The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02
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| esting or SPICY In our Neigh
boring Exchanges.
Only two townships In Marshall
county show an increase OF population
since 1880. These are Evans, including
Wenona, l2l, and Roberts, In which
Narna Is situated, %.
Nj. NJ. Ravlin, a wealthy and highly
respected farmer near Aurora, 20 years
old, met his death on Saturday by fall
Ing from hay loft In his barn. He
was one OF the early settlers OF Kane
county and in 1872 was mayor OF Au-
rora.
Schweinfurth, the Rockford impOs
ter, breaches regularly every Sunday a
five hours sermon. Though hardened
To patient endurance Of multiplicl-
~ Of Affections, no Rockford reporter
has yet been able 10 hear him out.
On account of the heat and drought
lor excessive economy in the use OF
grease, load of hay being driven into
champaign last week became ignited
from the friction OF the wheels against
the hay rack and burned hay. wagon
and all.
The Princeton Tribune tries its hand
at an original fish story thusly REV.
llurless, Of Depue, while fishing in the
lake one day this week, caught his
hook in IA tin can, which he landed.
Inside the can was live catfish cOnsi-
derably too large to find egress through
the hole that was in the lid of the can.
Earlyille Ledder: Attorney l.. o.
Brown removed To Ottawa this week,
where he has associated himself with
J Mr.. Aver, of Bloomington, and leased
an office for the practice of law. AS
will be seen by their card, their office
, is in Lynch's block, and they will be in
Earlville on Saturday of each week To
look after the business here.
, Trouble occurred in the Evangelical
, Lutheran church at Aurora last Sun
day morning. Presiding elder Hyers,
OF Naperville, an anti-Esherite, was
conducting the service, a proceeding
to which the EScherites were very
much opposed. and one of them, Sim
on Riser, interrupted the services to
such an extent that he was elected
from the church amid great excite
ment.
Dog days, which include the period
from July Sd to August IL, are not SO
named because, as many people absurd
J ~ believe. dogs are more liable to go
mad during that period than any 9th
err but take the name from Sirius, or
CAMS Major, the dog star, which rises
within the same hour as the sun In the
period named. The ancient Egyptians,
who worshipped the dog, attributed
the extreme heat of summer To the
dog star.
The removal of the Illinois Central
Railroad shops from Chicago To Clin-
ton appears to he still in abeyance. All
that seems settled in the matter is
that they are not to go To freeport.
Bloomington sent IA committee to Chi
lcago last week to put in claim for
that town. They were told nc loca
ton had yet been decided upon and
that Bloomington would be given a
chance to submit proposition before
the matter was closed.
The local scribe Of the Rockford Re
IqiSter, like all the rest Of his unhappy
Iguld. must find it an awful trial not
to shoot the Intelligent compositor."
After reporting Dr. BarrOws as preach
ing an dtti-vacation sermon, the lint.
lcOmp." makes the scribe send him on
on Il vacation In another place the
same tiend makes the scribe attribute
to Col. Villas such monumental ignor-
lance AS awarding honors To Pitt that
belong to Sir Robert Peel.
While boring for water at Bloom
ington on Monday the artificial ice
company struck natural gas at depth
Of 20 feet. 1t issues from a 6-inch
pipe with terrific roar, and when ig-
nited burned flame thirty feet high.
When confined, the gas showed pres
| IL. a.. 70. h.. pa.
inch. Pipes have been run To the boil
crs OF the factory, and the gas sup
plies sufficient fuel TO run them.
There are scN eral gas wells like this IN
that region that have been in practical
use for years.
According to Professor Root, the
Canton weather prophet, the move
ment Of storms in August will diiler
from that Of July storms, being OF
lmOre COpous nature in rainfall ana
extending from north TO south, tax
ing in a greater scope of country. The
storms will lee less violent, developing
into steady rain, except during the
tornado periods. In short according
to the Canton philosopher, glorious
rains will break the drouth every
where So mote it be,
| n nOtdblt fpllc Ol ola udNS oii TUE
Mississippi was found in an excavation
near the river at Gdlena the otner day.
1t is silver piece about the size OF
quarter, is dated 1882, and is stamped
with curious characters and devices
which none of the local savants, sew
cral OF whom are especially we'll verSed
in numsmatics are able TO decipher
} The prevailing is that the coin is OF
Spanish origin, and it is barely posi-
BILE that it is relic of De Soto's roy-
age up the Mississippi in l54l.
The Tonica NdrS breaks forth in
song aS musical and tuneleSs as that
, of the cicdddc he celebrates; Dog
DAYS are here. Likewise the dogs.
, Likewise the mosquitoes. Likew ST
| the musical insects of every species
= katydidS fall crickets, locuStS and all
, such is scrape their tiddles without
, tuning them and rattle away, each on
its own string, giving nightly concerts
, of mixed medleyS aud making weird
. racket for the nervous sleeper. \ ct 10