The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-10
GLEANINGS.

opinion of the Supreme Court Of Illinois, by
Sheldon, j., holds that under the general law
relating to cities and villages, they have power
To tax contiguous property for the expense OF
constructing sidewalks, and such taxation may
be by either mode, general taxation, special
assessment or special taxation of contiguous
property In proportion to value, frontage, or
superficial area.
Jefferson Davis plantation, at Hurricane,
Miss, is leased by Montgomery II Sons. This
firm is composed of four negroes who were
formerly owned by q brother of the x.presi-
dent of the cOnfederacy. They own plantations
worth $4,000 hire several more, and do II
large mercantile business at Vicksbarg.
At meeting of the Flint Glass Association
on the 14th 1t was developed that all the mem.
beers of the ASSOCIATION except two had agreed
to shut down for one month during the next
three months, to curtall the production. Trade
at the present time is very dull, as the jobbers
overstocked themselves during the boom. The
manufacturers look Tor good late trade begin
ming about September. The window glass
men during the late business revival advanced
prices to Il figure that enabled the French and
Belgian manufacturers to ship large quantities
of glass here, and they overstocked the mar
ket The domestic manufacturers have reduc
ed the price but have to wait till the Over.sup-
ply is consumed They will stop the factories
July for three months. The bottle glass man
utacturers will stop on the thirteenth Of this
month for two months Notwithstanding they
are full of orders for beer bottles. Several of
the manufacturers in this line would like to
run but their workmen will not work during
the heated term even for extra wagcs.-Aneri.
can Manufacturer
A supposed claim" of the New York ma
chine to have the nominating Of the vice-pre
ident, after weeks Intellectual effort to estab-
fish the absolute right of the majority to the
spOils of the convention resulted in the choice
of General Chester A. Arthur on the first bal.
lot This may serve to enlist Mr.. C0nkllng to
the extent of single stump-speech for the
ticket, and 1t ought not to silence Mr.. Sherman
during the campaign, unless he draws dis
tinctiOn between serving Cornell and serving
Arthur. But nothing could better illustrate
the hollowness of the civil-servlce professions
which the convention was shamed into max
ing. The man for the place was clearly Elan
agan, of Texas, one of the honestest delegates
IN the convention.-Ihe Nation.
Classical people used to talk of a river called
Lethe, the waters whereof, when bottled up,
were found of great service as q mild narcotic.
acting pleasantly on the memory. Somebody
lIuSI lldNt lhNtIl'tt S'Tl VI blINlllui pfllllt
Lethe for the use Of radical Journals. They
are forgetting more about Mr.. Garfield than
they ever knew.-Puck.
John Steele the Goal Oil Johnny" whose
astounding prOdigallty made him notorious
throughout the country, is now well-behaved
and reasonably prosperous farmer at Franklin,
Pa. 1t was In 1864, when he was just II, that
the striking of oil on 4 farm that he had lnher-
I cd hn tn HIM on nf Ia
day. This wealth turned his foolish head, and
he began to spend the money in the most reck
less and grotesque manner. He squandered all
his property in three years. His wife had
managed to get hold of $4,000, but that was
lost in a bank failure. Steele gradually came
to his senses, went to work at his old Occupa
ton of teams.er next became a railroad bag
gage master, and slowly saved enough money
to buy the farm on which he now lives.
The nomination of Gen. Hancock at Cincln-
natl gives universal success. The democratic
press throughout the country is jubllant, while
the republican newspapers almost unanimously
that the nomination is the best that
could be made. Prominent repuuhoare in
this city and elsewhere say that there will bel
a very close presidential contest; that Garfield
beng one of the weakest men the republicans
could have nominated, and Hancock by all
means the strongest tne democrats coulu nave
the latter will poll an exceptionally
large vote. In the democratic ranks there
seems to be an almost entire absence of bitter
ness, while one of the greatest sores in the par.
ty has been healed in New York.-Chtcdgo
Daily Neaes.
The report of the Chicago, Rock Island Il
Pacific company shows that If its freight ton.
mage for the past year had been moved at the
have been increased by the enormous amount
of $40, 1909! The average rate per ton per
mile received by this company was but 12l
cents against PA cents IN 1SG9-70. Who says
that the railways have not contributed their
share to the prosperity of the country by
transportation ?-Rajl,cay Age.
The origin Of the term dark horse" is ex-
Olained IN a matter-OffaCt Way by the ClnCln- |