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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-12

We have the Best stock Of FARM WAGON
and Farm implements and Machines in the
southern states. " g are the sole Manufacturers
of
Smiths Patent Wen Fr.rtnre. Smiths Pa
tent LeUer !Strun cutter The Old Do
minion cider VII /: Smiths Smoking
Tobacco cutters Snllh 3 rec
torn EeCdtOrS Loose TObdc-
60 Trucks, &c, &C.. dc.
Our stock is too large to enumerate in an adj
v~ertisement, but our full catalogue will be
promptly sent to any address on application.
n. B.-We have for sale. at q bargain. one 6
Hos Sc Portable Engine, handsomely mounted
and in perfect order.
Also, a . Saw Cotton Gin and Condenser.
Both of these have been slightly used. and will
be sold low.
Address for catalogue or full particulars of any
Machinery in our line.
H.. NJ. SMITH & CO..
Manufacturers.
Oct2 Richmond. Va
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

A gentleman returned home from his daily
toll and had pa.Ird off his boots and was go
ing to put on his slippers when howl Of IN
tense agony resoundcd through the hall The
atfrlghted family rushed to the door and be
held their papa cleaving the shadows with
wild gestures and frantic gyrations. Take i,
OF" lie shouted, and made grab at his foot
but missing It, went on with the war canoe
Walter" ne shreked, and started up stairs
three at u a'ep, and, turning, came back IN a
single stride. "Oh, Pm stabbed" he cried
aad sank to the floor and held his right leg
above his head: then he rose to his feet with a
bound, and screaming for his booljack, held
his foot out towards his terrified family ooh,
bring the arnica," he yelled, and with one
despairing effort he reached his slipper and
got 1t Oil, and, with a groan as deep as a we'll
and aS hollow as drum, sank into q chair
and cFsped his foot IN both hands Look
out for the Scorpion" he whispered hoarsely,
I'm dead man" The small boy was hy
this time Dat in the wood-shed, rolling in the
klndling in an ecstasy of gee, aud pausing
from time to time to explain to the son of a
neighbor, who dropped IN to see if there was
any innocent sport going on in which he
could share. ooh, Bill Bill" he said, you
wouldn't bciicvc; some time today, somehow
or other big blue wasp got into the old
mans slippers, and when he came home ard
put them on-oh! Bill, you don't know what
Itn I've had"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20
LELAND & GILBERT.


STATE OF ILI.IN DIS, LA SALE Co.'s
~ IN the Circuit Court, January term. 1891
The Marseilles Land and Water Power Company ~ Alex
ander Bruce, Wism l.. Hawks, william Bolles Ell
w. Brown, Administrator Of the Estate of Roswell
Brown. deceased. William Roartman. Thomas G.. Mather
r. W. Ellsworb, Marshall Jewell, Charles A. jewell vii
liam H. Weeks Sarah t. Isinan, A. l.. Hocomb, Bird VI
Henry Charles wright Charles t. Pagan and the unk
owners OF lands Of The Marseles Land and Water Power
CompaDy.-[r Chdncery
Affidavit of nonrcsldenee OF william ROLES Roswell
Brown Administrator of the Estate OF Roswell Brown de
ceased. Niliam Roardmaa Marshall Jewell, Charles A.
Jewell, William H. Weeks. Sarah T.. Tnllman. Thomas G.
Maher, Charles K. Pagan, william l.. Hawks, T.. W. Ellis
worth. A. L. liocotnO Bird NJ. Henry and Charles Wright
implicated with the above defendants having led In
the clerk Office OF the Circuit Court of said county notice
therefore hereby given 70 the said nonresident defend
ants that the complainant filed It's bill of complaint said
court on the chancery side thereof the 2sh
Der 1850 and that thereupon summons issued out OF said
second Monday in the month Of January next by
required
New, unless the said nonresident defendants above
named. William Bo.l-s Roswell W. Brown Administrators
OF the EAtae of kosw ell Brown deceased, William Board
man, Marshall Jewell, Charles A. Jewell WIN. H. Weeks
Sarah Tallman Ihomss G.. Msther, Charles K Pagan,
WIN. Hawks. +. W Ellsworth. A l.. Holcsnib Bird NJ.
Henry and Chsres wright sba personally bc and appear
before said Circuit Court the first day next tern,
the second Monday in January next and plead
or denur 10 the said compartments bin of complaint the
same and the matters and things therein charged and stated
will be taken confessed and decree entered against Won
according to tbe prayer of said bill
ROSWELL W, HOLMES Clerk
OTTAWA. Illinois. Nov. 4th A. %. 1890.
LELAND GiLBERr. Complts sOlrs. noyt-tw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20
A ConscIenoe-str, ken Convert.

