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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-09
securing copies of certain documents
needed by the special committee on court

securing copies of certain documents
needed by the special committee on court
house and Jail. Amendment carried.
The question now recurring upon the re-
port as amended, carried.
Supervisor Bellinghausen. from the
committee to settle with the County
Treasurer, presented the following re-
port, which, on motion, was adopted:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the
Board of Supervisors Your committee
to settle with the County Treasurer re-
specially report That they have exam
ined the statement Of the Treasurer &C
companylng and made part OF this re-
port, and that we have found the same TO
be correct as appears from the books ana
records of the county. Your committee
further report that there was in the hands
OF the County Treasurer, according TO
the statement presented, on the l4th day
Of September. 1850, the sum of S26, 20
belonging to the county of La Sale.
III. BELLINGHAUSEN.
Acting Chairman at the request OF the
Chairman.
SAhUEL W. RAYMOND COUNTY TREASURER,
In ACCT. LASALLE COUNTY.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-09

We have aspcedy and positive cure for catarrh,
diphtheria, canker mouth and head ache in Shi-
loh's Catarrh remedy. A nasal injector free with
each bottle. Use 1t il you desire health and
sweet breath. Price so cents. Sold by f. Y.
Griggs. a.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-09
1852. 1880
DR.. J. 0. HARRIS,
REAL ESTATE,
INSURANCE.,
Steamship Agent,
NOTARY Pr BLIC.
| $50.

Iowa Lands. at from 80 10 = o per acre.
Iowa Farms, az from = to ST. per acre on
ten years tRDe, per cent. Interest.
Nebraska Lands, at from $3.50 70 $500
per acre.
Kansas Lands. ~ from Sd 20 = . per acre, ana
FARMS in Sehr IA aud Kansas from . 10 t5 per
Texas Lands, near 10 market, a. rom z 70 > 3
per acre Western Texas Lands ~ 90" per acre.
Illinois Farms, al from : ! . 10 $50 per AcTe
City Lots, at frsm 3 90 to $500
Dwelling, at from 500 TO $4,000.
Busine-s Property at lowest rates.
~ Remember that the hard imes- rapidly passing
away business In general IL improving real estate has ~
vsnced materially in the larger cities. and = certain 20 al
here Buy while prices are NJ bottom hsures
Insurance current rates In TIE berry best
com pane- American foregn-nre, life, sccihent or ms
rne There better companies IN TINS OF any Oter
country than those represented BY me.
Ocean Steamship Tickets At lowest rates and
BY the best lnes.
Nsps papers and Information free. fb2
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We further find that there are fifty
seven dollars in j. W. Pettits hands by
virtue of his office as Coroner, which he
is to pay to his successor when he is quail
flied. We further recommend that the
clerk be authorized to draw his order on
the Treasurer in sums of $50 each, not to
exceed $500, in favor of the Coroner, to
pay COroners jurors.
All of which Is respectfully submitted.
GEO. w. ARMSTRONG, Chairman.
Supervisor Fischer moved to amend
report by striking out bills Of assessors
summoned, to-wlt: Ed. Baker, Pat
O'Keefe, Michael Curtis and John II.
Post of $3.50 each. Carried.
Supervisor Ferguson moved to amend
report by striking out bill of John Born
gasser for Sc house rent for election. The
ayes and noes being demanded, Supervis-
OrS Adams, Barton, Beach, Burgess,
Center, Conerton, Drackly, Furguson,
Fischer. Flaherty, Fox, HodgsOn, klove,
Lauf. LOwman, Mclntire "A. c., Metz
ger, Miller, Miner, Nelson, Palmer, I'arr,
Pool, Read, Stormont, Wylle and Mr..
Chairman GU voted in the affirmative,
and Supervisors Armstrong, Belling-
hansen, Gray, Ielmlg and O'Donnell (5)
voted in the negative. Carried. Report,
as amended, adopted.
On motion of supervisor klOve, it is
ordered that the Clerk be and he is hereby
authorized to draw his order on the Treas
urer in favor of the several supervisors
for their mileage and per diem.
On motion of supervisor klOve, 1t is
ordered that this board now adjourn to
the time as stated in former motion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23
The Secret OF Happiness.

