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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-12

A new swindle is reported by some Of our eX'
changes:
"An agent comes around and leaves a plow
with farmer, with verbal consent TO use, il
not liked to return it, At the same time he
leaves printed advertisement of the merit. Of
the implement. The farmer, in looking careful
ly over it, discovers notice in due form, Stain z
that where trial is made of the pillow the agent
must be notified within two days, and given a
chance 10 regulate the working OF it. Many
farmers will never see this notice, but will take
the advertisement hcedlcaaly, and then, through
failure ts notify within two days, will be com.
PEELED to Keep the pillow, inasmuch a, the farmer
was duly and carefully notified and cannot deny
receiving it,"
1t is only week or so since our Sandwich cor.
respondent exposed another species Of swndie
like thi, as to wire fences. After the number Of
exposes of these games one would think our
farmers would not burn their fingers with them
yet they do The safest way is to buy Of regular
dealers. In our advertising columns our friends
will find the names OF responsible firms Of whom
they can buy everything they want with absolute
safety. The farmer who allows himself to be
swindlcd by itcncrant sharpcr> does not merit
sympathy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-12

Walking shoes for one dollar per pair at J.
Ncgaf!in's
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-12

Base balls at Osmau * Hapemar's
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22
April 2s, 1879.
A NEW SILVER BILL.

The silver bill passed by the Forty
Fifth Congress, does not come up to
the expectations Of it's friends. The
original bill as introduced by Bland and
passed by the House of Representatives
was so changed and amended by the
Senate, that its friends in the House
did not recognize it when it was sent
back to that body for concurrence in
the Senate amendments. Even in that
condition, Hayes, who was inspired by
Eastern gold brokers, vetoed the bill,
which was subsequently passed, not
withstanding his objections, by both
Houses of Congress. Now the friends
OF silver, who believe that it ought to
be coined in the minis of the United
States on equal terms with gold, have
introduced new bill. 1t embodies
Booths proposition that subsidiary
silver coins shall be legal tender to the
amount OF twenty dollars, and that
these coins shall be receivable to that
amount for every species of indebted
ness to the Government, as well as to
private parties, and also, provides for
the free coinage of silver. Should this
bill become law, it will greatly en-
courage silver mining, as the owners of
bullion producing mines can have their
bullion coined, and thus save the ruin
GUS discount on silver. 1t, will prac-
tically, not theoretically, like the pres
emit silver bill, remonetize silver, and
make it, in all respects, equal to gold;
but it will undoubtedly have to be
passed over the Presidents veto before
it becomes law.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22

AL LESSOR, who has returned to
Ward from Silver Reef, informs the
Reflex that it beats the world for
lizards. The ella monster is tame
affair in comparison. They don't scare
worth cent; will just stand up on
their hind legs and wait for you to
come OH, and the chances are you will
get the worst of it unless mastery re-
treat is at once resorted to. The ALI
gator lizard is two feet long and have
been known to run up mans leg and
take finger off.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22
The Largest Things

The largest ocean in the world is the
Pacific; the largest sea, the Medter-
ranean; river, the Amazon; gulf, Mexico;
cape, Horn; lake, Superior; bay, Ben
gal; island, Australia; city, London;
public building, st. Peters,. Rome;
hotel, Palace, San Francisco; steamer,
Great Eastern; desert, Sahara; theater,
Grand Opera House, Paris; State,
Texas; Territory, Dakota; park,
PhGnix, Dublin; highest mountain,
Mt. Everest, Hindostan, Asia;
sound, Long Island; railroad, Central
and Union Pacific; canal, Grand Canal,
China; bridge, that over the Tay, at
Dundee, in Scotland; the largest rail-
road depot is the San Pancras, London.
the largest room in the world under one
roof, Military Room, st. Petersburg;
strongest fort, Gibralter; longest ship,
"Ramsdel;" sailing ship of greatest
tonnage, the Three Brothers.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22

CHEW JACKsoN's Best Sweet NAVY
Tobacco. nov20-7S-Iy.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22
A STEAMSHIP DISASTER.

