The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-23
Vicinity Items.

Confidence men In the character OF peu
oilers of silk are victimizing the feminines
of the country around Fairbury.
The farmers In Bureau county are husk
ing corn and And the crop excellent as &c
quality and fully an average as to quantity
The ice breaker, to protect the Peru
wagon bridge, is being shod with iron. Ia
other words Its nose is being covered with
a coat of mail, so tina. II can be thrust with
impunity into the ice business.
A new swinde is being conducted In
Fulton county. Two men drive up to a
farm house and talk about the high price
paid for groceries, A barrel or two of sugar
is then taken from their wagon and offerea
for sale at about half price. The farmer
buys the sugar, and In few days discovers
he has purchased ordinary salt with few
pounds of sugar on top.
The live stock sanitary law has come to
grief The state commissioners invaded
the premises OF Christian Zehr, of Tazwell
county, and killed some of his horses. The
court has awarded him $4,000 for trespass.
At Streator, IN Sunday afternoon last,
the barn of Richard Purcell was burned,
and little son Of Mr.. Rubis secreted itself
beneath pile of hay and was burned to
death. Two horses and COW were also
burned. The barn was set on fire by chill
dren at play,
On Sunday, at midnight there was de
structlve fire at Cornell, Livingston county.
The stores of Sypher ~ Boyer, druggists,
c. w. Shackelton, dry goods, &c, the
blacksmith shop of DeBoer, and the build.
ing Of Jas Gibson were destroyed.
At Grand Ridge, on Sunday afternoon,
the dead body of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones was
found in her bedroom by neighbor. She
lived in small louise by herself, about
two miles northeast of the village. She
had not been seen since the previous Thurs
day, and when found decomposition had
set in. She left a letter charging breach
Of promise against acitizen of Ottawa, but
did not intimate anything criminal in it.
As she had been insane for several years,
the publication of her letter was mot in
good taste" to put it mildly. The curious
fact is that, though she intimated suicide,
yet the coroner, DR.. Dyer, and the able.
bodied jury were unable to discover that
any suicidal means had been used to pro.
duCe death!
The Utica Gazette, Independent in poll.
tics in very sensible article, advocates
the e-election of Judge Gilbert, giving as
a reason that, an county and town cleo
tions the men most fitted for the different
offices should be elected. II. T. Gilbert,
the nominee for county Judge is an old
an well known resident of this county, and
Is man Of more than ordinary ability. |
His record Is clean and his character Is
above reproach." 1t also supports Mr.. Bar
ton for sheriff, saying "He Isl well known
farmer of Munster, and is very popular in
the southern portion of this county. Both
democrats and republicans united In saying
that a whittier man can't be found In the
county. These men will undoubtedly be
elected, for the people want honest and
capable men in office"
A milkman's team ran away the other
lay at Utica ana dumped the wagon, milk
and all into the creek. Probably the horses
acted from force of habit In mixing these
beverages
Col. Plumb and Eliza Pinkham's pic.
ures appear side by side in many of our
exchanges. The old woman's iace has the
advantage in old-fashioned, honest good
ooks