The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-04-19
OUR NEIGHBOURS.
The Cream Of Whatever Is Newsy' Inter
esting or Spicy In our Neigh
boring Exchanges.


boring Exchanges.
The Morris Post make the bold asser-
tion that "Slick" Churchill OF Mar
settles is a millionaire. He can draw
his check for 800, 900 any day-though
nobody will honor 1T.
The friends of the unfortunate brake
man, Chas. Moore, who few months
ago lost both legs at Wedron, are rails.
ing money to fit him out with chair
so that he can prOpel himself abou in
it somewhat in tricycle. fashion.
Such big holes for setting out trees
in anticipation of ArbOr day were dug
in the central school house yard at
Streator, that nine years old son or
James HOban falling into one on Tues
day broke both bones of his left arm.
A sad accident occurred at Princeton
last Saturday. A Mr.. ROuske had been
burning hedge and fire caught the clO-
thing of his little four year old daugh-
ter, and before it could be eXtinguish-
ed she was burned to death. In trying
to save the child both father and mo-
ther were so badly burned that they
will be crippled for life.
Congressman Hopkins, Of the Kane
district, has shown that he is not who'll
ly ungrateful to the cOlOred element
for its steady vote with the &. o. p. 10y
having Chas. f. Hall, young colored
individual of Batavia, appointed TO a
clerkship in the pension office as wash
inpton. The ''mOke" is the son of a
colored clergyman and said to be a
young man of marked ability.
Wednesday was horse day in Morris.
There was the usual buying, selling
and shopping of horses, the only en-
citement being caused by great gauk
that's what the Post calls him-who
after selling plug for $l35 kicked up
a rumpus about 25c. halter that he
claimed wasn't sold with the horse.
1t was small enough matter, yet the
event of the day-in Morris.
Talk about centenarians Over in
Monmouth. according to the Rerie,c'
live cotemporarieS of Christopher Co.
lumbus would hardly be curiosity.
They had seen life-Joe Richardson and
C. A. Perley-were candidates for al
derman, and were letting themselves
out in the hotel Office in little quiet
talk to the boys. Tab was kept on
them as each related his experience,
and that of neither covered less than
239 years
StreatOr must have had very quiet
municipal election on Tuesday, as only
l4OO votes were polled, the only officers
to elect being one alderman from each
of the five wards. AS the Ind. Times
Squarely endorses all the aldermen cleo
ted, we are relieved of any misgiving
in regard to them. Another thing
must be mentioned to the credit of the
Ind. Times. There were twelve candi-
dates and but five offices to fill, and it
predicted with all the confidence of a
California 'dOom-sealer" that seven of
the candidates would be defeated. The
- prediction was fully verified
The first number of the Republican
the morning daily paper just started
in Rockford has made its appearance
and is a bright, clean, newsy sheet, ar
tistic and metropolitan in its typogra-
ply and make up. The editor promi-
SEES for his paper that, 1T will show
that there is such thing as enterpris-
ing journalism without offensive SEN
Sationalism, that a paper can be bright
and sparkling and still be clean, and
that it can be readable without being
unreliable and reckless" We have a
dim recollection of reading something
like that in the initial issues of other
newspapers, but are not able just now
to recall one that in its subsequent ca
reer quite came up to any such ideal.
1t is very unfortunate apparently
for Mr.. George Williams, cOlOred gen
tleman of Aurora, that there are so
many mokes bearing the same name
Not long ago the Aurora George was
arrested and carried to South Bend,
Ind, on a charge of murder. A deteC-
tive arriving from Canada, where the
murder was committed, however, said
this was not his man but that the MUIR
derer was some other George Williams,
and our man was discharged. Passing
through EnglewOod. he was again ar
rested on a charge of murder, and on
full investigation it was shown that
the murderer in that case also was
some other George Williams. The Au-
rora gentleman had better apply to
some court and have his name changed.
Poor Capt. Hill, our congressman, is
in the soup now, clean down to the
bottom of the cauldrOn, and we are
sorry for him. Some time ago he hint
I'd to the Joliet Business Mems AsSO-
citation that in the big scramble that
was going on at Washington even JO-
let might get an appropriation for a
public building if she set up loud
enough clamOr for it. If that was all
it needed the B. NJ. A. was ready, and
petition was Immediately gotten up
and forwarded as clamorous as brass
band or fog horn. But Capt. Hill re-
turned the paper for amendment; it
should be addressed to congress and
not himself; and should contain less
rhetoric and more facts. Thus put in
proper shape, Mr.. Hill would make it
the basis of request for an appropria-
tion of 100000 for public building at
Joliet. "One hundred thousand ~ in
dignantly screened the B. NJ. A. "DO
YOU take us for village like Aurora,
Racine or Rockford Don't you dare
TO mention cent less than half mil
lion :" And with this emphatic utter
ance by Mr.. Paige as the sentiments of
the b. NJ. A. a committee was appoint
ed to prepare document to be for
warded to Washington to that ''pur-
port and defect"
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