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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-02-05

The Mendoza brass band has dabanded.
Lostant had u ten.doar robbery last week at
Kings mill
The masons Of La Sale will dance at the La
Sale armory on the 22d.
A meeting will be held in La Sale this eve
ming to organize Il branch OF the Land League
The Streator window glass works have began
making glass. The factory has ten pots, with a
full quota Of hands.
La Sale Democrat: "The Union Coal com.
pany hosted for the month OF January A,2lo
tons and 800 pounds of coal"
The Nclps is responsible for the statement that
1.-TWO Peru sports went hunting on Monday ana
captured fifteen coons, in half a day. 1t wasn't
good day for coons either"
The hunters of "North Prairie had their an
nual hunt last week, some 80 odd on side. The
spos were 1914 rabbits. Guests to the number
Of II sat down to the supper at f. ?. Bosworths.
Free Press Streator: During the booming
times now the miners of this place are taking out
about 6 600 tons Of coal PEI day. 1t is estimated
that each acre of land yields 1000 tons of mar
ketabe coal consequently this coal field is being
exhausted at the rate of ca Of an acre per
day. This rate is not kept up through the year
by any means, but it is probable that 10 TO 2Oo
acres per year are being exhausted. From this
it can be seen that the coal fields here are good
for great many years YETI
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The Joliet Citizens Corps give promenade
concert Feb. 10th.
The Aurora land league have elected Charles
Hagarty president and Geo Mccain secretary.
A petition is IN circulation in Aurora asking
the legislature to make Decoration Day legal
holiday
A man named Griffin, aged As, was convicted
in Joliet of incest and sent TO the penltcntary Tor
Is years.
While the pious people were at church in Au-
rora last Sunday evening, thieves relieved their
conyryanccs Of the robes.
The secretary Of the Aurora cigar makers
union 'It out' on Friday last, with $50 OF the
unions funds and leaving his landlord out $40.
The right of way for switch track having been
secured on condition that the citizens raise So
300 Morris feels sure the car-whccl shops viii be
erected there.
On Monday night burglars went through John
Kantcnburger's tailorshop, Aurora, securing $50
worth of plumber; IN DR.. F. II. Robinson'5 den
tist) they secured his stock of gold and couple
of shotguns, valued at $50 each.
Gus. Haas, formerly of Yorkville, now OF Brock
enridgc, Col, came home the other day to bury
glary. But Gustayus had once sold liquor in
York vile in a crooked way, and skipped out to
escape n fine of $500 Strange to say, the people
hadn't forgotten the fact, so when Gus. came TO
bail out the brother the village had him arrested
to keep his brother company. He says he'll stay.
Washburn, the wirc-fence patcntcc, whose
claims have been held good by the courts. Is now
ENJOYING himself squeezing the manufacturers,
demanding SOC. per 100 lbs. on previous and 75c.
ROYALTY on the future manufacturers. Factories
are licensed to make certain amount of fence,
Z. a., one Joliet firm can make 5000 tons; while
small shops will be frozen out, the product OF
all the licensed establishments being limited to
&c, 600 tons.
Dan Elgin paper says LOOMS K Luther, atSyca'
more, have seventy-tlye acres of land covered
with rottins flax straw, TO which they are adding
twenty to thirty tons week. They contemplate
building a factory for the manufacture of fax
Irvine, such as is used on harvesting machines.
The estimated cost of requisite machinery Is only
$4,000, and the works will give employment te
about thirty men. The demand for the Irvine /;
already enormous, and is doubling every year
The projectors OF the enterprise compute thu
profits from the Irvine making at the proposed
factory at $50 per day.
The double tracks of the Chicago, Burlington
4 Quincy road between Chicago and Aurora
about forty miles, are kept almost CONSTANT.
warm with the vast traffic to and from Chicago
which centres on them from all the lines OF thi
great system. During 1850 no less than 10,
freight trains, containing so, 6si cars-averaginI
81 GA trains and l37207 cars per day-fa'se'
over this short section alone. Besides this TIT
time table shows IA regular passenger train
each way, and there are numerous extras. Proba
bly, no other pair of tracks in the west show 81
heavy service, says the Rdil,cy Age
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Rural Happenings.

