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THE STATE FAIR

Preparations for the State Fair have beer
about completed. Large sheds containing
FIVE hundred hog and sheep pens have beer
finished Near by are two extensive build
ings, or rather large rooted sheds, one for thu
poultry and the other for carriages and bug
gies.
The ladies Of the Episcopal Society, tho
! Mc'hodists and The P"asbyterans have com
modous eating houses near the judge.
stand, but still far enough away TO give boil
sufficient room.
Rows OF seats under roofs have been pa
up in the angles, on either side OF the ives
side of Flora Hall All the buildings hav,
been painted and the fence on the avenue
white washed. Tho railroad company have
put up sufficient means for loading and
unloading live stock from the cars. Five
large eating stalls or sheds have been put ur
near the large hall Mr. Mason, of South OF
tawa has the first, AID 1t was opened in full
blast already on Thursday.
Smith & Rising have Il cigar pagoda OF
temple on the grounds, and not far off is NJ
A. & S. L. Dewoy's exposition building
where they will exhibit cutlery of their own
make as well as general collection of fine
hardware.
Mr. Ii. l.. Brush is decorating Floral Hall
most elegantly with evergreens. Two weeks
ago there were one thousand cattle and horse
stalls on the ground to be furnished to cxhl.
bitors Now not one of this number remains
unclaimed. Every one has been engaged
Exhibitors with cattle and horses from Eng.
land and Scotland on their way with stock,
have secured stalls by telegraph and will
doubtless be here IN time. New stalls are
being built, so that there need be no fear ola
deficiency III respect to stalls.
As three thousand and odd stalls will each
contain from one to five head of cattle, and
never less than one horse, and sometimes
three or four, some idea may be formed OF
the vast number Of stock of these kinds that
will be on exhibition. The sheep and hog
ten or give ample room for from five to
pens willtwelvc head Teach in every pen.
Around the city hotels are being put in
order, and in private families and residences
spare rooms are being put in trim for Wis.
itors. In short, Ottawa is about ready tor
the coming State Fair.
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EILLES.
1.-THE LOWELL OF THE WEST. .
Her Manufactures and Gene raj Business En-
terprise.
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all direction

| Not great many years ago. and within the
memory of the writer, Mr. Lowell Kimball, q
somewhat eccentric but industrious and enter
prising man. located at the rapids in the Illinois
river couple of miles below the mouth of the
Little Kickapoo Creek, in the oak openings, and
began TO farm in a very small way. After while,
reeing the want OF some sort OF lumber, and
there being no saw-mill in this part of the state
nearer than at Waupccan Creek, near the pres.
ent site of Morris, Mr.. Kimball, ut considerable
expense procured the necessary machinery and
set up an old fashonedupright saw-ml for hard
wood. His mill did good business, farmers
coming from far aud rear, sometimes bringing
their own logs and exchanging them for lumber,
or waiting until Their logs had been cut into
lumber, when they left the miller his "grist,' so
to speak, and returned home with the remain
der At length Mr.. Kimball started sort of a
country store, and hus with his saw-mill and
log house in whichhe lived, created q nucleus for
Narseilles. This vas at what is now known as
Upper Marseilles the site OF the present new
Marseillcs, or tn. manufacturing and business
portion Of the town, being then willow cover
ed bottom, inte'spcrsed with frog ponds and
marshes, now reclaimed and covered with neat
dwellings, beautiful door-yards and flower gar
dens or substantial business blocks. or still larg
er MANUFACTURES.
WATER POWER.
Mar>eilles owes its prosperity mainly 10 the
foresight and iulomitabe energy Of Roderick
Clark, Esq. This gentleman, rot over a dozen
years ago, ON ooking over the ground was struck
with the tact tina, the Illinois river, within
.g.f. iu,H ola
made q rapid descent. He argued that if the
large volume Of water which constantly went
bubhling, surgins and boiling over these rapida
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DEATH OF CHAs. +. BUTLER-Our peopl,
learned with profound sorrow on Monday tha
Chas F. Butler, a promising young lawyer
Of this city, had died on that day at the resi-
dence of his father at Prairie Centcrlin this
county. For a year or two he had been con
nected with the firm of Williams & Cation
in Chicago, where his health, never very 70
bust, seems to have been seriously undermin
ed by intense application. He sought recu
peration IN a visit 10 Colorado, but without
avail, and few weeks ago returned home
only..te die. He was young man of decided
talent and OF great personal worth. Had
life and health been spared him, there are
few young men in the profession in the state
10 whom the road to great eminence was
surely open
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A spectacle of thrIllIng but most salts
factory character was witnessed on Friday O
last week at Fort Smith, Ark, where SIX muir
derers, sentenced on the same day and fol
different crimes on the 25th of last June, il
the United States District Court of Western
Arkansas, were hanged together -Four o
the doomed men we're whites, one negro
and another cboctaw Indian. The crime,
:or which these murderers paid the penalty
Of their lives were Of The most brutal ant
dendish type. In each case The evidence wa,
absolutely conclusive Of guilt, and the pun
ishment richly meriied
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The Winaebago County invitation to JEFF
Davis to deliver there an agricultural address
aud their subsequent back out, has given ris c
to a curious and ridiculous episode. Ed.
wards of the st. Louis Times, commenting
on this action Of the Winnebago County PEG.
pie, intimated that the Rockford women did
not desire Davis in their vicinity, us probably
one-half of them had IN their homes pianos
and spoons stolen from Jeffs old neighbors
on the Mississippi" To this Foster, of the St.
Louis J0,rnal, replied by stigmatsIng 1t as
"a contemplate lie.' The result was a chal.
lenge from Edwards, and duel was arranged
between him and Foster, TO take place an
WtRebddo County. The duel took place near
Rockford on Saturday last, with pistols at %
PAGES. Shots were exchanged, and nobody
hurt. Edwards demanded another shot, but
the seconds nterfered, and deciding that all
mad been done that the code of honor reouir.
ed, the parties shook hands, &C., and then
returned home as quickly as they came. THE
affair is receiving good deal of rldicule
from the press, but the best commentary we
have seen on it is this:
Two fools from ST. Louis
Went out for to fight
One fired-tother fired
Both missed-all right"
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SHOWS.

