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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

The new Commissioner Of Pensions Mr..
Dudley, under pretense of an effort to keep
the expenses of his department within the APP
preparations, has decided to remove 100 of his
clerks, on the score of lnefflciency and incom-
potency, and to reduce the salaries of others
for the same reason 1t happens, however,
that all the clerks thus dismissed or whose
pay is reduced are from the south and
more or less tainted as rebels during the
war though loyal" enough when appointed to
Office. The discrimination against the south
cited intense Indignation in certain influential
quarters, and Mr.. Dudley finds himself in the
happy plight OF man with his head in hor-
nets nest
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

Two TRAGEDIEs.-The Creeks and Chero-
KEGS of the Indian Territory seem to be suffi-
GENTLY advanced in the ways of civilized po-
l,tical ruffianism to be ready for graduation as
Philadelphia bruisers or Baltimore Bloody
Tubs. Recently they had barbecue near Fort
Gibson preparatory to making their nomina-
tons for the election next month. Whisky
flowed freely and In the course of the proceed
ings fight occurred IN which seven men were
killed
AT WinoHa, Minnesota one Paul Held, who
had lately bought a farm in Eagle creek val
ley. became insane through failure of crops
and hsmesickness. On Sunday morning he
was found dead In the front room of the house,
his wife and two children dead in the next
room, three children dead IN bed up stairs, and
his two Oldest boys In the hay loft MORALLY
wounded-all shot IN the head. One boy may
recover
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

The week has been one of unusual activity In
the picnic line-as lively as the wheat market
On Monday, the 18th ofJulyers had their annual
at Cark's Falls, some six or eight couples being
present. On the same day the German Evan
gelical Lutheran Sunday School spent the day
in Hoes's Grove. The school carrying flags,
wreaths, &c, walked to the ground in the morn
ing, where with the adults of the congregation
the entire day was passed in way only known
to jolly party. In the evening Bach's band en-
livened the grounds. On Tuesday the Baptist
school went to Dayton to the number OF over 800.
accompanied by Bach's band where delightful
day enjoyed. On Thursday the ladies OF
Utica and Waltham gave picnic at Peckham's
Grove, Utica, for the benefit OF the Utica Catho.
lie church. Fitzgerald's band went down with
the guests from Ottawa. The crowd was not
large, owing to the intense heat, but the affair
was pleasant In the evening Salisbury's or.
chestra furnished dance music for dance at
C1ark's Hall
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

We arein receipt OF the Premium List, Rules
and Regulations Of the Sixth Annual Fair OF
the Fairbury Union Agricultural Board, a
very neatly printed pamphlet of 90 large pa.
ges. The premiums offered amount to some
$4,000, and cover all the animals and articles
usually entered for competition at such shows.
The fair is to be held Sept 9th to 9th inclu.
sive at FaL0uFy, Ill, and competition is 0open
70 the world" The Farbury shows have
heretofore been very successful and the com.
ing one is confidently expected to eclipse all
its predecessor
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23
THE ARMY WORM.

Alarm is becoming quite widespread in this
state Indiana, Michigan and Iowa on account
of the sudden destructive appearance of the
army worm. 1t doesn't seem to come from
anywhere in particular or to be going any.
where, but to rise right out the ground here
and there IN spots and TO lay waste whatever
comes in Its reach. In portions of Iowa it ar.
rived in time to damage some spring wheat
but in general It's ravages are mainly confined
to oat fields, which it cleans cut wherever II
fairly takes hold. We see accounts of Its raw.
ages in isolated districts In Michigan, lndl,
ana, Iowa and Illinois, IN tins state extending
from Mclean county on the south to Dekalb
on the north, including Mclean, Livingston,
Woodford, Grundy, VIII, Kankakee, Kendall
and Dekalb counties, and a few towns in the
southern part Of this county. The great fear
Is, that when it has done its worst on oats it
will attack the corn, as it already has done IN
some cases and with threats of great destruc-
ton
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23
ANOTHER DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.