There was a powerful revival the othel
night at Parson Bledso's Blue-Light Taberna
Gle, and among those who experienced
ehsge of heart was jim Webster. YESTERDAY
he met Parson Bledso, who asked jim:
ais yer gwine ter stick, James
"Psrson Bledso eff anybody offers to gamble
ON my not stickin' yer kin make money by
taking 'em up. lse gSine ter hold fast to dc
gospel tidingS like q seed.tick in de spring oil
de yeah Use Cwne ter lead a new life till de
lake whar dc wum Is nebber squeuchcd is fri7
obcr wild ice thick enough 10 bar train OF
kears loaded wild railroad iron"
Use glad to hear yer talk III dat strain, y
said the parson, gravely, but kun yer pass by
ayard after dark whar dar is close hangin'
out widout histin' yer leg ober de fence ?"
Look heah, you don't spect me to become
saint in less den two dayss Use a gospel
V11fant, what has ter be fed on light diet, but |
',ells yer I'm maxim rafting good time on de
road to de New Jerusalem, when you looks at
my record foah de pass four yeahs"
How boat chickens?"
Last night after had jned de gospel band
started foah home, and had TO pass down
de alley what leads by de back yard ob Col.
onel Jones house. | hadn't noah den got
pass his yeard when fnGnd | WAS CARVING
one oh his S.snish nreed Oh roOsters, wId big
combs, 10 es''h hand Satan must hab showed
dem fnwls in my hands"
Jim Webster, you Is gwIne to bring de
church into discre'hI. ID mt you know Col
enel Jnues l. The only m1n what Raises dem
spanish breed uh rhwkens on Galveston L.
land. Yer mustn't yield ter Temptations wild
chickens Whist kln lie identified by der
police"
OATS ie~t what nv conscience tole me. |
WAS tlled with rrmoTse suon as saw what
KIM at poultry WAS tniin' of. Besides, dem
OH ru'siers amt wuff cent ter brile. so Test
went back and pat EN- right whar Got EN-"
= "Brrss de Lord" SAID Parson Bledso
IL put 'en, tack and luck two young pull.
lets, Whist lo"ks like any udder chickens, and
was Jest dc right Size ter brile."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20
B. Y. LINCOLN,
attorney az LJtb.

