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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

The choice of \. +. Burnside as comman-
der-in-chiet OF the G. A. r., vice John A. Lo-
gan, who declined reelection, is one that ac-
cords admirably with the fitness Of things.
The man who. after losing moe men in the
slaughter at Fredericksburg than there were
enemies opposing him, and who afterwards
met an equally signal defeat in attempting to
suppress democratic newspaper at Chicago,
has finally attained the position exactly
adapted to his capacity. In the great work
OF regulating the distribution of funeral flow
crs 10y word OF COMMAND. whenever the
"spnng-time comc,h, gcH'ie ANNIE" An | to
stand as the figure head a. til" top %! Il huge
humhug Designed :. iul,urr the interest. g. a
ring OF demagogUo, Burnside must he peer.
less
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

BASE BALI.-The ghost of the defunct Shah.
bona b. B. club played match game At Aurora
last Friday, and the "Auroras" found il u pretty
lively old ghost. Here is bud Randall's report
81 the game:
The sha"bon. base ballists of Ottawa. with
some twenty followers, came mp yesterday snd
played the Auroras on the Fair Grounds. A
large crowd were present. The Aurorss played
badly-in fact it was the first game they had
played this season. Fox got mad and acted OBJ
stinn'ey. Miller made four home runs. Rich.
ardscn pitched and played we'll after he took
the centre in the middle Of the game. Sher.
wood. catcher for the OttAwas, was badly injured
by II fall at the commencent Of the game, and was
conveyed to the Fitch House. The Ottawas
played beautifully. The score stood 90 for che
Shabbonas 10 - for Aurora.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

PUGILIsTIC FIzzLE.-The long talked of
mill between the two eminent bruisers, Mace
and Coburn, was to have come of near Port
Dover, in Canada, On Friday of last week.
About thousand roughs, gathered from the
slums of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago,
&c, were present to witness the show. The
ring MAS formed, and the chief actors took
their position. Mace walked up to the
scratch. but Coburn kept his corner, to which
Mace was afraid to advance, because, as he
said, the friends Of Cosurn stood ready to dis
able him by throwing pepper and turpentlne
in his eyes. So, after fooling in this way
about an hour and half, neither giving a
blow. the Canada police lnterfered and dis
persed the crowd. While the Canada Sheriff
was ordering the mob to disperse, some clever
thief relieved him of his watch.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

SUIcTDE.-Samue w. Edwards, a harness
maker, committed suicide at La Sale on Mon
day evening, IN an insane fit, by shooting
himself in the breast with revolver He was
IS gears Of age and leaves wife and two
children in poverty.
ASoTHER.-The wife of +. Baldwin, of
Worthwhile in this county, committed suicide
on the lst inst, by hanging herself to door
knob in her bed room. She had been partially
dcranged tor several years.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20
Ku.Klux Investigation.

The radical members of the committee of 81,
appointed at the late session ofcongress, to in
vestigatc ku-klrx outrages at the south, have
decided 10 make the investigation at WASH
ington. The express understanding with the
democrats, when they assented to the appoint
ment of the committee, was, that it should
be divided into seven subcommittee, to con-
sist of two radicals and one democrat each,
and that these committees should spend sew
eral months IN visiting all parts of the SOUTH
and then the whole should meet at Washing
ton, compare notes, and make out a report
Such an investigation could not have failed to
bring to light the exact truth as to the con-
dition of the south. The radicals, however.
are afraid of the truth, and therefore now
break faith with the democrats by deciding
to hold the sittlngs Of the committee at Wash.
ingten, whittier they can summon just such
witnesses as they know will swear to SUIT their
purposes. The whole design, of course, is
to conduct the investigation in way to make
it mandatory of political capital for the
next presidential campaign.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

