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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25

umbrellas. [See ity] Presently 'Josie" hap
pened along and explained as how the imam"
drunk, as aforesaid shivered when he, Josie"
water, and asked him II there was saloon handy
where warm drink could be had!
But "thc william was still on her track" Truth
crushed to earth will rise again, though hell
itself, Ike.
Now no d, m, aforesaid, would deliberately 90
to the canal and hop in of a cold night, Like
Dundreary's bird Of a feather" he'd be sure to
catch cold and not all Of Dr. Bulls syrup in ere
alton could save him. Every effect has cause,
and presently the cause Of this piece Of folly
came out. The ncighbors on Jefferson st. began
to report stories OF mysterious conyers atoms be-
tween some Young man and a suspicously femi-
nine voice overheard just before midnight. One
lady heard the voice say, amid the groans, genu-
inc no doubt, II can't 20 home. | can't 60
homenwhich was quite likely so unless she wished
to give il away 10 the ''od man." and Others
heard the groans without the librctto. Put the
splash and the groans together. llah? It's evil
dent there is corpse in the side. cut So thought
a good many Garnet people, and indeed until
"got onto" the d. M. very rapidly 1t did look as
though the cold remains Of u once warm female
heart lay deep down in the buc-black mud OF
that silent highway and we'd all hut made up
our minds to 20 up town no more o nights or to
cross the canal at forty gait. And the au.
thortics TO be on the side Of certainty ordered
the water to be drawn off and a search to be
made for the remains by the police. So on Mon.
day night the water was drawn off and Jerry,
Tom and Capt. Fox began their dismal hunt
Jerry did the fishing, encased in rubber boots
ard armed with Il gigantic rod with which he
stirred up the mud of ages. Fox stood on the
bank and making a cuspidor Of his hand, by di.
vdng its contents prophesieG the location Of
the corpse, while Marshal Harris with scoop
net scanned the wasting waters at the gate on
Columbus st. The party had 'fshermans luck"
but as they flshed a party came along and
wanted to know, Vat yer looking for~ They
told him. "Vell, pc dam! IIa.h-h.ha! Why
they shust vent Ply here to the dance at Turn
IIalleH and sure enough they had and while
Jerry was taking soundings and Tom was work
ins the calcium lights, the drowned girl and
''heartlcss lover" were doing the "giddy waltz y
on the waxed floor of Turner Hail. Both were
happy, and seemed to think the joke a good one
but "she" said If "he" does marry that other girl
there trW be "wow."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25
Thursday morning, oct. 23d, 1879.

The illinois ship canal project finds itself
threatened with efficient support from a rather
unexpected quarter. The Peru 7cih city Ne,cs
says: Under instructions from the National
Board of Health DR.. Rauch, chairman of the
Illinois State Board of Health recently made
. trip along the Illinois and Michigan canal,
taking and Theoretically sealing samples of
the water at different points. These samples
will be carefully analysed, the object being to
ascertain If Chicago sewerage is poisoning the
river water to the extent indicated by certain
phenomena, such as the large numbers of dead
fish which are being continually thrown up by
the river. If the water of the river is found
20 be so badly poisoned as it is believed to be
the National Board of Health will lay the facts
Before congress, and memerialize it to construct
. ship canal through the present Illinois &
Michigan canal and let the waters of Lake
Michigan pass through to purify the river"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25

Last week Wednesday the Mendoza Fire De
partment had their long contemplated Fire
mems Day" 1t seems, according to the Bulletin,
that the city government allows the company
5000 annually so long as the membership is kept
up to 60 men. As this has been done for several
years, and rs the money has been allowed to ac-
cumulatc, fund was on hand which the compa.
ny knew not what to do with. Hence this parade
and dance. Two companies were up from Prince.
ton, 40 men; one from Sandwich, 10 men; one
from Amboy, % men; which with the Mendoza
men and 4 couple Of bands made quite display,
An address was inflicted and two balls in the
evening were enjoyed by all hands.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25

a horrible tragedy was enacted at Bloom
ington in this state, on Monday. Vim. Hogg
enc of the oldest and most respected citizens
Of that city, in fit Of arrangement killed his
two only children, daughter of is named
Mary and son aged IL named William
Hogg had come to Bloomington some years
ago from Ohio and had gradually accumulated
property worth $4,000. Since the panic of
1873 his property had been gradually slip
ping from him, so that on Monday, by an
ether heavy loss, he found himself poor, and
IN fit of arrangement committed the horn
bic deed. He had lately married his second
wife. She went TO Normal on Monday morn
ing, and thus probably escaped like fate.
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jail Delivery.

