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MORTGAGE SALE-Undcr an

MORTGAGE SAI4E-under and ny virtue &, OF
vi the power of sale contained III mortgage deed made
acknowledged and delivered by Benjamin Se ei ana
his Tfe M 0rhe c sx in block in
town of Strcaor H. which mortgage deed was recorded in
November a. D. 1871 in Book i6S on page $50 made Sc
the payment of the two principal promSsery notes OF
Der Stu 1879 and ten interest notes Of two hundred dollars
each two Of said @ n9es VeG FOUR Tea Sns
ve years respectively from the date Of sara notes ana
mortgage All Of said twelve notes and SAID mortgage are
dated November 5h 1874 and said notes bearing interest
after maturity at ten per cent per %hm iIMa Rene
F. shotwe said notes We're yen for sd part OF @
money Of the aescrng N waS goy
and agreed in said mSrfag by a% Sh ESSS
ngs on said premises insured in reliable IRE insurance
company, and that he would pay all taxes legally levied on
that In default in the payment Of the said pr9mssory
notes either of Them rGny part thereof al ie G ad
thereof of waste nonaymeni OF aXts or neg
ct to cur renew UT m cSS al in a
mortgage deed then and In such case the Whole OF d pr
ord part his heirs executors and assigns, become inme
day due and payable and that said m m might sr be
his heirs assigns after pubshinga notice IN the
aE ia ba tar Of Sn no APE before The day
SALE And default having been made IN te hayu "i
became due on the 5h day of November 1874 at the
time and place when and where the same became que ana
payable according the thereof and SAID ShotWe
having wholly neglected and refused to keep the buildings
n sd te taXs ey ee on M premises and due dur
ing the year 1871 and allowed the said premises 10 De sod
for said taXeswhch defaults have continued 10 ana eNs
the of ye thousand and four hundred dollars To-
gcthcr with interest the same NJ the rite OF Ten per cent
prr annum from the MN day of November A. p lh' ana
said notes mortgage deed have been heretofore duy
signed by said Samuel r. Huriord 10 the uhuersgncu W"
liam s. jackson and the said William > jackson If no" the
legal owner thereof; &c., -. 80. ,,..,...
the fifteenth day of April .. ISIS, at me hour OF nlne
o'clock IN forenoon Of said day. the Undersigned assignee
of said notes and mortgage. WILL at public auction on SAID
premises in SrcaOr, La Sale county, ILLINOIS, Tor te s
md hest
nose of the premises described in said mortgage deed VIZ
Lot numbered six, in block hirtyhve IN the town on stra
platted and recorded in the Recorders once OF Ia
Sale county, Illinois and all buildings thereon ana AZ rgh
title and and equity Of redemption OF tc sal b
min f. Shotwell and NJ Ophca Showcll, ms Wli thelr
heirs and assigns therein and apply the proceeds as IN sad
deed directed and upon the making of such SAFE VIII exc
cute deliver the purchaser proper deed OF convey
anCe, In and by said mortgage provided for
WILLIAM :. JACKSON,
March lS1S-5w assignee of said Notes a Mortgage
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tOiIUA"F NALE pr !,tNi = Il, -.
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day 81 NtItlnW - w.. NJ N'' W '' T. ~,
once III ana Tor lc Cnul! uI ~ S ~ ut ~.
nols m BOOK y ol p,tGs, 80 io any 80 "
stl ana IoNgy ui'' Wv ''"' - 49,,
helrs anu a>HlEIi,' w ~ D, a. ;t
the brlicr stcui t ne pa5 gu @ ~. ~ ~
al the tlllt ana IN me hIA' slu't III anu "'v'"hE go
the true lhtcl ana l,i.is 'l il l, M ~, ~
date with s'H mortgage "'," t'',' o." N''. l.'
sanger 6" secure 'h' l"'h ~ -' ,1'l' i l'leA ' W
which said piululs-"A h"~ l- I"F ~ Nlh ~ ~ NA' u
dollars. and was mace lN' "l 'h' NtA 'f,' G,N "l
september = T. 800 200 lt H'i7i-'' "'.'' y IL i'"'N'
or order, with interest aiL.l. / -, t ., ,..., -.
