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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07

The following, from an exchange, Is worthy
of consideration by business men Lying
mile below this village, were about 1000 adj
vertlsing handbills of two city firms, which
had been thrown away by the man who was
to distribute them How much good the money
paid tor printing end distributing these bills
did these parties, We leave the public to infer :
but we cannot refrain from pointing the moral
that newspaper advertising is The only sure
way OF keeping the pablo attention. Bills
arc well enough as far as they go, but 900 Of
ten, Instead OF gong into sheir proper channel,
they are thrown in bundles by railroad tracks
to rot A newspaper advertisement accom-
plishes its mission before It is thrown aside.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07

TROOPS OF EMIGRANTs.-Ihe arrival OF i'm.
the week ending April ed, WAS 1885, being
the largest number on record for the same
month of the year. Three steamers arrived
that day with immigrant passengers in the
steerage--the Cimbria, from Hamburg, with
,23G; the Somerset, from Bristol, with ga, and
the Mcfarland, from Antwerp, with 600. The
total arrivals thus far for April are u ST.. The
number landed during the corresponding pc
Rod in 1880 was 30,43S. The arrivals since
the LIST of January, 1887, foot up to 1924.
From the ist of january, $780, to the 9th of
April the arrivals numbered 65, 49,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
GOV. JOHN POPE.

A writer In the Louisville Courier Joh,sdl
among other entertaining "reminiscences o
eminent Kentucklans of the earlier and bette
times" gives the following amusing sketch o
the eccentric Judge Pope, father Of Gen. Pop,
of the u 8. army, who became famous in con
nection with the second battle of Bull Run
and for many years Judge of the U. ). Dis
trict Court of Illinois
| There was another noted kentucklan that
happened to know very well, who has nearly
faded out Of the public mind. | allude lC
John Pope. lie was Senator in Congress
from 1907 to 1919. Unfortunately for himself
he voted against "A declaration Of war against
Great Britain, and that laid him on the shelf
politically, for eighteen long, gloomy years
or until President Jackson made him Govern
or of Arkansas IN 1890. He played governor
until 1885, and then came back to Kentucky
BY this time the people had forgotten or for
given his anti.wa- vote, and they elected him
to congress from 1899 to 1Si3 In lS42 the
house was in committee of the whole on the
state OF the Union, Gov Casey, of Illinois, be
ing in the chair. Gov Pope, after several IN
etlectual attempts to get the floor, sank down
in his seat and tell fast asleep, The chairman
had determined in his own mind that as soon
as the member then occupying the floor should
finish his speech he would recognize Gov
Pope. When tho time came a number OF
members sprang to their feet and SAID: "Mr
Chairman! Mr.. Chairman" "'Thc gentle
man from Kentucky has the floor" SAID the
chairman. On looking around there was nc
gentleman from Kentucky to be seen on the
floor. Gov. Pope was still in tho land of nod
Being awakened he arose, rubbed his eyes, and
SAID; Mr., Chairman, while my mind Is on
the subject | wish to say that If there be any
proposition before this committee to declare
war, vote in the affirmative. These remarks
raised roars of laughter, for every one knew
what had drawn them OUT. When was gov
ernor of Arkansas | rode out one evening a
few miles from town, and came across camp
OF movers on the side OF the road | asked
them where they were going to- They replied
to Texas. | told them they had better turn
back, for war WAS raging in that outlandisll
region. War" exclaimed a big, strspplng
fellow, war! whoop. boys, gear up; that's the
country for usp / tell you," continued the
Governor. "our Western boys are always ready
Tor fight, and must say again that, if there
be any proposition before the committee to
declare war, vote in the affirmative"
Gov. Pope died at Springfield, in this state
in l545. aged IS years.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07

There is good deal OF talk on the par, OF
INC protectionists about the higher wages paid
20 and the superior comfort of the factory op.
eratives of this country compared to those OF
England; yet we doubt if even Manchester or
Birmingham can equal the picture drawn by
New York Herald correspondent of the
homes of the present operatives at Fall River,
Mass. THE morality, drunkenness and FIRE.
Guen' desperation" he says, "oi the classes
crowded into such places, without money, time
y spirit enough TO get them out again, is
enough to make the owner OF filthy city bar.
racks imagine himself model landlord. Cor.
pOrations which provide such dens for human
beings to dwell in are not to be pitied when
hey fear possible communism and incendiar.
am"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
C. GRIGGS,
dttOrHsD at L,itr
SrA,rEOEIL IIINOIS,L LA S
NIra1sX

