com
mence the erection Of church building
La Sale Democrat. "On last Friday af.
ternoon as NJ. Godfrey was at work on the
, telephone line between here and DIIa-
J mick station, he received a fatal stroke
from the sun and died shortly afterward.
He was "a native Of Ireland, 27 years of age,
and had three brothers living at Nation,
this state.
According to the Elgln -ldrocate, 1.-The
school census Just taken shows that city to
have population OF 10 43S-an increase
of 1000 since the previous school CELSIUS
was taken, and over 1900 since the L. s.
census was taken three years ago. 1t Is
claimed that the CITY now has 1880 more
people than the entire township then con-
tanned.
The Mendoza city council has adopted
an ordinance levyIng and assessing tax Of
$4,000 on the real and personal property Of
the city, for the following purposes: So,
600 to pay the bonded Indebtedness OF the
city. $500 to pay interest on bonded in
debtedness and 500 to pay for public I'm.
provements and current expenses Hap
ply Mendoza!
Edward Blaiker, OF Streator, was struck
by lightning on Thursday week, in the
back Of the neck. He tell to the sidewalk
unconscious, where he was subsequently
picked up by some member of the family
and carried home. He was unable to ut
ter word that night and his spinal col
umn was paralyzed. He could talk lit
tie next morning, but has to he turned over
in bed, having lost the use of his back.
T. w. Bowie, the tramp printer, who
tapped the Free Press money drawer on
the 9Th for $l9, was captured IL Michigan
city, Indiana, by marshal Smith and
brought to Streator. At his pre!lmin-
airy trial on Saturday before Esq BLAND
in, he waived examination and was bound
over 10 the sum Of $500 to await the action
of the grand jury He was brought to OF
tawa on Monday.
Mendoza is trying to work out Il water
works system and has decided in favor of
big well on rise of ground just outside
the city. 1t is said that water vein I'M
derlying 10000 acres runs to that point
and they propose TO dig big well and
erect stand pipe that will give pressure
enough to throw two streams of water onto
The top of any building in the city for one
hour. They also propose to have pump
Tag engine to take water directly from the
we'll for fire purposes. They estimate the
entire cost of the works at $4,000.
Fdirjury Independent: We were shown
a natural curiosity on Wednesday, in the
shape of worm which was found alive in
an egg. 1t was eight or ten inches in
length, with head and about three inches
of body we'll developed, 1t was submit
ted to A. II. Mundt, who pronounced II q
species of tape worm, and he sent il to
Washington to have it properly classed.
Mrs. Pierce, the lady who broke the egg
containing 1t, says that 1t Travelled around
IN good shape when dropped into a pan.
1t is rare animal to be found IN an egg
The c., b. & O. X. r. Co. has com
menced action against the supervisor OF
the town of Aurors, to compel him to pay
to its treasurer its proportion of the mon
eys in the town treasury, known as the
Fox River Valley r. r. funds, The
amount which VIII 90 to the G., b. * G.,
should this suit be decided in its favor, Is
somewhere about $4,000. This is the mon
ey that was voted, at last town meeting
day, into the hands of the highway com.
miss,oners, to be used in the recons,ruc'
ton Of the Fox street bridges.
There is hardly doubt but that the
Ball Corset Co. will locate their factory In
Aurora. Aurora raises $1,000 for the fac
tory. The company employ 400 hands in
Chicago, but they require more room, and
go there for the purpose of enlarging their
facilities, and will employ at least 500 op-
eratives The building they propose to
erect will be Of BRICK, 6lx150 feet in size
and four stories. They are anxious to
commence work Immediately and have the
factory in operation by the first OF SEP
tember so as to be ready for the fall trade.
They employ girls mostly, and their wages
range from SO to $40 per week.
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