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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-09
HOlCOWAY'S PILLS
Invariably cures the following Diseases
Disorder Of the KidneyS.
For Stomachs Out of Order

NJ medicine will 80 efectually Improve tn.
tone of the stomach Is these Pills they remove
al acidlty oceasionsd either by intemprrance or
improper diet. They reach the liver and reduce
II 10 healthy action they are wonderfully EN-
cacious In cases Of spasm-in fact they never fail
III curing all disorders OF the liver ard stomach
HOLLOWAY PILLS are the best known in the
world 'or the following diseases Ague. Asthma.
Bilious Complaints, Botches IN the skin Bow
els. Consumption, Debiiity. DI1pss, Dysentery.
kFsslpeIss, ftil6le Irregularities Fever of all
Kinds, fiss. uout. Heaiaehe, Indigestion, iufaIn-
nation. Jaundiee. Liver Complaints, Lunbsgo.
f1.rs. rheumatism. Retention Of urine scruful .
or Kings Evil, sore Throat Stone and Gravel
iic-n"n.oureusf IuHors, ticer-, Worms Of oil
kln dn Weakness from suy caus.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-09
IMPORTANT CAUTION.

=, nome Are genuine unless the signature ~ ]
HAfpOt x. ar agent for the uited Stale, .ur
rounds each box Of Pills aud Ointment hand.
Hohe reward Will oe s!ven 10 anyone rendering
haeh Information ~ HAY lesd TO tie detection Of
h''y party "f parties count"riel'ing the medicines
OF 'thdihg Tie same, knowing them t. b.. sruri-
- o"'d atthe manu- tory II rkoFlssoH Hon
Lo"sf % NJ" York. and by all Respectable,
ui usssts sh' trAlers In medicine through tho
civilized word IL boxes at Is cent, !, -. s,,
81 each. "'-
- There - considerable saving by taking the
larger size.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-09
For Curtaneous Disord ers.

And oil eruptions Of the skin, this Ointment II
most invaluable. II does not heal externslIy a lone
but penetrates with the most searching effects 70
the very root Of the evil.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
BUDGET OF FUN.


One of our restaurants boasts of an Irish
Munchausen who acts in the humble capacity
OF waiter, and adds much to the entertain
ment Of guests. One of them beng served
with a small lobster, asked:
DO you call that lobster, Nike
"Faix, an | believe they do be calm thin
Holsters here, sur. We call 'em clabs at home
oh" said the diner, you have Holsters in
lrcland?"
as il holsters: Begorra tie creeks is full
Of cm Many time have ! seen 'cm whin
have Topped over the shtrames."
"llow large do the Holsters grow in Ire.
land?"
Well" said Mike, thoughtiully, ito shpake
widn bounds, sur, I'd say Il matter Of five or
six feet'
What five or six feet how do they get
around in those creeks ="
"Bedad, sur, the creeks in Ireland are fifty
or sixty feet wide" said the unabashed Mike
But" said the persistent inquirer, you
said you had seen them when you were leap
ing over the streams, and HOLSTERS here live in
the sea"
Deed, did, sur; were powerful leppcrs in
Ireland. As fur the say, sur, Eve seen it red
wild EN-"
But look here, my fine fellow" said the
guest, thinking he had cornered the IIibernian
at last, lObstcrs are not red until they are boil
ed"
"Doan't know thatg" said Mike, reproach-
fully. but there are bilin' springs in the ould
country, an they sllwim troo em, and come
out ready for you to crack open and ate" and
Mike walked calmly off to wait upon the next
guest, leaving his intcrlocutor to digest the
lobster and the story-B0stOW Bulletin.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
Killing Indians.

The man, who has been to the Black Hills,
says the Bismarck Trtbune, and returned, Is "A
big gun at the village drug store, and feels
called upon to tell the truth when narrallng his
adventures. Such man, named Curt was
telling, the other night how many Indians he
had killed during his three months residence
in the Hills.
After he had talked about an hour, one OF
the listeners, who had kept track Of the num-
Der killed, exhibited the figures.
Il find )" he exclaimed, that you killed 800
savagcs in three months"
as that all" exclaimed the unabashed
Black Hitler. why, believe you have left
out weeks work there somewhere"
IF you had such good luck killing Indians,
why didn'ty you stay there ?" demanded anoth-
cr suspicious listener
well, the truth Of it is, gentlemen, | was
afraid ofruining my left eye. squinted along
my gun-barrcl SO much that my face was be
ing drawn out of shape and the sight was so
far gone that had to he led about by dog
And you killed Indians while in that con
dition?"
Il did, though I've always felt little mean
about it, | couldn't see to shoot, and so run
EN- down and kicked 'em to death. 1t wasn't
manly in me, and want to ask the forgiveness
Of you, gentlemen, right here aad now"
There was a long spell of appalling silence,
and then some one sad that Eph Francis had
bought Il new coon dog.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
Female SWindlers.

