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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
Washington Letter.
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THE White House to be Improced-Mr. Blaines
P1ldce-('ongress ne1rino advancement

irregular correspondence
The While House to be Improped-Mr Blaine's
Palace-Congress nearing adjournment.
WASHINGTON, ID. g., June 81, 1892
Some months since real estate ring, which
included some men prominent in public life,
bought large tract of land just beyond the
limits of Washington, with the purpose. it is
believed, of selling 1t to congress as situation
for new presidential mansion. Last week
the ring had their hopes seriously shattered,
for congress appropriated 100000 for the
purpose of building an addition to the White
House. 1t Is proposed to build spacious an
mex on the south sde and to connect it to the
main building by long broad corridor. 1t is
expected that this enlargement OF the home of
the President will make it one of the complet.
est and most spacious buildings IN the world,
for state occasions. and those democratic as.
semblies called receptions, which are frequent
ly attended by as many as 5000 persons, and
from which no citizen of the world, out OF Jail,
is excluded
When Mr.. Blaine knew that he was to be
made a cabinet minister under Garfield he
commenced building house, which will soon
be completed, and, although he will not now
be able to entertain in an official capacity, his
new home will no doubt be rallying point
for the many political friends of Mr.. Blame
during the three remaining years Of the pres.
ent administration. Mr. Blaine's new house
has full seventy large plate glass windows in
a ~, G-,s ,,oI, ho, 4
two halls (the latter at right angles with each
other can all be thrown into one. The hall
which runs through from the main entrance
on Goth street to the rear of the house, where
the other, from which the staircase ascends, Is
twenty feet wide. The halls have ceriings of
paneled oak and the staircase is oak, lighted
on the landing by handsome stained glass
windows. The rooms on this floor are recep-
tion room, parlor, drawingroom, diningroom
and library. The three latter are 90 by % fee,
each, the other two trItle smaller The large
billlardroom is IN the basement All of the
basement Is ten feet high In one OF the three
bath rooms ON the second floor Russian bath
is being constructed in addition to the usual
style Of bath.tub. There is dumb.waiter
and freight lift, but none for passengers. The
woodwork of the second floor 10 poplar, ex
cept the hall, which is oak. The woodwork
of the two large rooms on the first floor is
mahogany, and that of the others Is black
walnut There are electric bells and steam
heat throughout the house, and also open fire
places in all the rooms, as well as In the hall
on the first floor. Mr. Blaine, by the way, is
said to be worth ten millions of dollars and
Is richer than any man who has made an active
canvass for the presidency, with the exception,
perhaps, Of Mr.. Tilden.
So far as the appropriations are concerned ii
is now believed that an adjournment of con-
gress on the 10th of July may be practicablel
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

Our matronly and amiable contemporary of
the Ottawa RepuJltcdn wades through another
column Of swash this week to prove that in tn G
tariff discussion between that paper and the
FREE TRADER the point the former was aim.
ing to establish Is entirely different from the
point the FREE TRADER is contendlng for
We should say SO! When, however, to
h. stout contention OF the EtpuJltcan that
wages OF skilled labor are uniformly from
one hall to more than double" as high In this
country AZ IN England the FREE TRADER OPP
posed the deduction of Secretary Blame, from
study of the statistics furnished the State
Department by cur foreign consus, that al
though the wages of skilled labor are dppar.
entity higher in this country than in England,
undoubtedly the inequalities IN wages
OF English and American operatives
are MORE THAN EQUALIzED by the
greater efficiency of the latter and
their longer hours of labor" our astute co,eni.
porary can only reply ,hat-"Well-ah-all
Slr Blaine means Is simply that the ability of
American workmen to labor is greater than
the ability of European workmen.n Exactly .
And that is just why 1.-THE inequalities in wages
between the two are more than equdlized," as
Mr. Blaine says. Having In this slip shod
and amusingly bungling way lodged the
point made on Mr. Blaines deductions from
the consular reports as to the cause of Unequal
ities between the wages Of skilled labor IN this
country and In England, our contemporary claps
his hands In gleeful and truly matronly. self
applause and exclslms: "Oh dear--deari your
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
CONGRESS-.

