The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-25
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For Week Ended October IS.

For Week Ended october H3'
Congressman John II. Evans died Moti-
day at Spartanburg, ). c.
Lumber mills at East Tawas Mich, are
shutting down for want OF dock room.
English mining and railway shares are
falling on account of American competition
in iron rails.
The registration in Brooklyn closed Mon
day with total Of IA, 623 names, against
ll4,000 in 1880.
w. ii. Close, dry-goOds at Louisville,
made an assignment Monday, his liabilities
reaching $50,
Sidney p. Nichols, Police Commissioner
John Kelly's most trusted lieutenant, died at
New York Monday evening.
Madame Boulet, OF Montreal, the mother
of six children, has been sentenced to the
gallows for the murder OF Mrs. Carbin by
poison.
Unknown persons have poisoned sheep
belonging to Uriah Blue, a stock raiser OF
Clinton, Ill. Fifty Of his flock have died,
and others can not recover
Hogs attacked Edna Allen, little girl, In
Hanistown Township, Ill.,, Sunday and mu-
tilated her so badly before help came that
she can not recover.
Forty ocean steamers lie idle IN the docks
at Sunderland, Eng, and most OF the ship
yards are closed Subscriptions are being
made by the public for unemployed work
men.
Stephen Van Horn, young man OF To
ledO, worth $50 600, has been sued for Dir
vorce BY a lady known as Miss Sallie ST.
John who alleges secret marriage and
abandonment An order restraining him
from transferring his property was issued.
clearinghouse exchanges last week
S767 ,OOO,997 are S26, 242,745 in excess
of the preceding week; but compared
with the corresponding period In 1883
there is a falling of Of 36.5 per cent
Insiders in the cable pool state that the
Mackay-Bennett cable people will mot ma
terially lower their rates beyond the present
tariff II rs, however, understood that q
vigorous attempt will be made to secure the
patronage Of large cable customers by oRers
Of heavy rebates on their accounts.
The Lord Mayor Of Dublin and others
have subscribed 81, 500 for the benefit OF
the late A. N. Sulivan's widow.
Mrs. Maitland, Of Glencoe, ILL.,, has sent
five hundred dollars to the Archbishop Of
Quebec to be distributed among the poor OF
Labrador.
4. Nickerscn, one of Mlchigan's pioneers
died at Benton Hartor Tuesday.
4. N. Grant Vice Consul General Of the
United States to Servia, died at Belgrade
Tuesday, Of apoplexy.
Among six hundred representatives in ths
Masonic Grand Lodge of Ohio Is Nathaniel
Benjamin, Who has attended every session
since 1850.
Maud S. has arrived In Lexington, Ky.
She will not make her trial against her rec
ord until she Is rested and the track In
good shape.
Five hundred dogs, valued at eo90, 600,
are now on exhibition in New York gar
den. Among them are the EsquinAauX dogs
brought by the Greedy Relief Expedition.
The cornerstone Of the new Government
building ut Columbus, O., was laid Tues
day by the officers Of the Masonic Grand
Lodge, which met in annual session In the
forenoon.
John c. Vaughan, who founded the Cleve-
land Leader recently returned from Kansas
to end his days Edwin Cowles and Rich
Mems Home in Cincinnati.
A Joint stock company is being formed
under the auspices of committee OF the
London Stock Exchange for the protection
OF holders of American railroad shares.
The object is to supply sutScrtben with III
formation In regard " American invest
ments.
The Steubenyille co. Bottle Company
made an assignment because IL was pressed
for the payment Of judgment for ~, 600.
The liabilities are $40 900 and the ASsets
$1,000. The big concerns cutting prices TO
freeze out the small ones is the cause Of the
trouble
The Official returns show that the Repub-
lican majority for Congressman in Ohio was
1857.
At sale of Government property ut
Harpers Ferry, the Potomac water power
brought $4,000.
Freeman " Co., cotton brokers Ut Boston,
failed "Wednesday, owing $50, 900 -S27, 900
Of which is due to one bank
Fire at Peoria, Ill.,, Wednesday night
swept away Hutchinson L Co.'S cooper
shops, involving a loss Of SO, 900,
The Illinois Grand Lodge, Knights Of
Pythias, ut Joliet, "Wednesday, elected +.
VI. Burroughs, OF Clinton, Grand Chancol-
Tor, besides other officers.
Fred Moetl1r, of Deiphos, o., drennt
Monday night that he was dead he retired
Tuesday evening in Respondent mood, and
was found corpse "Wednesday morning.
Arrangements have been made for a
through line OF sieeping-cars Oh the Cincin-
natl Southern, East Tennessee and other
roads, from Cincinnati TO jacksonville, Fla.