The steamer "Great Republic, from
San Francisco to Portland, struck on
the bar at the mouth of the Columbia
river last Saturday. The vessel has
broken in three pieces and is total
wreck. All the passengers were saved,
but ten of the crew, including the first
and second officers, were drowned by
the capsizing of a boat in the surf
Captain Carroll attributes the disaster
to an error of judgment in the pilot in
charge.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22
TELEGRAPInC ITEMS.

DIR. st. Louis, the condemned wife
poisoner, who was to have been hanged
at Wahoo, Nebraska, Friday, but
cheated the gallows by shooting himself
in the head in his cell at Fremont, died
of his wounds.
Edison is quoted as saying, in response
to question as to the progress he has
made in his scheme for an electric light
''Well, l am, as you might say, non
committal; but if there is anybody
hereabouts for. whom you entertain a
particularly vicious spite, unload your
gas stock on him, and be quick about it,
too. Further than that, l have moth
ing to say"
A-dispatch from Belgrade says: Eight
thousand. Servian troops, proceeding by
forced marches, were expected to reach
Kurschumli to-day. Severe fighting
is anticipated. The Albanians, whose
number is estimated at upwards OF 1000,
are divided into two columns, one of
which has advanced within six and the
other two and half hours march of
the Servian frontier, massacreing and
burning as they proceed.
Colonel Hatch, commanding the De-
partment of New Mexico, telegraphs
that Victoria and his band of Warm
Spring Apaches, made made their es-
cape on the. 18th, and have gone to the
San Mateos Mountains. Lieutenant
Merritt, of the Ninth Cavalry, has or
dered company of cavalry to- Ojo
Caliente to operate with the company
there in capturing these Indians before
they begin to commit depredations.
1t is rumored that Congressman De
La Matyr of Indiana, has become con-
vert to hard money principles, and that
the bill which he introduced on Monday
directing the issue of $1,000, 0C0,000 of
greenbacks was neither more nor less
than stab at what he now sees to be
the folly of his late brethren of the
greenback persuasion. To come out
with assound money speech would have
been a-less effective way, in his opinion,
it is said, of announcing his change of
opinion.
The Pail Mall Gazette (anti- Russianl,
commenting upon the ukase by the
Gar ordering the appointment of Gov
ernors General for six districts of Rus
STA, says: That the foes of authority
are a small but determined band of evil
doors, as described in the ukase, is
incredible. The Russian Government
only condemn their own sweeping
oppressive measures by putting forward
such a pretense. Were this true, the
ordinary powers of the State would
have availed to root out the evil; but it
is far deeper and more widespread than
this account admits, and it is because
the police themselves form one of the
classes among which the revolutionary
propaganda has been at work that the
Cars advisers have felt the need of
seeking a new, more swift and more
deadly instrument for the work OF
repression:
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22
Importing kentucky Whistles.

Nathan Levy has just received from
Covington and Frankfort, Kentucky,
one car load of the following brands of
WHISTLES, which are warranted to be
pure and unadulterated: "Private
Stock Old Bourbon;" "AAA Old Val
ley;" David Clay II. NJ. Sour Mash, !"
and each. Taylor, Old Bourbon, !"
which he offers lower than San Fran
cisco prices. aprl9-tf.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22
WANTED.

Under this head young lady ad-
dresses herself to those of the bearded
persuasion who are matrimonially in
clined. She offers rare opportunity
to secure a prize, and woman who can
accomplish all that she announces her.
self willing to undertake, should have
what she so ardently desires and elo-
auently pleads for.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22

Judge King has appointed Wednes-
day as the day for fixing the time at
which All Choaey, the Chinese muir
derer, will be executed. There is no
hope for All Chouey to escape the gal
lows, unless the Board of Pardons in
tervenes, as the Supreme Court has
affirmed the Judgment of the District
Court in the case.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY
ll6 Acres Devoted to
FAN CY POU LTRY.