The officials at headquarters of the Rock Is
land railroad in Chicago and the public gen
orally were astounded by dispatch from
Kansas City on Saturday morning announcing
that on the previous evening another most
daring train robbery had been committed on
the Rock Island road fifty miles from tina,
city. The exact location was Winston, Mo, a
few miles east of Cameron, the train being
that which had left Kansas City for Rock Is
land at 0 o'clock on Friday evening. The
robbers, who are ascertained to have been thur.
teen in number, and probably under the leader
ship of the notorious Jesse James, had board
ed the train at Cameron, two of them getting
on the front end of the baggage car mex; to
the engine, three taking seats in the smoker, ~
two on the platform between the baggage car
and the smoker, and the rest distributed thro'
the passenger cars. Conductor William III
Westfall had passed nearly through the smok
ing-car when the robbers IN 1t stood up in the
aisle with drawn revolvers One of them ad
vanced with revolver IN each hand toward
Westfall and ordered him to hold up his
hands. The conductor was slow in complying
with his demandj and was shot through the
heart. He staggered out on the platform OF
the car and fell Off into a ditch. The robbers
then went to the engine and ordered the en-
gineer to start his train. He put out the
lights in the cab and crawled along the foot
board to the pilot and after extinguishing the
head light laid down and remained undiscov
cred, the robbers installing for him John Nc.
Cullough, a stone mason, whom they shot
through the head, his dead body being found
by the side Of the conductors. The robbers
now having possession of the tram, applied
the steam and started off at furious rate OF
speed. Meantime others of the robbers had
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

n PHILADELPHIA HORROR.-One can hard
ly open large city daily without encounter
ing one to dozen cases of the betrayal OF
some trusting female by the heartlcss libertlne
but among the numberless cases of that kind
few are SO narrowing in their details as that OF
poor, beautiful Laura McGrath, of Philadel
phia, who was decoyed from her home and
betrayed few days ago by villain whose
name for prudential reasons is withheld from
the papers. He persuaded her to elope with
him and they fled to Wilmington, Delaware
There he drugged her with liquor, and after eff
fecting her ruin, abandoned her on the banks
of the Brandywine, where in the grey morning
she awoke from her stupor to find herself de.
serted and ruined. Her first impulse was to
return to her home. but besides her dread OF
parental wrath another lnsurmountabe obsta
Gle to The plan was that the villain had robbed
her Of some $50 she had had in her purse
and she was absolutely penniless.- Ashamed
to encounter human face, the girl for the
next two weeks lived like barbarian IN the
woods on the Brandywine a prey to remorse
In this condition she tell INTO the hands Of a
gang of loafers, who for thirteen days kept her
in a state of debauchery supplying her with
little food, but plenty of liquor. AT the hands
of her tormentors she received in some way a
severe cut on the head, which, receiving no at
tcntion, bred horrible sore. On Saturday
she was discovered by the police but her bru
tai companions had fled. She was taken to
the police station, and more horrible object
was never seen IN that place, iamiliarized with
revolving spectacles. Her fine clothing was In
taiters and literally rotten with filth. Her
body was covered with vermin, and the hail
about the wound on her head was clotted with
blood. Medical aid was summoned, and the
miserable creature, who was still in drunken
condition, was cleaned with great difficulty
II er hair, which was long and luxuriant, had
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

DIED.-At Monmouth, H., on the 18th inst
of typhoid fever, William Allen Harvey junior
member OF the grocery firm Of ID. Harvey Il Son,
aged q years. Deceased was born in Cincin-
natl, and in 1859 came with his parents to Mon
mouth, III. June 10th, 1880, he was married TO
Miss Violet Finley, daughter OF Evans Finley
Esq, Of Grand Ridge, in this county. He was
at his death an active member Of the Methodist
church, young man Of sterling WORTH held in
the highest estimation 10y all who knew him, and
his untimely death is of course a crushing blow
to his parents and family, and especially to the
young wife, whose parents with other relatives
from Grand Ridge were present. at the funeral.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23
Hon. James =. Slade. Superintendent of pub

Hon James =. Slade, superintendent Of pub
lie instruction of this state, sends us lengthy
circular for gratituous publication, of which,
so far as we can see, the only point Is, that he
has fixed the day of the meeting of school
trustees on the first Monday IN April Of each
year as the date on which township treasurer's
are to make their annual reports under the
law of the last legislature requiring all Off
GERS handling public money to publish re-
port at least once year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

II appears, from revelations made at Mil
waukee, that the rich widow" whom Guiteau
the assassin, expected to marry if he procured
the foreign appointment he so ardently sought
was the female evangelist, Mrs. Sarah Van
Cott. 1t is certain that she regarded Guiteau
as a former infdel who had been converted
through her efforts and whom she looked
upon IA "the smartest and most influential
young man in Chicago" and with whom she
kept up regular correspondence
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

