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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13
Rural Happenings.
Grand Rapids and Fall River.


FALL RIVER, Aug. 0-Durlng the pas
week there has been a mutual combination O
thunder, lightning and wholesoul profanit,
over the assessments, Mr.. Farrell reprcntin,
the interests of the poorer class Of people i
still victorious.
The glied genius of Hickory Point, wh'
wrote To Secretary Blame advising him nov
TO take care of the president and expected to b'
rewarded by foreign mission, has beer
greatly disappointed.
The young gentleman who signed himself
"pills" in the Ottawa Times had better tax.
few and then the church coulu write "Selah'
over the doors of his synagogue.
Mr.. Joseph Hanna has left the land of milk
and honey to make his future home IN the par
adise of Minnesota
Big lnjun ModOc who monOpOliZed the
market with his potatoes last fall is about tC
take trip around the lakes for his precarious
health.
Miss Maggie Hanna will soon depart fol
her school at Morris where she will complete
her scientific course.
Henry Dickerman will deliver temperance
lecture at the Hickory Point church Monday
evening. BOURBON.
GRAND RAPIDS, Aug. 9--The quarterly
day last at Yale Church A large audience
morHng aud evening" with two good sermons
by Rev. Springer, some sixty or seventy-fve
communicates TO the Lords supper, q lively
instructive talk to the children
Harvesting Is past and now threshing oats
Is the order Of the day
Mrs. Peddlcord, daughter of j. NJ. Hanna
is quite feeble with lung affection The babe
Is dong we'll. Mrs j. NJ, Hanna ia unable Ia
attend to household duties.
Our TREND J. Pusey was Frustrated with the
heat Of Tuesday last while on his way TO Sene
ca along the rorth bluff He managed To reach
q. c. G-lswold's grain Office, where copious
bathing Of head, face and arms partially restor.
ed him. He then attended to some business
aud found his way over To Christian Ridge
(well named) and fell into the hands of some
good samaratins Mr. and Mrs Thos Moore
who took him In and cared for him through n
violent attack of cholera mOrbus As vomlt
ing could not lie checked, Dr. Cronin was call
cd in, aud as no medicine would Law upon his
stomach, the doctor gave him hyperdermic
Injection Of morphine and other suitable In
gradients. The patient ceased to vomit and
soon fell into a quiet sumber which continued
the rest of the night. by noon next day he
was able 10 go over TO the business part Of the
village and returning 10 the cool Of the even.
ing he drove home IN aconvaesceut condition
He wishes 20 express especial thanks To Mr.
and Mrs. Moore. Ezra Carpenter and the ice
men of Seneca for assistance and kindness.
The new railroad bridge 10 progressing and
for the once Seneca Is young New York.
G.
RurLAsD. Arg. l2,-The weather Is warm
and vsry dusty.
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on the subject of Internal Machines" speaks
as follows about that statement of Mr.
Grove:
The statement of Mr.. Grove, of Peoria, that
there are factories OF dynamite internal ma.
chimes IN every city and town of the United
States, the product to be used for the desruc
ton of Great Britain's navy and buildings in
England Is on its face q lie If Mr. Grove
himself is engaged in the business he can be
placed, under the federal statute, IL jail for ten
years and be compelled to pay heavy fine.
Mr.. Grove will find il to his interest to stop
his yarDs
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AZ, Charles Shaver has returded To school

