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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

Editors Free Tydder:-Will the present
congress increase the Presidents salary by
$1,000 more year? He was elected with a
salary fixed by law and usage at $4,000 o
year, which was watered up to $4,000. Now
he proposes further to increase it by raising
his $4,000, payable in currency worth 80
cts on the dollar, to par with gold, making
ia reality an addition of $1,000 a year to his
salary. The same measure would water
bank stocks, railroad stocks ana rcal-estate in
like proportion, and thus giving money q
greater purchasing power, would in the same
proportion reduce the products of labor. II
would, also, IN the same proportion increase
the salaries of all public officers. Then il is
also proposed to increase the tariff for the
benefit of certain pet manufacturing com
panies, all of which would come out Of the
laboring and wealth producing classes.
think the debt of the District of Colum-
bia a pretty big luxury, incurred to feed a
horde of lazy negroes, as | saw them but
lately living in old army tents on the out
skirts Of the city, while the city government
was feeding them and employing some OF the
adult males In making the streets worse han
they were before The President figures This
luxury at j,,42 667G1, but the Board Of Au.
ditors add So, 141, 7S74S to these making the
total nearly neteenmillions-a pretty eXpen-
pensive luxury these niggers now 10 be wrung
out of the hsrd-worked, hard.taXed people.
M,sSro>, hoo Oh 1..l /
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

We have frequently made mention of the value
Of standard books for holiday presents. 1t is
gratifying for us to slate that the holiday trade
Just closing, is beihg marked by larger purchases
in this line than for many years past With graf
itude TO the public for their generous patronage
thus far in the holiday trade of ia and 70, we
extend further invitation to al in search OF
anything in our line, believing that we have one
Of the best selected stock ever brought to La
Sale County. including II choice selection OF
photograph albums, card cases autograph al
bum, par!or games, &c.
Very Respectfully
OsMiN & HAPEMAN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

Another chapter is added to the history OF
Charley Ross. On Monday morning at
o'clock there was an attempted burglary al
Bay Ridge, near New York, and bloody
shooting aflray, which resulted in The killing
by the police 81 two robbers. The names OF
the victims were subsequently ascer.ained TO
be William Mosher and Joseph Douglas, both
notorious thieves. The latter survived about
an hour after he was shot, during which time
he made a startling confession, the substance
ofwhlch was,hat Mosher, his dead companion,
was the kidnapper of the Philadelphia child
Charley Ross, and THAI he had been his part
ner in the job. He protested his Ignorance
ofthc present whereabouts OF the boy, but in
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26
oTTA WA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 70, 1874.

uity is one of the settled things Another
battle is to ensue this the year OF appropra a.
ton. A greater evil could not beiall the state
of Illinois than to abolish this matter OF APP
preparation Much of the opposition that
exists is in existence through Ignorance.
People say things dele,erious to the instl'u'
ton, because they know nothing abou! IT,
The good that the institution IS doing the
state is of incalculable value Nothing has
tended more to develop the high intellectual
standard that the teachers Of Illinois possess
today as a class, than Normal University.
Hoping these plainly stated facts may be pro
duc,ive Of some good,
ain respectfully
GRO. p PEDDICORD
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

The RepabIicaa of Thursday has another
brilliant leader on the subject of"Thc state
Fair and County Fair Grounds - The two
salient points Of the article are, to use its own
words, Notwithstanding the talk about State
Fair, there is no assurance that there is desire
on the part Of the managers to hold il here
and Probably The best thing that can be
done is 10 encourage the State Fair"
Let's quit advocating the erection Of a col
lege and 90 for a training school for IDIOTS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

A letter from the p. NJ General at Wash,
ington to p M. Cameron, of this city, de-
cides that, under the new post office law,
where newspaper subscriber lives in the
county in which the paper is printed and pub
lished, though he gets the paper from post
Office outside Of the county, yet such news
paper Will not be subjected to postage. Thus
subscribers 10 the FREE TRADER living in
the towns Of Usage and Groveland, getting
their papers al Wenona, cannot be required
to pay postage.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

