The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-09
COUNTY NEWS
Our Neishbors.


are In considerable of a middle. VI the
fourteen aldermen, there are eight for low
license five for high license, and one pro-
bibitiopist A license fee Of SjOO WAS
agreed 10, but was vetoed by the mayor
Not having the necessary two-thirds 10
mass the license Zee order over his head,
the low license men passed series oi
resolutions, fixing the license at $500 and
Instructed the clerk TO issue them AT that
figure. AS the mayor objects, the saloons
are now closed; hut the owners will open
M. make tender of $500 and 60 into
court 70 test the question.
Peru He,uld.-"At 10 o'clock Wednes-
day morning, Elmer Taylor, an employee
of j G. Reynolds, of Utica, was coming 20
La Sale In buggy, accompanied ny
Edith VanGundy, employed as domestic
In the Reynolds family. When snort
distance east of the bridge over the re
ouamsoggan, the water on the road caused
them 70 turn from the road, and they drove
into tine creek, where the current instantly
turned over the buggy with the occupants
nnderpeath, and II was with nr'a' a'th@uity
that TAYLOR extricated himself anu escaped
The girl was drowned and the body was
not recovered until about IL o'clock
On Thursday of last week, Mr.. Alex
Wylie, while driving home from Masonic
meeting at La Sale, drove Into an uu
guarded culvert ditch on the Rock Island
road, The watchman had misplaced the
danger light, which should have been at
the unfinished culvert which the railroad
workmen we're making some distance from
the proper place The occupants OF the
buggy ware not much hurt, but the horse
which was valued at $3.50, Is spoiled.
A telegram June s. from Madison, Wis,
saws: The German Lutheran synod, at Its
session today, decided to accept the offer
of the city of Dubuque, Iowa, made to
secure the theological seminary now at
Mendoza, ILL., The offer Is thirty acres OF
land, on which Is a residence that cost
$4,000. The synod stipulates that the
city must give a bonus OF $4,000. Of
this sum $4,000 has been raised.
The Penticost Band of Streator were ar
rested on Thursday evening for disturbing
the peace. They would not heed the warn
ing of the chief of police and insisted in
holding open air meetings agai-.st his admo
nitions.
Orsinger, accused Of numbering Wagner,
is said to be hard case. and to have assall
ted and beaten his father repeatedly. 1t 10
also stated that he attempted to shoot his
cousin, Paul 0rsinger, with revolver some
time ago. He refuses to be interviewed.
Leland Talks.
Jesse Kipp told me about his attempt
TO hold wOOdchuck of great corporocity
last week, by incarcerating the "cuss' In a
kerosene barrel. You see, Jessie paid a
half dollar for the barrel, and supposed
that the woodchuck did not favor kerosene,
and would let the oil soaked slaves alone.
He didn't though He went through that
barrel with apparent erss, the oil actually
seeming To increase his rapacity, and Jesse
now AYERS that the next woodchuck he runs
across will be placed In an iron cage, lined
with barb wire and shOemaker's wax. y
The creamery Is going on swimmingly.
and IL using up all the milk the surround.
Ing country can produce. One thousand
gallons we're received the first day, and the
amount has been steadily increasing. Ten
thousand gallons can be taken and worked
up.
Our former townsman, Mr.. +. G. Rice,
has been promoted to the SUPPLEMENTARY
of all Illinois lines of the q Is. ~ q. road
Leland amt very big, but her boys get
theee just the same,
A gentleman from Freedom told me on
Saturday, that liver Sunder, eighty years
old, had stroke of paralysis which has
renderee useless the right side AT his body.
Adolph Stahl, living near Leland, was
kicked to death by q stallion belonging to
him on Thursday. LEDGER.
LOstant Gleanings.
none of our charming young girls asked
donripgular question last week: "Why
leather slonica boys wear silk hats, patent
young fellows and pretty suits, like the
the other week ?httawa, where visited
the Tonica boys work dear, IT'S because
little by for wet day-lNving an Jay
home for little maiden. Thsps TO buy a
the silk hats and patent leather SHOWS III
dudes, and never get married, unless tire
wife can earn salary OF not less than SIS
per week.
or our favorite, Prof Hobart, the Weno.
ma Itdcr says: "In the Lostant schools
Prof, Hobert will be retained as superin-
tendeRt. He Is most excellent man, and
has done something during the past year
specially valuable. Lostant has a new
school building, and the people are taking
q lively interest In the school, and are thus
doing one Of the things that will benefit
the town AZ much az anything else they
can do. Mr.. Hobart has introduced new
line Of work there which Is specially valu-
able"
From the mountain and the meadow
came little messenger flying, told us that
little preacher at the Baskervilles was
lying; told US that on pulpit distant, In
some land afar from ours where the heather
toyeth with the war club and the flowers,
that some day the town OF Lostant would
proudly a title own, and that this little
Baskerville would bring US wide renown.
Anyhow, the elder Is happy, and preached
little better than usual last Sunday.
All our band needs is an instructor.
What's the objection to having theileader
of the Strsator band come down and lead
the weekly exercises! 1t would be a big
advantage and, divided among all, the ex-
pensewould not be heavy. CLEANER.
Galloway.
The carpenters have finished work on c
w Aalootts house.
g 9 Guensher spent Sunday with his
family.
Mile Hoffman's birth. day present was
new road cart. II 10 q very Moe one.