Mr. Charles Shaver has returded 10 SCHOOL
again. .o,
Mr. A. w. Wysong Is the guest OF Mr.. Chas
Shaver. .,.-,
Corn. Smelling and threshing Is the general
business among the farmers.
| think our two lawyers, Mr.. G. and Mr.. T..
of Rutland, had better open An office.
Charlie Butterfeld has the boss threshlng
machine Last Saturday he thrcshed 1911
bushels of oats in eleven hours.
The Rutland band gave Charlie sercnade
last evening After playing few pieces he
invited them In 70 partake Of some Ice cream
FW
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CRops-CoNDITIoN. YIELD. ETc.-The cor.
respondents of the III. Dept. of Agriculture
for this county report on Aug. as follows:
La Sal,e-Very little wheat grown In the
county: fall wheat will not average over TWEEN
" bushels, and spring wheat ten bushels per
acre. Rye will make about twelve bushels.
and oats forty bushels per acre. IN some local
tiles the chinch hugs and army worm have IL.
iured the oats. Hay was generally saved in
good condition, and will average one and one
half tons per acre. Corn Is not in good con-
diiion and the outlook is not encouraging for
much over half an average WELD per acre; the
chinch bugs have destroyed hundreds ct acres,
and the dry weather has been nniavnral'le for
the late corn. Broom corn looks well, and
sorghum cane will make over three.iourths ni
an average crop. Pastures have been good
until the dry weather set in; are now short.
There will be something over half crop Of
T.'.h p ,taiocs, and nearly an aver age crop of
, . eel potatoes. Apples will not make one
Ihrrd of crop, grapes and black errIes about
half an average crop. Farm animals are gen.
orally healthy; some complaint of lung irou-
bles among horses; stock is in usual condi.
iion for the season.
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Among all the public institutions of Hi.
nois probably the hardest bargain" lie the so.
called state board Of Equalization. Tha,
body IA now in session at Springfield and is
said to be composed, even in larger proportion
than usual, of new, inexperienced and neon.
petent men. The returns Of assessed valua.
lions In the several counties OF Illinois for
1884, as compiled by the state auditor for the
use and action Of the board. give the follow.
Ing aggregates:
Real estate Qands. ........... 1893, 1856 76l
Real estate Qots) ...............1 78,l4S17S
Personal property. ,......... l6S,674777
Railroads assessed in counties. -. s,069, 957
Grand total. s748679,673
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of our national currency, and must soon put
an end to the national banking system, and
predicted that state bank notes, based on com.
merclal assets, would be the paper money OF
the future.
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That wonderful mill AZ Ottawa that was 10 cost
So 600 Ia hardly 30 expensive. The contract for
building 1t was awarded to Sanders Bros ut So
397.-Strrator Free Press.
The contract only covers the building-the
outer wooden shell or enclosure. The expensive
part Of mill, as every tyro ought to knowl 8
the machinery, which In this case Ia to be of the
newest, best and most costly kind, and will make
the total cost Of the mill s25, 900.
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The Times OF yesterday says
The board OF trade markets were q little "Otf ]"
on yesterday. Corn commanded q small advance,
but in wheat and provisions the movement was
bearish and lower. Oats and rye were about
steady Speculation was quite active in a ma.
jOrity Of the markets. On Change cash prop.
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Chicago Market.

The grain prices cover whole range OF market from
house prices "a prices paid for odd loads for feed.
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Boys Department.
Always on hand the largest stock
of Boys and Children's Readymade
Suits, in all ages, from two years to
twenty-one.
Prices, from So to SIS.
The latest style of cut can always
be depended upon, as the large bust
ness done keeps the stock constantly
changing.
Also, have boys extra pants.
Don't fail to examine the stock of
Mems, Youths, Boys and Children's
Suits.
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The superlatiyc value
fact that it is brought with
culture. 1t istraiU a libra
edge. 1t brings q liberal
the reach even of every
and apprentice boy OF the
himself and to his children
outfit of his home. To tn
walk of life, a Cycloprdia
OF course the Old ar,
Appletons have made 4 =.
sale of their hiGh-priccd I
their power oycrthrown.
10 getting fron 10 10 90
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Butter-Choice to fancy creamery, 23@ %: fine
to fancy dairy, l7@20c; good to choice, l5@17c;
shipping lots, ll@l3c.
Eggs-Fresh, l319@l4c.
Potatoes-New, 81 0O@2 so per Dbl.
Cattle-Exira graded export steers, Sc l5@
GAO; good to choice natives, S560Qt5 s5; com.
mon shipping and killing steers, $475@5. Is;
cows and heifers, $3750640O.
Live Hogs-Sales ranged from s5,SOG600 to
packers.
WooL.-Water Brown Il Co.'s (Boston) last
circular reports the market IA quiet, with slight
concession on fine washed heeces. Yester-
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The WEATHER.--Somei idea Of the extent
ana severity of the present heated term may be
formed from brief extracts from few dispatch.
es, columns like which fiji the daily papers
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Aug. 0.-Touay has heen
terror The heat was terrific, scoring 80 de,
grees in the shade.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9.--The weather today has
been simply appalling, the maximum beng
105 degrees in the shade. IL is the hottest day
recorded IN st. Louis during the past forty. five
years.
DUBUQUE, Aug. 9-Thc temperature to-day
at the Signal office was ninety,seven and three
tenths degrees, the highest on record. Weather
sweltering.
New YORK, Aug. G-There were thirty.nine
sunstrOkes today, six fatal. The thermometer
marked o. degrees in the shade. Work in the
mills at Trenton and other manufacturing
towns in New jersey was suspended, with the
thermometer over 100, and number Of pros.
tra,lons. Boston and other New England cit.
les and towns report II the hottest day of the
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The ILLINOIS, Social Science Association holds
its fourth annual meeting at Chicago October
9th and eth. All persons interested in the
work OF the association are cordially invited to
attend Free entertainment for the members
Of the association from abroad will be provld,
ed by the ladies Of Chicago, if notified of their
proposed attendance by Sept. 25th, such notice
being addressed to Mrs II. H. Hardy, Secre-
tary, 437 Washington st., Chicago
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PORTLANDPOST OFFICE.
june ~, 1851.
OFFICE HOURS :

