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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce that n. G. BARRETT
CT Earl, will be candidate before the Democratic
County Convention Tor nomination as candidate fol
the Office of Sheriff.
We are authorized 10 announce that ARTHUR r
BARTEIS will be candidate for the oflcs OF Clerk Of
the Probate Court subject to the decision Of the Ia
ssre County Democratic Convention,
We are authorized TO announce the name OF CIlAsi
l. HOFFMAN, of the town Of Eagle, NJ a candidate for
nomination by the Democratic County Convention fol-
tho office of Clerk OF the County Probate Court
We are authorized TO announce that JAMES Nc
MANUS is a candidate for The Office OF County Clerk
subject to the decision OF the Republican County Con
yention. Mr. McManus has necn In the County Clerks
office for the past nine years, and Is thoroughly ac
lnnlnteA with nli-the details Of the office.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-06
SUPPLEMENT-.

Owing to the high appreciation OF the semi
weekly FREE TRADER by our advertising
patrons we find it necessary to issue sup
plement. Therefore, on Saturday next, and
on each succeeding Saturday until further
notice, supplement OF convenient size to
meet the requirements of the occasion will
be seat out with the edition OF that day.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-06
Ottawa High School.

The Fall Term OF IL weeks will commence on Mon.
day. sept 1lth An examination for admission will be
held on saturday, September 9TH at the High School
Building.
Pupils from abroad are admitted upon payment OF q
tuition OF IS cents per week. A preparatory class is
maintained for the convenience Of pupils VINO
BILE to enter the regular classes.
While the work is planned for the convenience OF
those who expect to complete IT, none are compelled to
take full work unless they intend TO graduate, and
those who can spend but short time in school are &C
commodaed in such classes they fitted TO enter.
This School is well equipped with library apparatus
and cabinet II Is the only school In this county which
maintains full classical course fitting its pnps for
Standard colleges.
For further information, address
HENRY l. HOLLYWOOD,
Sept G, lSs2.-2v Principal
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!, ,sss. HENRY {. STEINMEYEI
B. +. LINCOLN,

klN y l. SE9l'rI I'M IL NT.-EsTATE or
J. JonN A. JoNKs, DECEAsrD--Noice Is hereby
given TO oil persons Interested In said estate, that the
undersigned, Administrator of the estate of said John
A. Jones, deceased, will appear before the County
Court of the county Of In Sale and slate of Illinois.
at the County Court Room In Otawn, In said county.
GU Monday the 18th day Of October 1881 for tho
purpose OF rendering account Of his proceedings In
the administration OF said estate for the final settle
mcnt.
Dated at ottawr, this nh da, Of scphr her 1852.
GEORGE !. JONES,
AITfsT; L. ", SIoCKsLEutK Administrator.
CLERK touutS Count. la san. &C.. III. scpGsw
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BUSINESS CHANGE.

The undersigned desires to give
notice that he has purchased from
JERRY WOOD the entire stock Of
cigars, tobacco, store fixtures and
the good will of his late business,
in ArmOry Block. Madison street.
Also that he will continue tho
business ut the old stand, desiring
continuation of the same liberal
patronage heretofore extended.
Aug. -, ,xss HENRY (. STEINMEYER.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-06

The Rock House." the brothel west OF
town, was the scene Of al elegant row on
fhursday night, in which Dan" and Phil,
hiI wife, were the chief actors. Dan had ex-
ctsd the woman's jealousy by paying his at
tentions 10 new summer boarder" OF the
female persuasion; and finally Phil struck
him with lantern. Dan thereupon knocked
her down and brutally kicked her. She I'm.
mediately started for Ottawa, Dan in hot
pursuit, though on an inferior horse. She
made complaint OF assault and battery, and
Dan was arrested on Saturday. The trial
was postponed until tomorrow, but viii
probably not come Off. The 'boys" from
Seneca should be thankful.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-06

On Chang to day the markets were mod
eratcly active and tadier than on yesterday,
and Irices for the leading cereals and hog
products closed better than - hours ago.
No. . or regular wheat sold at 9Sll to 99c for
September and closed at 9Sasc No. corn
sold at 20 to 12i3c, closing at 1l}ac Septem.
ter, 6Sjsc October, - to 5olSc year. No.
osls closed at S3Jsc. Barley was weak
and lower, but active. Mess pork 10 to 2Oc
higher for cash and near futures. Lard l0c
higher. Journal, 5h.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-06

