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The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

A CYCLE OF THE SUN.-Once every % years
the days of the week and the month come
back in the same order, and the period is call
ed cycle of the sun. Just one cycle ago
iS53-thc summer was known tor Its terms OF
excessive heat, leading to unprecedented NOR.
tallty from sunstroke. The writer passed that
summer in Chicago, aud he remembers well
that for week or two in August and the be-
ginning of September a column or two day
of the daily papers were devoted to cases of
sunstroke, reaching, we think, one day as high
as 50. The heat was general throughout the
country, and New Orleans, in addition, was
desolaled by yellow iever. In st. Louis. for a
week, the sunstrokes averaged 40 and so a day
AS bad as, few years earlier. the cholera
had been. In New York Worlds Fair wa,
in progress at the Crystal Palace in Reservoir
Square and the visitors suffered even more
from the excessive heat than they did in Phil.
adelphia in 1876 There were daily deaths
from suns,rokc all through July, and the num-
Der went up to Is and 20 per week during the
first two weeks IN August. But the third was
the "hot week" The Herald, recurring to
that week, says
1t seemed as il our city WAS on fire. There
was not ripple of breeze in the air; the sun
glowed with fearful intensity, and the atmos.
phere was OF that muggy character which
seems to Increase the heat of the sun. This
WAS after the first week of our great fair. On
the day of opening the mercury stood at VA
degrees in the shade, and it was over 30 de-
crees tor fi.e of the seven days Of the hot
week. People tell dead IN the streets. and
were even stricken down In their houses The
deaths in the previous week were 5S5, OF which
Is were from sunstroke. In the hot week they
reached 969, OF which 2l4 were from the heat
In one day there were more than hundred
deaths from sunstroke alone. The sum total
10 that one week largely exceeded the number
of deaths from heat reported from the begin
ming Of the century. Ii the same proportions
were to he carried off now we should have Al
least 500 deaths from sunstroke In q single
week, as the population has considerably more
than doubled.
In Illinois the heated term was not fairly
broken until the middle Of September. wher
II gave way to heavy rains. Aiter these. unt'
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13
and representatives OF these orders composed

the body Of Its membership.
The first presiding officer Is said to have
been the Rev. Geo. X. Bets, an Episcopal
clergyman OF St. LOUIS son of the Rev. DR.
Belts, rector of the parish of Eniskillen, Ire
land He appears, however, to have become
early disgusted with the proceedings aud Il
have vacated the char, in which he was sue
ceeded In turn by +. O'Meara Conden, then
by Patrick Clcary of Cleveland, and lastly by
Patrick X. Walsh, another OHIO patriot.
The object of the meeting was stated, IN the
circular referred To, /, bc "to devise means
and ra,sc funds to worry England in every
way possible in promotion of the cause Of
Irish freedom" The main suhjec, Of discus.
sion Is said TO have been ODonovan Rossa's
method, or the dynamite method, and Mr. Pat.
rick Grove Of Peoria, In ITS behalf was pres.
ent and It is said exhibited one Of his dyna.
mite machines. The papers even 20 so far as
10 state that the machine was afterward, dis.
covered In drawer in the room where the
conclave met by Palmer House clerk, who
thrust it into the lake. Mr.. Grove is also
credited with touching statement in regard
TO his internal machines, In substance that all
that had been expended upon them was $40;
that the scheme OF sending them to England
was put up job by which a member of the
United lrishmen secured reward of $4,000,
he having notified the British consul at New
York Of their shipment, and that the $4,000
obtained from the British govcrnmen. has
gone into the Irish fund to be used against
Great Britain. This relation is, however, hard.
" consistent with other alleged discoveries
to wit, that majority Of the delegates favored
the dynamite method; and that the Chicago
delegates, Headed by w. j. Hynes o Brien
&c, became SO disgusted that they Withdrew
from the convention 1t Is certain at least,
whether for that reason or some other, that
most OF the Chicago delegates did Withdraw
from the conclavc at an early stage of its pro-
ceedngs.
The hottest part Of the discussions, however,
which throughout are said to have been very
violent, related to the disposition Of the "skirn
lshlng funds" that have been raised. These
are said TO have amounted to $2OO 900 raised
by the Clan ma Gael, and $4,000 by O'Dono.
van Rosa |, was charged that the greater
part OF these vast funds have been recklesslv |
squandered by the trustees in the payment of
cxtravagant salaries to agents aud "organiz-
ers" and IN innumerable useless projects.
The eastern delegates seem to have been un-
der the leadership OF one DR.. Hoare, of Massa-
chusetts who claimed that from their geo
graphical position they could the better
manage and direct the movement of men and
ships. When the convention evinced a dispo |,
siuon to set down on them and their claims on
the money.bag, DR.. II. gathered about HIM his
eastern friends and left the hall. This seems
to have about ended the general conclave at
least so far as the meeting at the Palmer
House was concerned, the western delegates
subsequently reorganizng at Burke's Hotel.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

