The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-11
Vicinity Items.

was built by James Sheldon SO years ago
The Sup rene court Of this state, has de-
eided that the coal underlying streets and
alleys and other public grounds, belongs to
the corporation in which they exist.
A wealthy German family, living near
Tcn!ca, have of late been the victims Of Wis
itstions by ghosts aud their neighbors, are
troubled by the similar unwelcome guests,
but evidently Of very material and un9sth'
etic and even course tastes, for they steal
pork! Not being familiar with the habits Of
these strange ETHEREAL, unsubstantial Great
ures, we can only venture the opinion that
they must be out Of pork in ghostland. The
other crowd Of Nocturnal maurauders, are Civ
en- away completely by the fact that the
family they were supposed to annoy, con-
tains ten blooming daughters! As detectives
have been obtained to ferret out the mystery,
let them take these facts as clue to the true
inwardness of the ghosts maneuvres.
Editor and Postmaster Reddick, Of La
Sale, is in Wisconsin on vacation.
According to the report Of DR.. Chalefant
the Streator health officer, there have been
no cases of diptheria in that city for a
week or more.
The residents Of Victor township, DeKalb
Co., have united their resorces to make
general system of drainage in their town,
The main ditch will be six miles long, twenty
feet wide at the top and various depth from
the general surface, in places reaching eight
feet, 1t will cost $6,994.
The receipts of the late Rockford WHINE
bago Coz fair, were 1920. 1t was their
32ud annual exhibition.
Rock ford had q slight touch Of earthquake
during the recent terrestrial commotion and
the Journal of that city doesn't seem to know
whether to be frightened or to feel compli
mented by that remarkable visitation.
The Republican and San, says so far one
person I'm JolieD fek the great earthquake
shake en- Tuesday night, aud that was WON,
IN. II barely saves our reputation. Yes,
but how about the woman's reputation?
The Bureau &c, Republican. reports the
burial of citizen of Princeton recently, and
gravely mentions that she WAS o bachelor"
Is this to be taken as a warning to single
gentlemen?
The Ohio Driving Park Association, Of
Bureau County, have inaugarated new and
commendable feature in their exhibitions,
being show of colts exclusively, for pre-
NUNS, covering every breed and variety and
all ages. Their first meeting on the 2Sth of
August, attracted $500 spectators to see
splendid collection of baby horses and FLY
colts, far exceeding the most ssnguine ex-
pectations of the managers. Why could not
our Driving Park Association "ge and do
likewise?" There is not county in the
state that can equal La Sale in variety and
number of pure bred and high gr ade horses
of any age.
On Tuesday night of last week, man
named Geo. W. Fay, living near Princeton
arose and dressed and then went out to the
back yard and committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in the breast with rifle He
had labored under the hallucnation that he
had committed some crime for which he was
about to be arrested and sent to joliet. He
was we'll to do farmer, aged As.
The Amboy Journet is assured from good
end reliable sources that the crops in Lee
county will be better this year than they
have been for number of years, except on
high and sandy grounds, where in few in
stances there are failures.
Seventy cOnvcts will be discharged from
the Joliet penitentiary this month, and three
or four are third. termers
The Sreator Times says: Efforts are being
made to raise money to build bridge across
the Vermillion river at point near the
dam which is south of that city.
The Streator Kaasoendsnt says; "Any can
didate who permits himself to be black
mailed or bled by the political dead beats de
serves to be defeated This observation is
severe, but, no fear, just reflection upon
certain republican newspaper of this city
The Mendoza BuJ5stm speaks of sunlight
. balls" for children beginning at . o'clock p.
NJ. Their moonlight bawls are usually more
melon-cholic and begin at almost any time in
the night
The commissioners of highways of Utica
have made arrangements to gravel fsur miles
of the public highway leading north of that
village. The work will cost $4,000 and is to
be completed by April LIST.
Mr.. b. F. MaXop, well known at Seneca
and vicinity, for = long time book keeper
for Mr.. Griffin at his Utica tile works, has
left that place and taken similar position
in the Mendoza organ factory
The soldiers reunion at La Sale on
"Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next
week, promises to be an extensive affair