The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-18
Vicinity Items.

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Ltm.-PresS. If Streator sends a few mOr'
representatives 10 the Ottawa Jail II Will re
ceive a very GOOD name -Four of Streator'
real nice y people are confined behind The
boiler iron coop and there are number o.
others that will decorate il unless radica
change is made in their ways in shor
time. One thing Is in our favor at leas
and that is our police force attend 10 theiI
duty.
sam Shuts residence, near Joliet, wa'
burned Sunday forenoon. He and his wife
drove to the city to attend religious eXer
cises leaving his seven children in charge
the Oldest a girl of -. In some manner
the house took fire, and the grandfather
who was up stairs would have been burned
TO death if a neighbOr had not run up anC
dragged him down, the old man being in
sensible from the effects of the smoke
Bloomington has entered into a contrac
with the Bloomington Electric Light anC
Power company to light the streets with
one hundred Thompson. Houston arc light,
of two thousand candle power each. The
city is TO pay 1925 per month. The city
is now lighted by jGS gas posts. The work
/ of constructing the electric system begins
At once. Thus for an outlay Of about Sill
900 per wear our neighbOr secures lamps
IQggregating 100000 candle power.
The c.. T. ~ q. II. r. company ha:
adopted the code of uniform signals rec
ommended by the General Tine Conyen
ion. held at Philadelphia last fall. The
new code went into effect July 9TH. There
are various changes The crossing signal
is now two long and two short blasts Of the
whistle. Green lights and flags will be
used on the rear car as markers instead OF
red. The danger signal is red, and green
signifies caution.
Joliet Press: Some of the prisoners
manifest undue nervousness whenever Wis
itors examine the Jail floor on the spot
where several murdererS have been Jerked
TO the sweet by and by There Is red
spot plainly observable on the stone flag
cling at the spot where Jacobs head was
cut off after he was hanged, in order that a
plaster cast could be made OF his head, 1t
is said that the inmates never 90 near this
bloody haunted spot of terror. They say,
"Out, damned spot" but it wont out.
At half past eight Monday morning, at
the church of Immaculate Conception,
Streator, Rev Father O'kelly officiating,
George Bra>,ie, the gentlemanly parcel
clerk of D. Heenan Il Cos, and Miss Jen.
ME Mathews, a we'll known young lady,
were Joined in wedlock. After receiving
the con gratulations of their many friends,
they repaired 70 their own residence, cor.
ner Park and Bridge streets, which had
been handsomely furnished. Thos. Henry
acted as gro0msman and Miss Mary
Brassie as bridesmaid A reception was
given them the same evening
Streator independent: Lester A. Rose.
who created such a furore in journalistic
circles in Joliet some four or five years ago,
is guest of the Plumb House. Roses
Caustic quill maze a revolution in munich
pal affairs in that city. He was the man
who began and pushed to successful issue,
the $500 license in Joliet, before the Har-
per law was passed and at the time when
there were l21 saloons in the city. We re,
member Rose when many a Joliet whisky
dealer sought his blood. He will also he
remembered as the editor Of the Herd'9,
which sprang p. c. Haley for congress.
siOnal candidate, and came near sending
him to Washington over Cullen. in 50,
Haley only lacked 1915 of a majority Rose
is as hOmely and ungainly rs ever.
Princeton 7iijVb6. Did you ever see
tanned human skim Did you ever see
leather made out of tanned human hide:
A piece Of leather said e. be such lies on
our desk. II was sent us some months ago
by subscriber at Lincoln, Neb., and was
mislaid and forgotten, but has turned up.
Last tall Il Mexican committed an outrage
on woman and was hung 10y a mob, ana
as we remember, was hung from rail
road bridge near Hastings, Neb. The doc
tors got hold of the corpse, skinned II and
had the hide tanned, Mr.. GuStiu made it
up into medicine eases for them Our in
f0rmant is Arthur IEand>aker, then Of Lin
coin, now Of Malcolm, Neb, We have al
sample of tie leather made from the hide
of the brute, AMI in appearance il very
much resembles HCing or wAan- leather
rs thresheys call II.
Pekiu 1imcy, Some people are Of the
opinion that the tickle godiess smiles on
editors only, bur they mistake. Mrs. Jen
ningS of this city, while she has not exact
" fallen heir t. "a fortune, Is Interested toI
no small extent in an estate in Ireland val
ual at 100000 We were shown ii Letter
Ibis morning. the contents Of which fully
the truth of the above. Tue
property in question is known in Ireland
u the Sheridan estate, and falls entire 70
he only direct heir, Mrs. Meath ot Chi
ago Mr., Meath formerly Of Mendoza,
ms three daughters. Mrs Jane, Higgins
If Chicago. Mrs Scion Of Mendoza, and
me whose name and location We are una
DE t. give Nh, james Higgins Is the
iaughteriulaw Of Mrs. Jennings, Of this
nv. and in consequence thereof lies the
lener, that the latter lady will derive
Phenomenal results have been effected