They are generally irresistible to the Sterncr
sex; they travel on their winning ways" and
swindle the landlord before he knows it, and
when they are justly punished, which is very
seldom, fall back on the plea that their sex
protects them"
Not long since lady was driven in hack
ND to the ladies' entrance of one of our leading
hotels, and was escorted to the ladies' parlOr
She was dressed in the height Of fashion, but
very plainly, and seemed 10 he quiet and un
pretending. The only article of baggage
She had with her was u small box, neatly
wrapped up in MANILA paper, with a shawl
strap attached, by means of which it w2s car
red. This She seemed to handle with much
care and requested that it he placed in the
private vault oi the house, and receipt given
for the same She was a bevitching blonde
with a smile sweet enough to melt the heart OF
Shylock She entranCed all the boar,lers
spent pleasant week, and one bright morning
started ont to do little shopping" and iol
all that her friends in the house know is still
shopping. After an absence of two or three
days the proprietors' suspicious were at las
aroused, and opening the aforesaid small box
which, by the way, was Theoretically scaled
with red scaling wax, they found four bricks
II the best Milwaukee manufacture.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
Senator David Davis.

Our Washington correspondent, Il. H., writ
ing concerning Senator David Davis, says
In the Senate chamber nobody is quite so in
tcresting as the great old Senator from lllinOi,
big of body and big in brain-who, perhaps
brings to the Senate a largermeasurc OF expert
ence and weight lin all senses than ever was
brought here by new member before. Tho
ideal senatorial mind is a great intellect, train
ed long in the science of law and science Of
government, guided by vigorous conscience
Senator David Davis has mind, and will eX
ercise in the Senate that peculiar and admirable
kind ofpower that was welded by Sumner and
SchuZ, and after them by Ferry of Connecticut
who was sharper and more pungent reasonel
than either of them. Ferry had a great power
of trenchant statement, and Judge Davis has
the same power, perhaps in. even Il superior
degree The Senate has not had enough OF
this faculty in it. Senator Christiancy, Of
Michigan, so long on the Supreme bench OF
his State, is superior reasoner, and is one OF
the men who must be listened to by his associ
aes. He always comes right to the point, and
never wastes words. But David Davis is n
much more powerful manly far the most
powerful man in the Senate to-day. | doubt il
he will ever make a speech in the Senate over
ten or fifteen minutes IN length, but he will be
the most influential person in the chamber as
long as he remains there. He is distinguished
from his associates not more by his enormous
physique than by his political position. lie
is that rarest of productions-a true indepcn
dent in politics-absolutel unattached &c
either of the great parties, and having no ten
denotes at present towards union with either
of them. He is noteworthy in the Senate
chamber chiefly as listener, and there are few
good listeners in the Senate. Booth was one
Of the best of them before the arrival Of Judge
Davis. Sumner was the best listener in the old
days, and snubbcd his devoted friends often
when they had the tcmerity TO send him caro-
during the session of the Senate He showed
that absolute and perfect devotion to his duties
which ennoblcCl the Office as few men have
ever cnnoblcd it. When debate is going or
now, Judge DAVIS pays attention to everything
that is said, His body is so enormous that il
is difficult for him to sit long in one position
and he shifts himself about in his chair, or goes
from one chair to another, in order to find the
best listening point. After a little time he slip
down in his chair, extends his feet before him
and in this semi-recumbent position listens til
some other Senator begins to speak. judge
Davis's voice is exceedingly pleasant. He ad
dresses the Senate in quiet, undemonstrative
conversational tone, and is on the best of terms
with his right-hand neighbOr, Senator lioal
Of Massachusetts, Boston Herdld
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
The barometer.

