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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

In health from any cause, especially from tn,
use of any OF the thousand nostrums thai
promise so largely. with long fictitious tcsti
moUials, have no fear. Resort TO Hop Bit
tiers at once, and in short time you will have
most robust and blooming health.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23
Other Murders

Eight persons, men and women, were
drinking In Floyd county (Va) brothel
Friday night, when discarded lover of
one of the women threw blazing pine.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

1t has been suggested that the present
city council should consider a resolution
passed by the last council, In which pub
lie library was voted tor and directed to be
established While, of course, the act OF
the old in this respect is not binding upon
the new, it can do no harm, but rather
good, to call it up and see what the sense
of the body might be in this regard. An
appropriation Of say one-half of that per-
mitted by law ($S0O) would be lightly felt
by the tax payers, and form a neclues for
great public benefit.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

Thousands are being cured of Catarrh
every year with Halls Catarrh Cure, that the
doctors had given up and said could not be
cured IS cents q bottle. Sold by all drug
gjsts 90
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23
per cent OF them are frauds

Messrs. Palliscr, Pallser d Co., of
bridgeport, CT, Architects and Publishers
of works on architecture, have lately is
sued a sheet containing plans and spcclf-
cations Of very tasteful modern eight
room cottage with tower and also with the
necessary notifications tor building it
without the tower, and with but SIX rooms
Iif desired. In its NEST costly form the
outlay Is estimated at $4,000; without the
tower it has been built for $500; and II
only six rooms are included, the cost may
be reduced to $1,000 TO $4,000. Details
are given OF mantels, stars, doors and
castings, cornices, etc, The publishers
state that it has been adopted in more
than five hundred instances within their
knowledge
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

Rev. Mr.. Hazeltinc, IN the La Sale Press
noting The progress of Mrs, and Miss
Kline, We take it, says, very justly, that IN
this country, where the worthy poor are
well provided Tor by both State and neighl
borhood benevolence, there's no need tor
indscriminate begging Orphan homes,
etc, are well attended TO by general, local
or church care. Therefore patronize no
stranger beggars man nor woman; for 90
per cent of them are frauds"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23
Intelligence Office.

The undersigned has opened an Intelligence Office IN
the Dulano Block up stairs, next door 10 ESQ Weekss
office north Of the Court House, Ottawa, ILL., STni.
tOns found aud help supplied to all applicants prompt
ly and without fail. Charges moderate
April ~. 1888. c. l.. CA1klNS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

The approach of summer, which should
come IN the natural course of events, re-
gardcss of the weather, the subject Of gas
stoves becomes one of interest. Gas Is Ger
tsinly pleasant fuel to use and is much
more safe than the usual light oils and
their products, and is wlthal cor venient
and comfortable. "One Of the numerous
advantages of the gas stove" says one who
knows, ais the saving OF heat, as the stoves
can be used Immediately after they are
lIt hted, and turned off the minute they are
done with, instead of keeping a fire burn
ing all or large part OF the day. Another
is The saving of labor as there are no ashes
tered over the house, no coal or wood TO
handle or time wasted in waiting for the
fire TO burn. There Is no necessity for
building the same sized fire for boiling q
quart of water that you would to cook q
dinner, as you can regulate the supply OF
gas at will. The objection so commonly
heard against cooking with gas is that 1t
talnts the food, and consequently that the
food cooked in this way Is prejuuiclal to
the health of those who eat it, is said to be
without foundation. As q matter of fact,
the whole of the food at London hospital
is cooked by gas, not only for the patients,
but for the staff of surgeons and attendants
as we'll; on the contrary, it Is healihful
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