NIItiIIIIVVu INdIIgV,
Healthy Stock
LARGEST YARDS ON THE COAST
Brahmas, Le9horns, Plymouth Rocks Rronzo
Turkeys, Geese, Pekin Ducks, Guinea Pics efr
a. Safe arrivalof Fowlsand Eggs guaranteed
ST Pamphlet the care of Fowls hatchino
FEEDING, diseases and their cure, etc, ADAI1Eb
ESPECIALLY TO THE PACIFIC COAST, sent for IA
cents AZ
Send Stamp for price list
The Centennial Incubator; any one nbateb
eggs byit. '''''eii
Address, NJ EYER Mana ~,
PLEASE state where you saw this adv II
jan. 23-3m..
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22

A DANCE came off in the New York
mine, Virginia City, last Saturday
night. The subterranean ball room
was in the incline station of the mine,
k,400 feet underground. About one
hundred ladies and gentlemen attended,
aad the entertainment was pronounced
asuccess.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22

The Bodie placer mines, the discov-
my of which created such excitement,
we're "salted with brass filings, and
abe so-called gold is not worth a
ieat an ounce.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-22

Police are now stationed regularly at
xfe doors of fashionable churches in
Few York City and Brooklyn during
hsTasGy services to keep the common
Va1Csa cR&side.
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
BE WHAT YOU ARE
Boston in 17SO.

Boston, town containing about 18,OOO inhabitants, is built on an semi island, which is greater in length than breadth. I think that is larger than Geneva; there are gardens, meadows, and orchards in the centre of the town, and each family has generally house to itself. These houses are seldom higher than one or two stories. They are of brick or wood, covered with boards and slates, having flat roofs, and in many places lightning conductors, nearly all of which are three-pointed. d. There are one or two straight streets, there are no remarkable public build ings, there is very spacious harbor, protected by islands which leave only two narrow channels, state of things rendering the town impregnable if fortified this is all that I have to tell you about Boston. The inhabitants are devoid of delicacy, honor, and knowl- edge, and there is not much to be said about their uprightness any more than as regards that of the French who are settled here, and whom the native born citizens detest. Life in Boston is very wearisome. There are no public amuse- ments, and so much superstition pre- vails that singing, violin-playing, card. playing, and bowls are forbidden on Sunday.-LJe of Albert Gazlatin- AdUn1S.
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
Our Indian Population.

According to the last report of the Indian Commission CTS, it appears that the whole number of Indians now in the territories, exclusive of Alaska, is only 25O,864, against 266,OOO in 1876. The Government expended last year for edu- cational purposes among them $352, 125 and the various religious societies $66,- 759, making total of $418, 1885. There are 366 schools, with 12,222 children, and Al 1909 Indians can read. The num- Der of missionaries of different denom- nations among them is 226 and there are 219 church buildings. The effect of all this careful training is not by any means discouraging; and though the prejudice of the hostile tribes against whites is difficult to overcome, there are those among the Indians who are eager ly embracing the adva ntages of educa- tion offered by the government schools. An Episcopal missionary who spent six years among the Sioux reports that in six years there has been a great change. He says he found 'a wild, painted, armed, unfriendly, filthy, idle, dissolute, heathen people. Now they dress prop. erly, are cleanly, industrious and have a desire to learn." This is certainly a better showing for poor Lo than we have been accustomed to receive from Indian agency reports, and it will doubt less do much toward shaping the govern ment policy in Indian affairs. Boston POSt
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
LOcusts as Food.

