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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

FIRST ILLINOIS RAILROAD TRAIN.-The etl
tors of the W0c0upih Engineer, Green County
Adcocate und other neighhoring exchanges
have recently been publishing some interesting
"reminiscences of the momentous occasion
when the first railroad tram ever run in Hi
nois made Its appearance on the first railroad
in the state which extended from Jacksonville
to Meredosa. This was In the fall of 1899
and the day was a memorable one. Nearly
all Morgan county had according to accounts
assembled in our public square to witness the
arrival OF that wonderful first train. School
children had been given a holiday, and the
daily labor was everywhere neglected except
in the shops in the town. The public square
was filled with teams, and when the engine
steamed into the public square, making all the
noise possible, there was such stampede of
horses as was never before heard of, nearly
every team breaking loose, and at least one
third of the vehicles in the county were brok-
en-, and many Of the people were as much
scared as the horses at the steaming monster
as it came rushing up into the square. There
were then thirty three miles of railroad in
Illinois, and now there are nine thousand
The change which the lapse Of forty,two years
has wrought in this particular is indeed re
markable -Jdcks0HcUe JOaundl.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

AUNT TAMAH BRooKs.-Tamah Brooks who
visited the Cotton Exposition the other day, Is
possibly the Oldest colored woman, if not the
Oldest person, in America, having reached the
remarkable age OF 1913 years. She was born in
Roanoke county, Virginia, in 1858, as is shown
IN the Bible record of the family of Thomas
Yancey. She was the property of William
Yancey, and at his death was given to his son,
Thomas lancey, for a house servant. AT the
death Of Thomas Yancey she was transferred
TO one Of the legatees Of the estate Aunt TIA.
nah is the mother Of seventeen children, all
Of whom reached maturity Her baby son,
who attends her, Is an old white.headed man,
80 years old.-AHdntd CONSTITUTIONS.
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Samuel Smith and his wife, of Manhasset
Long Island, have been married ten years and
are parents of six children. Mrs. Smith has
been an invalid for the past six months, and
has been so i'll at times that she was not ex-
pected to live. She had a dread of leaving
her children lest they would not be properly
cared for after her death, and SO she desired
that her younger sister and her husband
should be married before her death. They en-
tered into a mutual agreement that IN case
Mrs Smith should die they would become
man and wife. This did not satisfy her, and
to pacify her they were married, Since the
marriage Mrs Smith No. has so far recov.
cred as to be able to leave her bed, and she bids
fair to live for some time Smith and his
wives are now living happily under the same
roof
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

Henry c. Spaldng was arrested Thursday
night for plain drunk in New Albany, Ind.
and having no cash was consigned to the pas
uel. To a reporter he said: My name is
Henry c. Spalding. | am the inventor of the
now famous Spaldng's glue. discovered
this valuable adhesive when but eighteen
years Old. Its merits were recognized by q
gentleman IN New York, and | got patent
Oh it. | sold him the right to manufacture
the glue, for which / was to receive royalty
of enc cent on each package. | got small
sums from him for a short time, and then he
refused to pay me further sued him in the
courts Of New York, and he beat me in the
suit by setting up as defence that was &
minor when the contract was made and thai
therefore the contract was not legal one. The
man made a million dollars, while | am now
IN financial distress"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

A New York farmer says he has common
dunghlll hen, which Is twelve years old, and
that has laid an egg every day except about
two months each year, since her first, and dur
ing those two months she has raised an average
of twenty-five chickens per annum. She sings
as cheertully now and cackles rs loudly while
at her work as she did eleven years ago, when
she first began the discharge of her import
ant duties At this rate, this hen in eleven
years must have laid 300 eggs, which at ID
cents per dozen would have brought $3945
and would have raised Pa chicken, which at
50 per dozen would have brought SGS.7j, max
ing total OF $l0S20 from which take $50
tor keep, or say $24, and there is left clear
profit Of $500.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

David Davis dId generous act the other
day, when he called messenger at the Capt..
tol and told him TO GO down town and buy for
a newsbOy new suit OF clothes, from cap to
shoes then told the Capitol barber to cut the
lads hair and give him bath. With that and q
little Christmas money in his new pockets,
the urchin went home happy. 1t was kindly
service from the burly Senator to the little
tradesman; still, II does not improve the dc
count TO add, rs one Washington paper does,
that the story leaked out, to the great disgust
of the distinguished gentleman" since it was
IMPOSSIBLE that II should do anything else but
leak out, with the barber the tailor, the mes
senger and the newsboy to tell it to their Gus
toners
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