The La Sale Press figures it all out in
this way: "a new feature of the extension
OF the tile system may be expected to show
itself in the course of q few years, IN the
way of reduction Of the water supply of
wells. The subterranean water supply
from which all wells are fed Is derived
from what is known as surface water. As
the drain tiles carry of the surface water
it follows that the lower strata Will IN time
be deprived Of a large portion of their
heretofore regular supply, and dlminu-
ton of the water in wells Will follow as a
result. While tile drainage IS highly ben.
efcial TO crops on the higher grounds, 1t
doesn't seem to help those much on river
bottoms, and this and the possible future
difficulty above mentioned are among the
bad features mingled with the many good
ones of the tile drainage system" But
tile laying will go on all the same, and
future generations will have to rely on
lager" as did their fathers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

through the absence of the waste of heat,
SCOT, smoke, and dust.
AS to the comparative cost of gas fuel
with other fuels we are not posted. 1t Is
claimed that gas is more economical. That
of course would depend on the cost Of gas.
The small city of Nakshov, Lapland, has
tried the experiment of cheap gas and en-
courages its use for cooking as well as il
Illumination, ard the consumption has
reached nearly $500 cubic feet year for
each lnhabltant. The result was accom-.
plished by this arrangement; The price
for purposes of illumination is $l.16 per
1000 cubic feet The price for heating
purposes Is 81 cents per 1000 cubic feet
The gas is put in the houses Tree. The
meters are sold to consumers at cost. The
house pipes, fixtures, and appurtenances
are furnished as cheaply as possible, and
five years are allowed for paying for them
in quarterly Instalments, with four per
cent. interest The gas is paid for monthly
When all the arrangements are completed
every consumer can burn gas free the first
month. One burner is allowed in the
kitchen at the same price as tor heating.
All classes of people are well represented
among the consumers of heating gas, es-
peclally the small families of working men
The gas works are so managed that all the
officials and each of the permanent en-
ployes receive, IN addition to their regular
salaries, a portion of the net profits of the
works. In spite of the extremely low price
the gas works are doing a good business,
besides lighting the streets gratuitously.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

Property owners on Main street, Sreator,
west of NermilliOn have offered 50 600 for
the coal under their property, and the coal
company Is figuring and now the owners
south OF Main street are beginning to trcm.
bic lest they, too, be compelled to buy their
own foundations. In most places n man
has the consolation of thinking that even
if his top acreage is small 1t Is 1000 miles
who buys must look to 1t that he buys the
bottom as well as the top-if there be any
bottom to buy. 1t must he cheering to a
Streator man to know that his property
swings in mid.alr, until it seeks out the
neither regions!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23


In spite of mental protest, it will some
times come to mind that Ottawa men are
singularly slow to see good thing.
Everyone knows "there's millions" In
the sand about Ottawa if pushed. There
are also millions" IN the mud around
here too, if used 1t took long time to
make people believe it, but w. II. Hull
and the Ottawa Tile Co, have proved 1t,
And yet the halt is not told. Clay is
used in Ottawa only for round and fire
prooiing tiles With the exception of one
yard, dependant on the good graces OF the
weather for drying, there is hardly brick
made in Ottawa.
And yet Mr.. Sherwood tells Us that
all the fine pres sed brick used III the new
block opposite the poslotilce is made OF
clay hauled to Chicago on caual boats
from Ottawa, where it is made into brick
by the Anderson Company and then sent
back to Ottawa! These brick are very ex-
pensve and are made AT a large profit
Even the common brick used in the same
building are made at MarseilIes.
Why doesn't some one take hold d! it IN
a business like way?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23
A LECTURE TO YOUNG MEN
On the Loss of
EEyS'Es'',ksx |s:l|:l

A Lecture on the Nature. Treatment
and Radical cure Of Seminal Weakness SpermsOr-
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Inp9tency Nervous Debility. and impesiments 10
Marriage generally; Consumption Epilepsy and fi's
Menla! and Physical lncapaciry. &c.-By ROBERT j..
&c.
The vorlt-renowned author In this admirable Lee
ture clearly proves nom his experience that the
awfal consequences of selfabuse may be efectuslly
removed without dangerous surgical operations, bou-
giles. Instruments. rings or cordals: pointing out
mode OF cure At once certain an effectual by which
every sufferer, no matter what hls condition may be-
mSg cure himself cheaPly, privately and RADICALLY
IL Tai, Lecture tciH procs a boon TO Thousands
and Thousands
Sent, uRder seal in plain envelope 10 any address
postpaid. OF receipt OF six cents or two postage
stamps. Address
The CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO.,
i Ann st, New York. y. y: p. d. Bo1gjO
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