About half past six O'Clock last evening, as
Waterman Smith was carrying out the dishes
after the evening meal, two Of the prisoners,
VIM. Russell and James Davis, escaped. The
particulars, as stated by Smith and Mrs. McCay,
are as follows; After taking out the dishes from
the hall IN which the prisoners are confined
Smith locked the cage door, which has a snap
lock. He thought there was something wrong
with the lock, and put down the dishes ana
pressed the lock together to be certain that it
worked all right. About fifteen or twenty feet
from the cage door is another door at the north
end Of the entrance passage, which was open,
and at which Mrs. MeCay stood. Smith passed
out through this door with the dishes and put
them away in their proper place in the kitchen,
some 20 or 80 feet further As he was returning
to the door at which Mrs McCay stood, Russell
rushed past him, Davis being ahead of Russell,
both escaping before Smith could collect himselJ
sufficiently to act. 1t seems that the cage door
was not locked, although Smith thought it was,
and Russell and Davis fled past Mrs. MeCay be-
fore she knew anything was wrong, and before
she could close and bar the door she held. The
passage between this door and the cage door was
HIlcu Win 'hV otHcl pllsoHtIS, tHltcch III NUN
Der; none Of whom, however, succeeded IN es
Gaping, AS she Immediately closed and locked
the door
Russell is IS years of age, 5 feet inches in
height, dark hair and eyes, and weighs LOG lbs.
He was confined upon charge OF rape, having
been some time since tried and acquitted upon
the charge Of murder.
Davis was imnrisoned on the charge OF burCla-
ry, committed in Streator. He is 5 feet inches
in height brown hair, dark complexion, is 2G
years old and weighs 1875 lbs.
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"a Messenger from Jarvis Section"

Mr. Macaulay and his company began weeks
engagement at HaNerly's Theater on Monday
| night last, and the Chicago Times Of Tuesday
Oct 2lst gives the following account of the play,
which will give our readers as fair an understand
ing of what it is as any we can obtain:
| b. Macaulay's DRAMA "a Messenger from Jar.
Wis Section will be remembered as having been
played in this theatcr about year ago. 1t is of
the modern sensational sort, and the very best of
its kind While the situations are highly
wrought, and several of the important characters
are little oil color, there is II good reason for
whatever is done, and no time or labor is wasted
anywhere in the play, from beginning to end.
Every situation and every bit of business leads
up to something else. The story is kept contin-
uously in view and the interest and attention Of
the audience is never allowed to flag. The prin-
cipal character, "Uncle Danl,' though it has
been compared with Mr.. Thompson's Joshua
Whitcomb,n in reality bears no resemblance to
him except that both are represented as being
from rural New England. Dan' is an honest
shrcwd and kindly old fellow, with whom the
sympathy Of the spectator goes in all his moods
and all his scrapes The assumption of this part
by Mr.. Macaulay is quite worthy so excellent an
actor. 1t is clear characterization, no more over
strained than the somewhat high pressure OF his
surroundings compels Mr.. Macaulay's facial
play is remarkably good. Quite frequently he
inctes roar or a round of applause by the mere
change of cOuntenance.
The company is a very good one-quite good
CROUCH for effective work in better play. The
gentlemen who play the serious and "genteel ;"
parts are oppressively Evolutionary, but the
"genteel parts being of agreeable brevity, this
weakness is not spun out to SO great length
that it ceases to be amusing. Mr.. w. s. Hank
ins, who plays Sandy MITCHELL is a wcll-yoiced
actor, who plays exceedingly well the few
scenes in which the character figures. Mr.. |. n.
Beers does a clever bit of character acting as
Skinny Smith a typical professional landlord.
Clip, the nondescript character, which in the
former representation of the play was played
with so much applause by Miss Kitty Wilson, is
now in the hands Of. Miss Minnie Maddern, a
mere morsel Of feminnity, who seemed on last
evening to have scored a success.
Mr.. Macaulay and his company will give this
play at the Opera House on Monday night Oct.
eth, 1879 The admission prices are SO and IS
cents Reserved seats sl.00, which may be OBJ
tanned at Goycr's Opera House book store
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25

