The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-07
From Mendoza.

menting for gas. They intend to utilize
This amount In boring below the Trenton
limestone. and If gas Is found II is suret.
that ii will be inexhaustible'
smiths Bell Ringers who have the ope
"a house this week for two nights are D!
all odds the best company we nave ha'
here since the opening of that place o
amusement.
A man. whose name we suppress, ant
whose wife was working In Earl went e
that city lately and made call upon ina
LADY. He began sort OF Attn OF July
celebration, by making n target OF her
shooting at her with revolver, One sho
took effect In her left shoulder. which
nroduced serious wound. Mr. IL. NILS
constable, did some excellent trailing Il
find the escaping wOuld.be assassin, VINO
fired four shots at short range at Mills
without effect. Mills was very brave, how
ever and caught his man, Al Aurora, On
their way 10 Ottawa, Mills and his prisoner
we're met at the depot by pal OF the pris
oner who represented himself to be the
civ marshal Of Sandwich, and who invited
Mills 10 take drink and played his mar
shalship so well that the prisoner escaPeu
A large reward is offered for his apprehen'
sion. Husband and wife were living sepa'
rate, and the husband had conceived al
unfounded jealousy Of her.
John Schuelz, Chas Madden ana Edgar
s. Browne organized In .SS4 Ctoeed"d'
Nc I)0n0id club in this city and invited D.
! II. Eckles, Of Ottawa, 10 deliver an ADDRESS
before that club; yet neither of these three
have been recognized in the new auiiiihiS'
tration. ,,-
A terrible affair occurred about miles
north of this city, on the Lee county line,
| in which Paul Walter, John Walter, Adam
| link and his II year old son were implica,
ted Ii was the result of an old feud, and
this last affair commenced In saloon here.
Paul Walter, the smaller of the two broth
ers, is fearfully cut and bruised and lying
in bed. link is bound over to appear be
fore the grand jury of Lee county 1hey
were all drunk, and it will be almost I'M
possible TO prove whether link Is the
would be murderer or whether Paul wal
ters brother through mistake pounded the
wrong man. Adam link and the brothers
had a suit before our courts over Jug OF
whisky recently. Mr.. Browne, OF this city,
has been retained to defend.
Parties from Earl are Canvassing the sur
rounding country with the Bryant trees
We extend our h earty thanks TO the gen
tlemen of the Mendoza Turnvereln, Tor
their courtesy in furnishing us with comps
for the entertainments at that delightful
place of amusement. the opera house,
OcT 2g.-Miss Carrie Tower and Mr.,
John Moore we're married last Tuesday
evening AT the residence of the brides pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. ID. Tower, in this
city.
Co. b, l. y. G., were out on street parade
Monday evening They made very MN
tary appearance. Jacob Rodner was elect
ed 1st Lieut.. vice John Smith resigned,
and Wells Colson ID Lieut..
A blacksmith employed by r. B, Dobbie
melted lead for the purpose OF soldering
pipes He carried the hot lead on WASH
ngton street, and in using the metal an eX.
plosion occurred, striking him in the face
and eyes. The attending physician, Dr. D,
G.. Corbus, is apprehensive that loss OF AZ
least one eye will be the result.
Burglars entered the residence OF MI ..
Rogers Friday night last about O'Clock
A. VI, and succeeded in obtaining goa
watch and chain belonging to Edgar hog
ers. They were frightened away by MIS-,
Jerry Cooper, who had heard them short
time previous attempting to pick Jock AZ
their residence, Just opposite, Mrs. G,
watched them, and when she discovered "A
bright light in the Rogers house went out
on the porch in company with her husband
and gaze the alarm, yelling "Burglars!"
with all the strength of her voice. There
were three of them, and possibly fearing
detection fired three Intellectual shots oil
rectly AT Mr. Cooper, who had gone out In
10 the street. OF course Mr.. G. retreated,
chased by the burglars. Mrs. Coopers
cries brought the night police, who were
over on Main street.
On the same night burglars entered the
residence of Mr.. Geo. Cook, in the 81 Wara,
and stole new overCOat from that gentle
man. As yet none of these thieves have
been apprehended They will no doubt
keep quiet until the excitement dies away,
when they will again proceed to "burgle.'
If man does one mean act, he will do
another.
Mrs. Lucinda Gibson and her vivacious
daughter, Miss Florence, departed for their
home in Emporia, Kansas Thursday, after
passing very pleasant visit here among
frienos and relatives.
The various religious faiths of the world
are but the tributes men pay to their reas-
Oning powers.
The Congregationalis church of Homer
has bought the old Free viii Baptist
church on Fifth avenue, and will repair
and re.decorate the same for religious wor-
ship. 1t was recently struck 10y lightning.
BY the way, there are II churches IN
Mendoza
Miss Mary McNett has left the Hess
English opera troupe, on account OF the
hard work, which she felt unable 10 per
form. She is pursuing her musical studies
in Chicago
Miss Agnes !. Love, of Sycamore, and at
one time teacher in this city, was married
"Wednesday evening, Al the residence Of
Mrs Best, to Louis j. Irish, of Sycamore.
The bride was dressed in a white lace
dress, and the bridesmaid, Miss DO. Jordan,
in combination suit Of white lace and
satin Harry Lee acted rs groomsman,
Rev Mr.. Smith, Rockford divine, per
forming the ceremony The newly mar.
ried pair left on the night train for trip
to Wisconsin
Mr. and Mrs Dow Smith, the latter nee
Miss Swisher brought their dead baby
from Chicago Sunday last for burial.
Tony Klein. az one time very popular
boot and shoe man of Mendoza and now
located at Salem, Oregon, in the same bus
mess, was shaking hands with his numer.
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