freight trains carrying pss.ensers leave Ottawa
follows: For Earl, SIS a. n. for Aurora. lO.l5 ~:
for StrcatOr. 40 a. y. 5,l3 p. ~, ard SIS. P.N
Morning train makes close connection At Aurors lor
all points east and west.
PnlNan Palace Sleeping Cars c r. =. Drsvise
Room Cars. Horizons ReclRinz Chair Cars and the &.
r. Palace Dining Cars BY this route All iafo-TrA.
zion about Of fare sleeping accommodations
and time tables vii b. cheerflv ziysn ov srpying
PEHCIvAL LOWELL.
General Passenger Agent. Chicago
THos. J. forTES.
General Manager, Chicago. 7. II. MARVIN
Agent At Ottawa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

w. II. Brearley's Guide Book of his ex-
cursions From Detroit to the Sea-" CIV.
II. Brearley, Detroit, Mich, price 30c) is
out. Like former editions it is very hand
some and very useful to those who contem'
plate q trip east over the Grand Trunk
Road and down the ST. Lawrence Brear-
ley's excursions start from Detroit June
27th, July 18th and July 25th, making
1900 miles to the White Mountains or
seashore for $4,000 the round trip.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23
FOR SALE.

A Section Of Land ! Of a mile from the Denot at
Tintah. Minnesota, There is broken up 800 acres,
good we'll good house SN4' paEtcrrd: good barn Tor
y or n horses a good small granary u Is called the
best section IN Champaign township VIII b. sold
cheap Reasons for sale made known TO applicants.
Ottawa. Jan ~ i-S3.ft W. BUSHNELL.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

Aurora is just now going through the
agony Of superabundance of daily news
papers. 1t has four or tiye-more than
twice what 1t should have. Of course there
is struggle Tor notorlety, and as a matter
of course the city suffers. The other day
some one of the papers discovered that the
smelling works, which is dong business
at the rate of $3,00O,O00 year, is dead
beat, beggarly establishment, and has since
been belittling and besmirching the COM
pany; the next day, not to be behindhand,
another discovers that the city, owing II
small floating debt, is bankrupt; and next
day third notes the fact that the factories
make too much smoke and interfere with
the trade at some of the stores. Aurora
must do as Joliet did with her parasites OF
the same kind and as Ottawa Is dong
refuse to support them. An application or
two of blue ointment Will be quite effective.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

TEX = Lands. either for occupaacy or tor in
l. LA AS yestment are surely the best in the U.
S. Call for maps printed matter and informaion free.
Several Ottawa men have made 40 per cent on Texas
Land and just As good chances can be had now
maylgtf DIR. j. o. HARRIS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

DON'T GO blacksmith Or to to get eS ySaT
TO get your horse shod Every 10 his trade" Is
wise proverb ind the correct thing for both buyers
and sellers of Real Estate 10 20 TO the Real Estate
Broker, TO wit, DIR. j. o. HARRIS. Ottawa, Illinois.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23
6 CHOICE DWELLINGS

East side for sale at much less than they cost Also
q number of desirable Building Lots.
Still mrther. have Dwellings and Building Lots in
all parts of the city Now is the time to buy as city
property is advancing Call and look over my list
mayl9 DR. j. o. HARRIS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23
CITY PROPERTY sss ia v .s,!
OCEAN TICKETS.

OF six lines, TO and from all European ports, &C
est rates. DIX. j. y. HAkhI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
A VERY FAINT REMEMBRANCE.

An Austin female vocalist, who is al
ways fishing for compliments, asked old
Col Yerger if he heard Jenny Lind
sing when she was in this country.
Yes, l was personally acquainted
with her"
Now. Colonel, tell me candidly,
don't you think me and Jenny resemble
each other just a little?"
There was an awkward pause, and
finally the old man said:
Yes, think | do perceive some little
resemblance.
lyon mean her voice was q little like
mine"
10, no, not in the least; but YOU re-
semble each other very much about the
ears"
You mean we have both got fine ears
for music"
Il don't mean that mean Jenny
Lind wore earrings and so do you. =
IeraS SittingS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
Coming Celebration at the Oldest Town in
the United States.

