The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-26
GLEANINGS.

| Mr.. James G. Blaine must be convinced by
this time that he made a mistake in not emf
grating to Ohio IN early life and growing up
with the country.
A Sheffield manufacturer is reported to have
told his workmen to vote Just rs they pleased
in fact, shan't tell you how Pm going to
vote" he said. After it is over shall have
barrel of beer brought into the yard Hear
heart" shouted the men But | shan't tap
it unless Mr.. Wertley, the Tory candidate is
elected"
A young woman ran wildly into St LOUIS
police station and said rats were killing three
| babies in a certain house. Officers were de
spatched to save the infants; but a physician
who was called in to see the woman, discover
ed at once that she was suffering from deliri
um trcmens, as a consequence of celebrating
her eighteenth birthday unwisely.
Rhode Island has the following statute
"All marriages between white person and a
negro shall be absolutely null and void and
the person joining them in marriage shall be
subject to penalty of $500" Samuel d.
Dorrell, full -hloOded negro, was lately mar
RED at Providence to Ellen Darlington, a
white rlrl The Rev. George H. Smith, who
performed the ceremony, is to be prosecuted
IN order TO test the law.
General Garfield, it appears is too judicial
minded to be a bitter partisan This Is an
| improvement on his condition in 1876, when
he was visiting statesman in Louisiana, and
pretended to believe the terrible tales of Eliza
Pinkston and Madison Wells. Also upon his
condition in 1877, when he was member al
the Electoral Commission, and decided tha
the truth was admissible in Oregon but d'iuH
dc in Florida.-N. J. WOrld.
The American trotters now being imported
INTO England are attracting much attention
among stud masters on the other side. Thi:
new revelation in the science Of hOrse-breed
ing will, 1t Is anticipated, be likely to create
change IN the attributes of English sport The
Prince of Wales is said to express the creates
interest in this new breed and has become tn,
purchaser of one or two of the fastest horse:
brought over one of them being able, tn,
| Court ChrOnic{er saws, ito cover mile IN tive
minutes 1917 seconds"
! The annual report OF the Sterling city libra
~ shows that in the last year $500 books hav,
been loaned from the library, or an average o
over twenty-nine day. Of this number no
one has been lost. In the same time 1924
persons have visited the library rooms, or six
ty-four a day, and the number is increasing
continually. There are now on the shelvet
| l,Oi1 DOOhs, Vi WHICH JDO nave Btci
added the past year. Forty-six have been do
mated. The committee ask for fifteen hundred
dollars for the coming year to defray expenses
and buy new books
An almost perfect house has been lately dis
entOmbed at Pompeli. 1t is the best preserved
of all the Roman dwellings hitherto discover
ed. There are two atria and a very spaciou:
peristyle, in the middle of which there is al
ornamental fountain. There is also com
plete bath, which must assist In clearing W
some Of the doubtful points concerning th'
arrangement of Roman baths. The painting
IN the interior of the house were executed
with considerable taste, and they are IN goo'
preservation. Those on the first floor, repre-
senting for the most part marine animals, ar
interesting. The frescoes also, which ar
contained In tie wings Of the building, ar
excellent representations Of scenes from an
NAL life