The house on Tuesday passed the bill to re
duce the internal revenue tax, but the reduc
ton Is so trfllng as really to amount TO moth
ing. 1t cuts Oft the tax on bank deposits ant
bank checks, on matches and patent medicines
and slightly reduces the tax on tobacco and
possibly few other articles.
After dlsposlng of this bill the house took
up the senate amendments to the bill to extenC
the bank charters and concurred in most Of
them but rejected the amendment to issue GOLD
certificates. The amendments disagreed TO are
to be submitted to a conference committee
The house is now at work on the naval ap
preparation bill, the discussion thus far hav
ing been peculiarly spicy, on account of dem
ocratlc members freely hauling over the Goals
the corruptions IN that department duriag rep
resentative Robeson's reign as Grants Naval
Secretary. AS Robson has managed to &c,
into the present bill heavy appropriations to
complete some of his old jobs, the bill is likely
to undergo material amendment before 1t
passes.
The subject of political assessments got a
severe overhauling in the senate on Monday,
on resolution OF inquiry into the matter In.
troduced by Mr.. Pendleton. 1t also came up
incidentally IN the house on the same day,
when Cox and Springer bore down so heavily
on MY Dear Hubbell" that he fairly WINGED,
and they extorted from him the pledge that al,
least no employe of the house should be re-.
moved for refusing to respond to his demand
for contributions to the republican corruption
fund.
MIR. Representative Van Voorhs of New
York got himself into an unpleasant plight
the other day by changing the bill levying a
fee on foreign vessels for every emgrant they
landed on our shores after it had been agreed
upon IN committee and placed in his hands to
report. But ineXcusable as his act was, the
impudence with which he undertook to defend
it when exposed was dOublv so. The bill,
which was passed as he had doctored it, was
recalled and passed as prepared by the COM
mlttee, In which shape it also passed the senate
The steamship companies, however, are so
much dissatisfied with it that they sent Conk.
ling to Washington to fight it, and after he
had an interview with the President 1t was
given out that the bill would be vetoed
The house on Saturday passed Joint reso
luton to adjourn on the 10th of July, but no
action has yet been had upon it by the senate
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
OUR CLUBBING

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the Observation-Disclosures, IurnishngboA
At the prices named, postage prepaid. The
offer-open to old Subscribers or new 1T any
post cfilce IN the county-is the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE IN this county:
FIRES TRADER and Chicago Weekly Thnss. 81 %
FREE TRADER anc Unscago Weekly Grs1rge. 2,o5
rRRs TRADER sns Chicago Weekly later
FREE TRADER g.nd Chicago Weekly yOarHdI. 100
FREE TRADER and st. Louis A7raJIicrs. ..., 26a
FREE TRADER and st. Louis G;56e- DeTsocrdt 100
FREE TRADER ard N. Y. Weekly Revuh. -. ~
FREE TRABfR and American Agricultural. =. 100
FBEs TRArBI and Prairie Farmer. ........... 3.oO
FREE TKAyEx and either Of HGper's publ
FREE TRA,yN and Scribn~r ................. so
FREE TRAcsR and Godss's Eudies' Book. 80. by
FREE TRADER and Psychological @our'sdl.... 3OO
FREE TRADER ard 81. Nithdl0s: .......- 3.W
FREE TIxDER and Dpmerssfs Monthly ...... $40
FREE TRADER and Listeips LtvAsg AW...... SD
FREE TaADER and Western Rural. .......... 3.U
FREE TRADER and Moores Rural Ne,o Yorker 90
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Herdh... 235
FREE TRADER and Peoria ". Democut. .l.25
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