Tho citizens of Santa Fee n. NJ, are
preparing to celebrate. in July, what
they call their '.tertiomillennial,' II, in
other words, the 333d anniversary Of
the settlement of the town. The first
European who ever went through the
region now occupied by New Mexico
was CabeZa de Baca, who was wrecked
on the coast OF Texas in 1881 He gave
so brilliant an account Of the country
that in 154l Coronado organized the
first expedition to the territory, and as
nearly as can now be ascertained, ill
1850 Santa Fee was settled. The cele-
bration OF this important event i'll the
history of the Southwest is to occupy
the whole month of July. Two perma-
nent exhibition halls are to contain the
| main features of the occasion. In one
| there will be collection of historical
and archaeological curiosities. The
Territory is full ofthe remains of ruined
towns and OF ancient stone implements.
There are nineteen pueblo villages in
existence. In these the people, the
manners and the customs are precisely
as they were 200 years ago. These
pueblo people are descendants of the
aborigines of the country, part of
them being the Zuni Indians, recently
brought prominently before the country.
There will be, in the second place a
large collection of Spanish antiquities,
representing the second civilization
which went into the country. The third
civilization, the American, will also be
represented from its earliest times down
to the present The other permanent
building will contain a display of the
resources of the Territory. In this de-
partment the minerals, gold, silver,
copper, lead and coal, both bituminous
and anthracite, will be the chief exhibits.
New Mexico has the only anthracite
coal beds in the Southwest A number
! of special entertainments will be given
on the different days of the exhibition,
beginning with an elaborate opening
ceremonial, in which it il hoped that
Rev DR.. R. S. Storrs will deliver the
address After that there will be pag-
cant representing the entry of the Span
| iards into the city One day will be
given up to an exhibition of the games
and dances of the pueblos. Another
day will be occupied with an excursion
to the cave dwellings, which are not far
from Santa Fe. Still another day will
| be utilized for an exhibition of the cattle
and sheep. The month of July has
been chosen for the celebration because
it is the pleasantest month in the year.
Santa Fe Is 1000 feet above the level Of
the sea, and never has any hot weather.
August and September are the rainy
months. In the winter the weather is
cold, but clear.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26

Miss Wheeler is by long odds the best
Snown of Wisconsin poets, but she is
only one of a goodly company. An
other whose name is also familiar to
Eastern readers is Carlotta Perry, whose
home is in Milwaukee. A third among
these daughters of the muse has just ex-
changed her name and residence for
those of Chicago journalist. Miss
Fannie Driscoll, of Milwaukee, has foI
several years written poems of merit,
which at first found place in the local
papers and afterwards wider public
Many OF them have appeared in the
Chicago Tribune, and the other day
came the announcement that the Mil
waukee poet had married Henry Ten.
Eyck White, the 9ribuqe's funny
man. Mr. Whites humorous sketches
in the style of the dime-novel romance,
have had tremendous run Such a
combination of humor and romance
ought TO make strong matrimoni a
team Washington Capital.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
sIFTEl) SIFTTNGS,,
A DIsTRFssTyc co,rp1 A1,,r


George F. Crownshield. whose prin.
opal physical weakness is his powerful
appetite, not feeling very well, went 10
an Aastln doctor, whose strongest trait
q a weakness for whisky, and requested
the latter to overhaul him and see what
was the matter.
what are your symptomsP" asked
the doctor
MY worst symptom is that whenever
eat too much have feeling of full
ness. l feel full all over"
Console yourself, my dear fellow, "
replied the doctor, ''for have suffered
from very similar trouble. Whenever
l drink too much l have feeling OF
fuflness. feel full all over. Let us
take drink, and then I'll go to dinner
with you
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
No Use for Them.
Concerning Certain Relics Of the Past-Dogs
that Have Had Their Day.


