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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-25

pendicular wall and continues its course along
the bed of the ravinc to the river. The other
branch is similar to its ncighbor, but having
some points of difference near its termination
About four or five rods from its head sudden
perpendicular rise is encountered of about IL
feet in height, over which small waterfall
pours and is received in the bosom Of a beautiful
lake of remarkable transparency, and in which
may be seen numberlcss little fish swimming
about Above this cascade is an amphithea
tire similar to the one before described except
that the perpendicular wall is in one place
broken and IA smaller ravine of fifty or sixty
feet in depth continues its way upward and
southwark until lost in the bed Of Il small
brook on the prairie The bottom and sides OF
these canons are lined with ferns, MOSES and
vines and present beautiful and picturesque
appearance.
The tourist who visits these natural parks
can not but be impressed with the bold out
lines and striking sublmity Of this grand work
Of nature. We consider it well worth II days
loss Of time to feast the eye upon the wonder.
full contrast of scenery between our beautiful
prairies and this rough, rugged and rocky,
but after all, tremendously beautiful panorama
Of natural wonders W. n.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-25
The Guinotine.

We lately encountered the following curious
paragraph in file of papers for the year 1888
- A memoir has recently been presented to the
Academy of Sciences, on the subject of death
bv decollation, which will cause an investiga-
ton to take place under the authority of
Messrs. Maiendie and Florens. Guilliton, the
inventor of the guilotinc, AS well as several
other distinguished psychologists, was OF the
opinion that no physical suffering attends the
act of decapitation, Summering and Castel
entertain different views" Qlerc follows IA
series of experiments upon animals, whose
suffering after the loss of their heads seemed
to be extreme) "Mojou professor of physi
ology at Genoa, having produced at Paris a
svtcm of investigation of the results OF the
suillotne states that, having exposed two
heads a quarter of an hour after decollatiOn, to
a strong light, the eye-lids closed suddenly.
The tongue, which protruded from the lips,
being pricked with a needle, was drawn back
into the mouth, and the countenance expressed
sudden pain The head of criminal named
ITiler being submitted TO examination after
the guilotine, the head turned in every dlrec
ton from whence he was called by name. A
report hitherto treated as fabulous may there
fore be believed: that when the eXecutioner
gave blow on the face to Charlotte Corday's
head, the countenance expressed violent indig-
nation. Fontenelle asserts that he has fire.
uuently seen the heads of guillotincd persons
move their lips; and his memoirs contain
many other apparently incredible, but equally
well authenticated, facts. Sivsling declares,
that by touching the spinal marrow, the most
horrible demonstrations Of agony succeed. 1t
appears on the present showing, that the gull
llotine is the most cruel mode of destruction
ever devised since no limit can be placed on
the agonies OF death after its operation The
following circumstance is perfectly authentic {:
4 few years since a great criminal was to be
guilotincd at Abbcvllc, and very worthy
man a glazier zone of the brothers OF charity,
who see the burial of maletactors and Others
who have nobody besides to give them decent
intermcnt without remuneration, sought and
obtained from proper authorities the favor OF
Undertaking at his own expense the burial OF
the condemned. The kind brother stood on
the scatlold with coffin ready to receive the
body rs soon as the head was taken OF every
one knows that dccapitation by the guilotine
| is instantaneous, which, when done it was
/ Immediately unStrappcd from the board,
thrown into the chest whose lid was put down
! hut not fastened and our brother of charity,
hearing his burden on his shoulders, set oil
with it through the marketplacc where the cX-
icrution took place, and which was toIcrably
spacious area, TO the place where lac prepared
il for intcrmcnt. The worthy brother declared
that the trunk of the guillotined criminal
kicked 50 violently whilst he was carrying IL
through the square, that he thought the lid OF
the coffin would DC kicked of or the bottom
IOut"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-25

Six miles from Perham, MINI, over prai-
rie road, but Just in the edge Ct an oak forest
lives one Enrich Steinbach a farmer who has
on his homestead lake 500 yards by $50, be
ing almost perfect oval with depth of some
~ feet Three years ago this lake was but a
thing of beauty TO the eve. now it Is the
most heavily stocked with pike, pickcrcl, suck
ers and black bass OF any of the hundred lakes
i'm the vicinity. though il has no outlet or inlet,
being surrounded 10y high banks ltrcccived
It's stock in thi> way: Enrich, fishing in the
Red River one sultry afternoon, thought 10
himself How much more handy twoUld be
If my little lake had fish IN il; then ! could
fish every dav. ~ there would be no walk u
speak Of Jumping up, he started for home,
and soon returned with two pals, tub and an
assistant 10 carry them. In a couple Of hours
he had them well filled with the varieties men
toned. and was vending his way home 10 the
little lake. They have since increased Ia such
an extent tlIa; they will jump at bare hook,
and indeed bite nj Your feet IL immersed in tine
water, H,S r.H .S'rf1m.
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The Diminished Exports of Grea, Britain.