discharged through the shutting down of the
mills on account of dull times
1t is stated on what seems to be unques
tionablc authority that there is no money In
the treasury Of the Amalgamated Association
and that the weekly allowance to the striking
laborers can no longer be paid. The impress
sion at the beginning of the strike was that
the fund was large enough to maintain the
iron strikers In idleness all summer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Democratic State Convention of Call
fornla, after hot session prolonged through
four days, nominated Gen. Stonenan for Gov.
ernor and John Dagge!t for Lieutenant Coy.
ernor Gen. Rosecrans was nominated for
congress from the First district, JAS II. Budd
from the Second Barclay Henly from the
Third, p. ID. Tullcy from the Fourth, and j,
prolonged struggle IN the convention over the
candidates evidences the confidence of its
members In the success of the ticket. Indeed
that is SO We'll settled that there Is some doubt
whether the republicans will make opposing
nominations.
The Democrats and Greenbackers have unit.
ed in Maine, the democratic state convention
at Lewiston on Tuesday having nominated
Harris NJ. Plaisted whom the areenbackers
had nominated for Governor. The two par.
ties have also agreed upon the following POM
nations for congress: Samuel j. Anderson,
First district; Daniel II. Thing, Second dis.
trict; Geo. w. Laid, Third district; r. H.
Murch, Fourth district
The Pennsylvania Democrats held their state
convention at Harrisburg on Wednesday, all
the counties in the state being fully represent
ed. After sharp contest, IN which the strife
lay chiefly between Jas. III. Hopkins of ALE.
gheny and Robert +. Pattison of Philadelphia,
the latter was nominated for Governor on the
9Th ballot Chauncy Black was nominated for
tDr
court judge, j. Simpson Africa for secretary of
internal affairs, and Mortimer +. Elliott for
congressman at large.
The PLATFORM in addition to the usual enun.
citation of the fundamental principles of the
Jeffersonian Democracy, includes an earnest
protest against the spoils system, extravaganza
and corruption Of the republican party both IN
state and national administration, and against
the systematic annual robbery of public Off
cials in behalf of an electioncering corruption
fund
Pattson, the nominee tor Governor, Is the
democratic comptroller of Philadelphia
through whose efforts the monstrous corrup.
tons in the republican administration of the
affairs of the city ofPhlladelphia were brought
to light, and whose popularity is such that a
year ago he was re elected by $4,000 majority
in city that seldom gives less than $1,000
majority the other way. Even the republicans
concede his election, and that he will 90 out of
Philadelphia with 10000 majority.
The Prohibitionsts of Michigan held state
at Jackson on Wednesday and
nominated full state ticket, headed by Dan.
lei p. Sagendorf for Governor, VIM. q. Brown
for Lieut. Governor, A. H. Lowry for secretary
of state, &C. The resolutions condemn the
republican party for passing the state license
law and demand strict prohibition.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

Hon. John Q. Harmon OF Illinois died on
Sunday, at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He had
been secretary Of two Illinois constitutional
conventions, and held the clerkship of the ap.
pellate court for the fourth district His re-
mains were brought to Illinois and buried at
Mt Vernon on Wednesday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

Michael Bavltt was ct Chicago on Wednes-
day and IN the evening addressed an immense
audience on Irish affairs in Central Music
Hall He tcoi. the tram the same night for
RuffniO
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

Even In Ottawa inconvlence Is being felt
from the strike Of the freight handlers in New
York, on account of delay In the receipt OF
goods, and 1t doesn't look as Ifthe difficulty was
near its end. The pay Of the freight handlers
Il understood 20 have been II cents an hour
and their strike is for 20 cents There is no
doubt but the sympathy Of the business men
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

The storehouse OF the Pacific Mills at Law
renee, Mass, was burned last week, involving
q loss of s1CO,0oG in chemicals, wool, &c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-10-19

KENNEBEC COUNT YIN PROBATE Courf, held at
augusta the fourth Monday Of September,
1882.
NEALINTHA G. BROWN, widow of Alonzo
Nl Brown, late OF Mt. Vernon, in said county, de-
ceased, having presented her application for allow
out of the personal estate of said deceased:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks SUCCESSFULLY, in the Kennebec journal, a
wspaper printed at Augusta in said county, that
all persons interested may attend at Probate
Court to be held at Augusta. on the fourth Monday
of October next and show cause, if any they have,
why the prayer of said petition should not be
granted.
EMERY o. BEAN, Judge.
Attest: HOWARD OWEN. Register. 3wiOs
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STATE OF MAINE.

