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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-12-29
TEE CITY BANK

Organised IL. 1856 HHier the GeHerGI Banking Lac Of
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BAEhERS
EXCHANGE on
NEW YORK,
BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA,
ST. LOUIS.
CHICAGO,
And all the principal cities Of the United bought
and sold.
Also, will draw in suit purchasers England,
Scotland Ireland and all important points in continent
tai Europe.
Collections made in all parts of the State and ram tied
for on day of payment at current rate Of exchange
Interest allowed on deposits.
Banking hours from So Alto Al Pm.
EDWIN c. ALLEN. Cssh'r. ii. Y. EANES, Prest
o. II. BULLEN. is't Citsh. E3W. EANES, J.. ire5't.
Ottawa. August u. 1888.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-12-29
Ottana fire. Gta1er,
To Town Collectors.

LOCAL. NJ ALTERS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-12-29

Dissolution OF COpartNcrshIps
NJ Office is hereby given, that the partnership
IN heretofore existing between the undersigned,
der the rm and style Of Hit Co.. is dissolved
by mutual consent. n. r. HIT.
cec13-3~s Wa. McCoLLUN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-12-29

AfEsi daily New York and Chicago papers can :
u ways DO had ~ calling - the
deeS EEWs DEPOT, ?. O. BLOCH.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-31

dfed dosrs noue to tho houe it win be seen thss Tie
theater oses nothing, while the actor game two hun
bred dollars.
The musicians receive for playing lesdios insfrl-
men's ten dollars per week each, for second ins1u-
ments nine dollars per week-sbe leader has rom
tbirty.fve dollars to fifty dollars per week. Ine
gssn en- carpener etc. receive about the same money
that Is paid for smiIar services else wherethat w.
from eight dollars TO twenty d,lars per per week
Scene painters receive from twenty FIVE dollars 70 forty
dollars per week.
Thus you perceive, o uninitiaxd public, that ~bis
certain shining Ishts Of the profession make large sums
of money the rank and file not overpsd, bat are
severely worked. They have their strikes" too,
rboUgh on account Of low pri;esbut only when
the salaries not paid at all. Masicisos actors
chorus singers, ballet girls and ,upsrnumerAres can,
upon occasion, be refractory the mossroous shoe
makers, and many tine have refused 10 60 With
the performance till all arrearages were paid.
Great actors make more money than the nosS ceS-
brated cergy men, and actor Of average ability gets
salary Eve times larger than that of country mris-
ter-so uch the worse for you, public, who should
learn, not to reward your actors less but pay your
parsOns more.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-31

fro IL p. till sunrise, patrol from sunrise 70
im set, of duty at home At all times, WHISTLER on re-
serve bed ut the ststion-house q. home they are
liable 10 be called out In cases of fire and not IL
while duty they have made any arrests then in 'hs
morning, when off duty, they compelled 70 appear
in court with their prisoners Their toe ia alec taxed
by stencaDce upon trials for the purpose of giving
testimony. For this last reason many arrests are not
made by officers whose LAY of fals upon that next 10
the night when they are doing night duty The SER
eesnts are liable to the same hDe Of duty, except
the pesuliarity resulting from making arrests aud
appearance in courts The captain in each precinc; is
understood to be wthn reach at moment call at any
time curing the twenty four hours.
/ TAmoRs are gene ally hard.woiking class OF men
and women. Formerly man took coat and faba-
Gated it himself but the coat is divided into parts
and export oned to different hands. Rsa1y-made
clobipg is seved almost entirely by the aid Of the
sewiDg machine. Coats are no made at from y to
s. each. The bastDg Of the parts ia usually done by
women, but the price is included in the SUN quoted
Vests Of all qualities paid for at from % cents to
81 70 cash; mostly not hightr than 81 o. PantAoons
are made OF from &c. to e. pair Persons POSSESSED
Of machines make up large quantities Of clothing AZ
very low prices, but by the speed at which they can
wok the machines, they are enabled to produce suf
fc,nt to remunerate all the parties employed at an
aveIsge Of $isweek.
The following recapulation is not intended TO rep
resent the standard Of wages, but simply the average
earnings in the various trades and professions daring
the whole year. In many cases workmen lose three
snd four mol tbs in the whole year, while in the VIM
Try weather, when they employed, their receipts
are reduced by reason Of short hours:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-31

