The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-31
Vicinity Items

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Mr.. Fred. w. Lukins and Miss Nina
Harrington, of Streator, were married on
last Wednesday evening.
Mendoza held a meeting Saturday raised
four or five hundred dollars and decided to
hold a 4th of July celebration.
The cut worm has been reported from
Tonica and Wenona. He apparently means
business, having destroyed several fields OF
corn.
On account of the numerous engage
ments of the Northwestern Light Guard
Band the projected band tournament at
Peru has been given up.
A three minute race for 500, three
vearold colt race for S15 and $50 race
for 800 are on the programme fer the lth
of July meeting at the La Sale Driving
Park. Entries close at II p, NJ. Monday
June 23d
On Saturday last Eliza Peters, a four year
old girl, was killed by the fell of "A frame
of house which was being put up by Jos.
p tiers and others The sill caught her on
the neck breaking it as well as an arm and
her back
The corner stone of the new Catholic
church in Steator, to be called the church
of the immaculate Conception was laid
on Thursday week by Bishop Spauding OF
this diocese in the presence Of a very large
assemblage
On Monday evening Robt. Cantwcll and
Maggie +. CLANCY, of Utica. were married
at the residence of Mrs Geo, Joice, of La
Sale, by Rev. Father Powers. The affair
was "a very pleasant one Mr. and Mrs {,
will live in Peru.
O.P Thurber, of Marseilles, is the new
Superintendent of the Waldron paper mill
near Kankakce He is an expert in his
business and has already made some
marked improvement in the character of
the stock tnrned out
Saturday morning about a hundred feet
of water pipe was torn down at the Weno-
ma coal shaft by the cage coming in con
tact with it, which compelled u suspension
of work for that day Water was hoistcd
in a tank until new pipe was put in, and
work was resumed on Monday
Letters and kilograms received make it
an assured fact that the attendance at the
great Schuetzenfest, al Peru, next Sunday
and Monday will be very large. Many of
the best shots from Chicago, Bloomington,
Princeton, Peoria, Davenport, Aurora, Joli.
ct, Ottawa, st. Paul and other places have
expressed their determination to take part
in the tournament
Streator free Press, Since that glass
Single man was here last winter MIR FaW
cett Plumb has been experimenting in the
same line and has devised single that is
lighter and more like n slate single than
the other. He has made appliCat on for
patent and has now sent - have mOlds
made and when these are made he will have
some the shingles made and tested If they
work rs expected IA company will probably
be organized for their manufacture here
Streator Free Press, "Thc successful
opening of the bottom vein of coal at the
peanut shaft must be gratifying to every res
ident of Streator, for it practically doubles
the life of the Streator coal field and guar
antees the perimanency Of the supply here
for century at least. The new vein, while
not rs thick as the vein now generally
worked, Is of good workable thickness
and is superior quality of coal, burning
with clear white blaze and leaving but
little waste Nothing that has been done
here for years has been Of more substantial
benefit to the city than the demonstration
that we have another good workable vein
of coal below us on which we can draw at
any time
The Dcmocrot. Press has il from good au-
thority that II car loads of La Sale coal
have been sent to Joliet rs II test of its COX
ing qualities, and that Il few years ago a
fair specimen of second vein coal from the
Union coal shaft was tested for coking in
Germany followed by very favorable re-
port Coke being now mostly used in re
duCing iron ore, the successful rendering of
suitable coke from our coal would no doubt
largely enhance the chances of the estab.
lishment of iron and steel works at this
point, since the ores could he freighted
cheaper from the Lake Superior region and
Missouri 10 La Sale than the same are now
transported to other important points of
manufacture
La Sale UemOcrdt.P Press, THE treat
ment the Odd Fellows of this city received
from the officials of the Chicago, Rock Is
land t. Pacific road on Wednesday of last
week has caused the severest denunciation
among all our citizens, and more firmly
weds the people to the opinion that the
road is tyrannical and will continue to
show its indecency until suffering commu-
mites all along its line compel it to desist
On Wednesday of last week fully 30 Odd
Fellows, some Of them our most promi-