The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-05
Vicinity items.

3 Chenoa has fixed the liquor license al
5000
y post o! G. y. r. Is t. lie organized at
. La Sale
The Streator hr!ckworhs are making 20,
1000 day
The Streator branch of the Alton road is
being relaid with steel rails.
During April the C., b. 4 Q. road took
out from Slreator 2,0S7 cars of coal.
Chas. Drummer, OF the Peru scale works,
gave his employees dance on last Satur-
day night.
The Peru National Bank has been organ.
lied with a capital Of $4,000. Joel W.
Hopkins Is president and Henry Rcam
cashier.
The Three l." road is not gong to run
into Streator but will make station about
a mile and halt south Of the city on the
Bloomington road.
The Streator Daily XonttOr was year
old on May 1st The HOaitOr has been a
very good daily and is evidently (and de-
servedly, prosperous.
| John COnnors, Of Dimmlck, was found
dead at the depot by the railroad agent on
Thursday week. 4 bottle OF laudanum
was found near by. He was about 80 years
old, aud leaves wife and grown son.
On Tuesday William Mitchell died at
his residence IN Dimmick township. He
was a large farmer and owner Of valuable
lireclay banks. The Democrat says he
was GS years old and leaves wife and nine
children IN comfortable circumstances
The flow OF gas from the well at the
Plumb House, StrcatOr, is SO strong that it
Is to be conducted to the boilers by pipe
for burning as fuel. If the Gas is lighted
at the top of the well it blazes up several
feet high and the flow is apparently strong
enough to heat the boilers. The gas is
without smell.
On last Friday morning fire broke out
IN Orslnger's bake-shOp, which was des-
troyed as well as considerable nelghborlng
property. There were some narrow es-
lcapcs from death by sleeping occupants.
From one room mother threw out mat.
tress on which she threw her baby. One
young man woke up just as the fire was
coming into his room.
The La sale Democrat says Patrick
O'Brien, of that city, now living near the
Catholic cemetery, has passed lOl OF the
milestones on llfe's journey. This aged
veteran is still in possession of all his men
tai faculties, though recently he has been
IN feeble health. He was born in the
county Waterford, Ireland, in the year l7S2,
was married three times, and one OF his
sons Is now older than his present wife
who is - years of age. He was in the en-
ploy of Dean Terrys father tor number
of years and before that reverend gentleman
was born. He has always lived solid,
honest, Atwood and-s-yard-wide Democrat
having cast his maiden ballot for president
for the hero of New Orleans, the great
Andrew Jackson, having lived in the east
when that redoubtable warrior was elected.
Peru NerS: ALBERT Buetow, aged 5
wears, son of the Lutheran minister at Hol-
lowayvllle, came TO his death IN myster-
lous manner. With two playmates of
about his own age he was playing near a
barn, back of his fathers residence. One
of his playmGtes went off 10 bring back
some cows that he was watching, that were
straying too far away, and insisted that his
comrades should GO with him. One con !
scnted but Albert refused, and said that
when they came back they would not find
HIM alive. They Of course paid no atteu-I
ton to his threat and went away. Upon
their return, Albert was found hanging by
a small rope, that was fastened in high
board fence The rope was tied in COM
mon slip knot and the loop was IN the
child's mouth. Ii can never be known
whether the little fellow intended to kill
himself or simply meant to brighten his
playmates."