The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-30
Timely TOpICs.


The second span Of the new bridge is com
pleted.
The salary of the mayor Of Joliet is sGO'
per annum.
La Sale has organized debating society
Well what neXty
A reliable @ La Sale paper says that LII
Sale has 10000 dogs.
Sterling has organized society for the pro
lection of fish in Rock river.
Sanders Bros. have the contract for new
residence for Mr.. Hamer, in Tonica.
d. A. Leahy, Of In Sale, is out with
petition for retention rs postmaster
Prof. Carter, of Peru, will deliver the Deco
ration Day Grafton ut Wenona to-day.
Belva Lockwood lectures at Princeton thi:
evening on political and Social Life"
The 17.year locusts are said to have beer
found in the counties adjoining La Sale.
The strawberry patches at Centralia com
prise / ,252 acres, divided among 325 growers
The Turner's May ball last Tuesday night
was well attended and was an enjoyable
affair.
Potato bugs are reported as doing great de
structon to the early tubers throughout the
county.
Last Sunday, Mayor Bellinghausen, Of Peru
reioiced in the arrival Of son at the eXecu
tive mansion.
Il. X. Coulter, was elected alderman of the
Fifth Ward La Sale, last Friday, vice Deni:
Mcclure, resigned.
| Frank Trumbo had runaway at his farm
last Thursday afternoon, being spilled out and
considerably shook up.
Strawberries ought to be cheap. 43 cal
loads were shipped on Monday evening from
! Centralia alone to Chicago.
The horsemen of this city are out nearly
every one of these fine mornings speeding
their flyers on the race track.
Adam Lindemeyer, Peru man, serving on,
his time in the penitentiary, attempted to com
NIT suicide one day last week.
O. B. Knickerbocker, the Aurora postmas-
ter who died recently, had his life insured for
81 800 few days before his death.
Last Thursday nights rain was heaven.
sent blessing to the farmers. 1t was also a
very welcome messenger to city people.
Freddie, the little son of w. w. Bean, Of the
Monitor, was buried last Sunday. The pa
rents have the entire sympathy Of the FREE
TRADER.
The committee appointed to secure honor
airy membership for Co. d., state that 200 will
be secured. This will bring into the funds of
that organization 81 600.
Ill, Ia, bo
matter of Fourth Of July celebration, while
no steps have yet been taken towards prop
cr celebration of the day in this city.
A number Of young ladies in one Of the
Twin Cities promenade the streets MASKING
every disreputablc BLACKBOARD who will con-
descend to notice them. SO says the Peru
Mars.
The Streator Monitor can't understand how
there can be so many drunken men on Sun
days with the saloons all closed. Such limo
cence is quite refreshing; and we never sus-
pected Bean of it.
The shower Of Sunday afternoon was pretty
general throughout the county, and was
thankfully received. Corn grew rapidly after
it; and the only objection that could be raised
was, there should have been more of it.
Bowman went out to the residence of Mrs
Wallace, last Saturday, and secured some
negatives Of the famous war-steed of the Ia
mented Col. w. II. L. Wallace, killed in the
bloody battle of Pittsburgh Landing. The
horse is 2S years Of age.
The Streator Reds are having hard time
of it in getting any club to test their merits
this season. Two weeks ago the Chicago
Blues agreed to play at Streator, and when
every thing was ready they Cancelled the date.
This week the Chicago Unions played the
same trick on the Reds.