The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-02-05
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.


freezing: and of Cyrus z. Sherman, by acct
dentally shooting himself The city marshal OF
the lively town of Secor was dangerously, though
not fatally stabbed, in an attempt to arrest some
roughs.
The lansing, Iowa, Mirror mentions this in.
cident:
A man named Hupp sold load of hay; it
was weighed, but in driving to its destination the
wagon tipped over, when from out the hay
Emerged Mrs II. An attempt to hide in .
lumber ward was unsuccessful, and ne objection
was made by the seller to having an extra 175
pounds tare added to the weight OF the wagon.
The same paper stating that George Francis
Train is soon to lecture in that city, calls him
"the sma,test fool in the universe"
The Iowa Legislature is to have the services
of fifteen clergymen as chaplains, each of the tif-
teen officiating in turn. These olergymen rep
resent all the different religious denominations
Of Des Moines, except the Roman Catholic. As
there is one member in each house Of this per-
suasion, the Statesman insists that these also
shall have chaplain Of their peculiar faith.
The Aurora Herald which can cover a vaster
expanse of paper with fewer ideas than any 9TH
er paper in America, has Joined the Springfield
J6uraal and Morris Herald in the crusade against
dnue sis troubled with what in country parlance
is called the big head, and warns it that it may
wake up some morning with = realizing sense,
that the brains of a million people, the present
population of the State, are not wholly centersd
within the cooperate limits Of Chicago"
The following from the same paper reads 20
much like a hard drive at another noted Chica-
so radical, that it was certainly necessary to
mention particularly that he lived in Aurora.
Frank Lumbard, living near the West Depot,
became very drunk last Wednesday afternoon,
and shamefully abused his family.
From the same paper we learn that farmer
living near Mendoza, named JAS L. Long, was
killed near Aurora last Monday, by falling be-
tween the cars of freight train while on his
way to Chicago with load Of hogs.
John W. Geary has been elected president of
the National Union League. The Philadelphia
Age very appropriately inquiries: "If such be
the head of the concern, what shape must its
tail take:'
The Omaha Herald, for "loyal" paper, Ger.
tainly makes very disloyal utterance in the
following:
1t is our candid opinion, based upon the views
of the great Indian missionary, Father DeSmet,
that there are more honest men among the
Blackfoot tribe of Indians to-day than there is
in any State of New England.
The Louisville Journal having expressed the
opinion that Gen. Grant was the famous Cardit
giant, New York radical paper reminds the
J0u71,a, that the Cardiff giant is an imposition
and humbug The Journal says it is now
more than ever convinced that Grant is the Car
diff giant.
The Marseilles Citizen centradicts the state
ment that work on the Chicago & Pekin R. r.
near that place has stopped. 1t also states that
the contractors have purchased 400 acres of tim
Der land in Wisconsin and another tract in Taze-
well county, with saw mills, &.-all to gst out
ties for the said R. r.
The same paper says:
Daniel Rude, living near this place. killed, on
Wednesday night about twelve o'clock a large
golden eagle, which measured seven feet from
the tip OF one wing to the other As Dan re-
marked, at was genuine American bird-Si-
mon pure He informs US that this same bird
has been seen in the neig hborhood for the past
twelve years and that there has been quite an
effort at times to capture him, but they all failed
and he, Dan, took it into his head to bring him
to tims-shouldered his gun and laid low, not
for ducks, but for the bird, and the result was
that Thursday morning he brought to town
Golden Eagle. lie gave it to Arthur Riale, who
sent it to Ottawa to have it dressed for preserva.
tion. Bully for Dan.
A California paper, speaking of the Japanese,
says:
"They will win universal respect by sort Of
heathenish habit they have OF minding their
own business"
A debating club in Mendoza has decided
"That prohibition is the most efeotusl means of
promoting the cause of temperance" We are
glad the matter Is now settled that way. In
Ottawa, few years ago, the experiment result.
ed exactly the other way.
The Morris HrraM says "sposks have lately
been seen in the way places in that city at un.
reasonable hours Of the night warning to
people to be at homo in se..oo." Sorry 10 learn
that Charley has got 70 tar along that he begins
10 see things.
George Francis Train sends 10 . copy of a
newspaper called the Train Eetro. It would be
hard to cram greater amount Of fsoli,hnes In.
to smaller space However, here Ia one gleam
of sanity. Says Train:
Hang two judges and two Con greaam a.. and