The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-29
Vicinity Items.

Col. Il. G. Stevens expects 10 return to
La Sale county IN January.
The La Sale bottle blowers have gencr'
ally gone TO Cincinnati.
The escapement at Cahill's shaft, Peru,
IS finished.
S. A. Debolt has resigned as |. G. station
agent at Lostant, after five years service.
The Utica bridge has once more been
put IN condition, and the stream OF travel
Tor a while interrupted now flows as OF
yore.
Warrants were sworn out for four more
OF Streator "brush" liquor dealers, but I'M.
fortunately local paper gave 1t away, and
they escaped.
Mrs S. Z. Kelsey, relict of Levi kesley,
died at Mendoza, Dec. Is, at the age of rs
years. She came to Illinois with her hus-
band in 1884.
The La Sale Post, G. A. R., are going
TO give grand Camp Fire on January
Sth.-Jackson's Day. A grand programme
has been arranged.
IF. Harrington, of Peru, died on Thurs
day, 21st. He went to Peru just after the
Black Hawk war. but afterwards removed
to Iowa, returning to Peru in 1853
On December 20lh Mrs. G. Clark, Of
Riverside, started with her baby for the
LADIES' Library show, ami while crossing
lin t,ll i,,S mel "A n pay
as to put her arm out OF JOINT, the head of
the bone slipping down into the arm PIT.
The Spring Valley Coal Co." has been
incorporated at Springfield with capital
stock of $2,000,0O0 The lncorporators
are +. n Saunders, Chas. Devin and G..
L. Lowers. This is the new Peru coal en-.
terprise that Is going to boom things in
these parts next summer.
The new lod ge room of the Streator l..
0. o. +. wss dedicated Dec. Goth. The
speaker was the Rev. Taylor, of Odell.
Neighboring lodges extended their con-
gratulations After the dedicatory services
supper was served in oriental Hall when,
owing to the lateness of the hour. the dance
was postponed.
Tonica Meas: "The biggest job of corn
Smelling ever done here in December WAS
that lately finished by L. o. Smith for W.
A. Flint-being total Of 6,7lS bushels.
Mr.. Smith has grand machine, as may be
inferred from the fact that IN only a iair
days wort for Jack Epner last October he
shelled ,679 bushels, and on push has
run through full 1000 bushels in a single
day."
Sunday evening, the 18th inst Rev
Dean Terry, the able and worthy pastor of
St. Patrick's church, Chicago, formerly OF
Ottawa, was presented with an elegant and
costly French bronze mantel clock and ar
tistic ornaments. Justice Scully made
the presentation speech in words
that fifty expressed the sentiments of the
donors and all present Father Terry re-
Piled in a feeling manner
VIM. Bronson died at Streator on De
cember 2lst aged 72 Year,. He came to
this county from Connecticut IN 1910, liv-
ing near Streator ever since. He pre-emp-
ted the SO acres of land upon which he
lived at the time Of his death, and had to
travel across wild country to Dixon to
get his pre-cmptlon papers, camping out
by the way. The otd chief Shabbona,
was his intimate friend. He WAS n
good citizen and enjoyed the respect of the
whole community. He leaves wife, one
daughter and three sons, and had buried
three sons and one daughter.
Mr.. VIM. Cal Nelson, a wellknown far.
mer, living near Triumph, died Wednes-
day, Dec. 1S, having come to his death by
horrible accident the day before. He was
in Mendoza, Tuesday, in his sleigh, and 1t
is said he had been drinking. Driving
home he fell, or was thrown from the sleigh,
as is indicated by the blood on the ground,
one of his legs catching between the stand
ard and the box, his body dragging outside,
head downwards, in which helpless condl-
ton he was dragged over the frozen
ground nore than five miles urul the team
reached Triumph, where II was stopped
and Mr.. y taken into house