And whereas also. " D" INNle'" l H'iI ~ SOU ll,'I
deed that II default j. made DO i' Payments "N'NI, M'
said mortgage deed "a gwen. ll' '.. % ~ ~ ,l
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LNINAII SF.TTI4 f!NII.NT NOTICE.-Es'
l. TATE OF BENJAMIN HISS, DECEAsED.-NOtcc is here
by given 10 all persons interested in said estate that the
derned Executors Of the last will and testament Of Ben
ann us deceased will appear before the County Court of
the county of La Sale and state of Illinois, at the County
Court House in Ottawa in said county, ON Monday, the
fifteenth day of April A. u. 1913, for the purpose of
rendering an account Of her proceedings in the admnsra
ton of said estate for the tnal settlement
Dated AT Ottawa, this l2th day OF March 1873.
SAMUEL lIUSS.
BENJAMIN HCSS.
ATTEST: =. W. STOCKSLEGER, Executors.
Clerk County Court, la sale Co., III. marl6-iw
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He Wasn't Satisfied,

Martin koif was the first prisoner out. lie
was the first the day before, and the first the
day before that He had been allowed to 90
twice on suspended sentence, and 10! his
Squeakyvoicc was heard again.
Lets see! Haven't met you somewhere,
Mr.. Kotf." Queried his honor, as the little old
man protested his innocence.
yes, | think So" was the answer
And what is your excuse this timc?"
well, Judge, | got drunk the first time to
cure the toothache The second time it was
10 cure the headache and last night it was to
help my lame back"
Seems to me you ought to be satisfied, MIR.
Koff"
But amt Judge want to 90 at it now
and get drunk on general principles. | want
to see how 1t seems to have one good old drunk
without any excuse at all"
"Mr. Kot," began the court, after due rctleC-
ton, II find that | cannot entertain your prop
osition. You have doubtless read the beauti-
tul poem beginning;
Twas cough
That carried him off:
Twas coffin
They carried him of in.
I'VE must write new one, reading about rs
follows:
At leading hotel, after a club dinner, when
the cigars were on, a gentleman leaned back
and asked one of the walters to bring HIM ii
cuspadore.
"A plat, sur" said the attendant with Il
vacant stare.
"a cuspadorc," repeated the gentleman
hoarsely, with the annoyance a man always
feels at table in attracting his ncighbor's at
tenton to his order.
is it on the bill, SUR" said the waiter peer
ing over the inerrogator's shoulder
mo, you fool" replied the now amused
diner
Il thought not" said Patrick, drawing him.
self up with an air Of professional superiority.
"CuspadoreS are out of season, sur'
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L. w, BREWER.

l,,rAVE. or ILLINOIS. IL Sale Co.'S
y In tie Cdc0t court McjogL 10 Jatc teIy1. ISIS
IN IbdUceiV.
Catherine Bclden rs. Almcron W Belden
from affidavit file IN the Office of thu
clerk az said court that said defendant Amcrun W. Bccn
is not resident Of said state ana said complainant having
filed her bill Of complaint IN said court on The chancery side
thereof. the 2ls day of March A. D. 1SS herein and
summons having been issued thereon according 10 law;
Notice. therefore is hereby given said Defendant, Al
nerOn W Beden that unless You shall personally be and
appear before said court at said term thereof To he held 1t
the Court House IN Ottawa in said county the first Mon
day of June next - 1873. twhCn and where said summons
Is returnablc and plead. Swcr demur except said
bill the same will he taken for confessed against you and
the matters and things therein prayed for Gccrecd accord
ingy. L. w. HOLMES, Clerk.
l.. w. BREWER, Solicitor. luarG}-iw
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fl'AN SALE NOTICE.-NOtcc is HEREBY gwen that N
sale by the Treasurer of In Sale county in the state OF
Illinois, of delinquent lands and lots for the state
county and other and due thereon 1875
held at the Court House IN ottawa in said county and state
begun on the 18th day Of June 1876 and continued from
day TO day IN pursuance of the statute in such made
and provided NJ. II Swift, on the 25h day Of July
1876 became the purchaser the following described
LOT, situate IN said county to wit:
The west half Of lot three In block fourteen. in the town
of Ottawa in said county, taxed in the name Of Thomas
McDOnaugh
Further notice Is hereby given. that the time of redemp
on from said sale and purchase will expire the sJth day
of July A u. 1873 VI. II. SWIFT.
