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THE GRANGERS.

4 note from, j. :. Armstrong, Esq, treas
urer of the Illinois State Grange =. of H., ad.
vses us that at meeting Of the Executive
Committee Of The State Grange at Dixon, on
the 18th and 10th inst, two delegates were
appointed to represent the State Grange AT
the Cheap Transportation Convention to
meet December 1st at Richmond, Va The
delegates are State Master A. Colder and b.
J. N.ncourt, oc ST. Clair couaty. Lecturer of
State Grange.
, The same meeting also recommended that
the secretaries and trcasurerS OF the various
state and territorial oranges furnish the mas
tiers with statement OF the number OF
oranges organized in their several states and
territories the amounts paid to the National
Grange, etc, with the view OF having gen
oral settlement and clear record
/ AZ the same meeting resolution was
adopted requiring the secretaries Of the sub.
ordinate grange to furnish to their ii, lcgatcs
to the State Grange 4 full certified statement
of the amounts paid as quarterly dues 10 the
secretary or treasurer of the State Grange
with a view of having sct,lementwi;h those
officers
The next meeting OF the State Grange will
be held "A, Springfield, January 18th, 1919
The subordinate oranges arc urged to PAY
lthcir dues In each county to the treasurer o
the county council who will account Tor ih,
same to the treasurer Of the State Grange
This method, it is believed, will greatly sim
lplify and expedite the work
+. II Is also hoped the Farmers Clubs ant
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The Illinois legislature will meet On the
9Th day of January.

Postmaster General Jewell, it seems, il
getting into trouble with the radical party
leaders. He finds the post office department
secthing with extravaganza and corruption
and to economist expenses and run it within
its means, he finds It necessary to dismiss all
sinecures and stop all leaks In doing this
he has grievously offended Cameron, Logan
Allison, West, Clayton, Dorsey, etc, all OF
whom have had pimps and toadles quartered
on the department Jewell declares it i'm.
possible to reduce expenses and increase the
efficiency of the department il he is obliged
to allow congressman to feed horde Of dead.
heads out Of its revenues
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: Oysters! oystegs.. Qy:ters,.! at Piersue's.
Valuable Presents.


As the holidays approach everybody is either
studying as to what they shall purchase for a
present to friend, or else is full of anxiety and
wonder in regard to what they will receive. We
doubt if there be any more acceptable offering or
one which will longer remain cherished me-
mento by the receiver than an interesting book.
Food for the intellect produces an effect which
is lasting. Who has not, when far from friends,
been reminded Of distant and by-gone associa-
lions by the pcrusal Of some extract from book
which they had read long ago?
To TIE little folks they aic s6tiltes Of mirtb
and education, to the middle aged The best Of
company in lonely hours, and to the gray-harcd
sires reminders of happy associations in early
life. Admitting the real value of tirst-class pre-
ductions, we would invite both old and young to
drop in at Osman Il Hapcman's and examine
their stock. They have rlada more ample pre-
parations and spsnt more time in selecting their
stock for the coming holiday season than ever
before and feel confident that they can fully suit
the community in any Of the standard works.
For the little folks large stock Of Juvenile
productions has been purchased and is al
ready open for customers.
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STORM 2AVACES,

Last Sunday was dreary, drizziing, IN
comfortable day at Ottawa, with pretty high
winds and rain IN the evening but clearing
cg BY 8 clock, Blu. 100 miles north Of U;
the same day was marked by a tempe.tuou;
snow storm, and down South, as far as Ten
furious tornado ragged. The unfortunate town
however, upon which il seemed TO COncen
trate its greatest fury, WAS Iuscambia, Ala
bama, whjch was nearly destroyed. Il is a
town of some 5000 Inhabitants, ia Colbert
Icounty on Tie Memphis and Chattanooga
railroad About oucthirG Of the residences
in the town are said % have been lgYeI.qd
with the ground, u persons 1e.c killed ojit
right, and large number more or less badly
Injured. Among the killed were Mrs. Wm
Winston, mothc- CT The lac cXGoy W..s:oa
the wife and two children Of y. g. Moore,
senator from that district; T. D. Hodgins,
Esq, editor of the Chronicle, his wife and
four children Tic Catholic church, Dishler
Female institute, recently finished, aad many
of the finest residences, both of the Touring
mills and the most substantial! brick dwell
ings in town are among the buildings de-
stroyed Many poor families are without
homes.
A bridge Of the NJ and c. Il. r., near town,
was destroyed. The eastern bound train was
preclpitated into Spring creek Fortunately
no one was killed, though the engineer was
badly burned. The mayor appeals to Hunts,
vile, Louisville, Nashville and Memphis
and adjoining towns for assistance, saying,
" Nearly half Of our town Is in ruins, twelve
persons are killed and many wounded.
Large numbers of families are entirely des,
ti,uta. The tornado came from the southwest,
passing northeast. Unless immediate aid can
be extended to us much Suffering will be the
result. We appeal 10 the charity of Chris.
tian public IN behalf of the unfortunate.
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FOREIGN NEWS.