Philadelphia tobacco dealers are alarmed
at the influx INTO their market of Lancaster.
made cigars that are sold at $40 thousand,
including the Government tax of SO thou,
sand. This Is AT the rate OF Eve cigars fortwo
cents 1t Is said that they are really made of
tobacco, and dealer admits that they are as
good as the cigars he retails for three cents
apiece. The tobacco is grown In Lancaster,
and is said to be as good as some of the Con-
nectlcut leaf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23
The Telephone.

o come, my love, the clam .frtter cried;
o come and fry with me,
o come and swim in this sizzling lard,
And see how brown we shall be-
But the cabbage in the dinner pot
Boiled on without word.
And an onion shrieked on the morning air.
AS the cook drew her bloody sword.
Thou hast broken my heart, the clam -frtter cried,
Thou sayest never a word while | sizxle for
thee the long, long day,
And my heart is strangely stirred.
oh, mercy! mercy! the onion cried,
As the cook cut out its heart;
And the blood oozed from a baking cherry pie,
And likewise from a cranberry tart.
The gridiron flew to the lilac bush,
And sung there its sweetest songs,
And In the evening air all nature was hushed
BY the lay OF the poker and tongs.
The teakettle sang its beautiful hiss
Atop of red, red rose,
And the cabbage in the dinner pot
Made fragrance to the nose.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

Aurora, after great deal Of hesitation and
wrangling, has finally determined to sell a,
auction today its stock in the Chicago and
Iowa railroad. The par value Is 100000, but
the final determination to sell was doubtless
hastened by the offer OF premium of $4,000
by two different parties for the stock, which
controls the organization of the Company, now
owning "a miles Of track, worth some $4,000,
600.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

The main points of the foreign news this
week are that the Irish land bill is within a
few days Of its passage by the house of com
mons, the latest amendment adopted being one
proposed by Forster providing for the allot
ment of land to and building of cottages for
Irish laborcrs; growing feeling of hostility
in England towards France, growing out of
the Tunis affair and the disputed French fish.
cry possessions on the coast of Newfoundland
Intensely hot weather in England and France
general cheerful outlook for the crops IN Eng
land and on the continent death of Dean
Stanley; trouble Of Bismarck over the vast IN.
crease of emigration from Germany to Amer
ca; and increasing difficulties of the French
ltuation in Africa
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

An interesting suit is promised this morning
in the Circuit Court. In Wallace school dis
trct at the last election Is votes we're cast, in
GLIDING two Illegal ones, Messrs. Kinney and
O'Connell being the candidates. The returning
board declared Kinney elected O'Connell con-
tests the election claiming the illegal vote cast
for himself was thrown ont, but the one cast for
Kinney was not, giving Kinney the one majority
on which he claims his election. The whole
voting population will be in to testify, and IN
interesting suit is anticipated. Moloney is for
OConnell and Blake and Rice for Kinney.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

rency and bag of silver in a down town bank.
against their vehicle, seized the package OF
bills, dropped the bag of silver in the
street because 1t was too heavy to handle, and
made off furiously down Lexington avenue,
making good their escape SO etlectually that
no clew to the robbers has since been found,
though fifty persons were eyewitness of the
occurrence
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

Is that good taste on the part Of the Kanka
kee Gazette and other republican papers to
publish side by side, accompanied with coarse
wo odcut portraits, sketches of Mrs. Lucretia
Garfield, wife of the President and Charles ]
Gitteau, his assassin, a. Notable Peopley
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

kilograms from The Upper Missouri on Mon
day left no room TO doubt that Sitting Bull,
five other chiefs and forty lodges were really
on their way to Fort BuforS in charge of Jean
Louis Legare, and by this time are doubtless
within our lines. Maj, Brotherton in com.
mand at Buiord sent out sixty army wagons
with supplies by way Of welcome 70 his half
furnished guests
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

to be cut entirely from her head When she
had somewhat recovered her reason she decar.
ed she would never 60 home. Next day she
repented, gave her fathers name, and that
night she slept under her fathers roof. Her
betrayer has not been caught HIS crime is a
capital oflense IN Delaware.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

Ben. NJ. lIctherington, of La Sale, few
days ago, had Ex-Ald V. 5 Bobkienitz, a sa-
loon keeper, put under bonds of 81 900 to APP
pear and answer IN the circuit court for selling
liquor TO his son, minor. The Reddck law
is pretty severe on such transgressors.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

1t is not the we'll Travelled county road where
il passes through some deep wood or lonely
glen that the highway man now frequents tc
ply his trade, but the crowded streets of oul
great cities. A few days ago brewers CLERK
and ,sn Office boy In New York city drove
down from Yea street to deposit $1,000 In cur
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