CxnsiDebAm wroto BIS feeble 1itscism uPonh Bus
RssAsns elOQusnoe win n4ake il Is renowned a. the
Hey Families Of Raphael. ~
1T. pleasant to and tina. the people Of orr NsaonN
Capital, who have been condemned by Congress I"
ssdure the bronze night-mares Of Clark NINE s'o
FESTIVE under their Affections. The "a'n'ns""
StG'ts is terribly severe the hideous egy Oh
hetep, which has Just been Get up there prOn0ansas
worse than the equestrian statue Of JACKSON ~mea
no one viii believe But Whist does I@e ota'es mean
by calling Mr.. Mills g "eharstan and mechanic
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-31
SCIENCE. INDUSTRY AND INVENTION

III. sunsls of invention for twelvemonth past
havs not been marked by any of those remarkable
s,.eoye,ies tha& have given prominence TO the first
half of III present century Yet 1t cannot be doubted
,hs,s are great inventions now struggling IN come
minds toward the point of definite perfection which
viii justify their being promulgated TO the world.
Some Of these occasionally foreshado we'd in the
scientific journals of the day. But whether they be
perfected within the next fifty years or not the pres
eBt may be as justly called the Century Of InventoDs
as the obscure and puzzng volume pat forth from the
prolific brain Of the Marquis Of Worcester. The is
futs Of our Patent Office for year past have been
numerous as ever, hut most Of them in old chan
ntla They simplifcstions of we-kuown processes
details Of former discoveries now carried ont to the
lat point Of excellence, the finishing touch to s5so-
Lutte perfection. Among the branches elaborated,
that of Agricultural Implements is conspicuous True
though it msy be safely predicted that thousand
Cburns yet remain 10 be invented, yet 1t is said that
tie last pow has been patented. The sewing ma
chine lie being canonised by the Legislature Of PeOn
sylvaDia and Massachusetts, who are ting laws
exepptpg 1t from execution for debt, thus elevaiiDg
II TO the status Of that Saint of the Barnyard the poor
mans COW. button has been invented whch can
not be torn from the coat and the rural districts are
beset by ddlers, dispensing among the old women
the inestimable blessing Of machine by which even
the blind ones may thread their needles, cheap at
quarter and costing probably two cents. After these
evidences Of continued mental effort, it would be cap
tious TO complain of inventors, much less to de-
spair Of the Republic
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-31

TIE Observation-Disclosures mes invention OF the
Sereoteope ia one of the marves Of genuine science
more startling than the kaleidoscope and destined TO
become as popular as the Dsguerreotype II has al
ready obtained an immense currency in every city in
the Union and viii ultimately find its way into every
farmhouse where the merest modicum Of appreciation
of the beautiful in art exists eevatng and refining
the public TASTE and proving itself the cheap and cor
rect teacher 10 an embryo artist. The word Sereo-
SCOPE means the method Of seeing objects sold instead
Of l0Re. As Wheatstone first constructed 1t, 1t was
an arrangement Of duplicate pictures, taken just as DO
the human eyes, froIn positions sigh1y different from
each other. These, placed inside box, reflected
in mirrors in such manner that the light proceeding
from them would seem, TO the eyes, to emanAe from
The fsme spot We see that these pictures all Nat,
vet the wonderful transformation effected Of
produepg them sohd Hence the indescrbable perfec-
ten Of the perspective, a. shown IN some Of the slides
representing statuary, ruins, caves, and waterfalls.
To give the rationale Of this beautiful invention would
occupy TOO much space. But III the department OF hne
arr II may be pronounced the most wonderful aeheVe-
nlent since that Of Daguere. As an ornament 70 INC
par,Or table the delight Of an evening party, II mas
no rival. IT. ehoapness 100, is surprising They are
already cold, With dozen views as low as -, wmie
American ingenuity Immediately added valuable lm'
proyemeDts 70 the instrument. IL has gwen PRO
dgious stimulus 10 art all over the world. Painters
are now rayenipg all countries In search Of new
views Of remarkable places and objects, and the pro
duction Of pictures has suddenly grown into business
employing hundreds Of female artists. Bot the Sereo-
scope beautiful ar il came from the mind Of i.s invent
or may yet be considered 10 be in its infancy. IL viii
yet be greatly modified and improved in the hands Of
the world Of ingenious men 10 whose sdmiring fan
cies il has been 20 charming contribution.
I'd.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-31