S,IA r Ot'ILI.lN<)Is, la SALE Co.'S
- In thr Cucuit Court June Term 1881.
Frank Foster ca. Clara NJ. Foster. In Chdncery.
Affidavit Of reside of the shove named defendant
Clara NJ Fossr having been filed in Ehe clerks office OF the
Circuit said county notice therefore hereby gwen
nonresident defendant that the complainant Med
his bill OF compliant In said court. the chancery SIDE
thereof the I'd of April 1885, NHd that thereupon
ued out OF said court, wherein said suit IL now
pending rcturnab the second Monday in tile month OF
June next, as is dy law required. ~
Now unless yoI the said NONRESIDENT defendant above
named shall personally be and appear before said Circuit
day OF the next crm hsreof Ia be holden
Ottawa and FOR the said county the second Monday
and plead deinbr to the said com.
painants bill Of complaint the same asd the matters and
things therein charged and stated will be- taken M confessed
entered against you accordns 10 ihe prayer VI
SAID bill. .
W. W. TAYLOR. Clerk.
C. GRiGGs. Compits Sol'r. aprG' Nv
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07

TRAVELLING ErIQuErTE.-The fashionable
girl now lays her head on the shoulder Of her
male companion when travelling, according to
the Cincinnati Enquirer writer, who says
The incest girls do 1t. and they are so de.
mure, so innocent, so unconscious in their
manner that nobody could deem the practice
harmful. They have the unconcerned air of
using pillow. This would have been repre-.
hensible year ago; now fashion and mothers
permit it, But the man must not so far forget
himself as to slyly hug the girl. If he does,
she pop, holt upright, aud will lean to him no
more forever. This is new but approved Ell.
0uette"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07

Admiral Farragui was fortunate in his life
and perhaps fortunate in the time of his death
1t was not his fate to dim his glory as a sailor
by the pettinesses of subsequent political
strife. HIS career, to the end, was pare and
patriotic; 1t was not spotted by stains of party
and pelf; and in reviewing 1t, now that It's
record is made up for enduring history, moth.
ing Is visible in 1t which his grateful country.
men cannot point 10 with pleasure and pride
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
d. p. JON Els,

4 DNIINISTRA TORS "a LIE OF HEAL
N ESTATE-pubHs notice hereby giyec that by virtue
sver and decree OF the County Court
Of La Sale county In she state oil Illinois, maseat the tcbru
thereof 1891, in certain cause wherein VII
liam Casey Administrator Of the Estate Of Thomas Mcln
deceased per Oaer and Mary A. Mcinness Jane
Dixon Nancy Foley. John Foley John McGnu Thomas
McGnness william Miianes, Charles Mci lness Jan es
McGinness. Mary Mctiinnea Alice McGnness. Nicholas
and Patrick Dixon. Qua dian Of said Charles and Alice Me
Gnneas, defendants being petition for the safe OF
OF said Thpras MCiI ness Decreased FOR the
OF the debts against his estate the andersgncd
Administrator Of the Of said Thomas Mctnnsss de-
ceased will sell public vendue TO the highest bidder at
Office in the city of Ottawa, in tae county OF La
Sale and of Illinois, Monday the ninth Gay OF
May D. 1881 at the hour of two O'Clock IN me AFTERNOON
OF said day ad sale having been changed from me second
DAY May the follow described real esta situated In
county of La sale and atatc Of nes viz: The east
quarter OF SEXTON Eight IN township thirty one
north of range three east OF the third principal meridian
the southsa quarter of Section Thirty four
township hirtytwO north. OF range three eaH or the
nrd principal meridian except fifteen acres OF land on Of
north end of the east na Of said souihe quarter OF
aI1 'hirtv
purchase money 10 he pa,i at the time of the the
remainder with eight cant interest thereon
to Ne paid in th-Fpaer and be the
premises sold the purchaser may pay shoe OF the
purchase money ~ the g. NE of sale at his option
Ne widow OF said deceased will the
deed OF all her right, tile SAID
Including homestead and dover.
Ma ch 2Sth. 1881 WILLIAM CASEY.
Administrator OF thu Estate OF Thos McGiDnese decd
. Z. JONES, Attorney, spr2 sH
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
B. +. LINCOLN,