The following explanation OF why the bar
ometer rises and falls is simple and clear;
First of all, what is a barometer? 1t IS /
tube or pipe, closed at one end ana open at IN.
other, and made of some transparent material
such as glass, so that it may be seen through
This tube is filled with the fluid metal called
mercury, and when quite full the thumb Is
placed over the open end, $50 AS to keep the
mercury from falling out,) and the tube is
turned upside down
So the closed end is at the top; the open end
at the bottom, and if the thumb be removed
the mercury would, of course, run out.
But now suppose you wished not to waste
any, and so put the open end into basin, with
some more mercury in it, and then remove
your thumb-what would happen? Why
the mercury would all run into the basin,
some one will say
But this is Il mistake, as the Italian philoso-
pher, T. Torricelli, found out; and whatever
size or length of tube be taken the whole OF
the mercury will not run out, but length OF
about thirty inches Of the tube will remain full
of mercury, and you cannot make it run out
into the basin unless you either pull the open
end Of the tube out of the mercury, or make Il
hole in the closed end of the tube.
This puzzled Torricclli for Il long time, un
til at last the thought struck him that the only
thing which was on the mercury in the basin
was the air, and that it was probably the
weight of the air pressing on the metal when
prevented its running out into the basin
"If So" thought Torricelli "then if take
my tube and basin OF mercury up mountain,
less and less of the tube will remain full, for
there is evidently less air above the basin ut
the top of the mountain than at the bottom
You may be sure he did not wait long to
test the experiment and to his great delight,
he found the mercury getting lower and lower
in the tube, thus proving that it really was the
weight of the air that kept it in the tube at all.
And so the instrument was called baromc-
ter, which is derived from the Greek, and
means a weight measurcr.
But if the barometer is watched, it will be
found to contain different quantities of mercu-
ry on different days. On fine day the mcr-
curry will, as rule, stand higher in the tube
than on a wet day, or just before rain; and
now for the reason of this.
Why does the barometer rise Tor rather the
mercury in it in fine weather, and fall when
it is going to be wet? Now, dry air is much
heavier than wet air, or air containing steam.
The consequence is that when the air gets
moist it becomes lighter, and presses less on
the mercury in the barometer, SO more mcrcu-
ry flows out into the basin, and consequently
less remains in the tube, or, as we express ii,
the barometer falls. Now, when the air is
very wet, there is, Of course, more chance OF
rain than when ii is dry; for rain is formed
by the cooling of the steam contained inmoist
air-Litke FOKs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
NICHOLSON & SNOW,


MORTGA GE Sal 4E.-Whcreas John y. Norri,
vi and Elizabeth Norris his wife, executed and delivered
to Xavier utschmann certain mortgage deed bearing
corded in tine Recorders office of La Sale county, Illinois,
Book liz of Records, page 237, thereby conveying to said
Naver Rutschmann the following described property
of SeatOr excepting and rcservg the coal and other
minerals underlying said lot which mortgage deed was
of date with said mortgage for the OF seven hun
dred dollars given by said John n Norris, and payable 10
the order of said Xavier Rutscmann in three years rom
date with interest at ten per cent per annun payable an
nually;
And whereas said Xavier Ruschmann the Fist day OF
November h D. ls for valuable consideration sold ana
assigned said note and mortgage 10 the undersigned Bena
n BQle, who Is now the legal owner and holder OF the
same .
And whereas It provided IN and by said mortgage among
other things that OF default in the payment OF Inc
said above mentioned any part thereof according u
the and effect thereof that then the said MORTGAGE
Narcr utsCnann. his legal representatives or attorney
after having advertised such sale four weeks newspa
per published in ottawa Illinois. may sell the said premises
any part thereof and all right and equity OF redemption
assigns therein al public vendue, to the highest bidder
for cash. the Court House In OTTAWA, at the time appoint
ed In such advertisement may adjourn the sale from f
10 time at dscrtion and upon making such sale execute
and deliver 10 the purchaser conveyance IN fee or the pr
sold and apply the proceeds Of sale 10 the payment of
expenses ADVERTISING selling and conveying ncudng
tOrncy fees. and 2 the amount due said note 49, rem
deng the Oycrpus Of any 10 said morggors or Their
assigns:
And whereas default has made the payment of thu
principal " said note and the same now due anu unpaid
together with interest thereon from October 2s 1876;
Now therefore notice is hereby giyc. that by virtue and
in pursuance of the power and authority III sad mortgage
deed contained l. the undersigned shall the rst day OF
December 1871 at the hour Of two o'clock M expose for
sale at the south door Of the County Court House In Otta
Illinois the above described premises and all right and
equity Of redemption Of said mOttgngpls therein 10 the
highest bidder therefor for cash
Dated Ottawa, His, November !, lsiI 49,,
Ricn0ksoS & snow, Ati'ys. tadvS-iwj
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24

