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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-13

opposed TO the law assessing all taxable pro
perry 1t is also setting bad example Of law
breaking to assessors.
Cnair This only expresses our opinion on
The subject.
The ayes and noes being called, Adams,
both bartons, Conerton, Cooper, Foster, Fla
hcrty, Grove, Hlckok, Lauf, both McIntires,
Nelson, O'Laughlin, Parr, Robinson, Steven
son, Thornton, Trout, White, Wiley Is. c.
Wilson and the chairman voted in the atlirna-
tive; ard Beach, Bellnghausen, Butte Carey,
Cheever Fades, Fox, Hossack, Klove, o..
Donnell, Palmer Pickens Read and Wiley
(AeX.), were the selfsacriticIng heroes who
want grain in store taxed.
Robinson remarked that this year dogs had
been assessed" in some towns and said he
thought that next year the Board should order
the assessment" of dogs in all the towns.
Fades: Let the dogs and the grain go toge,
iher.
parr The law orders the enumeration OF
dogs.
Chair: THIS is against the law of Moses
which says the hire of whore and the price
Of a dog are an domination unto the Lord
Applause)
Butte: 1t has been the privilege of the Board
to order the assessment of dogs, and they
could not be assessed unless the Board so or.
ders.
Clerk: The assessor must make IN the tu-
ture a list of dogs and return it with his as
,;oI,
tended against the owner ofeach dog 81 fer
each dog. The tax will not be extended this
year since the law did not take effect until
July |, before which time the assessments
were made.
The committee on claims reported on cleo
ton bills for April and June some $500
worth expensive luxury this election bust
ness" says the chairman They were paid.
To this was added, on motion of f. Barton,
! SO for posting notices for each of the cleo
tons held IN April and June--$74 more.
On motion Of +. Barton the filling up OF the
list of jurors there are now some 800 names
in the beX) was made the special order for
yesterday afternoon.
bills for holding inQuests-2S, some with u
and some with Jurors They were ordered
paid. Flaherty thought that IN the case OF
Bresln killed at the railroad accident at La
Sale, the estate should pay the coroner. Pet
tit said he had made demand for his pay
but the mans son refused to pay it, and to
collect in Cook would use up the amount due.
Flaherty said he thought he should use greater
,ndeavor to collect of the estate. The Doctor
ought to have his pay of course, but he ought
o present his bills to the probate court of Cook
md if not then paid come back on the county.
Ilove: have been informed that no such
bills are pad out of an estate. Petit: do
make all reasonable endeavors to collect from
he families of the deceased before sending
he bill to the county,
Adjourned.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-13

That the New York and Erie Railroad has
been in a chronic condition of financial straits
is not to be wondered at III the salary the presi-
dent of the company, Mr.. II. j. Jewett, is
fair specimen of the scale on which all It's Off
GERS are paid. Mr.. Jewett agreed several years
ago, to take the presidency of the company on
condition that he was paid $4,000 year of
his salary in advance for ten years-that is,
s15O,OO0 down, and after that he was to receive
$4,000 per annum in addition, making his
whole salary $4,000 year; and when the
company went into the hands of a receiver, he
demanded and was allowed $4,000 year
more To act as receiver, making his total salary
S55 600 a wear.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-13
THIRD DAY,
Adjourned
THURSDAY, Sept

