The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-10-23
cunKnN9'Mnws.

A violent snow snow i Storm swept over the essa.
try, on Tuesday last It appeared in part Of
kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio, oosfiniuQ
itself to q strip Of assaps handted milssi xwiidS
1t was violent at st. Louis, Peoria, Cincinnati
Louisville, Omaha, and Springfield. Ia Z. 500
A call is ont for grand womsn's rights con.
vention, to be held at Cleveland, Nov. "a and 25
1t is signed by Garrison, Lydia N. Child, Abbey
Kelly, Geo. VIM. Curtis, Lydia Mott, Henry
Ward Beecher, Gerrit Smith, lucy Stone and
others of that ilk. ~ Dk>J
= The report, that the government had been Of.
fered money by the Roths.hilds, is denied from
oficisl sources II originated at Boston. and
was an electioneering trick, invented bv the
yankee radicals, circulated before the election,
aud denied afterward. ni4t tifa $50 G.o%ao4
In Tennessee the balloting for U. s. Senator
commenced on Tuesday, Andrew johnson 70.
ceiving the highest number Of votes at each bal
lot, but lacking votes Of an election.
The War Department has been called upon for
aid to quell lawlessness in Florida. In and
around Mariana, in that state, it il represented
that the execution Of the laws is At present i'm.
possible. From the 2sth ult to tho 14th inst,
some half dozen cold blooded murders have been
committed, and s.sassinations are the order Of
the day. ....- .5.r
TIE crop Of potatoes in this county is upusu.
ally large and the quality extremely good, but
the prices are SO low, that it will hardly pay 10
haul the "fruit" to market Many farmers
have very wisely concluded to transpose pota.
toes, which are cheap, into pork, which briggs .
COED prios. iTcflGI 4Is 12TsN
Joliet had jubilation on Tuesday over the
laying of the corner stone Of the iron works
and rolling mills about to be erected near that
city. There was grand procession, and
after the corner stone was laid, free dinner
The proposed iron works are to cost $500, 900,
and when in operation will give employment
to 400 men.
Prince HrArthur, you know, "be-eus' tied
down by custon. Recently he s,d his conarsass
at Niagara Falls "scorned the sidewalk and
tramped through the middle Of the muddy
street." much to the indignation Of tho citizens
Of said village " t CO.
Herzog, the famous horse, that LA: year made
the anequalled time Of one mile in 1887 1t Gin.
cinnati, died recently, but leaves competitor, q
three year old colt that bids fair to surpass Her.
zog's best record. The colt, "verseille," on the
same course, lately run a mile in 1.5454.
1t is said Senator Sprague has purchased the
old National LntrVigerseer and designs TO make it
his organ. ...,.
The legislature Of Virginia convened on Mon.
day, and on Tuesday elected It. Gov. Lewis and
Judge johnson L. s. Senators. Both are prom.
inent conservatives. and it is said, sxcellent
men. H.1
1t is said that Spain has no more money to fur.
nish for the suppression OF the Cuban rebellion
hereafter. Spain isto supply the men to do the
fighting and Cuba must raise the money to sup
port them herself 04-l ewr gr8N
a little child, a little three year old son of B.
4. Atherton. Principal of the public school OF
Earlville, strayed offand got lest in Paw Paws
grove. Alter eighteen hours search by all the
men in the neighborhood. the little fellow vas
found. nearly frozen, lying between two logs.
He had been out all night-one Of the coolest of
the season-and complained Of being hungry,
He is ell right now, having sustained 10 vsr,
serious injury.
V The Railroad ticket Office at Lostant, in this
county, was entered by burglars ons night r.
Gently, and over one hundred dollars worth Of
tickets stolen. The villains evidently intend to
travel. e ar ~ ~ 81 y-~S--e
The deaf and dumb girls, of the asylum at
Jacksonville go off in marriage faster tam the
talking article. This should be 3" warning 70
all females who are hunting husbands.
Tho radical leadefs i. Iowa, such a, Harlsp.
Kirkwood, Grinnell, 60, are indignant about
the Appointment of Belhnap as Secretary Of War,
and are about TO make united effort to prevent
his being sworn In. We shall soon begin to
suspect that Belknap is an honest man.
Ex-Governor Joseph Rltner, Of Pa, died a
Carlisle in that state, on the 10Th inst, IN the
Goth year Of his age.
The Rock River Conference Of tho Methodist
Church, at Its recent session at Fresport, passed
q resolution denouncing the use of "intoxisatins
wine" at the communion table, What nexty
pa A paper is to printed at Streator in few
weeks, to be edited by F. d. Dalton, Esq. The
material has already arrived. ,sisol giA