The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-06-08
Opuiu,n Gathcrum.

bly, the same one that passed over our town the
! night previous. The Spectator says,
AT / o'clock Z NJ the gathering storm came
rolling mp, accompanied with heavy peals of thun.
der and soon broke upon Us forcing man aud beast
Ia seek for shelter from its mcrcilcss petingS The
air was filled with the falling hail from the small
est size Ia those larger than hens egg Nearly
every pane of glass an the north side Of the bull
du;s in town was broken. 10 the growing crops
the damage cannot hs great as they are not yet
sufficiently advanced
l. y. Arnold has been appointed 10y the trus.
tees, attorney for the Illinois aud Michigan canal
lie receives 4 salary Of 81 200 aside from travel.
ling expenses We had no idea the trustees had
50 much litigation on hand Our good people
will get tired paying the two mill tax If the rev
rnues of the canal are To be expended in this way
especially since the trustees have lost every suit
thcyhlye brought into court
1t is rumnred that new democratic paper i, to
be- started at Chicago 1t may be necessary.
PopRur or Mas SwrssurLu.-Mrs lydia
Jane Pirr.on inform, the Literary Gazette, that
Mrs. Swisshclm the late political correspondent
OF the Tribune a, Washington, called upon her rc
Gently aud thus describes her personal appear
ancc:
"a small delicate formed woman. with m ,r,,.
suai cNPan'e Of forehead dark brown hair, combcI
over "'' zen p'7'nt4' n'nt "luii eyes nose rath'
tine tcetlI-cuuutcnauce pleasing, and smile truly
enchanting
Far CArrrr-Nlr Ralph oC Morgan county. in
TIN, state, lately sold tn Mr. Stoltz, of OHIO six.
y head OF cattle tnr $4,000 orat the average price
cattle aycrnsin. rom ioo r. oHn ,,n,,o. ''''''
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=. ,'..r.H '','" IT, ''''' '''' I"
fenced to b., Lry ~" ,be si.t Las JHn "'' ''''
o...i,.y.,.... 1870.
rXcrti,ns during the past week to bcautify and
improve our thriving Young city. During the
p''i "VeT ""'"' "u' '''t "' pavement mas been
different rrts t Ii,, ar sill "HrT ""' w. Nv
hope success may attend those, in AUTHORITY until
they shall be alike benefited 10y their exertions
"',''""|'"" way
rs soon is ''''r''' 'in''o'' pays over the unlaw-
i'I road tax to our c'ty fathers We will have some
''''' 'HNNN ~ N"E'AAr WHO Has heretofore nlNaE
ed ia, editorial dep,r,,por, nj ia, J,,,o,,; I,,,
t-., ,,r:,..,I,. =, .,,'', '''''' Jug
.'"' ''''H'""" nom
that paper aud 5. ;. JoNr> Esq, taken lis place
3 ,,,-,, ''''''o''',' says
me II was lmpracueable toru longer to con
/ WhuG Us puoH'"uon' we were determined that it
'Eou,1 n'' pass out OF our hands until a successor
,vi.i, u.r' w M',. our subscribers could
to true democratic princinlcs ''''''
Mr. Coppfyc = pre,cL,r of tho ,,osr,J y, ,r,d.
a political stump speaker" by profession and nm
agent Of the underground railroad i. now lectpr.
ing on something. called P.vcondupony one
notch above biology.
\ yrv Occ,y, ,,,r ,,,,.;..,.,.
.,,r,,1 ~, v,l.i,...o,, ,,,;.i. -
the ultra proslayery party. AnoJdrc.. f,yorirc
the project appears in the Washington paper.
signed by GO members of congress, Thi, will
bring the two extremes of the slavery question
pretty near together, as the New Era, now pub
lishcd in that city Is the organ of the abolition
party
Michigan is becoming quite celebrated for the
mandatory oil straw hats. The Macomb Gazette
th5t y,o 80 NV optn i,''ll'AE'uieu IN
bout $4,000. This work i, performed princinally
by females
Tie grey goose quill" used to be considered all
lhat was necessary m an editors sanctum--but
y, ,,Io ~ 'oI 'Ss,'.eu WV, sPe.u'u so'u pc"
ri,bor of ,ho,, 3, o It'll, e. ..u...,
with ,,i. -, ,,;..,..
!"'t"'''I'''--i me census DILL which Is now
O''O'' rV'''' "O''s'' persons 70 tell 'he'r exact
"se' MS j. going niue 100 lar those big
'''' a. ', 'S''''s''" sno''d remember tha' there
'','N ''''eS - "''' IT, SV"''''nr''' VINO are ex
''''. 'P'" "I' SUBJECT ana IS
iHE kEPuBLic-Snce Alr Buliitt has abandon.
ed Old Zac, Ory,n M Wosb;r,,or :, Ia, boo,
AL, '"' - "1' Uee"
eu''eu oy clerk IN the treasury department. II
.'--7'' '''". "'.'c''N ''efto''h VIII need the
"'''"'''' q ''''' journal TO keep ms accounts
lhitht Tue pubic although lie unable 10