The "Halllgan Block" in La Sale took fire
last Saturday evening, but the fire was extin
guished before the building was seriously
damaged. The ground floor store rooms
we're occupied, one by Joseph Satzman as q
clothing store, and by Mr.. Friedman as
boot and shoe store. Satzman was the most
serious sufferer, his clothing having been dam,
aged (by water to the amount Of some $4,000.
Damage TO building about $500. Origin of
fire unknown
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

The following is what Jos. Medill, of the
Chicago Tribune, thinks and writes about the
so.called Independent" political newspapers
of the day:
The Press, 10 be useful, cannot avoid being
partisan IN greater or less degree. If an eli,
tor undertakes the role II supporting bOI sides
his position is equivalent TO double afarma.
tive, which amounts 10 negative. If he
habimally censures and condemns both, he is
soon regarded as common scold and mus.
snce, To be entirely bipartisan leaves him
IL the condition OF a cypher; and vixen a
EcTspaper undertakes 70 be wholly "ISpE.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

A, the judicial election in La Sale on
Tuesday, Geo II. Locey was elected Judge of
the Supreme Court of the city of La Sale,
beating John Forrestal 1888 votes. Andrew j,
O'Connor was chosen clerk. We have not
the law constituting this court before us, but
our impression is that appeals do not lie to
TO this court from either the Supreme Court
Of Illinois or tie Supreme Court ef the Unit
ed G,tatps
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

On Friday night, Dec. II, the dwelling belong
ing to Mr.. Henry Beard was completely destroy,
ed by fire. On the night in question, Mr.. beaIu
after returning from his lodge had occasion 10
90 TO the bach kitchen and took with him ms
mining lamp ON his return he blew tine light
out, and hung the lamp up. In dong so spark
must have caught in some OF the clothing hang,
ing near. In IL or - minutes after Mr.. Beard
had retired 10 bed the building was wrapped IN
flames, and ii was with the greatest officially
Mr. Beard saved his wife aud children. IL is un-
derstood that there was no insurance whatever.
-StreTfJr Fir- Pt1N
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II is within the memory of the majority oil our
readers when straw was comparatively worthless.
It was either burnei upon the farm or given
away for the hauling Now it has become an ar
tcle OF value From it is made that article so
indispensable to trade, viz, wrapping paper.
The only paper nil in Ot;awa-in fact the only
mill that uses our water power, from which SO
much is hepeA-is paying good prices Tor all
kinds of straw, delivered at the mill or handed
by them from the ground Of the owner. 1t is an
article from which the producer can realize a
good profit and goes far towards paying the fam
ily proce;y bill. Nessrs, Williams, Farr Co,
propretors of the Fox River Paper Mill, (east
Side will pay the highes. price in cash for all
straw delivered at their mill or on the farm, they
TO do the hauling or otherwise. So sell at once,
and avail yourselves of this opportunity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

The Strea,or Monitor is posed by the co
nundrum What constitutes the opposition ~
The answer is short and conclusive: The
honest men of the nation.
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These figures are regarded as making II
very good showing for the past year, consid,
erlng the reduction IN tolls that was made AT
the beginning of the year, the short crops
depression in general business, &c. The fall
ing off il tolls is trilc to the loss on the
Erie canal.
As regards the work on the Copperas Creek
lock and dam on the Illinois river, the Com
missioners state that they took form al pos
session of the improvement from the United
States authorities, Sept. 2l. The state has cX-
pended on The work thus far, Si2 1864 now
on hand in the state treasury to the credit OF
the Illinois River improvement fund, $l26,-
j096 The commissioners are required 10
complete the lock and dam by Jan. l, 1876,
and to ask Of the next Legislature an appro'
prialion for tins purpoS" of $G5,00O in addi'
ton TO the revenues OF the canal for the next
year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

tmated that he was at no great distance, and
was well.
The murdered men answer the exact des'
eruption of the kidnappers Of the child, and
indeed the New York police have for some
time been watching them closely with the eX.
Dcc,a,ion of finding the lost child at some
ono nf their hauntS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

