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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08
FORIGN NEWS.


There is no improvement in business pros
pcct, The mayor 81 sheffield says 1000 per
sons are destitute and require public aid in one
district alone Of that town. Heavy failures
continue To occurdaily. Among the later ones
are Cammel u Co., tobacco dealers, for 5000
600; London Numerical Print Works, for
$4,000; Geo, f. Dickinson, merchant, for
$500 600, &c. Mills and factories continue to
stop and others are kept running only on the
work people submitting TO heavy reduction.
of wages
The situation in South Africa continues the
subject Of deep anxiety. The Beers Of the
Transvaal decline to take any part against the
Zulus, while Cetcwayo is holding out every in
ducement to them to help him Col. Pearson,
20 miles inside the Zulu border with 1,200
men, though strongly fortified, has less than u
months provisions, and has no hope of relief
except from the achievements on their way
from England.
From Aighanistan comes the important
news of the death of Shcrc Ali and that his son
Yakoob Khan is ready to accedc to the British
demands on condition Of beng recognized and
supported by England as the successor of his
father 10 the .hmcCrship.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08

Dol. Geo. Scroggs, of the Champaign ia.
-ette and AZ present member of the Illinois
Legislature, has been appointed by President
Hayes consul 70 Hamburg The position is
eof importance and ii is sand yields good pay
The appolnimentof Col. Scroggs indicates that
Hayes has gos through rewarding southern
returning board thieves and that during the re
mainder Of his administration a few homes
men may get appointments
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08

T. wat.r transportation playing out: The
question may &c. answered by glance at the
'sa.a % tie OHIO river That river sent To the
.,uiaeu market Iast year 5oOOO0Oo tons Of
roaI add grain aud other products amounting
a. ai.uat Es3yUgU0DJ The entire yield of the
-lua.u- rou mines B.. barely 10000 tons "a
sl.r. which aou.1 he hlt q drop 10 the bucket
20 fsa Ohio river isadr. nor Is the entire grain
irllr 600 'lr iaic. greater Than that Of the Ohio
r,.4 urou H.',n 10 single tug boat with its
L,sf,ts 81. 20 caur o. much NJ load as three or
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08

, Wm II Vanderbilt, the great railroad king
paid Joliet "a visit last week, and the signal
reporter. on trying 10 interview him. found
,ha, though mot an appalling iooklng gentle
man he preserved such q "soidistaHt air.
whatever that may mean as TO utterly dis
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08

On next Tuesday evening the Thalian Society
Of Peru viii present the comedy 'School. played
with 80 much success at WalllckS Theatre y !.
The east Is made mp entirely Of young peo''- OF
Peru. among whom We notice several names wei
known in Ottawa. After The entertainment there
will 6c a hop We return thanks for invitations,
&c; but YOU see We must "patronize home III
dustries," for on the same evening Is produced
'Fanchonn at the Opera House.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08
France.

The senate passed the amnesty bill from the
chambers without amendment 100000 francs
have been voted by the chambers for the rclet
of the sufferers from inundation in the south
ern departments.
The truce patched up between the opposing
political parties on the change from the prcsi-
dcncy of Mcmahon to that of Grevy, by allow
ing part of the old conservative cabinet to
remain IN office, is in fair way Of violent dis
rupton. The radical republicans demand
that the cabinet shall be in accord with the
majority in the chambers and senate. De
Marcerc minister of the interior, has resigned
and is succeeded by Lcpcre; and Leon Say
finance minister, is about to resign The over
b caring attitude of the radical republicans, anu
the increasing heat of party squabblcs, are be
ginning to impart TO French politics features
little short OF alarming.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08

The Criminal Court of Cook county made
short work with Charles W. Angel, who had
stolen large sum OF money from the Pullman
Car Company and then fled to Europe, after
he was brought back. On Friday of last week
he was arraigncd before the court, plead guilty,
and next day sentenced to the penitentiary al
Joliet for ten wears.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08

The Strcator Free Press reports that last sun
day week during very large temperance meet
ing in the old bank building in that city slight
crack was heard in the back part of the room
Some one went down and looked into the room
below and coming back reported that the floor
was settling The crowd in that part of the room
then proceeded TO get of Of there, some SoinS
down the back stairs, but many crowding to the
front part of the hall. This caused panic IN
that part OF the room and in Il moment everybody
apparently was crowding for place of safety
The panic was really becoming dangerous when
some one commanded the crowd to sit down, as
surfing them that there was no danger, and many
having obeycd, the excitement was allayed so
that they all got out, but the meeting was thor
oughly broken up.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08
Notice.
OFFICE COUNTY CLERK LASALLE Co., ILL
OTTAWA, February %, 1879.

