The Ottawa free trader., 1885-09-26
Vicinity Items.

Peoria distile-ies produced about eleve
per cent. of all the whiskey manufactured
in the United States for the year endin
August 3lst
Mendoza Repo,tey: Ell. Higgins trouble
are over. HIS father has purchased tn
news depot Of Mr.. Marks and all are happy
Mr.. Marks, because he has possession
again of the money which it was under
stood he made Ed. Il present of four or five
months ago and Ed, because lie is unde
no more obligations Ed has been doins
Il fine business and will continue to do 50.
The gate receipts on Thursday Of las
week At the Bureau county fair wert
$1,000
The MENDOZA Reporter thinks that it La!
been unjustly dealt with, and says that dur
ing the past three years il has received bu
from l2 10 II per cent. Of the printing fol
the Union fair
The number enrolled in the Streatol
graded schools during the first week after
opening was ,5G2, an increase of POP over
last years enrolment for the same period
A couple of girls put in an appearance
at the Aurora corset factory, the other day
and applied for work, saying they had
walked to that city from Braidwood. They
had no shoes and looked as though they
had seen very hard times, although they
were respectable in manner and appear
ance. They were given employment.
Their utter poverty awakened the sympa-
thy of the employees, who raised a donation
of about thirty dollars and got them some
clothes and shoes.
The Marseilles girls are good drivers
One of them was out with a young man on
south Main Street just before dark last
Sunday evening, who seemed TO handle the
ribbons satisfactorily, at least the gallant
seemed to think SO as he hai other oCcupa-
ton for his arms. Boys, ii you want TO
hug the girls don't do it on public street
In broa3 day light.
An Earlville wife, Mrs. II. Tydeman, is
said to have left her husband, hard work
ing blacksmith, and their two daughters,
and has gone to Texas to be the mistress OF
her brotherin.law This brother-inla law,
b. Sanborn by name, Is immensely wealthy,
while Mr.. Tydeman is honest and poor.
Sanborn owns ranch Of $4,000 acres well
stocked with cattle. He keeps his wife in
Houston in grand style and his wife's sis
ter, Mrs Tydeman, al the ranch and spends
part of his time at the ranch and a part of
his time in Houston. 1t is said that Mr..
Tydeman recently Went to Texas and earn
estly besought his wife tD return to his
home and their mUtherless children. But
she ilatly refused, declaring that she had
rather be the mistress of rich man than
the wife of any poor man.
A great biz Hungarian wedding took
place at Streator coal shaft on Sunday last,
George Barris being the happy man and
Miss Garibaldiinski the blushing bride.
Twenty five kegs of beer We're drank i'll
honor of the event The festivities contin-
ued until Tuesday.
A young lady named Ada Whitson was
recently drugged on the streets OF Macomb
by Thomas Buuertield. During the night
she was repeatedly outraged. Butteriield
fled and has not been captured.
Republic-Snm: There are thirty-tive boys
and girls going away from Joliet 10 school
during the present month. OF this mum
ber there are probably ten who are tar
enough advanced to enter one of the regu-
lar classes in any college or seminary.
That leaves total of twenty five who 60
away to take a preparatory course. Some
of them are mere children who pursue the
elementary studies tlat are taught in our
ward schools while there are but few be
yond the reach of "A firSt-Class high school.
The question naturally arises here, What
Is the cause of this unusual OutpOuring? =?
II is not reasonable 10 suppose that parents
are so willing to get rid of their children,
or their money, that they are anxious TO
pay from four to six hundred dollars per
year for schooling away from home. If the
proper advantages could be had here, those
scholars and that money would remain III
Joliet; and, If II is not a reflection on the
management of our public schools, when
we see So many going abroad TO enter pre-
paratory classes, | would like 10 have some
one come to the front and explain why.
Peru Ne,cs. Root. Casey, a coal miner,
was killed Sunday under the following cir
cumstauces He and two others had hired
IA horse and buggy from McElhenie's livery
stable and went across the river south ot
La Sale. Retsrning they were under the
influence of liquor, and started down the
Shippingsport hill driving very fast. AT
the sharp turn, half way down the hill, one
wheel gave way and the three men We're
throwI out, and Roberts foot was caught
in wheel and he was dragged some dis
lance, producing conclusion of the brain,
from which he died In a few hours. An
inquest was held developing above facts.
Mrs. Julia Mccormick, who had been a
resident of Peru since lS47. died Friday of
last week, aged 90 years, after lingering
illness lasting over year. She had been
a widow for sixteen years and leaves one
son 10 mourn her death. She was laid to
rest Sunday last in the Catholic cemetery
in La Sale.