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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19

The city election in Joliet on Tuesday re-
suited IN the election of the democratic ticket
by about $50 majority. The following officers
were elected Mayor, +, Porter, democrat;
city clerk, RobertT. Kelly, national; treasurer,
John Scheidt democrat; attorney, f. Meers,
democrat
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19

The special election in Schleicher's district,
Texas, to fill the vacancy in congress caused
by Schleicher's DEATH was held last week and
resulted in the choice of Epson, democrat, ov-
er Nancy, grecnbacker, by 1000 majority.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19

One of the boldest steals ever heard OF has
lust been blocked at Washington. 1t was pro
jected by half dozen Chicago sharpers and
involved the stealing of the Calumet lake, by
entering it as swamp land under pretencc that
the lake could be drained and made dry land
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19

President Haycs's fast friend Wade Hamp-
ton, late Governor of North Carolina and now
senator from that state, has arrived in Wash
inp,on and taken his seat i'm the senate.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19

Why the weather vanes In towI have frozen
fast during the week, pointing to the northeast
is accounted for. They had a i5inch fall of
snow in Northern New York on Tuesday, and
good sieighing since then with the ,hermome
ter down IN the teens
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19

there is fair probability that the control OF
that body will pass into Democratic hands in
less than six years, and with tie change of
power the complaints of "ribald and rcvolu.
tionary" rule will cease
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19

All in need Of wall paper will bear In mind that
Osmsn & Hapemsn have q fine assortment and
eel at low price,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19

to be tried for the forgery, but defends himself
by saying it was committed by the western at
torncy 10 whom he entrusted the business.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
The Coolest Town ON the Globe.

People who are not satisfied with New
York winter weather may 90 to town
which Humboldt and other travellers
have pronounced the coolest on the
globe This is Jakutsk Cor Yakootsk),
chief town of the province of that name
in Eastern Siberia, on the left bank of
the river Lima, sixy-two degrees one
minute north, longitude ll9 degrees,
forty-four minutes east, and distant
from st. Petersburg 5,95l miles. The
ground remains continually frozen
to the depth of 300 feet. except in mid
summer, when it thaws three feet at the
surface. During ten days in August the
thermometer marks eighty-five degrees,
but from November to February it
ranges from forty two to sixty eight
degrees below zero, and the river
is solid ice for nine months out of the
twelve. The entire industry of the
place-popu.ation about 5,O00-is COM
prised in candle-w works, and yet it is the
principal market of Eastern Siberia for
traffic with the hunting tribes of the
Buriats. The former, mostly nomadic,
having large herds of horses and cattle.
bring to market butter, which is sent
on horseback to the port Of Okhotsk.
The Buriats, also nomadic, bring quanti-
ties of skins of sahles, foxes, martens,
hares. squirrels and the like. and many
of them are sold al the great fair in
June, which, with May, is the active
period of the year. In May the col
lected goods are conveyed to the sea-
ports, whence they are sent in every di-
rection. The merchandise, chiefly furs
and mammoth tusks, sold at the fair
amount in value to 40o, 900 roubles
(S300. .o0o) - NesO Fork Woyla.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
vitality OF Frogs.

Charlie Youngworth has half dozen
large. fat, solemn looking frogs in the
show-window Of his restaurant waiting
the order of some gourmand. Recently
Mr.. Youngworth was expatiating on
the characteristics of the frogs, dead
and alive. "They are the most palat-
able dish when cooked properly that
you can set on the table" said he. " Yet
/ never tasted frogs leg in my life, and
I've cooked thousands of EN-. Do you
know, sir, that it takes frog half an
hour to dieP Upon my word, they are
the hardest things to kill that / ever
saw About two months ago got an
order from a private family for six
dressed frogs. / had their legs cut of,
skinned and dressed up in about fifteen
minutes. I set the platter containing
the meat on the counter while the
waiter was getting some other things
ready to 20 with the other The legs OF
the frogs were so full of life, or elee-
tricity OF something, that they jumped
around on the platter livelier than any
shrimps YOU ever saw. Some Of them
hoped off on the floor. The waiter had
to tie towel over the platter when he
carried it out, so that he would not lose
the meat. That's the reason don't like
frogs. You may smile at what / say,
but every word of it is true. - Firgiflid
CITY (A c.) Ctyosicle.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
General Crooks Narrow Escape.