OTTAWA, February ~, 1879.
To Supervisors:
As a special election is to be held in the sew
eral towns in this county on the lst day OF April
next, for the purpose of electing Recorder OF
Deeds to fill vacancy caused by the death of {.
W. Bernhard, andathat being the day on which,
by law, the town meetings are held in the several
towns, in order to prevent confusion and irregu-
larity in conducting these elections, and to com
ply with the law in relation thereto, you VIII pro
vide separate ballot-boXcs for receiving the votes
for Recorder of Deeds, and in all respects, con
due, the said election with the Judges and Clerks
of election, as provided by law in the same man
ncr as general elections are conducted, and en-
tircly separate and distinct from the town meet
ing. Respectfully, I. W. SToCksLEGER,
County Clerk.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08

four lake schooncrs and enough to make II rail
road train for five locomotives and two or
three miles in length Talk about railroads
competing with water transportation!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08

courage square interview. Perhaps what
irozc up Vanderbilt was that the .Sig.a1 man
flung at him some Of his classic French, OF
which he gives US such an appalling example.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08

\ dispatch of March l, says "the sudden death
of Stella Haley, beautiful girl II years OF age
has caused considerable excitement in La Sale
Under the circumstances attending her death we
should think the death ought to create rifle il
la sale society. Her mother died last summer
Of hard work and broken heart. Her father Is
a drunkard and everything he could earn, the
household goods OF the home-cyerything, went
feed his wretched appetite; and Stella literal
~ starved to death. Not attending school for
several days an inquiry was made when the girle
body was found lying in corner Of a room at
home, covered with some dirty rags. "Shc vas
too proud 10 tell the ueighbors that she Was
" starving" SAYS the dispatch, and died alone
The child was well known in this city, and much
sympathy is felt for her''-all OF which is VERY
cousolin- 20 know now that she is inh her grave
starved Co death,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08
COST OF The CANAL.

One of the objections made in the legislature
to creating a contingent fund 30 save the canal
from destruction through the unjust cOmpc,
titon of the railroads is, that it has cos, the
state nm immense sum Of money to build II,
and now that it has proved failure, II Is I'm.
lust To that large portion Of the state that
has no intcrr~, in it, TO taN it further to keep
it up. The member of the Illinois Legislature
making such Il speech displays degree Of IL
norancc about affairs in which the state is in
tcrcStcd that ought to have prevented his cleo
ton. One ~ these intelligent lawmakers (hc
must have come from very far down in Egypt
indeed even made the ridiculous statement
that the canal had already cost the state SIG
100000 above any return ever received from H.
II the member displaying such ignorance can
comprehend The simplest figures, he will prob
ably be surprised to learn that the canal, 50 far
from ever having cost the people OF illinois
$4,000 600 H,rtr east Mtm II rant, but has &C
tually paid into the state treasury S2,2G2 Ol992
more than it took out. The proof of this we
find in Il statement recently prepared by Chief
Engineer Jcnnc, as the result of a careful cX.
animation Of the books and reports on file IN
the canal Office at Lockpor,, That statement
presents the following official figures;
To total amount expended upon the con
s,ruction OF the canal
BY the Canal Commissioners s., 1330G2.2
BY the Trustees. ....,....,.... 1,I2iGl9.29
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-08
Making total of. ''''..... $S,Sl9,13l.jO
From which deduct cost ofCanal G,557GSlj0