Ottawa, H., March %. lS1s-3w
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IF place my money in the savings bank
inquired one of the newly arrived, when can
| draw it out again." oh" responded his
Iibernian friend, sure an if you put ii in to
day, you can get it out again to-marrow, by
giving thirty days notice
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\ man noted Tor his closefsted propcnsitic,
was showing an old coin to neighbOr, wien
the latter asked, "Where did you get it," II
dug it out of my garden" was the reply. III
is pity you didn't find it in the cemetery
said the neighbor why =" asked the coin
owner. Because you could have saved the
hole to be buried in
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A young radical Russophiist, dining with
Lord Salisbury at Hatfield lately, was very de-
mandatory on distinguished Turkophilist,
and finished by clubbing him "A Philistine ~
WHY Phiistinc >" asked the other. Because, -
WHISPERED Lord Salisbury, who had evinccd
unmistakcable signs of boredom, you arc af-
tlicted by the iawbOnc of an ass
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LNN EICUJroR'S SA LIE OF REAL ESTATE
by virtue of order and decree of the County Court
Of La Sale county Illinois, made on the petition Of the un
dcrsgncd Michael Brady Executor of the last Will and tcs
lament Of the estate Of Patrick Lazy deceased for leave to
sell the real estate of said deceased mt the May term, A. D.
1875 shall en- the eighth day of April next D. 1873, be-
tween the hours Of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four
o'clock in the afternoon, Of said day sell a public sale AT
the south door Of the La Sale County Court House in Ota
in said county the real estate described follows Ia
wit: Lots numbered three and teen in block numbered
trtyOnc, in Ottawa Center, in La Sale county, Illinois;
the following terms 10 wit: For cash in hand the
day of sale.
Dated this 9Th day of March a. u. 1873.
MICHAEL BRADY.
Executor of the last will and testament of the
mar4-hw Estate of Patrick Lazy, deceased.
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lINA1I SFTTI LEM EMIT NOTICE;.-Es-
l. TATE OF BENJAMIN JAEGLE. DEC'p.-NOtice IL here
by given to all persons interested in said estate that the
dergned Administrator with the will annexed of the estate
of said Benjamin Jacgc deceased will appear before the
County Court of the county of Ia Sale and state Of Illinois
at the County Court House in Ottawa in said county, on
Monday the twentieth day of May D. 1873 for the purpose
of rendering account of his proceedings IN the admins
traton of said estate for the inal settlement
Dated at Ottawa this 2st day of March 1873.
FERDINAND JAEGLE.
ATTEST: r. W. STOCKSLEG Err. Administrator.
Clerk County Court, La Sale Co., III. lnar!3-4w
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vt one of he schools at Cornwall, England,
the inspector asked the children if they could
uuotc any text of scripture which forbade q
man having two wives. One of the children
sarely quoted in reply The text, No man can
serve two masters"
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\ SAi+I. llttT ny u power
W of sale contained IN mortgage deed lnH'r achoW
edged and delivered 10y John H. McC0rd and Rachel d. Me
Cord his wife, 10 John T. kuhns, conveying lot number
nine 90 in block number eighteen, I'm the town now
village of Srcaor county of Ia Sale and state Of Illinois
which mortgage deed recorded III tn" records OF Ia sale
county Illinois the 9Th day of January ~ D. sI IN book
9l of records H. and was made 10 secure the pay
ment of certain promssOy note Tor the sum o TWO nun
drcd dollars with interest at the rate OF ten per
cent per annum due and payable SIX months Mter dae
thereof payable 10 the order or SAID uh hN eAecu'
ted hy the said John ID. MCCOr and Rachel d. McCurd
ana agreed by said John ID, McCOrd
and Rachel D. McCurd in said mortgage deed that If default
be made In the payment of said note or any part thereof al
time and the specified for the payment there
Of breach OF the covenants ar agreements con
tanned in said mortgage that said mortgage may he mc-
datcv UrcCOsed to pay the sums 10y SAID MORTGAGE his
heirs executors administrators attorneys or assigns. 10y CIV
ing thirty DAYS previous notice of said sale by publication
once each week for four successive weeks in newspaper
the time published IN the city Of Ottawa IN la sale county,
Illinois default having tecu made IN the
Inpnt of the whole said promissury note and all of the
interest thereon at the time and place when anu where the
same became and payable according 10 the tenor thereof
there is now due the OF two hundred and sixty dollars
with the Interest thereon from the date of said note.
