The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-16

| WcnOna has hyc ooloons.
Note change of time on the Rock Island.
Sterling has licensed eight saloons at Sl,ooo
each.
The Mendoza skatingri rink was finished this
week.
May I, 1858, the river at this place was fro.
zen over.
st. John will lecture in Rockford some time
| th, month,
Earl has two saloons at $500 license each,
cash in advance.
Mayor Rad,ey, Of Elrlyillc, wants fire
company organized.
A skating rink 65xSO, with ante room 5X25
| is being built at Seneca.
Bob Ingcrsoll lcctured to an lmmo noc audi
cncc at Rockford last week
The Early.llc Lod,r has copied the style of
/ the FREE TRADER personals.
The canal authoriuc, have got through
bred ding the basin and ,idc-cut
/ DO not bo in "a hurry to part with your
Merlin, mdcr.hrt for some time yet.
/ &. W. IloIme, has purchased the Galloway
house property on Columbus street, for $1,000,
| The BLOOMINGTON aud La Sale military
companies left Joliet for home last Saturday
There were four deaths among the Lcmont
strikers, caused by the engagement Of the ith
inst. there.
John II. Mills has been appointed city mar
shall of Earlyilc aud ;. NJ. Warren street SUI
pcrintcndcnt
The Morris Ind,p intent wants Judge Jor.
dan, of Grundy county, as one of the new
jud res Of this circuit
There were more "baby jumpers on La
Sale street some afternoons this week than
you could shake Il stick at.
The newspaper and newspaper man that
people don't talk about and roundly abuse oc.
casonaly, are not worth their salt.
Mrs Hart, of this city, who was buried in
the Catholic cemetery, near this city, last Sat
urday, left family Of nine children.
Wedne day last, Arthlr Clink, lC.year. old
boy, of MENDOZA, fell into she artificial lake,
north of that city, and was drowned
The depot OF the |. ~ n. X. r. will not be
located in Homer village, but will be planted
about one mile east Of that prehistoric burg.
Bureau county has about enough dogs to
make il n favorltc canine summer resort.
There are n,719 Of them according to the lat
est census
A railroad conductor being asked his opin.
inc of an eating house on the line Of his road
said their table salt was equal to any he had
ever tasted.
The Mendoza Bttlietia says that +. J. Kelly,
city clerk of Ottawa, gets salary OF 81 POO as
such officer This will be pleasing and highly
agreeable news TO Ed.
A typewriter has been purchased for the
high school pupils of Henry. Could not the
trustees OF our high school be made to see the
utility OF following the above example.
1t wouldn't do to import negroes into La
Sale to work the mines there. The Strcator
uoa,toy says that La Sale is mighty bad
place for "coons," and every mothers son OF
them on this continent knows 1t.
Is Ottawa to have Fourth OF July Ccle-
bration this year? 1t is the best situated city
within radius Of 30 miles to get up grand
celebration, and it is not too early to put the
ball in motion. Talk it up, cotemps.
4 rcyiyalist in ncighboring town in dc
scribng the ccstacy Of the new convert said:
ale feels as did Alexander the Great as he
stood on the top OF the Andes and exclaimed
I'm monarch of all ! survey; my right there
is none to dispute"
If there Is paper in this or any OF the
counties adjoining it, that furnishes half as
much news IA the FREE TRADER, let it be
heard from; aud yet the subscription price Of
this paper is but 81 80 per year, while 1t
ought to be 81 according to the rate others
charge.
Fuckers Business College at Mendoza beld
| its commencement exercises last Tuesday
The following are the names Of graduates
Marion A. Hargis, Matte b. Price, Mamie
Gallup, Chas. w. DudgcoD, Isabelle j. ORA
per, Herbert l.. Evans, William A. Morrissey
Molllc A. Wilcox and Eugene Meisenbach.
| The Times OF this city doesn't want Col
Mcintyre on the governors staff. In fact,
this appointment doesn't seem to tickle the
old soldiers to any extent. What does It mat
ter, gents? The position doesn't amount to
anything, and is only paper-collar title &c
make the most of it. 1t strikes the under
signed rather fCrcbly that the old soldier edi
tors were whooping 1t up rather warmly las
fall for gallant Uncle Dick"