NORTtiAG IGIG'S ga Whereas THE or
Sale anu state Of hos did, on t v day co
er A. H. H. IT,, MAKE etecnt. and deliver TO solomon f.
certain oltE"er assa Of tsat date ana BY which SAID
convey TO said ONION L. King and Hugh Hamilton the
real estate hereinafter described 10 secure the payment OF
S said n SD osv Mne pF se
C9mpahy 8r ne sum Of twenty hye hundred dollars
Hugh Hamilton three years the date thereof with in.
t1res at he rate Of ten per cent per snnq payable annu
be made in the payment of said any part thereof
eject thci then he SAID King ard Hn,on their G es"i
representatives. attorney or assigns after having advertised
t,Sws in said county Of La Sale might cl the premises
o o 5 snd Al h nqd equity of
SGs7 or o cSs At e s%u R"Ec or or @ e s
House in said La Sale county the time appointed in such
advertisement might adjourn the sale nom
ornsy Of said he ottawa Mncra Spring c s ~ for
sanh , in ana ny sad mortgage Gonsnted rrev9
Hamilton or Their legal REPRESENTATIVES. Should cxare ard
the premises sod ~ should apry the proSeeGs Of se to
the payment of f,Nt expenses Of advertising selling and
insurance paid second the amount due said oe
hird should render the oyerGus u any to said The et'a
AND whsre1 me aid pronsory note Is now past dao and
be due tie Of sale hereinafter mentioned principal
and interest said note the Of three thousand two
Now. therefore notccis hereby given, that We Will
In a of ibid y h at 6uS S ooF OF
the County Court House In said county of Ia Sac sell
public auction 10 the highest and best bidder for cash. the
premises described IN said mortgage the same being de-
scrbed as follows: The north half Of lots two tn
and four in block twenlysix in the or anal Town Inow
city, OF Ottawa In the county of Ia ale and saic Of I'LL
nois together with, all and singular the encnens hcred
aments privileges and appu tcnanccs thereunto belonging
or in any wise appertanpg and all the interest and claim
Whatsoever Of sad THE Ottawa Mineral Spring Company
The ottawa Mineral spring Gompany and rs sacs,sor
and assigns therein and hall apply tho proc ceds Of such
sale In accordance with the powers and direction OF ssa
mortgage. SOLOMON F.. HI sc,
Oct % 1881. HUGH HAMILTON
II. +. LINCOLN, Atty. Mortgages,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20
CHASE FOWLER,

NdStty IN CidNc,rB
NJ ASLE.FCS "a IIE.-SrArE OF ILLINOIS
In Chdntsry
The OTTAWA Budding, Homestead and Savings Associa
ttcn complainant, r. CrlCh Wc!chniGnn Thcresa WEIGH
man and John D. Young, uticndants
Pubic notice IS hereby given that in pursuance of de
cree entered IN the above calsc October twenty frat
lSso Chase owlrr Master IN Cbancery Of said court
VIII, ON WednrsGy, December eighth, H. 1850 tie hour
OF two oceck r NJ ~ the south door OF the county Court
House ~ ths CITY OF Ottawa in said county of IL Sale
state Of Illinois sci 10 the hChca and heat bidder for cash
the following described premises To Wit Lot four and the
west ha OF lot three block SIX In North Ottawa Ii
Sale county state Of Illinois
Dsted November 49, 1880 CHASE FOWLER,
nO'0-dw Master in Chancery.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

/ There was the queerest scene at one Of the
churches last Sunday. 1t seems that during
the vacation the seats had been newly var
aished. aud somehow the varnish was not
right, rs 1t was terribly sticky. You know
when you pull anything off Of sticky varnish
that 1t cracks. Well, the audience had all
got seated when the minister got up to give
out the hymn, and AS the basement of his
trousers let loose OF the varnish Of his char
there was NOISE like killing a fly on the
wall with u pa!mleaf fan. The minister
looked roHnd at the chair to see if he was all
present, and tina. no guilty mans pants had
escaped, anu read the hymn. The choir rose
with sonnd Of reyclry, and, after tho tenor
had swallowed lozenge, and the bass had
coughed up piece of frog, and the alto had
hemmcd, and the soprano had shook out her
polonai,e to see if the varnlsh showed on the
south side the audience began 10 rise One
or two deacons got up first, with sounds like
plcact.!iring IN the distance on the eve OF
battle, and then a few mole got up, and the
rafting Of the unyelding varnish sounded as
though the fighting was becoming more ami.
mated aad then the whole audience got on its
feet al once with a sound of rafting musketry.
The choir sang Hold the Fort" When the
orchestra had concluded the people sat down
gingerly, the services were short and all went
home praying for the man who painted the
seats.I'eckS Sun.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20
Justice Smith sald, on opening his court a.

