The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-04-26
Vicinity Items.

The Strcator paper mill Is running again,
Marseilles has voted to rc-organize under
The general law of village interpretations
Mrs. John Mundota, wife OF Hungarian
miner, Of Streator, after three months OF mar
ried life, got tired and has left her lord. II Is
an omen question whether he's cleft or not.
The names Of 500 men are on the pay roll oil
the Plano Manufacturing Company. Last
week they paid out $4,000 to their employees
the largest amount ever paid out In Plano
in one month for labor.
The miners strike at Wenona still contin'
ues and the shaft remains idle. Most OF the
men have gone away, The managers are
putting in new set of boilers ana are pre-
pairing to put down an air SHAFT
There is proposition on foot Ia give Der
tina Clark, of Aurora, complimentary bencfl
at the Opera House some time next month
We hope this matter will not be allowed to
become failure, such as was the subscrip-
ton which was commenced some time since
the little lady shows great talent for the ma
nipulation Of her favorite instrument ana
should have opportunity to devclopc her tai
ent under good masters.
The Marseilles Water Power Co, has been
re. organzed with the following officers VIM.
Hawkes., President; A. Is. Valentine, wee
President; both of Bennington, VT; ;. Is,
Hawkes., Secretary;J n. Chapple, Treasurer
and resident manager, Company's once To-
Gated at First National Bank. The water pow.
or will be put in excellent shape. The com
pany has a large amount of capital invested
and propose to dcvclope the power for all it
il worth
The Seneca Record is responsible for this;
son last Monday some OF the masons at work
on the foundations of Roak's new building,
while tearing down the old cellar wall, found
a good sized frog embedded in the stones and
mortar. II was to all appearance, dead, but
after few minutes it revived sufficiently to
hop off in lively manner. Underhlll's store
was built in 1871 The frog was probably
caught in the wall then. II was burned to
the ground in 1879. The foundation wall, in
which the frog was found, was nearly melted
by the hot flame which surrounded it. The
frog must have AN iron constitution to stand
3. the heat and confinement"
Streator Free Press ."Mcssrs. II. Graham
Lawson, NJ. Haythorn and Henry Franklin
Sherman, all wealthy men from London,
England, are IN town to-day looking around
10 see what the advantages are for building
narrow gauge road between Chicago and
Bloomington making Strcator one of the most
important points on the line. This is the
proposed road that Mr.. Nelson Plumb is ac-
lively Interested in, and these gentlemen
came here at his request to look at the advan-
tages. They are largely interested in rail
road in Dakota and have been up looking at
that and came down from there to look at the
advantages of this proposed line. They have
been visiting the coal shafts and some OF the
prominent points about town to-day"
Rail,cay Age A perusal of the report Of the
Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy railway com.
pany for 1889 gives that qualification which
results from observing the development of
great and prosperous enterprises. Not only
are the stockholders Of this corporation and
the men who have so successfully managed
is affairs to be congratulated but so also is
that great public which has received such a
bundant benefits from the operations OF the
road at so small a cost The company has
given its passengers swift trains and comfor.
table and even luxurious cars, and has carried
the freight Of its patrons at rates which made
It's average earnings in that department only
10 cents per ton per mile The gross receipts
Of this company from It's average during the
year OF 3,255 miles Of main track reached the
great sum of s26, ITO, 1919 or this &c., =.
I60.E were received for freight.