The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-10
Vicinity Items.


which bring In revenue Of $3.50 to the
city,
Michael Lewoshklc, a miner AT La Sale, was
crushed 10 death by u fall Of rock on Monday
He leaves wife and four children destitute.
The Treasurer report shows that Jolic,
spent $40 "a - in the last fiscal year. school
and city expenses are all paid ont of one fund
however,
The Wcnonn Coal Company expected to
break ground for the air shaft on Thursday OF
last week, but did not get to ii until Monday
The workmcn went down six feet the first
half day.
The Mnnston bridge is finally completed
and the approach to the south end is being
built as fast rs possible, In short time tn"
south and north slider, thcrcaway will again
he in friendly communication.
The $4,000 insurance paid on the Clark pa
pcr mill at Marscilcs will be used in It's re-
building, redttiug, &C., which has been begun.
The new mill will have a greater capacity than
the old by virtue of superior arrangement,
The window glass manufacturers OF the
east have advanced prices 10 per cent. A. the
streator works are out Of the combination and
have been running all year aud making mo.
ncv at the old rates, this advance NEST give
them Overlooking Golfers.
Several land owners near TOnica have joined
interests and propose to tile about four sec
lions of land thoroughly, at am estimated cN.
nense of between three and four thousand
dollars. The main ditch will be ID inch tile,
fine branches from six to twelve Inches, Il, re-.
quired
In ALI the leading cities in La Sale county
OTTAWA. s,rcator and La Sallc-thc business
houses are lighted by electricity, and Mendoza
/. abou, to follow suit, % firms having alrra-
DIV made application for are lights, to be fur
nishcd by the Mendoza Electric Light Compa-
nv. which will establish it, plant there as soon
as the works can be put up and the streets
wired
An insane woman got on the railroad track
ahead Of passenger train near Morris the
other day, and the engineer seeing that sue
wos not going to leave the track and not be
;n,, ohlo to stop the train before il would
strike her, ran out onto the pilot OF the en-
zine and AS il came on succeeded III throw
inc her off the track before the engine could
strike her
II is now authoritatiyely stated that the {.
B. so. K. X. Co have purchased or leased
the Passenger House in Mendoza, and will re
model, refurnish and enlarge the same, and
use the building as railroad hotel and gen
eral dining depot for all their fast trains, and
dispense with the heavy dining cars on all
trains now running between Chicago and
Omaha.
The exposure from the winters rain and
frost and the falling in Of the cap, which
weighed about fifteen tons has shattered ana
damaged the walls supporting De Stcigcr's
Seimcns glass tank, and If the tank holds out
this fire the firm will be compelled to build
from the foundation up, Pondcrous props
are being put in at different places to hold
the walls in place.
Sheridan Ind,pendent; Henry Ncvells,
distant relative of Mrs, Edgar Seaman, died
at their home last Sunday. Mr.. n. was
man without family and has for many years
worked about the country among the Farmers
by the month Mr.. Seaman met him in
Somonauk and persuaded him to come home
with him He begun TO fail rapidly and died
as above, aged Gfiy-six years. After his
death il was found that he had about 5000
upon his person sccrcted IN pockets, boots.
stockings, etc.
The Joliet, Aurora Il Northern Railway
Company, Of which articles of incorporation
were filed Wednesday in the office OF the Sec
Rotary OF State, Is said to be an institution
free from any other railroad interest and is To
be operated solely by the individuals named
as ncorporators. Surveyors are to be put
to work at once, and if the consent OF the
land owners along the proposed route is OBJ
tanned without trouble it is hoped to have the
line completed between Joliet aud Aurora
this summer. The object of the road, as
stated by Senator II H. Evans, of Aurora, Is
Ia form belt line from Hanover township,
Lake county, Ind, on the Illinois boundary
line. crossing ten roads which run out OF
Chicago. "The road will thus" said Mr.,
Evans "bc an immense convenience to the
people living along its route. IA it Is at
present man wishing to go from Aurora to
Joliet would have to come to Chicago and
thence to go out, trcblng the distance Our
road will not only cover those points but De
Kalb and all the other points OF Importance
along the proposed route as far as the Mssls-
sippj river"