Justice Smith sald, on opening his court a,
COnnorsvillc, Tenn: "Willam Henry Smith
is arraigned for assdnltIng his father" TIN
magistrate had on the previous day knocked
self that be was nov arraignlng. He contin.
ued: "'Thc evidence is conclusive, and In,
aot sure bat ought 20 send myself to Jail for
zen days. Bat, rs this Is my first otfcnse, and
certainly had a good deal Of provocalion, |
viii simply impose fine OF ten dollars"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

4 Bohemian, with dc,paIring gestures, To- -
comrade; Ruined, my dear fellow, ruined
Cleaned out to the last Genuine"
"But what las become then, OF the three
francs you had las! week.
Vanished--cngulted in the aby Ss that has
swallowed UP my fortuncw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

Nor1CF.-EsTArE or ISAIAH SrRAwS, pnCrAsEp
~ Notice hereby given, that the undersigned Executors
OF IL" last VIII and testament OF Isaiah Srawn late OF
the county OF La sale snd state of Illinois deceased will ar.
gear before the County Court Of said the third
Monday heins the 18th day ~ January 1884, AZ the County
Court House in ottawa in sad county when aud where al
persons having claims demands against said estate are
notified 10 attend and present the same in writing for s.
juatmcnt. - -
Dated this iath day OF November A D 1890
ELIZABETH C. STRAWS,
L. Il. WALLACE
noy!S-ST Executors
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

One of the len ing industries of Springfield
is the Illinois Watch Co." 1t was organized
in 1870 with capital subscribed exclusively
by citizens of Springfield who erected the
north wing of the building, l00A30 feet, IN the
same year. During 1879 the main building,
50x40 feet, WAS erected, and the product in
creased from 10 900 movements, the larg, st
humber ever before made IN on, year, to over
$4,000. and this year built the south wing.
l00A30 feet, and North Avenue Front. 5jx30
feet, engine and boiler houses and additional
dial rooms. The company are now employ
ing about 40 hands, produce 200 watch move
nests of fifteen different grades, per day, and
have monthly pay roll of SCI ,0O0,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

Mis'ress--Mary, tins venerable goose il
cough enough 10 break ones teeth.
Mald-Yes'm; didn't you tell me. ma'am
that you wanted 1t for piece de resistance,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20
legal
CHASE FOWLER,

. -
AZ y STEERS; =; y l.iG,.-sT iTE or ELIS DIS
In chnncc,v.
lncr Freed aaa Samuel Freed conpainauts rs Albcr,
YaatUis. defendant. "
Public no'ce hereby given that in pursuance OF
cree entered III the above cause July A.
lSS Chase Fowler, Master IN Chincery of SAID
Will gu Thursday. u cember ninth, NJ the hour OF Nv
O'clock NJ % sad Day AZ the south door OF the County
state of Illinois, sell 10 the highest bidder for cash the fo
lowing described premises 10 An equal uudivG, hal.
or moiey or the east half OF the northwest quarter OF
ton number hNe. township thrtytvo north four
east OF TN third r. VI; and tSct OF land bounded and
described rs follows, VIZ: commencing at the southwest
corner OF NE said quarter section and running thence
one ROD thence east eighty rods thence south rod
thence west eighty rods to the Of hegnning
county ~ IL sale and state OF Illinois, Subject 10 the rhl
% dover uf Mary ailuis .ncr,r
CHASE FOWLER.
Dated Nov. IL, 1880 iw Master In ChanCcry.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

prisoner at tho bar" said the Judge, as
there anything Won wish 10 say before sen
.cncc is passed upon you" The prisoner
looked wlstiuliy toward the door, and remark
a that he would like 10 say, Good evening"
If would be agr2cahla 20 the company
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20
Don't add lyiu, jim Webster, ter yer udder

Il can't tell il lie, par,un, bu! ef You bleeves
IA I "n" np Il" e,ecI jest cOne nome "d me
nnd hno some oh dc Lrcast and de- stuiting for
dinner. hlu s,nel dem Drilled pullets now"
He Went.--Galuest0n Nens.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

AApAh DENoKEsT's PATTERNS new fall style
have just been received al Osmsn & Hapemans.
Catalogues furnished free on application.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