Il
no A Il. w HON 1T Nj n toNt Eh ~.
Notice Is hereby given. that the undersigned, william
Casey Conervaor Of Christopher Bailey WILL at the next
May of the County Court OF the county 81 La sae
in the state of Illinois, the arst day of said ttrn ihr
same Del ng the xetnth day OF MAY 1851 apply 10 said
leave to sell and for order 10 sell the west ha
lot four In lot thirty nine In the Assessors Snbdvslon
Of the Southwest Fractional Quarter OF Section Eleven, IN
township thrythree north, range three eat of the thd
principal meridian In the city of Ottawa in sad county ana
state the being the property of said ward said sale
II made will be made for the purbse Of ,9anin2 ne pro
ceed- thereof NJ interest. WILLIAM tASE1,
Aprl 20, 1851. tolstrNblOr
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07

NOTICF;.-EsrATE or JACOB A, ftsuECsS, PFC ~
Notice IL hereby given, that the undersigned, ADMIN
Jacob A. fshburn atC OF tne county
vi La Sale and OF Illinois, deceased will appear be
fore the County Of sad county the third Monday
being 2Nh day OF June 1884, at the County Ceurt
lous~ Ottawa in said COuaty. when and where all per
sons having claims demands against said not
and presekt the same In writing for ediust
ment.
Dated tnls 2Ist day Of April 4. u. lsSi, ~
SYENCER HAMILTON,
nualsv Administrator.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07

NOrICE.-EsrArR or LouIs UHLKIcn, DecESsKn.-
~ Notice hereby gwen, that the undersigned Executor
uf the last Will and testament of Louis Jhlrch late Ot
the county Of La Sale and state OF Illinois, deceased, will
before the County Court Of said county on the third
Monday (being the 10th day of June isS a the County
Court fIousc Ottawa said county when and where all
persons having claims demands against said estate
nohcd attend and present the same in writing for ad
iustncDt
Dated this 9Th day Of April \. u. 1881 -...-.
CHARLES BANZET,
anrnl9y Executor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
To Be or Not To Re.

ITO be or not 20 be-" that is the question
Whether 10 suffer from a diseased and contnu
Gus impurities of our blood, OF TO take Spring
Blossom and become welcome and respect table
member OF society. Price, 50 cents; trial bot
tee, 10 cents.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
Zegal.
CHASE FOWLER.

HdSier ~ ChunceTE.
NJ ASTFR'S SA .E.--.STATE or ILLINOIS,
4u Cot MY or Ia sALLK.-Crcun Court q satd cona-
tp,-I In chdncsrH
Katie Ryan, by Matthew White, her guardian complain.
ant Thomas lIyerty, Bridget Larkn. william Jack
son David h. SNOW, samuel Nicholson, Henry h. Nen and
Tnnotny Lafkin, defendants.
Pubic notice Is hereby given, that In pursuance OF de
entered In the above entitled the March term
Of said Circuit Court 10 wit on the sixteenth day OF April
A. lssi, l. Chase Fowler, Master IN Chaucery OF ssd
court will, the twcnty.thrd day OF Nuy ~ 1881,
the hour OF two o'clock In the afternoon of raid day
the premises hereinafter described. sell highest and
best bidder cash. the following described premises, To
The half of the northeast quarter Of section thirty
in north Yt range six east OF the third
principal meridian, situate In the county OF Grundy and
state Of Illinois. CHASE FOWLER,
Dated April ", 1881. Master in Chancery,
81. I. MoLoSkY. CUmplt- Solr. apr23iw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07

Lameness Is the precursor OF rheumatism. Es.
zspe IL by heating Trask's Magnetic Ointment
sad rubbing In thoroughly.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
RACKGAMMONssS az S:r: and e.. .1 Ne
m&ns vest Of Ne Court House eonr..