The Great "Balnum and London Consoida.
ton" Show has already been in Illinois cou.
pie of weeks and Ottawa is on tiptoe in daily
expectation OF the adveat Of its bill poster and
Wednesday aud billed us for Sept 9th. The
concern travels in 100 cars, built and owned
by Itself. One Cf them Is a palace car IN
which Barnum travels with his young wife,
l, being one of the terms of the consolidation
that tue veteran Snowman shall himself form
a part of every exhibition. Another palace
car is devoted to Tom Thumb and his dimin.
utivo wife. The General says people may
discount him IN avoirdupois, but in the matter
of tone" he takes u back ,eat for nobody.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

The end OF the present week will see most
neapolis Tribune says 1t will nearly all grade
as No f. Oats and barley are also fine crop
Corn prospects were never better. A careful
estimate OF the wheat yield In every county IN
the state shows total of 4Os56,6S5 bushels,
with an average yield Of fraction less than
fourteen bushels To the acre. This Is m cx.
cess of ,4B4,90O bushels over last year.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13
FOREIGN.

The House Of Lords got through with the
Irish land bill on the 5th and returned it 10
the commons with a number of amendments
Many OF these 90 to the principle OF the bill
and the cabinet on Saturday decided to offer
The amendments, with few unimportant ex-
ceptlons, nncompromising resistance When
the bill was taken up in the commons on Wed.
nesday several amendments made by the lords
were rejected by an average vote of 2i2 to 145.
1t IS not believed that the lords will persist in
their amendments and 1t Is confidently ex.
pected that the bill will be laid before the
queen for approval within fortnight
John Dillon was unexpectedly release d
from Kilmainham Jail on Sunday evening.
Forster neat day in the house explained that
he had been released because further confinc.
ment would have endangered his life. This
by others Is denied, who represent Dillon as
in good health. He himself, however, says in
a telegraph dispatch: II am feeling rather Ill.
and am under medical care. | have been or
dered by my physician to attend no meetings,
and have not made any engagements. | do not
intend to appear in parliament during he
present session"
widespread strike among farm iaborers in
Ireland has taken place. The employ ers. with
few exceptions, are resisting the demands
The Fenians In Ireland are said to be In a
state of intense excitement in regard to the dy.
Mantle rumors from across the Atlantic. At
a council, after long and stormy debate, the
council could not come to any unan ihlous de-
cision. One section was in favor of an EN-.
phatic repudiation Of the dynamite policy,
and others advocated its adoption. The split
In the council is at present complete. Mean
while there is much excitement throughout
the country. A serious coDflic; between sol.
diers and civilians has taken place at New
Ross. Archbishop McCsbc has issued a pas.
,oraI against secret societies. which he denoun.
ces as deadly enemies of domestic peace and
national prosperity.
In the Central Criminal Court on Saturday
Patrick Taltourd Hickey, convicted of threat
enIng to kill Forster, chief secretary tor Ire
land, was sentenced to Is months imprls, n.
ment
In regard to crops in England the London
Miller says: "Wheat has been cut during the
last five fortunate days. The appearance of
corn in shocks and the weight of ears answer
for full average yield Of excellent grain on
all :he best wheailands. Medium loans hear
the hest crops. but thin lands and poor clays
seldom show eny serious deficiencies" In
France the crop is below an average and there
will be deficiency which is expected to be
mainly supplied from Russia
In Russia, where the wheat crop is reported
to I've splendid, the Nihllists are accused OF az.
fecting the supply by system of boycottlng
IN this wise: A man dressed in the uniform
Of an ouradnik, or country policeman, rides
into village, and, taking out paper, reads a
ukase, in which the peasants are informed that
the car, their father, forbids them to work for
the mobiles. The consequence 10 that. Instead
of the splenaid harvest anticipated, the fne
crops are likely TO rot 10 the delds for wan, Of
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