George stephenson's ''Rockst," and the mag
nifcent locomotives of to-day, are built upon the
same general principle, yet the machine with
which the great engineer astonshed his age, is in
terestng now only as an illustration of the begin
ming of the invention. There were plasters with
holes in them long before BENSoN's CAPCINE
POROUS PLASTER surprised both the public and
the physicians; and the triumph of the Capcine
is founded upon the partial successes, or the utter
failures Of its predecessors. Everything Of value
in the old porous plaster is retained in the Cap
cine; but at this point all comparison ends, and
contrast begins. For example:
Capcine is quick and sure.
The old plas.ers lacked the power to do more
than to impart light, temporary relief in cases
easy of treatment; the tapcine penetrates the
system and permanently cures the troubles foI
which il is recommended.
The old plasters depended for any good results
they might attain, upon an accident of their max
ers and thu Taxed faith of their wearcrs; the
Benson's reaches its ends by means Of the scien
tifc combination of the rare medicinal ingredi
ents which it contains.
In brief, the old pasters, like Stephenson's dis
carde engine. are switched off the track, while
the fensou's goes on its way winning golden
opinions from all sorts of people.
Yet in this very fact lies the leading danger tc
the people vino buy and use this reliable and sci
entide remedy. Hypocrisy is the tribute vice
pays to virtue" Imitation is the concession fail
ure makes to success. Bcnson's Plastcrs are
parodied in name and style
Beware Of swindlcs. The genuine have the
| word CAPCINE cut in the center, Price 25 cents
Seabury & Johnson Chemists, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
Wilkins was Fighting.

Muscle don't make anybody belliger-
ent. On the contrary, it is law OF
nature that the most muscular men are
the kindest in disposition, They hardly
ever get mad. I've seen these puny fell
lows who could hardly knock fly of
a wall, get fnriously mad and buckle
up to man twice his size. One Of
them sort got mad with Judge Ham
mond while he was making speech
against him in justice court, and
danced up and down behind him and
struck him in the back as hard as he
could drive. The judges back was two
feet and half wide, and he simply
looked around with smile OF surprise
and said:
What you doing Wilkins. what are
you about?''
Pm afightin',' y said Wilkins with a
hyena scream, and the judge just went
on with his speech.-BiH arp.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS. !
Rock Island County.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock Island County rs
In the Circuit Court, September Term, 1888.
Ellen Littler vs. Charles r. Littler, in Chaneery.
Affidavit of the non-residenee of Charles r. Lit
tier, the above named defendant having been filed
in the Clerks office of the Circuit Court of said
county, notice is therefore hereby given to the
said nonresident defendant that the complainant
fled her bill of complaint in said Court, on the
Chancery side thereof, on the 18th day of July,
1883, and that thereupon summons issued out
of said Court, wherein said suit is now pending,
returnable ON the first Monday in the month of
September next, as is by law required. Now, I'M
less you, the said nonresident defendant above
named, shall personally be and appear before said
Circuit Court, on the first day of the next terra,
thereof, to be holden at Rock Island, In and for
the said county, on the first Monday in September
next, and plead, answer or demnr TO the SAID
compliments bill of complaint, the same and
the matters and things therein charged and stated
will be taken as confessed, and decree entered
against you according to the prayer On said bill.
Rock Island, illinois, July 18th, 1855
LEVI F. LARSON Clerk.
P. o,MARA, Compt's SOL luly-l7-otd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
Ais WELL THAT ENDS VEIL

An Austin clerk took in bad $40 bill,
and his employer, who is a very severe
man, threatened to deduct it from his
wages unless he showed it off on some
other customer. He said that he did not
intend that the firm should lose it.
Next morning when the proprietor
came down the clerk met him with a
beaming smile, and said:
''Hurrah! l showed that bill off on a
fellow. The firm won't lose a cent -
ION whom did you palm it Off"
Il threw dice, on account of the firm,
with member of the Legislature for it,
and we lost"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
CAREFUL WITH HIS CLOTHES.

An Austin journalist put in an ap-
pearance at the inaugural ball. There
was a mixed mob there, it is true, but
the journalists coat was so shabby that
one of the committee whispered in his
ear:
Haven't you got another coat at
homeP'
Yes, l have another one"
why didn't you put it onP''
because it amt near as good as this
one"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
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