POTATO BUGs.-Mr. Elias Hathaway, Of the
nursery west Of town, has invented plan for
tho sxtirpatiou Of potato bugs, which Is probably
the only practicable and econ omical method that
can Be devised. It consists Of = tin measure of
the capacity Of one Or two quarts. The bottom
il finely perforated, aad On the top is closely
fitting lid, with hinge fastening it TO the large
cup or measure. This is filled with a mixture
Of one part in bulk of srsenite of copper, or Paris
green, to eight parts in bulk OF ashes or slaked
lime. A handle five or six feet long i. attached
to the tin measure, and taking hold of the handle
the operator Sits little Of the composition on
each hill Of potatoes. This operation he can per.
form very rapidly-as fast as one would ordina.
rily wish 70 walk ia plowed ground. The long
hsndle enables the ,peratsr to walk erect aud so
far removed from the dust of the poison a. to
escape all danger Of inhsling it. The Paris
green being a metallic substance, enters the
cellular tissues Of the plants and remains there
for days, aad perhsps weeks, and is certain death
to the potato bug, or in fact any other insect
that sah of it. When the vines have beea
sprinksd. in an hour after feeding, which is
usually ia the morning, the bugs begin to drop
of, and in twsnty.four hours are a "dead COM
munity." They will even not remain on the
vines impregnated with this poison preferriug
to attach themselves to weeds and sticks upon
which no poison has fallen. Mr.. II. says tina,
two applications during the entire season will
completely protect and preserve your potato crop
from those bugs; one soon after the vines grow
out, and another when the young bugs begin to
hatch in the fall. -Four pounds OF the mixture,
costing $3.50, labor Of sitting upon the vines in.
cludsd, will do an acre of ground. The machine
can be procured at any tin shop, and Mr.. II. will
charge aothing for patent right or instructions
When getting the above information We took a
stroll through Mr.. Hatheway's beautiful gar.
dens and grounds, and were delighted with what
We saw. His large gardens and orchards, be-
sides commanding II magnificent view of the Hi.
nois river and island, and "over the hills and far
away" in other directions elaborately laid out
into fsneiful squares. triangles, hooks and corn.
ers, aud all filled with the richest and rarest of
fruit and flower trees. The promise for am
abundance of all sorts of small fruit, and
especially of grapes pears, &c, is very f.tterng
but the apple crop will be rather light. We
spent an hour very delightfully."- in and about
this lovely spot, and listened with as much at.
tention as We could summon to the technical
names Of Thousands of strange shrubs, exotic
plants, foreign vines and imported shrubs, Of
which hitherto We hadl known les. than the
three legged yaller dog that "wAbbIed" along
before us.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

THE Springfield State Register shows lack
of wit as we'll a. poor general.hip IN sneering
at the "country press" of Illinois, and making
the foolish statement that half the country
publishers IN the state have been bribed to ad.
vocate the renewal of the capital to Peoria
Peoria may be wealthy city for its size, but
We opiue it would find its whole wealth made
quate to buy up the country press" of Illinois
What is most refreshing about the business,
however, Is that the Suite Register shouln turn
up Its nose at the country press" We re-
ceive weekly about 80 Illinois exchanges, and
among them certainly two-thirds are edited
with quite as much ability, and have quite as
much right to put on Metropolitan airs, as the
Springfield Register.
As to this capital removal business, we con.
TESS we have hitherto not felt inclined to take
much stock in it, regarding it as mere sham
to cover up some other movement. Doubtless,
if the naked question were submitted to
vote of the people of this county whether they
would rather have Peoria than Springfield for
the state capital, large majority Of our people
would vote for Peoria; but coupled with the
halfmllion expense the removal would invple.,
IN spite of tho offer of Peoria to refund the
amount already actually expended ON the
state house and with the other questions rs
to the propriety of placing the capitol of this
state on wheels. to become "a matter of contest
at every recurring election and session of the
legislature, we doubt whether our people.
looking at the question in all its bearings
cnnld be worried into much more than indif
ference on the subject.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

PERSONALLY II. Field, Esq, of the Chicago
Jour''al paid "Beemus' the honor OF a social call
last Wednesday. He was en- route for the future
capital Of the state, AS he said, viz: Peoria.
Flour, Graham, rye -four, corn meal and all
kinds of mill stuff At City Mile.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

