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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28

There was q quiet, beautiful bridal
the next day. No one knew just how
it came about, but all the circle of
friends who had held Genevieve so dear
grouped in the pretty studio where she
had wrought out so many lovely fan
cies, and there were flowers and music
and tender kisses after the sacred rites
were said, and the light of an inefable
peace was on the face of the lovely
bride, and perhaps there were never
purer prayers than those that followed
Genevieve Converse by all who loved
her and who knew waht New Years Eve
brought her: ...'
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28

A YOUNG lady of Philadelphia had
her pocket picked of wallet contain
ing SIS. On ascertaining her loss she
found that diamond ring, pronounced
to be worth $500, had slipped from the
thief's finger during the operation and
remained in her pocket.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28

A TRAMP sat himself down in farm
er's house, saying, I'm a rootabaga,
and this is the way I plant myself"
We bile ourn," said the farmers
wife, as she calmly took the kettle of
boiling water off the fire. He was
gone before. the cooking began.-Er-
change.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
A Man Killed for a Coon

Two colored men, while coon hunting,
near Flint hill, Rappahannock county,
Va, became separated One found a
tree with coon in it and assembled to
capture it. His companion approaching
the tree found the dog, as he supposed,
freeing coon, and fired into the tree,
killing his companion instantly.-Nor-
folk Tiy.0inin91.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28

MONTANA covers a coal-feld from
$4,000 to $4,000 square miles in area.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

rhery opened in behalf of the stalwarts on
Wednesday by speeches from two cabinet Off
GERS, Schurz at Cincinnati and Sherman at
Steubenvillc, while an eX-cabinet minister,
Father Taft, spoke at Cleveland. Besides this,
all the department clerks and employees at
Washington are organized into state political
clubs, maugre Ilaycs's Order No | torbiddng
such organizations, to help along the staIwart
boom in OHIO, and every custom house and 9th
or revenue officer and clerk and postmaster and
post Office clerk in the country is LEVIED upon
for contributions in the same behalf Even
Granism with all It's shamelessness never
equalled the prostitution Of the patronage OF
the government to partisan purposes that this
of fraud Is STOPPING TO-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

Dispatches from London last Saturday an
nounced the failure of James MclIenry, best
known in this country from his connection
with the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad.
The immediate cause Of his suspension was an
adverse decision in the suit against him by
the Erie Railroad Company for S2,0O0,00O.
McIIenry, though generally supposed TO be an
Englishman, because from his youth up he
has lived in that country, Is really native OF
Philadelphia, and was always proud of his
American birth. Prior to his connection with
railroad building in this country, he was a
commission merchant in Liverpool, dealing
largely in American produce. He was the
first to introduce American cheese in England
and at times had as high as thirty vessels were
in his employ conveying agricultural products
of the United States to Europe.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

Federmeyer, the plucky little Frenchman
who recently earned $4,000 by pushing a
wheelbarrow from San Francisco to New
York, the other day accomplished the feat of
pushing a wheelbarrow 4l0 miles in six days
in New York.
Capt Webb the man who astonished the
world year or so ago by swimming across
the British channel from Dover to Calais, last
week swan from Sandy Hook, below New
York to Manhattan Beach, a distance of ten
miles In olden times it was considered a feat
worth writing poetry about and transmitting
on tablets to future ages, that Leander swan
the Helespont TO see his Hero, though the dis
lance was but four miles, and on attempting
the feat on a stormy night he was drowned.
Had his Hero been waiting maid in Corbin's
tavern on Manhattan Beach and Leandcr light
house keeper at the Hook, likely enough the
lad would have been drowned at his first at.
tempt to swim across.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

II seems after all that the c. r. l. & p. rail
canal so much as some were anxious to have
the Free Press believe last spring A great
hue and cry was got up to have an appropr.
alton passed in its interest. The Free Press
was not enthusiastic in its favor but argued
that an improvement of that kind could and
would pay its own expenses if properly man
aged, or if it wouldn't that it was not needed.
But an appropriation Of 100000 was finally
passed. 1t now transpires that the tolls of the
canal this year will be ample TO run il and
make all needed repairs. This paper stood
entirely alone in It's argument that an apprO'
priation was unnecessary, and tie result is
somewhat gratitying.-Steat0r Free Press.
Instead of verifying the arguments of the
opponents of that appropriation, the fact that
the war on the canal by the railroads has ceas.
ed confirms the position of those who advocat-
ed the appropriation, when they conended
that its effect would be to end the railroad
competition, as 1t would show that with the
determination of the state to keep up the canal
whether it paid or not, the hope on the part of
the railroads of drying up the canal was delu'
sive, while with that end accomplished the
money appropriated would never be needed.
The truth Is, that the appropriation has stop
ped the whole rebate business along the Ca
nal, ami the ditch" is again on the safe foot
ing of honest competition.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

