The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-06-01
Current News.

The Government is steadily reducing the mum.
Der of its employees. Discharges of clerks and
laborers are constantly reported from WASHING.
ton. The Departments are resuming their peace
footing.
The cattle plague has broken out with great
violence in Great Britain and Holland. The LAT.
ter Government is taking energetic measures =,
prevent the spread of the plague, having order.
cd the shooting of 1000 healthy cattle in single
week
Rufus G. Ellsworth has been appointed post.
master at Freedom, in this county, in place of II.
@. Wright
BOY preacher has appeared in Wales, who &C.
cording to his admirers, is to extinyp;sb N.
spurgeon. This promising youth is Master En-.
och Probert, who has just completed his eleventh
year. On Easter Sunday he preached to crowd.
ed congregations in the Baptist chapel at Glades.
try Radnor' A local print says of him He
has sweet and powerful voice, which he manay.
es well. His delivery is remarkably distinct
ana MS hearers were astonshed at such marvel.
ious truths from boy of such tender years.
According to the late census New York has
negro to q whites: Connecticut, to 43: New
Jersey, to %; Ohio to 63; Pennsylyania I ~
90; Illinois, to 223 Indiana, TO 116 N;oh;-
gan TO ioS; Wisconsin, to AS; Minnesota.
TO ''@ Kansas, to l52; Oregon, to Al: Nebras.
ka, to 340; Nevada, to ISL; California. +,
43 Maryland, to 3; Delaware, Ito 4; and Ken.
lucky, to 4.
The aurora borealis' or northern lights, were
visible on Tuesday night. This is a sign of some.
thing-either that the weather is TO b, wet or
dry, cold or warm,-we forget which.
A widow in Erie Pa, advertises "propd hon,
with which to procure funds to defray the expen.
ses OF burying her husband.
The Quaker city, which is to take Gen Sbsr.
man and twenty other excursionists TO the Holv
Land, is to have printing press and types-w;tb
printers OF course-on board The idea IL all
very fine, viewed from dry land standpoin.-
but not likely TO amount to much in practical
way.
Samuel J. McFaddin, of Marshall county an.
nounces his name in the Chicago Times a. a can.
didate for clerk of the Supreme Court of the 3d
Grand Division.
On the Sunday preceding Easter a collection
was taken up in all the Catholic churches in the
diocese of Philadelphia in aid of the pope. Rich,
Rev. Bishop Wood announces the result to be
S5s,Ooo. Bishop Wood has gone to Rome to per.
sonally present his Offering.
A good days hunting was that. in which Joel
Boorned, on the l4th inst, captured eight vou,,
wolves IN Rock Island county, H. for the scalps
OF which the county paid him 800 A decline in
the price of mutton may also follow the capture
Of these carniverous fellows.
Gen. Grant paid visit to Richmond last satur.
day, taking his family with him, and then leav.
ing them at old Point Comfort where they will
spend the summer. Meantime, it il said the
General proposes to visit the scenes of his old
campaigns IN horseback, and the Richmond Jybio
proposes that Gen. Lee accompany him, as n
measure to produce a harmonistng eftec. on the
sections.
Gen. Schofeld has disbanded the Lincoln
mounted guards, colord organization in Rich.
mond
From the Jonesjoro Gaze.te, of the 1lth we
learn that Mr.. Samuel Bourland. abon, two
miles from the town of Dongola has twelve acres
OF wheat beginning to head. The late frost bo.
done no injury to the crop.
TERRIBLE MoRTALITY-Advices from Man.
ritius state that upward of COCO persons died in
March from epidemic fever and over 5000 more
in the first half of April. The total number Of
deaths to April 18th is 1864. Vigorous sanitary
measures are being inaugurated.
German named Herman, of Springfield. ILL.,.
hung himself last week at Lincoln, Ill. with
comfort.
The papers of the Second Judicial Grand Di-
vision seem to think there is no doubt Of judge
Walkers reelection to the Supreme Judgeship
Certainly he should be.
The city of Carthage, ILL.,, have required f~e
days street labor from every person liable They
ought to have nice streets.
Chillicothe, a Furnishing town on the Illinois
river, is hosting several fine buildings this
spring
The Marshall county Fair will be held on the
10th, 18th, 18th and 18th of September this year.
at Henry, the usual place.
The extensive brewing establishment. belong.
ing to Mills Il Couthard, Centralia, was DESTROY.
ed by fire May both.