IhORsDAi, Gcpt' II, 1C'o'
Business began with report from the COM
mite to settle with the school superintendent
The report recommended the payment to r
Williams of $500 salary and $1534S expenses
OF his office The account covers the year
from Sept. II, 1878 to Sept 10, 1879, and shows
receipts by the Superintendent $25,64l.2l;
paid out, $25, 60241 balance on hand, $3.50.
Among the receipts were the items-tines re-
ceived from States Attorney 5000; from pc.
lice magistrates $3.50. Mclntire (A.C) thought
1t curious the police fines of the county
amounted to only $3.50, when magistrates are
collecting them daily. What becomes Of
them? The Board gave it up"
Stevenson, from committee on attachments,
reported recommending an abatement of the
tax County tax Of Christ. Wagner of 5000
which the clerk was ordered to pay him; and
also to certify to these facts to other officers
as to other taxes paid.
Pickens, of South Ottawa, made a statement
about the gravel road in his town. This
road, he said, controls large section OF coun-
try. To avoid it, farmers living in its section
OF country have to make circuit of eight or
nine miles There should be a road on the
town line between South Ottawa and Fall
River, but all efforts to make such a road have
been defeated by the influence of the owners
of this road. A few years ago, the road was
assessed at $4,000 ut represents $4,000 or $15,-
OOO), but the stockholders asked Of the Board
an abatement, saying the stock was not worth
25 cents on the dollar. Shortly afterwards
when lnltiatory steps were taken towards
buying the road, none Of the stockholders Tin
answer to circular addressed to them on the
subiecD would take less than so cents on the
dollar, and the majority wanted 70 cents on
the face value. While IN Springfield lately
Mr.. p had been informed that the company's
charter was utterly worthless, and he wanted
the matter referred to the road and bridge
committee for investigation, report to be
made either at this session or early IN the
next. 1t was so referred.
Fades presented a petition TO relieve man
who had paid taxes in two towns on one piece
of property. Referred.
Parr wanted the MEL Sec, %, "a, Rut-
lana, SET on lTom NotiuS PleoiuSt A>V' - anu
added to No l, TO accommodate two men. Re
ferred
Grove wanted time fixed for the election
of mine inspector.
Billinghausen moved to make SAID election
the special order for Saturday at "a. NJ.
Patrick Barton: We can't get nome that
morning, them
Bilinghausen: l will change the hour to
Friday at 4PM..
Mcintyre "a. c. thought the Board had
nothing to do with the number of candidates,
as SO far as he knew the present man was per-
fectly satisfactory; and moved as substitute
that he be reelected at once.
Fades said there were many candidates for
the place; and further that there is great OBJ
lection to the present inspector among miners
THIS Is a very important matter to them, and
il is unjust to 60 ahead without consulting
their wishes. There are other az good men
who viii give better Satisfaction 70 miners
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-13

Nearly year ago Prof W F. Harper, OF
the Normal Institute at Danvile, Ind, flour
ishing institution, went to indianapolis to at
tend to some business, expecting to be back in
a day or two, but instead of returning strange
ly disappeared No trace Of him was found
until week ago, when letter was received
from him at Cheyenne, on the Pacific railroad
His story is that he was waylald in lndianapo
lis and beaten until he was insensible, and he
never regained his consciousness until .
months afterwards, when he found himself
among tue Indians, 50 miles west Of Cheyenne
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-13

Kalloch's Kcarney- seems TO
have come to him quite lately. A year or two
ago he was blatant republican, and in a
speech against sand-lo, communism said
There will be property distinction among
men Until God Almighty sees 81 70 make .
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-13

HAYES opened his annual squash and pump
KIN campaign at the Cincinnati Agricultural
and Mechanical show ON Wednesday. lie is on
the bills for hil next appearance at the ONO
State Fair next week, then ~ the Illinois State
Fair, after which he will inspect the pumpkins
and squashes of Nebraska and Kansas, at their
state fairs respectively.
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communstic distribution of brains" The
remark Is none the less true and forcibe for
having been made ny a trimmer and dema
gOgue.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-13

The Bloomington Pamtagroph declares that
the "greenbackers" of Mclean county have re
turned to the republican fold
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17
How Old is the World.
London Academy.