\ dispatch, suspicious on account Of its
brevity, came over the cable from England a
week ago announcing that Nellie Grant Sar.
tors is dead" For several days the cable dis.
patches made no further allusion to it, and the
press on this side seemed to be chary of the
matter, simply mentioning in connection with
1t, that the deceased was the daughter of ex-
President Grant, and that the news must be a
terrible blow to her parents travelling away off
in China and Japan. On Wednesday, howev.
er, the manufacturers of the cable dispatches
in London seemed TO nave bestirred themselves
to get little more information on the subject,
and supplemented the original dispatch with
the announcement that the Mrs. s. who had
died was not Nellie Grant but her mother-in-
law, Mrs Edward Sartoris,a lady better known
to an elder generation as Adelaide Kemble,
younger sister of the once famous Fanny KEN
bic Butler, This changes the aspect of the
case, so far as this country is concerned, very
materially. Nellie Grant was known at the
White House as a sweet affable, unpretentious
girl and great pet among all It's habitues,
and the news Of her death had il been confirm
ed, would have caused wide feeling of genu-
Inc sorrow throughout the land.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

Another sign of returning business activity.
For nearly five years after 1874 there was a
steady decrease in the circulation OF the ma
tional banks. The demand for business and
commercial loans was SO light that many banks
culation TO pay the tax on 1t, and returned it
to the national treasury taking up their bonds
Since the LIST Of August tins is reversed, and
the banks are again increasing their circula-
ton. The increase for the first week of August
was nearly 100000, and for the second week
S225 600.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

Says a Chicago paper: The Illinois Cen
ual Railroad Company recently determined to
build double track to the extent of twenty.
four miles, exclusively for suburban traffic,
and was especially desrous of building at
once. 1t was found on investigation, however,
that the rolling mills of this country were SO
overcrowded with orders that it would he i'm
possible to obtain the necessary steel rails from
American manufacturers within six months
and that 1t was necessary TO order from Eng
land. Does this look like depression? Where
are the hard times the Congressional Commit
tee OF Investigation are hunting after"
In the same paper we see American steel
rails quoted at Si5@S55 per ton, while a
Sheffield firm in England was glad to take a
contract from Vanderbilt for 10000 tons OF
steel rails at "a 9s.9d, per ton, or about S224O.
II may be all very nice for the Pennsylvania
iron mongers thus through tariff protection to
get from $50 TO s25 per ton more for their steel
rails than they are worth; but to the western
farmers who must pay higher rates on account
oil this increased cost of railroad building, and
who would like TO send corn, wheat, beef and
pork to England to pay for her cheaper rails,
the beauty Of the system is not overly appre-
ciable"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

The Grundy county fair commences at Nor
county far. The society, We observe, IN max
ing up their premium list, have copied almost
word for word the list OF the La Sale county
Board. except that the premiums are a trife
lower. As competition there as here is open
to the world, many Of our La Sale county ex
hibItors, after pockcting their premiums here
can adjourn to Grundy county. They will
find the people up that way pleasant and hos
pitable, and the officers of their agricultural
society honorable men to deal with
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

The Soldiers Reunion at Aurora, which OPP
ened on Wednesday, appears to be great sue
cess, tho we see no attempt in the dispatches
to give a count of the number of soldiers pres
ent. There are guesses at three thousand.
Many citizens swell the dimensions of the en-.
campment by also living in tents on the
ground, The gathering is mainly indebted
for It's imposing appearance to the crowds OF
lockers on, and the side shows, bars, hucksters
gamblers, &c. on the ground. Thursday the
chief interest centered in speeches by Gov
Culom and John A. Logan, who appear to be
the leading notabilities who have thus far put
in an appearance. The crowd, however, 1t is
said, is being lngenlously and vigorously ma.
nipuated in behalf of the Grant boom, there
being no end of the applause every mention OF
his name ELECTS, coupled with expressions in
favor Of third term.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

