The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-06-21
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.


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released from prison in France on July IA.
The principal business block at Fowler,
Ind. was destroyed by fire early Saturday
morning. Loss, $4,000
The public school building in the West
division Of Aurora, ILL.,, was destroyed by
lire early Saturday morning, the loss being
$4,000
Germany will send no Minister to Wash
iugton until successor TO Minister Sargent
d; Berlin has been appointed
A boys skeleton, with rope and stone
around its neck, was taken from pond at
Avondale, o., Saturday morning.
w. T. Cooke, aged twenty-one, claiming
20 be a son of Jay Cooke, the New York
banker, was arrested at Baltimore Satur-
day for forgery.
The United States steamer Michigan will
soon make her appearance in Chicago har-
Dor, when Western lads desiring TO enter
the navy will have their opportunity.
The Superintendent OF Schools for Steu-
ben County, Ind, reports that there Is no
child in his district between ten and TWEEN
ty-one years of age unable to read and
write.
Mayor Chase and City Marshal Guthrie,
Of Omaha. Neh, have been indicted for
levying blackmail of fifty dollars per month
on five gambling houses and pOcketiDg the
proceeds.
At Douglaston, N. b., Monday, Hutchin-
sons mill and 1870, 600 feet of lumber were
destroyed by fire
A lad at Bridgeport Conn.,, was para
lyzed by hooking wire to the electric light
conductor. and in twenty minutes expired.
L. ID. Lefiingwell, plate glass dealer and
prominent business man Of Cleveland, acct
dentally shot himself through the heart last
night.
At sunrise Monday morning the thermOm-
eter in sections of New Jersey was down to
So deg. and the frost seriously damaged
fruit and crops
At Oconto, Wis, an aged woman, named
Mrs Charles Ritter, Drained her husband
with an ak, and then took paris green
Both are still alive
The Canadian Department of Customs
refused 70 citizens of Kentucky permission
to take whisky into the Dominion and then
export it 10 New York.
One hundred and fifteen Norman horses,
direct from France, reached Bloomington,
ILL.,, Sunday night, being imported by par
ties in Mclean County.
Special reports to the Galveston Netrs in.
dictate that this years wheat and corn crops
in Texas will probably exceed the yield OF
1sS2-the largest in the history OF the State.
NJ. G. Norton, of Winona, elected mem-
Der of the Republican National Committee
from Minnesota, has resigned. 1t is DO
lieved that Ex-Governor Davis will be ap.
pointed to the position.
Returns from the clearing houses last
week--S71S, 9S9, 577-show reduction from
the previous week of S167, 1858. When
compared with the corresponding period
last year the decrease is 2a1 per cent
Generals Diaz and Trevino have settled
their differences in Mexico, and an agree.
ment has been made that upon Diaz's &C
cession to the Presidency he will make
Trevino Secretary Of War.
A London dispatch states that the Ben
nett Mackey cable will be in operation by
the end Of July.
The Lafayette Qnd) HOminy Mills were
consumed Tuesday night, causing loss OF
$50, 600, with S29, 900 insurance.
Henry Havemeyer, Of New York. with
yearly income of $2a000 has been declared
unable to manage his estate because Of in
sObriety.
A number of structures at Athens, Pa,
were destroyed by fire Tuesday, several per-
sons being injured by jumping from the
blazing buildings. The financial loss is
placed at S1o2, 900.
&c, Dougherty Chief of the Money-Or-
der Department of the Baltimore Post
Office, has been. arrested tor the embezzle-
ment of $1,000, the larger portion of which
was wasted on lottery tickets.
Most Foss 4 CO. gas works at Spring.
field, o., caught fire at Aha early hour
"Wednesday. The, fire originated in the ex-
plosion of a naphtha tank, and the city is
In total darkness. Loss, 100000.
While towing bark from New York in
the Mississippi early Tuesday mofning, the
iron tug w. w. Wood suddenly careened
and sunk, drowning the pilot and two other
persons.
Five thousand visitors are expected to az
tend the session Of the National Education
al Association at Madison, Wis, and fears
are entertained that accommodations for all
can not be found.
Mrs. Christiana Roth persisted in her
burning house at Erie, Pa, Tuesday morn
ing, and the large family dog also fell vic
tim, preferring to stay with his mistress
when he could have escaped.
So many delegates are in attendance at
the session Of the American Homeopathic
Institute at Deer Park, Md, that half a
dozen sleeping-cars have been ordered to
side-track for their accommodation.