WmcH:-The question is, Was it an attempt to
steal team Of horses or was it an attempt to
commit rape? Frank Webster nov lives, We be-
lieve, in streator, but he was in Ottawa on Sat
urday-came in, he said, TO get girl 10 work in
a restaurant at streator. While here looking for
a girl he says he was accosted by girl named
Julia Knutson, who lives some five miles north
east Of Ottawa. To her he said he was looking
or girl, and she told him she thought he could
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25

WET.-She wanted to be food FOR the bull
heads and other of the denizens of the ragin'
canawl; but no. he wouldn't have it, so she still
lives; and thereby hangs tale.
The space betwees rhe ideal Of mans soul
And mans achievement, who hath ever past?
The poet would have US infer: nary manor
woman. The heroine of this tale hath, perhaps,
come to the same conclusion by this time.
On Saturday the story passed around that q
man in an unguarded moment had pulled a
drunken man out Of the canal, about midnight
on Friday. This was the explanation Of the
mysterious episode heard rather than seen by two
brave youths who were out late that night
They said they were going home and when they
got to the side-cut bridge they saw two persons on
the bank. Presently one said, Goodbye, Josie"
and then "took a dive" at any rate there was q
splash. The boys had not sense enough 10 run
TO the scene TO assist but calcula ting that the
splashing would continue indefinitely and the
victim sensibly delay his or her drowning until
the police arrived, aarted after that body Of no.
slemen- They responded quickly to the alarm
but on their arrival D,rabie dicu! silence reigned
and instead Of fishing a victim out Of the canal
they pocketei their bull's-eyes and raised their
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25

Another specimen Of the prevailing agony
the walking nuisancc-was given at Turn Hall
on last Friday night and Saturday. between Les
ter, Of this city and Walther, Of Morris, for the
championship Of La Sale and Grundy counties
The walk was for one hundred miles by Walther
aud ninety miles by Lester, the man finishing
first winning. 1t began early on Friday night
and continued until Saturday night, when Lester
had made 70 miles and Wathcr about - or / |
miles ahead Lester, who saw defeat staring him
in the face, began to insult his opponent, and
while passing him on a run encountered Wal
theirs arm, whereupOn he claimed foul" and
left the track. Wather made few laps more
and then gave up through exhaustion brought
on by his intense excitement. He retired to his
room, was rubbed down and came out again, but
as Lester had gone home, he too gave up the
race. There were but few spectators and the
walk" proved a fasco Of the first water. After
his record in his last two matches il is hoped
Lester will now give us a rest, and by doing so
wind up the walking nuisance in this city. We
have tried hard to see any principle in these con-
tests worthy Of recognition. walking match
represents nothing but the mere animal cndur-
ance, and If it proves anything proves nothing
more than that man can out-walk a horse,
winch is, Of course, great triumph for man! A
contest Of this kind pleases none Of the senses
nor offers anything amusing; while the great
walking matches of New York (the inspiration Of
these local sf'arsl are but means Of gambling
and bringing men Of the lowest stamp into pub.
lie notice. Rowell is no doubt an honest man.
but the great part Of the money paid his rivals
goes to establish pothouses for blacklegs to con.
gregate in and from which TO prey upon a respcc-
table community. But Ottawais pretty well dis
gusted with the business now and we hope will
continue TO be so.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25
Alarriel.

