The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-16

| Gary, tie new station on the |. VAN,
miles south east of Tonica, continues 10
boom A report says lumbe Office and
ia soloon are already completed and work
Is In progress on store building" VIM.
Hsrth has sunk coal shaft 70 the depth
OF 20 feet on his farm near the station. and
already brought TO the surface some excel.
lent specimens OF the black diamonds
Samples were on exhibition at the meat
market last week. The vein is said 10 DE
feet thick and of fine quality.
A few days ago man nanei Frank
Mckinsey went through the till Of Chill
licothe saloon keeper, named lngersoll,
securing $50 In cash. lngersoll came TO
Streator to see the circus where he hap.
pened TO see his man. He swore out
warrant and the police arrested McKinsey,
the Chillicothe marshal going to Streator
and taking his man back with him.
The mayor of Peru has ordered that
hereafter all bands or societies desiring TO
parade the streets on Sunday shall first
obtain permission from the City au.hori-
ties.
The sneak thieves aad toughs, always
following circus. rob bed S,reatorite's
home of $73 worth of jewelry during the
stay In that town of Barnum 4 Bailey's
circus.
There Is a prospect of match sometime
In August between Billy Myer and Mike
DAILY, of Bangor, Me. Days hacker has
telegraphed to ALI Kennedy and the latter
has replied that he will match Myer on
any reasonable terms.
A man giving his name as James Blaids-
dells, called on Geo. A. Wilson, Of La Sale
last week. representing himself to be one
OF the Blaisdells of Amprior, Ontario With
whom Wilson, having lived in Ampr!or,
is very intimate. lie gained the confidence
OF MIR. Wilson, and also declared that he
was travelling passenger agent of the
Canadian Pacific. Wilson introduced him
10 his friends and fashionable boarding
house keeper He borrowed money from
the former and a 800 shot gun from the
latter, and La Sale now mourns his loss.
A horse owned by Fred Coop, of White
Willow, Grundy Co., and quartered at
Stitt's livery barn awaiting buyer, died
Tuesday morning with all the symptoms
of hydrophobia. and as several horses are
known to have died in White Willow In a
similar manner II is safe TO say that 1t was
clear case of Rydrophobia.
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Co., La Sale, was closed out last week by
the sheriff, on judgment in favor of
Chicago parties for about $500. The total
liabilities are put at about $500, Assets
nominal.
The daed lock over the amount Of the
license fee still prevails in the Aurora city
council, and as a result the saloons are still
closed. The outcome will be either $3.50
license or prohibition continued.
The village authorities of Ransom are
In dead lock as to who shall be mar shall
The president appoints new officer, the
board refuses to confirm him. The presi-
dent and one opposition member attempt
ed to settle 1t by Marquis of QueensLury
rules, when the old marshal interferes and
restores peace.
Fifty young, unmarried, men of Peru
have formed trust. When one of them
gets married each of them chips in ten
dollars, making a comfortable sum of $500
for the benedict to start housekeeping with.
AS means of promoting matrimony this
scheme should succeed, but they will prob
ably all be married at once
The Wenona Fair Association is nego |
tiating TO have womans brass band furnish |
the music on the week of the fair.
Mayors do sometimes resign, as evidence
In Elgin.' In that city the council and its
presiding officer agreed to disagree Oh the
made, wheIeupon the execu-
tive gave up the fight by handing in his
By the caving of shaft at Ladd, Wed
nesday morning, five men were injured,
and one of them, miner named Robinson,
fatally; his skull being SO badly crushed
that he only survived short time.