How often have we longed for perfect enjoy
mcnt and how seldom found it. Misfortune has
come, or ill-hcalth oyertaken us. Perhaps a
cough has come upon us which threatens that
dreaded Of all diseases, consumption, and we
feel that death is near. With what Joy should
We be filed then, when such q remedy DR..
KINGS new DISCOVERY for Consumption is plac-
cd within our reach. 1t has cured thousands
who were nearer the grave than ourselves and
made their lives peaceful and happy. Asthma,
Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Loss of voice, difficulty
of breathing, or any affection of the Throat and
Lungs are positively cured by this Wonderful Dis
coyery. Now to give you satisfactory proof that
DR.. KINGS NRw DISCOVERY pW cur ii YOU will
call At f. Y. Griggss drug store you can get q
trial bottle for ten cents or regular size bottle
for $lOO. o.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23
POLITICAL MUTTERINGS.

In the current presidential canvass Mr.. Da-
venport has early revealed his intention to re-
peat this partisan infamy Cf intimidation,
which is the more shocking because of its
hypocritical assumption Of detecting fraud
and indicating the purity OF the ballot box
for Its motive. First he instructed his subor-
dinates TO seize at the registering places, every
naturalization certificate there exhibited which
they might please to deem Improperly granted.
This Is the instruction which Judge Batch
ford has so emphaticaly condemned as total
Iy Unauthorized" and "lIkely to lead to q
breach of the peace" Now, IL the declara-
tons imputed To him yesterday are true he
threatens to evade the decision of the Court
by instructions to his subordinates To cause
the seizure of such certificates in another and
perhaps technically legal way by procuring
them TO be impoundcd incidentally to arrests
of their holders, after The fashion of ls1S-s
plan which may not be totally Unauthorized"
but is even more likely to lead to breach of
the peace than the original plan-Herald.
From letters received at the Democratic ma
tional headquarters in New York city, ii APP
pears the democrats of New YORK and adjoin.
ing states, so far from beng discouraged at
the result of Tuesdays elections, are nerved
up to more determined effort The defeat in
lHNldIih 10 httl lDuitt w tllt uullIllttG use vi
money, and IN November, when the whole
north has to bo attended to, this potent lnflu
cnce cannot be welded with so great an effect
Surrogate Parker of Ulster county, New York
says the news has only made the democrats OF
his county working mad" Senator Randolph
of New Jersey says emphatIcally his state is
not affected, and democratic majority is as
surcd Chairman Barnum says his latest adj
Wees assure him that Conncctcut's six votes
are safe for Hancock. The democratic mana
gers say they arc delighted and surprised al
the hopefulness of the rank and file OF the
party; that there is not possibility of defca
in New \ ork.-St Logjs Rcpublicda.
Chief tPolIcc) Justice \. l. Morrison, o
Chicago, who is also the Irish republican par
ty Of the United States, was unfortunately
away from home when the Cook County Re
publican Convention assembled. We gricvC
10 say that in his absence the republican man
ayers did not recognize the irish republican.
to the extent certainly warranted by the Che
| Police Justices numbers and responsibility
The Americans nominated all the congressman
and state senators, the four judges the state.
attorney, the sheriff, the recorder, the coroner
and two of the five county commissioners
the Germans were concIlisied with a cour
clerkship and two commissionerships and III,
Irish republicans received one nomination fol
commissioner. Twas ever thus We hops
| the Chief (Policel Justice did not agree L
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23

GRANTS ATTACK ON HANCoCK.-The per.
son who gave to the public the report OF
Grants conversation concerning Gen. Han
cock certainly did him no service, but great
injIry. 1t Will not raise Gen. Grant In the es-
TEEN even of republicans to see him descend
ing to the abuse of fellow soldier, one whose
gallantry and devotion to the Union he had on
previous occasions freely and of his own mo-
ton acknowledged, and in whom, indeed, he
had expressed the most entire confidence. To
say now, in the heat and excitement of po'
lltical canvass, that the democratic candidate
is VAN, that he is ambitious of the presidency,
that he is a petty character, only brings to
everybody's recollection that, In his cooler mo-
ments, and before nc was moved by what will
be generally esteemed partisan rancor, Gen.
Grant said: There are men in that organza,
ton the democratic party men like Bayard
Mcclellan, Hancock, and others whom | know
They are as loyal and patriotic as any men
Bayard, for InstanCe, would make a splendid
president | would not be afraid of the Others
in that Office
Recalling this language, we may pats over
what the General now says of his fellow sol
der rs an ebullition of partisan spleen, which
AS it is unworthy of him, the public ought Il
overlook and forget 1t has no weight mol
any importance, except as it raises regret IL
generous minds TO see SO eminent a man Sc
forget himself-Herdld.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23
TO MY MOTHER.

