The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
Vicinity Items.

The Streator coal syndicate shipped rs.
OPS tons of coal during the month OF
March.
&c Cope and t. S. Painter were elect,
ed members of the Streato, school board
last Saturday.
The postOillce fight over the appoint
ment of KnickerboCker at Aurora by the
former administration, is still going on,
ard il looks as though there is blood on
the moon.
Ln~.llr Times. an. =. Dooley, formerly
pr in, ipal Of the first ward school in this
city, has been on visit TO friends here
this w eek. Mr.. Dooley's home is in Iowa,
where he has gained "A high reputation as
scientific lecturer. He has prosperous
appearance, weighs about 2j0 pounds avoir-
dupols, and claims to his friends that the
world goes well with him"
The balitf in the court house at Joliet is
in Quandry, The other morning some
officials found some stray and suspicious
looking hairpins in his room at the court
house. As is we'll known these imple-
ments are used exclusively by the weaker
sex and you may imagine that the poor
balff is dying to know who utthem there,
and SAYS il was an attempt to blackmail
him, and he certainly ought to know.
The Morris independent has the follow
ing: "A number OF gentlemen who are in
terested in driving park, or rather that
desire TO he interested in one, are looking
up a location and talking the matter up
with our citizens, and we sincerely hope
they will be successful in organizing a
stock company or in some way get the pro.
4 = al N,h nd
desire place to exercise them, or are
otherwise interested in this matter, take
holo and push the project along
Not long since gentleman and lady
from Tonica, called at the NJ. L. parsonage
in Minonk, produced marriage license,
and requested Mr. Doney to marry them
The license was drawn in LaSalle county
and would not do in Minonk, but rs the
parties were known to the minister, (having
been stationed at Tonica some time,) and
had come a long way, he did not like TO
disappoint them. this suggestion sleigh
was hired at livery stable, into which the
party stepped along with the minister and
his wife, and in short time were driven
70 the border line of LaSalle county, mile
or so north Of Minonk. A neighboring
farmer, on hearing of the dilemma, placed
his house at their disposal, which was de-
clined; and il was decided to hold the &C.
remony In the sleigh With the mercury
approaching the SUBJ cellar of the thermom-
eter, and banks Of the beautiful within
arms length on either side, it did not take
much of an effort for any of the party ITO
"brace up to the sticking point. The ce-
remony was short, sharp and decisive, and
when it was over the young couple were
in just the proper state of being to properly
appreciate the comforts in store for them
later on in the evening. Congratulations
were not dispensed with, and the time hon.
ored custom, of the minister taking the first
kiss from the newly made bride, was
strictly enforced. The happy couple re
turned to town, where they remained for
the night, as happy as if the wedding had
been celebrated within marble walls.
Herman Wencil and William Keitcher
are neighboring farmers living in Dim
mick, and unpleasant feelings between the
two families have existed for some time,
Last week Wencil's hogs eloped and were
skirmishing along the frontiers of keit-
cher's kingdom, and that potentate forth
with deprived them of the blessed boon of
liberty, requiring ransom of one dollar
per head as condition precedent to their re-
lease from bondage. Mrs Wencil was
passing Gen. Keitcher's headquarters in a
buggy, returning from church, when she
was halted on the highway and sternly
questioned "Ish dem dere your hocksy"
Mrs Wencil was armed to the teeth with a
ubleedged tongue, keen as a razor, and
she forthwith proceeded to give a history
OF the ketcher family from the days of
Noah down to date, which, if authentic,
would not be calculated to give him big
vote for highway commissioner. Mr..
keitcher was deeply wounded, and proba-
bly, quoted the immortal William to the eff
feet, "He who steals my purse steals a9h,"
Ga much WON 25-cent wallet, containing
one suspender buckle and arecipe for cur
ing hog cholera) but he who tlches from
me my good name" had better knock
vowel or two out of it for convenience
sake Anyway he had Mrs. Wencil ar
rested and brought before Justice Wagner
"a change of venue was taken to Judge
Bowling who, on general principles, fined
the eloquent feminine hist rian five dol
lars. An appeal will be taken, but we don't
think any circuit judge would dare TO re-
verse any decision from Judge Dowling's
court And there will be lots of fun in the
court here when the case is tapped and
turned loose