THE BRTDGEPORT PUMPs.-Chlcago having
thus far made no motion towards complying
with the "Munn Resolution" of the last legis.
lature, to erect pumping works at Bridgeport
by the lst OF September, a committee OF promi
nent citizens Of Joliet waited upon the Canal
Board at Lockport on Monday with the re.
quest that steps be taken to give force to the
alternative requirement Of the resolution, that
in case Chicago neglected to crec, the con,em-
plated pumping works, the canal board should
cut channel from the Desplaines river at
the Summit, 80 ~ to make a sufficient current
in winter to float hack the stink OF the Chica.
go river to that city or the lake The canal
board gave every assurance to the Joliet COM
mittee that by the 1st of September. Chicago
had taken no steps to insure the erection of the
pumps before winter, the will of the people,
as expressed hy the legislature. should be car.
ried out and the board would proceed without
delay 10 cut the proposed channel from the
Desplaines river.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

1t IS noticed that at the recent election on
prohibition in North Carolina over two.thirds
of the republican vote was cast against prohi.
bltion, while the democratic vote was about
equally divided. The "party of great moral
ideas" supports prohibition with great en-.
thus!asm IN Kansas and Iowa. where it IS
popular. but tho moral aspects Of the question
are very different, you know, in the land Of
the "moOnshiners"
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

Boston IS overrun with tourists from the
west, drawn thithcr by the $5 fares on the
Grand Trunk road. They are SAID to be a
sore trial to the Boston hotel clerks. Accord
ing to Times reporter "they usually arrive
just before daylight, wave off the hackmen,
invade the hotel washrooms, gTapple the easy
chars, cat lunches from their grlpsacks, light
their pipes, and wait calmly until the city
awakcs and something can he seen
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

Six men we're killed on Monday morning
Oh the farm Of George Young, not far from
Ccntervile, st. Clair county. in this state by
the bursting of the boiler of steam thrashing
machine. The explosion vet fire to the straw,
consuming the wheat and machinery, also the
bodies of the killed.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

A Chlllcothe, Ill.,. dispatch states that the
Irish revolutionary party have an agent In that
place who is gathering potato beetles, and put
ting them up in small boxes for transportation
TO England, where they are to be turned loose
10 prey upon English crops, This is more
diabolical scheme than that of Grove and his
dynamite machines.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

| NECROLoGY-OrvlleG Grant, youngest broth
er Of ex president L. S. Grant died on the Grh
inst. a, an insane asylum near Elizabeth, n.
Jersey. General Grant, his mother, Col. Fred
Grant, Mrs 4. Il. Corbin and other proml ent
relatives attended his funeral at Elizabeth, Oh
Monday He was ahou, AZ years of age had
! been successful business man IN Galena and
and afterwards became mixed up with the Ir.
dian ring, drifting from that into the New
York stock board, until 1878, when be devcl-
oped unqucstionable signs of insanity, and was
confined IN private asylum IN New jersey,
where he remained for five or SIX years Last
year he went back to Chicago but early in the
summer the same tokens began To show them
selves and he WAS returned to the asylum,
where he died.
Gen, Robert Patterson, an Old and honorcd
citizen of Pblladelpha-a hero Of three wars
besides being u successful merchant, man
ufacturer and politician, died at Phila-
delphii on Sunday at the advanced age
of 90 years He WAS an Irishman by birth,
the son of an Irish exile and Of course had
no love for England. All his life a democrat,
he was no less thorough patriot than an up
right, honorable and generous citizen.
Vim. G. Fargo, one Of the founders aud de-
velopers Of the express business, died AZ his
home in Buffalo ou the 3d INST, aged G3 years.
He commenced life In very humble circum'I
stances, but by industry and business capacity
attained the head of the American Express
Company. Mr.. Fargo also attained some pV-
lItcal prominence, and at the time OF his
death WAS Mayor ot Buffalo
Hon. O. III. Browning, one of Illinois most
distinguished citizens, died at his home in
Quincy on Wednesday, aged 75years He was
native OF Ksntuckey but had come to Hi.
nois IN 1881, settling at Quincy. lie was al
lawyer by profession and for many years stood
at the head of his profession in the state. Iel
had also represented his county and district inI
the upper and lower houses of the lllinoisl
legislature, and in 1861 was appointed by Gov.
Yates to fill the unexplred term of Stephen A. i
Douglas in the United States senate After.
wards he served rs Secretary OF the interior iD
President Johnson's cabinet. He was a man
no less noted for eminent talent than for his
courteous bearing charitable and kindly dis.
position, and all the qualities which won for
him the confidence aud esteem of all with
whom he came in contact.
Judge Gillespie who died at Edwardsvile,
Aug 1 WAS one of the most practically useful |
of the public men of Illinois. In old times
he was a wing, and he joined the republicans
about the time Of the agitation OF the NeJras.
ka question. He was elected to the Illinois
state senate in 1855, we believe, and was sever.
times returned enjoying great influence AS
well as the reputation Of being square and
honest
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