An Omaha (Neb. letter to the New
York Herald says Brigadier General
Crook, commanding the departm ent of
the Platte. and two friends who reside
in Omaha, have just returned from a
hunting expedition to the Platte valley,
near Schuyler, during which the iormer
had narrow escape from death and
sustained injuries from which he has
not yet fully recovered. The party were
hunting wild geese on the Platte river,
two miles from farmers house where
they made their headquarters, and were
on a sand bar in the middle of the stream,
which at that point is about a mile
wide. General Crook was concealed
behind So blind" and one of his friends
was behind another. Suddenly the
wind began to increase in violence, ac
companied by snow, and the cold grew
more intense. In few minutes the
party were in the midst Of prairie
g blizzard" General Crook shot a
goose and in attempting to get it lost
his hat. In following it he dropped
through an ice hole. The water for
tunately was not deep, but it thoroughly
chilled him. He recovered his hat and
remarked that he was cold and numb
and would return to the house.
q A few minutes after his friends also
started, shaping their course by the
rivers course. One remarked that he
felt uneasy about Crook, who, he feared.
might have missed his way. The other
rejected the idea. but during slight
cessation of the storm the first sports
man insisted that he could see the figure
of man behind them. A loud shout
was sent up and repeated again and
again. Finally Crooks figure was re-
cognized as he came staggering up, and
it was discovered that he was well nigh
chilled to death. His ears and feet were
frozen, his neck was covered with ice
apd he was unable to speak aloud His
comrades helped him TO the house and
for two or three days he was unable to
proceed further, his friends remaining
with him. He had become confused,
and travelling in circles had fallen into
the river second time, when he dis
covered his mistake and rapidly retraced
his steps, but none too soon to save his
life. Crook has always prided himself
on being able to endure severe storms
without any protection but an overcoat
and in many winter campaigns has set
his men rare examples of endurance.
But for his friends, however, he would
have tested his physical powers once too
often
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
John H.. Geugh.

= A New York paper says John b.
Cough, now lecturing in this vicinity,
seems to have lost very little, it any, of
his power over popular audiences. In
deed, some of his admirers think that he
has gained in eloquence and force of
presentation since his late return from
England. He has been lecturer on
temperance nearly 80 years, which is
very long period, considering that he is
now little more than 50. He is not, as
is often thought, an American by birth.
He was born at Sandgate, England, his
father having been pensioner of the
Peninsular war, and his mother a
school-mistress. At twelve years of age
he came to this country with an i'm
migrant tradesman, and went to work
on farm in Oneida county, this State.
Two years later he removed hither,
and turned a book-binder; but soon
contracted habits of dissipation and
sank literally into the gutter. No man
knows better than lie the evils CT in
temperance, He has sounded the
depths of its horrors. Hehas had de-
lirium tremens; he lost his mother,
wife and child while under the spell of
the alcoholic demon, as he would put
it; he has been a frequenter of the
bufoon for iqu.r In fact, it was in
those vile dens that he first displayed
his talent for mimicry and oratory.
Having been induced to sign the pledge.
herelated his experience as drunkard
in SO dramatic a manner at public meet
ings that he at once took high rank as
an impassioned speaker on temperance,
and has retained that rank ever since,
except during q brief baeksliding,
which he frankly avowed at the time.
Cough is natural orator, and in his
peculiar line has hardly an equal. He
has felt the ignominy, the wretchedness,
the despair, the appalling terror which
he so vividly describes, and he has unde-
niably done great deal for the cause
he SO zealously advocates. He has lee
tured, it is said, near 2,5t0 times; he
has made money by his calling, as
well as wide reputation and a new life
for himself. Intemperance and tenn
perance have been strikingly illustrated
in his case, by Cough ragged and mis-
cradle in the kennel, and Cough es-
teemed, self-conq Gered and famous, as
one of thevery first of temperance ora
tors.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
LincoIn,s Assassination.