Gas LIoHr.-There are In this country come 3oO
gas works, and hundreds Of towns which yet remain
70 be lighted in the way, or by some one or other
Of the different sSeRies which, ~ n well known, III
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
MALICE, AND HOW TO MEET 1T

The St. Joseph (Mo.) West, 4 weekly
paper Of the pro-slmery ruffian order, a
few weeks since published a list Of persons
in St. Joseph whom it asserted voted for
Lincoln and Hamlir. The object was to
invite the commission Of violence and other
indignities upon the persons named. The
list, as published in the Vest, was incom-
plete, embracing not more than one half Of
those who honored themselves by voting
as their consciences dictated. Of course,
those whose names were omitted from this
roll Of honor, felt indignant, and immedi-
ately applied to the editors Of the Free
Democrat ia real live Republican paper
to publish a complete list Of that class Of
voters. The Free Democrat complies, and
gives brief notices of some of the more
prominent gentlemen. 1t embraces FOUR
HUNDRED AND TEN nalles, and as good
names as can be fou d in the city Of St.
Joseph, or any other city in the Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
NEW YORK RICH MEN.

II is stated that VIM. B. Astor is worth
$25, 00o,00o A writer in ..ae New York
Ledger asserts that a. T. Stewart, the
great dealer in dry goods, is worth 800
100000, and that in ten years he will be
worth $l00,000,00O.
His business to-day is eight hundred
thousand dollars a year profit to himself
In ten years, at compound interest, ten
millions. Add to that per cent, or TWEEN
ty millions, and compound interest for ten
years, and with the rise Of real estate, and
ldr. Stewards wealth will reach pretty neal
eighty or one hundred millions of dollars
If he lives to be ninety years old. he
will be worth two hundred and fifty mil
lions, and the richest man 10 the world
far exceeding the Marquis of Westminster,
in England whose income is a million and
a half sterling, or about seven millions Of
our money in dollars.
AS three to three and a half per cent, is
quite a good income from property in Eng
land, the Marquis may be set down as fairly
worth two hundred millions Of dollars, which
at three and halfper cent, gives him seven
millions Of dollars annually, or a million
and half of pounds sterling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
TOBACCO FOR BOYS.

A strong and sensible writer administers
a wholesome dose for boys who use tobacco
in any form, assuring them that tobacco
has utterly spoiled and utterly ruined thous-
ands Of boys, inducing dangerous pre-
cocity, development softening and weaken
ing Of the bones, and greatly injuring the
spinal marrow, the brain, and the whole
nervous fluid. A boy who early and fire.
quently smokes or in any way uses large
quantities of tobacco, never is known to make
a man Of much energy Of character, and
generally lacks physical and muscular, as
well as mental energy. We would partic-
ularly warn boys who..want to be anybody
IN the world, to shun tobacco as a most
baneful poison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
a NEW CoMpRoMIsE

The compromise proposed in President
Buchanan's Message, is just no compromise
at all--for the Free States are thereby to
surrender all they have gained by the cleo
ton of Lincoln. The decision was direct
" against the extension of slavery, and yet
the President proposes that the Territories
snail be surrendered to slavery. About
the unconstitutionality Of personal Liberty
Bills, the President may be right. The
Supreme Court can decide that, and when
30, the State should repeal them. In all
the Presidents denunciation Of the Free
States, be does not state that he and his
party repealed the Missouri Compromise,
which has done more to disintegrate the
Union, than all other measures before Con
gress. The real, practical disunionists were
those who sustained the repeal Of the Mis-
sour Compromise. AS Sam Houston said ):
1t was putting knife to the throat Of the
Observation-Disclosures W5s.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
THE HERALD.
COMMON SCHOOL STATISTICS.