! MEAN THIrF.-ON Tuesday evening ias'i
about dark, Mr. John Crane tied his horse ID
front Of Walkers blacksmith shop on ia saiic
street an went around among the stores to 20
some shopping for Christmas On returning
about u minutes after, be found that some one
had stolen the horses colars,the lines and brace
bar The theft was contemplate, and the thiei
ditto. Loss about Sl5.
Mr.. Crane subsequently found the collars hid
lo, under tbe dunn of tie warehouse, across
tho oIIev from where the horses were tied,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

The people of Missouri decided at the No
yenber election, by the small majority of 1888
votes out of an aggregate of 222,3l5 votes cast,
that they will have constitutional conven-
ton, and in accordance with this decision the
governor has ordered an election for delegates
TO be held on the Goth Of January.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

LEX X Bach have a neat little mandatory
and cigar store, at the corner OF Manson and
Clinton streets. They make superior cigars,
among which are two popular brands, viz: the
Board of Trade splendid ten cent cigar, and
the Bar Fly fine i've center.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

John B. Rice, member of congress from one
of the Chicago districts, died on "Wednesday
at Norfolk Va, whittier he had gone in the
vain hope to improve his health.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

All subscriptions to be paid in advance
Remittances may be made through money
lder or registered letter.
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1t was Mr.. LOUIS COIN, with Jacob Mooney,
formerly connected with one OF the largest
wholesale clothing house in Cincinnati, Ohio,
who was the lucky recipient ofthe beautiful doll
drawn at the Episcopal lades'Fair at Turn Halle
the other night
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

ELEGANr--Fiue porcelain pictures, peariotypes
and photographs from retouched negatives, such
as are being dailyprodrced at BoTman's gallery.
viii make desirable presents for holidays or
ofhcr DAYS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26
ftahy Natfee

Babies should be dressed ~ ,c1jie ana brought
70 the gallery in the JoreHooE on clear days 20 Sc
cure COOL pictures with ease TO the artist and sat
sfaction 10 the parents. w. f. Bowman.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

The most extensive stock and sreaiestlrsFiety
OF elegant fine new STYLES, also comp1n picture
frames a. the Lowest prices, q pS"iiah gallery.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named, postage prepaid
The offer is open to old subscribers or new
at any post Office in the country:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. % !.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

No cold ie.t, no chblains 10y wearing pair Of
woo-lined boots, for sale cheap, at J. Megafin's.
Overcoats cheaper than anybody, at Jake
Mooney.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26
1000 Picture Frames.

For rubber boots or arctic overshoes, - 70 J.
Ne.affin's
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ILLINOIS CANAL-The report OF the Com.
mssioners of the Illinois IL Michigan Canal
for 1874 has been completed and shows the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

If you lie in 1919 get your tombstone Of Ed
Mclnhill
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

For perfect fitting boot or shoe, 90 to J. Ne
gatfin's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

III. GIlen sells dry goods cheaper than any
body.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

Warranted winter wheat -four $500 per hun
Ged pounds at Woods Eagle Mills,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-26

Leave your measure FOR neat fitting shirt, at
Lovetts.
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Straw,

If you die in 1915 get yoar tombstone of Ed
Mclnhill.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
VALUABLE MARION COUNTY LANDS
F Q r 8 ALE.