Tom Hood, editor Of Fua, and son o! the
poct, Tom Hood, died at London on the 20th.
Twenty.tour men were killed by an eX-
nlo.ion in the Warrenyale coal mine ON the
9Oth.
The Popc has written to Cardinal Cullen,
thanking him and the Irish bishops for their
condemnation of the address delivered by
Tyndall at Belfast, and declares that nothing
is to be so dreaded as those spiritual pirates
whose trade is to despoil the souls of men,
London, for the past few weeks, has again
been enveloped in dense fog, so that travel
on land or water is dangerous, and railway
accidents are of frequent occurrence.
The infant son Of the duke OF Edinburgh
was baptsed Sunday, by the name
Albert Alexander Alfred Ernest William
The sponsors were Queen Victoria, the En-
peror of Russia, represented by the car,
owitch; the German emperor, represented by
the Duke of Connaught; the Prince of Wales
the Crown Princes of Germany, and the Duke
of Saxe-Coburg.
The rhinoceros in the Geological Gardens
on Tuesday, gored two Of his keepers to
death.
Minister Schenck made speech on We'd
nesday evening at the Cutters Annual Ban
uue,, responding to the toast: The United
States
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THE INDIANS.

The report Of Secretary Of the Interior De.
lana deals exclusively with the Indian qucs
ton, classifying the surviving children OF the
forest with whom We have 10 deal as follows
Untamed sayages, onethitd; contemplating
civilization bu, not undertaking, one. quarter
in possession Of allotted lands, and fully OF
the road to civilization, threeeighths; mert
Migrants, onetweniieth.
Out OF 100000 Indians. but 10000 are nov
considered as hostile. The power Of thes'
has been so completely broken that the Sec
retary expresses doubt rs to any portion o
them ever again taking the war-paih TIT
campaign of the past summer has been thu
most vigorous aud successful ever prosecui
ed against the men of han BY the govern
meut.
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As our old practitioners one By one stop out
young men rise up to take their places. A few
years ago We had at our ottawa bar giants like
j. %. Glover, I. Lyle Dickcy, Julius Avery, Is. {.
Cook, o. {. Gray, II, X. Boyle, Z. =. Leland, {.
Champlin, VI. +. HOLSTER, DC Some of these
have been translated to higher sphere, and are
at the end of trials and doubts in the presence
OF the great Judge before whom pleading is in
vain and evidence superhuous. Others have
found new fields for the exercise OF their talents
on the bench or in still higher official positions.
The new law firm OF whom we are about TO
speak is composed Of young men to whom the
same road TO eminence is open, and who have as
fair a prospect before them as greeted the vision
at the threshold Of their career of any Of the
shining lights we have just named, Lincoln,
Rowe and Courtney, though still comparatively
noyitatcs in their profession, come armed with
stout hearts, unimpeachable moral characters,
and a good educational training, fortified by
several years of close devotion TO the study of
their profession and with more or less experience
in its practice. They are young men to whom
business in their line can be entrusted with en-
tire confidence that it will be attended to faith.
fully, diligently and promptly, and beyond this,
with good case in hand, little more can be ex.
pected Of the Oldest and ablest lawyers After
all there is no real success, any more at law
than in other pursuits, without hard work, and
young men like these often make Up in hard
work all the advantages older heads boast over
them on account of ripper experience. We com
mend the new law firm of Lincoln, Rowe and
Courtney as entirely reliable and deserving Of
every confidence and rood will
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German s..