Biologists, astronomers, ana physi-
clstS alike have hitherto been baffled in
their attempts to set up any satisfactory
kind of chronometer which will approx
imately measure geological time, and
thus give us some clew to the antiquity
of our globe. 1t is therefore worth not
ing that Mr.. Mellard Reade, of Liver
pool, has lately contributed to the Roy
al society a very suggestive paper, in
which he endeavors to grapple with the
question by employing the limestone
rocks of the earth's crust as an index
of geological time. Limestones have
been in course of formation from the
earliest known geological periods, but it
would appear that the later formed
strata are more calcareous than the
earlier, and that there has, in fact, been
gradually progressive increase of cal
careous matter. The very extensive
deposition of carbonate of lime over
wide areas ofthe ocean bottom at the
present day is sufficiently attested by
the recent sOundings Of the Challenger.
According to the authors estimate, the
sedlmentary crust of the earth is at
least one mile in average actual thick
ness, of which probably one.tenth con-
sists of calcareous matter. In seeking
the origin of this calcareous matter, it
IS assumed that the primitive rocks of
the original crust were of the nature of
granite or basaltic rocks. By the disin-
tegration of such rocks, calcareous and
other sedlmentary deposits have been
formed. The amount of limesalts in
water which drain districts made up of
granite and basalts is found, by COM
parison of analyses, to be, on al aver
age, about 3.73 parts in LOG, 900 parts of
water. 1t is further assumed that the
exposed areas Of igneous rocks, taking
an average throughout all geological
time, will bear to the exposures of sedi-
mentary rocks ratio Of about one to
nine. From these and other data Mr..
Reade concludes that the elimination
OF the calcareOus matter now found In
all the sedlmentary strata must have
occupied at least 600,000,000 of years.
This, therefore, represents the mini
mum age of the world. The author in
fers that the formation of the Lauren
tan, Cambrian, and Silurian strata
must have occupied about 200,000000
of years; the old red sandstone, the car
boniferous, and the poikilitic systems,
another 2O0.0O0,000. Mr.. Reade is,
therefore, led to believe that geological
time has been enormously in excess of
the limits argued by certain physicists;
and that it has been ample to allow for
all the changes which, on the
hypothesis of evolution, have occurred
in the organic world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17
DEVOTED Wives.
FnrneY's Progress.

History from the twelfth century,
when the wife of the noblest crusader
proved her love by bravery and self
denial, to the present day, is replete
with instances of conjugal affection and
heroic virtue in woman. We all re-
member the story of Eleanor, Queen OF
Edward l., who, disregarding all danger
to herself, extracted with her own lips
the poison from wound the King had
received firm poisoned arrow while
in Palestine. Then we have that re
markable instance, the devoted attend
ance of the wife of Sir Walter Raleigh
to quote from. Not only did she share
with Sir Raleigh the privations and suf-
terings Of his cruel twelve years incar-
ceration, but after his execution remain
ed his faithful widow for twenty years;
indeed, to the hour of her death. The
quick wit and clever acting of Marie,
wife of the celebrated Grotius, liberated
him from his imprisonment in the Cas-
tie Louyestine. He had been permit
ted to receive his books in large trunk,
and these were often exchanged for 9TH
ers through the same medium. His
wife, observing that the guards gradu-
ally ceased to examine the trunk. and
having made a number OF holes in DIFF
ferent places to admit the air, induced
Grotius to place himself within. She
closed the trunk, and when the guards
entered, she stood by the curtains of
the bed, feigning much distress at the
indisposition of her lord. The ruse was
successful, and from her own confession
the authorities learned the means Of es-
cape; she was not punished, but allow
ed to join her husband in his liberty.
Many such instances occurred In France
during the reign of terror. Among 9th
ers, that of Madame Lavalette, who eff
fected her husbands rescue by taking
his place in the condemned cell. When
the chiefs of the different departments
were trying to vindicate themselves to
the King from any blame in the escape,
his majesty coolly replied, Il do not
see that anybody has done his duty ex-
cept Madame Lavalette."
No later than 1856, a drama full of
solemn sweetness was enacted almost
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17