10y virtue of decree or order of sale Of the SUI
peror Court OF Marion county, Indiana, render
Gu NJ lI5 MaIcn Term, A. ~. 1874, IN a.. action
Tor Partition, wherein Hardin Bruce aud others
were and are plaintiffs, and John w Bruce was
sioner, appointed by said decree. Will seiI at
public auction unless sooner sold an private
salel the real estate hereinafter desert hej on
The fourteenth I'D day of April, A d. IS74 al the
door of the Co art House of Marion comfy i'm
the city OF Indianapolis, between the hoirs of
ssid Ssai a. M ana O'Clock r OF said day
more or less, situated in Washington fO,ynShin
Marion county, Indiana, and about nine miles
rom the city OF indianapolis, adjoining the town
of Allisonville, and one mile and a half nom
CastletOn station, on the Peru K IndianaD oliS
railroad. The entire farm is under fence, and
O acr es thereof, more or less, in good state of
cultivation the residue is heavily tfmbered and
In good woods pasture. There is on the premises
good s-..all frame house witt cellar. aud "A good
spring near the house. There is also Al annie
orchard on the premises.
The lands 10 be sold are described a. the east
nail OF section twenty 90, in township seven
teen lIl range four (il east containing 81 S. 100
acres more or less Also all that part OF the
southeast quarter OF section seventeen IN in
the same 10 Enship and range, which lies south
and west of w hite River being in the south west
~ FLU acres, more or less. Also the south half
OF the north west quarter OF section number
rwen'y,0ne tzll, In the same township and
range containing ~ acres more or less, lmme-
diale possession will be given.
TERMS SALE
One-th1rd of the purchase money in cash, one
thiru III Sne year, and one-thifd in two years
rom the day OF sale. The purchaser or pur-
cnssers VIII be required to give their notes, pay
aoie In bank, for the deferred payments, pay
able without relief from valuation or appraise-
snent Jaws, and with interest at six pes cent.
rom the dizzy OF sale till maturity and with ten
per cent after maturity till paid. and with reas-
onaDie attorneys fees If suit should be institute
"a 10 enforce payment of such notes or any or
either OF Them. abe purchaser, or purchasers
VIII receive a certificate OF purchase conditioned
for the conveyance of the premises purchased.
within ten days from and after the time whcu
said court shall order deed TO be made after
Ine purchase money shall have been fully paid.
The purchaser will be required 10 pay the tax
es for 1874. and all thereafter.
WM. n HENDERSON. Commissioner
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THE sToMACH's REVENGE.

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impunity. Overload it with food. irritate il with
frey liquors, impair its activity vitiate its
juices by any outrage on the laws of health, and
it revenges itself through the liver, the bowels,
the kidneys, the brain, or the nervous system,
and sometimes through all these organs stimuli
taneously, or in succession. There is scarcely
any variety of bodily or mental pain or dlscom-
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abuse and overtask its powers. Under these cir
cumstances there is but one medicine TO which
the sufferer can resort to with the certainty of
obtaining immediate and permanent relief. The
most wholesome and genial of all stomachics
and correctives, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
produces an immediate and most benefcent
change in the condition of the patient. The
whole digestive system is at once invigorated
and sootbed the liver regulated and toned, the
bowels relieved Of all distractions, the spirits
cheered, ans the relaxed nerves strengthened
and steadied.
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CPECIAL NOTICES.
Exhausted Vitality.

Medical Treaties on the Cause and Cure OF Ell.
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Impotency, SpermatorrhCea or Seminal Weak.
ness, and all other diseases arising nom the
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OF mature years. This is indeed a nook for ever .
man. Thousands have been taught by this vol q
the true way to health and happiness. IT is the
cheapest and best medical work ever published,
reading. lSOth edition. revised, much enlarged,
illustrated, bound in beautiful French cloth.
Price only one dollar Sent by mail, post paid.
on receipt of price. Address PEABODY MEDl-
CAL INSTITUTE, No. 4 Bulfnch street, Boston
Mass or DIR. w. ii. PARKER, Assistant PhyH
clan. N. b. The author may be consulted on
the above as well as all diseases requiring skill
and axnerianca.
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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY MARCH "a. 1874