In the RecAstag on Saturday qul'e sharp
debate occurred on the subject of arbitrary
arrests, Herr Windhorst inveighing bitter
~ against the arrest of some democratic
deputies Bismarck replied to Windhorst.
He said the deputy had failed to show that
any arrest made by the government was il
legal. The frequency of arrests was due to
the Increasing frequency infrngements of
the laws. This was even the case in grades
OF society whose first duty was to foster re-
spect for the law.
The government has relaxed the rigOr of
Count Won Arnim's imprisonment, and he is
10 longer under police surveillance.
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Tue CHICAGO TRIBUNE.-Mr. Martin. edi.
tor OF the Jacksonville Ull) Sentinel, seems
at some time IN his day to have been behind
the scenes of the Chicago TriJatne establish
ment and thu, gently raises one corner of the
curtain
For many years the Tribune was financial
Is in the greatest straits, but the war lifted il
out of debt and made every one of It's proprl.
e,ors millionaire Talk about YOUR Lake
Front and other Chicago steals, From 1863
TO 1869 there wasn't steal ia the legislature
that the Trijuas didn't make the plotters
dtridc. Hence It's great wealth With T. B
Washburne they made bitter and relentless
war On Fremont while in command in Mis-
souri,. that path might be opened for Grant
Few saw the move At the time, but Ray be-
longed TO the Galena Clique and the Tribune
was It's mouth, and the only mouth it had
for the first law with Jones, Washburne. Cor
with, Grant, Ray and White was silence
The sudden coming back Of Medil after
the October elections. TO buy controlling
interest in the Tribune is doubles, after a
consultation with Washburnc at Paris. and
Jones al BRUSSELS. White knows too much
| about Grant and NaShburne. and with $500,
900 IN his pocket Tor his less than one.guartel
/ interest in the Tribune, il to 20 abroad iol
two ur three years which will cover the
period Of the next presidential campaign.
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II is wonderful what modifying effect Il

II is wonderful what modifying effect the
November elections has had upon the reck
lessness of the radicals in Louisiana. The
democrats or conservatives, il is well known
carried that state at the election on the Cd
inst, by $4,000 majority, but the Kelloggites
had fully maturcd their plans again to count
the democrats out through the machinery of
She board of canvassers. The northern cleo.
tionS however have given them such a
fright, that it is actually believed the rctsrn
board will make tolerably honest canvass
of the vote.
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John 4. Logan, who was so "sick" before
The late November elections that he was I'm.
able TO make single stump speech, aud, in
fact, had completely lost his voice it ap.
pears has SO far recovered that he was able,
a few days ago, to give p. NJ. General Jewell
a hearty cursing for removing some of his
pets in the post Office department For so
jealous Methodist, John Is said, when
aroused, TO make use of strong scripture
words with astonishing JUNCTION
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ILLINOIS STATE FARMERS ASSOCIATION.

The meeting Of the Illinois state Farmcrs'
Association, called tc meet at Springfield on
the list prox., has been postponed to Tuesday,
the 10Th of January, 1875 That will be just
one week after the meeting Of the State
Grange and the time of the meeting Of the
State Association is thus changed, we see il
limited, for the reason that ii is regarded as
possible that the action of the State Grange
may be such as may suggest the expediency
Of dissolving the State Association entirely
It certainly does look as if one Of the two or
CARNATIONS was unnecessary.
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Warm Lined shoes Tor all at Child & Ph!pas.

Hills MANUAL. B. Kenistan, the local agent
of this book, now stopping Mt the Park House,
! is doing good business for himself and the pub
lie in dlsposing of number OF copies. The
book is all that is claimed for it, and more than
meets all that is said OF it in the following cE-
tract by Judge Montony of Chicago:
"Hilrd Manual is a work of very great yaiuc
to every person, whatever may be mis- attain
ments or condition in life. 1t compartments SO
much useful instruction on such great variety
of practical matters that | feel fully persuaded
that no one who has become informed OF It's lner-
it's will do without it, The mechanical execution
of the work would do credit to any publishing
house in the country"
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The Corner.

tbs corner where the Degens Kept and man
aged titsut market for quite number Of years,
has now got into the right hands, and Will be run
hereafter in the tss. style, and supplied with the
very best kinds Of ryoat, such as beet! mutton,
veal ana pork
Dave Refs, known as ore e the best butchers
in town, and who has gained his reputation at
the Fox river meat market, will r'rc both corners
on Columbus Street.
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AustriaI

The Hon, Baron Schwarz Senboth, the All:
titan Minister to the Unitcd States, states that
the ni6iel American school house built by
Col Lyman Bridges, Of Chicago, at Vienna,
Austria, during the Worlds Exposition, is
now moved and used as school house OF
Kalsburg, suburban town near Vienna.
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Huenns AYrPS.