The burning of the Ring Theatre In Vienna
has had the effect of diminishing the attend
ance at all German theatres, just as the Brook
lyn fire did in this country for a few weeks in
1879. In Salzburg, two weeks ago, only thirty
or forty persons composed an audience. Al
the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg, where usual
ly there Is not even standing room on Sundays
there was only fifty persons present at a Sun
day performance three weeks ago. This thea
ire Is in an exceptionally bad condition. The
gallery at the Stadt Theatre was almost empty
In Breslau the fire had a similar effect, and in
Prague 1t was found necessary to close the
local theatre because no one came to see the
play. The theatre in Presburg, an old, re
marKable structure, was closed by the police
who found that it was regular man.trap. In
PeSth there were no audiences, and in Baden
near Vienna, one night not single ticket was
sold. A single reporter composed the entire
audience
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

STRUCK BEER.-The following very funny
incident is related as veritable occurrence 6
few weeks ago in the Pennsylvania oil region
We find it in the oil CITY Derrick:
Any one familiar with the heavy oil devel
Opments knows that goOdly part of the drill
ing is done on the hill known a. the Point,
near Franklin. 1t rises from the bank of the
French Greek in Il very abrupt manner. Phil
Up Cheeseman's brewery is situated at the foot
of South Park street, on the west side of tht
creek. His beer vault is on the other side. Ii
is an immense vault, blasted out OF the solid
rock, and penetrates into the hillside nearly
100 feet In this is slowed large quantities Of
lager beer The casks that hold the beer con
tain on au average of about ten barrels each
One cask in the rear end of the vault is used
as supply cask, All the Others are connect
ed with this one by pipes, and hesupply casb
being sunken, is always kept full of beer. The
hill at this place is so steep that it cannot be
assembled.
Above this vault, on the hilltop, Rial q Son
own lease. They drilled a number of wells
ON their lease, and they were all profitable
Some time ago they located No 8 directly ovel
this beer vault. The rig was built and things
ran along in the usual manner for about q
week When they had reached depth of 400
letl, ~uO leeL less imam WneTe tncy usually Inc
the sand, the drill struck a crevice and dropped
away several feet The tools we're Withdrawn
from the hole and the baller run. II came uT
seemingly full of oil Bail as they would
they could not exhaust the supply. They de
cided TO tube the well, and were ordered to dc
so by Mr.. Rial The next day the well wa;
tubed without being shot They commenced
to pump 1t, and it threw the fluid out at grea
rate. Noticing something queer about the ri
one of the men tasted IT. He found it TO be SC
good that he put his lips TO the pipe and took
long gulps Of the delicious stuff. First one
and then another drank. They became wha
is known as drunk. The owners visited the
well, drank, and were overcome The people
of the town who had heard of it went up the
& hill, drank, and were overcome.
Little by little they came TO realize what they
{ had been drinking. One man was found in
the crowd who had tasted beer before. He at
! firmed that it was beer but they laughed al
him. How would this Rip Van WInkle eliXiI
get into the bowels of the earth? At last they
decided to call in undoubted authority on the
beer question, and sent for Philip Grossman
Grossman came. He tasted II once, twice, and
then he lore his hair. as il beer?' they asked
"Beer: Yes; it's mein own make. MeI
Colt in Himmel, you are pumping mem beef
vault dry" Such was the fact, and the way
that well was shut down was caution. They
visited the vault and found 1t 10 be so. Three
of the large casks were empty.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

The proverbial rapldity of military justice
as compared with that which is sought IN civil
courts, has not been apparent of late IN this
country Fiz John Porter was tried IN 1852
SO and cashered. A rehearing of the cast
was attempted, but was not secured for sixteer
years. Then, after an enormously long sitting
equalled by few civil tribunals, the Schofield
Board reported that the findings and sentence
of the court martial were wrong Then con
gress took up the matter, in order to act or
this revision, and did nothing. Thus, after
nineteen years, what the ultimate tate of Fit
John Porter Will be is as uncertain as ever
The Whitaker trial was another one of pro
digious length. In 1880 his case was heard
for months at West Point before a board; III
1881 he was tried again for months before 6
court martial, and his fate is still undetermin
ed. The Flipper case was one Of great length
and that, too, is still IN doubt. The Warren
Court Of Inquiry was protracted to an enor
nous extent, and We do not yet hear the END
of that. Finally, the trial of Sergt Mason fol
shooting at Guitcau was begun only to be
abandoned, and, meanwhile, that of Gultear
has been almost concluded, and that of Mason
has not yet been resumed.-N. Y. Sun.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