Mr.. Se'emup came down stairs to ten
O'Clock breakfast with vacant e ,un Ienance
and backward tendency in the hair that
made his two eyes ache. He sat down at the
table, and, picking - knife and fork, glarel
IN une lty wonder AZ something in the platter
before him 1t hgd evidently been fried in
butter, ana was in.cnded for food. Mr. Set
amup Lerpoonod il with his fork and lifted 1t
up bodily, gazing at it with cver-increasing
wonder
what under the sum-" he exclaimed at
: ast, us this thingy"
Well" repliedhis patient wife, with just a
shadow of sigh, 1T looks like your new soft
felt hat, and that is what l thought It was
but you pulled 1t out o! your pocket when you
came home this morning, and said it was a
porter-house streak, and you wanted 1t brolled
Tor breakfast You needn't give me any of 1t
Pm not hungry"
And Mr. Se'clnup. who was just wild to
know what else he said when he came home
and what time 1t was for the life of him dldn't
dare to ask baltimore An,eriean
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

|
! SCENT Private office of New York CAPT
laiisl, ] ISL down irou breakfast Enter Mr.
BruNn.
An, Mr. Brown, good morning; suppose
You caicd for my reply regarding your scheme
of canal actress The state Of Michigan at u
cos, I" $7o0OO,O00 Good thing, Mr. Brown,
splrndiu ldta nu | ii ID ihaL lcanuot LIT you
have over $50 U0UOOO just at present Call
agahADtA v, IN and | ,"ty be ia better shape;
may forge l''ir face meanwhile, and when
L0H come i4hiI S"Ai ucltcr announce your
self IN so UUUVUO canal schemt Brown |
"iil tnen uuubl ea> r,uleuhcr you. Good
morning, Nj. B!o"n."
Visitor No = la, been waiting a, the
door. ...t- s.,
a"An Mr.. J""ts, good morning. l was ex-
ptrIui4 YOU L,l s,a. Your scheme IL to
buy up All Cahlc a te egraph companies in
the Wuid u, ii COS, of $6O0O0O0O0 and then
raise ialrs To dDliara word Ion all distances
Splendid idea, sIr. millions Of profits to be
dIvac,. ,l / haven't had time to see my
fricbd>. ,"l'll ruu out torhalt an hour this
morning aud organic II cGnpany and secure
tie necessary cash, aud when you come in
agai" ever. 'hlnS viii ,e ready for you sigma
turr Please Say 10 III" clerk that you are
consolidated electricity Jones, and he Will
send you in al once"
Visitor No. 3 goes IN as No. . comes out. |
Hello! , nitn-snu u see you. see you
are sharp on al appointment. Now then, II |
mistake not you are The man with scheme TO
huiId dam from s.. Georges Bay IN New
iOundland ACROSS the Gulf of 81. Lawrence to
the Island of AniicOst, and thus redeem CO..
OOO,OOO acres of land worth geo per acre
Splrudld scheme, sir. The cost is only $500
100000, and will raise the money this after
noon. Please 90 out and secure 100000 labor
Il = L.
pickaxes, and SO on. When you return. please
announce yourself as Gulf of st. Lawrence
Smith and then won't get you mixed with
the gentleman who wants me to put up 800.
00O,OO0 with him to drain the Atlantic tor an
onion patch" Val Street NeNs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20
BUDGET or 1tn.

a b0ii N the kettle /. worth two on your
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

One OF the nost painful unpleasant and distressing
seases 90 which flesh Ia heir Is Piles DIR BosHNKos PHI
REMEDY has been tried tested and proved 10 be nf
bic remedy for ths OF kinds or plea Price 80
For sale by 4. GgHRIsG. Ottawa. HI. spriU
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-20

To buy city property hiss advanced materially
and he bought NJ 's d.Urs {! al ~ aiJ Uurs
after issJ ThU. who h,, n u'tasE should
secure - ~ Dwellings now. La rri' anu s-y .eIns
rVvlses fIt:. : U HARRIS
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-01

