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FROM WASHINGTON.

The House has thus far done nothing but
receive about $500 new bills, the presentation
of which, under the "call of the states" occu-
pied two days of last week and Monday Of
this At the end of the call on Monday the
speaker asked for another day to complete the
committees, and an adjournment was taken to
Wednesday On the latter day the committees
were announced, and, as usual created the
utmost dissatisfaction. W. ID. Kelly is placed
at the head of the ways and means committee,
Hiscock Of appropriations, Grape of banking
and currency Page of commerce, heed OF the
son to complain She gets four chairman
lps-Davis of Military, Marsh of Pensions,
Farwell of PostOfiice Department and Thomas
of Mississippi Levees. Our member-Cullen
is on the Agricultural and Invalid Pensions.
After the announcement of the committees on
Wednesday the house adjourned until after
the holidays.
The chief business of the senate thus far has
been to act upon executive appointments. Of
these 1t has confirmed the appointment of
HOWE US postmaster Scuciai, Dlc"otoi 40 AZ
torney general, j. G. Bancroft Davis as assist
ant secretary OF state, Horace Gray as associ-
late justice of the Supreme Court, and large
batch of country postmasters, including Ptran-
gle at Aurora, Corbus at La Sale, W. f. Bow.
man at Ottawa, &c. But two bills have thus
far been passed. both by unanimous consent In
both houses,-one giving Mrs. Garfield the
ranking privilege and the other making Mon
day the legal holiday for Christmas when II
falls on Sunday.
The Chicago colectorshIp prize has beer
borne away by Jesse Spaulding, who was ap
pointed solely on Senator Logan's recon
mendatIon.
Both houses have agreed to meet on day
hereafter to be fixed by the joint committee OF
the Garfield memorial service, and listen to Al
address by James q. Blame on the life ant
character of James A. Garfield.
One of the last as well as best acts OF Secre
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

SMALIPoX.-Dr. Albert s. Payne, late pro.
fessor of the theory and practice of medicine
in the Southern Medical College at Atlanta
states as the result of thirty years study and
practice in smallpox cases, that where vaccina.
ton is resorted to within ten Or twelve hour.
after the first appearance OF the smallpox fever,
the patient will have but slight indisposl-
ton, and will recover without the sign of erup-
ton, yet with as positive an exemption from
a recurrence of the disease as if he had it in
the most malignant form. The point IS to de.
tect by the pulse the first appearance of the
smallpox fever, which he says is peculiar to
that disease and as easy of recognition by the
educated finger as the hemorrhagc pulse is to
the physician who has once learned to detect
the peculiar thrill which that Imparts to his
practiced finger.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

Tue squabbIe over the Ottawa post Office has
ended in the appointment of w. f. Bowman,
Congressman Cullen having urged his ap.
psip,ment on the ground, as his organ, the OF
tsUa Repajtiean, assures US, not only that hJ
wss 'the peer of any gentleman seeking the
position in qualifications, suavity and services
rendered both the public and the party" but
his petition was signed by the largest number
OF republican citizens interested in the Office
1t is none OF our funeral, and as no one car
doubt Mr. Bowmsn's abundant ability TO dis
charge the duties Of the Office and to make
pleasant. accommodating and popular officer
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

There is not only no abatement of the small
pox epidemic in Chicago but it appears to be
steadily on the increase, 1t is SAID also to be
alarmingly on the increase in st. Louis while
we reao daily of the disease appearing In cities
and villages all over this and adjoining states
Il was, therefore, no less judicious than In apt
time for the Illinois State Board Of Health Ia
issue an order, as they have done, for the vac
cination of all children attending the public
schools. The order Is to take effect from and
after the 1st of January
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

The numerous friends in this city of DR..
John Stout, now Of Peoria, but an Ottawa boy
and son of Dr. Joseph Stout, one of Ottawa's
most honored physicians, were immensely
pleased week ago to learn that he had been
elected by the Board of Supervisors of Peoria
county to the honorable and responsible posi-.
ton of County Physician, at a salary OF 81 500.
The appointment will interfere very little
with his other quite extensive practice, and IS
one that the best physicians in Peoria contest
ed for. But he was elected on the first ballot,
against five opponents. The Democrat hints
that DR.. Stout owed his success to the fact of
his being a nephew of Speaker Keifer, whom
he Is thought to be able to influence in favor
of getting an appropriation for government
building at Peoria, an object that city has had
greatly at heart and been laboring for during
four or five years past.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