Because feel that In the heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another
C.n 1nd. among their burning terms OF love,
None so devotional as that OF Mother
Therefore by that dear name long nave cal'eu
you
Won who are more than mother unto me-,
Ard ill my heart OF hearts, where death in'
stalled you,
IN setting my virginia's spirit tree :,
Wv mother,-my own mother,--who dseo early
A., mother 10 the one | loved so dearly
And thus are dcarer than the mother knew
" that infinity with which my wife
Was dcarcr to my soul than its own liie-Poe'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23

Not every criminal who incurs the penalty
of Punishment to Siberia is on that account TO
be compassionate. Mr.. Juchanzetf known
throughout Russia by the significant sohri-
uuet of "The Stealer of Millions" travelled TO
Krasnojarsk. the town selected for his penal
residence by the Imperial authorities, IN prince
" style, attended by suite of servants, CARR
ages and horses, and 1t would appear that he
has become the leader of fashion IN that Slbe-
ran city Tailors, perfumers and tchacc"nis's
advertise their wares under his aame he has
been elected a member of the leading club
and Is about TO contract an alliance with
Young lady belonging to one of the first iami
lies OF Krasnojarsk His dinner parties are
attended by the chief oiiisial personages and
local notat,lilles; ladies of the best society
flock to his evening receptions, and accept
the splendid presents Nth which he courts
their favor and social e1gntenance.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23

HATHRwAY. GEoRGE r. yANCE.
mrs. III ATH E;wAT * VA NCE;. Physi
~ clans and Surgeons ottawa, Iii. Office, southwest cor
of Main and La Sale streets Dr. Hatheways residence
east Of Fox river school house Dr. Vance will bt
found In office. day and night. janll
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23
p nv SiCIA N 8.

nR. II. w. wEIS, (Deutcher poctorO late Physi.
~ and Surgeon to the ST. Louis Female Hospital.
Office over Steies Clothing Store Main and La Sale
streets Residence on south bluff Mrs rnzs. apes
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23

nR. r. NJ. McARrHUR, Ottawa, III. onic'
- in the Opera House Block. Open from o'clock
o'clock Residence Benton street, south of Hi
nois Avenue, Jan29''6
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FUNNY MR.. BROWN.

The fanniest man in all the town
Tie t"cught himself, did Mr.. Brown.
Nhile at the club one night he saw
a new silk hat upon the floor,
And Winking at the crowd so click
lie gave the hat gentle kick.
Ard ;hen another, just 10 show
That wit from empty heads can flow.
All caught the humor of his fun
To Kick the hat they We'd each one.
There nc'er was such jolly crowd.
Aud Mr.. Brown felt very proud.
But when leave-taking came broad smiles
All wore while putting on their tiles,
Save Mr.. Brown, whose mirth was flown
Tie hat so crushed was all his own.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23
VIVA, the People Ray for Tn. Machine.