Through tbs courtesy Of Hon. J. L.
Pickard, Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton, Vs have been permitted to copy the
following statistics from bis forthcoming
annual report upon the condition of the
common schools Of this State:
The number Of school districts is 3,398 ;
the number of parts Of districts i 1929.
Reckoning 21 parts Of Districts as equal
to whole district, We have APO districts
in the State. Number Of male children
Of school age in the State, 150,013; Of
female children, 138,839. These figures
are little curious, showing a large excess
of males. The whole number Of children
between The ages of four and twenty years
Of age attending school during the past
year is 1914 1888 Nearly one third have
not attended school. The whole numteT
under four years attending is 2,272, while
1926 persons over 30 years of age have
attended. The average number Of months
children Of school age have attended is
4 9-10 Average number Of months
schools have been taught by male teacher:
3 7-10-by female teachers 4. Average
number of months schools have beer
taught. 2-11. Average monthly wages
of male teachers, $24.20; ditto female
teachers, $14.84. Total amount paid fol
teachers wages, S367,003.2l. The sun
Of $139,s076 5 has been expended on
School Houses. The total amount d
money received from the State for School
purposes is $171,418.74; from taxes,
S402, 1882; aggregate receipts for school
purposes, $574,1s3.97. There are in the
State 1905 log school houses; 1926
frame, III brick, and l66 stone-total
4,044. Of these 3,436 occupy sites con
tanning less than an acrS, and 1876 are
unincissed. 1862 are without outline
maps, and 942 without blackboards. The
highest valuation Of School House is $780,
O00. This is the GAINESVILLE School House
The lowest valuation is in Outagamie, the
value of the structure being estimated, in
round numbers, at two cents. The aver
age valuation is 1925, the total valuation
$3,3I4, $4,000 There are l.176 district
libraries in the State. The aggregate
number Of volumes is 5000; the num-
Der taken out for reading during the yeal
is 32,645, of which about one-fourth were
taken from the Racine City School Library.
Amount of money raised for district libra
ries, $z,o03.9l.
There are also in tie State 161 select
and private schools, other than incorporated
academies, which are attended by 1926
pupils.-Nadison Journal~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15

SuSI1Gnr IN liousEs.-The following
fact has been established by careful obser-
walton: That where sunlight penetrates all
the rooms of a dwelling, the inmates are
less liable to sickness than in ahouse where
the apartments lose its notwithstanding
influences. Basement rooms are the nurse
RES Of indisposition. It's a gross mistake
to compel human beings to reside partially
under ground. There is a defective condi-
ton of the air in such rooms, connected
with dampness, besides the decomposing
paint on the walls, and the escape Of nox-
iot.s gases from pipes and drains. All school
rooms, especially, should be open to the
sunlight, yet, as a general thing, they are
darkened like parlor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
SHERIFF's SALE PARKER.

slate of Wisconsin, Grant County, Grant County
Circuit Court. judgement of foreclosure aud SALE
George Calvert, Plaintiff We lanes Parker and Ellen
Parker. his wife, Defendants.
Ri virtue OF decree Of foreclosure and sale made on
he 18Th day OF October, A. D. 1860, By the aoye named
Court in aso Of the above named PlH aud against the
above named Defts, and by dir,cnon OF Pitts Attor
ney shall the Goth day of January, A d. 1861, al
the hour OF O'Clock, p. M. OF said day at the front
loor of the Court House in the village Of Lancaster
Grant Co., Wis., oder for sale vt public auction and Will
sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand Che
following described real estate, viz:
The half of the portheast quarter of section no
tvs nty mine (29 OF township No. four az north Of
tange No five (5) and the half OF the south
east quarter, OF section No two 90 OF township No
three $50 north ofIange No. six 90 west, in the Com
ty Of Grant, Wisconsin
premises ordered sold in satisfaction of the
judgement in this amounting 10 the sum OF thir
teen hundred and lightweight dollars (Sl,3o5 e
l00shs) together with interest costs aud ac
cr4ng coss.-Dated Shefifs Office, Lancaster, Grant
CO.. Wis, October i3th 1860
WM. II. FOSTER, Sheriff.
WM. P. Dewey, Plt'ls Attorney.
l9-wl3 by GEORGE b. CARTER, Under Sheriff.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
TOUCHING INCIDENT.

An incident occurred at the City Prison
some time since, that brought tears to the
eyes Of every one who witnesscdit. With
|in the barred doors was man confined on
4 charge of maltreating his family. One
of his children, a bright eyed, intelligent
little fellow Of eight years, applied at the
prison for permission to see bis father
The request was granted, and the child
conducted TO his parent. The man, who
is we'll advanced in years, as the child en-
tered the place where corruption and vice
seem TO bubble from the very floors and
hideously start forth in spectral gloom from
the walls, stood with his back towards the
door, The little follow ran up to him, and
catching him by the hand family muttered
"Fatherm which caused the degraded and
unnatural parent to turn suddenly around,
and, without returning the recognition, he
rudely showed the boy away. "Father,"
said the lad, almost choking with grief,
"Father, Mother IS dead" Like shot
these words went home to the heart of the
parent. The deeds that had marked his
career through long period ofyears start
cd forth before bis imagination, his cruelty,
neglect, indifference, all were pictured in
that sentence. For a second he stood mo-
tionless, and then falling on his knees,
clasped the boy to his bosom and wept Bit
terly. There and then a prayer went up
that must have found its way to heaven
On Bonded knees he made solemn prom
ise never again to touch intoxicating liquors
and we doubt not the solemn vow will be
kept Cincinnati Eng.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
NEW MOTIVE POWER GAS APPLIED
TO MACHINERY.