IN tho subject of British exports the Lon
W" >'' " nj, ,,,,.;,os
don correspondent Oh inc ~ l. ""'" "l'','
The trade and navigation returns OF thc
United Kingdom for February are lying ne-
fore me. | have been over me hguIes WIN u
some care, ana nave pickca oul 'ouPie Vi
| items when need niue comment OF eAi'''''
! ton: ,g--
fe''' i''"' rr"'' '''''
lhp.'S % ID" 'o'''"' IA 1872 200 3ss
r..,'nr,, - .ct;on ,,iccc
Gods yds BOZ, 81. 700 PSI go, OG0
Tins Fno,o,d ;,ono,,ed las, month less OF
the corresponding month of last year, while
she Tported less OF the manufactured af'lclc
| by 1jS11,700 yards. The decline in the guam,
y Of the imports aw ,G eo 5onH %"S ss G IN
"nan r and Sd in money value. In cotton
| yarn and twist the proportionate decline IS
even greater. >,
These figures are Official ana they 'eii
their own story J have not tle b0oIu !, "
lfauc returns lor 100 Ut ny i
moment, but am sure lhaI tc{ moGr ~ n W.
iouhu 10 nElhS oul thc I"piu, "eU,,4r 49,
BRUSH cptIon 'l"ue II, s'lt ~ ;D ,,onr5 o.
manner tllah inc com l'tIlsoli VI 'iila va.
ureS with last year : me cOt'oh ll"''c VI 1is
lana, repeat Is gfauuaily pul suiGIy, io". 49,,
her anu; ailougn 'hc Poo.G "io 80" ~ ,i'',
lzc 1t, lhere VIII pe no l'.lIc 'olS'V li1
"ncn tilc uull '"ii iio i'iiso, ~ ,I NJ,
beiUIe pun nsi"c ms li"l'J ''ii' -
gatloh hetuiliS vi ,iie ohl.1u , ,i',,
DeuUi u"hsOll"t loN o'h'l NM c
III iuS'la'loi vi 'iic picScli. VI i,'
ttauc an, a""to .,". a., .L Go,io,;
~ ~ 80. ,,,,,,oo;,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-25

Daring the ho1i,Um attack upon the Chi.
nc-c quarter in san Francisco fifty horses were
taken from hhg-r-car stables iOrthc Use OF the
citizens cavalry. Much difficulty WAS eNper-
fenced in preventing the animals nom charg-
Ing M Suffer street whenever that thorough.
fare was crossed. Finally Captain Crittsnden
conceiying the idea of Swapping car-bell TO
the pommcl of his saddle, 10y the aid of which
his entire command was started, halted and 9th
rrwise maneuvrcl with the greatest precision.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-25
Ina recent speech of an attorney in Il III

Ina recent speech Of an attorney in Il iihc
suit the following language occurs:
There has grown up sort of common law
Of Obligation, recognized mutually hy the pres.
and people, by which the people expect that
the press rs distributors of useful Intelligence
shall inform thcm, sS well what is To- b. avoid
cd as what is 10 be sought a. we'll who istu he
suspected as who is 10 be conidcd in. And a
newspaper, ~ q garncrcr and distributor uI
news, i a public monitor. and II i IL, duty "a
admonish the people agains, frauds and shams
and impo-tuuS and dishonc,ties. Ii is To b,
beacon a. well ~ a guide; and whenever q
public newspaper, through it, diversified ap
plianccs for the collection and distribution OF
information, discovers anywhere in public life
and in public ayocations whether IL br % law
yer or u clergyman, = man who, instead of 81
curing the psblic welfare hy HONORABLE,
mclhOds and PRACTICES, simply prpWls about
in the backyard OF his profession, and Uses the
means and instrumcnialities which honorable
tile gives him to pander to his own lust 81
avarice, or any other vile passion. and that
paper fails to send out some admunitory voice
and sound some signal OF warning, ii is rccre
ant 10 every principal of duty and RESI- pnsibil.
iiy. and should be siigmaiized 10y the public
il preiends 10 represent and 10 serve
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-25
Worsp than His Doses.