And whereas said and said mortgage have been here
tOo duly assigned by said John T. kuhns 10 the under
signed James c. WILSON, and the said James g. Wilson Is
now the legal owner thereof
Now therefore, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday
the 10th day of April D. 1873 at the hour OF nine O'Clock
Of said day the undersigned assignee of said
will, at public auction, AT the south
door of the County Court House In the city Of OTTAWA La
Sale county Illinois, for the highest and best price the same
will bring cash. sell and dispose of the reniss described
in said mortgage deed. viz: Lot nine 9 IN DOCK eighteen
as in town now village of Streator, La Sale county III
nois and all buildings thereonand al right ute ana equity
redemption IDf the said John d. McCord and Rachel D.
Mcor his wife their heirs and assigns therein and apply
the proceeds in said deed described and upon making
such sale will and deliver 10 the purchaser proper
JAMES G.. WILSON,
March o. ls7S-w Assignee OF said note and mortgage.
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Professor: And now, young gentlemen,
which OF YOU can tell me the name otthc great
st of the planets-the champion planet, soto
>pcak-of our solar system.
student: | can, sir; it's saturn
Professor: And how is that. pray.
Stndent: Why, because he carries the belt
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Among the stories told about Ben Wade is
one to the effect that while IN Washington he
was accosted by Il smartlooking negro who
asked for money with which to buy his tree
dom. II never give money to by slaves" re-
piled Wade. Some southern senators stand
ing near began to smile, seeing which Mr..
Wade turned to the lad and said "Why the
devil don't you run away? Here is ten dol
lars to help pay your expenses Now run out
of slavery the first chance you get The
southerners stared, and the darky skipped
away with the ten dollars and new idea.
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a young man IN an Austin, New, barber
shop was particular about having his nous
tache nicely pcrtumed. Going to call on Il
young lady, | suppose the barber asked
The young man with much dignity replied
See here, my friend, do you suppose | put
pcrfumery on my moustachc because I'm go
ing to sec a man. or a boy, or an old woman
or baby in arms? Do men gather grapes Of
thOrns or figs of thstlesE"
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Twas Mister koii
Who was carried of
Twas the Black Maricr


We'll, I'll get drunk when come out any
WuV.n
so you may. Mr. Koff, but when you come
ont the grass will be ankle high. the robins
will be looking crosS-eyed at the bluc-brds,
and every two-shIlling iack-kniie viii beworih
Ed cents =
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EegaI.

NOTICE all whom may concern public notice Is
~ hereby given, that Matthias etrl OF kntanu la Sale
teent day of February D. 1875 duly executed and record
ed assigned 10 the undersigned all his individual property,
and effects for the equal benefit Of all his creditors
respectively All persons having claims against said Mat
this Peri hereby notified 10 present. the same under
oath or affirmation within three months from this date
the undersigned At Wenuna. llllnots. - ~
LYMAN II. TOWER.
Wenona. H.. February -, 1875 .-sw Assignee.
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ALARMED At TIE SIGNS or THE

AL4RMED At TIE SIGNS OF THE
TIMES.
Washington correspondent says there is
much dissatisfaction among Republicans
there at the attempt on the part of their
leaders to cater to the ''fat'' money crowd. A
prominent New York Republican said re-
Gently that he did not believe that the Re-
publicans could afford to have any but an
honest money issue. "The Republican party
in times past has had good money record,
and it cannot afford to adopt any change
now. If needs be, we must lose one or two
elections rather than make any concessions.
Such a consistent policy is the only one that
can give success that is worth anything''
This was brought out especially in criticism
of the greenback speech of Gorham, secre-
tar of the Republican Congressional COM
mittee, and which is at present being widely
circulated as campaign document.
It is perfectly natural that party which
prefers success, no matter by what means
attained, to an adherence to principle, should
adopt time-serving policy-forsake the
principles they have SO long upheld for those
which they claim to be wrong, but which
nevertheless afford prospect of success at
the polls. It is characteristic of men who
are governed only by the desire to control
and enjoy the spoils of Office, and have no
deep and abiding desire to serve the interests
of the people. The desire to abandon the
theories that have for SO many years been
cardinal tenets of the Republican faith goes
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to prove what we have ever asserted-that it
is party based on e1pediency and con-
trolled wholly by insincerity. Its pretended
patriotism has been wholly matter of
policy; its avowed principles have been sub
ject to change according to the way the wind
blows. It originated the greenback as war
measure, pretending to give it legal tender
profit through the dishonor of the notes of
the government became apparent, it prompt
ly abandoned it's own child and proceeded to
divest it Of all commercial value, and to
bring it into disrepute before all the world.