A Partisan, named Lenior, is said to
have applied with success the explosive
power of common illuminating gas in the
moving of machinery. The experiment
was tried in the following manner: One
part of gas to fifteen more parts Of air is al
lowed to flow into the end Of a cylinder
BY means ola spark of induction, generated
by a galvanic battery, an explosion then
ensues, which drives the pistonto the other
extremity of the cylinder, whence a similar
process, repeated on the other side of the
piston, forces it to return. The constant
repetition Of this operation moves the ma
chinery connected, in the ordinary manner,
with the piston rod. An increased or di-
minished How of gas regulates The energy
of the engine. Several machines, of u few
horse power, are already at work in some
of the manufacturing establishments 0
France, Belgium and Germany, while tn,
Suez canal company have ordered the con
struction of others of larger capacity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15

THE POPULAR voTE-Mn. DOUGLAS.

Sufficient returns have been received t.
show that Mr.. Douglas has received IN The
free States alone thirteen Hundred hous-
and goteS. lie got one hundred thousa. e
more than Buchanan received in 1856, de
spite the combined opposition Of Mr.. Bu
chanan and the Republicans.
He has about as strong a vCte in the fire,
States as Fremont had in 1856.
He has more votes in free Stats thar
were eotes polied for al caasido.es com
Jiaed Ia TIC stare States. This is a fac
well worthy the attention Of the South
CinciAAati Enquirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15

PREsERvINe HAMS. Take Stacked limc
say peck or half bushel, (according t.
the number of hams mix the lime water
and boil in an iron vessel, the same as You
would for whitewashing let il boil as thick
as for whitewashing. and when cold, have
your hams laid with the skin down upor
planks; then take a brush, 1.-THE same as fol
whitewashing,) and lay a good coat upor
the part unprotected by the skin; let thi.
dry, hang up your meat, and you hav,
sweet hams, free from bugs and shippers, i
done in time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
TIMBER AND PRAIRIE
Land for Sale.

The subscriber offers Tor sale in lots to suit purchasers
and the liberal terms to payments and time, tbs
following lands all lying and either side OF the
Military road in the Town of Wingvile, Grant County
Wisconsin:
Sec. o. Town 6, N Range / West--640 acres.
Ma of Sec. ~, Town 8, n Range West--320 acres.
Wa ofSec. Is, Town 6, N. Range West-s320 acres.
Sw14 of Sec. y, Town o, N. Range Wet-l60 acres
E1a of nw14 of Sec. ~, 7. 6, N. H. W.-S0 acres.
For particulars inquire Of Thos. j. Green Il Co.. al
WngvilIe, A. d. Mills the premises, agents foI
Miles White, Baltimore, Md
The property situated two miles west of Wingville
so fairly divided between prairie and TIMBER and per-
ecty adopted for farming. These lands are located in
the highest parts of the county, but contain several Y-
ing springs and water may be had where by digging
Wingyille, June 18th, 1860. l-tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15
IMPROVED FARM
For Positive Sale.

will sell at the lowest price, 200 of land 90
acres thereof under eadvation and fence; well timber
ed aud watered good dwellings, barn. various out build
ngs orchard, &c The fam is situated miles south
east of Boscobe and the Railroad. TERMS part cash.
balance time.
Also other tracts of land about the same dis
from Boscobe will sold lower than any land
in the county. Also, improved farm If half Sec
ton, 8 miles southwest of B0scobe good dwelling
small orchard 100 under fence, IS powed
well altered and tinbered. | am in debt and deternn-
ed to leave Tor country. Terms, part cash, bal
time. Inquire of the subscriber at Boscobel
April, 2fth, A, D., 1860. 45-n j. J. BUTTON.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-15

VIZ OF NW14 Sec n wa Of SW14 Sec.
Tnlnn 8 Rnnre s.