All this coal went to San Francisco
except that Of . single small vessel.
(the bark Gem Of the OCEAN, which
vent to,thc bottom OF tho sea-. All Of
it also, - WAS likewise the case in 1878.
came from the minso the Seattle Coal
Company at Newcastle.
The coal trade Of Seattle has attained
lie enormous proportions in less than
niue years. and against obstacles of .
moro stupeudous character than have
bsen encountered At any other place on
the coast. In 1871 tho frat coal for
export and trade was placed on board
ship in this harbor. and during the en-
suing four years what we're in.thoss
days considerable quantities followed;
reaching tidewater in scows and over
wooden trsmways. aud by river and
lake and portage and what ell only
those engaged in tho transportation
have anything like an accurate idea.
Toeive orr readers IN idea Of how the
iodustry has been pushed. from the be.
ginning to the present time. We subjoiu
the table following:
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-01

The area Of Washington Territory
in square miles is 81. ss4; in acres. A..
96.190. Its population ct the forma-
ton Of the Territory. In 1858, WAS
about 5000: in 1860 it was about H.
COO; in 1870 il Vas 1855; in 1878 it
Was 6o.5ll; in 1879. 57.7Sa; and it is
estimated that the census Of 1880 will
show 10 10 number ia he fully $4,000.
The taxable wealth of the Territory
amounted to $15. l39 ,07s in 1876; to
Sl7.2S1, 1882 in 1877 70 $l8.97S. 437 in
1873. and to $2l. 02l. 1872 in 1879. Such
figures speak volumes for the steady
and solid growth Of Washington Ter
ritory. A little more than onc-fonrth
our area has been surveyed by the
General Government. About two
hundred and hfty miles of railroad
have been built within our borders. OF
which 16l are STANDARD gauge and
owned BY the Northern Pacific ccnpa
ny. The remaining mileage. except .
few miles belonging to tho o. 8. N. Co..
at the Cascades. is Of narrow gauge,
and comprises the roads leading ont oil
Seattle. Olympia and walls Walla.
Pugot Sound and Columbia river are GU,
principal bodies Of water tho former
having . shore line Of 1884 miles. and
the latter extending along our south.
ern boundary 300 miles and through
our eastern counties $50 miles more
The three highest mountsins Of which
We boast are Rainier, Of IA. 444 feet
Baker. Of 1l.lO0 feet. and st. Helen.
of $3.50 feet. Tho prospects Ct Wash.
ington Territory are not excclled by
those Of any other portion OF oul
glorious Union.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-01

ton of European cabinets, ~ before
announced. with no suggestion Of q
change in the present extra territorial
conditions Exclusive right to the
coast trade is positively demanded. The
enerxs, ic minority Of the Ministry urg.d
the immediate resumption Of the CON-
plste ana entire control over the customs
tariff This is opposed by the majority
under the apprehension Of forcible OPP
y si.ion by Great Britain. aud other
commercial powers may compromise
the scheme, if adopted. The Japanese
will agree to further tho tariff treaty
for q fixed term of years. after which
all power over the duties will revert to
Japan. Meanwhile the tariff will be
raised to average al equivalent of 10
per cent. ad vslorem, the lowest impost
5 per cent and the highest 30. The
existing rate il per cent. id valorenn.
There is considerable dissatisfaction
among Americans over the obvious dis
elimination favoring English imports.
which is felt to be ungracious il view
of the friendship often actively mani.
tested by the United States. The de-.
tails of the schedule are still susceptible
of modification, but the foundation of
the plan will not be surrendered. It is
commonly believed that if opposed, a.
heretofore. by European representatives
on this point. the Minister of Foreign
Affairs will utterly refuse to yield; and,
it not sustained by his colleagues. will
resign bis post rather than join in fur
ther concession.
There is surprise at the report by
telegraph Of the United States offer Of
mediation between Japan and China in
the Loo Ohoo affair. No desire to that
effect was ever expressed by either
party to the controversy, and strong
hope is openly expressed by Govern
mont officials that the telegram Is un-
founded or distorted. All danger of
hostility from the Loo Choe trouble il
ended, if indeed any ever existed.
The town of Hakodadi in Yezo was
partly destroyed by FIRE on Dec. 7th.
Two thousand three hundred houses
were burned.