But the people have entered their energet-
ic protest against this infamous act. The
credit of the government is at stake in the
greenback, and sooner than have that, for
which so many of them imperiled their lives,
destroyed, they have determined upon the
overthrow of the Republican party. The
first expression of the determination of the
people was heard from those hitherto staunch
Republican strongholds, Vermont and Maine.
So emphatic was the voice of the people
that the hearts of the Republican leaders
have been stricken with fear of the over
throw which is inevitable, and in the hope
that they may be able to avert the dire dis
aster that is already beginning to overwhelm
them, they now seek to abandon those theo-
ries that they have hitherto cherished and
dignifed by Thea name of principles. But
the insincerity of their conversion is too
patent to deceive any one, and none will be
deceived by such an eleventh-hour repent
ance. 1t simply fully exposes the utter want
of principle of those who have talked the
loudest about it-lays bare the hypocrisy of
those who have for so long imposed upon
the people with the Pharisaical pretense, 81
am holier than thou" It is too late for a
change of front on the greenback question.
The party that has made its bed through the
dishonor of the greenback must lie in it, for
the people will adhere to the Democratic
party which has and is championing the
cause of the peoples money, and proposes
to see that it is fully honored by the govern
ment which issued it by being invested with
9 full legal tender value.
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The Democrats of Cincinnati, it seems,
have determined to throw every obstacle in
the way of the federal supervisors of cleo
tons recently appointed by the court in that
city, and will endeavor to render all their
efforts nugatory. In large city like Gin
cinnati in times of political excitement there
is tendency to run to extremes in such
matters. In this instance care should be
taken not to imperil the election of single
member of Congress through ill-advised or
passionate conduct on the part of Demo-
Gratis. The elections ought to be conducted
quietly, the federal supervisors ignored, and
an issue raised through which the question
of the constitutionality of the law under
which they are appointed can be properly
brought before the courts. test case that
cannot endanger the election of a Congress
man can easily be raised, but no hasty OF
violent action should be tolerated by the
Demo Gratis.
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however, the girl intimated that the child's

however, the girl intimated that the child s
| father was another person. No credence
was given to this story, and the general be-
lief IS that the guilty party is the brother.
Inc family itself does not bear the best
reputation, therefore on yesterday when it
was announced that the product of BROTH
ers awful sin and a sisters shame was dead,
sus picion was excited and foul play sus-
pected. The suspicious at first aroused were
strengthened by the fact that DIR. Fl. NJ.
Hamblin, who attended the GIRL announced
that the baby was very healthy one when
born, of medium size, and all the symptoms
favorable. 1t was determined to investigate
tho matter. and coroner's jury was sum
moned, and Drs. Hamblin, Citizens, and
Linn held a post-mortem examination,
which proved that murder most foul had
been committed. Marks of fingers were
found on the child's mouth, and its skull
was broken above the left eye. The decis-
ion Of the physicians was that the infant had
come to its death by violence-the SUPPOSE
ton being that at first smothering was tried,
and then the baby's skull crushed to hasten
matters. The explanation given by the
family was that the mother during the night
awoke, and, feeling chilly, endeavored to
pull more cover over her, and in doing so
the child was thrown off the bed on to the
floor, causing its death. The investigation
upset this theory, and showed that the babe
had been fouly dealt with.
Papers were issued for the arrest of Mrs.
Meford and her daughter. it being intended
to convey them to Jail at Carthage, but CIV
ing to the dangerous condition of the Young
mother, she being in puerperal commissions,
and also the feeble health of her mother,
action is delayed for the present, the hui
manitarian feelings of the officers prevailing.
The story so far is a sickening tale, but the
reporters informant adds new horrors. He
says that on the night the babe was born,
Mrs. Mefford flew into furious passion.
and Selling knife rushed to her daughters
bedside and attempted to cut the PROSTATE
girls throat. She was discovered by the
old man, who jerked her away and gave her
a terrible beating 1t is the worst case of
heartlessness, cruelty, and fiendishness that
we have been called on to chronicle for