The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-27

The enrolment In the public schools OF
Streator for the first week of the term Is
100 more than for the corresponding week
last year. There are 90 teachers employed,
who teach an average Of 52 pupils each.
The number enrolled Is 800
Marseiles Register. work has been
partially suspended on the new cotton mill
during the past week, but 1t will be pushed
TO speedy completion, Mr., lIurd is run
ming full gang of hands eXcavating the
head race The main building is 10 be
three stories high, and will be larger in
,titutOn than our citizens have supposed
Pete Welch, pit boss in Crawford's shaft
Strcator, was badly hurt by falling 10 feet
; while trying to climb out Of the shaft
Monday His butty, VIM. Carew, had just
tried the experiment and returned on the
rope. AT the time WEIGH fell, Carew was
in an adjoining room, but hearing the fall
rushed 10 the scene and found Pete in the
sump submerged in about four feet Of wa
ter Welch received bad cut of the scalp
five inches long he was splitting blood, his
arms and body were severely bruised, and
his hip bone broken near the spine.
Mr., Ed. Fuller, a carpenter at Aurora,
died Monday morning, from lockjaw. Two
weeks ago today he stepped upon some
rusty nails, one Of which penetrated the
left foot, and he was laid up some days in
consequence. The wound healed up, and
anticipating no further trouble he went to
work again on Monday Of last week. 1t is
supposed that he overheated his blood
and last Wednesday he was so unwell as TO
quit work again. Thursday he experienced
great pain in the chords Of his neck Friday
his jaws became firmly set, and after sew.
eral days Of great suffering lhe expired
Monday morning.
Peru Neus: "The Vermillion church,
about the Oldest religious edifice in this
part of the state has been finally retired
from the service and transformed into
political meeting house. Now, instead of
exhortations to come up to the help Of the
Lord against the mighty emanating from
the pulpit, there comes therefrom the call
to vote the straight ticket and save the
country from ruin. To what base use a
church may come! That building was put
up when lumber had 10 be hauled from
Chicago by OK teams; when plate glass
had not been heard of and 72 panes 1Ox15
had to be put into each of its eight broad
windows Church spires had not then
grown fashionable in the wild west and the
structure after the original coat of paint or
white wash, or whatever it was, had worn
off, looked like commodious barn. New. ,
it served a good purpose and
many youth now gray headed with age,
Or long since laid in the cemetery adjoin-
Ing, took the first religious honors In the
sunday scheol there. A good many old
'ecollections hover round the ancient build {
ng, and while the old folks may regret to
see its decay, the thoughtless young con
slider its practical use only and not its value {
as relic of the early pioneer days"
One of the speakers at the Kendall coun-
y picnic last week was Judge Cation, of ,
Ottawa, who said that he had deemed him,
self an old man, but he had met there men L
n vigorous health, who were old men when /
he was young, and he concluded he was
till boy. Judge Cation gave most inter {
sting "reminiscences. He said the first Il
ettlement made upon a prairie anywhere (,
vas made in Kendall county He came to
he county in 1888. Here he was elected il
o the judgship of the circuit court the u
econd Judge on the circuit. Mr.. Cation
vas onl y 81 years old. He related that ON
me Of his first terms he got stuck in II Il
Tough, which SO impressed him that he n
'laced in train system Of road repairing, u
ming every supervisor so that every slough "
the county was looked after and h
lade passable. Judge Cation said he now ri
Wned farm, part of it in Kendall county p
'hich he had owned As years, a long a
eriod in the history of the world. He
aid high tribute to the ladies' of that old
me, race of noble women to whose self.
email, high principles, and courageous in
'ork much of the prosperity of this rich d,
ounty can be traced. The Argus says SC
lere were over 100 persons In attendance
the picnic. u. ~
La Sale items from the Democrat. Press IN
Hon. Carl Schurz, one of the greatest NJ
len of the age, will undoubtedly address to
he people of La Sale and Peru before the III
'ovember election f. c. Hegeler ESQ. III
nd other citizens are talking it over and
MIR. Schurz can spare the day he will be 81
ere.-Thos. Feeney, popular young gro. u
n, was closed last Friday by Farrell, the wi
holesale liquor dealer, on judgment note
n s1,OOO-Last Thursday, while John Sh
overs, miner of La Sale, was fishing at no
he dug up a fossil fish, N,
hich is one of the most beautiful things Do