him myself. After leaving the coach
man III the garden, I went to Mile.
Alida's boudolr in order to get a shawl,
because it was very cold in the garden.
[ saw her knife on her writing desk, and
took it with me for protection in case
the coachman should meet me again ia
the garden: but did not find anybody
there. At the garden-house Count
Nostikof, who was just going to leave
the place: caught sight of me. He hast
ened toward me, and before [ was able
to resist, dragged me into the garden
house, There he tried at once to do
violence to me. | struggled as best l
could, but no one heard my cries. He
was very strong, my dress was torn, my
strength was about giving way, and
then | drew the knife and struck him
twice with it. He staggered back with
a cry, and fled hurriedly back to the
house. This is the whole truth. My
remorse since Mile. Alida's conviction
has been intense. [ have led q wretch
ed life ever since. l hope God will for
give me-"
After investigating the case again
very carefully, the criminal authorities
came to the conclusion that Marie Yer
IN told the truth. The matter was COM
municated to the emperor, who imme-
diately pardoned Aida Staniroy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17
4 Heart-BrOken Merchant.
Portland Press.

The shrewdness and business capaci-
ty that have made the Yankee the first
of traders and promise to turn this
country into the workshop of the world
received a striking and happy iliustra-
ton the other day. The scene was
hereabouts, the characters a rising
young merchant and pretty woman.
He had an affection for her, she lik-
ing for him, so they became bethrothed.
After time, she found out that she
didn't love him well enough to marry
BIN, and the match was broken off. 1t
was a severe blow, and he staggered I'M
der it; but he fought well for himself,
protested that his life was ruined, asked
if she could not learn to love him, and
in all ways did the proper thing. She
was immovable, however, and he sadly
and reluctantly took his leave. While
his eyes were full of gathering tears, he
babe his faltering farewells, then closed
the door upon his hopes. A moment
later he opened it, stepped back into
the room, and with tears in his voice,
brokenly murmured, Il hope this will
make no difference about your coming
to the store, Miss; and that your
mother will continue to trade with US.
[ shall be happy to give the usual dis
count. Our stock is large and varied.
our aim to please" And the door shut
finally, leaving him alone with his
grief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17
The Judges Mistake,

Some years ago old Judge of
Maine, accompanied by his good and
much-beloved wife, visited New York.
The Judge "put up" at ''the cd tavern
down by the battery" Before retiring
for the night, and while Mrs. was
costly tucked away between the sheets,
the Judge thought he would have a
good scrubbing. Having performed his
additions to his entire satisfaction, and
scrubbed himself until his limbs were
the color Of fresh boiled lobster, the
Judge looked about for some receptacle
into which he might turn the contents
of his wash-bowl. There was nothing
ut hand, and rather than summon a
servant the old Judge conceived the
idea of throwing the water out Of the
window. So mounting a chair the
Judge opened square little window
which he thought likely opened into a
back yard, and deliberately emptied
the contents of the bowl. A howl of
rage greeted the ears of the good old
Judge, accompanied by female cries
and loud oaths from a masculine voice.
"What - are you up TOP shouted
somebody. "What the are you
prowling about at this time O. the night
for?" replied the Judge. You ought
to be at home with y'r wife and child
rem" In point of fact, the poor fellow,
who had good reason to be angry, was
quietly sleeping in bed with his better
half, and the little window which the
Judge had opened was intended as
ventilator for both rooms. The Judge
had so completely drowned out his
neighbors that they were obliged to
seek another room.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17
A Colorado Hunters Goat Stories.

