The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-08
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
FOR Week Ended March q.

failed for so, 900.
u. {. Iioagland, one of the founders OF
Elgin, H., died Saturday, in his siXty-fou
year.
Six persons in Philadelphia who sold
pistols to boy pupils in public school have
been held for trial.
.Dr: u. f. robertson, inventor OF the fly.
INK machine, dropped dead at Port Jervls,
y, Y, Friday night
At Cahollia, ILL.,, there was discovered in
vacant lo the naked remains OF man,
cut into pieces, which had been buried two
days,
Five women whose husbands were killed
! by the recent explosion in the West Lessen
ing coal-shaft in Pennsylvania have com.
mcnced suit for Sl5, 00D each.
| William Eyberg, a bartender in Boston,
while suffering from delhium tremens, killed
himself by ripping open his abdomen and
| shaving slice from his thigh.
| Mr.. Underwood, formerly Lieutenant
Governor OF Vermont, has sued General
Henry and others for $500, 900 damages
for contning him in unatic asylum.
A brakeman ut Pittsburgh, who was
knocked OF a car by striking the wires of
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
has brought suit for 500, 900 for his inju-
ries
A serious financial panic has occurred at
Pekn, where many banks and merchants
have failed.
The Governor of New York has signed a
bill prohibiting the making OF contracts for
the labor of convicts in the State prisons.
Last year 1850, 694 net of steel rails were
produced in this country, a reduction from
the previous year equaling twenty per cent
Foot and mouth disease has broken out
amoug the cattle in WoOdson County KAN,
over one hundred being already affected.
Cattle near La Sale, ILL.,, are SAID to be
suffering from strange disease of the bow
els, which in many cases has proved fatal.
A dispatch from Dover \. H., chronicles
the death of Colonel Joseph Cushing, one of
the pioneers in the circus business in the
! United States.
Montenegro has concentrated six thousand
men ON the frontier of Albania, with the
evident intention of Selling the strip of ter
ritory in dispute
May II lacrosse team, composed of
players selected from the most prominent
amateur ard college clubs in the United
States, will sail for Eng! and by invitation.
John Rapp, one of the pioneers of Henry
County, ILL.,, who many times brought grain
to a Chicago mill with an OK team, died
Sunday evening, in his seventy-siXth year.
The steamship Seryia arrived at New
York yesterday. Some of the be lrings of
the engines had been melted, and the vessel
had been Obliged to go at half speed during
the entire passage.
Leonard Wendell President of a manu-
featuring company in ST. Louis, had quar-
rel with his wife Sunday evening, and fired
at her through closet door, nilicting
dangerous wound in the thigh.
Peter Schmitze a retired contractor of
Chicago, residing at No 3l4 Mohawk street,
chOked his wife to death early Sunday
morning on account of quarres regarding
his step-children. He surrendered himself
to the authorities Monday
/. In starch factory at Madison, Ind, Jo-
seph Daily had jaw torn oil by the cOgs of
corl-sheller.
Judge +. H. Waite, who was candidate
| for Congress in 1874 against Mark Ii. Dun
nell, died at Mankato, Mimi, Tuesday.
DR.. Robert Coleman, who was Medical
Inspector of the Confederate army of
Northern Virginia, died Tuesday at Rich
mond.
Officers of the steamers running out of
Milwaukee state that there is barely five
miles of clear water between that city and
Grand Haven.
In the police court at Great Falls, y. H.,
Desire Boudoir confessed the murder of
Frederick Grant of which crime his father
had been convicted
In the Massachusetts, Legislature Tuesday
bill providing for biennial elections was
defeated IN the House, not receiving the
necessary two-thirds vote.
The internal revenue collector at Louis
vile on Tuesday received Sl3l, 900 for taxes
on whisky in hand, and large amounts OF
spirits were withdrawn for export.
Prof. Meigs's seminary at Pottstown, Pa,
together with fine gymnasium recently
erected at a cost of $4,000, was burned
Tuesday. Total loss about $40, 600; par
TALLY insured.
The United States local inspectors at
Boston have deprived Captain Wright of
his license for leaving the wheel of the
wrecked City of Columbus in charge of his
second officer.
A shoemaker In TarragOna, Spain, EN-
tered cgar-store for the purpose of
| plundering it, and on being discovered he
| fatally stabbed woman, her two daughters
and a servant
| The Canadian Government warned the
authorities of Manitoba that they will be
| held accountable for blOodshcd or serious
disturbance arising from the serious discon-
| tent in the Northwest. A reply was sent
| that the Dominion Government is response
| bic for all troubles existing.
Nobody in Chesterfield County, s. c.,
| dares to arrest w. b. Cash for the murder
of Marshal Richards, A posse of citizens
who organized for the purpose were inn
plored by Sheriff ShOticnd not to attempt an
| act so rash. The Governor has taken the
matter in hand, and proposes to bring Cash
to punishment
After four months boring oil was struck
| in paying quantities Wednesday at Vinton,
| la.
Mr. SpurgeoH, the London preacher, was
! left large fortune by the late Joseph Poo,
of Leicester.
The winter packing at Cincinnati was
$685. 40, hogs, decrease of SO, $40 from the
preceding year.
John w. Mason, Of West Virginia, is
mentioned as probable successor to John
| G. New, as Assistant Secretary OF the Treas
ury.