PLAYING CARDS. yys s.' q o. sS:,a :
Hspeuan'A vest Of tie Court House sossce.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-01
Babies in Bags.
THE RAvINGs OF BACHELOR EDITOR ON
 THE SUBJECT OF BABY DRESS.
From the New Orleans Plea yune.1

From the New Orleans Picayune]
 All the nurses in town are laughing at @ certain new mother because she ties down her babies long clothes when she sends him out on the street on cold or wintry day; but the idea is as sensible as it is original. The long clothes of young baby, no matter how carefully it is handled, have tendency to crawl up to the chin, or to get into g bunch under the little arms, causing much discomfort and leaving the tender little feet bare and cold. Now, string or pretty rib bon-that can always be hid by cloak tiled around the long skirts just below the little feet, prevents the baby from getting into bungling bundle, keeps the dainty skirts smooth and gracefully arranged, and the little one from catch ing cold.
 Why not put the baby in bag at once and done with it? We'll, why not? We are sure that the helpless little crea- lures would feel far more comfortable tied up in bags than they do now done up in the awkward bundles known as "baoy clothes." The bags should be roomy, of course, with draw-string at the top and another at the bottom. No embroidery-no ruffles, no sleeves. Yes, just as much embroidery and just as many ruffies as you please, but no sleeves, unless the bag is made to open behind. The fashion of dislocating 8 baby's shoulder by bending back the little arm, to force it into the sleeve of Q garment made to open in front, is both useless and cruel. No wonder the little ones scream and kick when they are being dressed. Talk about dress reform association for women It is re- form in baby clothes that is most need ed, and if 8 fashionable mother could be found brave enough to tie up her baby in dainty bags during the winter months, all the other mothers in the land would rise up and call her-a silly goose. But they would follow the fashion There would be another ad- vantage in dressing babies in bags, which wise mammas would not be slow to discover-nursing would be made easy for papa. Men do make so many excuses when they are asked "to hold baby minute," but the most prevalent excuse of all: "Oh, I'll get his clothes all mussed up," would be out of order if they could carry the baby in a bag. The baby could not "get out of it; neither could papa.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-01
An Old Acquaintance.

The late Charles Chapman, who was in his day the foremost criminal lawyer in Connecticut, so ably defended man once who was charged with the crime of murder, that he got him off with man. slaughter, although there was not 8 doubt of his guilt of the graver ofense. A prominent citizen who was convinced of the mans guilt was so annoyed to think that Chapman had saved the fel- lows neck from the halter, that he re- fused to speak to the distinguished ad- vocate for long time after.
 A number of years later MT. Chap mans door bell rang, and visitor was announced.
 "Good morning, Mir. Chapman, was the salutation.
 "You have the advantage of me-" re- piled the lawyer. "I do not recognize you."
 My name is -. Don't you re. member that you got me off for ten years for killing so and sop
 "Yes, J do remember it, and I got through with you then and there. ] want nothing more to do with you, sir. ,
 "You needn't be so upish about it, muttered the fellow. "The way you talked to that jury almost made me be- lieve I didn't do it, and now you've gone back on me-" and he walked disconso lately away.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-01
Another Ocean Trip.

Even the most sensible people keep their ears open for tales of adventure and foolhardiness which they would never think of initiating, and con- siderable amount of enthusiasm will be aroused by John Troyner, recently in the Government service on the gunboat Tennessee, and Swede named Ivan Olsen, who are preparing for a voyage from Bath, Me-, to Havre, France, in 8 dory only fourteen feet long, which is now building at Georgetown. She is to be 8 common fishing dory of 14 feet bot tom, 5 feet wide and 21 inches deep, and is to be decked over with the exception of a small place for standing-room aft. She will be sloop-rigged, carry two jibs, @ mainsail and squaresail, and will spread to the wind sixty yards of canvas, and will make ten knots an hour. Sho will be the smallest boat that ever at- tempted anything of the kind, and com- pares with the Great Eastern as follows: Great Eastern, 22,5O0 tons, 6SO feet long, 80 odd feet wide, carries 4,O90 people; this craft, IA feet long, carries two men and 8 kitten.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-01
A FLOW THAT WALKS.
Propelled by Steam Over Soft Ground by Means of a Portable Track.

