The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-09-21
COUNTY NEWS.
Grand Ridge nipples.

c.v, Rrnsr. Sept. 2O.--Cool breezes /;
.,;ght frosts: dusty roads; more rain needed
These cold mornings feel winterlsh.
The swindlers are captured.
More cranes than the farmers know what
70 do with ,
The fall coal hauling has commenced in
earnest.
The cellar being built by James Brady is
nearly completed.
JAS. Ebersol, who lately returned from Cal
ifornia, Is quite Ill.
There was pleasant party al the residence
Of Martin Woodward Wednesday evening OF
this week.
r. NJ. Antram spent Thursday OF this week
In Ottawa.
About next week we will rive the amount
of graft threshed by some OF our leading
threshere.
G. T.. Antram left Monday morning for
Chicago, and writes he ia settled and ready for
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hook are expected home
from their visit the latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Core arrived from Penn
syyania last week, and will visit In Iowa,
starting the 9th.
Samuel Antram leaves for Nebraska next
Tuesday for the purpose Of adding an addition
TO the house on his farm in that state.
Mrs. Lizzie Deutschc arrived here from
Chicago Saturday evening. She VIII visit
friends for few weeks.
Miss Nora Finley left this week for Rock
ford, where she will attend school the coming
year.
injured the corn crop, unless n few fields OF
very late planting,
Misses Anna French and Winnie Yocum
left this week for Oxford, Ohio, where they
will attend school, accompanied by Misses
Chalfant and Curry, Of Streator.
Joseph Hill returned from his visit to lndi-
ana on Monday. lie reports poor corn crop
in that state.
Mr.. Fuller, Of Ottawa, Sundayed here and
returned home on Monday.
Will Lock shelled 200 bushels OF corn by
noon one day this week. Ia not that good
work?
Miss Molle Read did not teach school on
Tuesday. by reason OF sickness.
Louis HOdgsOn, a former resident of this
vicinity, arrived from Minnesota to-day.
Chas. Evans and Jake Woodward have
graded the road to the town line north.
John Fulton, Vim. Wheatland, Ell Hamp-
s0I and others attended the Wenona fair this
week.
Several parties from these parts will attend
the state fair at Peoria next week. The rail
road fare from Streator is quite reasonable.
Friday evening Of this week the SEES ions Of
the Mackinaw Presbytery will commence at
As Melvin Carter was driving team which
was hosting grain TO a loft in the corn crib,
he sustained some injuries which will cause
him tC stay indoors for a few days. The box
which holds about 10 bushels, had been raised
to the roof, and hung all right for moment,
and the rope was l0Oscned, but as he leaned
forward to take hold of the double trees, the
box dropped and thus drew back the double
trees with great force, striking him near the
mouth, looscning four teeth and cutting his
foce badly. The condition OF his face at
present necessitates liquid food.
Mrs. Taylor Woodward sustained broken
limb this week which has been quite painful
at times. While attempting to alight from a
wagon, the horses started. which caused her
10 give slight jump to the ground, and In
doing 80 broke a bone just above the ankle.
The fracture being in II bad place may require
some time before she will have the full use of
her limb.
For the benefit Of those who do not take a
daily paper we will state that MIR. Glenn has
secured the parties who swindled him out of
so much money last week. 1t appears that
they went from StrealOr TO Princeton, they
having livery rig from Ottawa, driving the
distance In seven hours, probably 90 miles.
The first OF the week they were IN the State of
Indiana attempting the same trick on farm
er, but luckily he had read Of the Glenn affair
In q Chicago paper and was ready TO receive
in q way not desired by them. Instead Of 20
ing to the bank to draw his money he Informed
the sheriff and with the assistance of deputy
they started for the location where the game
was TO take place, but before reaching them
they took the hint and started as hard as they
could drive but after long run were captured
Geim was Immediately wired and started for
the place Of capture and identified his men.
They will be brought to Streator for trial What
the outcome will be we are not able to say.
We wait for developments
The main topic of gossip the latter part Of
this week has been on the merits of the com
ing law suit which comes off Saturday. We
will not attempt to give particulars. We sup.
pose they will be brought out ON the above
date. This will be the first suit of the kind in
the vicinity for long time, thus the attention
which will be given to the same Parties have
been given ample warning in regard to the
game law Of the State and that the farmers do
not allow hunting on their premises especially
before the law is out and more especially on
Sunday we are informed that the above did
occur on such day. When the farmers polite
ly request no shooting such request should be
needed, but In this case it appears to have
been otherwise. The participants in the com
ing suit are from Ottawa and at least one of
our county officers is mixed up in the affair
DEwDROP.