At st. COLUMBIA church. on Wednesday evening,
Oct. ., by Very Rev. Dean Terry, assisted by
Rev. DR.. Gavin, Mr.. FENTON LAwLER OF Chi
cago, and Miss LILLE MURPHY, OF this city.
The wedding was quite an event and proved
very interesting to large number of friends of
both parties After the ceremony at which Misses
Eva Hathaway and MarianMurphy acted as brides
maids and Messrs. Thomas Hall and p Lawler,
grOomsmen, a reception was given ut the resi-
dence of the brides father, Mr.. ID. T. Murphy,
where the guests from Chicago, Iowa and the
city gathered and where the numerous congratu
lations were given and an elegant wedding sup.
per was had
The presents to the bride were numerous and
elegant, including among others, a pair of soil
taire diamond earrings, by the groom; check for
81 900, by the brides father: complete solid
silver dinner service, by her mother; oil paint
ing by her sister Katie; pair Of Parian marble
Istatucttcs, by sister Maria; china dinner set, Mr.
and Mrs. McGary, De Witt, Iowa; silver cake
basket, Mr.. and Mrs. Farrell De Witt, Iowa; a
complete solid silver tea set and saver, w. Guam
e Co, TIE groom's employers and their employees;
pickle castor Mr.. and Mrs. Martin, Davenport,
Iowa; white Bohemian and gilt toilet set, Tessie
NJ. p. Farrell, Chicago; pair of Bohemian glass
vases, Simon and Eddie Lawer, Clinton, Iowa sol.
id silver coffee urn Mr. Hail. Clinton, Iowa "a hand
some polished horn easy chair, VIM. Lawler, Chi
cagO; Bohemian glass bouquet holder, silver
mountings, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. O'Conor two
ivory bound prayer books, sister Mary Corneia
Iowa City; silver water pitcher, B. j. McGinns
silver card receiver, Miss Ida Clark silver and
ground glass berry dish, Miss Calvin; silver cake
basket Mr.. and Mrs. 2. McGnns basket of
flowers, Mrs eastman; painted shell, Miss Maggie !
eastman; pair ground-glass bouquet holders, !
Miss Mackcy; pair of napkin rings, Eva and Nor
ris Hathaway; silver and gold berry spoon, Mr.. |
and Mrs. f. c. Hathaway; Limitation of Christ,
Dean Terry; Modern Painters" Mrs. |
P. Lawler, Charlotte, Iowa; silver butter dish,
J. +. Graham; silver and gold spoon holder, Miss !
NJ. T.. Burke; silver and cut-gass pickle castor, |
Miss Nellie lIoban; silver card basket and bou-
quet holder Mrs. Tanning and daus hters; silver
sugar bowl, W. j. Graham; horse and buggy, |
Mr.. and Mrs P. Lawler, De Witt, Iowa; card re-
ceiver, Lizzie Farrell; passes over Rock Island
road, NJ. NJ. Barton, La Sale.
The young couple will spend few weeks in |
visiting in Iowa, St, Louis and Denver, when
they will return to Chicago, which will be their
future home
In the First Congregational church, Aurora
Wednesday evening, Oct. 22d, by Rev. y. 4.
Prentiss, Dr. w. T. MURPHY and Miss GENEyE
HARD, daughter Of DR.. A. Hard, of Aurora.
The bride, who has a host of friends in this
,ity, will accept their congratulations thus OK
oressed.-The wedding was quite an event in
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25

The Wenona Inter Lostant correspondent: "a
terrible accident happened to Miss Louisa Still
well on Saturday evening as she was returning
from meeting at Hope church in buggy with
her sister and young friend. The horse be
came unmanogeable and ran, throwing Miss
Stillwcll out in such a manner that her arm was
caught in the front wheel and wound around
the axel, MASKING and mangling it in terrible
manner, literally crushing it, The doctors
think there is no chance Of saving her arm Her
sister jumped from the carriage, sustaining some
severe injuries. The young man, whose name
we could not ascertain, was also thrown under
the buggy and badly hurt Miss Stillwcll is re
ported to be in very precarous condition, at the
farm house of Mr.. Williamson, four and one.
half miles west Of town, near where the accident
occurred"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-10-23
Two Heroes Meet.