Of Judge Clifford, deceased, mis- choice falling
on Judge Horace Gray, late Justice of the Su.
preme Court of Massachusetts, He is the
same whom President Garfield had decided
upon few days before his ASSASSINATION to APP
point to that position. He is about IS years
OF age and is said to have very superior quail.
fications for the beach, having made its duties
a lifelong study, never having sought prac.
tice as lawyer, his great inherited wealth
and arlstocratc ideas placing him above such
"menial" service. He is bachelor and
generous liver, and described as man of
splendid physique and commanding presence,
being six feet six inches IN height and proper
toned accordingly. Politically, before he
assembled the state supreme bench, his associa-
ton had been with Charles sumner, Charles
Francis Adams, Henry Wilson, &c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

The statutes Of Illinois make six legal holi-
days IN each year, to wit: New Year Wash
ingtons Birthday, Decoration Day, 4th of
July, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and when
any of these fall on Sunday 1.-THE Monday fol
loving shall be held and considered as such
holiday" AS Christmas, however, is pure
ly religious festival, and every Sunday is a
feast day of the church, there is nothing incon-
slstent, from religious standpoint, IN cele
bratlng Christmas on Sunday, and no doubt
such churches as are in the habit of observing
the festival at all, will do 1t on that day. Yet
there is nothing strange IN the resolve of Puri-
tanic Galesburg to keep Christmas on Mon
day, nor would it be out of keeping for the
puritan churches generally to follow the ex-
ample, where they don't ignore Christmas en-
tirely, as their forefathers did.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24
THE PERU-CHILI MIDDLE.

Secretary Blaine, on retiring from the state
department at Washington, felt 1t necessary for
his vindicatlon before laying down his port
folio, to ask permission to publish his instruc-
tons to his pet ministers in South America,
Generals Hurlbut and Fitzpatrick, whose
strange and contradictory Interpretation OF SAID
instructions threatened to place him in very
awkward position. The publication of the pa.
pers in question, however, seems to have come
far short accomplishing the vindication desired
and 1t became necessary tor Mr.. Blaine to ask
Tor the publication of some more papers. 1t
happens, unfortunately, that with the addition
of every new paper the affair becomes more
clouded and the part Mr.. Blaine Is shown to
have borne IN II more questionable and dubl-
Gus. The later revelations IN the matter IN
cover huge speculation, of which unhappy
Peru was to be the victim, and which reminds
one very much of that gigantic robber scheme
the Great East India Company, in the build
ing up OF which Lords Give and Hastings
bore such memorable and disreputable parts.
Briefly stated, tne case Is somewhat as follows
| In one of the additional papers" laId be-
fore the public at the request of Mr. Blaine is
mssive under date of August 18th from Mr.
b. to Minister IIurlbut referring mysteriously
to certain claims Of American citizens upon
Peru, one of which he styles the "Cochet' and
the other the "Landreau" claim. In regard &c
the former Mr.. Hurlbu, was to take no step tc
commit his government IN its favor, but in re
r gard TO the latter he was To Use his good offic
es in its behalf
4 Now what were these claims" IL appears
= about half century ago. the government o.
Peru, imagining that the country was under
e laid with vast undeveloped gold and Give
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

Among the ladies newly brought conspicu-
ously into notice in Washington society is the
wife OF Speaker Keifer, In whom as she is not
unknown in Ottawa and has two brothers re-
siding here, our people naturally take some in
terest. The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says of her: "She is tall,
well proportional lady, graceful and sensible
rather than striklngly handsome. She was
Miss Eliza Stout of Springfield, OHIO, and was
brought up almost side by side with her hus-
band. She has not, however, been much in
Washington during her husbands four years
here
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24
AN IMPORTANT CONVENTION.

