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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-28
The Polar Nave.

We had almost forgotten that embraced With.
in the boundaries Of Unc,r , s,'s au,nains Ine.,
is section known IS Al4-ka. Th,, territory is
so remote from u---,o seldom heard from that it
might as we'll be IN independent country We
have regarded il \ u. -ufnrN os the north
pole II i, SO frozen up nearly ali the yer
around, and given to white bears. seals, iceberg,
and wnlrusses, that we II We assigned it place
in the uniuhatited ice hidden In Of The far
north, and OF no value to the world. But Alas.
ka has lately been heard from. \ lew weeks
ago she organized polar wave, composed OF the
concentrated cold OF al the arctic regions, she
filled 1t with frost ana ice aud launched it upon
the world. Slow it has moved in a soiid mass
upon US, submergiug the entire country in a re.
OF aerial trisidity. The newly lnaugur1ted
government storm signal system announced the
coming IF this wave nnd its progress frem point
to point it swept -uuthword. The extreme
bitter, sharp, keen, cutting cold OF the past few
days has had but few precedents in our recollec-
ton. The thermometer at Ottawa suddenly, Oh
last Saturday morning fell from 20 above 70
50 below zero, AID thence 10 10 ;, 20 ard on
Tuesday Last achieved its maximum at 81 :
TO 81 below zero, with instances no " and then
in some situations peculiarly favorable OF three
or four degrees lowers On Saturday, the TEN.
perature at Milwaukee, n. noon, was 20o be-
low; st. Paul. 30 :; Manitoba, AZ: Des Msnes
90 -; Cleveland, 49,; st. Louis, g.; Louisville
g. above. AT San Francisco, 40 a cheerful CON.
ttast, rain in abundance. Numerous instances
are given Ia the de.ps'ches Of people being fro.
zen to death in many localities in the north
Upwards Of 60 locomotives were frozen up on
one road IN Indiana for As hours, and cattle
hogs and sheep il the trains we're frozen TO death
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FROM STREATOR.
STREAroR, December 26. 1872.

STREATOR December &C. 1872.
A Mr.. Dcugher.y was imprisoned on Saturday
evening for drunkenness and di.orderly conduct.
He has since died. To-day an inquest is being
held to d. eide whether lie died from tie effects
of ''terzine" or ne cold weather.
In the case 81 Hrg .rty VS.. CrosweIl, the Jury
gave Mrs. H,4nrry Judgment for one cent
sssinst Dr. eros we'll, druggi-t, for selling bran
dy fox medicinsl purposes to her husband.
The foundry OF Beard 6 Standish has been
completed. and they will GO their first casting
in it to morrow.
Mrs. Ferre,er narrowly escaped death from
upsettiug of kerosene lamp, the non.explo,ive
kind, on Thursday last The flames were smoth-
cred oy using bed quilt
New huilding4, both brs.-s-s houses and
dwellings,, are going up every day, notwth-
standing the cold weather, horse disease, u close
money IN ,rket. and other obstacles.
A. Cummius, formerly OF O',1va, has sold out
his mercantile business, and moved to Long
Point, on the Peku Railroad,
Christmas was merry. No dog fight. All So
Der this morning.
The only way to appreciate the business i'm
portsnc- Of Strestor is to come and watch the
various business pursuits The coal facilities
are advertised not only in almost every newsp4-
per that we see, but by from twenty to thirty
trains which leave here daily, going to all points
of the compass. 1t is not uncommon to see AS
high as twelve engines at one time on the tracks
and side tracks at the depot. 49, 500 were paid
for labor TO the miners on the 10Th inst.
Masonic. Last evening the following name
persona were publicly installed as off 'ers o,
Streator Lodge of A. L. & A. ", by Grand
NJ ,ster Campbell:
J. G. Fulton, w. NJ.
r. G. Myers, S. W.
B. A. II ,ttenhauer, J. W.
Isaac Ames, Treas.
c. Withrow, S-c'y.
Lee Merritt, S. D.
VIM. Watson, J. D.
The hall was filled with a large and apprecig
tive audience. After the exercises the Gro VIC
went to the dining rooms of Mrs. Wilkins fo
supper. No one could find fault with the PER
she had undertaken. The crowd was then diyi
des, some going home, others to williams Fl a
to trip the light fAnt site. &c, under the super
vision of Prof. Willis.
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FROM MARSEILLES.

