The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
Our NeighboIs.

divorce from her HUSBAND, VINO is unuer
life sentence In the Joliet penitentiary for
the murder Of Kellogg Nichols. lie
behaved shamefully toward her after his
arrest, falling to keep her from the aims
house, but the Rock Island came to her
relief, and she furnished valuable evidence
to the detectives In the case.
The Wenona Co., 4th Reg, |. n. G.,
has been languishing tor some time and Is
now officially disbanded.
There Is strong talk of a railroad being
built this season running north from Gard
ner crossing the Illinois river at Minooka
10 the vicinity OF Aurora, Ia secure entrance
Into the Braidwood coal fields.
A Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary TO
the Grand Army, was organized last even
ing in the hall of otreatOr Post, with 81
Charter members.
The Good Templers, at Streator, have
been growing very rapidly in the past few
weeks, about 50 new mem berS having been
received.
Parties at Decatur have bored down
/ 200 feet and expended s. 900 only 10 fad
there is no natural gas in that locality.
During the high water the larger
steamboats, have been unable 10 pass under
the high bridge at Debuque although the
structure is over sixty feet above low water
mark,
Sixty five Holanders landed in Fulton
last Sunday. Many of the girls desire
places TO do Homework.
The company recently organized for the
purpose OF developing the natural gas wells
which are said Ia exist in the town OF
Gus er, have abandoned the project, being
unable 10 obtain satisfactory leases from
the owners of the land.
A recently elected Ministerial alderman,
Rev. Mead Holmes, holds the balance of
power in the Rockford city council. He
is in favor of $4,000 license or none
| whatever.
While drilling for coal at Monticello an
| artesian well was opened at depth OF one
hundred and thirty five feet The pressure
Is sufficient to throw the water some
distance above the level of the ground.
At first only mixed train will be put on,
running each way daily, with such freights
AS may be necessary to handle the coal
business along the lire.
At BraidwoOd the miners will receive %
cents per ton after May |, will have an eX-
ira half hour at noon, practically making
the working day nine and one half hours.
A freight on the Burlington between
MIllbrook and Aurora broke in two Tues
day night, and the engineer did not miss
the train for some time. When he disCov-
cred his loss he backed up so rapidly that
there was quite collision.
There are 2j5,,41 farms in the State of
Illinois, 11j, i9j of them are farmed by the
owners; so, IA are rented 2OG2O for money
and j9,625 on shares. There are more
farms IN the State of Illinois than any
other State in the Union.
A La Sale citizen has watch which
was made in Germany in l435-.45G years
ago.
rhe attention of the citizens of Pontiac
is divided between politics and burglaries,
While the voter is attending evening eau
Cuses the burglar comes along and scoops
in a lot of his yaluabes
Pontiac Free 7rudey. There is q greater
area sown to oats In this county than ever
before The weather for seeding has been
fine, and as a great many meadows and
pastures had to be plowed up, the farmers
increased their acreage to oats.
A Hebrew peddler, named Kellart re,
lieved Mrs Louis Dalgan, of Aurora, of a
pocketbook the other day. Peddlers are
sometimes thieves upon prospecting
tour
A chemical factory is new addition to
AurOras industries.
An iron box, containing painters cloth
In hausnI rod hot h,, ntc
burning, at the Frazier road cart factory In
Aurora, the other night. Spontaneous com.
bustiOn.
Colonel Lawler has issued Order No. |
to the companies of the Sd Regiment, to
report at Camp Lincoln, Springfield, June
9, and to remain In camp until June Is.
Reports from Piatt county say that 20
per cent of the late sown wheat and 25 per
cent of the early sown has been killed by
frost.