The Ottawa free trader., 1885-08-22
Vicinity Items.

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thousand yards Of cloth daily.
A Belvidere strawberry patch of about
one acre yielded two hundred bushels OF
| fruit this season.
1t Is officially estimated that about two
thirds of the apple and cherry trees in
| Northern Illinois are either dead or dying
Lenzen's Peru band will give musical
tournament in that city Sept 9th and 7th
with four prizes of 800, S75, $50 and $25
Bloomington, according to census taken
tion of 1920. The deaths in the past
year were rs.
Rockford intends changing her present
system of electric lights to that of the in
candescent and will place her lamps on
posts at the street corners instead of on
towers.
Saturday afternoon, Adam Diller, a prom.
inent farmer living two miles east of
Streator, died from the effects of overhead
ing. His funeral took place the following
Wednesday.
On Monday Mrs Floods millinery estab
lishment at Streator, was boldly entered by
thief who took 500 out of the money
drawer while the ladies were at work in
the rear of the store.
One night last week very mean burglar
entered Ala. Wormley's bedroom, in Mendo-
Ia, although an open window, and while +. X.
was dreaming Of the happy hereafter, stole
his pants which had $l2 in the pockets,
Governor Oglesby has authorized the or
ganization of the Joliet Light Artillery,
Captain Stephen V. De Long, and the Ad-
jutant General has sent Capt. De Long
authority to drill, parade, fire salutes, etc.
An Agricultural Station has been estab-
lished at Aurora in connection with the
chronological division of the Department
of Agriculture. Nelson w. Mclean has
been appointed to take charge of the sta
tiOn.
There will be no hotel this year at Men
dota, to replace the burned Passenger
house. Both companies cannot agree as to
tempt will be made to rebuild until late
next spring, probably.
Geo. Morrison, of La Sale, aged 81, died
last week. He was member of the Sec
ond Iowa Cavalry, and few weeks before
his death received pension of $3.50. He
carried life insurance of $4,000. The
funeral was held with military honors.
= The next La Sale county Sunday School
convention will be held at Streator Thurs
day and Friday, Sep. 18th and 18th. j. ID.
Moody is president and w. f. Baird secre-
tary Rev, A. Monroe speaks upon Pre-
paratory Training" branch of the
Teacher "question.
Galesburg Republicm Register: Articles
of incorporation of the Galesburg Electric
Light and Power Company have been filed
with the Secretary of State and license is
sued. The capital stock is $50000 and the
ncorporatOrs David Greenleai, |. II. Brady,
Monmouth; and A. Searles, of Chicago.
Streator Free Press: Postmaster Finlen
desires it known that any mail addressed to
Spring Valley, Illinois, goes TO Spring Val
ley in Kane county, in the northern part of
the state. Address your letters to Peru
and they will be delivered from there, as
the Spring Valley IA few miles from there
Is not yet recognized rs a postoffice
Sandwich Argus. The Sandwich M'f g
Co. have received cable order from
South America for three car loads of Re.
lance Binders and other goods; also from
Mexico an order for six shelters, with a
promise OF larger orders to follow. Their
foreign trade during the past sixty days
amounts to over eighteen thousand dollars
net.
Streator Times: The "gates of Heaven
were left ajar" Sunday morning, and two
little cherubs escaped therefrom and were
may be thought to be hyperbolical, but If
anyone thinks that thirteen. pound boy
and a twelve-pound girl haven't taken up
lodging with Mr., and Mrs John Barris, of
North StreatOr, just call around and be con-
vinced.
MENDOZA Bulletin: One of our tony gro
Gerry clerks who delivers goods to some of
the best families in town, took his girl out
for an Ice cream the other night, and in II
moment of absent mindness, thinking he
was waiting on customer, asked cor
daily: Anything elseg" She look lem
onade and cake, another cream, paper of
peppermints, ball of popcorn and a stick
of chewing gum. That girl will make a
thrifty wife for some one-but not for that
grocery clerk. He says she was too res
ponsive.
Sycamore Republican,: The railroad com.
pany are pushing things. They have been
50 long delayed in getting the right OF way
that when II was accom- plished they sailed
In with track k.laying machine and laid
track over the Pierce property In Alton,
working all day on Sunday. They laid
about mile of steel track between Syca-
more and DeKalb last week. With the
exception of a few short breaks, the line Is
now all graded, and 1t will not be many
days before trains are running from Peru
to Belvidere.
Peru Nees: Saturday last young man
named Fred Krumscheid was dangerously
hurt while out hunting three miles north
or Peru. Fred had no gun but each of his
two comrades, Chris, Huhn, and VIM.