St. Mark describes the diet of John the Baptist as consisting of "locusts and wild honey" Some commentators have explained "locusts as denoting some kind of bread or wild fruit. This is an error, for locusts are eaten as food by many people in the East. A recent writer on the curiosities of food accords to the locusts the first place, in the purely insect world, as an article of diet. He says:
 From the remotest antiquity the locust has been used for food-witness the sculptures of Assyria and at the present day they are devoured in enormous quantities by many different races. Yet there is a wide divergence of opinion regarding the value of the loeusts as food.
 Some travellers describe locusts as a desperate makeshift; others as passable others, again, as resembling shrimps in delicacy and flavor. They compete with meat in the market of Bagdad they are called " terad in Yemen, and "anne g in Dancali, and they are frequently used as food by the wandering tribes of Asia and Africa, who, after broiling them, separate the head from the body, and eat them as Western nations do shrimus. In some parts of Africa they are ground and made into bread. In Senegal they are eaten by the highest classes. They are the main support of the bushmen oi South Africa.
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
and burying the dead.

wounded, and burying the dead. A daylight the attack was resumed, and the firing of the sharpshooters has been kept up every day since, and occasion ally at night, sending us to our pits in & scramble. This is the fifth day of our siege, but we are determined to hold out if it takes a month for succor to reach us; but we are confident that General Merritt, whose name is upon the lips of every one, is on the road to rescue us.
 With tho exception of the wound of Guide Lowry, the wounds of the men are not serious. His is probably mortal. The total killed is 12 total wounded, 43.
 LArER-Oct. 4, p. m.-No courier could be got off last night owing to the constant firing of the Indians into the camp. The moon came up an hour after dark, and a volley was poured in at once. Our party which went after water was unmolested, and we had our little stockade all cleared for action be- fore the firing was resumed. As write this dispatch the bullets are whistling over the top of our trench. They often strike the grain sacks few inches above our heads, but we are deep enough to be comparatively safe.
 LArER-Oct. 5, 6 8. m.-Hurrah hurrah Merritt has come and the sur rounding hills resound with the cheers of welcome. A courier goes out at once
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
Opium Habit.

A fact illustrating the increase of the use of opium comes from England; a druggist writes to the London Spectator. "I am country chemist of the lower grade,' one of four (of whom am not the chief) in two contiguous villages, which together have not more than 45OO inhabitants. I sell, as nearly as I can judge, about ten gallons of laudanum per month, solely by retail, besides say some sixteen or twenty ounces of opium itself. Most of th1s is sold to women of the poorer class, who must pinch them selves seriously in many ways to be able to purchase this 'luxury.' Many of them are evidently ashamed of their habit of opium eating, or laudanum talk ing, as the case may be, but some quite otherwise. Many will consume an ounce of opium every week, and some consid- erably more. One man I know who will take dose of twenty grains of muriate of morphia- this dose be. 1ieve, he has occasionally swallowed twice in one day. Women of low vitality and poor spirit seem most subject to it. Opium is their refuge from the dumps"
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
A City'sT' Statistics.

It is commonly said that New York is, in respect of population, substantially foreign city; that more than COG, ,OOO of its denizens are of alien birth, Tie number of Irish citizens is usually given in round numbers at 100000; of Germans at 100000; of French at 25, 5,OOO; of Italians, Spaniards, and Cubans at 15,00O. This is an exaggera- tion and great one. The native popula- ton exceeds the foreign by about 125,O0O. According to the census of 1870, there were POI, 999 Irish, 24, ,442 English, 7,562 Scotch, ] 51, ,216 Germans, 8,265 French, 2,794 Italians, 2,737 Austrians, 2,393 Poles, 2,178 Swiss, 1,237 Hollanders, 1,151 Russians. This is very large proportion of foreigners, certainly, but nothing like the propor- tion generally supposed. There were then 13,072 colored persons, who are said to have largely increased since. The women are reported to have in- creased also, there being, nine years ago, an excess over men of more than 28, ,O0O. The Chinese are much more numerous than they used to be. The census of 1870 gives but twelve, and now there are, it is said, over 700, some putting the number as high as 1000. The census of 1880 will show many changes, and probably notable increase in population, especially as two wards have been added since 1870. It is thought that the native population has g aimed considerably on the foreign since the last census, and that figures vii! show the gain.
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
Without Steam.