MARsEILLEs, Dc. 9th 1872.
Quite destructive fire took place here 81
Thur.day morning, about o'clock The Wood
Working Shop of the Marseiles NJ nuf,cturing
Company wus totally destroyed. Fortunately
there was but little wind blowing. so that the
other mills were saved by the energetic exertious
Of our citizens. The loss is not so large rs the
Inconvenience in loss Of patterns. which may de.
lay the fufllment of the numerous orders thew
are d'ily receiving for their popular corn she'll.
er. A small barn was burned belonging to Mr..
Richard; also some slight injury to the grist
mill
Tho hops given by the Young Gents Clubs on
Tue.isy and Wednesday evenings were quite
largely attended.
The fsssivi,y Of the Christmas Tree of St. An.
drews Episcopal Church will take place on Sat.
urday evening. FiDEs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-28

OBITUARY eread with pin the announce.
ment Of the death, in Ohio last week, Of ]. r. S.
Bond, some years ago publisher of the Mendots
Bulle.ia, in this county.
DR. S muel Underhill, a we'll known lecturer
on Temperance. Mesmerism, etc, died at Tonica,
in this county, on the 14th inst, in the 74;h
year of biz age.
Hon. WIN. Kellogg, formerly member OF
Congress, and for the past few years judge OF
the Peoria Circuit Court, died at Peoria on the
Goth inst
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The attempt of the Ottawa Republican to tor.
turs the language of our notice Of Father Terry =
piece with the tactics Of that two.penny concern
for year past. Its efforts to curry favor among
the Catholics by besmoaring them with fulsome
praise, have been so transparently thin" and
hypocrtical as to have made that paper the
venerable Know Nothing sheet for the Irish and
the Catholics is that OF the "vulture for the
lamu, covering and devouring it,
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pair anything, from a finger ring to a steam en-
gine. Re was stuck the other day, however, on
a deck OF cards which a fellow brought in to
have fixed. They had been used 90 much that
the spots had been knocked off of EN- and the
corners thawed round" =. On the side of
certain foundry in town the words, chslked
in struggling letters, Look ont for ghosts +
We looked out accordingly, and the nearest We
came towards AL interview with ghost WAS see
in. Mr.. Stormuut, an ETHEREAL shadow Of m.n,
whose avoirdupois is about 22O lbs. A delic.n
ghost lie il. !....A fellow here from Morris, tn.
other day, was Dragging about the superi",
belligerent qualities OF Morris boys thusly: -
The men up there are all on the fight; sno
even the little bys, if ye'd ak one av thin /,
crooked word, he'd lep up aud ait the nose 81
ye" A fellow came into our Office yesterday
and wanted US to write an address 10 New Years
We discovered that his ears had been frozen stiff
and knocked of hence he wanted nelo ears.
A correspondent asks II tame turkey heI
matches her chicks out in the woods and raise
them there, are those turkeys to be treated q
wild ones, and killed by every Tom, Dick ant
Harry that may find EN- - 1t depends upo
whether the turkeys grew up naturally or wer
raised by hand ION a bottle" so to speak. VIII
doth our correspondent Sickle to 30 Arch ques
ticn ? -. One Cooney, at Marseilles, is charged
with neglecting his poor old white horse-noV
Obliged to browse along the roads in Rutland
Cruelty to animals is punishable offence, en-
If the law should be used, wouldn't that felloy
be d gone coon-eh 7"
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an established success aud rapidly srowius INTO
popular favor, is IN uf,ctured on thi- st"vy.
In this and tie lower story o-e Ten lathe. two
planners, end two large iron presses or Pun"hins
machines OF greet power The machinery Is dri'
ven by "a horse power engine.
North Of the IN ,chine chop. are two blacksmith
sheP-, one 30s30 and the o,her 4Ox5O feet
NJ. Cu-l ma gives steady Employ nien' to shout
60 men, and his monthly bills for i'oor AID tx.
pen.es exceed $4,000
The foregoing comprises what We believe to
be correct outline Of the business OF The lie d.
ing N u ufactories Of the city, except m one or
two instances where We were Disappointed in
procuring Fl cures in time tor this issue.
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Many a Christians dinner must have been a
failure in Ottawa on account of the inadequate
supply of the turkey market on Tuesday. No
-uch calamity, however, befell the customers OF
-hrewdness, anticipated the exiyency, and had a
plump turkey in store for all h,s friends. Thas'
how are came to have a turkey for dinner. Thu
moral Of it is: Live honestly, be virtuous, d
your trading ut Reidick and Gillen's, and yor
will be happy--on Christmas.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-28