DEAF MUTEs.-Dr. Alexander Graham Bell
denies the assertion that deaf mutes, when
taught to speak, have the accent of their native
district Some children do artCulate after pc
culiar dialects, but on Investigation It always
turns out that they could talk before they be-
came deaf, and this cannot correctly be ascrib-
ed to heredity. He. says, also, that by proper
instruction, any harsh and disagreeable charac-
ter of the utterance may be corrected, and he
adds that $50 successful has articulation teach
ing proved IN America and in Europe that
dumbness will soon be universally recognized
as mark of neglected education"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14
A (suyer Guyed ,

An 6ttcnuhteu INDIVIDUAL, WIN u SIcnt niiu-
ence of hair, and soft, seductive smile, gent.
ly staggered into restaurant, hung his hat
on n nail, took seat, and commenced to drum
for waiter The latter appeared in due time,
and began to brush around the tumblers with
II great deal of energy.
The diner ordered some turtle soup, and,
while he WAS slipping it, Clipped IN
pretty good soup this what's the vintagey'
Ten A. M replied the waiter, as he pre-
pared to hurl the check down like boomer
ang.
Made of land turtles ?" inquired the festive
| guy,
Land turtles 2" repeated the waiter in aston
lshment.
"Yes, land turtles" contioued the diner;
"these big, corpulent, speCkled, punch-nosed
reptiles that walk around rye fields with mi,
tlals and dates cut on their backs?'
The waiter assured him that he was positive
that was not the brand of the turtle employed
in the construction of their best soup IN the
city for ten cents plate, including roll.
mo, i suppose it is not continued the
| guest; 81 suppose II is not; | presume you
use these little black, red.spolted specimens
that lnfest woodland brooks and bird stores al
three for quarter. These little polka dot ras-
Gals that float on COrks, chuck full OF medita
ton. | ssppOsc you get them in quantities
and open them like little neck CLANS, and
spring the result on innocent people for terra.
pin. Does my intellect light on the schemes"
The waiter didn't reply, and the guest went
! on:
perhaps you use swapping turtles These
fellows that grab at anything so hard that 1t
makes them tired These lgnoble beasts that
! draw tie skin over their eyes when you LOOK
at them, and who have skin enough for each
eye to make Masonic apron, strings and all,
land
1--WE use IRON turtle" broke IN the waiter,
who was tired ot being guyed.
IAN iron turlle?'
"Cerlainly, an iron turtle"
! "TO make turtle sOupE
! "Why, Of course; to make turtle soup, not
to make lamb stew, or "a trcandeau of nightln-
gales soul, or an epigramme of taper's kid
! ney.n
But" said the diner, "how do you make
SOUP of an iron turtle?"
why, we wind him up"
"WInd him upW
"Precsely; he has key.hole in his back,
you wind to your right, until you can't wind
any longer. Then you throw him into the
soup, and the machinery starts, and he kicks
and spashes around for hours. We have a
few eighty.day turtles that
! But where does the nourlshment come
! from ~ inquired the astonlshed guest In tones
of excitement.
"Why, from the ingredients-thec alf's head,
and the beef, and the carrots, and the lemon"
Then what is the use Of putting IN the tur-
tle?"
"Why, he furnished the motion"
What, motion in soup?"
"Of course we throw HIM into the soup,
and he splashes around with his great paddle
! feet
ITO tone the system with lron?"
ooh, no, just to keep the soup from burn
ing. It's great deal cheaper to work the tur
tie than to hire a boy to do the stirring"
Then the out guyed diner left with a sadful
. look, as though he had just come down stairs
with some manuscript, and half dozen ser
les of editorial footprints all over him.
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EVERY Farmer
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

"What is a promise, my boy?' asked Il
school teacher, whose reputation for honesty
was not of the best, to one of his younger
scholars, 81 don't know, sir" timidly replied
the youngster "Well, suppose you should
come to collect a bill of me, and | should tell
you call around next day and | would pay
you, what would that be?' 81 think that
would be a lie, sir!"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14
POpular EVERYWHERE

"Burdane,' the French name for Burdock, Is
as popular IN France as in America. As an anti
scorbu.ic, aperient and diHretic it cannot be too
highly extolled. Burdock Blood Bitters combine
''in condensed form" all its good properties.
For govt, eutaneous disorders and kidney trou-
bles they are unequsled. Price 81, trial size 10c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

ooh, missus," exclaimed Bridget, as she ap
pearcd, pale aud trembling, before her mistress
at 10P NJ; there's somebody trying to get in
the front door" as it goat, Bridget" NO
'um" as 1t a woman" mo, 'um." as II
a MANI" Yes, 'um," Good looKingY
eyes, 'um." well let HIM come in" The
courage OF a true woman never fails he.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14
DRUGS, Paints, Oils, C0lors, VarniSles, Glass.