Silas Owens sends the following letter
to Troy On. Y. paper: Among the
news items in your paper of Thursday
last appeared statement that William
Withers, Jr., leader of the orchestra at
Ford's theater on the occasion of the
assassination of President Lincoln, inn
peded the progress of Booth across the
stage after the fatal shot This is mis-
take;, no one was on the stage before the
scenes. When Booth jumped from the
box at the time, the murdered president
still sat in bis chair. Laura Keene stood
in the right entrance, about to come on
the stage at the commencement of the
scene, and Booth, as he passed her, rudely
pushed her aside with the hand that
held knife. The knife caught in the
sleeve of her dress and cut it. Booth
hastened on to the door in the rear of
the tbeater; and Miss Keene, who had
recognized him, rushed to the footlights
with both hands above her head, and,
with all her dramatic power in voice
and action, cried: .'It's John Wilkes
Booth! Kill him! kill himI" Until
taen not man or woman in the audience
had moved. All thought that the firing
of the pistol was a part of the play, and
the appearance of Booth at the edge of
the box, the jumping to the stage, and
the screaming of Mrs. Lincoln had the
effect of palsy on the people, and no one
stirred until Booth had disappeared.
Then there was rush for the stage, and
the first one to reach it was William
Flood, masters mate in the navy, and
attached to the United States steamer
Primrose. He climbed the scroll work
on the face of the box, assisted by Miss
Harris, of Albany, who was with the
presidents party, and lifted Mr.. Lincoln
from the chair, and laid him down on
the door with his head on Floods knee,
and resting on his hand. A search was
made for the wound, which was not
found until Mr.. Flood, feeling a damp
ness on his hand, removed it and found
nearly teaspooniul of the great mans
brain, that had issued from the wound,
in his palm Mr.. Flood now has the
particles of brain preserved in alcohol.
The stage was crowded with an excited
multitude searching for the assassin, and
from twenty different points over the
balustrade of the gallery dangled ropes
with hangman's moose, and, above the
confusion and cries, voices from the
gallery shouted: Bring him here
Bring him herer' Booth was beyond
their reach, however. The murdered
President was removed, and ten minutes
after the theater was empty and the
lights out. These are facts known to
the depOnent.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
Is the Brain a Vital Organ 2

The occurrence of the horrible acci-
dent in Paterson is another instance of
the marvellous, and to the popular mind
the receipt of such wound as that re-
ceived by the MacEvoy boy withoutim-
mediate death is something incredible.
1t is stated that the boys head came in
contact with q revolving circular saw
which cut through the skull and severed
good portion OF the brain, after which
the boy survived nearly one week.
Numerous examples have before been
reported which seem to show that the
brain may bear very extensive injury
sometimes without any very serious re-
sulting effects. A case celebrated in
the annals Of medical literature is that
of the Massachusetts, laborer whose
brain was removed to a great extent by
tamping iron blown out of the hole by
premature blast. This iron was forced
completely through the head, and
though the man suffered serious symp-
toms for few weeks, he recovered COM
pletely with nothing left but a slight
change of temper, and died twelve years
after OF consumption. The skull is now
to be found at the Massachusetts gem
eral hospital in Boston, and contains
two very large holes.
Equality wonderful instances are re-
ported, and, from an inspection of the
medical literature of the day, we are
forcibly reminded that certain parts of
the brain are comparatively insuscepti-
BILE to moderate, aye, sometimes even to
great injuries. The white matter, or
middle part of the brain, is occasionally
entirely destroyed, and no resulting
symptoms are expressed. The case Is
different, however, with the gray mat
ter, which is the seat of sensation, and
cannot bear the least violence without
promptly showing evil consequences. .-
Near York Star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
Reggared bY Law.