Yesterdays Chicago papers bring the pro-
ceedings OF more than ordinarily important
convention in that city on Thursday of Illinois
manufacturers and shippers y protest against
and secure a change of the present tariff of
railroad rates established by the Board of Rail
way and Warehouse Commissioners of this
state. The members of that board, being Sc
lected from purely political considerations and
therefore consplcuousy ignorant of the nature
Of their duties, have naturally proceeded to es.
tablish such system of uniform rates" with
out unjust determinations" as to "discrlml-
against the manufacturers Of this state, to such
an extent, indeed, as to leave them helpless
against outside competitor, and as must soon
close up half our leading manufacturing es.
adjustments. For instance, the glass manu-
facturers of Rock Island can get their sand and
other material cheaper from Kentucky than
from point fifty miles away in Illinois, and
the Pittsburg glass manufacturers can ship
their goods to Chicago at 80 per cent. less
freight than it costs the Ottawa manufacturers
to lay down their glass in the same city.
The convention, after days deliberaton,
resolved itself into permanent association, of
which the Hon, J. d. Cation was elected pres-
dent, and the objects of which are declared to
be "to use its influence to obtain such modifi-
cation OF the railroad laws of this state as shall
foster the manufacturing, agricultural, and
commercial interests of the state, and not con
fer upon interests outside Of the state undue
advantages over our own and such as shall be
equitable to both shippers and carriers
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24


HAVE WE A SHAKEsrEARE AMONG U.s.
Mr.. William Young, the author OF "Pendra-
gon," the tragedy which had such arun lately
at McVicker's theatre in Chicago, is born
Sucker, a son Of DIR. IA. Brown, who for thir.
ty years has been leading physician in Mon
mouth, Illinois. William graduated at Mon.
mouth College IN the class of 49, and after at
tending medical lectures In Chicago turned
his attention to literary pursuits writing
poems tor the Atlantic, Galaxy, Lippincotrs
and Scribner's Magazines He early conceiv.
ed, however, a strong peachdHt for the drama,
and TO fit himself for play writing he sought
much necessary experience by connecting him
self for several years with permanent and tray.
cling dramatic companies. Not yet satisfied,
however, he went to Europe, and after several
years of hard study graduated IRON the Con
servatory of Oratory and Dramatic Art in
Paris Thus fortified, he returned to this coun
try, and after several years oi hard work pro
duced, a. the first rlpened fruits of his studies
the play known as "Pendragon."
1t is written In smooth blank verse, and il
literary merits arc said TO be such as would In
sure lis success II published for reading alone
1t Is founded upon the legends OF KING Ar
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

The well and not over favorably known
Boss Shepherd" erstwhile of Washington
City, has met with melancholy fate. The eli
mate about Washington having become uncon-
genial to his wellbelng, he betook himself to
Mexico, and il Is stated while visiting an old
mine recently IN Chihuahua, he was bitten in
the leg by tarantula. The poison caused an
instant swelling in the limb, and the prospect
is that the saving of his life will depend upon
RmDutatiOn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

FoREIGN.-There is no Disgusting or blink.
ing the fact, the repressive measures OF Eng
land to subdue Ireland are shown more and
more each day to be failures. The organiza'
tions against paying rent, instead OF weaken.
ing, are continually becoming more formid-
able. 1t is regarded as much of crime to 90
into the land court as to pay rent. Lists of
persons who have been served with notices not
to pay, and those suspected of paying, are
posted at the chapels and other places where
they are likely to be SEEM and, although the
police tear them down, they are soon posted
again. So arrests continue, Outrages continue,
feversh discomfort Is on the constant increase.
Never did subsequent events so completely
demonstrate the commission OF a conspicuous
blunder than that involved IN the arrest OF Par
nell
The capture OF a quantity Of arms, amunl-
ton and dynamite at Dublin on the 18th, how
ever, appears to have been but the unearthing
of some undiscovered operations of the Fen
ians, dating back several years.
Parnell was on Thursday taken out Of the
Jail at Kilmainham and transferred to Armagh.
Thirty-four persons we're killed and thirty.
SIX injured by an explosion in the coal mine
at Ballon on Monday.
Edward King, Paris correspondent of the
Boston Journal smells "villai1ous saltpcter"
IN the air, and telegraphs on Monday from
London:
There is intense excitement i'll Europe re-
gardlng the activity manifested by France IN
increasing its armament France has just or
dered nine hundred new cannon OF Hotchkiss,
the American armorer, for the French navy
and other purposes. The French government
have requested Mr.. Hotchkiss to double the
capacity OF mis- works at st. Denis. The Ger
mans are making several hundred new cannon
at Madgeburg. The French are building sew
eral new iron -clads. Heavy special appropri-
atoms for ordnance have Just passed the
French chambers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

