The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-01
Vicinity Items.

Lacon Democrat: What is making peo-
pie rush to Spring Valley for investment
Willie WEIGH, the son of Elk Mayor
Welch, of La Sale, is an applicant for a
position in the railway postal service.
Its coal! What brings a new railroad
there but coal? What will build Spring
Valley and keep it up? Echo answers
coal!
The boiler OF a freight engine exploded
at Godfrey Tuesday afternoon, while stand
ing still at the station. The engineer,
whose name is House, the fireman and
an unknown man, standing near, were al.
most instantly killed.
What does this mean? 1t is going the
rounds that one of Morris good widow la
led to the marriage altar. Morris will then
have another professional piano-tuner as a
permanent resident, and Ottawa one less.
independent: A number of Morris good
ladies entertain the Idea that the little girl
with the gypsies here is Lille Schaffer,
and have had word sent to Mrs. Schaffer
urging her to come and see the child her.
self. Her expenses will willingly be paid
by the ladies.
"Minks have put in their work in our
city of late, killing spring chickens. Mrs.
John Mower lost 23 last Monday morning"
The above Is what the Marseilles Register
men say. How much better it would have
been If the lady had devoted these 90
spring pullets to the crops of the half-fed,
hungry Stone Bros.
In 1850, f. r. Moffatt was appointed the
first postmaster at La Sale, being succeed
e in 1853 by John M. Farren, who entered
to act up to 1861, when +. B. Mason was
appointed. Mason served two terms E. G..
followed and served about ten years. J. r.
Corbus was then appointed and served a
term, ID. A. Leahy being appointed in Feb
ruary of this year, and A. j. Reddck APP
pointed July 18th.
Seneca Record: Seneca takes one more
step to the front. The prospects are good
for new city hall and Jail to cost $4,000.
Town lots have been purchased and the
Board have plans for the building Under
consideration. The neel of the hall and
jail are too well known to merit further
comment The lots purchased are at the
cornor of Crotty avenue and Armour street,
and the hail. if ordered built will front
both Crotty and Armour.
"A curiosity In the shape of chicken
with four legs and four wings is on exhi-
bitiOn at Higby's drug store. The egg was
Matched last Sunday by hen belonging to
Mrs. G. b, Clugston, and lived but short
time" If Hale, of the Utica Blade, wants
his L" Independent, Fearless and Free" or.
gan to acquire reputation for veracity, he
will be obliged to quit publishing stories
like the above. Let him beware of the
fate Of Wilson and "come Off"
A mammoth pleasure excursion and
basket picnic has been arranged to run
from Streator to Dayton on Tuesday, Aug
18th. For three years similar excursions
have left there, and this promises to be the
most enjoyable of all. Dayton's beautiful
scenery, fine shade, and unequaled reputa-
ton as a pleasure resort is unsurpassed,
and Streator people, having no such beauti.
full or romantic camping out places near
their city, have to come this way for such
beneficial pleasures.
Lacon has pretty fair prospect of big
east and west line of railroad running
through it. If it would get right down to
the development of its coal, 1t could have
the railroad shops of that company located
here. If some other place on its line makes
this sort of move, Lacon will be supplan.
ted. We have the coal, but none of cur
capitalists have the nerve to attempt Its de-
velopment, although they know the great
wealth that comes of such enterprise oh |!
for Plumb or Devlin to put snap into
our capitalists.
Bureau county boasts of haunted house
occupied by one Henry Bartelman. Some
invisible joker raps at the side Of the house,
occasionally showing a ghostly hand, and
throws stones over the roof. 1t is supposed
TO be the spirit of the father of Lizzie, the
adopted daughter of Bartelman. There Is
great excitement over this ghostly business,
and the Princeton papers are full of the
stuff. Bailey, of the Republican, and Mer.
Ger, Of the Tribune, both went down to the
scene Of the racket one day last week
armed to the teeth. but the ghost would not
appear and they had their 20.mile hurry
for nothing. Served 'em right. |