When Governor Gerry managed Massachu
sets, country deacon happened to catch Il
fine salmon and knowing that the governor
had particular liking for that sort Of fish, he
determined to present it to him. So the sal
mon was carefully packed, and the deacon, in
the absence of railroads, started in his wagon
for Boston. On the journey he stopped to
dine, and telling at the table his GRAND in re
gard to the fish, a practical jokerpresent could
not resist the temptation of slipping out to the
wagon and changing the salmon for II poor
Goldfish. The unconscious deacon went on &c
the governors house, and after announcing
his gift, the two worthless opened the box and
discovered the favoring Goldfish, Mortified
the poor deacon started for home with his cod
fish, and stopping for lunch at his dining
place the wag secretly replaced the salmon
When he reached home, the deacon moumtul.
ly told the story to an incredulous wife, who
had herself packed the salmon; they open the
box together. The deacon stared. "Well, you
are pretty good salmon when you are in the
country" said he; "but when you are in Bos.
ton you are a miserable Goldfish"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
RIcN0ksoN & Snow. Atty,
4 SSIGNEE'S SALE.-Pubic notice "a hereby gwen ing
~ I Robert - al Andrew Il I,alluNa,

4 SSIGNEE'S SALE.-Pubc notice "a hereby gwen, that
n l. Robert l.. Moss, ASsg1lcc NJ Andrew j. Galloway
under and by virtue III the power nhd authority upon me
conferred By certain decd OF assignment made by said An
drew j. Galloway dated the stSh day of March u. lsby
which he conveys saCh assignee the lands hereinafter
described with power tsnOng other things 10 sell aud dis
pose Of the same cc at public private sale for the best
prices that could IN obtained therefor ard a. convert the
same INTO money, and 10 execute acknowledge and deliver
all necessary es and instruments ofeonveyance therefor
shall S1tf assignee. the 9Th day Of December n D.
si az 2"r9ck in the afternoon Of said day at he south
door " the County Court House or Ia sale county Ia III,
city " Ottawa In said LSac county, In the state Of illinois,
pH public auction 10 the highest bidder for cash, for tie
aud purposes specified in said deed of assignment the
said lands situate ia said county Of Ia Sale aud described
follows, Wt The northeast quarter of section
and the half Of the northwest quarter Of section
and the southeast quarter OF said section seven, and the
northeast quarter of section cpren3 in township tr
three Of TIE third principal efi
dian containing FIVE hundred aud sixty NJ the same
more less together with all the right 10 the benefit and
equity Of redemption of the said Andrew j. Galloway, his
heirs and assigns therein subject, however Ia whatever
interest III any acquired by Francis b. Peabody trustee
IN certain trust deed made 10y said Andrew j. Galloway
and wife recorded IN Book 40 page SIS In the Recorder
office of said IL sale county, and 10 whatever Interest az
any acquired by Henry d Mason; - trustee IN certain
deed made by said Andrew j. Galloway and wifi.
corded IN tl" said Recorders office in Book 10 pag" ~.
and 10 al Judgment liens If any ana unpaid taxes ora
Dated at Chicago, this October 3st. \. u. ISL
ROBERT T.. MOSS.
rows Assignee of Audr"N ). galloway.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24

4 SSIGNEE'S MOTTO E-All persons lly Ing claims sgals
n owen H. PUsey are hereby notified pr"en. the
the undersigned the assignee Of sad owen H. Posey
my residence IN the town If Farm Ridge In the county
Ia sale Of Illinois. he IN" IN IN" utc
Of the clerk 81 the County tuUrt 81 laid coar, within three
months from fhc date uf the publication this upc".
lie third day Of November =. D.. ~, My ps-' uitr" 10
Grand Ridge. IA sal" county. u. v. v. REID.
-..-.- Mn -.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24

SINGULAR RECOVERY FROM DEAFNEss-Thc
Springfield, Mass, Republican has the follow
nc: Sheldon Miller, formerly Of Lee, but now
living with his son George Miller of West
itockbridge, is - years old, and has been deaf
br three years, but while az dinner last week
lie heard reports like an explosion and imme.
dately could hear ordinary conversation with
wen he heard the church-bell asst Sunday he
VS. completely overcome with emotion. He
VS. formerly good singer and performer on
tn violin, and within an hOJir after he receiv-
ethis sense of hearing went for his old violin,
an tuned and played witt somewhat of the
stye of his youthful days
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
D, McDOUGALL,


LrINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICES.
TATE OF JAMES SEXTON, DECEAsKD,--NOticei Il here
by given all persons interested in said estate that the un
dprsgncd Executor of the last will and testament OF james
Sexton deceased will appear before the County Court Of tn,
county Of la Sale and state of Illinois, at the County Cour
House IN Ottawa in said county Monday the tenth day
Of December 1871 for the purpose of rendering an nc
of his proceedings in the administration OF said estate
for the inai settlement.
Dated at Ottawa this 9Th day OF November 1871
RICHARD SMITH,
ATTEST: II. \. MCCALEB, Executor.
Clerk County Court, Ia Sale Co., III. nuv0-5w
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
leyal.
NICHOLSON & SNOW,

attorneys az Lam.
NTORTCA AGE, SAIIF..-Whefeas .Anirn KUN
vi mer and Frederick hummer, his wife, by their Ger
tain mortgage deed bearing date February Is D. 1876
recorded In the Recorders office Of Ia Sale county Illinois
veycd 20 undersigned Acgdius Bach the following de
scrOed property. situated IN said county VIZ The west
half of the half of lot Fourteen in Block Thrynnc
Illinois which! said mortgage WAS then ana there given Il
the payment OF three certain pronsoy notes
even date with such mortgage OF said being
one hundred dollars each and due and payable In and
years from date respectively. ana the other of such
notes being for hundred and twenty-five dollars, and
being given by laid Anton Hummer and payable IL the
der of said Agdius Bach and bearing Interest at ten pei
cent per annnn payable annually, Ty m so,1 ,-,,,,
among other things that in of default in the payment
of said notes any part thereof according to the tenor
effect thereof the said MORTGAGE, after having advertised
sch sale four successive weeks in newspaper published IN
Ottawa Illinois. may sell the said premises or any part
thereof and all right and equity OF redemption of said
mortgagOr and assigns therein AT public
due highest bidder for cash. M the south door of The
County Court House IN Oawn. Illinois ~ the time appoint
ed IN such advertisements or may a4nrh te se from Time
and deliver the purchaser deed or conveyance for the
premises sold and apply the proceeds of sale 20 the pay
ment of a. expenses Of advertising selling and conveying
as aforesaid including attorneys fees (2 the amount
said 80 rendering the o'erplus Of any to the said
morigagors: 49,
annual interest due said and Of the principal
of the note for one hundred dollars due February IS 1871
and the same are due and unpaid;
Now therefore. public notice is hereby gwen that by vr
tue and in pursuance of the power and authority In said
mortgage deed contained WILL saturday, December Is
1871. o'clock p expose for sale and sell III public
venue M the south of the County Court House
awa Illinois 10 the highest bidder cash. the above de
crbcd premises and all the right and equity of redemption
said premises will be sold subject and charged with
payment of the above named that fall due In TIVE
and three years from date respectively; ,,,,,-
NICHOLSON d SNOW, Attorneys noyli-iw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24

\ story is told of two New England deacOns
between whom bitter feud had long existed
concerning some contested point Neither
would yield, and the matter threatened to be
handed down to the next generation, when one
day Deacon Smith appeared before his old en-
envy and solemnly said, Brother Jones it is a
shame that this quarrel OF ours should bring
scandal upon the church. have prayed earn
cstly for guidance in the matter, and have
come to the conclusion that you must give in
for | cannot"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24

While dancing At Cape May hop the other
night young lady, like u horse, threw shoe
and a near-sighted old gentleman picked it up
and put il in his pockct, under the impression
that il was his memorandum book. Cindcrcl
H. with grand hop, skip and Il jump, flew ia
her apartment, and waited for the Kings son
but up to the hour of going topress he had not
sent
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24

\ sturdy vagGbond, with a full black beard
of unusual length, was recently brought before
a London magistrate, who questioned him
about his past life. IF one can believe all
that is laid to your charge" said the judge,
solemnly, your conscience must be as black
as your beard" ALI" replied the willy rogue,
"if a mans conscience is to be measured by
his beard, then your lordship has II" conscience
II Ail,1'