WASHINGTON, Sept 20--The means en-.
rioyed by the republican party to carry for.
ward the campaign for Garfield are of such a
dishonest and degrading character tina, every
voter IN the country should DO fully informed
concerning them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-23

They pretend to De afraid that in case of
Hancock's election some policy will be adopt
ed detrimental to the interests of business.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-24
< PRICE, ONE DOLLAR PER soTrlE. Z
% aSssA ~ all DsssSsisis. NS

Kennedy & Co., deneral Agents, Pittsburg, p
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will be identified. The accepted article
is signed by the society, and if it is con-
sidered to be specially meritorious, the
society's seal is attached to it. When the
contributor does not mark it with the
price, she is required to give an estimate
of the costpf materials, and when it is
sold the full amount is paid to her, less
Ten per cent, the sooiety's commission.
Rejected articles are returned to the
sender, with criticisms OF the committee.
Among the articles considered appropri-
ate for admission, if of sufficient merit
are pottery, China, tiles, plaques, en-
broideries, window, bookcase, cabinet
and other hangings or curtains, mantle
and bracket lambrequins, decorated
table and other house linen, panels for
cabinet-work painted ON wood dor leather.
paintings on silk for screens, panels, and
fans, decorated menus, and decorated
nOte-paper.
The contributions come from all parts
of the country, and over $500 articles
were received last year. The lareest
amount paid to any contributor was $675
for paintings On china; and from this the
reader may well conclude that under the
most favorable circumstances the decora-
tive arts do not lead on to fortune. Oc-
casionally woman is heard of who re-
ceives fifty dollars apiece for her
plaques, and the fact is spread far and
wide, creating an impression in every
necessitious woman's mind that she may
be able to do likewise. But it is only
when considerable ability is combined
with business ':push" that one is 30 sue
cessfui, for the painter is usually COM
PEELED to solicit her own orders. The
number of instructors who advertise
themselves, and the hundreds of women
who are taking lessons in china-painting,
silk-painting. the coloring of photo
graphs, and crayon-drawing in all cities,
ought to deter Others from venturing
upon an OCCUPATION already so well
filled. ......
The farmers wife and daughter in
Kansas and Nebraska, the impoverish
woman of the South, the widows of
army and navy officers, and girls in New
England homesteads are all submitting
contributions to the Decorative Art So
ciety. These who are poor and work for
bread are brought into competition with
other women who pursue art as recre-
alton. Nearly every lady now devotes
some part of her leisure to panel paint
ing, and however generous she may be, it
has all the pleasure of novelty when she
can sell what she produces, be the
amount ever so triAing or immaterial to
her. IL
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A Spurious Wild Man.
London Telegraph

Some days ago thrilling interest was
excited among the people Of one of Ber-
Inns largest suburbs by the erection Of a
huge booth, purporting to contain
genuine wild man of such tremendous
strenth and inveterate ferocity that it
was found necessary by his lessee to have
him watched day and night by four stall
wart keepers armed with loaded rifles.
This terrific savage Edrew" amazingly,
the suburban fair crowding his booth in
vast numbers, and seeming never to
weary Of admiring his muscular limbs,
Of listening to his angry howls, or Of
watching his menacing gestures.
A few days ago, however, while the
proprietor of the show was expatiating
upon the perils he had encountered in
capturing this untamable child OF ma
ture, and was calling attention to the
manifest irefulness Of his disposition, a
wind storm, such as the German capital
is not infrequently visited byat this sea-
son OF the year, arese, and began to buf
fet the booth with such veheinence that,
fearing the structure would collapse, the
wild mans four armed guardians
dropped their rifles and fled, promptly
followed by the panie-stricken opponent
of his sangliinary peculiarities -1l
The horror of the audience NAV be
imagined, threatened as they were by
the double danger of being crushed by
the tottering booth, and eaten more or
less alive by the infuriate savage. The
Wild man, however, showed more pres
ence of mind than his heroic captor or
stern custodians, for he proceeded eager-
ly to assure the terrified assemblage that
''there was really no danger, and that, if
they would honor him with their atten-
tien, he would continue the performance
thus untimely interrupted" Recogniz-
ing tame native Of the SpreesWatd in
the alleged savage aborigine Of virgin
forest, the audience ksrriedly dispersed; ;
and, an hour later, the ksoth and its in
donitable wild man had y&Aished.
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Nine. Theirs has recently completed