Leaving receipts over cost. .... S2,262, O49,92
Is it an unreasonable demand, then, to make
Of the Legislature that it shall place 100000
of the canals own surplus earnings at the dis
posal Of the commissioners to save property
which has enriched the state treasury at such
rate from destruction, when the only object
to be gained by It's destruction is TO place the
producers OF half the state in a condition to be
ilecccd without limit or mercy by horde Of
grasping railroad monopolists? And is the
demand unreasonable in view of the further
consideration, that although the legislature
may vote a contingent fund of one or two hun
drcd thousand dollars to the canal, there IS no
likelihood that a dollar Of the money will ever
be needed, as the mere fact of such fund hay
ing been provided will of itself be sufficient to
end the railroad competition by which the eX
lstcnCC Of the canal Is endangered? What the
friends Of the canal ask of the legislature is so
palpably reasonable and just, that the infer
cnce would seem almost irresistible, that a
vote against the proposed appropriation can
only be the result Of bribery OF some other cul-
pablc manipulation Of such voter by the rail
road lobby
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-28
MY sHEAv. Es.

The limo for toll n past and night haa come.
Tho last and aaddeHt OF Tho harvest eyra.
Worn out with labor. long and waat isoma
Drponing aud faint Tho reRpars haEton homo.
Each ladan With his eheaves.
LHHt of tho inhDrerg. Thy Feet gnin.
Lord Of tho harvest and my spirit grinvaa
Tint am burdened not sn much with grain
az with the hnRvineaa pf heart aud bfnin:
"Mastor. h6hOld my Rhoaveala
Foil vol know | havo more tar~a than wheat
Brambteaahd flowers. dry stalks and witherod
laRyaA3
Wherefore blush and waer, AS nj Thy foot
lknnei down revnrentlv md repeat:
III etor. bohold my aheeyeBi6
Few. Hight and worthless. vat thoir trining
weight
:, Through az ny, Franc weary aching leaves:
For Tong stfug&lmd With INV helpln4E fRfa
Ard stayed and ilah till Il WINS dark and lAto.
Yet tbege are oil my ahoavcs.
For vol know Thy pa, font loya parCotyra
Not whit did. hui what atrovatn da:
And though The full. loo ears he sadly faw.
Thou wilt a0eapt my ahaRvpRl
tFfom Pablo Opinion
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-28
III SSlANIXEn PARIS.
A Snow Blockade and SIeighing in the
French Capital.

| THO snow. which fell in binding storms I'M
| I'll TN early hUuI this morning tthe ltftiA says
| TIM PnIt9 correspondent OF the London Sit0d-
| ard, has quito transformed ParISfAn life AS
| Tar IA appearance and hatifS ara concerned
I tttA IA rI4.lAl4a h4ANa hecnnn Ina8lanznd They
eHvelOU thpir bodies in irHb and thir fnyOr-
| IL vehicle Is tie sleigh. !! IL snow Is 80 deep
especially Oh the exterior boulevard and In
EXPOSED pnrts Of the town, thnt the omnibus
| anil tramway services arc interrupted except
on ii few routes. whore three, -four, and some
times live horses are necessary to drag tho
ordinary two or three horse ear. Goods traf-
ltG has entirely ceased, and the foW cabmnn
who are about are more independent than
ever, and with good reason. Tho accidents
both 10 mon una To horses have been unf0rtu-
nat"ly numerous and tho general tnronveni-
Fnca Immense. Communications between
Paris and tho provinces are being RAPIDLY cut
off on All sides and neither mails nor passcil-
gers can reach their destination. The small
alm Of the Seine at the lie de la Cite is frozen
over, ana the main branch IS full Of
blocks OF ice, which prevent the steam
boats from running. The bright side
Of the medal IL to be soen In the Bots dc
Boulrgne, which the snow has decked out in
tho most fantastic and fairyke manner.
Around the lake the members OF the Cercle
dos Patineurs, who fatter themselves that
they arc the fan Nfm' Of PHlisian elegance,
are slegh!ng, for this morning and afternoon
the WeAthcr Was fine, and u golden winter
sun shono out ut intervals In the faubourgs
aud outlying SUBURBS the boys are busy
snow-baIlIng, and rs boys viii DO boys, the
same sport IL carried on furtiyey in the In
terror Of the city whenever tho vgilant
poiceman'3 back Is turned Paris Is not the
only sufferer from the snow storm. Nantes
Is almost buried, and snow has fallen even at
Mentonc. The postotlice Issued q notice this
afternoon stating that there was no commu-
nication with Charities, Bois, Nantes, La
Rochelle, AngouIeme, Poitiers, Bordeaux
Bayonne. Pau, Limoges, Agen, Perigneux,
Toulouse, Montpelier, Mines. Grenobie, Val
ence. Nice, Nesoul and Belfort. The post
office has only one-third Of its normal com
muuieations with Lyons, Marseilles Switzer-
land Italy and Berlin, and none at all with
Austria. The Lyons and Mediterranean
Railway announces that circulation Is inter-
lines The Eastern line of railway is closed
entirely, ana the Lyons line IS only open as
far as Mouterau. and .the Orleans as far as
LtampGS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-28
SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.