"When [ was down in the San Juan
country, bout five years ago, a pros
pectin' around in Cunningham Gulch,
along Of two or three more of the boys,
We saw some goats cavortin' around on
what appeared to us to be the tip-top of
the mountain. We made up our minds
pared accordin'. One of Us pulled off
his boots an began to climb up to drive
the critters down, while the rest on us
ambushed at the only place where we
thought they could come. Pete-that's
the Teller that CHM up-Pete, when he
got TO the top, found that he was about
a hundred foot above the goats, which
was standin' on the edge Of precipice
morn three hundred foot high. Pete
riz up an hOllered an threw stones at
the goats. The critters didn't stop a
mint to hold a council on what they
should do, but just gin one jump an
over the precipice they went. We
thought we had 'em sure-an' though
we'd a leetle rather shot 'em-yit we
didn't hey no special conscientious scru-
pies agin eatin' goat which had COM
mitted suicide. But we didn't eat any
of them goats, not by no means. They
just came flynn down that perpendick-
Ter rock fer morn three hundred foot,
'bumpty, bumrty, bump tuchin' the
wall onct in bout every sixty foot until
they reached the bottom, where they
landed all right an struck out like light
MIN for the timber. [ 'spose 'twould
killed 'em ifthey'd jumped straight down
but We see they knew trick worth two of
thet, an by touchin' the rock as they
come twas bout the same thing, We
see, as goin' down stairs. Now, I've
heerd folks say the goats jump off of
high rocks an land on their heads, an
benz kind of accustomed to buttin' it
didn't hurt 'em none. Them stories is
little too tough for me, an [ advise
We, stranger, fer to take no stock in any
thin man tells we that he can't say,
as he saw himself. Goats is KNOWN
critters, thar's no doubt about that, but
they don't do half the wonderful things
which fellers as has no regard for truth
let on they do. l did see one thing
onct, howsumdeaver, which [ never
saw anything like it afore. Twas down
among the Sangre de Christie r. 1ge
whar was lookin' round last Fs L
saw an old goat walkin' bout nall "
up a big precipice on little shelvin'
path, which the same | saw petered
out about the middle of the cliff. The
goat didn't know this, an came trottin'
along as pert an sassy as we please.
Pretty soon along came a kid follerin',
an then / wondered how they was
agoin to git out of that scrape. The
path KEEP gettin' nearer an nearer
till it couldn't been morn six inches
wide an then it ended altogether. The
old goat stopped and seemed kind of
surprised like; first she looked down
twas bout 500 feet, guess-then she
looked up, an then she seemed to be
thinkin' the matter over. All at once
she riz up on her hind legs an swingin'
one Of 'em over the edge, turned round
on the tother as if on a pivot, an then
dropping down on all tours, give a Jump
over the kid an trotted back. The kid
didn't stop to go to the end of the path
but just riz up an copied the old ones
m lotions exactly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17

TIE stagnant water which has been
suffered for years to accumulate and
breed fevers and frogs in the Coliseum
at Rome has been drained off at last.
An ancient sewer, extending from the
meta sudans in the Tiber, was discover
ed, and was connected with a drain
from the Coliseum. The water was ad-
mitted into this ancient sewer on the
Sd of March, and the flood which filled
the basement story of the famous am
phitheatre of Flavius was gradually
drawn of. In cleansing the sewer there
were found quantity of ancient lamps
with gladiatorial characterization, hui
man skulls and bones of animals.
Much of the old Roman road in the
Foro Romano is now exposed to view,
and the ruins of shops of the gold and
silver smiths are visible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17
WrenChed and Rackel

y inc pangs Of rheumatism, the joints eYcntu.
any become grievously distorted, and sometimes
assume an almost eroteSQue deformity. To pre-
'ent Such results by simple and agreeable means
. certainly the part of wisdom. a tendency 10
lneumatlc ailments may be successfully combat.
.e1 win Aostetter's Stomach Bitters, medicine
with the prestige of long and smccessfI uoine
OF un6oqnded popularity, and of emphatic prt'
i i1s endorsement. 1t removes from ftbe
oIoou those lntiammatory impurities which p9tboI
osistS assign as the cause of rheumatism and no,
only purihes the life current. but enriches N
promoting vigor by fertilizing It's source. DIoa5
TON the action OF the bowels and the secretion q.
neys and bladder to regular and active for
ance Of their functions. tits hes des atborongbjy
reliable remedy for, and mems Of preyentin52
periodic feyers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17

IHE agony oftight boots is traditional
but SO serious result of the tortnra IL
not often reported as the Elmira Gose5 y
announces: A lad named Thomas
Near wore pair Of boots that gave as
much pain to'his feet as they did plea
sure to his eye. They not only pinched
his feet, but bruised the skin in places
producing an eruption which rapidly
took malignant form, and, going to
his heart, produced dea1h.