From 7.30 a. m. to $50 p. M, Sundays excepted
Sundays, open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 a. m.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate offices-Arrive at 1918
p. m. Close at S.15 a. M, 1880 and 900 p. m.
Boston and the West-Arriye at 1915, 5.1O $40,
and II 10 p m. Close at SIS a. m, 1890, 500
Intermediate or Way Mails, via Boston g. Maine
Railway-Arrive at 1910 and $40 p. IN. Close at
S.15 a. m. and 1890 p. m.
Great Southern & Western-Arrive at 1915 5,1o
500 and 800 p. m.
Bangor and connecting routes-Arrive at LIS p.
m. Close at 1l.45 a. m.
Augusta and connecting routes-Arrive at 900 a.
N. and Lib p. m. Close at 11.45 a m. and AS
Morning Northwestern, by Grand Trunk Railway
Arrive at $40 a. m. Close at $50 a. m.
Lewiston and administrative at 2O5 and 300 a..
m. and LID p. m. Close at $50 and LAB a. M
4.45 and 800 p. m.
oastine, Deer Isle, sedgwick, $. W. Harbor, Mt.
ehias, Millbridge and Bar Harbor, via each steamer
Arrive at a. m. Close at 8 p. m.
Eastport wa each steamer-ArrIve at 600 a. m.
Foreign mails, via New York, day previous to sail
ing Of steamers-Close at SIS a: m.
Express, Augusta, Bangor and the East-Arriye at
2.o5 a. m. Close at 800 p. m.
Skowhegan, intermediate offices and the north
Arrive at LIZ p m. Close at 11.45 a. En-.
Skowhegan also closes at 900 p m.
Canada and intermediate Offices via G. T. R.-Ar-
rive at l2.5o p m. Close at 1890 p: m.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island-Close at
IL. 45a. m. and 800 p. m.
Swanton, VT, and intermediate Offices, via P. g. O.
h.R-Arriye at 6.15 p. m. Close at 7.45 a. m.
BARTLETT n. H., and intermediate offices, via P g.
u X R-Arrive at SO a. m. Close at 1900 M.
Worcester, Mass, and intermediate Offices via P.
q r. Il. R.-Arrive at 120 p. m. Close at 12.45
p. m.
Rochester, n. H., and intermediate offices, via P.
Il r. r. R.-Close at 700 a. m.
Carriers deliveries are made daily (Sundays ex-
cepted in the business portion of the city at 700
and 1000 a. m, and 1.30 p. m. In other sections
made on week days at 700 and IL 90 a. m, and
400 and 800 p m. On Sundays at 600 D. M
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Five hundred dollars reward for better remsdy ,
for the relief coughs, colds, throat, whoop-
ing cough, consumption, bronchitis, etc., than DR..
Graves Balsam of Wild Cherry and Tar. 1t gives
immediate relief, is pleasant to take, and occa-
sions no unpleasant nauseating feelings. Sample
bottles, only 10 cents large bottles, so cents.
DIR. Graves's Blood Purifier eradicates all impuri-
ties from the system cleanses the blood renovates
the liver and stomach which from being torpid and
inert, by its become unusually stimulated and,
in fact gives healthy tone to the entire system
Price, 81.
Improved Family Cathartic Pills are the best pill
ever given patient by physician, and they are
frequently prescribed by them. They give prompt
are entirely vegetable. When you desire prompt
increment of he bowels, give the Improved Family
Cathartc Pills trial. Price 25 cents per box.
DR.. Graves remedies are for sale by Druggists
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AQUATIC,

