The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-04-12
County GOSSIP,

Mendoza Bulletiil.- I'VE received call last
Monday from r. VI. Woods, editor of the Re
public ami Sun, the leading republican paper
in viii county, who is working up con.
grcssional boom for a well know citizen OF
that county, Albert o. Marshall, whom Mr.
Woods vouchc> for as a good republican and
very suitable man for the positon-and says
that when We get through with our Mr. Gull
len they would like to have our citizens con.
slider the claims of VIII county. They claim
that, as the record now stands, La Sale coun.
ty has had the position II ycars-Grundy, 4
years-Will, IA years-and that it Is but fair
now that viii county claims should have Il
fair consideration, especially when they pre-
sent an uncxccptionable candidate
The StrcatOr Fire Press! "Thc forces in
viii county seem to be centcring in A. O.
Marshall for congress. Unless Will county
can produce better man than Marshall, it is
doubtful if it succeeds in getting the nomina-
ton
The Ottawa Republican says "a. 0. Mar
shall is the only candidate for congress in Will
county, and that Grundy has no candidates.
If Marshall is the best man Will can bring
out We are satisfied with Cullen" Of course
we are
To which the Yorkville Record, whose editor
is himself candidate adds: "SOmc of US feel
good deal the same way in Kendall county.
Mr.. Marshall is lawyer of only ordinary
ability, and not the equal of Hayes, Cullen,
Parks or Hill AS candidate"
The correspondent Of the Aurora Beacon
from Millington says: "The bad roads this
spring again remind us that our present sys-
tenn OF road work is wrong, and in many
cases the roads are injured more than bene-
fitted by the hap-hazard, indiscriminate mode
of piling up earth here and there, without any
mode of successful drainage. There certain
" ought to be some wisdom displayed in the
management of our country roads. In no
kind of public improvement is there such an
utter lack of system observed. We can real
" assert that the amount of time and money
thrown into the mud Of Illinois, would have
made us a complete and good system of high
ways in nearly every county in the state. The
overseeing Of the highways Is placed in the
hands of too many persons. There is no con-
certed action, no plan, but each overseer has
ideas OF his own, so there is no method to do
good, thorough work. There should be a
good, reliable head of the road system in
each county, to see to it that it is rightly plan
ned, and the appropriations and work judic-
iously and honestly expended. There are
roads in Illinois to-day no better than they
were 40 years ago. Does that speak well of
the wisdom and energy of those having
charge of them"
The Aurora Beacon says: "The c. " n. W.
Ry. Co. is prospecting for an outlet from this
city to the southwark, and party of their
surveyors was at work yesterday morning in
he vicinity of the Riddle stone quarry, which
would indicate that they have not yet aban
doned the original desire to run down over
Stolps island and pass beneath the c. B. & Q.
track near the east end of their new iron
bridge" Where are they going to;
Clark Albert, editor of the would-like- to be-
great and only paper, the Ottawa Globe, got
roughly handled Saturday night by Jas. Nc
Quade, whom the only literary paper of note
had andered.-No11s Independent
Mr.. McQuade certainly made a mistake-he
should have turned the W. b. g. over his knee