OF course, the leading shows in town nex
week will be HaverIy's Minstrels at the
Opera House, and the Susan denim Dramatic
Combination at Turner Hall. OF the Hayer
ly's 1t is hardly necessary to speak. They
are we'll known 10 be the best minstrel troupe
in the country, and our city is lucky in get
ting it for so long season.
For the convenience OF ladies and children
as will as outsiders to whom it is inconven
lent to remain in town in the evening, the
Haverly's will give matinee ON Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons.
The Susan Denim Combination is one of
the best in the country, and to such as prefer
the legitimate drama To negro mlnstrelsy
will offer dramatic entertainment of the very
highest grade.
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Independent Reform County Convention.


The legal voters Of La Sale County, who be
lieve that the party in power has most signa!ly
failed in protecting the rights of the citizens
against extortion and unjust class legislation,
and are therefore unworthy OF being longer en-
trusted with tbs control Of pupc affairs. are re-
quested to meet in their respective towns, on
Saturday, Sept. 18th, and appoint delegates to a
County Convention, to be held at the Court
House in Ottawa, Thursday, September 23d, at
9 o'clock p. NJ, to nominate candidates for the
offices of county treasurer and surveyor.
The basis of representation will be two dele
gates from each town, except Ottawa, Peru, La
Sale and Mendoza, each of which will be entitled
to four delegates. 1t is hoped every town in the
county will be represented in in the Convention.
WM. r. MTLLIGAN,
EVAN LEWIS,
DAVID .RICHEY,
,s, WM. Y. WoRsLEY,
County Central Committee.
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SOUTHERN OUTRAGES.

AS the fall elections are rapidly approach
ing, there has been lively resumption Of
operations by the southern outrage mill. Ac
cording to the radical organ in Washington
the Chicago IHter-Oceda, and other papers OF
the truly loll" class, negroes are being muir
dered in Mississippi by the hundred, and the
whole state is running red with blood. The
facts, however, seem to be about as follows
| On Saturday last there was a radical con.
yenlion and barbecue at Clinton, 30 miles
east of EJcksburg, at which about 1900 ne.
groes were present, and not over so whites,
OF whom at least 40 were republicans.
Among the half dozen white democrats pres
ent was one Seveley, who had bottle of
whisky with him. AS the sale or drinking
of liquor on the ground had been forbidden,
negro constable tried to take the bottle from
Seveley, and got it broken over his head for
his pains. The colored people at once rallied
about the constable, and the music began.
Shots were fired on both sides, dozen of
negroes were killed and four whites Seve-
ley, after emptying his revolver, was called
upon to surrender, which he did, but was
Immediately shot by the negroes, Drained
and robbed of his clothing. Chiffon, Thomp-
son and another white man that was killed
had taken no part in the row, and were I'M
armed.
OF course the occurrence caused intense
excitement, and the white people of Clinton
and other towns, where they were greatly
outnumbered by the negroes, were much
alarmed and prepared themselves for the
worst.
The radical papers have many dispatches
from different parts Of Mississippi since Sat
urday conveying the impression that regu-
lar war Of races has grown out of the row at
Clinton, and that the negroes are everywhere
being shot down like dogs, but there. is no
reliance to be placed in the reports. Gov.
Ames has telegraphed to Grant for govern.
mcnt troops, but attorney general Pierrcpont,
as late as Tuesday, SAID that in all the reports
to that time forwarded to him from Mlssis
sippi he saw no ground as yet for federal
interference.
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County Cent

