The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-07-29

dined last week at the leading hotel in Muskegon,
says the Enterprise. He is the son of Ghagoor-
itony Observation-Disclosures Tngawa,
of Japan. 1t has been stated that the father
troke his arm in two places in trying to sign his
name.
The Missouri Reps5,can's salt and water cure
for chintz bugs don't phase them up this way
Afarmer who has tried it says the little pests vim
in it and seem to enjoy the fun. There is moth
ing:that beats fat stone and a hammer.
A Terre Haute editor, named Jordan, having
grown rich, will start bank. 1t will be called
"Jordan's Stormy Bank"
A paper in Davenport remarks that thunder is
''the exutatien of the elements over the attempts
of lightning bolt to aunihilate tree"
A young lady Of Louisville, having received
very urgent proposals of marriage from an old
gentleman, sent the following answe. BY mail;
why , thus U1 urge me to cemplianoe?
ri, s. s;s,s "a
Nor will war against it wage;
d9 s net d, s s y ms TO marriage
A great question has been set at rest On
the Seth Of March, Michael Thompson was con.
voted in San Francisco court of having struck
Billy Patterson.
The Boston Post has an announcement of the
death of several citizens 'fron throat disease,
superinduosd by razors.' t.
Indiana has paper called the Little Soccer. It
don't pay, and the publisher says he's little
core too.
Speaking of Vice President Colfax's determin.
alton to withdraw from politics at tho close Of
bis present official term, the Terre Haute NaM
says:
The Vice President, having fully recovered
his health. is now considering the question
whether he will engage in the manufacture of
gum elastic soda crackers or of trO-glycerine
catarrh siiuF at South Bend. He has given up
the MORE antique beer key project because Mr.
1mberry prefers partnership with practical
man.
The Dubuque Times says the Rev. ". W.
King, OF Chicago. formerly Of Dss Moines, who
is a distinguished Universalist, has preached
Ruloff into heaven Who wants to be IN angel
now2
The Omaha 2rdaae, thoroughly radical pa.
per, kicks against dictstioa from Washington.
and makes the extraordinary announcement that
1.-THE republican party out there is not for sale"
That's a new departure" that takes the kinks
clean out OF the so'called democratic departure"
The plea of insanity Is not confined to murder
trials. According to the Dixon Telegraph, .
man in Subletto one night recently pulled off HE
boots at au open window, got into young lady's
room, and quietly lay down on her bed OF
course, when she awoke she set up loud scream,
which brought her father, who secured the man.
At the trial it WAS held that No man in Sublette
ever before did such thing, whence it was evi.
dent he was crazy. and he was acquitted.
An exchange mentions case beyond the or.
binary oculst. 1t is that If young lady who,
instead of u common pupil, has college student
in her eye.
The new green, much worn by women now.
10 said to be impregnated with arsenicsl poison
70 sach degree ~ 10 be detrimental to health.
mere dodge to fool cross husbands into buy.
ing in the hope of getting rid of their wives
An exchange gives us the following highly
correct bit Of printers theology:
''Tell me, angelic host, we me.seng.rs OF lave.
shall s~inded printers here below have no r..
dress aboveY" The .l.inin. a,.- ell band replied.
ITO us IL knowledge j. given d.linouetts no
the printers books Can never enter heaven"
A Troy editor speak of another -. Sufficiently
we'll posted to edit IL h.ndniil
Again, Vermont paper, V -",ins to cn,npii.
ment the editor of the Law. Stock J,nrn A."
says "his head is full Of liv. stock :"
In Chicago, personal. are made up in this
touching vein: 1T. J. Fail was hi. name, Aud
shall not deny, With revar, to the same, rbn,
he came from Shanghai, And he put % last
night st the Sherman. Considerably close to
the sky"
The Oregon Guard says lady at or near Ash.
ton. in Oele county, gave birth, the otksr day.
10 five children Chester White or Suffolk
In jackson Vile, where water in dry times il
% scarce M to be worth more th IN Peoria whi..
~, the fire engines didn't work satisfactorily At
recent fire., and the journal urges that they be
traded of for first.cass syringe.
Bslthszer WsigRenunezzsrein was fined for
breaking the Sunday law in New Haven, the
other day. His name looks rs IL somebody had