OXFORD SIS Board of County Commissioners,
September Session, 1882; held by adjournment
Oct. Sd. 1852.
Upon the foregoing petition, satisfactory evidence
having been received that the petitioners respon
sible, and that an inquiry into the merits of
their application is expedient, it is Ordered, that
the County Commissioners meet at Browns Hotel,
in said Township, No. 5. Range l, on Wednesday,
the Goth day of December next at ten of the clock
A. NJ, and thence proceed to view the route
mentioned in said petition; Immediately after which
view hearing of the parties and witnesses
will be had at said Browns Hotel, and
such other measures taken in the premises as the
Commissioners shall judge proper And it is further
Ordered that notice of the time place and purpose
Of the Commissioners meeting aforesaid be given to
all persons and corporations interested by causing
attesfed copies of said petition and of this order
thereon be published six weeks successfully in the
Kennebec Journal, newspaper printed at Augusta,
by the printers TO the State. and also pub
lished three weeks successfully in the Ok
ford Democrat, newspaper printed at Paris in said
County of Oxford, the last of said
publications to be made, served and posted
least thirty days before said time of meeting, to
the end that all persons and corporations may then
and there appear and shew cause, if any they have,
why the prayer OF said petitioners should not be
granted.
Attest: JAMES S. WRIGHT. Clerk.
true copy of said Petition and order of Court
thereon. Attest: JAMES S. WRIGHT, Clerk.
6w40
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KENNEBEC COUNTT.-IR Probate Court, heid
at Aagmsfa. oa the fourth Monddy Of September,
1883.
= S. BROWN, Administrator on the estate Of
% W. W. Spencer, late Of Benfon,in said county,
eceas ed, having presented his first account of Ad-
ministraiion, OF said estate for allowance:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior to the fourth Monday OF
October next, in the Kennebec Journal. . news
paper printed in Augusta that all persons interested
may attend at . Probate Court then to be held
at Augusta. and show cause, If any, why the same
should not be allowed.
EMERY q. BEAN, Judge.
Aftest:-HowARD OwEx, Register.
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AENNEBEC COUNTY-Ia Probate Court held
1889. y Df'
A PETITION having been presented TO said
IA Court, asking for the appointment of an Ad
mnstrator on the estate of Mary 4. Miller late of
Maiden, Mass, deceased. who at the time of her
death was possessed OF certain estate in Keppebec
county aforesaid.
ORDERED. That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior to the fourth Monday of
October next. In the kennebec Journal a new snaner
printed in Augusta, thar all persons interested NAV
eftend at Court Of Probate then to be holden al
Augusta, and show cause, II any, why the pravsr
u said petition should not be granted.
EMERY Q. BEAN, Judge.
Attest: HOWARD OWN, Register. swso.
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Auction Sale!

BY virtue of license from the Honorable judge
of Probate for the County of Kennebec, the SUD.
scriber will sell at public auction the premises az
18th, 1882, at two O'Clock r. VI. (unless the same
previously disposed Of at private sae.) the following
described real estate:
The store building containing two large stores ana
dwelling house that will accommodate two faml'
lies good stable attached also small building occu-
pied by c. G.. Richmond, together with the land on
which the same located being the second 10,
southeast of the Maine Central X. r. station, and OIL
the real estate owned by Lucy A. Moody at 'a'a
Monmouth Center at the time of her decease
JESSE JEFFERY,
Executor of will of Lucy A. Moody.
No. Monmouth, Me-, Sept both, 1889. 3wio
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SAVE YOUR BRAIN,
A MARVELLOUS INVENTION