DAYTON, Feb l, lssl.-Good sleighing still
continues. Two weeks of good sleighing and
an excellent prospect for two weeks more.
pretty snug winter, isn't 1t?
Mr. Noah Let's, of Iowa, has been visiting
at Geo. NJ Dunavan's u couple of weeks. lie
is spending this week among acquaintance
IN Dayton. Mr.. Let's appears to be q fine
young man and Is gaming many friends:
Mr.. VIM. Mcmillan and Mr.. Bell, of North
Aurora, spent Sunday in town.
Prot HOLLYWOOD delivered an excellent ser.
mon last Sabbath on the Bible" The Prof.
has many warm friends IN this vicinity who
welcome his semi-monthly visits.
Mr.. John Breese had the misfortune last
week 10 lose one OF his children, bright little
boy The little fellow had an accident which
bruised and sprained one of his limbs. which
began swelling and finally caused his death.
The Library Association has reorganized,
and will soon add few more volumes to their
catalogue. The following officers were chosen
/ for the ensuing year: Dir. Isaac Green, presi-
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AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS are the best OF all pur.
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long, laborious and successful chemical invcsti-
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their practice and by all civilized nations, proves
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that medical science can devise. Being purely
vegetable, no harm can arise from their use. In
intrinsic value and curative powers no other pills
can be compared with them, and every person,
knowing their virtues, will employ them when
needed. They keep the system in perfect order,
and maintain in healthy action the whole ma
chinery of life. Mild, searching and etiectual,
they are specially adapted to the needs Of the d.
gestiye apparatus, arrangements OF which they
prevent and cure, II timely taken. They arc the
best and safest physic to employ for children and
weakened institutions, where a mild but etiec-
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For SALE KY ALL DEALERS. (2l
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II must he sO-PlatO thou reasoncSt WE'LL
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing for four acesy
Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror,
or drawing but ace high, Why shrinks the man
Back on himself and startles at bob-tail flush?
IT'S the dyspepsia that stirs within us;
'Ts that last cocktail that makes me nervous,
And ntimates fear Of being beaten.
Through what new deals and shuies must we
pass!
The whole deck lies before me.
But the dealers hand rests on 1t.
What do hold? This chance was made for Cato.
I'm weary Of CONFERENCE.-The must end them.
(Shoycs a cold deck up his seeve)
The Aurora Beacon ISLANDERS Ottawa In this
style. "Ot.awa schools are closed and two hun
bred Of the pupils are laid up with diptheria."
The Beacon man will keep out OF Ottawa until
this has been forgotten.
The fact is there has not been a single case OF
diptheria in Ottawa this season, nor a case of
scarlet fever. The town has always been singu-
larly free from contagious diseases, and never
more SO than now.
Mendoza paper says: George Price was in
Ottawa this week, ostcnsibly to attend to some
probate business, but in reality to attend the
court house meeting Of the Board of Superb
sors, where ne constituted himself a committee
OF one TO keep an eye on the acts OF the Board In
general and on our Supervisor in particular
George is not much in favor Of $3.50, 900 cour,
edfce, and fayors an appropriation OF about q
quarter OF 4 million less than that amount
George seems to be "bad man." judging from
the record published on our 9th page. He waf
quite as successful as two Of Ottawas superv
sors ia blocking the wheels, however.
-
Mr.. Daniel Carr is an admrer Of Judge Cation
that's evident. lie says in a Mendoza paper
''The court house is in better condition TO-DAY
than IL has ever been for the last forty years. and
the attendance AZ the litigations are no create
thar IL has been for the last twenty years
There has never been any complaint but wha,
the court house was large enough to accommo
date those who saw ct to attend"
-
Indeed "Ccurt House Literature" was lead
ing feature Of last weeks Mendoza papers. w
take IL for granted there has been an immens
amount OF hard swearing up there By the kick
ers. McIntire has our sympathy.
The Mendoza B,sllefin says that II the Mcndot
and Joliet short line railroad is ever built the
p. A O. win build il, and In such case Mr.. Ho
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WIDE AWAKE. Cd. Lothrop IL Co.. Boston.
81 n year, The February number of this favor
tie OF the Juveniles, presents ienthy and attract.
i've table of contents 1t opens with n poem ty
e. +. Barnes, "The Roman Boys Trophies" IL
lustratcd by full page picture as frontispiccc.
Then comes true story with moral about some
little people making themselves dangerously free
in doctor shop. Racing Thunder Storm"
is an exciting balloon adventure, told by Frank
II. Taylor. "Thc Sad story of Jan Upernavk Of
Omenakn tells in very readable verse the career
of an adventurous Greenland youth Then are
the Serials Rocky Fork, Tot the Dwarf To-Day
and an illustrated 81 page supplement, giving
the first installmcnt OF Geo. McDonald's great
story of Warlock Of Glenwarlock;' as well as
some solid history in "The Reign OF the Georges
by Emily Huntington Miller, and dozen or
more of nice poems, all more or less illustrated.
Single copies for sale and subscriptions received
by Osman & Hapeman, Ottawa, Ills.
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A CARD.