Henry, of Manchester, England, discovered
that heat equal to 1873 degrees Of Fahren.
heits scale entirely destroys the poison of
smallpox, of the rattlcsneke and OF the cobra
di capeIlo. This important truth should be
sprophy lactic against the senseless destruc.
ton Of bed,clothiug and personal clothing Of
victims of smallpox. Boiling water is 2l2
degrees of Fahrenheit's scale, and will utterly
destroy smallpox poison.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-28

RAILROAD HoRRoRs.-The past week has
been unusually fruitful! in railroad horrors, the
most notable of which occurred near Brocton,
on the cross road running from Buffalo to
Brocton, Pa. a broken trestle-stoves over.
turned-the cars take fire thirty or forty hu.
and women MANNED and crippled-is the story
in brief which carried desolatlon to many a
household that blessed Christmas morning.
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STRkAroR Coal MINEs.-SomebOdy has
been u",ns' S.,cator IN the Uhicag" Ill
bune oi Tue,d day. 10 the descriptive and histo
ricsl part the writer shows a lively fancy and
crediradle invention In statistics, however
he deal in sober. baked facts, as the following
extrac, will show:
The Coal ,lIa'ts at Streater arc principally
owned by the Chicago. Wilmington anG Yer
million Coal Company. This cOEpany bought
up over 5000 acres If coal land in StreatOr
and the vicDi'y soon after Colonel Plumb
went there. The investment has proved IA
good one, productive II reasonable profits,
and promising iich returns in the future
They have one shaft on the Chicago, Bur
lngtOn & Quincy Road, which has II capaci-
ty of $40 tons per day. Another on the
Dwight Branch yields 300 tons per day. a
third, on the Chicago, Pekin & Southwest
ern Road, yields 200 tons per day. Besides
these, there are in the vlciDity of Streator sew
eral private shafts, with united capaclty al
800 tons per day making a total capacity OF
/ 1900 TONS per day.
/ The average smount of coal shipped to the
company per day, from Streator is 1920
TONS, The shafts average 81 teet in depth
thus affording easy access To the coal which Il
found in veins ranging IL thickness from t.
feet. Each shaft lsprovided with an escap
shaft, around which run ladders, to be use,
by the miners in case of accident Tue Com
pany have about 400 men emplyed in tn
mines, most Of whom own their homes, ant
are industrious and frugal. They work tel
hours IA day, and receive liberia! wages. Tn
coal is mined entirely by blasting, and i
drawn TO the bottom OF the shafts by mules.
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BARNUM AGAIN BURNT OUT.-At o'clock
on Tuesday morning fire Was discovered in
Barnum's Circus in New York City, and in
halt an hour the entire building, though con.
quickly spread 20 the buildings on either side
Grace Chapel, On the easterly side, was burn.
ed to the ground and Lawrence mansion, on
the westerly side, was seriously damaged.
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Gratz Brown is perhaps the only man who
has ever been voted tor at the same election
for both President and Vlce-President. For
the first office he received twenty four votes,
and for the latter fifty five. He is also the
only candidate Tor whom an elec,or of his own
party refused to vote. One of those chosen
on the Greeley and Brown ticket in Missouri
voted for Davis and Groesbeck
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-28