The doctors of Detroit don't take a joke a.
kindly Us they might The other evening q
citizen of Woodward avenue went Il block oul
of his way to put his head into docor's
office and call out:
Man at the corner of Woodward avenue
and Elizabeth street rot Il bad fit.'
The doctor pat on his hat and haStend tn
the corner indicated, hoping that lac msht
not DC too late To save human life There was
no crowd and no excitement and Is the " d.
leaned against the lamppost To catch his
breath he saw n man sitting on the curb,stonc
bathing hi, foot with cold water. The boot
which he had drawn off stood beside him and
the man WAS saying:
" Blast that shoemaker; blast that boot-all
yes, blast en-
l. was a bad fit After Two or three min
utcs the doctor saw that il was Whist hi,
thoughts were no one will ever know but ~ q
hoy came near, running vclocipcdp against
him. lac growlcd out:
" About ten thousand men in ,Gi> 'oWr
OUGHT TO be taken out and shot"
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DANGEROUS REMEDY FOR uICCoUGHS.-
John liammyl, of the many boaulyr~ az tie 1T
Charles, i'm tli, city. had been suffering u NUM-
Der at days from hicCoughs. He tried every
available remedy he could hear u;, hu the
hiccoughing still went on There MAS no rcsj
for him, by day ar 10y night. and the case wa,
growing desperate \ dcrnicr resort occurred
To him lie would Try the experiment Il sos
we're fright Tie could no; swim, and lac
would therefore throw himself into deep va.
ter and trust - friends To rescue him irom
drowning. Accordingly, on Tuesday la,i, he
walked down 20 the canal basin, followed hy
his ho-piiahlc host and another friend, ami
Desperate man,
In De- pludgcd boldly.
w matter now culdly
The rough river ran.
IIy the aid of his friends he soon rccuvCrcd a
toolhold upon itrra .fyma, bat he had encoun
tered deeper water than he expected Ia, and
was - thoroughly frightened that hc ha> not
hiccoughed since.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-24


THS amount invested in manufactur.
ing in Columbus, Georgia, far exceeds
that OF any city in the south. The cot
ton and wooden mills now run $4,000
spindles and 1900 looms, and in four
months the showing will DO $1,000 spin.
dles and 1000 looms, A competent
manufacturer is now engaged in making
drawing and estimates for new mill of
$4,000. This will increase the spindles
OF Columbus TO $1,000, The surprise in
this immense system is, that oil has
been established since tho late war and
in o majority of casas, upon the sites of
former establishments burnt by the
northern armies. aA
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-24

Tx condition Of affairs in large north
ern municipalities, where uneducsted
and vicious men having little interest
in q city's welfare have combined Il
outvote property.owners and tax. payers
has revived the discussion of measures
for the restriction of suffrage; and
strangely enough, the warmest friends
OF restriction are the we'll TODD citizens
OF fhcss corporations who have
strengthened with their means, and
sustained with their ballots, the party
which wrcnched the management OF
ofsfisirs in the south out Of the hands
OF those who were vitality interested,
and placed II in the grasp of those who
were hostile TO the better impulses Of
the people and Indifferent, either to
the responsibility or prosperity Of the
states over which they dominated. II
IL held by the organs Of this class Of
Taxpayers, that men who do not own
property have so voted as to heavily
tax those who do, may so vote
as TO thwart great purposes and cripple
great enterprises. and thus diminish or
destroy values and embarrass owners
All this Is not only possible. but has
occurred. as we Of the south know,
when, by the moral and active sup
port Of these self-same gentlemen. the
vicious and reckless have dictated ruin.
Gus state policies 10 the intelligent, the
moral and the careful. The remedy is
. moral, not political one. The cure
will be radical and complete, without
restriction, when malfeasance In munic,
ipal, state and national Office Is pun.
ished, and corruption in party manage
ment Is made odious. Commence at
the fountain-head. The seating Of
President Hayes is case in point
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-24

h d
TnE absence of ex-President Gran,
and Minister ,Piorrepont from Mr.
Motley's funeral is inexplicable to
English people, The grave was about
10 close over a'former American minis-
tor; TO suppose that an ex-president
should at such moment retain any
feeling of ill.will to his ex,minister is
impossible. II is equally impossible to
suppose that General Grant, who for a
week had been enjoying all honors
by virtue of his ex.presidcncy, should
think himself ebsolved from the duty
Of respect to Mr.. Motley because he had
ceased to be minister. 1t is equally
impossiblet to attribute any such feeling
TO Mr.. Pierrepont. How then did it
happen that neither was present ? The
only explanation offered by the friends
Of the ex.president and minister, is that
they were not asked
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The Rinker.waiter Mutual Friend.