John A. Kennedy will soon leave Portland
for Washington, and will send on his single
scull shell in advance. He is to train two
crews for the fall races.
Tho Union Rowing Association are talking
of getting up race for the police of the sew
eral cities in the State at their regatta, tn
winning crew to enter for the National Police
regatta.
Saturday night there was double scull
race between Hartnett and Fairy on the one
side and Driscoll and McCallun, all of the
Union crew. The distance rowed was from
Union to Great Eastern wharf, one mile, and
return. Mr.. James Flaherty acted as referee
and starter, and Mr. Daniel Anglin as Judge
at lower st AXE. The race for distance was
very exciting The crews worked hard for a
lead, which Driscoll and McCallum gained
and maintained throughout the race.
The Herald says the Spirit of the Times
says. Gross imprudently proposes to name the
place for the race with Hanlan.' Hardly
that. He wants to row a race for the cham
pionship of America in America, and names
five or six lakes, on any one of which the
challenged champion may lay out the course
A'oSS -S~ooAA ava oOid6 ehAc may 10 uHdb ITO
would like to 'even up" with Hanlan on ber-
efits from railroad and steamboat offers Han
Ian himself looks for purse of $4,000 or $4,000
from the city or town near which the race
may be rowed, an if the attraction is worth
that amount of money to the people of the
place, it is matter of business to get like re-
turn, Just as it would be on account of free
race between Maud S. and St. Julien or a
base ball match between leading league clubs.
These men make living on row ing, and they
want for their goods as much as they can get
even the National Association of Amateur
Oarsmen looks for some return in the way of
payment of expenses for locating course for
the annual regatta at Saratoga Philadelphia
or Washington. The champion would probably
not care to name Toronto as the scene of the
regatta, as there is one big aquatic event al
ready booked for that place, but should he do
SO, and the people of Toronto should offer a
prize, Ross would probably go there. Indeed,
he already announces his intention to be a
competitor in the exposition regatta at Toronto
on the Sth and 9th of September, in which
Hanlan is also entered.
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.Greonback Meeting.

In accordance with the call issued by A. L.
Ames, Esq, a meeting of the Greenbackers of
Portland, Deering, Cape Elizabeth and vicini-
ty was held Saturday evening in Congress
Hail to consider the expediency of holding a
State campmeeting in this vicinity. A small
number was present. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Mr.. Ames, and Solomon Chenery
was chosen Secretary. After discussion Of the
question, and several points for holding the
meeting having been suggested, it was finally
decided best to choose a committee to confer
with the campaign committee OF the Second
District upon the matter, this committee to re.
port at subsequent meeting, to be called by
the chairman. The following are the commit
tee:-A. L. Amos, John NJ. Todd and James
III, Ferris
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A Fine Bark.

On Tuesday, the Goth inst, at u o'clock
noon, the fine new bark Rose-Innes will be
launched from the yard of Hon. William
Rogers of Bath. She is 1856 tons register, OF
the hig hest class French Lloyds, and hand.
some specimen of marine architecture, com.
bining beauty of model and good carrying ca
pacity. She is constructed of the very best
material throughout, thoroughly and heavily
fastened, was coppered on the stocks, and is
in every way credit to the well-kno wn skill
of her builder and satisfaction to her owners
She is intended for the Valparaiso trade chief
ly, and is named for the head of the most i'm.
portant mercantil, house on the West coast
She is owned by her commander, Capt. Edw
A. Warwick, Mr.. Rogers, Brett, Son & Co. Of
New York, and others.
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Business Troubles.

Parsons, Bangs & Co. on Saturday filed
their petition in insolvency. They offer
composition Of thirty per cent to their credi-
tors. The first meeting OF the creditors will
be Sept. LIST, when the proposition will be con.
sidered.
At the adjourned meeting of the creditors OF
Jos. H. Sawyer Saturday it was shown tn al
Mr.. Sa xyer's liabilities were between $25 900
and $4,000; assets nominally 5000. 1t was
unanimously voted to accept an offer Of com.
promise made of 123 per centum. to be paid in
ten days, the committee so recommending. II
accepted by the creditors who did not attend,
Mr.. Sawyer will continue business, otherwise
his affairs will be settled in insolvency.
The creditors of Isaac n Bracket & Co.,
clothing dealers, Cornish, are offered IS cents
on 81.
1t is thought the creditors of j. S. Tapley
furniture dealer, Lewiston, will get about Is
cents on 81. The liabilities are about $4,000
and the assets some $500.
The liabilities of j. B. Crawford & Co.
dealers in groceries, etc., Castine, are about
$1,000 with nominal assets of $500.
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Personal.

