The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
Vicinity Items.

Mnooka has several cases of scarlet
fever.
Ice is reported It foot thick on upper
Fox river.
Macon had three eases of dlphthcria this
week. No deaths have occurred.
The Scotchmen Of Streator will celebrate
Burns birthday as usual--!he 2Jth.
The Wenona post, G. a. r., are getting
ready for camp fire, to be held JAN 18th.
Father Heely, Of Strcator, is raising
quite fund to replace the Catholic church
OF that city.
Rev. J. r. Hoist, Of Christ Episcopal)
church, Streator. has resigned his position
as rector and will leave Streator shortly.
Our congressman has introduced bill
to refund John McNellis, OF Morris, $14.-
900 tax paid on hlghwlnes destroyed IN
the Chicago fire OF 1871.
Ksnkakee county has voted to issue
$l50,000 in bonds to pay up principal and
interest of bonds issued to the paper Kan
kakee Il Illinois River railroad.
The teachers of Marsellles, Seneca and
bounding townships of Manlius have or
ganized district association, and will
hold meeting IN Seneca, on February I'd.
The St. Antonius German Catholic
church, Streator, cleared over 500 on
their recent fair at Oriental hall. There
still remains an il dcbtedncss of $500 on
the church.
Joliet is having run o! scarlet fever
that Is beginning to excite fear that it will
become epidemic. Chicago sewerage
brought down by the canal is supposed to
be the cause.
A seven years old boy named Marouki
was killed at No. 3 shaft, Streator, on
Monday afternoon, while crossing the rail-
road track with bag Of coal, beng struck
by Il passing engine.
The Earlville Lodge Of Masons publicly
installed officers Wednesday week. After
the ceremonies supper was served at the
Wallace House, which was followed by
dancing. The affair was very pleasant.
The train recently put on to run from
here to Rockford, has been changed so that
1t runs only from Strea,or TO Shabbona. 1t
leaves Strcator five minutes after midnight
and returns just before noon, making the
round trip.
Earlville Lsader Considerable excite
ment was caused in the village of Hard
ing Tuesday, by the attempted suicide of
one of lis old settlers, John Cora, by cut
ting his throat with a razor Domestic
infelicity and financial embarrassment is
supposed to have been the cause of the at.
tempt. The wound IS not fatal.
Las; week G. J.. Otto, OF Mendota, made
an assignment Of all his estate 70 NJ. \.
Mickey for the benefit nf his creditors
Liabilities SG,27G7l; assets $4,000. Mr..
Otto, like many other business men, was
swamped ON account OF the great depres
sion IN trade this winter and most OF last
year.
On Wednesday morning Vim. Dreispel,
of Peru, one Of the ice cutting gang, was
drowned He was ON the ice al o 80, and
appears to have gone upon the thin ice
covering he previous days cutting and
was swept Away. He was SO years old
and leaves wife and six children. lie
owned some property.
The Slreator Monitor tells this story:
On Thursday week james Mitchelson
had a very narrow escape from death while
mining in No. . shaft A rock fell on
him, but fortunately broke in two as 1t
struck his back, sliding of on each side.
If the rock had not broken, he would have
been crushed to death instantly"
The aggregate pay rolls in the mechan
icaI department Of the e. B. & @ road for
the year 1893, was S2.559, 09297. The
smalles: number Of men employed in the
various shops was 4,0S7, IN January-and
the largest number, 4,e2S was last month.
Ofthe above amount 1914, 5OasO was paid
TO employees In the Aurora shops The