The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-02-03

settlers hereabouts.
James Kelly, brakeman IN the Streato
c., b, & Q, yard, on Saturday afternoon
while coupling passenger coaches, had Ill
head caught between the platforms oftw'
coaches which very nearly crushed hi
skull. He was picked up in an unconsci
Gus state, but soon rallied under medica
care and will recover. This is the fourtl
time that MIR. Kelly has been squeezed b.
cars since he has commenced railroading
An exchange says: The Congregations
church of Dwight, having found 1t difb
cult to support q pastor, concluded some
months ago 10 get along without one ant
instead Of regular preaching service t.
meet as usual and have some one OF thei
number read a sermon selected from
among the published productions of thu
leading thinkers ofthc day. The plan ha'
proved SO satisfactory that they will prob
ably keep it up. The congregations have
increased and the mem ers feel an interest
IN the work they never felt before
Utica Neus.: although he has been to
tally blind for many years, Robert Martin
carries on retail cigar business in New
ark without the help of a clerk. Besides
being able to make change readily and
correctly, and keeping track of the various
kinds of tobacco and cigars, and other ar
tlcles in his show case, he Is reckoned a
clever euchre player, 81 have pricked a
certain number of pin holes" he explained
on Saturday, I'm certain places on the
cards, and by sliding my fingers over
them find out instantly what each card
is"
On Wedno sday the police of Streator ar
rested gang Of five drunken hoodlums,
and were taking them TO jail, when near
the Streator House one If the gang, named
Jackson, struck policeman Ryan IN the
back OF the head with a piece of sulphur,
telling HIN 10 the ground, but as quick as
lightning policeman White produced his
revolver and shot the tramp through the
heshy part of the leg, the ball narrowly
missing the bone. The wounded prisoner
was taken to the calaboose and locked up,
the other four having run away during the
ARRAY However, another of tho crowd
was captured later In the night, and on
Thursday morning tho remaining three
were secured. Policeman Ryan was con
veyed to his homo, where he now lies, sui
ferlng great pain from the wound in his
head and kicks about the face.
Since the great steel mills have shut
down at Joliet the suffering among the
poor has been very great and the super
visor says that he has granted relief to at
least thousand persons. The poor fund
has been entirely exhausted and the super
visor gives notice that while he will con,
unue issuing orders there will be no mon
ey to pay them for year He has used
great care in granting relief, only allowing
it to those whom he finds on personal IN.
vestigation to be most worthy. The need
is so great that public meetings have been
called to devise some plan Of systematic
relief by the citizens generally. One sad
commentary on the habits Of men is
brought out by this suffering however.
The supervisor says that very large ma
jority OF the cases OF restitution are found
in the families OF men who have been Civ.
en- to drink. ...ss.... .r.a.tss. ..
Nellie Roughton, of Streator, reader of
novels who found home irksome and went
away, leaving no trace of her whereabouts,
after weeks absence has been found,
says the Free Press, "at MIA. ii. Patter.
sons, five miles south. west of town. The
day she went away she went 70 Robert
Holmes in the same nelghborhood where
she s,aid until last Wednesday when she
went to Mr.. Patterson's. She gave her
name rs Myrtle Hazard" and said she
had no home and was looking fer place
where she could work for her board and go
tooNuooi' hS thC WCh'hCi "ho ~ VSfS
Geld Mrs. Holmes kept her there for sew
eral days before they permitted her to look
further. Mr.. Patterson kindly took her in
and kept her, and she had started to
school. Yesterday Mrs. Patterson saw in
the paper the account of the lost girl, and
suspicioning that Myrtle" was the one she
charged her with being Nellie Roughton.
She at once owned up. MIR. Patterson
came In this morning and wanted Nellie
to come with him but she preferred to stay
out there"
A pleasant surprise was given MIR. and
Mrs. Chamberlain Of West Ottawa Tues.
day evening, by numerous friends coming
In to assist that worthy couple IN the Oh
servanCe Of the tenth anniversary of their
marriage. The usual complement of TIN
ware was bountitul.
London Letter.
Regular Correspondent.
LONDON, Jan. 20, 1888.
Mr.. Gladstonc's indispositIon, though
sufficiently severe TO prevent his journey to
hn Al