The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-16
Current Events.
Chicago has $50 letter carriers.


Mayor Harrison of Chicago, reports the
bonded debt of that city as $l2,605,5OO.
The government expenditures were TWEEN
ty.fOur per cent. less this year than last.
The internal revenue collections at PEG
ria for September amounted 10 81 ,237, 800
John G. Carlisle, the present speaker OF
thehouse. has been renolninated from the
9TH Kentucky district.
Ii is estimated that there are $4,000
democratic and 10000 republican post.
masters now In office.
The reduction of the public debt tor
last month was ten million, six hundred
and odd thousand dollars
The democratic convention of the 9th.
dis,rictimet at Fairbury, and nominated
Mai NJ. II. Peters, for congress,
o. j. Beam, the defaulting banker of
Avon, ILL.,, has been sent 10 the Joliet peni-
Tertiary for two years term.
The new democratic public printer,
Benedict, has been able 10 get along with
I'VE hundred less hands than his republican
predecessor employed.
At Peoria there is trouble in the public
schools, caused by the white children not
accepting the 10th amendment colOred
children, as companions.
Judge Gary has decided against the Chi
cage anarchists, and unless a higher court
interferes, these red rag champions will
be hanged about Dec. 3D.
ne mayor of Wilkesbarre, Pa, has
caused the arrest and imprisonment of the
leaders of band Of the salvation army on
a charge of diSorderly conduct.
The general distribution of the new one
dollar silver certificate has been cOmmenc.
ed and will be continued till the demand,
which is very great, has been supplied.
A deputatOn of Irish ladies, headed 10y
the Lord Mayor of London, lately present
ed MIR, Gladstone petition for home rule
in Ireland, bearing half million sigma
lures
Drought has been very general and Sc
we're in Montana territory. Crops are al.
most a total failure, and in tie enormous
cattle interests of that region there will be
great loss.
Judge David Mccullough, Of Peoria, has
accepted the nomination for congress, in
the 10Th district, on the prohibition ticket, |
"a the infinite disgust of the republican
stGai Int ticket fellows
At n branch Irish league meeting, held |
last Sunday, several speakers declared
against further contributions to the Parnell |
funds until an accounting is had for the
one million Of dollars already sent across
the Atlantic.
AraIeCent city election in Council Bluffs, |
Iowa, the knights of Labor voted with the
democrats and elected their ticket one
reason was that the republican nominee
was too high toned to preside at a labor
demonstration last July.
A constable and his assistant IN Lee |
county in making "A levy upon a poor
womanS only cow was resisted by the
woman. The brave officials overpowered |
the woman and tied her TO post driving |
IF the cow in triumph The luckless
woman RENAME a prisoner in this cruel
way for several hours, till released by a
gentleman who happened to drive past her
house.
Another social disaster" has resulted
from koting rink The daughter Of
wealthy merchant and halloween of Lew.
iston, Me, visited one of those diabolical
resorts Of young people, where they had
carnival" or champion skater Of the
world" and met young French Canadian
Of Aurora Ill., who first skated right plump
into her heart, and then the too happy low |
ers eioped TO Montreal! And that's not all /!
The governor of Ohio has determined TO
il is a combination Of all the leading coal. |
mine owners and railroad companies TO
control the out. put of that field and to force |
up the price to such figures as they choose. |
The governor has instructed the attorney
general t. cause the indictment Of the Of
tireTs Of all those com panies, ana to prose
cute them for conspiracy. This, Of course,
creates Intense excitement among the coal
Il, Ii and - ,E int act 10 bn
Tonca has secret society meeting for
every day in the week.
Nick Miller's spring wheat yielded 2,6
bushels 10 10 acres, at Tonica, last week.
M. Rulson and wife, of Seneca, are to
spend the coming winter in the south,
n j. Rulison's warehouse, at Seneca,
contains 10000 bushels of grain in store
Diphtheria and scarlet fever still rage in
StreatCr, and several parts of that city are
Guaranteed and insecurity, as the papers
state.
The commissioners of highways of
Brookfield are building new bridge across
Dudley run. VIM. Peace, of Marseilles,
does the stone work
JOnn Shelock, Hungarian, in the EN-
ploy Of the c., w ~ V. Coal Co. at Strea
tor, was perhaps fatally injured 10y train
running over him on Tuesday.
A Mr. FOsdiCk, in Livingston county
While threshing grain for neighbor, by
DarcleSsness In smoking, set the mpchine
On fire and II Was burned up, together with
1000 bushels of oats,
Utica comes to the front with her fish
story. 1t was a sturgeon, four feet five
inches long, 20 inches in girth, weight
3jl pounds, or Sjl pounds, we are not sure
which! It's whopper-the fish we mean!
Sandwich is 10 have a state equal suf !
frapa convention Nov. 81, to be addressed |
by Lucy Stone Blackwell and husband, of |
Boston, Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar, of Ind, !
Mrs. VI. T. Holmes Mr.. Dunn. Mrs. Single. !
ton, and other female sufferers from out |
rageoas conduct by awful tyrant-mdn'
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