condition il was placed in the creek. On
Saturday morning, the murderers visited
the scene, and found a part of the body
above water. They then took fence rail.
and pushed it farther under the water, COM
pletely out of sight. 1t is probable that the
motive which prompted the hellish murder
was to secure the boys horse. One of the
prisoners testified that only 81 in money
were taken from bis person. The horse was
taken to their home, and stabbed during the
night Fearing that their possession OF the
horse might lead to their detection on the
following morning he was saddled and
bridled, taken about a mile away, and then
turned loose.
THE FUGITIVE.
Early on Friday morning Sheriff Bower
had posters printed Offering a reward of $500
for the fugitive, James Fleetwood. Quite a
large number have been in pursuit. one of
whom-Joseph Coombs-arrested him at his
home on Saturday. With revolver in hand,
he sat in the room with his prisoner, VINO
pretended sleep to throw Coombs off his
guard. The ruse had the desired effect. Quick
as lightning, Fleetwood jumped TO his feet
and wrenched the pistol rom his hands and
rushed out of the back door. Seeing a rifle
in the room, Coombs grasped it, rushed to
the door, took aim, and WAS ready to pull the
trigger, when relative of Fleetwood who was
present, interferred and prevented Coombs
from firing. Afterwards, five men APP
preached within short distance of Fleet
wood, who mildly told them they had bet
ter let him alone, and passed slowly into
the timber.
At daylight on Tuesday morning, vigor-
Gus raps upon Sheriff Bowers door brought
that functiOnary out of bed a few hours ear
lier than is his won't. Opening the door,
he was astonished to behold the fugitive
prisoner, James Fleetwood, unbound and
unshackeled, under the charge of a young
man, small in stature, by the name of George
Kitchener. Ii appears that Fleetwood had
come to Mitchener's house on Tuesday even
ing about dusk to get something to eat,
which was given him. After eating heartily,
he proposed to surrender to Kitchener, say
ing that he would rather be taken by him
to Jail than risk his chances with the bands
of armed men who were after him, and
probably be killed by them. Shortly after,
two horses were saddled, and the two men
rode to Brownstown during the night. Mr..
Kitchener informs that Fleetwood was
perfectly quiet and docile all the time, and
mover once showed any disposition to vio-
late the terms OF surrender during the night
ride to Brownstown Jail. Public sentiment
iswell settled in the belief that the murder
was committed jointly by Aleck and James
! Fleetwood, notwithstanding each one charges
the act upon the other and some additional
party.
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as may be seen from the following testimonial

ATLANTA, ILL.,, July 18th, 1873.
DIR. r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, ". Y:
DEAR SIR-I have not words TO express my
gratitude To you for your advice and assistance
in my case. There Is not one who has used your
medicines since they have been brought here but
that can say with me they have been greatly ben
efited. Since have been so helped by its use,
other medicines, and now il in their FAM
lilies, after being cured of the same disease as
mine. You do not know what a wonder il ere
ated in our city, by its restoring my sister
wrote you about, for she had been under the
cafe of three of our best doctors but could not
sit up but for a few minutes at one time. begged
of her TO try yonr medicines, and before she had
used half of the bottles she could go all around
the yard, and has now just come home from a
visit five miles away.
Mi2S THOS McFARTANn
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
RURAL BEAUTIES AND CITY BELLIES.

Country girls are not whit behind their
metropolitan sisters in the natural elements of
loneliness, but il must be conceded that the city
bellies best understand the art of preserving and
heightening their personal beauty. The most
perfect features lose half their attraction unless
the complexion is properly cared for, and if the
pretty girls of the rural districts wish TO COM
pete with the "Fair Stars" of the fashionable
world in refined attractions, they must pay due
to know, for the fact is notorious, that HAGAN's
MAGNOLIA BALM imparts to the skin a delicate,
pearly appearance, unproduceable by any other
cuticle may have been roughened by exposure
or discolored by the sun, the Balm will render il
soft and pliable, and removes every blemish.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
EICH FARMING LANDS!

Fer sale very cheap by fhe
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Ths Bes; Investment No F.uctus,ious Always
Inprovine In Value
The Wealth of the country is made BY the adj
vance in Real Estate.
row is THE TINE. MILLIONS or 81 RES
OF the finest lands on the continent, in asteru
Nebraska, now for sale, many ofthem never be-
fore in market, at prices that defy competition.
Five and Ten years Credit Given, with interest," at
six per cent.
The Land Grant Bonds of the Company taVsn
at par for lands. Full particulars given new
Guide with new Maps mailed free.
TIL a. PION EHR,
a handsome illustrated paper, containing the
Homestead Law, sent free to all parts Of the
world Address o. +. DA lis,
Land Commissioner of U. p. r. r.,
Omaha Neb