Two heroes, who had met, suffered and
nearly died IN the Andersonville prison
pen, encountered each other in u street
car IN Peoria, ILL.,, one day last week.
SIS your name Jones?" asked stranger
who had just mounted the platform,
Selling the driver by the arm. eyes,"
said the driver.
81 thought sol" exclaimed Veteran
January; ~ knew you at Andersonville
AS the two men stood and looked at each
other after Is years, there were tears in
their eyes. No wonder! When they
were in the pen they suffered all the ag-
onies of the damned. January had no
clothing savea thin cotton shirt, and his
feet fostering with gangrene. He begged
the surgeon to amputa'e them but no at
tention was paid to his appeals. The
wretched prisoner finally performed the
surgical operation himself with a pair of
scissors, hacking off both feet at the an
kles binding the wounds with his cotton
shirt and exposing his body to the sun.
jones' wardrobe consisted of pair Of
ragged pantaloons, and when wrist was
attacked with gangrene he was sent to
the hospital, where he met January.
The two men lay together for weeks but
finally recovered. One of them broke
away and aided by southern woman
escaped to the Union lines. The other
made his way North at the close of the
war.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-10-23
Pretty American WOmen in Paris,

L. J. Jennings in the New York World
gives the American ladies in Paris the
following fist class puff: ut is scarcely
too much to say that they are the only
pretty women one ever sees about our
streets. Wherever she may go the Ameri-
can woman bears off the palm of beauty,
and I for one can recognize her mile off.
The French women, it is true, knows
how to bring art to the help of nature
and it is difficult sometimes to tell wheth-
er she is pretty or not, so sk1llfully is she
dressed and rugged out. But the Ameri-
can woman Is quite her equal in taste,
and in all other respects nature has given
her overwhelming advantages, so that
the Parisienne finds herself at this sea-
son of the year routed in her own capital
by the fair New Yorker or Philadel-
phian."
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-10-23
Cautious lightning Strikes Mule

From the Dallas Texas, Com ncrciai.
During the storm on Wednesday even
ing, mule on Mr.. Ossic P. SCOTS farm,
some eight miles north of the city, was
struck by lightning and killed. The bolt
struck wire tence tbree-quarters of a
mile of and ran along the fence until it
struck the mule, that was standing close
to the fence. It melted the wire as it
passed over it, leaving no trace of it be-
hind save little melted balls the size of
bird shot. A boy who was standing
further down the fence experienced a
slight shock, and would have been killed
had not the charge been intercepted by
the mule.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-10-23
YELLOW FEVER.

At Memphis, October 10, there were
reported 10 new cases of yellow fever, white,
8 colored. Weather damp, cloudy, and su:try.
Donations for the day aggregated $1,176SO.
The followinff telegram was sent Frank O..
Prince, mayor of Boston, in response to tele-
gram profering $1,000 to the Towards if fur
Their assistance is needed: To you and other
friends the afflicted are very grateful. Owing
to the recent hot weather the daily number of
new cases have increased, as has the daily
number OF deaths. There is no immediate
prospect OF an end of the epidemic. Many
persons predict it will last till November
Have on hand enough for few days only
Your proffered assistance will be needed
(Signed) I'D. LANGsTAFF,
President of the Howard Association.
At Memphis, October II, there were 9
cases of yellow fever reported, white, col
ored, and IA deaths. $55 in donations received
The Towards assigned Is new nurses to duty
At Forest City. Arkansas, the board of health
report 6 cases Of yellow fever and deaths
October IA. Business is entirely suspended
and the town almost depopulated. Cases of
yellow fever are reported in Hopefeld, oppo-
site Memphis, and at Forest City As miles
west.
At Memphis, October IS, there were
10 new cases of yellow fever, and 4 deaths.
Donations received SOL. Weather threaten
ing.
At Memphis, October Is, seven new
cases of yellow fever were reported-6 white,
2 colored-no deaths A telegram of Oct. 16,
from Forest City, Ark, reports one new case
of yellow fever and one death, and seven sick
with the fever.
At Memphis, OCTOBER II, there were
reported new cases of yellow fever and 3
deaths. Weather rapidly turning colder. Two
deaths at Forest City, Ark, since last report.
Great restitution and suffering at Concordia-
Nurses and provisions hay II been sent