The London Director of the Bank Of Bue
nos Ayre5 has received the following dis
patch
BUENog AYREs, Nov 2l.-Thc Indians who
accompanied Gen Mitre have subraittcd to
the government The railways arc all at
work; Mitre has fled to the pampas in the
southwest. 1t appears Mitre was never nearer
the city than thirty leagues.
This looks as if the Instruction was about
A. al end.
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Ben. Butler, it is SAID, does not take his de
Eeat kindly, 1t is said he is preparing ter
rife expose of the tricks and lodges of tn,
radical leaders in his district and Of The
ways that are dark of the republican leaders
generally. Should Ben begin to throw dirt
doubtless the stencil will be terrific. Il
might, however, as II change IN place o.
the Brooklyn stink, be sort Of relief,
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Associations generally will send delegates
TO the Richmond convention, as all other
farmers and producers are equally interested
in its objects with the oranges.
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A New WRINKLE" Please accept a turkey
will be over tomorrow for dinner"
The above is the last invention, (anda printers
at that, to get ain opportunity to dine with a
tirst-class family, New JERSEY is a small
state but when it gets it into its head" to do a
thing, ii does it in the highest style of art
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large and enthuastic meeting Of the poultry
r,nciers and breeders met at Smith, Ei.in-
& Co.'S store, on Saturday last, on the occasion
of the meeting Of the Union Poultry Association
On motion, the reading OF minutes of rTccrj
jnr meeting were dispensed with.
committee ON constitution and bylaw made,
through Mr.. Nicely. a full report, which after
some discussion was adopted.
on motion, time for holding first exhibition
was fixed for February 9Th to l., 1919 inclusive,
and Secretary was requested to furnish proceed
ings 20 papers.
Adjourned To- be. %, lsi4, at2r.I.
" JENEIN~ sec r..
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France.

AT the recent municipal elections in Lille,
Valencienncs, Statinne, Dillon, Grenoble,
Havre, Cambria, PercqueuX, Anglers and
Limoges, the republicans were generally sue
cessful,
A frightful mountain disaster occurred on
Sunday at the great 81. Bernard. Eleven
persons were buried In the snow, ana 1t is
supposed all have persisted. No further par.
tlculars yet received.
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HEAyEN~ FIRST LAw i ORDER l. ..,i,.riiy
in eating, sleeping aud exercise. aud alr,iirrnce
from such G,u-cIous lrritiu's q. o.. ul,i and
tobacco. tend To secure q ipu- and br,ltbful
lite But even strict observance ug these whole.
some rules will not always aver; sickness The
best safeguard against epidemic and other dis
ease, j. Dr. Walkers California N.ucLsr Bl,t.rs
which. Uy promoting regular and yisorou. ar
ton 81 al, digestive, secreiiye amt cvtrr,i,e or
gau,. keep the body in the brsi possible condl
t.on ..rie-isting aud rcpel!ns tAr rausc, OF
Ol-tH-e. Low :, vi
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Spain.

Although nearly every week the positive
auaaUaccmcnt is made that the Carlists are
used TIP, scattered, etc, they exhibit surpris'
ing persistence Ia iecuperating. On the 10Th
they attacked san Marcial in strong force,
anG about the same time were gathering in
large numbers around Irun, opening heavy
fire on the garrison.
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Is is tar stronger and purcr than the Mau,
kesha Springs that are 50 much lauded ihey
have s. grains of mineral to the gallon the
Ottawa waicr h,s 600 grants Ia the gallon
The " aukeSha wafer has large propoftioh
organic mstter while ;he Ottawa wafer has
bai the slightest trace. so, also, ihe chIoiidcs
prc,lominaiu in tue Ottawa water, such as inc
chlorides oe sodium. calcium and potassium
,shil- in The waukcssa water there Is bnt a
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HOME MATTERS.
RED HOT DESTRUCTION.
The burning Of Riggs Furniture Manufac
tory.
Thirty Men Thrown Out of Employment.
confidence