hands, tor an ignorant peasant would never
dream Of dIsobeying an order which he sup
posed came from the car through the governor
France is at prcsrn, op the throcs Of u ma
tional election, which Is soon tn take place.
The republicans, however are so largely IN
the ascendent, that the election promises to
pass OFT with comparatively little excitement
Gambetta, who is greatly disappointed and In.
ccnscd against the senate for rejecting his
scrutiR de HH project-tto elect 10y general
llcke, instead of dlstricts), in announcing his
programme In speech at Bordeaux. caused
some excitement by threatening = remodeling
ofthe senate, which the mass OF the rcpuhi.
cans, including President Grcvy and Jules
Ferry, strenuousy oppose.
The electric exhibition opened Ia Paris on
Wednesday, tn, IN . very imperfect condition.
Every thing IL many days behindhand, and in
this respect the American exhibits are worse
than any Of the others. NOsc Of the hoileis
are yet IN place. ltis thought that,he Edison
company will be able to light up the room set
apar. for it next Sunday. The opening was
very imposing. Prcslden. Grcvy, Nine Grevy,
Gen. Petite, the ministers of foreign affairs,
marine, and posts and 'clegraphs were present.
md made detailed inspection Of the exhibit.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

darthias. the Russian nihil,st, whose arrival
In this county We mentioned last week, 1,
seems has received warning from the state
department at Washington and betaken him.
self TO Canada for safety. The warning Is un.
Gerstocd 70 be In the form Of an intlms,,on
Chat should the Russian gc%ernmen, demand
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13

name. Another old time mark was the falling
OF the stars, Nov. 7th, 1888 Evcrycne who saw
1t remembers exactly every incident OF the time.
Another date was ''the sudden change" In 1886
u most remarkable change from a warm rain 10
the coolest storm imaginable. II was unparal.
lelcd, and many lost their lives In It. Iremem
Der the death OF old man Butler and his grand.
daughter. The storm caught them away from
home; and the old man with the tender lnstincts
OF aye pulled OFT his coat to protect the little girl
But she died. and next day We found him dead
too. No one here In 1886 will forget that change.
Another case was OF o party going to Chicago.
They all got Ito a tavern except one young man
who they supposed would soon follow them. But
ne had not the strength; End they found him
frozen stiff near shed. Another date was the
winter OF 1923. Our young people talk Of tho
last winter. II was hard winter but not equal
to that OF 1898. Winter began about Nov. llth
aud with the exception of q January thaw OF
about week it was a solid intensely cold winter
until April, and crossed the Illinois river on
three feet OF Ice on April 9th. There arc
those here who are rot old settlers bu. arc their
children. leave 1t to you to day II the stock
WASN'T good. do not wish to aa.ter you, but
| have Travelled somewhat in our Countrywide
east west and south and have seen the growth
and culture Of our states. and say there is no
spot Of earth where all that Is noble or good is
moro represented than here. The U. s. 10 tho
best government under the sun; Illinois is the
best state Of the union. and northern Illinois Is
the best part OF this state.
The choir sang "Auld Lang Syue," when tho
crowd was dismissed for social visitation and
luuch.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-08-13
tho middle of December the weather was per
fec,ly delightful, and the succeeding winter
was unusually mild.