The summer meeting Of the Chicago Driv
ing Park opened with an attendance Of ten
thousand persons on Tuesday and exception
day was the fastest three heats ever trotted or
paced, made by Little Brown jug, the time
being s12l9, 2l4la, 214E. To-day Maud
s. will attempt To beat her unparalleled Pitts
burg time of 2:1012.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

Gen. John G.. Pember,on, who commanded
the rebel forces at Vicksburg during the mem
Orable siege which ended in the capture of
ihe city by Gen. Grant July 4th, 1865, died on
the 14th inst, at Penthyon, Pa, at the age OF
siXty.tour years
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

Bonesetter, famous tro,ter. owned by ii.
" Bemis, of Chicago, and valued at $4,000,
fell dead in the second hea. of a race on the
track at Pittsburg last week.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

The cutting Of passenger rates by the rail
roads from Chicago to the scaboard continues
the regular figures from Chicago to New York
Boston, Baltimore, &c, beng now $40, but
scalpcrs are apparently allowed to sell tickets
and Baltimore roads having been made as low
as s TO New York sc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

The heated term in Cincinnati continued at
its height from July 10Th to 10th inclusive,
and during those seven days the deaths from
sunstroke were 2G4 and $50 from other causes,
making total mortality Of Ala.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23
ROCK ISLAND RY.

The Marseilles Pldindeder tells how an accom-
modating train worked on the Fourth, in this
wise: "As something quite unexpected, because
a rare event in the history of the c., K. l. IL P.
X. r., so far as Marseilles is concerned, special
facilities were provided for getting to Ottawa by
rail on the Fourth. Because Of this feature our
citizens went to the county seat almost as
whole. With the exception Of half q dozen fami-
lies or so, picnicking, Marseiles has seldom ex-
periencsd more quiet Fourth"
A Peoria correspondent of the Chicago Evening
JOuyndl says: "An enterprise that has been con-
sidSraby discussed in railroad circles more init.
mately concerns the Wabash, st. Louis & Pa
citic, as il would be feeder-an addition or
cession 10 the already $500 miles Of railroads
now controlled by that corporation. The plan is
to build the road from the track Of the Wabash
two miles east OF this city, running 1t up the
southeast bank of the Illinois river, through
Fond du Lac Spring Bay, Rameyville, Lacon,
Sandy, Hennepin, Oglesby, Starved Rock, South
Ottawa, following up the south bank Of the up
per Illinois ana ksnkakee rivers, forming con-
necton with the Chicago branch Of the Wabash
ut seine point southeast OF Joliet. large por-
ton Of this contemplated route was surveyed
many years ago under . charter granted to the
! Illinois River Railroad Company and q grea:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

Not an Ohio man has given a penny toward
the Garfield fund OHIO expects to receive
not to give, says the Chicago Times.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

iockiaw since the 4th, the results from wounds
from toy pistols.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-23

III fight on a state scow lying in the main
canal on last Sunday evening, Bernard O'DOn-
nell had an arm broken by a man named Pat
Stack, who has since skipped.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-29
LIVER REelLlTQR /

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-29
STOCK SPECULATION.

JOHN A. DoDsR & Co.. Bankers and Brokers, IL
Wall Street, New York, buy stocks on reasonable
margin, and, when desired will advise when and
what to buy. Alsn Stock Privileges In which SIS
to 800 can be probably invested. Opportunities
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formation on application, and Weekly Report sent
free.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-29

Our LADIES FRIEND for female com
plants, never known to fail. Only fifty
cents bottle. Sold by G. Speidel, Rock
Island and Richards & Sohrbeck. Mo.
line. "a
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-29
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AMI Skin, Eruptions and
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Its efficiency can be proven by the testimony OF
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For want of space we here give the certificates
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1t leaves the patient. rule, less constipated af
ter disseminating than he was before, and may be
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The testimony Of Baron Won Liebig places the
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cacious in Europe, and whose great value must be
recognized by all who have experienced its salu-
tary and beneficial effects.
D0SE-One two wine glasses full before
breakfast. For sale by Grocers and Druggists
The trade supplied by the Sole Agents.
BOUCHE Fills & 90.
81 Beaver Street, NEW YORK.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-29

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stimulate digestion there 10 nothing like
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-29

BADGES. CAPS, SWORDS, BELTS, JEWELS.
And all that relates to the Lodge Furnishing and
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- Send for prices and terms.