The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-11
Various City Items.

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Bros. delivery, came near meeting the grim
destroyer on Thursday morning, without
even the Formally Of death bed. The
team driven by him are wild Texan ponies,
and when going up La Sale street, they
became frightened and ran away. Being
of a destructive disposition II was not long
ere they began to climb lamp and hitching
posts, etc, and threw Joe nearly ten feet In
the air. He came down just above their
heels, and another heavy kick sent him
half the distance again, this time coming
down In a position which allowed the
wheels to run over his head and neck
Many who saw the accident thought he
was dead, but he jumped to his feet and
caught the runaways In a very short time
Mr.. II. w. s. Rigden, who is largely in
terested in the Jennings estate in England,
was interviewed upon the subject by a
FREE TRADER reporter this week, and
says that no news of settlement has
reached him, notwithstanding the rumors
circulating around the county. Mr.. Rig
den's father was son of Lucy Jennings
who was niece of Luke Jennings, Sec'y
to George Ill. Jennings died leaving a
vast estate, which at the present date Is
valued at $90OOO,0O0. There being no sons
or daughters, Mr. Rigden's father brought
suit in chancery to have a division Of the
estate made among the several heirs, then
mum bering about forty, and should the case
be decided at any time, Mr.. Rigden is in a
fair way to be worth S2,500,00O.
Helen Blythe, presenting "Only
womans Heart" on Thursday evening, on
account of the intense cold. She Is a very
fair actress and has good voice. Her
support was fairly good, and the piece
elected frequent applause, Miss Blythe
being called before the curtain twice dur
ing the performance.
The packing around the steam pipes
pipes leading to the court house, has again
been attacked by moisture. 1t is asbestos,
or mineral wool, and when wet, quickly
rots, producing stencil compared to which
boneyard is an earthly paradise. Re
corder Arnold says 1t is enough to make
the dead sick.
The damage to the Cation water pipes by
the frost is more important than was at
first supposed. The mains appear to be
frozen at every junction with smaller pipes,
and although men haye been busy burning
fires around the mains all week, no water
has yet been doled out to subscribers.
Mr.. David Sanderson has, among other
refrigerator patents, refrigerator car, pat
ented some time ago, upon which he has
made many Improvements. He has never
had chance TO use 1t until this week,
when representative of Mr.. Armour, of
Chicago, left an order for the necessary
trimmings, etc.
Recorder Arnold, although an investor In
numerous ball and rattle tickets, never won
a prize until Saturday evening last when
word reached him that his ticket had
drawn a horse at rattle in Mendoza The
recorder went up to look at the horse on
Tuesday, and says it is worth about 81 900.
Four of Mr.. John Murphy's children are
now down with diphtheria, and the mother
is also i'll. Mr.. Murphy, who is we'll known
as watchman at the Rock Island depot, has
the sympathy of the public in general in
his trouble,
What threatened to become a serious
lockout at A, Hess e. Co.'s cigar factory
was satisfactorily settled on Wednesday
afternoon. 1t appears that Mr.. Hess had
been paying two men less than the regular
price per thousand, and upon one of them
losing his place, the Union discovered it
and demanded that full price be paid. Mr..
Hess refused to recognize the Union and
discharged the "klckers" en- masse. This
was on Saturday, and after remaining out
three days, the men went to work on Thurs,
day morning with good feeling on both
sides,