Recently an account was given of the
death in the almshouse, at San Francisco.
of William Thompson, IN old man, who
had been beggared by law. He owned
an estate valued, when he died, at $780,
600 or $500, 900, and he remained in un-
disturbed possession of it for thirteen
years-from 1850 to l863-when it was
claimed by other parties under q Mexi-
can grant patent. He naturally resisted
the claim, and tedious and expensive
suit was the consequence. resulting in q
decision for the plaintiffs. He began al
action some time after for eiectment of
the parties, recovered Judgment, and the
court-the fourth district-denied a new
trial. The defendants then appealed from
the order, and the supreme court finally
reversed the Judgment and remanded
the case for new trial, which was
granted by the lower court, and the
supreme court affirmed the order. The
suit was continued from year to year,
and Thompson had again appealed to
the supreme court when he died. He
had actually been driven to his grave by
near thirty years of law, than which
nothing can be more worrying, wearing
and crushing. He was known by sight
to all irequenters of the San Francisco
courts. and attorneys had long regarded
him, though they did not say so, as a
man steadily going to his doom. He is
said to have grown paler and paler,
thinner and thinner, poorer and poorer,
more and more respondent and
wretched, month after month, year after
year.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
NO.17..
Jack Frost,s Song.

ride on the wings Of the northwest wind
From my home in the frozen seas,
Where lie and rest with quiet mind
When bloweth the summer breeze.
filch the rainbow from out the skies
And place it on maple leaves, ~.
whisper the swallow, away he flies
From his nest beneath the caves.
work in the dirk Of the blackest night,
And paint pictures upon the panej
What though the sun IN his MONDAY might
Dims them, L linn them again.
draw, as please, the tender spray
OF iern, with its feathery grace,
And if that dies out in the suns warm ray
j put pine in its place.
But this is only my pleasant play
While sunbeams lie and dream,
For clasp in my chilling clutch by day
The throat Of the gurgling stream.
l still its music. strip the trees
OF their leaves, and kill the flowers.
L hush the hum Of the busy bees,
Who work during summer hours.
tumble the fences, and lift the grain
From where it lies in the soil,
pinch the poor on their way to gain
Their bread by their daily toll
But when spring day comes change my
mind,
For am tickle soul,
So l mount on the wings OF the southwest
winds
And ride to the Arctic pole.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
EvELYN'S NEW YEARS GIFT.