HoRsE FAIH Ar EAni.vliLE.--'rhe Ea,lv,l,
eark Association snhounces u three days
fair to he held at Earlvile August 3lst and
September lst and ID 1871. Premiums 10 be
announced hereafter. The determination is
to spare no labor or expense TO make this the
grand horse show OF the season in the north.
west.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

FIsHING.--On Tuesday last, twelve prominent
citizens Of strestor, divided into competing par.
ties Of six on eide, went to Dayton in pur.
suit Of the funny tribe. @. G. Schroeder WAS cap.
tain of one side and Geo. w. Cummins Of the
other. They fshsd al day, catching. according
to the new style Of counting. SEINE two millions
Of hsh Of all kinds, but simmered down to the
old style, they numbered something like 800.
Schroedsr's side won, and the losing side pay
y fruit and cream supper.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

AN Accommodation E. S. Leland and daugh.
ter, while buggy riding last Wednesday eve-
ming. were thrown from their vehicle by the
hor'e taking fright at dog. fighting near him.
The Judge, shoulder was dslocAted, and the
young lady, more fortunate, escaped with few
slipht hruis..
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

SwUETRNEp up Hess, the confectionist and
ice cre.ln--r. oI Madison street, invited the
FREE TRADER boy. to "so there themselves"
and eat cream, &c. We were not with them, az
they do not associate with reporters aud low
people like u., but we learn that they were
verdict wus that Hess cream was "reG hot!"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

FINED.-Nr. WIN. Burgess the special police.
man who takes care of the public square, l. de.
termined to put stop to the practice of hitching
horses to the trees around the public square. and
last Sunday arrested piou- gentleman for this
otfense, under the city laws. and on Monday a
fine OF 50 and costs was duly imposed on the
offender.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

Frequently when out to dinner or tea you
may notice what fine bread and biscuits some
people have, If You should ask what aour they
use, the answer would invariably be the Eagle
Mile -four, and none other.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

WORKING MrNs BUILDING ASSOCIATION
4 large number Of mechanics and laboring men
met at Dir. Harris rooms last Saturday evening
to discuss the merts OF the proposed building
association, and will meet again this eve ming to
perfect the organization.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

BALI.-There is to be ball at Turner Hall,
on Monday evening, May 29,b. Music of the
best quality. Tickets, 81 supper extra Get
your girl and so. Every respectable gentleman
and lady in the city will be welcome.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

Do not be humbuxed into buying -four Of any
man who says he has the best Hour in the burg,
such as Fountain City -four, &C. Il /. a lor grade
Jsour, and on which the manufacturer is afraid
TO put his name. Look out Tor such -four Its
being the best is all mssn.hiue, TO say che leas.
If you want good hour IA, tue loves. figure. 20
to the Eagle Mills, and ii everything is not
as represented, your money will be cheeriully
returned
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

FISHING PARrY.-A nice little fishing party,
mostly of ladies, went to Dayton on Thursday
evening to catch fish and eat picnic supper.
We are obliged for an invitation to be lone of
those girls" When leaving the depot, Mrs Geo.
forters handsome dog sport" not comprehend.
Ing the plan OF operations, did not buy a ticket,
and scorned to ride as dead head" (he would
not do for our dog,) and consequently concluded
to walk. The train started slowly; SO did
Sport; 1t began to go more lively Sport increas-
ed his speed; it began TO ''buz;' ditto Sport it
raised the dust and made the houses and fenses
spin past; Sport tried to do likewise, but it was
evident that dog muscle was uneoual 10 iron
sinews, and he began to lose ground. but with
his tongue out ears tapping about his chops and
tail streaming in the wind, on came Sport. The
train crossed q bridge over a stream, and Snort
was coming so fast that he could not see that tbe
ties were not all one continuous plank. "Wbv
couldn't he go where that great big noisy bouse
on wheels did 7" So he jumped forward and
lighted all right on the timbers, then the second
Jump, but alas his fore paws struck upon
nothing and down he plunged into the creek.
into two feet OF water and four feet Of soft mud.
and the train turned - curve and poor Sport was
abandoned. Alter plunging wildly about he
got his head up, wiped the mud out of his eyes,
uttered snort, partly IN astonshment, and
partly 10 get bis BREATH and giving himself a
good shaking to get the water out of his shaggy
coat, he sat down and reflected Il moment. con.
GLIDING that no one in the car cared cent for
him, he turned his tail towards the way the
train had gone, Topped his ears in disgust and
slowly trotted home, and when his mistress re.
turned he seemed overjoyed TO see her, and lick.
ed her fair hand in tender sympathy, doubtless
reasoning that she must have had no better luck
than he did.
The fishing party returned in .he evening at
late hour, and reported that they had had
good time. Number of fish caught thirteen.
Number OF fishermen and women, fortyseyeu.
You can figure out the average to each, if Won
want to, We haven't time.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