Galveston News Mr.. b. w. Burgess
left Wednesday on the cars for Hous.
ton, saying that he would return yes
terday. The policies of insurance which
he held in trust for Mrs. Lulu Rinker
and matured by the death of Mr.. Rink.
er, he refused to assign to the beneficial.
ry of the policies or to any one else. lie
is reported as having told friend that
he was ruined by Mr. Rinker, and that
he now holds the notes Of that gentle.
man for eight thousand dollars, execut.
ed for the payment of money he had
borrowed at variou. times from him.
The statement that Mr.. Rinker was
largely indebted to him is contradicted
by the books Of Mr.. Rinker, which show
that Burgess is indebted to Rinker
several hundred dollars, which the
check given him show TO have been in
the way Of loans. The most Of these
checks bear recent dates. II this state>
ment is contradicted by Mr.. Burgess,
the books and checks will be produced
by the gentlemen who have them in
his possession.
Mr.. Seth, life insurance agent, in>
formed News reporter that he could
reply TO the query made in the News,
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THE STATE OVER.

Gdivestm County ladies OF the
city presented tho Lone Star Rifles with
II beautiful flag Thursday evening.
social time was had at'the presentation
Robertson Couaty,-The colored mill.
tary company organized in Corsicant
recently call themselves the q Hon,
Guards" They number sixty mem
hors, and have applied to tho state
authorities for arms.
Washington C00lty. Hon. Bailey Pey
ton, now in Brenham, was II member OF
congress in 1924, and is, perhaps, the
Oldest exNcongressman now living
The Banner reports the capture of n
negro named Lee, who murdered Newt.
James when Coles circus was in Bren-
ham.
Limestone C6omty.--Captain W. IL.
Richardson was sunstruck last Wednes.
day. A, 5, Mercer, ESQ.,, has on his
farm some of the finest specimens OF
wheat, oats, timothy and red clover
ever raised in the state. - --Mexia will
soon vote upon the free school ques-
ton.
Denton Co,mtg--A balloon humbug
man visited Denton last week.
Hayden, says the Monitor, rode horse
to death on Saturday Rumor has il
that the courthouse is unsafe and will
fall, The report of the wheat crop is
very ilattering, Bud Eddleman was
bitten by mad-dog, Sunday,
McLepm Co,mtU-The election for
aldermen Thursday resulted in the cleo.
ton of j, Frazier, r. j. Goode, s. I.
Hogan, NJ. Il. McLaren and A. Payne.
Major Byrd shipped to Chicago on
Thursday two car loads of potatoes,
grew corn and peaches. II is the first
shipped from Waco to market outside
Of the state. 4.
Cameron C6uaty-The Rockport Tran
script says that twenty-five. prisoners,
when about to be locked up for the
night, at Brownsville, set upon the Tailor
and his assistant, locked them up in
the stocks, and attempted to escape, six
succeeding, three Of whom swan the
Rio Grande, and landed in Mexico un.
der the guns of the Garits guard.
GrdySOn Cuaty.--Fifty dollars will be
given to the best ball club playing on
the Fourth Of July.--The Planters
house came very near being burned on
'Thursday.-A young man who had
been in Texas six months was out of
money and work, wanted 10 kill him.
self with laudanum on Thursday. The
drug clerk got il away from him
"Brick" Pomeroy has struck Sherman. |
Tdrant County.--Since the six pris.
oners escaped from the JAIL Mr. j. r.
Thomas has offered reward of one |
thousand dollars TO any one who will |
break out Of the new Jail within twen> |
ty.four hours.--W. B. Hart, formerly |
OF Dallas, went TO the Waco Tap" and |
had check of s29Q 25, on Adams A
Leonard, OF Dallas, taken from him.
"A sixteen year old thief stole a
mule from his employer recently. ~
large number Of buffalo hunters hayel
just returned from the frontier.-Tbe
Democrat reports the killing Of mad.
dog In the city limits Thursday.-The
Standard reports an attempt by anoth.
n thief TO break from his captors, while
BEING taken 10 the court-Work has
begun on the new calaboose.
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A WORD 10 LAMpL ODDS.

