The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-23
Vicinity Items.

Spring Valley ships 100 tons Of coal
daily.
Tie court house tower at Joliet Will have
an electric light.
Hoge, the convicted Morris horse.thief,
vas let out on $4,000 bail Saturday.
Mrs Parks settled with DR.. Minor Tor
$500 and DR.. Chalfan! received 500.
Grundy county, AZ the fail election, VIII
vote for or against donation OF 5000 Tor
"a county soldiers monument
Ed. Flynn, of BraidwoDd, is reported to
have had windfall of S3l GOO from some
silver mine stock In the west.
The Elgin public library contains 1888
volumes, and since lis establishment S..
036 e have been expended tor books.
Miss MACPHERSON is a candidate for the
Marseilles p0stonice. Messrs. h. Barber
and B. Blackman are the ladys opponents
Ike contract To- recover the WOODWORK OF
the Peru bridge WAS awarded 10 the Chm
ton Bridge Company, Sunday, for $1,000.
An infant OF Mrs Sam Long, OF Mar.
settles, H., pulled lighted lamp over. set
ting itself on fire, from the effects OF which
il died.
A. L. Sheppard, of Peru, an old hardware
merchant Of that city, dropped dead III that
city Monday. He was u resident OF Peru
since 4S
Cattle in the vicinity Of Streat0r, also IN
Livingston county, are afflicted with spinal
meningitis, caused, the McRitOr says, 10y
eating rotten corn.
Andrew Nelson, on Saturday last, had the
distinction Of being the first man killed IN
low bJ a premature explosion
Walter scott. of Riverside, near Strea-
ton. who shot himself accidentally Whil-
hunting A few weeks ago. died SATURDAY
evening from the effects Of his wound.
One 5s,v last week Charles. Il little son Of
Mr., and Mrs. Frank DYER, of Marseilles.
WAS killed while coustrng ills head struck
~, n,,s. and he died almtst Instantly.
Snriuo Valley b,,d IFS first sbootinr affray
IN. Other duv. or course 1t occurred in 4
saloon TnS Lrun,an n,rtjes sho, M each
other I'm, unlurkilv mono of them were
bpr,
Mrs n L r.La,+ - Ntordo,a c,air,s ~
hava 81 s,,ra c,,ro Co. h,drnnl,J',a and yy,II
ta, i.s ,,,,,, a., r. Gn,, bi,a
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.ya,Ts ,riod ~, I,ar F'thar ~ pann.,lr"ni,
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,a.,r EARN, i, ,ho ,..,;,,n,iar,, pr ,,tam,t.d
=. t'I =, So
hard ebaral l,, Lnt tbe minister kinks he
can reform him.
The Freeport JOllradl saws that Peca-
tonica lady recently gave birth 10 a babe
that had a natural face, but whose body
was covered with hair resembling that OF a
bear, and that instead of hands and feet the
little one had the claws of that animal. 1t
did not live long.
The BLOOMINGTON Bulletin says that
David Davis holds great block OF land in
the heart of the city Of Chicago. IL is es-
timated that his real estate holdings there
now are worth upward Of two million dol
lars. His rents from these properties bring
him in a handsome income.
The Peru paper SAYS that the report that
George Cartendyck and George Weissen-
burger, of Hall town, were held up" by
highwaymen, "a, Spring Valley, Is without
foundation. Some daring rubbeIies are
reported from the new town, but they are
likely 10 be all exaggerated.
Corn husking stories are not ended. Now
comes Geo. Linton, who claims 10 have
husked on the farm OF w. ID. Linton, two
miles north of Cisco, Plat, county, 2,576
bushels In nineteen oonsec u,ive days, by
DAYLIGHT. making fraction over 1876 bush.
el: A day. He Was paid $5l SO, or $2.7l 3
;,ay
Ibe n,s,rs,o..;, o., t,o,a,no 10 rains.
inv n noI p1oa ,., a, nnuins rc.i
- . .f ,%a. h .n'e.esi among ,n 6o hos
belH , u, oe,.a Jury o. =; Lau,y, mn has