The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-26
OUR NEI0HBORS.
Tho Cream of Whatever 10 Newsy, Inter-
esting or Spicy In our Neigh
boring Exchanges.

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Mrs. Stevens, the mother Of Charles
Decker, the man murdered at Morris
lately, is again improving and will
probably rec Jver. The papers have
had her dylng-getting well and crazy
by turns every other day for q month
past,
The city council Of Streator voted
on Monday evening that eight hours
shall be days work for city laborers.
Then the council was asked, however,
TO raise the wages from $3.50 TO Sl.75 a
day: the answer was, they'd think
about IL.
or about 200 converts as the result
OF the revival at the Methodist church
in Streator last winter under the
preaching OF Rev. Mr. Shailcr, and the
Cow Boy, 1872 We're received into full
membership OF the church last Sun
day, after the usual six months proba-
ton.
One OF the effects of our last mild
winter seems to have been enormously
to increase the rabbit pest. So numer-
Gus has the creature become that
farmers declare that, although not
quite sufficiently SO TO clog the reap
ing and moving machines. hundreds
are being killed by their sickles.
Lockport is happy in having COM
pleted arrangements for lighting the
village with electricity. Norton Il
Co. agree 10 furnish eighty incandes-
cent lights Of 32-candle power and ten
2,0O0-candle power arc lights for 1000
ha ni u IN y a nj a a. fl
the use of the streets for their poles
and wires for fifteen years.
Clinton, H., had big jolliication
on Monday evening, with the band out
and cannon booming, over the news
that the Illinois Central railway had
agreed to move its Chicago shops to
Clinton, on condition that the town
gave the company about 100 acres Of
land. The money to buy the land re-
quired was promptly raised and the
terms of the railway company fully
met at once.
William Hodge, city marshal of
Pontiac, H., was shot and fatally
wounded on Monday by Daniel North,
a worthless character from Forest, Ill.
North was under the influence of
liquor and disordeIly and the marsha
undertook TO arrest him, when he
fired several shots at the officer, one OF
which took effect in the groin and OF
which the marshal died at noon on
Tuesday.
The entries for the races at StreatOr
next week closed on Monday evening
and number 175. There are thirteen
entries, says the Ind. Times, in the 300
minute pace, and this race promises to
be fully as good as the one last year.
One running horse is here already, four
trOtters are expected to-day, and 9TH
ers will arrive every day from now on
to race week.
They have invented new social di-
vertisement up in Du Page county.
The Turner Junction Democrat men
tiOnS novel entertainment given her
friends by Miss Bertha Sanders the
other evening, under the name OF the
'pig party" Each of the nineteen
guests was presented with an album,
and while blindfolded drew pig in
each album. This enabled the com
pany to gain rare collection of art in
the several drawings. 1t is not known
If they will be exhibited
The church trouble at Illiopo,is, Ill.,,
is becoming complicated by libel
suit. The editor Of the llliopois
State Center having stated that Elder
Howell. of the Christian church,
neglected his prayer meetings to play
croquet, eight members Of the elders
church published a statement accus-
ing the editor Of falsehood and SIAN
der, upon which the latter sues the
eight for SANDER IN $4,000 damages:
and the elder further complexities the
case by suing the editor for SANDER.
The search for John Guest, the man
at Streator who so strangely diSap-
peared week ago and was supposed
to have been murdered, came to sud
den close on Monday. A party of 20
had just been made up tOmake more
vigorous search than ever in all direc-
tiOnS, and were about ready to start,
when, to their amazement, John
Guest, alive and hearty, walked in
among them. Instead of going home
after leaving the saloon at 8 o'clock
that night, he had walked into the
country and hired to farmer to assist
in making hay. Considering the anx-
iety all had been put TO about him,
particularly his wife and family, the
Searchers of course were relieved to
find he hadn't been killed, but agreed
that he deserved a good thraShing.