The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-28
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RAMBLER.

John Cox, well known stock dealer of
Peru, died on Monday last.
Minnie K made mile in 2:lSi, and Sill
yertail in 2:2J on the Strcator track.
". o. Dean cigar factory at Canton man
ulactured $3.50, 800 cigars the first half of
this year.
The Polo fire companies are making prep
arations for grand tournament on the LIST
and ID of September.
j. |. Case, of Racine has bought the two
year old trotter, Brown, Of W. A. Sanborn,
of Sterling for 81, $50.
At a recent meeting Of the stockholders
of the j. A. & \. railroad, from Joliet to
Aurora, it was voted to issue bonds for ex-
ending the road east to Valparaiso, Ind.
The branch Of the Illinois Central that
DeKalb has been working for so strenuous
ly, and for which they offered 100000, is
to 90 north of that town and through Syca.
more.
The Strcator Aqueduct Company has been
incorporated to supply the city and vicinity
with water. Capital stock, $4,000. Ia
corporators, William Bernie, Charles Good
hue and Walter Reeves.
The first train, consisting Of ten loaded
cars and caboose, over the {, i. & ~ rail
road, left Aurora at $40 last Susday even.
ng The train runs over the c. & |. road to
Oregon and from thence to Savannah, over
the new road
The Bracevile village authorities are soon
to issue bonds to the amount Of $4,000
against the village and put the same upon
the market for sale. Said bonds to draw in
terest at the rate Of six per cent, payable
annually. Money to be used for fire and
water purposes.
According to the Sycamore True RepaJL-
can, an observant farmer says that the gopher
has taken upon himself the ts k of extermi-
mating the white grub that if you examine
his stomach it will be found full of grubs.
If this be true it is certainly not good hus-
bandry to kill him off
The Clinton Nsws says that recently four
persons accomplished the feat Of wading
across the Mississippi river about mile
above Lyons. The water had not been
known to be so low for many years; in the
deepest channel it was only four and half
feet deep.
The Rochelle Herald says that some one
recently went into the field where AR. Only
had two hundred large fat steers and with
Ratchet cut one of his finest ones in the head
and then cut the head entirely from the
body. The body of the steer was taken
away, with the exception Of five or six ribs,
the liver and heart the entrais were left
upon the ground, but entirely cleaned of the
fat. Mr.. only offers 500 reward to the
person who will discover the perpetrator of
the deed
We clip the following from the Ogle Coun.
ty Press: "Our scientific friend, Prof. Ul-
rich, the stiff armed geolog;st, has recently
been seized by the minions Of the law at
Champaign, for selling stolen books to the
professors of the Illinois University. Since
he was in Polo last winter he travelled over
large portion of the state, yictimizing pro
fessors, schools and colleges. He has about
dozen different names, under which he
masquerades. He is evidently poor crack
Drained scholar, whose mental and moral
balance are badly upset" 1t will be re-
membered that Prof" Ulrch visited Ottawa
and La Sale some mouths since.
1t seems to be a settled thing that the Hi
nois Central Company will build branch
to be called tho Chicago, Madison & North
ern road. Men are now at work upon it and
the work is being FASTENED in every possible
way. Stone and other requirements for the
new road are being shipped north and given
right of way over everything else in the
way of freight. The only objective point
north which is now spoken Of is Madison,
Wisconsin, but there is q conviction in the
minds Of those who consider the matter that
the line will ultimately reach st Paul. This
latter city is sort of natural terminus for
roads that start in that direction.
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After the most exhaustive practical tests
in hospitals and elsewhere, the gold medal
and certificate of highest merit were award
ed to st. Jacobs Oil, as the best pain, curing
remedy, at the Calcutta International EX-
hibition.
Ray, the infant daughter of A. c. and
Mary Stage, formerly of Utica, died Monday
morning, of cholera infan,um. The funeral
occurred on Tuesday afternoon
The most lonesome man at the Springfield
convention was Haines. His friends were
not on hand and his enemies did not take the
trouble to notice him. Mr.. Haines is very
much out Of place in a democratic conven'
ton.
Mr. Henry Helmig some weeks since
announced In the FREE TRADER his pur
pose to be candidate for the office of