For THE HOLIDAYS !-O-man & Hapeman
have now received their full stock Of Holiday
Goods, consisting OF STANDARD Works, in sets,
illustrated Works, Juvenile Books, Fine Prayer
Books and Bibles, and Popular Miscellany
They have much larger stock than usual Of
Popular Authors, in elegan. binding-Dlckens.
Thacferay, Irving, Prescott, Hawthorne. Ten.
nyson, Longfellow, Milton, Byron, Burns, Geo
Eliot, Scott, Moore. NJ &c ,ulay. Abbott, Hood,
ShAkspesre, Mrs. Browning, Whittier, Bryant
Motley. Hume, Gibhon, Froude, Poe. Cooper
&c. &c. Also, Fine Writing Desks. Work
Boxes. Photograph Albums Portfolios, Toy
3 'ok.. Games, Gold Pens. Fine Pocket Cutlery,
Card Gases, Toilet Sets. &c.
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For j,undice, headache. constipation, impure
blood, pains in the shoulders, tishtness of the
chest. dizziness, sour eructptions of the stomach,
bad taste in The mouth, bilious attacks, y in il
region OF tho kidneys, internal fever, bloated
feeling about stomach, rush of blood to the he d.
high coored urine, aud gloomy forebadiugs,
take DR.. Prices Pleasant Purgatve Pellets, or
tastelcss. coated, concentrated root and herbal
juice nnti.bil!ous granules--the Little Giant "
cathart,c or multtm IA p,rro pbysic. IS cents,
by all druggists.
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Week of 4 steamer.

Another steamship disaster Is reported.
Liverpool packet, went ashore on Saturday
last, during violent thunder storm, at the
mouth Of the river Gir0nde, in France. Th,r.
ty persons were washed over board and per.
ished. The remainder, after passing the night
on the wreck, were rescued.
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A chi!dren's Christmas festival had sad
ending at Willamsport, Pa, on Wednesday
evening. 1t WAS in the Baptist church--one
of those structures with a basement. Five
hundred people filed the house, when the
floor and ceiling gave wav preclpitating all
into the rooms below. Fourteen persons
were killed and about 40 injured.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-28

Women have rights in Iowa if they are
wives. The other day an Iowa woman recov.
cred valuable homestead from the liquor
dealer at whose bar her husband had ruined
himself, and now another wife has obtined
$4,000 from a man who killed her husband
during "A Quarrel
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MarrtrD.

On the 10th inst by Arthur Lockwood Esq. Mr.. BENJA
MIN HILL to Mrs HATTIE BRlNEY, both of the town I
Freedom
On the sd inst by the at the residence OF the brides
parents In this city, NJ GUSTANE SrtIGlrI OF Chicago
to Miss LOUISE GIEIM. daughter OF John Glenn 50.
On the 2h inst by the same the clifton Hot, Mr.. AN
DtE W J. HfGBY tn Miss lTfIIA H"r'''''T'' '' ii
Shefneli, Bureau couL.,,
In Ottawa on the 23t inst, by A. n SIN, Esq. Mr..
FREDERICK c. RYAN TO Miss MARY |. DRAKE, all Of
La Sale III.
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FIREs.-Three entire 90 uares in the city Of.
Portland, Oregon, were burned out on the 23d
inst. The loss is estimated at $356,0OO; In.
sured for $4,000.
A large fire occurred at Memphis, Tenn. on
the same day. The loss divided into small
sums foots up to about 100000
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-28