Only n bank OF weeds. OF simple Weeds
VI sweet wild thyme and yellow. scented
br ON.
OF tangled grass and slender. wind blown
reeds.
OF brown notcbsd ferns and tall spiked fox.
glove bloom
And yot world Of beauty gTners there
Low-twlttrinR birds soft eeents nnd colors fair
Onlyh narrow mound. n long low mound
snow covered. meath u wintry leaden sky
UNIT by moon or stars. md NIL around
Through bare. brown trees the night winds
moan and sigh.
Aud yet u world Of love Hos huried there
FaaRion and pain. bright hopos and dull DO
spHir.
Oh, golden bank. whore eunboams CLINT md
play
Bloom out In fragrance with hundred low
hrR
Oh, narrow mound. keep till tho judgment day
rho iuournfnl sHcrefs Of th0a0 honrta Of ours 7
Ih"n in Gods light let Joy aud Rorrnw fnda.
For near Ills Brightness both uilta Hrn ahndo
~ Tom nIe linr
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-28

country came In and advised him to with
draw ere his good fortune forsook him. He
stayed on and began losing. Az he would
loose ono day he would think to win Il back
next day by going In heavier. Last week his
lIlends had to buy him ticket to get home
on he having lost all
New York spectators. with largo amounts
TO hack them, have handled tho market ms
best suited them. Tho Chicago mon nra just
u.s. shfewd nj specnatiug rs the Now York.
hnt they have not tho money 10 back them
This has forced them MI In the hands of a few
Now York mon like Hatch, Jim keene and
others, who have shaved our boys whenever
thoy SO desire. There is u strong feeling that
present season has shown that Tho large
epeeulatora and moneyed men have poeketed
NIL tho profits. while the money Of Tho smaller
dealer has boon rapidly disappearing.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-28
TIE DAKOTA BLIZZARD.
A Father Lost in an Effort to Save His
Children Two Children Perish
on Their Way Home.
Fargo Argus

Carl I'clau, German, with his family were
iiylnR In q ehnnty belonging to another man
on section 10, township l43. range 30, some
thing less than II mile from the place they
Were preparing for u home. the man had
completed Il stable and hts house was ready
to move INTO. They commenced to move Sat-
ur!ay, and were drawing their goods on o
hand-3jeigh, leaving their stove behind to be-
taken over the next trip. Wh.u within about
one hundrcd steps Of tho house the woman
was taken III, ana the two youngest boys,
aged eighteen months md three undIa half
years, were lett wrapped IN n blanket and put
In II dry goods box, while the man helped his
wife ana two other children to the house.
They got tho woman IN bed when tho girl and
boy were beginning to freeze and they Were
put to bed with their mother. BY this time
1t began to get dark md when the man
started out for the children left behind, his
were lost, and Tho would freeze. He could
not think Of leaving them without making
IN effort, 50 he started and had reached
the box when he was frozen and
birth TO a child that night and on Sunday
night it died She laid in bed without any
fire. or food to cat, until Monday noon, when
she got up and managed by some means to
reach tho house Of Mr. Gage, about one and
one-haif miles distant. Search was then
nude, and the man was found lying on his
back, near tine box which contained the bodies
of his two boys 1t Is reported that Mr. Beau
had loaned about So to some man, and was
unable to get 1t, or he would have had every
thing made comfortable before the cold
weather came on. Sheriff Haggart, with his
usual true generosity and kindnf IS, sent
some flour and provisions to the woman, who
still remains at the house OF Mr.. Gage. De-
putty Sheriff Hammes returned last night
with the boy and girl, who were badly frozen,
but Will probably recover.
Among reports Of accidents during the late
blizzard, the Argus is panied to learn OF the
Evans Owens, aged /, children OF VIM. Owens,
sheriff OF our neighboring county OF Richland.
Last Saturday they were visiting q nelghbor,
In company with their grandfather, and when
man told them TO remain where they were
over night. They insisted upon starting,
however, and We're allowed to do so. They
We're found next day, half way home, frozen
tn death
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-28
Arkansas Etiquette.
Little Rock Gazette.l