ington, though it is not supposed all the prof
its were appropriated here In New York. That
sort Of monopoly is forbidden by the golden
rule Of Addition, Division, and Silence.
Finally, the standing army of contractors
who furnish the immense supplies for the pub
lie service, only to be estimated by tens OF mil
lions every year They have been taught to
know by eight years experience Of Granusm
that man who makes his money easily is ex
pected to contribute freely To the support Of
the party which gives him the opportunity to
get rich. That is taeitly understood. and some
Of this class are among the most generous CIV.
crS.
Thus II is seen that the Republicans have re.
sources for running the elections this fall
which their opponents cannot hope to contend
with. John Sherman is more expert than any
other public man with the use of money and
patronage. He knows exactly where to apply
each most beneficialy, and he has no scruples
to interfere with the application of his policy
The experience which he acquired in Louisi-
ana as the manager of the Returning Board
and their agents, serves him now effectively,
and he is prepared to go to the EXTREMIST point
to carry OHIO as the entering wedge for his
personal aspirations in 1850.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

RACE RoTs-Quebec, in Lower Canada
had an association known as the Ship Labor
ers' Benevolent Society, composed of some
5000 members, throe-fltths of whom were En-
glish and Irish and the other two-fitths French.
For weeks past there had been quarrel IN
the society over certain proposed amendments
to its constitution resulting finally in the with
drawal of the French section who organized
themselves INTO separate independent asso-
cation. On Friday Of last week the French
Society proposed to have parade through
the streets. They were warned to keep away
from the Irish quarters of the city, and notably
from the vicinity of Allan's and Martin s
wharves, as the Irish were determined to op-
pose them and had four loaded cannon in the
street Trudel, the French Captain, laughed
at the warning and moved on. AS the pro
cession neared Adams wharf stones were
hurled at 1t aud in an instant miniature battle
was in progress. Revolver shots followed
each other in quick succession, and soon the
procession was broken up and turned in wild
retreat Two Frenchmen, however, were left
dead on the ground, two more were pitched
into the river and drowned, and a dozen more
on both sides were wounded. Troops were
subsequently called in to maintain the peace
as the police force Of the city is wholly made
ouate and inefficient; but the feeling of hos
tility between the French and Irlsh-always
unfriendly-is wrought up to such pitch OF
hatred, that the city must be kept under rigid
martial law, as every Frenchman assalls an
Irishman on sight and cice cersd, All trade is
at a stand still, the peaceable citizens are in .
panic, and 1t threatens TO take weeks before safe
ty and good order are restored.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

1t seems, after all, that the body Of A. T.
Stewart, the New York merchant prince, which
was stolen year ago and which report said
had been recovered, Is still in the possession Of
the thieves \ recent correspondence between
Judge Hilton and representative OF the thieves
who signs himself Romano, is published
showing that whoever the grave robbers may
have been, they have man employed TO man
age their negotiations whose cunning is nearly
equal to his cheek. He asks 100000 for the
cadaver while the most Judge Hilton is will
ing to give for it, and that purely out of regard
for the feelings of Mrs. Stewart, is $4,000.
After all, with splendid monument to Stew
arts memory in his favorite New York Gene.
terry, what difference can it make whether the
peck or so of dust that once composed his NOR
tai frame rests under the marble pile or some
where clse9
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

Although the laws passed by the last legis
lature of Illinois were issued over a month
ago from the office of the Chicago Legal Neus,
We are no less under obligations to Secretary
Harlow for a copy Of them as issued officially
from the Office Of the state printer, though a
month behind the times On examination we
are rather surprised to see in the volume be.
fore US both the laws making appropriations
for the southern penitentiary, though one of
item Is admitted to have been signed by the
Speakers Of the two houses and the Governor
in error, and is not law We shall be still
more surprised, after this If the admitted steal
Of $50 900 which this fraudulent duplication
Of the same law involves, is not, by this trick
Of official printing, contaminated
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

The Atlantic coast, from Maine TO Georgia,
was visited on Monday and Tuesday by the
most destructive storm experienced in that
quarter for ten years past While there was
immense destruction of shipping all along the
coast, the storm appears to have been most fu-
rious in the region Of Norfolk and Beaufort
At the former city, not only was there fearful
destruction of shipping and docks, but the
city itself suffered terribly in the unroofng
and blowing down of houses, so that the loss
is estimated at half million of dollars. AT
beaufort, n. c., among other building de
s,royed was the Atlantic Hotel, containing 100
guests at the time, of whom several lost their
lives
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