thirty men thrown Uut OF employment
The usual quiet Of the city was disturbed on
last Saturday evening by the clatter of the bell
upon the city hall and the cry OF fire. fire. fire
In very few moments the streets were literally
damned full of people fastening to the scene of
conlagration, which proved to be Riggs furni-
ture Factory located at the intersection of the
canal and the feeder.
Owing to the comhustiblc or rather ignitable
character OF the contents it soon became appar-
cnt that the city was to lose one of her most sub
5tantial buildings, that one of her Oldest and
most esteemed business men was to be reduced
TO poverty and that some thirty families would
be compelled to face the approaching winter out
of employment and with scanty means.
The gallant fire brigade responded TO the
alarm in good time, yet owing to the poverty OF
the city were compelled to pull their hose cart
through six inches OF mud nearly half mile.
When they arrived at the fire the lurd flames
were lcaping cut of the roof Of the manuiactory
aud Il was evident that all they could do would
be to save surrounding property Never did
mcu battle with the fire t"nd more heroically,
and again have orr midnight defenders won The
appreciation of our people.
we ue hoV "cSi'c " c'l'e' ''''o u''' "''io" y,
Nh"U nl'%h' nave ocen 'nc 'oSU'' 'lio VIII" n"u
been west or Jit had not blown at all. The fire
is over and mandatory gone. Let us join
hands with the unfortunate proprietor and the
(neary destitute) employees and endeavor TO
again erect this establishment The losses are
substantially as follows:
u, II. huSS' ou''o''iS """ 9'ocN' s'o'o'o' No
.,o,., c,.,..,.. -. .,ooo
LAW " ""',V'i W. F''YVO'
"'''
qu's''' hic""s' nc - P"'''hS 'o''" o'''y po','
oio 'N''''o', ~ 'i''' J0' "'u - u'' nv
III '''N 0o'' INV 4"G'o'' was "ep' '''' 81
us s'e0'e7' 'aP'c'.'s - III 'Nc oiucis' "''" ITO
business WAS never III V,'tt' coHo'''o" VI "'oI
rc'hNHer"'i1e 'Ian "hc" INC nIe occu''ou' ~
patrons throughout Norlhe'h iiiiloi' anu Low"
can be retained FOR inc sake Vi tno i"'n''les
whose support was derived from IT, LOT 'nc sahe
OF its proprietor ana Tor me Soou h"'hc VI 'he
town we trust our capitalists WIN leno Hi'n d
helping hand at this time Of hcc@'
Mr.. Riggs connection with the ias'ofy oates
back eighteen years and % years in OuSlHes5 IN
ottawa ms Is inc secoilu '''"o n0 mas o''n
burned out. The first fire occurred in February,
1860, when lie sustained losses amounting 10
$1,000. Maicrhofer'S plow factory was burned
at that time.
Patch Il Watson have secured Accommodations
in the old Earle Works. and have recommended
business.
The fire is supposed to have been the work of
lA.hS
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La SALE Co, UNION GRASGE.-The annual
meeting of the La Sale County Union Grange
will be held in Ottawa, on Friday December 18th
The election Of officers and other important bus
mess will be transacted A full attendance is
requested.
County papers please copy,
GEO. A. TGUs, Secretary
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On las; Saturday county CLERK MrCslcb re
.ceivcd 10 copies o. the Revised Statutes with
Instructions TO sell ,; saoO per copy. Parties
who have lef, theig orders with ihr clerk for =
copy ars respected - call and get their book.
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Oysters at only 20, 40 and 50 cents, at Piergue'S

Mcssrs. Hull ~ Bartels will be in receipt of
another large stock of childrcn's furs es " next
week. The demand for these goods has been SO
great this iall and their styles and make up so
very satisfactory as 10 demand n second invoice.
The public wlllbear in mind that the goods
which are to arrive will be fully up to the stand
ard of those sold by them during portion of the
fall already past. Their stock of all other goods
in their line is fun and principally OF their own
manufacture. \ full line Of gents Scarfs, wool
and silk mui'iers, and all other articles in gents
furnishing goods of cred as low as the lowest
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For S,LE.-A frStclass livery stable, we'll
stocked with horses and carriages ana cong vs.
good business as any stable Ia ottawa. fof
further particulars, terms, &c apply 10 AEs' D.
ID Rhodes. Ottawa, Ill.
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poultty MeetrDg.

Warranted winter wheat -four $500 PEI ben
dr,d mounds. at Woods Eagle Mills,
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Prairie Farmer.
-. 80. N.

Remittances may be made through money
order or registered letter.
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Niles i The best man TO repair your watches,
clocks and jewclry. Engraving neatly executed.
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Good overcoats $3.50. So IS, and upwards at
\. Alschulcr's Yellow Corner.