The supreme court for this division met
yesterday afternoon, Judges Scott, Dickey,
ssholiqld and Walker being present. The
session was devoted TO hearing motions and
other routine work. Friday was set for hear.
ing criminal cases. James Tracey, a Chicago
murderer, sentenced to be hanged on The 18th
Inst, by his attorney made an application to
10 heard as a poor person, and also that he
havs supersedeas. The court took the
u zsIer under their consideration.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-06

New steps are being built on the south
bluff, to take place OF the old ones, for the
accommodation of the Seventh warders who
live in the central portion OF that precinct.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-06

\ Law term O. tie county court opened j
/ Aoaday. 1t WAS also pensioners, or ''crip-
PIES" day In tn ~ same Jurisdiction.
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On Chang to day the markets were mod

The grain prices cover whole range OF market, fic1i
warehouse prices 20 prices maid for odd loads for feed
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National Agricultural Convention

be third National Agricultural Con
rcntioH Of the American Agricultural As
ISOLATION viii be held at the Grand Pacific
Hplel, Chicago, this month, beginning on
Tho i4lh and closing on the 18th The
exercises will lie Of great interest, consist
ng Of addresses and papers by leading
men In agriculture and public affairs,
representing all parts Of the country.
Among those expected to take part in the
proceedings are United States Senator
Warner Miller Of New York, Hon. Chaun-
ceF NJ. Depew Of New York, Prof Ar
thur l.. Perry Of Massachusetts, John p.
Reynolds, Secretary Of the Chicago EX-
position, Hon. John Il. Dodge, Statisttcian
of the United States Department of Ag-
riculture, Dr.. Peter Collier, Chemist of
the same Department, representatives of
The State Boards of Agriculture of Illinois,
Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Kan
sas and ofthe State Agricultural Societies
Of Louisiana and Minnesota, DR.. Z. Lewis
Hturtevant, Director of the New York
Agricultural Experiment Station, DR.. j.
II. Gilbert, President of the British Asso-
clation for the Advancement of Science,
and many others. Discussions of practical
questions pertaining to agriculture will
take place, and much attention will be
gwen the subject of enslage, now at
tractlng such great interest in the East,
and also to stock breeding dairying,
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MIR. W. D. Howells and family are now in
Switzerland.
Pork has declined Sc per barrel, in two weeks
Potatoes and apples are higher.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves Florida orange
grove gives her 81 300 profit year.
Not a solitary Democratic organ has ventured
to call him Beast Butler since election day.
The annual value Of the lumber product of
this country is 233 millions, employing $4,000
hands.
During the past year not & single new count
erfelt treasury or national bank note has ap-
peared
Not single death was reported III Iowa City
during the month of October. yet the population
is over 10000.
The latest statement respecting the Brooklyn
bridge is that it will be opened to the public,
Mar. 3lst, 1888.
There are 106 silk factories in New JERSEY.
They employ 1860 operatives, whose wages
amount to S5,0O0000 annually.
Mr.. Wendell Phillips has recently presented
the Boston public library with ,3O3 volumes of
books and 1872 valuable pamphlets.
The Garfield physicians claims foot up to
1871 900; all the other claims on account of
Garfields sickness amount to S33,000.
The late Samuel Bowes, of the Springfield
Republican, is to have a biography written of
him by George S. Merriman, formerly of the
Christian Union.
The Congressional committee which has been
investigating Mississippi river improvements re-
ports lots of river and harbor money wasted in
improper contracts.
The son OF the late DR.. Joshua Wilson replies
very sharply to certain structures of Ward
Beecher on the old Presbyterianism with which
Beecher Unidentified DIR. W.
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As Others See Us.