A Springfield special of last Saturday to one
OF the Chicago papers states that Mrs. Lincoln
has completely lost the use OF her eyes. She
has for long time been accustomed to sit In
a dark ROOM which may have weakened her
eyes, although they have only failed her quite
lately. As to her general health she is stated
to be very weak.
Per contra, dispatch from New York,
where Mrs. Lincoln is now residing, says the
above dispatch has given her great annoyance,
as her eyes have not failed her, though she ad-
mits that she had written to a relative IN
Springfield that on account of sitting so much
in dark room, her eyes were weakened.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

Among the curiosl:ies at the great Atlanta
Exposition is the smallest editor in the world
Re represents the Key West (Florida) Demo-
qars., IS 10 inches high and weighs IS pounds
While he don't display much In size, he Is rep.
resented as an entertaining talker and is thor.
ougy informed upon any of the usual topics
Of the day. He goes by the name of General
Sawyer, and has already written several edi,o.
ials on the Exposition a good deal heavier than
himHclf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

The Dixon Sim issues a Christmas edition
of lG pages, cut and pasted and the publisher
rather prides himself upon the achievement
While the SIN is about the most ably edited
Illinois county paper on our exchange list
there don't seem to be vast deal to boast OF
in getting out l6 page edition when half the
pages arc prepared and printed at a patent In
SIDE newspaper mandatory in Chicago and
three or four more pages consist Of handful
advertisements
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24
OUR CLUBBING

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing both
at the prices named, postage prepaid. The
effer-open to old subscribers or new at any
cost office IN the county-ls the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE IN this county:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. 90
FREB TRADER ana .nicago Weekly Tribune. 2o5
FREE TRADER ana Chicago Weekly Inter
Ocean ...................
FR4B TRADER and Chicago Weekly Journal 90
FREE TRADER and st. Louis Republican 100
FRRR TRADER and st. Louis Globe Democrdt. zoo
FREE TRADER and N. Y. Weekly Herald. -. 25o
FREE TRADER and american Agrtcutria. 100
PRRs TRADER and Prairie Farmer. 1885,. 300
FREE TRADER and either of Harper's publ
cations. '''''''
rRE. TRADER and Scribner. ................ 10
FRRE TRADER and Godey's Ladies Book ,.... 800
FREE TRADER and chronological Journdt. 300
FREE TRADER and st. Nicholas. ........... 800
FREE TRADER and Den,orests Monthly 80
FREE TRADER and Littelrs Lining A9e..... $50
YRER TRADER and Western Rurdi. .......... 300
rBsE TRADER and Moore Rural Nep Yorker $50
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

SuERIFFs FEEs.-Mr Jesse Ruger, IN a
communication elsewhere in this paper, con-
tributes some structures on the fees allowed
our Sheriff, concluding that they are largely
in excess of what the statutes on the subject
contemplate While we have no disposition
TO assail Sheriff Clark and have no reason to
believe that IN his mode of figuring up his fees
he differs widely from the practice of other
sheriffs, the subject is certainly one of legiti-
mate criticism, upon which Mr.. Kruger, or any
other tax payer, has a right to be heard.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

tary Blame before his retirement was to ask
the Russian Government to invite home its
Minister at Washington, Mr.. Michael Bar.
lngton society by attempting to force into its
circles disreputable women, but who in all
business matters has shown himself a worse
dead beat than Guiteau, running lavishly into
debt with every body and paying nobody.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

The strange relation comes from New York
that the Rev. John p Newman, so widely
known as chaplain in ordinary to President
Grant and pillar of the Methodist Church,
mas accepted the passionate of Congregational
Church in New York City, and has lured the
Grants away from Methodism into the same
communion, the gallant and pious General
and ex.president himself being trustee IN the
new religious venture.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

Rail laying on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad was completed last Saturday
10 Laredo This gives direct and unbroken
line of 1900 miles from the Mississippi at St.
Louis to the Rio Grande at Laredo. The road
will be energeticaly pushed from Laredo to
the City Of Mexico, distance of 700 miles, of
which 500 are already graded.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