HNlllh hlN lNn hltn w F"''" f'''J
owner of property has the right toplaoe
his own value on II, and 10 charge his
own price for rs use and occupation,
Nobody disputes this But II Ia some
times not outside OF the legitimate
duties Of the press 10 make suggestions
10 tho owners Of property M 10 what ~
for their own interest, Is we'll M that Of
the community, upon the question of
values of rcnla We offer some notions
on this subject now There are At the
present time greater number Of vacant
houses in Dallas than ever before The
ohlel cause OF this Ia, that many persons
cannot afford 10 pay the high and ok
horbitOnt rents demanded by landlords,
They need not blink the fact Many
persona have TO 90 out Of business dur
my the duh months or, IN many cases,
TO combine and crowd different branohes
ofbuhnoss In The anino building In order
TO poy rents nj all All tins Is there
suit Of tho inordinato rohts demanded
by tho owners of property
Rents in nearly all the large cities,
within the last two or three years, have
fallen from twenty-five TO fifty per cont,
lnmany instances the reduction Ia oven
greater Why should not the landlords
of Dallas take warning in time, and
profit by the experience of older and
larger citicsf They may undertake Tn,
experiment when IL is too late
Times are hard, but our people are in
dustrious, active and energetic. Mos
of thom embark in business with small
capital, and hope that by living ohepI
themselves, they may 80 ahead TO sue
cess, But the great majority find, whel
the eShorbitant exactions of the land
lord arc satisfied, they have nothing left
The result is complete discouragomon
and abandonment of business alto
gether, or resort TO temporary oxpe
dients that soon result in inevitable
and utter failure. DID,.
Dallas is tho central point, and chic
commercial city OF northern Texas ant
Tnr ligRAbD Intends to spealo indopond
emily, and spare no efforts to push OF
the progress of Dallas, and aid in NOR,
fully establishing her supremacy. PEG
Pile from all sections of the country ar,
daily coming hore, attracted by its famt
abroad AZ an entorprising and progress
sive city. They come TO examine fol
themselves and If they find tho report,
TINT have gone out to be true, may OK
pect 10 invest their means here and tC
become permanent citizens.
But nothing so readily and untavora
bly, strikes tho eye of the prospecting
stranger, MS TO zee "For Rent" posted on
the fronts of business houses and dwell,
lings. There is too much of this al
ready, and property-owners had better
consider, themselves, about the cause
and with liberal foresight, bcstir them
selves to prevent an increase of 80 dam
aging sign. 1t il better, as well fol
the landlord himself M for the commu
nifty, that he rcnt his property for fifty
dollars month, the year round, thar
to pxtort double that amount, and have
his premises unoccupied onehalf tn,
time.
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/ interested In the guardianship of he
estate OF the minor, James Is. Pencil: VII
liam l.. Pencil, guardian of said minor, has
nled In the county court OF Dallas county
an application for nm order to sell IN undi-
vided one-half interest in lot No. 10 In block
"a |, of Goods addition to tho city OF Dallas,
said half interest belonging TO the estate OF
said minor, which Application will be heard
at The next t,rm OF said court, commend ing
no the third Monday in July, A. ID. 1877, a.
the courthouse, In the city of Dallas, nj
which time all persons interested in the
welfare OF said minor may appear and CON
test said application, II they see proper.
Witness, A. HarwoOd, County Clerk of
Dallas county, Texas. Given under my
hand and tho seal of said court, ut office In
city of Dallas, this 10Th day OF June, A. ID
1877. A. HARDWOOD,
County Clerk, Dallas County, Texas.
Per W. Ii. Thicker, Deputy. junl6dlw
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-24

This II youchod loI by the Boston
Traveller as being o. true rs most OF
the dog stories A mastlr in that city
unmulzled by bis master resolved to
comply with the Law on his own ac-
count lie knew that to preserve his
life he must have muldlc Early one
morning he stole twenty newspapers
from doorSteps. stood on II corner and
sold them went with the money 10 u
store where muallcs were sold made u
clerk understand that ho wished to
buy ono, aud. before noon went home
muzllcd according 10 law.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-24

''rnr Philadelphia Baiictn fixes the
htAtds Of Judge Hilton, whose apimosi'
ty for the Jews led 10 the refusal OF
hotel accommodations to Mr. Joseph
soligman, by calling attention to the
fact that y few years ago, as Q Now York
park commissioner, no ordered that
somo valuable fossils belonging, to the
museum should be thrown out as use
less old bones, and that skeleton OF a
msatodon, put together with great care,
should DO daubed with whitownsh,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-24

ylai Did Sellm Rinkor insure his life
Tor five thousand dollars IN favor OF u,
W, Burgess or Mrs lAdu RinkcrY The
information WINS noted ON the spot, and
Is here given Mr. Rlnkor insured his
LIE IN April for five thousand dollars IN
favor Of himself and shortly after had
the policy changed to make II in favor
Of Mr. i. W. hmrnaa