There will be meeting this evening at the
City Hail, at ~ o'clock, for the purpose of
organizing Hose Company for the new Steam
Fire Engine. All those who desire to Join this
company should be in ate idance promptly at
~ o'clock FIRE COMPANY.
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NoTICE.-A special meeting of the members
of the Ottawa Building, II. II s. Association
will be held at our hall on Tuesday evening, JAM
uary 9TH, for the purpose of considering certain
proposed amend nents t. the charter and by
laws. J. o. HARRIS, Sec.
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The ladies of the Congregational church clear
ed 800 on their bazaar at the church on Mon.
day last. They offer the public grand tablesu
eDtert sirment, to be given on New Years eve,
the 3l.t inst, for the benefit of the Sabbath
SohoOl
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Rev. Mr., S,urr-van, will lecture Oh " FL iseo
pacy, a. The Cc.-s.,s-,----. ~"...,.. a" SuH-
day evening pext.
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LYING PicrUREs.-'A poor picture is false rep.
reservation of the original. bowman makes truth
full and elegant porcelain ,ctures and photo.
graphs. Convince yourself by going to the gal.
lery and examining.
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The students of the Michigan University
concluded not to pay Henry Ward Beecher
$1,000 tor one lecture, seeing that said sum
would purchase 10000 glasses Of beer and
other brain. making material.
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DIRD.-On Thut-,ay last Mr.. Frederick Tu-
lied at his Residence iu that town. He was tho
f,ther.in-law OF Mike Formulas, % this city.
His aye was IL years.
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Now il the time t. subscribe for magazines
md papers for the canning year O,m'n IL
Hipem n receive subscription, Tor all the prin.
'ipAl papers and mag zines ia the Uaited States
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There is, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, real
ly no muddle in Louisiana. The facts are
these:
/. The people elected the Democratic and
LIBERAL ticket by $4,000 majority.
2. the legal State canvassers were not allow
ed to declare the result, being prohibited by
IN injunction from u United States Judge.
3. A board Of men who were not legal Cam
vassers threw out number of parishes or
counties-just enough to give the GRANT
barty the ascendeucy.
4. The Administration sustalns the minorl-
ty Of the people and the upsurpcrs who repre-
sent them in the contest That IS all there IS
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BowMIN's HorRs.-Ofiice hours from 81. NJ. to
p. Operating hours from Q A. ". to4p.x
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Offices md rooms to rent on the pun 5000
Enquire of U. Leavens
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Town Collectors Tax Receipts for sale at Os-
man " Hapemans.
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Bow Man is the man you want to see TO Sc.
cure elegant and artistic porcelain pictures or
photographs.
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Poland China Pigs for sale by G. H. Green
six miles south of Ottawa
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Among the sttractions of the January number
of Demoresfs Young America are Fl 'gs for
the Christmas Tree" puzzle portrait picture,
cut paper pattern for dolly's evening dress. in
An envelope, magic Transformation pictur g, Gle.
gnntly oolorod and many other pretty things;
besides the stories, pnzzes, and including the
regular departments.
A years suhscription to Young Anssrica ia the
beat possible investment for intelligent son or
bright lit tie daughter for holiday or birthday
present-try il. Yearly, one dollar. Address
W. Jennings Demorest, S3S Broadway, n Y.
Single copies for sale and subscriptions receiv.
ed by O.mon Il Hnpeman. Ottawa. III.
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Diaries for 1873, in,t recei / a, Osm n IL
d,peman's.
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II yon wish TO have n splendid mouthly--a
Magazine that combines within itself tho ex.
oeilence md beauty and practical utility Of nu.
merons others Of the beat class-see the January
number Of DEMoREsT's ILLUSTRATED MoNTm.
LY which has been greatly enlarged. Portrait
of Emily Faithful, new music, aud other splen.
did attractions, and also offers the most extraor.
binary premium to each subscriber, being two
beautiful chromcs, companion pictures. Niagara
Falls and Yosemite Falls, al for only So. Ad.
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New York.
Single copies for sale and subscriptions recsiv.
cd by OsmAn Il Hspemsn. Ottawa, III.
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School Books, all kind, use / in city and couu.
try, ut Os,nan & Hapeman's
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Chromos at Bonman's gallery.
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III w. HOPKl NJ. NJ. -. Physician and SuS.
-. Seon once two doors west o! Ravens, MacKinlay
Co.'S bank Residence north of Washington Square aug3 y!
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New An,1pisemsnts.
EARMERS, ATTENTION!
MA|ERHOFER, DENT & co.

Have the pleasure OF Informing farmers of La Sale an
surrounding counties that they manufacturing at the
large establishment at the sidecu lock- the main cana
Ottawa, In style and at chcapness hitherto I'm
able In Northern Illinois, all klndso OF
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spirits could do to resuscitate the nation bat
al mas been In vain !; the downward tendency
mas remained and hope seems to-day as far
distant as ever. There are many who think
that Spain is suffering now because in the
day OF her opportunity she abused her
power; and when we reflect on the
harsh policy of Charles the Fifth
and on the cruel policy of Philip the Second
and recall the memories Of the Inouisiton il ia
difficult to resist the conviction that the sins Of
the fathers are being visited upon the children
beyond even the third and the fourth cenera-
ton. Spain has Still need to repent and 10
reform. During the progress of this repent
ance and the process Of this reform Amadeus
may find it necessary to retire. Alphonso
may return; but unless we greatly mistake
revolution must follow revolution before Spain
finds peace, rest and prosperity. The disease
mas become chronic, and it will not be won
deriui II before the disease is uprooted the
nation should perish. We can have no reason
70 OBJECT to this rotten Power remaining and
doing its best and its worst in Europe but it
must cease to be source of ANNOYANCE to us
IN this new home of liberty and progress.