While working as an engineer on one of the railways MT. Holley made wa ger with some of his fellows that he could run locomotive 8 mile without fire, water, or steam, the locomotive to be taken empty and cold from the shop, and lowed by another engine to point at some distance on the road, where a level stretch of track favored the experi- ment. Young Holley rode in solitary state on his cold locomotive to the scene of trial, and, unsuspected by his escort, so arranged matters that during the trir the motion of the drivers and pistons stored the boilers with compressed air. This gave him, by the time the destined point was reached, an accumulation oi power by means of which he ran his mile and won his wager.
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15

during this season, some few bearing fruit, which I plucked off as soon as it began to form from the blossoms, know ing that it would be injurious to the growth of the tree to let it r1pen. Next year l presume shall have 8 fair crop of fruit from these trees. As for the rules of transplanting, every one is familiar with them. was careful to take up as many of the smaller roots, which branch from the larger ones, as possible, and dig holes broader than these could be stretched out where trans planted, fill up with good finely-pul- verized soil, tread this down firmly all around the trees, and. then mulch we'll in the spring. - A. B. Allen.
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
A Startling Crime.

A great crime is said to have been committed by the Chief Inspector oi Police at Kashmere in January last, A number of poor people residing in Shrinagar were seized and put in boat on the Woollah Lake. The boat was scuttled, and all, except one, were drowned. The victims were chiefly women and children. The only witness who was placed in the compound of q resident for safety has recently died. The Kashmere prison authorities at first denied the correctness of the rumor, but the police books prove that numbers of poor were sent out of Shrinagar by the orders of the Chief Inspector of Police. Certain women state that their relatives. who were taken away in boats, have never been heard of s1nce. The mo. tives for committing the crime are not apparent, but the official who is SUD- posed to have ordered the people to be placed in the boat had charge of the poorhouses and con mand of the money and rice grain.
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
In Districts formerly RaYaGed

By fever and ague, immunity from the dreaded scourge is enjoyedby those who have rendered their systems malaria proof with Hostetters Stomach Bitters, the best preventive and rem cacy. and is anything but safe. Physicians commend the Bitters for its remedial and re- suscitating properties and the closest analysis reveals nothing in the composition of a dele terious natul e. It does not deteriorate, is an agreeable cordial as we'll as apotent medicine, and when mixed with brackish or unwholesome water neutralizes it's hurtful properties. The denizens of malarious localities, not only in the United States, but the tropics, regard it as an invaluable protection, and in hosts of fam flies it is kept constantly on hand. As the tide of emigration spreads farther westward, the demand for it among those compelled to encounter the vicissitudes of climate, con- stantly increase.
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
Butter Making in July and August.

Butter-making can be carried on in hot weather as successfully as in June by using the Gilt-Edge Butter Maker. It reduces time of churning one-half. Increases production 6 to 10 per cent. Storekeepers pay to cents a pound extra for butter made with it. Sold by druggists, grocers and general storekeepers. Send stamp for Hints to Butter-Makers. Ad- dress, Butter Improvement Co.,, Buffalo, N. Y.
 OUAQUAGA DAIRY, SUsoUEHANNA(
 VALLEY, N.Y., May 18th, 1879,
 BUTTER IMPROVEMENT Co.,, Buffalo, N. r.:
 Gentlene,e-Please accept a sample of butter made from "hay-fed" cows and with the use of your Gilt-Edge Butter Maker. Without its use the butter made was almost as white as lard, while with its use Gas you will observe from the sample sent you) the butter is of @ very beautiful, even golden color leaving nothing to be desired in that direction. Sew eral of my neighbor dairy farmers have tried your powder and are loud in its praise. It passes in market as "creamery butter," and is worth from to cents per pound more than dairy butter. H. c. BRYANT.