The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-05

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found in the woods near the village.
The heat on Saturday also caused the
death OF a man at Serena, this county;
also OF three men with their teams on
Indian Creek near Wedron.
The evidence adduced before the
cOronerS jury at Joliet investigating
the recent accidenton the Rock Island
railroad at that place, elicits the fact
that the switch where the train ran off
on the sidetrack was fastened with a
| pin instead OF being locked. The pin,
1t is supposed, was Jared out of place
| by the fore part OF the train, and the
switch was turned, causing the acct
dent. Though several employees had
seen the pin no one knew how it got
there or by whose fault.
A Rockford business man who had
the common fault Of forgetting to send
home things he was reminded of as he
started up town, had a letter placed in
his hand by his wife the other morn
| ing with request not to read it until
he reached his office. Arriving there
he partly opened it and read the fol-
lowing: Il am compelled to tell you
something that | know will trouble
you, but for your benefit and mine,
must dOso,a as longer delay is impossible.
| have known 1t for week, but know
ing it would trouble you, have delay
ed" Here the page ended and turning
over he read: "Our flour isOut. Please
send a sack this afternoon, as We must
have some for biscuit for tea
The mayor of Hoopeston, Nermilon
county, is in fix. a year ago he was
elected mayor on the prohibition
ticket, and proceeded at once to close
up all the saloons. But he keeps a
drug store, and the charge is that he
and his partner have been selling
liquor freely contrary to law on the
prescription plan. The saloon keepers
got on to it. and had him arrested and
taken before tho United States Court
at Springfield for selling liquor with.
out a license. The case is complicated
by the fact that since he was threat
ened with prosecution the mayor isl
accused Of having taken out a license
and, like the famous Peoria marriage
certificate, dated it back to kiver ac-
cidentS."
Census figures, although still very
imperfect, already foreshadOw some
interesting results. Next to Chicago,
Peoria is the largest city in the state,
and advances from 20, 529 ten years ago
to fl, 800; Quincy goes up from 21,26S
to 3l,23l; Springfield from 1913 to
26, 1876: Joliet from IL, 557 to 70, $50:
Rockford from l3, 1876 to 23,500 and
Bloomington from 1880 to 20,5O0;-
Rockford changing places with Bloom
ingtOn as sixth in size of our Illinois
cities, dropping to 18th. Joliet shows
the largest per centage of increase, not
even excepting Chicago, but Joliet,
like Chicago, has made heavy gains
by anneXing territory, and then she in
cludes in her count the penltentiary
officials and convicts.
There has been lock out of the
mOulderS at the MarSeilles Manufac-
turing Company Works. The men be-
long to the moulderS' union and be-
came dissatisfied few weeks ago at
the discharge of their old foreman and
the employment of nOn-uniOn man
in his place. In addition, the men
kicked against the introduction of too
many apprentices in the works. They
showed such Il refractory spirit that
on being paid off last Saturday they
We're told they needn't return on Mon
day, as there would be mo more work
until you fellows cool Off" The men
met and appointed a committee to
treat with the bosses, but We're told
they would be talked with personally
but the company would not treat with
committees. And there the matter
rests.
A few weeks ago the Chicago Herald
offered six different prizes to the six
teachers in the Chicago public schools
who should receive the highest vote.
The first prize was trip to Europe;
second, gold watch: third, trip to st.
Paul and return during National Edu-
cation Convention, etc. The offer led
to quite an exciting contest between
the friends of the teachers the result
being that Miss Bette NJ. Sneed, a
young lady from Aurora, but employed
as teacher in the Brown school, Chi
cago, got the first prize, on a vote OF
43, 100: Maggie Conway, "A Chicago girl.
got second. on 2S,5S4: and Miss Eliza
Haley, a Morris girl, won the third
prize on vote Of % $50
During the noon hour on Monday,
while the owner, Hon. NJ. b. Castle,
was at dinner, his paper mill at York
vile was discovered to be on fire in the
cupola The alarm was quickly given
and every one went to work with a
will to save the property. The build
| ing bvrned like finder box and was
soon seething mass of flames and
beyond the power of man to save. 1t
looked at one time asif all the adjoining
| nrnnarty vould on and Aurora was ask
ed to send down aid, which she prompt
lily did, but before it arrived the fire
was under control. Mr.. Castle was
nearly overcome by the heat in his
great exertiOns TO save his property
and was brought around by one of the
firemen who turned the hose full upon
him and LEI Il play for several minutes.
The mill was comp ntely destroyed, en-
failing a loss of from $1,000 to $4,000,
which is probably covered by insur-
ance.
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