Nine. Theirs has recently completed
the arrangement Of her husbands study,
which remains much as it was during his
lifetime. 1t is rich in works of art, though
it was no show place, for NJ. Thiers was
in it, ready for work by 5 o'clock every
morning, summer and winter alike. One
of his peculiarities was that he would not
have an almanac in his study and was
often unable to date letter because he
could not remember the day of the
month. Upon one occasion a Govern
ment clerk to whom he had promised a
letter Of recommendation came by ap-
pointment for it, and M. Thisrs, sitting
down to write it, asked himthe day Of
the month. The young man could not
remember it for the moment, and M.
Theirs exclaimed. 'fYou are not likely
to make a very good administrator if you
can not remember the day Of the month.
How can recommend your He wrote
the letter. however, saying, when he had
finished it, "Always carry . pocket
almanac, my young friend." e1."7
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TO BE WIPED OUT BY A TIDAL
WAVE.
An Extraordinary Regus Dispaieh
That It's Antlasr q ever sent.


An Extraordinary Bogus Dispaich
That iis Astsssr Ncver sent.
Recently a telegraph operator named
Thomas Holster was arrested in sam
Franoisee by Chicago detective. Hol-
lister had formed plot to cut the tele-
graph wires uniting New York and San
Francisco, and then to send East dis
patch, dated at some station in the
Sierras, sayingthat tidal wave, followed
by an earthquake, had destroyed San
Francisco and Virginia City. The OBJ
ject of the plot was TO cause a panic in
Pacific Mail stock and Ooinstcck securi-
ties in the New York market, the panic
to be taken advantage of by confeder-
ates.
For several months the Western Union
Company knew that their wires were be-
ing tampered with, and they sent for the
Chicago detective. He travelled along
the line for several weeks, and finally
CAME upon a clue at spot few miles
east of Battle Mountain. At this spot
the wire had been cut, and piece that
could readily be disconnected had been
let in. The detective further found an
insulated wire concealed in the grass and
sage brush near by. An end Of II long
enough to reach the main line was coiled
up. The wire ran north, and the de-
tectiwe, following it for mile, came
upon an excavation in the ground, which
was rooted in with branches and turf,
and which contained, buried in one cor
ner, several Leyden, Jars, strips of cop
per, and bottles of acid. The detective
concealed himself near by and watched
the place for several days, but without
result.
One day at Battle Mountain he saw in
newspaper an account OF the arrest for
a breach of The peace of telegraph oper-
ator whom he had known in Chicago.
The detective, from what he knew of the
man, was prompted to 60 to San Fran
cisco and look after him. He visited
HOLSTERS room and there found what
confirmed his suspicious that it was
HOLSTER who had tampered with the
Western Union wires. HOLSTER was ar
rested and made confession. In his room
was found the following written upon
piece of foolscap paper:
cat 10 o'clock this morning atidal wave
from the Pacific Ocean swept over
San Francisco, wiping out the entire city
in ten minutes. 1t advanced inland and
rose until the waters were ten feet deep
in Sacramento and Stockton. Accom-
panying this oceanic disturbance was a
tremendous shock Of earthquake, which
was felt most severely in Virginia City.
The mines on the Comstock are a mass
of ruins. No further particulars can be
gained at present.
This, Holster said, he had intended to
send as dispatch to the Associated
Press. The decline in Comstock securi-
ties had delayed the carrying out Of his
design. He made his headquarters in
San Francisco and was only waiting for
rising market. The apparatus found
near Battle Mountain had been placed
there by him. and he had intended to
cut the wires and send his dispatch at
that point.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-24
lis ABSOLUTELY
WHAT THE WORLD MAS BEEN !
WANTING FOR CENTURIES.

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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-24
DECORATIVE ART.
The objects and Workings OF the
society i'm New York.

society i'm New York.
Iwm. H. Rideings in Harper'sl
The main purpose of the society is to
provide place for the exhibition and
sale Of art work done by women it seeks
to induce women to master one kind of
decoration, rather than difuse their
energies in several directions; it has an
art library, and classes in various art in
dustries, and it solicts afders for its
clientale from dealers in decorated pot
terry and porcelain, cabinet work, dra-
peries, embroideries, and other articles
Of household art. Wax flowers leather
work, skeletonized leaves, knitting, Gro.
chet, under-clothing, plain sewing, and
similar articles are excluded.
Any person sending a first contribu-
ton will receive a contributors number,
if the article is accepted by the examin-
ing committee, and by this number ahe
viii hereafter be known, and her work