The Ottawa free trader., 1883-06-23
Vicinity Items.

factory at De Kalb last month amounted
to $4,000,
NJ. Horrgau's residence at La Sale
was burned on Thursday afternoon u
week; loss, $500.
Arrangements have been completed ior
the erection of an Opera House by the
Turner's of Mendota this summer.
Wednesday night, according to the hec-
ard the old Yorkville paper mill turned
out G3OO pounds ofpaper in thirteen hours
On Tuesday John Chester, aged - years
vas drowned at La Sale while out sailing,
the boat being capsized bya squaII. Three
others in the boat were saved.
The new St. Antonlous German Catholic
church, Streator, is rapidly approaching
completion and Its conservation IS al pres
en-, being viewed with lively interest
Judge Kline, who has recently been
nominated for governor OF Iowa on the
democratic ticket, was formerly Men
dota boy and studied and praclced law
here.
On Wednesday morning, Frank b.
Blish, book keeper Of the La Sale Nation
al bank, was united In marriage to MISS
Minnie Bronson at the residence OF the
brides mother IN Chicago.
Streator NoAtt0r: G. l.. Hoffman, OF
Eagle township, reports that IN his section
the corn Is quite promising, having much
better stand and being much less damaged
nv water than IN the northwestern part OF
Livingston county.
Suit has been commenced by Judge
pillsbury in the Livingston county circuit
court against the Chicago & Alton rail-
road company for $4,000 damages on &C
count of the wound he received while
riding upon their cars last summer.
On Friday, June 80, Tie La Sale and
peru Empress Will make its first appear
ance 1t will be German paper, s col
umn folio, and will be edited and managed
nv Mr.. Carl Strack. This Is the first Ger
man daily in the county, and will be ably
edited, we are assured.
According to statement just made, the
G. B. & @. r. II. own and operate l4,59l
freight cars and 2Sj passenger coaches.
If the cars were placed in straight track
they would reach over IS miles. They are
valued at nearly two million dollars. IL
REQUIRES 42S engines to keep them in mo-
ton.
La Sale Democrat; The La Sale county
teachers normal drill will be held this
wear at the high school building In this
city, and Will be IN session about three
weeks. II has not been definitely settled
whether the drill Will begin July 1G or Ju
" %, but it will be one or the other OF
those dates.
Peru NerS; The Peru Business Mems
Association are not altogether pleased
with the manner in which the grain buy
ers of the city manage matters, and hay'
directed the executive committee to inves
tira,c and devise ways and means to keel
Peru on an equal footing with other town
as q grain market.
la Sale Press: For the past three o
four years the miners and operators hav
been IN the habit of annually settling mu
tually on the price to be paid tor mining
coal This year 1t Is stated the operator
a groln gF YArinag ypithnlI
consulting the miners, and as reductio
from last year is contemplated, a genera
strike is threatened.
The Strestor water commission propOs
boring well seven or eight hundred fec
deep, to ascertain the quality and amour
of water that can be secured. To TIL
proposition there Is huge dissent in tn
council and out. While the people vote
for water works, they were explici, enoug
to denote the fact that they aid not wal
to spend any more public money.
Aurora Beacon: In the case of o. Maso
against the Town of Aurora, wherein Ma
son claimed for So, 900 of Fox River II.
bonds, Judge Harlan decided in favor
the town. This would seem TO swee
away any further hope the bond holde
may have OF collecting, though, as Il
amount in this SUIT is over $4,000, the pa
ties may see fit to appeal to the Supreu
Court
La Sale Democrat; A sage of La Sal
informs US that one of the troubles III raj
ing corn is that most Of the seed is plantC
with machines. and they always plant tC
deep. In favorable seasons this defect
not particularly noticeable but in such
season as the present one 1t Is very app,
rent Agricultural matter Is not OF
stronghold, but we give this informatlC
TO our farmer friends for what it is wort
La Sale Cooperative Coal Compan,
capital stock, $4,000; has been license
lncQrporators, John F. Duncan, Jas.
Duncan, Thos. Young, Knox Alexand
and others. The new organization W
formerly known as the CALEDONIA Co
Company and 1t was probably broug
about or rendered necessary through L