Parsons' Automatic Adding Table excels all
adding machines. II will add columns of figures
with great rapidity and unvarying accuracy. Is so
simple child can operate il, small IL can be kept
between the leaves OF book and Is Of the greatest
assistance for proving columns; every counting
house and every book keeper needs IT, Sent BY mail
for 50 cents by 4. A. PARSONS. Lock Drawer b New
Haven, Conn. Agents Wanted in every town.
Ocfl4d&wim
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KENNEBEC COUNTT-TR Probate Court. held
at augusta, on the fourth Monday Of September,
1852.
CALyIS HOPKINS, Guardian of Geo. A. Bean
~ OF Mt Vernon in said County, minor, having
presented his third account of Guardianship Of
said ward for allowance:
Ordered. That notice thereof be given three weeks
SUCCESSFULLY prior to the fourth Monday Of October
next, in the kennebec Journal. newspaper printed
in Augusta, that all persons interested
ested may attend Probate Court then to be held
at Augusta, and show cause, if any, why the same
should not be allowed.
EMERY o. BEAN, Judge.
Attest: HOWARD OWEN. Register. 3w4os
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To the Honorable County Commissioners for the
County, of oxford. in the State OF Maine.
YINTHE UNDERSIGNED, inhabitants of No. 5,
i Range l, and vicinity, in the county aforesaid,
would respectfully represent that the public conven
fence and necessity require that a county way be
located, commencing at westerly end of the bridge
across the Megalloway River; thence westerly to
the New Hampshire line at a point in the road rs
now travelled on said line; and that the road
travelled be wholly in part discontinued between
the above named points. And they would respect
fully request that your honors proceed to view said
route and make the necessary locations and discon-
tnuance, as in duty bound will ever pray
ii. nj. LOMBARD, and others.
Dated Sept. 10Th, 1882.
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ries bell and nute notes. -, 81, Campann Cana.
rics trained whstlers. long trill and water bubble
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New Book on Birds, lss pp.. SO Illustrations, all
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Holden, BsNdoin square, Boston, Mass.
octiot&w3mos
KENNEBEC C0UNTf.-fn oeatet'omrt. held al
Asgwsta, on the fourth Moadas Of Sspfen,bev,
HRRlcK HALVES and HENRY r. BURGESS.
" Administrators, with the win annexed, on the
county .dcceased having presented their first account
II administration of said estate Tor allowance:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks sucessivey prior to the fourth Monday of DC
tobef next, in the kennebec Journal, newspa
per printed In Augusta, that all persons interested
Augusta, and show cause. If any, why the same
EMERY o. BEAN, Judge.
Attest: HowARD 0wKN. Register. swio'
KENNEBHC COUNTY = In Probate Court, al
As9ssta, on tAe secosd Monday OF October, 1889.
CERTAIN INSTRUMENT, purporting to b.
"A last will and testament Of
LEWIS d. MOORE, late of Augusta.
u said county. deceased having been presented for
ORDERKD. That notice thereof be given three
yeen snecesstvely prior to the second Monday o;
Novemhef next, In the keunebec Journal n
noWupaper printed in Augusta that ali persons in.
eeteseed ny attend at Probate Court then to BE-
ND - Augusta, and show cause. If any, WHY the
sod netrunent sholld not be proved. snproyed and
eleHe1, = - last YIN and testament II the said
!. -. EAERY o. BEAN, judge.
Aus@noWARD OWEN. Roadster. Sssss
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KENNEBEC COUNTY-In PROBATE Court, al
augusta, on the fourth Monday Of September
1882.
DETITIONS having been presented to the Court
Il for the appointment OF L. NJ. " estOD of Bel
grade, and also Mrs. Jennie +. Damren, Admins.
traitors the estate of Harvey Damren, late of Bel
grade, deceased:
thereof be given three weeks successfully
prior to the fourth Monday of October next
in the Daily kennebec Journal, newspaper
printed in Augusta that all persons interested may
attend at a Court of Probate then to be holden at
Augusta, and show cause, if any, Why the prayer
OF said petition should not be granted.
oct7- flaw3w EMERY o. BEAN. Judge.
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KENNEBEC COUNTY.-Ia Probate Court heii
at Augasfd, on the fourth Monday Of September,
1889.
N II. MOODY, Administrator on the estate of
L. John Blodgett, late of Pitt ton, in said
county. deceased having presented his first account
OF Administration of said estate for allowance; and
also tie widows petition for allowance.
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully, prior to the fourth Monday Of
October next, in the keRnebec Journal, newspaper
printed in Augusta, that all persons interested mas
attend at Probate Court then to be holden at
Augusta, and show cause, if any, why the same
EMERY o. BEAN, Judge
AHest'-nOWARD OWEN. Register. 3w40s
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We can, without hesitation, say that DIR.
Bull's Cough Syrup has given the best
satisfaction. We have sold an immense
amount Of II during the past winter.
WALLACE, HILTON & co.
Druggists, Lock Haven, Pa.