ERRoR-In the call for an Independent
Reform County Convention published in
our last the "Coroner" was named as one
of the Offices tor which candidate was to be
nominated. 1t ought to have said Survey.
or" The error in the call has been corrected
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Observation-Disclosures

bNAssHOPPEKs.-Ie Oisna1choe
from Central Illinois, extending from the
borders of Livingston County TO Platt, notice
d flight afa Tremendous swarm of grasshon.
pers on Saturday across that portion of the
state. The swarm was at least fifty miles wide
and apparently quarter of mile deep-as
thick as swarm of bees. Looking towards
The SUI, the appearance was that oi 4 snow
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-11

The Interstate Exposition at Chicago
opened on Wednesday evening, and the atten
dance, of course, was a jam The display in
all departments is said TO be much ahead of
any previous exhibition. II will be kept
open about four weeks.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-11

storm. They were moving in southwest
direction Some of them few so low that
they were caught and were found to be the
genuine Kansas article. We have seen no
intimation yet as to where they stopped, but
they must have gone at least as far as Ken
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The survivors of the Gath regiment ILL., Vol
Col. Morrills) will have a reunion in thu.
city on Wednesday next, Sept. 10Th. The
programme includes meeting at the Court
House al : p. m. and possibly banquet.
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At the races at Lexington, Ky, on Monday
the horse Bob Wooley," owned by Robin
son & Morgan, ran mile IN 1;4l, which is
said to be the best time by two seconds ever
made IN America.
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The Republican Central Committee of this
county has called convention ofthe faithful
e meet al Ottawa on the 2Sth Inst.
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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. 1918
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General Business.
HOTELS.

Mr.. Isaac Frcdendurg, our long time citizen
of Ottawa, has a very neat and comfortable hotel
on the west side of Mill street. 1t is 4ix56 feet
bran new, 81 sleeping rooms, besides office,
dining room, &c. The meals are indispensable,
and the beds more so. He makes joyial aud
polite landlord
Mr.. Lem Hadley, an old citizen of Utica, hav
ing been in that locality thirty sevsn 5crrs has a
respectable hotel across the way. lie has II
rooms, office dining room aud kitchen. He is
clever gentleman. When We saw him he was en-
gagged in the difficult problem Of hiyng a swarm
Of bees.
Z. Z. TAYLOR.
This gentleman is proprietor of the principal
dress goods, dry goods, and grocery store of The
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C EORG ETC w N.

TWO RIVER THIEVES MEET WITH A WARM
RECEPTIoN-Oae Shot at and Supposed 10 De
DTOlJHed-Between u and I O'Clock this
morning two white men attempted TO board
the schooner T.. j. Hamilton, Capt. Mills
lying in the river opposite Analostan Island
Their purpose, it is supposed, was robbery.
One of the men gained the deck of the yes
sci. and was twice shot at by Capt. Mills
and jumped overheard. 1t is supposed that
he was drowned. The other made his escape
TO the island in small boat, and although
pursued by Sergeant Trunneil and Officers
Harper and Sturgis, he succeeded in making
his escape.
FUNERALs.-The funeral OF the late Chas
the family residence, on West street, from
whence his remains were accompanied by a
large concourse of friends to Oak Hill GEM
etery, where they were inferred in the fam
lily lot. The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Il. Peyton Brown, of the Dunbarton
street M. E. church. The pall-bearerS were
James Goddard, Jenkin Thomas James w
Decide, Thomas Woodward, David Jackson,
Walter Cooley and Mr.. Horrigan. A great
number of the Oldest Inhabitants AsSOcia-
ton were present at the cemetery.
The funeral OF Darius Il. GladmOn, who
died OF sunstrOke on Friday last. took place
Yesterday afternoon. and was very largely
attended. The remains were temporarily
placed in the vault OF the chapel at Oak Eli
cemetery.
\ BIG WEEKS WORK IN THE COAL
TRADE.-The receipts of coal by the csraI
for the week ending Saturday amou nted TO
<o,6O0 tons, and the shipments during the
same time TO 26,s00 tons. This is the largest
transaction in coal OF any week during the
present season.
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AL Elk ANDRI A.