The Popular Science Monthly - December
number publishes in full an authorized in
teryew in which Herbert Spencer gives his i'm
prcssions Of America, extracts from which
have been for some time circulating through
the newspapers. MI. Spencer naturally was
reluctant to give what might be considered Il
SNAP Judgment" on a people and country Of
which he had seen comparatively little. But his
conclusions, though coupled in some instances
with certain reservations, will in the main be
accepted as correct by intelligent Americans
everywhere. That the extent of the country,
ts rapid growth, and the wealth and maont-
cence Of our cities impressed Mr. Spencer, should
60 without the SAYING. And so Of the enter
prise of our people. Mr.. Spencer says lie per-
ccived in American faces generally Il great
amount Of determinaton--a kind of do or die
With power of work exceeding that of any
other people, Of course produces an unparael-
ed rapidity of progress" Then, ''there is the
mventiveness. which, stimulated by the need
of econom1zing labor, has been 50 wisely fos-
tered.
As to our system Of government Mr.. Spencer
says: You retain the forms of freedom, but,
50 far ;S | can gather there has been a consid-
cradle loss of the substance" 4 reference to
the boss system in politics naturally follows,
and Mr. Spencer concludes THAT the sovereign
people is fast becoming puppet which moves
and speaks as wire-pulers determine" He does
not wish, however, to be understood as imply
ing that republican institutions are failure
but holds, With Macintosh, that constitutions
are not made but grow And he thinks it
has been 50 in this country. "Within the forms
Of your constitution there has grown up this
organization Of professional politicians, alto
gether uncontemplated at the outset, which has
become in large measure the rulin, power"
Certainly no one Of us, however patriotic, or
greedy Of praise, but must feel tlattered by the
opinions expressed by Mr.. Spencer in .onclud-
ing:
1t may, ! think, be reasonably held that both
because of its size and the heterogenety of its
components, the American nation will be a long
time in evolving its ultimate form; but that its
ultimate form will be very high. One great re-
suit is, think, tolerably clear. From bologi-
cal truths it is inferred that the eventual mix
ture of the allied varieties of the Aryan race
forming the population, will produce Il more
powerful type of man than has hitherto exist
ed. and type of man more plastic, more adapt
able, more capable of Undergoing the moditica-
tions needful for complete social life. | think
that whatever difficulties they may have to sur
mount, and whatever tribuations they may
have to pass through, the Americans may rea-
Sonably look forward to Il time when they will
have produced civilization grander than any
the world has known"
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where half the year is spent in struggle
to provide for the other half Yet we
were all anxious to get away. Our heav-
en- was not at Red Mountain. Fortunes
could not be digged there. We spent
time and strength in scramble for few
ounces of yellow metal, while in the
spring time the wales and hilsides COW
cred with flowers argued in vain that
they had the greatest rewards for our
picks and shOvels But none listened.
We groyeled in the mud and stones of the
worked bank. Yearly it responded
less and less to our efforts. One by one
the sold timers left. The boarding
house of Dutch Bill at the farther end of
the Bar long stood empty, and the meek
eyed and subtle Chinaman stole from its
sides board after board; the sides skin
ned off, they took ioist after ioist from the
framework. None ever saw them SO do
ing Thus silently and mysteriouSly, like
q melting snowbank, the great, ram
shackle boarding house disappeared until
naught was left save the chimney. And
that also vanished brick by brick All
of which material entered into the com
position and construction OF that irregu
larly built, smoke tanned conglomerate
OF Chinese huts clustered near the Keen
Fam castle.
AN EXODUS FROM THE BAR.
"Old Grizzly" McFarlane went away
81 diu Bloody Bill. 50 the Bars popu-
lation dWindled. Fewer travellers, dot
like, were seen climbing tho steep trail
DER Red mountain. Miller. the Chinese
Camp news agent, who, with mail bags
we'll filed with the New York papers, had
for years cantered from Red Mountain to
Morgan's Bar, emptying his sack as he
went at the rate Of fifty and twenty five
cents per sheet, paid the Bar his last visit
and closed out the newspaper business
there forever. Then the County Super
VisOrS abolished it as an election precinct
and its name no longer figured in the re-
turns. No more after the vote was poll
ed and the result known did the active
and ambitious partisan mount his horse
and gallop over the mountain TO Sonora
the county seat, twenty miles away, to
deliver the official count, signed sealed
and attested by the local Red Mountain
Election Inspectors. Finally the Bar
dWindled to Thompson, Keen Fam and
his Mongolian band. Then Thompson
left Keen Fam grieyed at losing his
friend and protector. He came on the
eve Il departure to the dismantled store.
Tears were i'll his eyes. He presented
Thompson with q basket Of tea and a
silver halI-dollar, and spoke to him in in
coherent ard intranslatablo words of la
menting polyglot English.
f. NULFORD.
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Sunset at Seal Point Cottage.

