The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-15
Vicinity Items.
IENAs.

One of La Sales old soldiers, Geo. Nor
rison recently received back pension Of
nearly 81 600
A supplied choir of % male voices ant
II chorus Of female voices is proposed fol
st. Mary's Catholic church, Peru.
William eagle, a La Sale tin,smith, be
came tired of living In La Sale, and OF
Thursday OF last week drove spike int
his brain with hammer.
Louis Drummer and Joseph Schillinger,
of La Sale, got into an alteration ut the
residence of the latter, on Friday of last
week, when both drew knives and started
to carve each other In true La Sale style.
Drummer received deep stab in the lung,
and IL is doubtful If he will recover. Schil-
linger was stabbed In the breast, but not
dangerously, He Is now in the county
house.
Gen. Geo. b. Mcclellan and wife, Geo.
b. Mcclellan, IT,, and Miss Georgia Heck.
sher went through Mendoza on the 3:4j
train last Monday. They were on their
way TO Manitou Springs, Col, where they
will spend the remainder of the season.
While the train stopped there the General
kindly invited the bystanders into his car,
but the crowd, consisting mostly of Repub-
lcans, were SO overawed at the command
ing presence of the grand old Democrat
that they didn't realize the chance until the
rumblngs of the departing train had died
away In the neighborhood of Clarion
A singular and fatal accident is
reported from Bloomington recently. The
cook at the Ashby House, heavy man.
was making Ice cream on rickety stair
way platform leading to the kitchen in the
second story. The structure gave way and
fell to the yard below, distance of Is
feet, carrying the cook with 1t, breaking
one of his legs. The second cook was I'M
dereath the old trap, grinding knife and
another man was turning the grindstone.
The stairway fell on both of them. The
knife passed through the under jaw of the
cook and up into his head. The third man
had his back broken and his case is hope
less. For a complication of accidents this
is truly very superior case.
Sheridan independent: We fear that
there Is trouble coming between the towns
Of Worthwhile and Mission Supervisor
OF the former town, is seen to
drive up toward the residence of Supervis-
Or Jennings regularly once a week and al.
ways on Sunday evenings. There seems
10 be something mysterious about the mat.
ter, for while many have seen Mr.. G.. going
that way none have ever seen him depart.
The people of Sheridan are getting excited
about the movements of Mr.. c., and unless
An explanation Is soon made they will
probably proceed TO investigate.
Aurora Beacon: OF Aurora's recent adj
iitions In the way Of factories, that of the
Chicago Corset Company, on Claim street,
seems to be one Of the most prosperous
At present they are employing about 425
hands, which are mostly girls, who after u
lew months tuition are enabled 10 earn
rood wages, ranging from five TO twelve
dollars per week, according 10 the ability
II each Steady and industrious girls and
aides can obtain employment there at any
line, as the firm are constantly advertising
or more help, At present an addition TO
he factory Is being constructed, which
measures twenty by seventy feet, and will
,e two stories high when completed. Att
he present rate of Increase this nourishing
will In few years employ
Il least one thousand hands.
La Sale Times: A band Of silverware
md jewelry canvassers have been circu.
ating around this city during the past
month. soliciting orders for their goods,
nd succeeded In contracting for the deliv-
nv of over $500 worth Of wares soon.
their little game was the installment plan,
nd they deluded many guileless house
wife into purchasing knives and forks,
poons, casters, rings, napkin. rings and
UGH articles on the dollar.amonth pay
nent scheme. There were three men and
woman, who passed as wife of one of