In connection with the free interchange of
postal matter between this country and Cana.
da, rather unsavory fact comes to light. 1t
was noticed for long time by the postal au.
thorties on this side that though many of our
best and most costly mail pouches were being
sent across the border, none ever came back
This led Il. NJ. General james to institute an
inquiry and the result Ia the discovery by The
agents he sent that at every Canadian post Office
they visited The majority Of the mail bags and
pouches were branded ~. s." and at Wind.
sor they found United States mail pouches put
up and just aboat to hc despatched for Mani.
foha and the far provinces of British Columbia.
Several OF these mail bags were brought back
hy The inspectors. On each of them had been
fastened by the Canadians a patended device for
locking the bags, showing that they had been
deliberately appropriated and prepared at the
Canadian repair shops for the Canadian local
service. Tho inspectors estimate that many
thousands Of these bags and pouches which
cost s. upward, are being daily used by the
Canadian postal authorities. While the Ca.
nucks seem to be adrot enough at s,eali ng
they apparently don't know how to hide.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-12-15
= Sheriff S Sales.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County OF PICKENa.
oct 27, 1881
COUNTY OF PICKENs.

DY virtue Of IN execution to me directed ]
ID have levied upon, and will sell to the
highest bidder for cash, during the legal
hours Of sale on the first Monday il January
1882, before the Court House door of Pickens
County,
All of that Tract of Land, lying and being
in the County of Pckens, in the State Of
South Carolina, on Big Crow Creek, waters
of Keowec River, adjoining lands of Thomas
Newton, }. N Aurphrce and others. contain
ing One Hundred and Eighty>six Acres, more
or less
Levied on as the property Of Il. Milton AL
exander. Whatever interest therein is sub
ject to- sale for the dots of said L. Milton
Alexander, will be sold.
. ......s ALSO,
All that Tract of Land, adjoining the above
Tract, James a. Moore, Richard Morgan anil
others, containing Two Hundred and Twenty
seven Acres, more or less Levied upon as
the property of David a. Alexander, de
dcased. s... ....... r... a..et ""... ...
These two tracts were formerly in one tract,
and was the properJy.of Fountain Alexander
deceased; and are levied upon as the properly
of 4. Milton Alexander and David A. Alex.
ander, deceased, at the suit Of Susan 3 Alex.
ander and Aurora Il. Alexander, plaintiffs
against 4. Milton Alexander, Administrator
and Sarah a. Alexander Administratrix, De-
PENDANTS.
JOAB MAULDIN, s.po.
doc 8, 1881 l3
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sept 90, 1891 2
D. ~. EEqDESDQeN e& SON.
Commission Merchants and Dealers in
Fertilizers,
G8 EAST BAY.
CnARLEsroN, November Q, 1881.
sept 70, | 9Sl

A the commencement of another business
"A year we acknowledge with pleasure the
patronage and confidence Of our planting
friends
HOBSON'S COTTON AND CORN FERTILI.
HER, RO3SON'S COMPOUND ACID pIIOS-
rH ATE, have given very gratifying satisfac-
ton. Our Cotton n Corn Fertilizer is of
'he hIehcst standard. II contains among
other valuable ingredients 3 per cent. of Am.
monin. l. per cent. of Potash, lG per cent.
of available Phosphate. Having been among
the first TO introduce Guano in this State. we
can confidently refer 10 our planting friends
that during the series of years We nave sold
them Manurcs We have always Civ n n pure
article. Every Manure is tested We offer
the above Fertilizers for cash, time or cotton.
Planters ordering Immediately will he nj.
lowed TO the lst Of April to decide which they
prefer. cash or time. An order for caroad
Of ten tons will hc sent free of drayncc, for n
less amount 81 per ton will be charged
nov "a, 1881 II 3m
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