NECK Tie SOCIABLE.-Thi, new STYLE of en-.
tertainment VAS given TO a goody number Of
peopls at the Couyregationslist church last
Thursday evening. We dropped in moment
On our "own hook" but though Mr.. Butler kind.
ly offered to punch our ticket" which was our
pensive face or to chalk our hat" We did not
mix in the festivities. The mioius op.rar,di was
Every gentleman buys An envelope, which con.
tans neck tie which some lady has deposited
therein, the twin sister Of which tie is a resette
to be worn during the evening by the lady afore.
said. Then the gentleman and lady who find
themselves possessed OF the tie and ro.et.e aiore.
said, are partners for the evening We did not
buy one, fearing that the unfortunate lady whose
hapless fate it NIGH. be to be eur partner, would
die OF modification, because Of having such.s.
well-you know, such very,--as i. were, that is,
awful-you see, as We are for partner. As we
did not wish to intefere with the perfect hsppi.
ness of any one, We went away from there"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

DEATu-Miss Anna Mallet died ut S.reator
on Wednesday, and her remains were brought
to Ottawa and buried. Twenty-Five litsle girls
all in white, her mourning sisters in st. Mary's
Society, marched behind the hearse to the grave.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

FoK RENr.-A comfortable Office two doors
north Of post Office. Apply to II. WALTnER.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20

Best oranges and lemons by the dozen and
box at II. Waltber's.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-09

UTAH MINING.-The Salt Lake Her
aid having stated that a man there
made 81, 900, in four days by cleaning
horn silver which had been thrown
aside, and that old shafts are yielding
rich ore in abundance, correspondent
explains how it vas done:
In your special kilograms l would
ask permission to point out two slight
errors, viz: '.Old shafts are Welding
rich ores in abundance" Hths mines
are almost idle, this abundance and
rich extraction is only i~maginary.
The man "who has made $1,000 by
cleaning horn silver thrown aside as
worthless" should have been written
"by stealing the ore that surrounds
the mine. Many others l watched
doing the same. and the ore is piled
up at their tents and for which they
informed me they were paid s. per
sack of 100 pounds at the mill.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-09

HARD TIMEs.-The Ely Record de-
nounces she lawlessness of Phoebe.
and in a leading article compares that
town to others as follows:
With a mining section like ours.
second only to one in theSiate, present
and prospective. is it not strange that
we should be last when it comes down
to money matters? Phoebe is in ANY,
thing but a fiouriShing condition, and
money is the very tightest. Austin,
Eureka and several other places We
might name. circulate ten dollars to-
our one; yet during the last quarter
our bullion product amounted to more.
than that of Austin and Eureka COM
bined, as will be seen by the quarterly
statement appearing in the Reveille.
This backSet to us is too evidently the
result OF the frequent acts of lawless-
ness we have from time to time been
called upon 10 chronicle, and from
which it will he impossible to recover
inside of a year 10 come, if stopped
ow. Our Courts are accountable in
no small degree for the many violent
deaths occurring in IL midst, and a
general oyerhauling is necessary, and
that without delay, for justice de-
mandS it.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-09
a dispatch to the Ely Record says

