The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-19
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| TRACK, anu several COdCneS OtluS overturned,
a number of passengers were seriously inJur.
ed. Among them were Vice President vii.
son, who was slightly Shocked Miss Cary,
the vocalist, slightly hurt and Speaker
Blaine, who was so seriously injured as to
contine him to his bed for several days.
The safe of the L. s. man.of.war Cumber.
land, that was sunk by the rebel ram Virginia
in 1868, in Hampton Roads, was recovered
last week after repeated efforts during the
last ten years. The safe contained about
100000 in gold, besides other treasure. In
searching the wreck, the divers came across
a petrified human body IN a perfect state.
This is how the Milwaukee Ne,cs interprets
Grants third term letter:
No; we would not take drink on hot
day if rendered by some good.natured fellow,
unless it should come under such circum.
stances as to make it an imperative duty,
circumstances not likely to occur"
Parts of New Jersey and Delaware were
visited by a severe and destructive frost on
Tuesday evening of the present week. Corn
and ether growing crops were cut to the
ground.
The Farragut prize money, after ten long
and weary years OF adjustment, amounts to
exactly eighty-seven and half cents apiece
to the common sailors who are claimants, all
the balance going to the officers and the
agents. Evidently 10 little cherub sits up
aloft to keep watch for poor Jack in Robe
sons department
The watering places at the east, on account
of the cold and backward summer, are not
doing as we'll as usual thus far this season.
Nevertheless it is said, if you want to arrive
at a truly realizing sense of your poverty,
lust write to half dozen or SO of watering
place landlords, asking them what they'll
take your family to board Tor by the week
1t makes Beecher man hot to see in a
newspaper the question: what has Tilton' S
character to do with Beecher's innocence?
An indianapolis man got so mad that he sat
down and wrote half column cOmmunica-
ton to an evening sheet about "sapping the
foundations of the Bible
The new state house at Springfield, in this
state, is so far completed that the state officers
are taking steps looking to a removal of their
quarters to the new building. Col. Harlow,
Secretary of State, expects to get everything
moved soon after the 1st of July.
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Iall-
road, says the Joliet Suq have again lowered
their rates on freights to that place 10 com
pete with the freight steamboats, on the canal.
The boatmen can scarcely live at present,
and the railroad men seem determined to an
initiate them.
The Joliet sports, according to the same
authority, were badly bitten at Mondays
races at Grand Rapids, Mich They had bet
their bottom dollar on the Joliet horse Gen.
Grant" but in the race the horse was "held
in" and of course lost. OF course the Joliet
tiers are highly indignant that the owners
should have gone back" on their own towns
people.
Tom Mcclellan, a notorious desperate,
made famous by the tragic death OF his coun-
sci, Hon c. L. Vallandigham, who lost his
life in explaining some points in the trial of
Mcclellan for the murder Of man named
Meyers, several years ago, was assassinated
in his saloon at Hamilton, Ohio, at ~ O clock
last Monday night. The shot seems to have
come from the outside while Mcclellan was
waiting on some customers in front of the
bar.
Lacon IS sick of her "enterprise' to make
large park. The Gdzette says enough
money has been wasted on the "absurdity,'
"Itls only resorted to by disreputable per
sons at night, or'by boys on Sunday to pub
licly play cards. We have a better park in
the court house yard. Better give it over to
the COWS than expend any more money upon
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