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OTTAWA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1851.

den might as we'll abandon his enterprise, as Tue
C., b. & Q. will probably have their new line
completed and running before Mr.. Holden Sc
cures his right Of way unless be progress faster
than he has done the past two years. The iae'
is, as railroad men say, the c., Il, ". z, VIII not
allow the line to be put through by It's enemies
The Prophctstown road, u useless extension, was
bought by that company to Kill the shor|l'hc'
and they mean to keep up the tight.
The Streator postmaster has been the SUBJECT
of u good deal Of hard swearing among Ottawa
men, who complain the mail Is very tardily de-
liyercd.
Mark Twain's "scntimcnp for the Illinois
State Testimonial to Mrs Hayes on the Danish
ment of wine from the White House;
Total abstinenc Is so excellent thing IL can
not be carried to too great an extreme. IN my
passion for IL even carry 1t so lar Us 10 lotaily
abstain from total abstinence ITSELF
49,"
The RlJubhean states that The county CLERK mas
called special election to I'LL the Office OF conn-
ty surveyor made vacant by the death oil MI
Brumbach, on the first Tuesday OF April, the day
of the annual town meetings Is Mr. Stocksleger
certain the vacancy is to be filed by special
election? Pretty good legal authority assures us
that 1t is the duty of tne supervisors to fill the
vacancy.
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CHICAGO, Feb, ), 1851.
The Times Of yesterday says:
On the board of trade II bcarish set Of markets
was Witnessed on yesterday. In both grain and
provisions the movement was unsatisfactory for
sellers, who were generally compelled to accept
lower prices Bushes, was moderately active.
ON ,Chanpc the cnsh nropertV closed as follows
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HILLS ORDERED PAID.


On notion OF AID Blake, adjourned.
A.. T. BARTELs, City Clerk.
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The Aurora Beacon ISLANDERS Ottawa in this
style. "Ot.awa schools are closed and two hun
bred Of the pupils are laid up with dlptheria."
The Beacon man will keep out Of Ottawa until
this has been forgotten.
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The Mendoza Bslletin says that il the Mendoza
ana Joliet short line railroad s built the c.,
B. 4 Q. win build II, and in such case Mr.. Hol-
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Indeed "Court House Literature" was lead
ing feature Of last weeks Mendoza papers. We
take IL for granted there has been an immense
amount Of hard swearing up there by the kick
ers. McIntirc has our sympathy.
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.ru eD~ a. ACRFS-or will subdyidc largely good
Es7 ri Ma bottom land. good improvements near 70
sHa ES' J ss'@:': $ g % :, as Hs' VII
w ~ Sy he sold for on SS5 per acre and still less
for cash to close estate Who wants bargain ,,,
nni5. iw DIR. j. ., HARRIS.
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The King and The MILLER.

Near Sans Souci, the iavorlte residence OF
Frederic the Great, there was n mill, which
interfered greatly with the view from the
palace. One day the King sent to inquire
what the owner would lake for the mil
and the unexpected reply came tt ut tie
miller would not sell it for any money. The
King, much incensed, gave orders that the
mill should be pulled down. The miller
made no resistance, but folding his arms,
quietly remarked:
tine KING may do this, but there are
laws In Prussia"
And he took legal proceedings, the result
of which was that the King had to rebuild
the mill and to pay good sum of money
besides in compensation.
Although His Majesty was much cha
grined at this end to the matter he put the
best face he could upon it, and turning to
his cour.iers he remarked:
81 am glad to see that there are just laws
and upright Judges in my ngdom."
A sequel to this incident occurred about
forty years ago. A descendant of the mill
er of whom we have just been talking had
come into possession of the mill.
After having struggled for several years
against ever-increaslng poverty, and being
at length quite unable to keep on in his bu
siness, he wrote to the King of Prussia, re
| minding him of the incident we have jus
related, and stating that, if His Majesty tel
so disposed. he should be very thankful, ii
his present difficulty, to sell the mill. Th'
King wrote the following reply with hi
own hand:
| MY DEAR NEIGHBoR-I can not allow you to sci
| the mill Ii mnst always be in your possession a
| long as one member of your family exits for
| belongs to the history of Prussia. regret. how
| ever. To hear you are In such straitened cincum
| stances and therefore send you herewith sc. Oh
I'm the hope that 1t may be OF some service in re
| storing your fortunes. Consider Inc always you
| affectiOnate neighbOr. FREDERIC WILLIAM.
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The MILKY Way.