In Drugs and Medicines purity and care in
compounding are of the greatest Importance.
The undersigned calls your attention to this.
las ne exercised great care in selecting his
Drugs. and in the preparing of the same not
only the greatest care is exercised. but every
thing is proceeded with scientifically. The
stock is the most varied in this county, and
the prices always the lowest, quality consid-
dered. You will also find the finest stock of
Druggists Sundries, Yankee Notions, Toilet
Goods of every description, Fancy Articles for
weddings, birthdays, &c.
In Paints Oils, Brushes, Colors, Varnishes,
Plate and Window Glass, no competitor will
sincerely claim to equal my stock, neither in
quantity, quality or price, my goods being the
very best grades in the market. Everything
Guaranteed. MY facilities for handling goods
are double those of any other establishment.
Thanking the public for their liberal patron
age in the past, and hoping to serve the same
and a great many more IN 1881. am truly
YOURS, g. GEHR1NG, Druggist,
North of Court House, Ottawa, Ill
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

Gentlemen of the jury said blunderng
counsel in SUIT about a lot Of hogs "there
were just thirty-slx in the drove Please re-
member the fact-thirty-siX hogs; just three
times as many as in that jury box gentlemen. "
That counsel didn't gain his case.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14
RnnHInn,s Arnica SaIYe.

The Best sALvE In the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, COrns, and all skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles. It's guar
anteed 10 give perfect satisfaction OF money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For sale by
Y. Griggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

Prot Huxley wants his boy to have broad
shoulders, a deep chest and II stomach 80 good
he will never know he has one" That Kind
of a stomach would be bonanza for tramp
And, occasionally, it would strike the wealthy
editor as good thing to have in the house.
BUriiHgioa Xork Eye
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BUDGET OF FUN.

Physicians should be careful to avoid fol
lowing the syntaX Of one of their brethren
who wrote as follows: "Thls is to certify thai
l attended Mrs. -, in case of consump
ton, and that she died in consequence
thereOlN
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South Ottawa Taxes.

The undersigned Tax Collector for the Town OF South
Ottawa notifies the tax of said town that he has
ccvcd his books from the county clerk and that the
for 1881 now due He may at all times when not out col
Letting be found at the old toll house. the south end OF
th' Illinois River Bridge. HENRY p. MOORE
December 81, 1881.
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Farm for Sale.

The Southwest Quarter OF Section twenty-five, Township
Thirty four North, Range Three the Town of DAYTON
containing one hundred and sixty acres.
Also the southwest Quarter OF Section Thtrty.hye in
Township Tmrtythree North of Range Four in the Town
of Fall River.
For of sale and other Information enquire the
office OF LELAND GILBERT, in the Opera House Block,
Ottawa Illinois. iun&
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Notice of Assignment.

Public nsticc is hereby given that the Undersigned VII
liam W Taylor has been appointed assignee Of the late firm
of Hull & Barlcs of the city of Ottawa In the county OF
Ia Sale and state OF Illinois, and that all persons having
claims against said late firm of Hull Barcls are hereby
notified present the to the undersigned under oath
within three months from this date.
Dated AT Ottawa this 3lth day of November A. d. 1881
". W. TAYLOR, Assignee.
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a MrcJA Man is MrcU,d to his Beast"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-12-08
SEVENTH.
A TRACT OF LAND containing
10 ACRES AND Al PERCHES,

bounded north by said additional Manorial
Lot and by said "Blair'' road, east by said
road, south by the tract known as Belmont,
owned by S P. Lee, and east by the Manor
ial Lot
NOTE-A plat OF the above described
lands will he exhibited Mt the sale
TERMS OF SALE, as prescribed by the
Decree !-one-third of the purchase money to
be paid in cash on the day Of sale, or the rat
iication thereof by the Court, and the residue
in two equal annual nslallnents of one and
two years from day Of sale; said deferred pay
ments to bear interest from day of sale and to
be secured by the single bills Of the purchaser
or purchasers, with surety or sureles 10 be
approved by the Trustees; upon the ratiica-
ton of the sule and the payment OF the whole
purchase money, the Trustees, by II good and
sufficient deed to be executed aud acknowl-
edged according 10 law, will convey the lands
and premises to the purchaser or purchasers
free, clear and discharged of and from all
claim OF the parties to this cause, and OF any
person or persons claiming or to claim by
from or under them, or any of them.
Conveyanclng AT the cost of purchaser.
THOMAS ANDERSON,
Wv. B0UlC, JR,
oct Cts Trustees.