We remember-well a good many years ago
while picking type in the stereotyplng estab,
lishment of L. johnson IN Philadelphia, daily
passing about block from Independence
Hall on George street. a lawyers office occu-
pied by the homellest man We thought we had
ever seen. He was tall. slender, finely shaped,
but by scaldng accident IN his youth his
face had been so frightfully distfgured as to be
positively hideous. That man was Benjamin
Harris Brewster, President Arthur's new At
torney General the sharpest among the pro-
verbally sharp Philadelphia lawyers. Time
Is said to have greatly modified and Modified
the Disagreement of his countenance, and he
is now described as a large, portly man of
striking appearance. In dress he Is peculiar
His coats" says the Philadelphia Tunes, "are
almost invariably lightcolored, his vests are
of velvet, and, being cut low, expose shirt
front of the finest cambria ruttles. His panta-
looms, be they neutral.tinted checks or sombre
blacks, are models of the tallor's art, and his
ga,rer tops are invariably the whitest of white.
He wears standing collars, black stock, rut-
fled cuffs, and an old -fashloned fob chain with
heavy gold seal. His white fur beaver hats,
made on modification of the old bell style,
are worn alike winter and summer His hats,
clothes and shoes are made in London"
To compensate, however, for his own lack OF
comeliness of features Mr.. Brewster has mar
RED an exceptionally handsome wife, the
daughter of President Folks great finance sec
rotary. the Hon. Robert j. Walker,-a lady
who lot several seasons had figured In Wash
ington society as leading belle.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

That excellent Baptist paper so long known
as the Examiner and Chronicle, has dropped
the latter cognomen, and is now simply THE
Examiner. 1t is a splendid family paper, pub
iished in New York City at $3.50 year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

The executive committee OF the Illinois
Press Association met In Chicago the other
day and decided to hold the next annual meet.
ing at Springfield February 18th, 1892, and il
arrangements can be made with the railway
corporations, to go on an excursion to the Hot
Springs of Arkansas. The committee seem to
appreciate the need OF the boys to have good
washing up.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

The illinois State Temperance Alliance ha
ISSUED a call for a state temperance conven-
ton, to be held at Springfield on Tuesday, the
y7th of January, 1889.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

President Arthur finally brought himself up
to the point on Monday of making nomina-
ton for Judge of the Supreme Court IN place
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icy MAIL AND rELEGBarH.l

BE MAIL AND TELEGEhFH.l
WHEAT-Sl "a z@! - per Genital for
good shipping.
OAT~-~1 15Ml - r ctl.
WOOI.-OregOn. VALLEY 2TW5G cts. -
b.. Eastern Oregon, lSc2 %.
HIDES-ileayy sailed l0i4c; fight. DO
10c: Saltcd calf. l0Wl2.
FAMILY PGOVISION~-liacOn.l l3t7 i3i .
cts: clear Oregon sides, l3@l3, &c; hams.
I2l5@l3 cts.
BARLEY-Coast feed SO6SI o. cts:
Brewing S1jsWa5 = ctl.
HAG-Wheat, S9U SI5, Oat, S9dSl5.
Barley. SgNS1J n tom.
NEGETABLIS-POt 75,dSJ cts Der
100; Onions. red. G0@7Oc per 100; Vel
low, SlWSl 30 per 100.
EGGS-CalifOrnia.3 37@47c r dOz: Ore
Son, 55d lOc n dOZ.
FLOUR-BcSt family extra. s. 80: SUI
perline, - J0a4: Bakers extra. - ~ y:
Oregon extra. II 75WSJ 90: Walla-walla
Xtra. II j0@S4 80.
FRUITs-Dried apples. Sd9 cts. for
quarters, sliced; PlumS pitted. l3@l4c:
Peaches ll@l215c, peeled 1Sd30c.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-EXtra fancy
Butter, 10 cts, q ID; Fresh roll. good
To choice, 45@i7j5 cts; Picked. 10 cts.
y ID.
SEEDs-Flax, 21la3c p Ii: Canary.
3lz@4 c; Alfalfa, 9@llc; Timothy, 9d
Zoe y h.
BAGs-There is a good business in a
jobbmg way at S5<@914c for standard
grain.