CORONER'S INQUEST Coroner Powell he'll
an inquest at noon to-day upon the body of G.
cOlored man named James Mack, of Boliver
heights, Harper's Ferry, mule driver be-
longing to the canal boat III. G. Flagg. who,
while dipping bucket of water for his mules
fell into the first level below the basin and
was drowned The :ury, of which A. c. Ken
was foreman, returned q verdict in accoui-
ance with the aforementioned facts.
PROPERTY SALE.-It is understood that
Messrs. Kent Il Nesle, as attorneys, have
purchased the house and lot belonging 10 Mr..
h. l.. ToisOn, on the west side of south Wash
1ngtOn street. for 81 $50 cash, for Mrs. b.
wood, OF California. sister. OF Mrs Senator
W. NJ. Stewart. of Nevada, VINO intends TO
reside In this city for several years.
CLAIM SETTLED.-Uadert the authority of
the city council, the finance committee of taat
body this morning settled the claim against
the oorpOratS on of DIR. VIM. Gunten, of Wash
ington, amounting to SIS, i14-13, by paying
him $4,000 cash, less "a ,0ee heretofore paid
Gazette. 18Th.
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Thanks Prom the Del ,hs of the Heart,

WELLINGTON, Lorain Co, o., Aug. "a, lS14
Or IL y Pierce, BllFnlo. W Y:
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| enlarged, enlarged or thick neck - and large
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hnally procured half dozen bottles Of
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Condensed Locals

The street lamps " IN be lighted this even
Ing al O'Clock and extingUishel at : a m.
The house occupied by Mr. Davis. at Mount
Pleasant was struck by lightning Saturday
Afternoon. and the roof partially burned.
A new organization il about 10 be raised
IN ~ Stephens Church. West End, to be
known as the Knights OF ST. stephens.
The ATCauiUm Gu mas recently organized
a. a literary ard dramatic association. and
elected the following officers Mr.. 4. III.
GieT mar. 7 rsS ident. Miss Katie Shyne. vice
president. and Miss Julia Neale. secretary.
Charles q FaTr. clerk in the Adjutant
Generals Cihce, " hO about two weeks since
was stricken with paralysis of the brain.
was removed 10 the Government Hospital
for the Insane on Saturday last.
The house Of William O. Shrpeve. on Sth
street. be tween : and L. was enterei Satur-
day night ami robbed of gold watch and
chain. The thieves effected an entrance by
placing ladder TO the second story window.
Thieves broke into the cigar and tobacco
store of Mr.. LOughTan. ON Pennsylvania ave
nue.. between t+ih and 18th street, Saiur lay
night and stole about six thousand cigars
and all the unOney.in the drawer about 50.
The perfection Of simplicity in taking press
copies of letters has been reached in a devise
sent us by MOhun Bros. which entirely dis
penses with copying ink. and may be carried
IN The pocket ans. used like an ordinary lead
peTcil.
From n. y. BrOSnan we have the CJf'h0lie
World for July containing rather extra
budget Of interesting articleS.l and from
Warren ChO3te 4 60. BdcI1rOssFS HIyIziEe
for June, which has an aprOpOS article upon
France and Germany.
To-day the Collectors Office is crowded
with persons anxious 10 pay their taxes. but
% viii be tmi oSSihle for the clerks TO make
ont the bills and furnish receipts 10 all ap-
pl:cants who wish 10 save their property
from the tax sale 10 morrow.
The Potomac water is now admitted into
the T.. q which supply our dwellings direct
from the river. and does not pass through
The reservoir. II il muddy from the recent
rains ON the upper Potomac, but compare
lively free from the fshy OiOr and taste.
The sunday school excursion Of the Mt.
Pleasant NJ. 4. church. Georgetown Heights.
starts from Georgetown wharf at : a. m.
Thursday. and 0Jirry az tine 7th-StTPet
wharf. Washington, at . p. NJ. instead of
starting from the latter point at n. m. -
stated in saturdays paper. The excursion
J. IN good hands, and viii doubtless he
pleasant affair.
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Two ARRESTS.-On Saturday last Deputy
United States Marshal Graves, assisted by
detectives Sargent and McElfreSh. arreS ted
+. j. McGrew, Of st. Louis. on a bench war
rant charging him with completely in some
OF The recent whisky frauds in the west. He
was taken before Judge Macarthur and re-
leased on $1,000 bail. Judge Hurbridge and
NJ W. Barr becoming his sureties II is as
serted by McGrew's friends that the arrest
was lEstlg0ted by the western whisky ring
yesterday Detective McDevitt arrested
BeT iamin Patrick. on a telecr2un received
from Chief CrOne. OF Baltimore. The charge
i forgery OF note of 500 in that city He
was delivered 10 Detective KimbaN. of Bal
t.mCre, who returned last night with his
prisoner