Mr.. w. T. Birdsall, of Salt Lake City, was
registered at the Preble House Saturday. He
was accompanied by five Of his wives. They
were en- route to Mt Desert.
Mr.. A. B. Winslow, who was so long con-
nected with the Eastern Express office in this
city, has accepted position with G. A, War
ner & Co., ship brokers, No. 147 South Front
street, Philadelphia. His many friends her Q
will wish him success in his new situation.
Mr.. E. P. Mayo, editor of the Skowhegan
Reporter, and formerly city editor of the
PRESS, is in town visiting his old friends. He
has recently returned from a trip through
Aroostook county.
A telegram announces the death at Apopka,
Florida, of George Wadsworth, son of the late
Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, of Hiram. His age
was about 81. He was civil engineer, and
had had much experience On the Portland s,
Ogdensburg Railroad and also in the South.
He was member of the Congregational
church, also of the Masonic fraternity, and was
gentleman of culture, gifted mind and genial
manners.
j. 81. Manley, of Augusta, is at Old Orchard.
The funeral of the late N. W. Rice was
largely attended yesterday afternoon. Rev.
Mr.. Sawyer, OF Boston, oficiated
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-07-25

Special trains will leave Portland every day
Thursday. Persons desiring to attend the
opening meeting at 2.3O p. M, will have to
take the morning train to Lewiston and r. 80
special from there.
Snyder, the junk dealer, fell overheard while
attempting to land at Widgery's wharf, Satur-
day. A few moments after this happened a
Portuguese cook, who was walking along the
wharf, stumbled and pitched headlong into
the water. Both men were rescued.
Deaths in the city the past week, 10.
Value of foreign exports the past week, $751;
1925; lumber, GIT ,719 feet.
1t is the Both of August that Portland En-
campment will receive its guests.
Messrs Quinn & Co. shipped three large
boilers last week for the different corn packing
companies. Two more are to follow the com
ing week.
Trunk road Saturday, loaded with tourists,
en-route for Old Orchard.
The catch of fish has been unusually large
in this vicinity, especially of mackerel.
There is considerable ice shipping here for
southern ports, and yet shipments are restrict
ed for won't of larger sized vessels.
The stable men are putting lime in their
horse watering troughs as remedy for ''pink-
eye"
The elegant steam yacht Sappho Oh board of
which are leading business mon from Boston,
New York and Cincinnati, left Bangor Satur-
day, and has arrived in this harbor.
Mr.. Mellen e. Bolster, of the firm of Storer
Brothers & Co., will erect an elegant residence
on Congress, near Mellen street. Fsssett &
Stevens have drawn the plan. The house will
be of brick, about 40x40, with an ell 226x24.
Saturday was disagreable dog-day. with
heavy showers. Sunday was bright and warm
with variable winds.
The hotels did rushing business Saturday.
The Pfeble was overcrowded, while the Fall
mouth, City, and United States all had a large
number of visitors.
The members of the Woodford's Corner Gro
quet Club challenge the East Deering club to
play friendly game. Time and place to suit
their convenience. Answer through this pa
per.
Quite number of arrests were made at Old
Orchard yesterday for drunkenness.
Officers Burnham and Thrasher arrested the
roommate of man who boarded at Mrs
Musgraye's sailor clearinghouse, on a COM
plant that the roommate had taken coat
and 80 cents from the room.
There were ten carloads of people went to
Old Orchard yesterday. The re was also quite
an exodus to the islands.
The total value of provisions, tallow and
dairy products exported from Portland for the
six months ending June 80, 1881, was S929,379
against $S47,416 for $780, and for the eight
months ending June 80, 1881 was SLIPS, 1876
against 1888, 1856 for 1880.
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There was lively blaze on Congress street
about O'Clock Saturday morning. Some bar
rels of oil, in an oil closet, in Sawyer & Dyer's
grocery store, No. SAT Congress street, took
fire. Chief Engineer Coyes had steamers
and quickly at work and the flames were
confined to the closet and office. There was
an insurance of S1700 on the stock and $3.50 on
the furniture and fixtures in the Guardian of
London, w. Allen, Jr., agent The damage
to the building is estimated at $3.50, and to
stock, through smoke and water about $500.
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RunaWaVS.

A horse, attached to milk team, ran away
on Commercial street, and young son of
George Coyle sprang from the wagon he was
driving on to the runaway's back and stopped
him. 1t was brave deed.
The horse attached to an American Express
Company's wagon ran away Saturday, colided
with iigger and scattered packages in every
direction.
A slight runaway occurred near Timmons &
Hawes' oyster rooms on Commercial street,
resulting in breaking both shafts of the wagon