From the gray rocks that walled the beach
We watched the sinking sun,
TIL as the last cloud-curtain rolled
Across his dropping crown of gold,
We said, The day is done"
The gateway of the west was closed.
The King was seen no more;
And in the pensive even-glow,
We strayed with tranquil steps and slow
Along the grassy shore.
But as we gazed, the eastern sky
Was lighted up anew
Long bars of cleaning, crystal green
Across the heavens a dazzling sheen
of sudden splendor threw.
The waves along the wide stretched bay
Awoke as if from sleep,
And trembling in strange delight,
Rcpelled the coming gloom of night,
And drank the radiance deep.
Then purple banners. richly wrought
With many golden sign.
Waved glorious DER the heavenly plain.
And all the pillows shown again
With blazonry divine.
And ever as Il brighter hue
llumed the sky and flood,
The mountains on the further shore
\ darker, DREAMER aspect wore.
And with us watching stood.
otlled flushed the deepening tnts, and now
4 lurid lustre came,
swift fading as the night came down.
Were leagues of roses brightly blown.
OF pure. celestial dyes.
Fast as they bloomed in heaven, they she'd
Their petals on the sea-
Till i'll a rosy wave of light
They vanished from our raptured sight,
A twilight mystery.
Homeward beneath the whispering trees
We walked and spoke no word;
For we had seen with living eyes.
0n sunset sea, and sunset skies
The glory of the Lord. Frances L. Mace
*Sea Point Cottage is the summer home Of tn
Rev. +. T. lakewood, at Hancock Point iron
which looking across Frenchmans Bay there is
magnificent view of The mountains on the island 0
Mount Desert.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-07

THE FIRST SNOW STORM. KECoLLECTIoNs OF
THE LATE W II. SIMPSON. 4 PLASTER
QUARRY.
CHENERIE, y. S, Nov. 10, lSN2. The wealth
er here has been very fine for the past month,
and it has been nearly as pleasant travelling as
it usually is in September. Ii has looked
threatening for several days. however. and to-
day has come the first snow storm Of the sea-
son. The wind is bowling tiercely and it is Il
very uncomfortable day TO be out. We are
snugly domiciled, however, at the cozv village
inn, and having last night received letters and
papers from home. feel inclined to be comforta-
bic and bid dull care begone. The journal has
been read through perhaps more thoroughly
than ever before. News items. poetry, politics
and advertisements have all been scanned with
eagerness, and we can readily appreciate the in
terest taken i'll the paper by our citizens who
remove to other states. There are not one
fourth as many papers taken here rs in Maine,
as far as we can Judge, and these, of course,
give mainly Dominion news.
We We're panied to learn of the death Of Mr..
Simpson. A worthy man and an able Journal
ist has been taken from US. We well remem
her his encouragement when as a boy we wish
ed to try our hand as "local." and how he
kindly pointed out the fatal defects in the crude
compositions that we supposed contained liter
AIRY merit He may sometimes have been severe
but he also knew how to be just We last saw
him in April, when with weary step he came
into the courtroom and took his place within
the bar. AS he spoke word of greeting we no.
ticed his changed appearance, but when speak
ing of some past occurrence the same sarcastic
smile that warned his opponent in days gone by
to beware, still played around his mouth. He
wasa relentless foe, but Il generous friend His
quick, sharp, pungent wit, united with logical,
well balanced mind, made him an opponent to
be feared, while the delicate sen>bity Of his
nature as evinced in his literary selections and
by the poetical gems that occasionally slipped
from his pen won him hosts of friends and ad-
mrers. But his lifework has been accomplish
ed and he has lain down to rest in the covered
Bridge" that leads to the great beyond"
Looking from our window we see that the
tide is coming in and in spite of snow and wind
we feel that we must go down to the shore and
watch the seething waves as they are dashed on
to the coast. 1t was a sight worth seeing.
for the rush of the waters and the roar of the
waves made it Il sublime spectacle. ANY ves-
sci driven upon the coast here must have been
destroyed. Here half dozen rods from our
window is quarry where plaster rock has
been taken out by the vessel load. A wharf
has been built this season to accommodate YES
sells of greater tonnage, and brea1water is
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Clippings.

