The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23
Vicinity Items.

HOG tItltlN - 'lNi''' !" ~ u
in Ogle county.
Several children have recently died in
Plano from scarlet fever
The La Sale window glass factory re-
srmed blowing last week.
The new furnace at the Strcator Bottle
Works is now in running order
The Braidwood pay roll of the G. W "
V. Coal Co. las, month was Si5,0OO
Aurora pays it, city attorney 800 per
wear: clerk, 81 900; and marshal, $1,000,
Last Friday, the 18th, was pay day al
Streator Nearly $4,000 were handed
the men.
Charlie Collins is still on his rounds with
his monotonous "Ish dot so" He is at
Mendoza next week,
The Aurora city Board of II aalth reports
1873 deaths in lss3-being 1926 to the l'ooo
estimating the population NJ $1,000
On Monday Richard Ballou, OF Kendall
Co, fell from the Millington bridge, re-
ceiving injuries from which he died,
Tho number of children attending Cath
ollie parochial schools in this diocese is o.
300 and the total Catholic population OF
the diocese is $4,000.
The question of the town OF MarsellleS
organizing II der the general law govern
inc corporations is being canvassed bycit
izens and the question will be submitted
bv the Board Of Trustees at the spring
election.
The Chicago Times Washington special
Saws that the Illinois Press Association have
petitioned Congress to appropriate Slo,oo
~ G. B Signor. editor of the late Earlville
t;azette. for the loss of an arm shot in 1864
by a L. ;. soldier.
Rev. r. II. IIazeltine, late of the NJ. Il.
church La sale, died nj Grant Park, Kan
kaKee county, on the 10Th His disease
WAS rheumatism coupled with nervous dis
order. He was man of more than ordl-
nary ability and won friends wherever he
went.
{. N Uovland has sued the village of
Marseiles for $4,000 damages, payment
for injuries received by falling through the
Illinois river bridge The village claims
no jurisdiction over the bridge ana are AT
los, 10 know how their responsibility APP
pears.
Col. Plumb and c. n. Cash started for
II Louis this morning to investigate tle
manufacture of glass with gas furnaces
preparatory TO putting up II gas furnace IN
~treator the coming season. The Ftee
press says there is talk of flint house next
seasonal Strcnt"r
The sycamore Hspabiino" says Plano
f.trturie, are making 5000 haIYc 'icr> this
wear and Mr.. t. II Cannon is backing
Them: he took 100000 in tock and lent
Them S2OO,OOO more There il Il bitter ri
yalrv between him aud Deering, his part
ucr and eacn seems striving to outdo the
other in the extent of their business.
A number of Improvements are to he
made on Bloomington street Streator' ms
season. Ames and Cope will put up two
STORY brick business buildings twenty five
foot front each and Joe O'Neill will PROB
ably transform the one story brick, On the
corner of Bloomington and Hickory, into
mother two story business building
Wenom Ii,dor. Mr. John BoShell, OF
Hope township was in town Tu 'sday, ANA
paid the iad,r flee pleasant visit. Mr..
Boshell has resided in La sale county be
tween thirty aud forty years, and during
that time has not been 20 exceed fifty miles
from home, and never visited Ottawa, his
county seat. lie reads the newspapers,
ana is thoroughly posted on all important
tOpics'
The SUPERVISORS of the town of Pilot, IN
Kankakee county, recently brought SUIT
against Mrs James to compel her 10 sup
port her father. who was ION the town
ON the trial il was shown that the old gen
tleman had given each of his children 40
.cre farm not long ago, and now none Of
them would keep him. The judge right
eousy assessed each of them $50 year
for his support.
Seneca Record. United in marriage, at
the home of the brides parents, by the
Rev. +. II Haley, Mr.. William kohrt and
Miss Mary, eldest daughterof Mr. and Mrs,
VI. J Hoag, OF Brooktield. The bride was
handsomely alfred in brown silk trimmed
with velvet TO match, attended by Miss
Mary Kohrt, in elegant gros grain silk, with
II. J. Hoag as best man. After the cere-
mony tho company partook of bountiiul
repast prepared by the brides mother
Dancing and games were INDUCED in until
midnight"
La Sale Democrat: Mrs. John Kennedy,
IF Peru, has in her pos esson small iron
kettle made in Ireland and brought 10 this
country in 1901, by Henry Clark, who died
in our sister city last winter. 1t is very an
,ique in design and looks, and is much
treasured by the owner-Mrs. j. Merritt
of Peru, is finishing up IA crazy quilt
which fnr ha.uty ,f lasipn il cartainlN one