Lust night two men from Philadelphia en-
gagged in quarrel Mt u hotel in this city.
After using all kinds Of epithets one of the
men thrust his hand behind him as though
about to draw u pistol, and then took 1t away
The quarrel terminated without damage to
either party. An old man from South Arkan-
sas shook back his long hair, and, advancing
to the man who had made the hip-pocket mo-
tiOn, remarked.
Both of you men are strangers here, /
reckon9
YES"
"Not acquainted with our little rules Of POI
liteness?"
How"
Why, you put your hand behind you just
now"
Eyes"
"You didn't pull gun"
81 haven't got gun"
Now, young man. let me give you piece of
advice. While you are In this country, don't
put your hand behind you unless you intend
to shoot; don't even run your hand into your
pocket for a chaw of tobacker; don't spit;
don't wink, for IL you do, your pardner II he's
an Arkansas man, will jolt You. You must
learn these little rules OF politeness. You
may know how to conduct yourself at church,
but you We got good many rules Of etiquette
to learn
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-28

righteousness, mighty to save, verify. and
todestroy. Whatsaith he2 Twill tread them
IN mine anger and trample them III my fury.
Abhts TINS OWL among W. my hearers. or my
voice shall be snuto In giving you counsel
Yen and ] Will shake of The dust from my
feFt aud depart. girttng ilp nv lning md
seeking bother people. who. parrhance, will
not offer Insult 10 II herald OF tho Gross aud
sin IN open day"
We will not pursue Mr. Calloway's dis-
Goltae our limits net allowing ua so to do
hut only rnmafk That, III hH own peculiar
phrnReolnFy, 'Snriptlla was tho man OF HIS
counsel. retHniiVn memory enabled him
10 quote from tho most puhlme and ponttenl
Uf books with great .ITrci whenever seeking
~ reform MI abuse or enforce n propoaItif,n
liis life was Miatero and his conduct unrIght
Ev0n rldlGllle did not move him aud II Ii hfph
ptatsa' TO say that he was u terror 10 OWL
deers.
}ut Tho hottr arrived when the camn meet
Ing should close. and its .Ijpanorgca delivered
hiR closing DISCOURSE. On this ocenatou
pathns took tho place or boli rrprOUf nnd
Un9natlng pronunciation. lila iron grey hair
floating about his furrnwNd brow mn uu-
Wontad tenderness in his drcn-toncd voice
his ninjeGtic liguro clearly defined - IT. tna-
cred high In the rustic pulpit. thn dark glance
IT his penetrating ~" now aofioned 10 ten
dcrnrsa. toHrHrd His hearers "IinaIIy
brethren farewell. elaC'llntrd he. III | psrn
YOU no moro nn onrth. 5rt may wN fnnnt nt
tho laat RsaiSn. whom tho wicked shall tao
away With DARK Epirita and tlln master tAcy
serve. but thp ranRnnled If tho loud shall r,,-
turn and como to Zion with Songs aud ever
laAtinE joy upon their hcada Amen"
And tho crowd responded fhrvmtly, htnent