The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-11-21
CURRENT NEWS,

The only child of Stonewall Jackson gives
promise Of great intelligence and beauty.
Brownlow il % siek that his recovery i scagse-
ly expected. .Ths Lord gave" &c. ~
1t is known that Louis Napoleon has son in
Now York. ~ 40 -
A large number of carpetbaggers have left
New Orleans in disgust = n
Carpet-baggers in Texas have at last found hon
est employment They write letters Tor loyal ne
groes at tive bits each.
Thurlow Weed has come back healthy and
vigorous which looks bad for Greeley.
The population Of Bloomington is about 49,
600, which is not bad showing for the "Flower
of the Prairie" Counting the suburb Of Normal,
there are at least $4,000 people in that ''settle-
m,nt" -
The Unity Church of Chicago REV. Robert
Collyeris have offered Miss Houston, Of Boston,
$4,000 per year to sing soprano, but even with
this offer it is doubtful whether she accepts.
Helmbold, of "Buchu" notoriety, was taken
violently insane last week. and sent to the insane
asylum. So says Now York dispatch.
Mother" Bicksrdycks, the famous hospital
nurse of the western armies during the war, is
keeping hotel at Salina, ono Of the western sta.
tions on the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
A German in New Albany, Ind, has what he
calls dumping clock" in his window On its
top is fat and jolly-looking Tsuton, who holds
fork in his hand. BY an Ingenious contrivsncce
the fork, at the end Of each minute, dips into .
dish Of dumplings and carries one Of them to
the mouth Of the Tsuton, who swallows it with
. choking gurgle and queer motion Of his
glass eyes,
~. Birch, d. D." represented as = converted
negro, has been making . stir in Nottingham.
England At the public services conducted by
him peculiar feature was the singing of hymns
to tunes of = somewhat secular character, to
which the reverend gentleman played .. accom-.
panimsnt on the banjo A hymn commencing
adam was the first man," sung to the tune of
'Ladiss, don't you marry" received an encore.
A citizen Of Macon caught negro ilching
from his garden the other night, and brought
him to with a bullet He was somewhat stag
gsred when the colored loyslist turned and in
dignantly informed him that "the time was
coming whom the people would go where they
pleased without being halted"
Two ferry boats plying between New York
and Brooklyn came in collision on the 14th,
twenty-seven persons being killed. and wounded
by the accident. One of the boats standing
high in the water, ran upon the deck of the 9TH
er, jamming and crushing the passengers between
the two.
En-Gov. Todd, of Ohio, died suddenly on the
morning of the 18th inst, at youngstown, while
preparing to take the train for Cleveland. His
death leaves vacancy in the presidential elect.
ors of that state but tho other electors havsth
power, by law, to iii the vacancy.
Schuyler Colfax, Vice President elect, was
married Wednesday at Andover, Ohio, to
Miss Wade, niece of Senator Wade, of Ohio.
Ericsson, the inventor OF the Monitor. &c.
publishes letter in the Stockholm .4fy0hJladsi
in which he claims TO have invented an appara-
tus by which he can generate sutiiaient heat. by
concentrating the suns rays, to drive any steam
machinery without using pound OF fuel
Hanover precinct Clinton county, Ill, must
be healthy location for Democrats. II cast its
2l7 votes straight kr Seymour, giving nary one
for Grant The county gave Seymour II majority
Bishop Stevens of Pa. broke an arm and leg
at Bethlehem, Pa, on Monday, by falling on the
sidewalk.
shocking discovery has been made at Bunk
err Hill, in this State. The remains of eight
human beings have been found buried or CON
cealed in the neighborhood of an old tavern
The keeper of the tavern has been arrested OF
suspicion of having been engaged in Systematic
murder and robbery of strangers.
Grounds have been purchased at Aurora for
the erection of mills to roll all the iron of the
Michigan Central, Chicago, Burlington and Quin'
cy, Burlington and Missouri, and Hannibal and
st Joseph roads, and their branches.
Gen. Farchilds, now Governor of Wisconsin
who received an empty left sleeve in battle, re-
Gently presented to Gen. Stannard, Of Vermont,
who has an empty right sleeve for the same rea-
son, a half dozen pair of odd dress gloves.
The New York Sun advises Gen Grant to soil
the letters Of the numerous applicants for office
TO the waste paper dealers instead Of burning
them, and devote the proceeds to the e1tinguish.
ment oflthe national debt.
Mr.. H. NJ. May offers reward of fifty dollars
for G. +. Coleman, q carpst.bag member of the
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