The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-04-26
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For Week Ended April 81.


Seven inches of snow are said to have
fallen at Rockford, ILL.,, Saturday night and
Sunday.
Chief-Justce Sprague, Of the Court OF
Appeals, Ontario, died Sunday, aged sew
enty-eight.
Thomas Mackey. the first white settler at
Beaver Dan, Wis, died Saturday evening In
his ninetieth year.
The Baptist Society Of Plano ILL.,, dis
posed of historic crazy quilt BY ballot, the
sum realized being STAT.
Parnell, In an interview, emphatically de-
MES that lie is to retire from the leadership
Of the Irish National party.
The exposition managers of the various
associations in the United States will hold
convention in St Louis, June 3.
Sterritt, Hill Il Child's elevator at Ada,
Mimi, burned Sunday, with between five
thouand and six thousand bushels OF wheat
The Georgia Central Road has started a
movement for an airline track from Atlanta
10 Baltimore five hundred and eighty miles.
The Federal Grand Jury at Yankton has
returned two indictments against Governor
Ordway for corrupt acts In the organization
of counties
The Governor General of Canada pro-
and made a speech approving the legisla-
ton enacted during the past session.
Brigadier- General Lawrence, OF the Mis-
souri, militia Eastern DivisiOn) has re-
signed, and General Sherman has been APP
pointed by Governor Crittenden to succeed
him. 1t is not known whether General
Sherman will accept.
The twelfth week of the weavers strike
OF EalJ Monday
no indication of settlement.
Near Lockwood, Dade County, Mo-, Fri
day night the house of farmer named
Bond was wrecked by waterspout One
child was killed and several other members
Of the family injured.
The Southern exposition at Louisville
will open this year August l6, and close Dc
tober 26
There is a movement for the establish
ment of manufacturers and merchants
exchange at Philadelphia similar to the en-
changes in Great Britain.
A. S. Stearns, wel-knOwn teacher of
GAINESVILLE Wis, leaped from bridge into
Rock River on Sunday evening, and his
body has not been recovered.
The Petroleum Exchange of Pittsburgh,
which cost 5000, was formerly opened
MOlludy. SlO IlcllDcio, anu
treasurer has So, 900 on hand.
Cochran Il Young, paper manufacturers
at Erie, Pa, were closed Monday evening
upon attachments. The liabilities are said
to be Sl5O,OOO. with assets reaching
$4,000.
The Massachusetts, House Monday reject
ed Senate order for biennial sessions OF
the Legislature, and also voted down
III nj t,nt,t AN
the COnstitution-S7 to "A.
Clearing house exchanges last week
1927, SO3, 6?S-are sos, OF, 400 greater than
for the preceding week; but when COM
pared with the corresponding period In
1888, show decrease of 1873 per cent.
The House Committee on Military Affairs
has agreed to recommend the appointment
of John e. Black, of Illinois, w. b. Frank
lin, of Connecticut and I. W. Hyde, OF
Maine as members of the Board OF Man
ayers of the National Soldiers Home.
Henry E. Abbeys benefit at the Metro
p0litan Opera House In New York Monday
night Melted him S45 900. He received
nearly two tons of flowers
An analysis ordered by the Board OF
Health at New York shows that mustard
sold in that city is aduterated with naphthal
yellow, flour and terra alba.
Michael Conlan, collector of the township
OF Troy. ILL.,, who last month gave ont that
he was robbed of $1,000 by hghwaymen,
has been held to the Grand Jury for EN-
bezZlement.
Nichols & Mills, lumber dealers at Albany,
n. Y, have failed for S125, 900.
Reports from the interior of Egypt state
that the cotton worm has reappeared.
The Supreme Lodge of the World Knights
of Pythias, began its session Tuesday at
New Orleans.
Belmont Castle, near Dundee, burned
Monday night Many valuable paintings
we're destroyed.
General D. S. Stanley has been assigned
to the command Of the department of Texas,
in place of General Mackenzie.
Zen thousand people were present at the
opening of the Alabama State Mineral Ex-
position at Birmingham Tuesday. Governor
O'Neal delivered the address.
Freight rates in Chicago were utterly de-
moralized Tuesday by cuts of four cents on
a cargo of wheat to Glasgow and eleven
cents on provisions for the same point.
Two desperadoes named Finn and Hale
Quarreled near irving, KY, Saturday. Hale
was shot through the heart, but managed
before he died to fatally wound the other.
Gold shipments from New York Wednes-
day for Europe were So, 900.
Fires in Long Island woods have caused
$50, 600 damage and the flames are spread
ing
City Treasurer Francis l. Smith, OF
Bayonne, n. j., is short in his accounts
$4,000
Congressman S. Il. Peters has been nomi-
mated for reelection by the Republicans of
the Seventh Kansas District.
The striking lasters at Lewiston, Me-,
have been indicted for unlawful assembly.
General Butler is their counsel.
Jennie Dee, an orphan from New York,
only twelve years OF age, has given birth to
a five pound babe at Normal, lii.
knute Nelson was renominated for Con
gress by reclamation at the Republican
Congressional Convention for the Fifth Dis
trict of Minnesota.
The Grand Division of Illinois Sons OF
Temperance is holding its annual session al
Prophetstown. The order is represented tc
be in flourishing condition.
A committee of the United Presbyterian
Church in Pittsburgh has decided to ask the