The Peoria County Agricultural Board, in.
stead of attempting to hold fair this year on
It's own account, has leased its grounds to a
company, who will run the fair as private
speculation. offering the usual premiums, bu,
N d more liberal scale than usual To add To
tAe attractions, the company has also entered
into a contract with the owners OF the famous
trotters Rarus and Hopeful, and Of the grea,
PAGERS Sleepy Tom and Matte Hunter, and all
are TO be present and show their speed. PEG
ria is easy of access from all parts of the state
and as competition is open to the world,
there is no reason why such an exhibition, un
der the management Of live men, ought not t.
be ar immense success
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

Mr. II. s. Corwin, Of Peru, son of the late
Congressman Franklin Corwin, has purchased
a half interest in the Guide Post, small but
well conducted local paper for the last SIX
months or SO published at La Sale, and its
name being changed to The Tnta city Meas,
paper, ISSUED simultaneously at Peru and La
Sale. 1t will be stalwart republican in poll
tics, with Corwin and Ienncsey as editors
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23
Rural Happenings.

WELLINGTON, Aug. 90, 1SI9-On Monday
evening last temperance meeting at Milling.
ton, at the line between Kendall and La Sale,
called together the Rcd Ribbon club of that 10.
cality, completely filing the capaciOus and
handsome church of the village. j. G, Arm
strong, of Ottawa, held forth in an hours talk
on the subject of strong drink as beverage,
to which the audience gave earnest attention.
The choir OF the club is good one and aided
materially IN the entertainment of the evening.
The committee on pledges for the evening,
Miss Ella Searls, Miss Esther Osborn and Mr..
Geo. Neff, obtained twelve new names
The club numbers about 100 active workers
in the cause.
The officers are Capt. G. G.. Biddulph, presi-
dent secretary, A. Shonts; treasurer, Miss
Maggie Waters.
The society meets every two weeks and is il
flourishing condition.
Mllington is very neat and comfortable
country village on the Fox river branch of the
C., Il. & @. r. r. 1t has many neat and hand
some homelike dwellings, besides 3 general
stores, drug store, 3 wagon shops, black
smith shops, 2 saloons, one mysterious evas.
ion of law called club room," billiard
ROOM livery stable, &c.
The grain market of the place and for miles
around is managed by Capt c. G.. Biddulph,
noted as a sound business man, and equally
for his fine social qualities" which are mater
tally heightened by those of his amiable wife
whose taste and excellence IN her domestic &C
complishments make his home little para
disc
Millington has also a ready market for cat
tie &c, and does large business IN this line.
The manufacturing enterprises of the place
are a butter and cheese factory and Jackson Il
Co.'S drain tile and brick yards, where constant
employment is given to a number of men, and
the farmer supplied with articles in the way of
drain tile and brick of as fine quality as can
be found in this region.
This industry was started year ago, but has
assumed large proportions, and is now firmly
and permanently established. The machinery
is all new and of the most valuable kinds yet
invented for this business
The clay for the brick and tile, two varieties
of it, are found in the bluffs of Fox river near
by and in ineXhaustible quantities and OF the
best quality.
Hundreds of acres of land about MIllington,
that had hitherto been worthless, having been
titled, are now the best land IN the county The
expense of drainage Is far less than we had
supposed, for instance inch tile costs silica
rod: inch, IS cts; ) inch, Ga cts; finch, Al
cts; inch, % cts; 2l5 inch, % cts; inch,
II cents All this tile overruns about one half
inch every foot, and has been pronounced the
best tile made in this state by competent
judges.
The works are arranged for summer and
winter runs, and Mr.. jackson has Kept his go
ing with only about two weeks rest ever since
August 1878. Il.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

FASTEST OF ALIn-Thomas Wallace's brown
gelding Darby, of New York, at Rochester
last week, trotted q quarter of mile in 3Osi
seconds, the best time on record. This Is at
the rate of mile in in 2:3, but whether he
can ever make the mile IN that time is another
and a very big question.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

with the full strength OF the party out, -
says the Hter.Oceaa, FLORIDA is republican
state' Hayes seems to think the same about
Chicago, and Is getting the full strength of the
party out" of the penltontary as fast as posi-
bic, having recently pardoned the third batch
of whiskv-rng thieves.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

"Dld YOU make the trains' NO" was the
reply. 'it was made in the carshops." II
mean did you catch the train?' "Of course
not. It's not infectious" We'll, you darned
fool, did you arrive at thedepotin times" No,
YOU blamed idiot, / arrived in an omnibus"
Great Scottr' shrieked the interlocutor, did
you board the cars" Jumping Jerusalem !"
howled the questioned man, you know don't
keep boarding house" Chances ofdeep.seated
hatred, threats of vengeance, gntting Of teeth,
duel in prospect.