The big Indian pow WOW is to be
held on the east bank of Bear river,
Just southeast of Corinne. There have
already arrived chiefs and delegations
with their wives and families from the
Humboldt and Goose Creek Noun
tains; Bannocks. from Fort Hall:
ShoshOnes, from Soda Springs; Wash
axle, with his band. and a number of
others. There is considerable dissatis-
faction among Il red friends. at the
manner in which they have been neg
lected, complaining of the treaty
stipulations not having been carried
ont. and leaving them without proper
officers.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-09

The ku kluX hordes assembled al
Knoxville, Tennessee. the other day,
to decorate the graves of the Confeder-
ate dead, had the temerity to strew
flowers upon the graves of the Union
dead also. They lot only did this,
but their speakers paid handsome
tributes to the bravery of the ''boys i'll
blue" and appealed to the reunited
and patriotic sons of the Republic to
support the Union and its ancient
standard, which was floating in tri-
umpbant beauty before them.
There's a case for the Joint Commit
tee OF Congress to investigate. Such
''outrages' must not go unpunished.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-09
SToNING THE Cause.-The San Jose
Patriot of Nav 3qth saws.

SToNING THE Cause.-The San Jose
Patriot of May 29th says:
Every now and then the trains from
San Francisco, while passing Santa
Clara, are stoned by somee evil disposed
persons whose identity seems to be
inexplicable. The down train on Sat
urday evening was again 'shelled,''
and a window broken. The stone was
large, and a lady, sitting at the win
dow, barely escaped a murderous
blow. This devilish mischief must be
stopped in some way. OF serious acct
dents will happen. Not long since, a
plank was placed on the track and a
train was just saved from running
into it. The spite appears to be direct
ed against the evening train which
passes Santa Clara at quarter past
even. The officers at Santa Clara
should watch forthe villains. whoever
they are; and moreover we think it is
the duty of the experimenting officer
OF the Railroad Company to take indie
pendent measures TO the same end.
Suspicion lies on some bad school
boys in Santa Clara. One thing is
certain, that the public must be pro-
tected in this business. Let the de
tectives wake up, and give an account
of themselves.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-09

A SICK WEDDING PARTY.-At Du-
buke. Iowa. on Thursday evening,
May 18th. Mr.. Grant, a ticket agent,
married Miss York At Fort Dodge. \
large attendance vas present. and a
wedding feast was bountifully sup
piled. About 10 o'clock the people
began to be sick. The bride and
groom were removed, and a scene of
joy was changed to one of death-like
despair. Up 10 Saturday Don 147
persons of the party had undergone
the agonies of poisoning. and some
are not expected to live. Ii appears
the ice cream was prepared III a re
frigerator not properly cleaned, and
the copperas became impregnated with
the cream. The c~OnfectiOner inno-
Gently partook OF it, and was sick with
the rest,
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-09

\ SINGULAR BEQUEST.-A gentle
man in New York, named Derby, who
owns property TO the amount of eleven
millions of dollars, much of which is
in England. has made and executed a
Will devi>Ing the whole estate, condi-
tionally. to the United States. The
conditions of this legacy are, that
Congress shall pass an Act guarantee
ing perpetual interest on the amount
at three per cent. the interest TO be
paid quarterly to the heirs of Mr..
Derby. His Immediate heirs at pres
ent are five nephew> and niece>, and
one grand niece. The substance OF
this curious proposition is, i'll short,
that Mr.. Derby agrees to give. at his
death, eleven millions to the Govern
ment. in return for which the latter
shall distribute among the heirs of the
t~eStatOr the sum OF S530.090 yearly
forever, or practically 80 long as any
record OF the family al he kept.
This i a novel way of securing an an
nuity TO ones descendants.-LS. I.
Call.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-09

PIoCHE.-The Record of the 4th
says: Judge Pitzer has concluded to
make Phoebe his permanent residence.
His family has arrived there.
There has been heavy storms of rain
along the stage road from Salt Lake 10
Phoebe for $50 miles. This appears to
be the rainy aso in that portion of
Utah.
Mike Casey and jim Levy, wounded
III a recent shooting affray, are both
recovering.