Come in!'
Ralph Grantley's face had been buried
in his hands. but a sharp rat t-tat caused
him to look up.
The door OF his room opening, gave
admittance TO a spare, dapper little
man, dressed in an iron-gray suit, and
with iron-gray hair and whiskers, who
with hasty bow deposited his hat,
umbrella, and Il little black bag upon a
side-table.
Mr., Grantley, presumed" he said,
bowling again, and bustling across the
room with quick, uneven step.
THAT is my name!" replied Ralph,
fixing his haggard eyes upon the new
conner. May ask the business which
brings you here?"
g Certainly, my dear siri My name is
Bowles, of the firm of Clark, Standish
& Bowles, solicitors, Clements Inn.
ana pleased to make your acquaintance.
Mr.. Grantley, and beg to wish you
happy-a very happy New Years
Have you come here to mock me?"
asked the young man, with clenched
hands and flushed cheeks.
"Dear me, no, Certainly notr'
Then you are not acquainted with
my circumstances
w eH-ftdiIy y-l--1--
"Then if you are" continued Ralph,
fercely, what is it but mockery to
wish happy New Year to a beggar
like myself-bankrupt alike in purse
and expectations?
Z" My dear sir, I-n
Your business relates to money, of
course!"
Why, yes; L"
g / guessed as much. Well, then, let
me tell you it is vain to press me for pay
ment. have no money-no effects-no
present means of obtaining even bare
livelihood. My grandfather, to whose
inheritance am lawful heir, has died,
sir died and left me not one farthing,
but devised the whole of the estate to a
distant relative, of whose very name
am as yet in ignorance"
Eyes, / knew thai. II
s'Oh, you knew thatp' interrupted
Ralph, vehemently. Perhaps you
know. too. for what reason have been
disinheritedp"
No; but"
Then / will tell you. Nearly three
years ago / was made dupe OF by q
gang of villains, who, profting by my
ignorance of the world, fieeced me and
involved me in some gambling trans
actions in which my conduct was made
to bear a worse construc. ion than it de.
served. My grandfather came forward
and by paying down a large sum O
money effected my deliverance. 1t was
my first tfoliy-it has been my last. IL
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Florida is planting fig trees
General Grants tour around the world
occupied 943 days.
A twelve-year old boy in Lawrence
Kansas, has been arrested six times for
various ofenses.
The sum of S26.OOO,OOO has been
paid for mining properties in Leadville
district since the middle of February,
1879.
There are 10000 weli-educated young
men in Paris, who. for want of more lu-
crative employment, accept twenty
cents per day as copyists.
AT ten, a child; at twenty, wild;
CAT thirty, STRONG, if ever;
At forty, wise; at fifty, rich;
at sixty, good or never.
-Bgfalo Courier.
About the guiltiest-Iooking people in
the world are man accused of crime
Of which he is innocent, and newly
married couple trying to pass for veter-
ans.
The London Rdilacay Neios says that
the ordinary life OF locomotive is
twenty years, and has no doubt it would
live much longer If it didn't smoke so
mEch.
The fashion of putting $50 buttons
down the back of the dress has disap-
peared, but they now use 1900 hooks
and eyes on the front, and man can't
lay up dollar to save his lfe.-DetToH
Free Press.
Mr. Andrews, an artist, has painted
portrait of Andrew jackson, and it has
been put up in the White House, max
ing the collection Of portraits of Presi-
4 -" Al
complete. Only two are now lacking
those of Buchanan and johnson
A man can always write better than
he can speak. This is rule of uniEer-
sal application. Even when gentle
man stands on the bank of stream, he
gets no fish by speaking, though he be
ever so eloquent; but, on the other
hand, if he Just drops line" to the
fnny tribe they respond with great
alacrity-
A health village is to be established
lust outside of the Bois de Boulogne, at
Paris. Yet this village of heath is not
for healthy but for sick people. Cot
tages are to be erected in healthy To-
cality, each to accommodate four pa
tients, who will be attended by the
requisite nurses and physicians. Each
CUbl1RC ID ~ OC S0lAOtAl0CNt O1 S1A ASA41-
In the poorhouse of Saginaw county,
Mich, there was an old man who for
many years had been an employee Of the
Hudson Bay Company. Alone and
friendless, he hoped for speedy termi-
nation of his wretched existence; but
life, when it was least wanted, would
not depart He grew to be I02 years Of
age, and then committed suicide in pig
sty at the almshouse.
-Obstructing the mail is getting to be
serious business. 1t is also becoming
difficult to tell precisely when oneis OBJ
structing the mail Only short time
since a man quarreled one evening with
letter carrier in one of our Western
cities and gave him black eye, which
prevented his attending to his duties
next day. The first thought ofthe gov
ernment was to hold the assailant for
assaulting an officer; but as the latter
was not at the time of the assault in the
discharge of his duty, it has been de-
cided to make complaint for obsruct-
ing the mails. In Ohio a charcoal
dealer has Just been fined for not turning
out his charcoal cart and giving half
the road TO a mail carrier who drove
light spring wagon and was compelled
to 90 uncomfortably near the ditch.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25

A Boston society rejoicing in the eu-
phonious name of the Worstenbro6-
maatschapptjen comes out with card
showing that there is nothing seditious
about this portentous name. 1t merely
means the Sausage Bread-makers So
ciety Detroit Free Press.