Many astronomers, from Herschel down.
wards, have spent much time in ob:erving
and specializing upon the structure and
functions Of the great stellar streams known
as the Galaxy or Milky Way, This part OF
the heavens has recently been made an OBJ
ject of careful study by Nj. Houzeau, of
Brussels Observatory. He has indlcat d its
composition by means of curves of equal
luminous intensity. Looking casually at
the Milky way, one might be- dip sci 10
think its lumin os,ty nearly the same through
out. But NJ Houze4u finds in it series OF
luminous plates or masses: to the number Of
tbirty-three, each diminishing in brig
outward from the centre. These are arrange ]
almost ex-ctly along great circle of ,be
celestial sphere. The solar system is nearly
in the plane of this equator" and probably
near its centre.
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DEATh OF THE OLD WIFE.
BY s. A. BUTTERFrELD, NJ. D.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel:
sIR-Reading in last sundays Sentinel tn
sketch entitled Death of the Old Wife," 1 wa
so impressed with its beautiful and life-like sim
plicity that thought TO preserve 1t by changin
1t into verse; which you will please insert in you
excellent Sunday edition. if you think 1t worth,
of SO much space. Respectfully SAB.
she'd lam all the day in a stupor,
With constantly short'ning of breath;
der husband in sadness sat near her.
Silently watching the work of death.
And now as the night drew around them
Its dark sable curtain of gloom,
She woke and called her aged partner.
To askif night darkened the room.
He tenderly bent himself DER her.
And took In his own her wan hand
And answered her softly that darkness
Was fast shutting light from the land.
And then her thoughts turned to their children
Anc asked him If tLey were all there:
Their children. who'd all gone before them,
And left them a sad, lonely pair.
With trembling he answered her question:
The children, dear one, all safe;
Don't think OF them. Jeuet. my darling.
But rather think now of yourself.
My trust is in Thee, blessed Father.
She said hough SO dark is the way:
I'd rather with God walk i'll darkness
Than alone in the sunlight of day.
O.where is our Charley she muttered-
Their Charley. whose soft golden hair
Meath the saows of a score of long winters
Had lain, she imagined still there.
The hands that so faithful had labored,
So bravely had lightened his toll.
THAI never had shirked any duty,
However their palms it might soil;
Those hands. all so calloused and wrinkled.
So cold now he patted and kissed:
For well he knew how lone AID dreary
'rwould be when the old wife was missed.
For oft In their long welded journey
Together they'd stood by the bed,
Where the death-ang claimed for his victim
zoe mother, or family's head.
And when The slow hours had reached midnight,
That spirit SO gentle aud mild.
AS peacefully past from its labors,
AS comes the calm sleep of child.
Then the stricken old man. sadly weeping,
They tenderly led from the room,
And strove with their kind words and CHEEKY
To brighten his dark night OF gloom.
You've found Heaven first, my dear Jenet,
He murmured: but soon you will come
To take your oil heart-broken partner
With you to our heavenly home.
So ere the first winter SHOWS fallen,
The Old man has gone to his rest,
To live with his fal hful companion
For aye in the land of The blest.
And thus was their grand diamond wedding.
Their friends had kindly prepared,
Transferred to d ftr brighter mansion,
Where its joy by th-i. children are shared.
indianapolis, october 10. leSl
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SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
United Brothers OF FrIen dship.

Sumner Lodge No. IL. regular communi-
cation every frst and third Monday Of each
month. Hall northeast corner of Meridian
aud Washington streets. All members re-
Quested to be present, also members of other
lodges of the same faith are invited.
H. w. Jackson. Worthy Master.
w. s. Lock financial Secretary.