A Democratic Prohibtionist is an anomaly
for whose existence there is no excuse ban
gor Commercial.
Some of our Democratic friends engaged
in the sardine industry and who have been re-
joicng over the recent Democratic victories
are NOT doubtless at all surprised to see it her
aldet as IA free trade victory. Yet if their
Southern friends in their enthusiasm for free
tradg should suddenly drop the duty from i'm
ported sardnes it would cause a change in the
feelings of Eastport Democrats. PASSPORT
Sentmel
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-07

1t Is estimated the cut of sawn lumber in
Ottawa Valley, this season, will reach S00,O00,- :
600 feet, the largest cut since 1878. The mills
comraenced running April 18th and closed Nov.
27th.i
Secretary Henderson of the Republican Con-
gresssonal committee publishes a statement that
the total amount raised by political assessments
did not exceed 100000. No women or boys
were assessed. and not one in three of the clerks
paid:
The poet Whittier's life in Boston is very
quiet and peaceful. He walks on the sunny
side Of the street or in the Common, calls upon
one or two friends, attends a few small recep-
tions and sits in his large, sunny parlor in the
hotel,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-07
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
crs, farmers and gardeners. Address Agri-
cultural editor, journal Office. Belfast Maine. ]
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-07

New York is still doubtful state, and is
conceded to be such by the home organ of Gov.
elect Cleveland, notwithstanding the enormous
majority which he received. The vote cast
for Cleveland is less than that given for
Hancock, and the greater proportion of stay
at-homes We're undoubtedly Republicans. The
prohibition candidate for governor received
10000 or 5000 votes, instead of the scattering
number usually cast for this ticket; and they
We're mostly given by Republicans who wouldn't
vote for Folger, and yet who couldn't quite
bring themselves to vote the Democratic ticket
In Pennsylvania Pattison is elected by Il min
ority vote. The result in North Carolina and
some other parts of the South indicates that,
under good management and with popular
national policy the Republicans might recover
some Of the lost ground there. The Democrats
are not cock sure Of winning in 1884, and the
level-headed among them know it. Boston
Herald.
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VOLUME 81.

transportation, and the tariff. Action
will be taken with reference to holding a
National Agricultural and Industrial FIX
position next year. A day OF two will be
devoted to visits to noted farms in the
vicinity Of Chicago, and to places in and
about the city. 1t is believed that the
people Of Chicago will do their share
toward making this convention Of the
utmost interest to all. His Honor, May
or Carter H. Harrison, will deliver the
opening address and welcome the dele
gates. The President of the association
is Hon. \. T. Sprague Of Vermont, the
President OF the First National Bank of
Brandon, and one Of the largest farmers
in the country The Secretary is Jos. H.
Reall, editor of the Agricultural Review,
of New \ Ork.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-07

crooked whiskeV dlStlllerS, composed OF
less than one hundred persons in the
whole county, exclusive power to pre-
yen+ me sale of cider and cider-v vinegar
r the market tor even the mere cost of
rs manufacture. Eighty-siX manufac-
trrere III vinegar from whiskey, common
A called white wine vinegar, with not
.u.re than half a dozen federal officials,
al- made rapidly rich by this law, which
plainly establishes a monopoly: while
every farmer IN the land is robbed of
less than one-halt Of the saleable
products ot his orchards. and fruit-groW-
ot what would pay their taxes many
rt. over Pennsylvania raised Ss.ol2,-
luo worth Of apples in 1850, perhaps 50
rr Gent of which is directly and de
-Iucuyeiy affected by the operation Of
a Whskey-ynegar law Of 1879.
Ihia Is simp,! Jobbing orchards under
.. protection Of the law The whole ad-
Vintage accIUes to less than one hundred
.NrrS ot NhskCy vinegar, a certain
a"rutrroohed dIstilleries and a hand
politicians who are always, to use a
- lur mighty expressive phrase ION
make. The pundered party con
NJ lAe farmers the cider makers.
.a ,Ac ,der-Huegar makers and deal
composing an Immense aggregate of
al-eue population, These were The
Nlo were forced by law to pay a
premium Oh Wbskcy stills, that
r..-e house them may yet rich at the
NtI4r ot honest Industry ana the pub
.e..l There is. therefore, only one
.- 9e done t0 wipe out the whis
.-,ue-aI stills by aboliShin4 The his
mega law. Tie injury thus far
... ul Tile law of 1879 is too great to
-uMej any longer The demand is
.o.l. absolute and immediate. Com
-~n n4vr RaLM recommended its repeal.
.u0tbg tuu Wei, what facilities It far
~NtE "A the market.