The Baltimore Sun says:-The steam blow invented by MT. B. Benson, a well-known machinist of this city, was put into practical operation lately. The various attempts heretofore made to blow by steam have failed mainly on account of the difficulty in adapting traction engine to the varying condi- tions of the ground over which it must move. An engine which will run very we'll over hard surface or firm sod will sink into loose loam or wet ground to Q depth that stops looomotion. MT. Benson has sought to overcome these difficulties by constructing an engine which lays down and takes mp track, ovek which it propels itself and draws gang of blows after it. Tho portable track consists of four endless chains, constructed of links or sections about fifteen inches in length. Each section base projecting from it. One-third of these feet are constantly resting upon the ground, each one being taken up in turn by the revolution of the chain, which is carried around triangular frame on each side of the upright boiler. The lower side of the triangle is con- stantly shifting railroad track, or rather a double track, resting on feet about ten inches long, which support it like so many sections of trestle-work. On this tramway the truck winch carries the boiler and engine rests, and when the machinery is put in motion the truck wheels run along the track, which moves forward with sort of walking motion as the wheels at the three corners of the triangular frame take up and put down the sections of the chain. A gang of nine blows is drawn by this track-laying engine, and the nine furrows cover space of ground about eleven feet in width as they move forward. The blowing was done in 8 field from which crop of corn was taken last year, and the surface was deeply furrowed and quite irregular. The engine was worked under pressure of forty pounds of steam and the blows did their work admirably-quite as we'll as if each one had been drawn by & team and managed by good plowman. A forward motion of about one hundred feet to the minute was deemed best in order to give 8 committee of the Mary land Institute an opportunity to see the working of the machinery. At this rate it would blow about an acre and 8 half per hour or fifteen acres day. Three men are required to run the machine, namely, an engineer, man to look after the gang of blows and man to keep the boiler supplied with water and the furnace with fuel.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-01
AUF W7EDERSEH.EN.
IN MEMORY OF J. T. F.

Until we meet agaiu That is the meaning Of the familiar words that men repeat
 At parting in the street. An, yes, till then but when death intervening Bends us asunder, with what ceaseless pain
 We wait for the Again The friends who leave us do not feel the sorrow Of parting as we feel it who must stay
 Lamenting day by day, And knowing, when we wake upon the morrow, We shall not find in it's accustomed place
 The one beloved face It were double grief, if the departed, Being released from earth, should still retain
 sense of earthly pain; It were double grief if the true hearted, Who loved us here, should on the further shore
 Remember us no more. Believing, in the midst of our aff1ictions, That death is @ beginning, not an end,
 We cry to them, and send Farewells that better might be called predictions, Being foreshadowings of the future, thrown
 Into the vast Unknown. Faith overleaps the confines of our reason, And if by faith, as in old times was said,
 Women received their dead Raised up to life, then only for season Our partings are, nor shall we wait in vain
 Until we meet again!
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-01
How to Cook a Husband.

The first thing to be done is to catch him. Many good husband IS spoiled in the cooking, Some women keep them ID hot water, while others freeze them with conjugal coldness <; some smother them with contention, and still others keep them in Q pickle all their lives. These women serve them with tongue sauce. Now, it is not to be supposed that husbands will be tender and good if treated in this way but they are, on the contrary, very delicious when managed as follows: Get large jar, called the jar of carefulness, which all good housewives have on hand ]; place your husband in it and place him near the fire of conjugal love; let the fire be pretty hot, especially let it be clear; above all, let the heat be con- stant cover him over with the spice of pleasantly, and if you add kisses and other confections, let them be accom- panied with sufficient portion of secrecy, mixed with prudence and mod eration.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-01

underneath. rescued one man who had been under this deck for four min utes before it went down. I did all I could to prevent the people from climb ing on it. A great number had the presence of mind to swim out from under the deck at the side or end, and in this way were saved. In 8 few min- utes all who were thus imprisoned were drowned. I do not think we had more than 450 on board, because there is not standing room on the boat for more, at eight inches space for each person"
 R. G. Montgomery, of London, who was on the Victoria, tells a melancholy story of the scenes incident to the iden- tiication of the bodies. One man whom he knew, named Dryer, and whom he saw get aboard the steamer at Spring Bank, was drowned with his wife and two childsen. He leaves fonr Ahoys be- tween eight and sixteen years of age. MT. Montgomery asserts that there was no rolling of the steamer from side to side. She was listed to starboard all the way up the river till just at the time of the accident, and then she rolled sud- denly to port and went to pieces. He is of the opinion that the boiler or some heavy portion of the machinery must have been loose or out of order, and when the boat listed to port it rolled over and upset her. He is sure that the steamer was overloaded, but he makes the graver statement that he is of the opinion that the upset would not have been attended with half as fatal results had the steamer been properly con- structed. "Why," said he, "she heeled over to the port side, which was not more than forty feet from the bank. Many, or perhaps nearly all, might have been saved had it not been that they were swept down by the sudden collapse of the fimsy upper works and buried in the wreck, where men and children were alike helpless" In speaking of the sud- denness of the collapse of the miserable structure, MT. Montgomery remarked that "she went to pieces just as one would sweep house of cards off table. !"