The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-26
Our NeighbOrs.

Our Neighbors.
The Star Coal Co. is prospecting for Goa
Tonica, on the |. V. Il n. That road viii
be an almost continuous line Of coal shaft
from Streator to Spring Valley.
During the heavy rain storm Friday af
ternoon lightning struck near the shaft be
ing put down at Cooley. A l.. Sweet
superintendent, w. 5. Cherry and some
others were shocked and one man was 81
badly stunned that at first he was though
to he killed, but he came to consciousness.
after few minutes and will probably live
The repairs on the Illinois river bridge
at Peru were 50 far completed that IL Was
thrown open for travel at 8 o'clock las
night, and Peru again has unrestricted
communication with the fertile farms and
prosperous farmers Of the south side.
The commander of the G. A. r. of thi:
State has advised the different posts JC
spend no money on pomp and parade on
Memorial Day this year, but contribute &c
a monument fund for John A. Logan in.
stead.
Winnebago county will pay Sarah May
800 royalty on the patent bars in the jail
cells to avoid litigation. Grundy county
has been notified to pay 5000 or stand suit
for using the patent bars.
The Republican papers are raising a
howl over the Prohibitionists holding meet
ings on Sunday, while the national game
ton Paragraph, while not defending Sun.
day base ball playing, wakes wroth because
the Prohibitionists hold political meetings
on SUNDAY. tits evident that the Prohibit
tionists are treading pretty hard on Repub.
lican toes.
Over 700 men are employed at present
In the mines of the Braceville Co., and over
seventy cars, or more than 1000 tons, of
coal on an average are mined daily,
Mendoza Bulletin: Zone of our citizens
thinks that G. b. & Q. Railroad stock is a
good thing to hold; at least he bought
$4,000 worth at $t.I5 this week, and he
thinks 1t will be up to the OLD standard of
Sl.3G inside of six months"
An exchange says: "a new Baptist
church was dedicated at Aurora last week
at cost Of about $25,000." When we
build church we will dedicate it ourself
No $4,000 dedication in ours. Not for
some time now,
Belvidere has raised the price of saloon
licenses to 81 900, and the same number of
saloons have taken out licenses.
Billy Hutchinson, one of Chicago's most
dangerous criminals, the murderer of Kitty
kee Insane Hospital Monday morning, and
is now at large.
The Alton expects to have their double
track between Odell and Pontiac completed
about September. They will build the
next section Of double track between Lex
ington and Bloomington.
The Chicago artist who is preparing the
new birds eve view of the city is using the
tower of the high school as an observation
point for the northern portion of the city.
For the central portion he might climb the
iron ladder to the top of the standpipe.-
Streat0r paper.
About 600 men are at work on the |. V.
4 n. road, and the six construction trains
are pushed to their utmost to keep up with
the procession.
A physician of neighborIng board Of
health has concluded that two hours of the
forenoon and one hour in the afternoon is
as long time as children can be profitably
employed in school. He advocates eighteen
hours week as the limit for school chill
dren under twelve, and says that 1t would
be better, from purely hygienic point, to
make Wednesday the weekly holiday rath-
er than Saturday, and to have examinations
occur at the beginning of school term
rather than at the end.
A lady having some dental work done In
Aurora few days since had her hair igni.
ted from the flame of spirit lamp and was
severely burned before the flames could be
smothered.
The Chicago g. Alton has stopped all its
Sunday trains, so that its employees may
have a Sunday once week.
The length of highways in the State of
Illinois is no. 900 miles, and the area COW
cred by them is over one million acres-a
little empire in itself.
A miner named William Hall was found
dead In his room in ID. Evans's shaft at
Streator on Monday, having been killed
evidently by fall of coal and rock. He
was IS years of age, and leaves wife and
six children, who are now living In Coal
Valley, near Rock Island. Thus one more
is added to the many tragic and sorrowful
deaths that are so frequent and which arise
from such multitude of causes.
CD. & @. switchman Fish was run over
at the River street crossing, near the South
Aurora depot, about three o'clock on last
Wednesday morning, and very seriously
injured. Fish stepped between the cars TO
take out pin and catching his foot in the
sidewalk was pulled under the moving
train.
Streator Free Press. 1.-THE report of the
G. b. IL q, officials was very favorable Tor
a speedy opening for passenger travel OF
the |. V. & N. road. Agents along the
line were installed on Saturday, and the
road Is ready to begin active operations on
Monday, May %.
The Genoa Issue says numerous speci-
mems of the seventeen year locust are being
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