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Grand Sewing Machine Exposition

OF the Domestic Sewing Machine at our sew.
ing machine parlor on May Is, 10, and II
when we will have on exhibition some OF the
most beautiful household art decorative work
ever exhibited in this county, Also fancy
work from the simplest and inexpensive TO
the most elaborate and artistic. There will
also be here to exhibit the machine
the celebrated "blinl girl" who will
do all kinds OF work as well rs some Of the
best operators who can see Mrs. Nichol
(the finest operator in the United Statcs) will
also be here AID show wnat can be done on
the eight running Domestic" and cannot
be done on any other sewing machine made.
We would most respectfully invite all and
everybody, Emo matter whether they wish TO
purchase or not, to call and see what wonder
full work can be done on the domestic" We
will have on exhibition some samples of work
done on the above machine costing hundreds
Of dollars.
Come ana see what you never will see
again in Ottawa. Remember the da,e--May
ID, II and H. +. d. SwEETsER IL Co.,
Opp. Opera House.
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The New York legislature adjourned
last Saturday, that Of Pennsylvania having
adjourned Il week earlier. We believe all
the legislatures in the country that net IN
January have now adjourned except our
exceedingly industrious bodies al Spring
field, who may possibly get through by the
lst of June, with the present prospect OF
passing fewer laws than any Of the other
legislatures referred to, OF course the
complaint is not that they pass no more
laws, but that so much time and money
should we wasted over doing so little work.
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Alexander Sullivan, the President of thu
new Irish National League Of America
Is not nn | Imam by birth, having beer
born in Name, as his father was, his grand
father having been Gen. Sullivan Of revo
lutionary fame. After coming to Chicago
he was engaged for some years as a writer
on the Chicago Times, meantime occupy
ing his spare hours studying law, in which
profession no now enjoys Il lucrative prac-
tice. The frequent newspaper reference to
his having murdered a schoolmaster refers
to his shooting, in 1915, of Uanaford, a
member Of the Chicago city school board,
for some grossly offensive remarks about
Mrs. Sullivan, a lady of rare culture and a
writer of some distinction. He was tried
for the ofense and honorably acquitted.
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Irvine Binders,

The Walter A. Wood this year is sold only
with their new Irvine binder, an entirely new
device far in advance Of all others for bind
ing grain, and has been thoroughly tested.
1t has been found to be just what the farm.
ing community has been looking for. The
harvester portion OF the machine is much
improved this year, making a Irvine binder
harvester which will handle all kinds Of
grain, do the work properly and draw very
light
The Minneapolis Irvine binder, which has
always heretofore led in the field, is out this
year with marked improvement, fresh from
the hands of the old inventor himself, j. F.
Appleby, who is the manufacturer Of the
machine. For sale by
MANLEY IL JORDAN.
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the East has generally terminated IN an
agreement to advance prices from Zoe &c
$l,00 per thousand. In Chicago abou,
two-,hirds OF the bosses had agreed on
Monday to the demand of the workmen
for an advance of $l.00 per 1000 and all
arc expected to come in by next Monday
The strike OF the Chicago brlcklayers
continues, with both sides apparently rs
stubborn as ever The main trouble seems
to be that the union" demand the same
wages FOR poor as tor good hands, to which
contractors demur.
The coal miners at Pittsburg are still
holding out fcebly, mos,of them returning
to work at the reduction. The strike ol
the miners In st. CLAIR and adjoining Coun-
ties In Illinois continues, with occasional
calls on the sheriiFs to protect non.unonIsts
The trouble a. Braidwood is about settled
The strike of the tanners at Pittsburg
has collapsed.
4 partial strike among the shoemaGers
IN Cincinnati has resulted IN d lockout OF
about 200 The clam is that the bosses
signed scale last year to last until Janu
airy 1894, and now go back on it,
The labor lockout at the various Marble
head shoe manufactures In Massachusetts,
began on Monday morning, and 400 opcr.
atives are idle IN the different branches.
The manufacturers stopped work rather
than accept the new price-list There are
four factories involved
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-12

Work has been recommended on the
Washington Monument at the national
capital. 1t is now $40 feet high When
completed 1t will have aheight of 500 feet
of stone and fifty five feet of glass, and will
it is thought, exceed in height the highes,
structure ever reared by the hand Of man
The S,rasburg cathedral towers to the
height of 4GS feet and st. Peters at Rome
AS; the spire Of the cathedral of Cologne
rises to 5l1 feet, and the highest of the
pyramids was but 470 feet high when Il
was first built, Hence 1t appears that when
as is expected, the Washington Monumen
IS completed, in December, 1885, its top
most point will be some forty.four fee
higher than any other artificial elevation.
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ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

The House, after spending some two
weeks on the general appropriation bill,
during which nothing else received much
attention, on Tuesday finally reached the
last section, and passing that ordered the
bill to third reading.
The house resuming the order OF bills on
their second reading on Wednesday morn
ing, Mr.. Willoughby moved to take up the
Harper high license bill. Crafts made the
point OF order that the bill not being the
next on the calendar two.thirds vote was
necessary to take it up. The Speaker de
cided that majority was sufficient. Crafts
appealed from the decision and the house
wasted the balance of the day and all next
day in wrangle over the appeal. ct is
conceded that there is majority in the
house in favor of the bill, but no one en-.
tertains serious hopes of its passage, as the
opposition is strong enough to defeat it by
parliamentary tactics)
The only bills passed by the house dur.
Ing the week were Sulllyan's bill to autho.
rize county judges to perform the duties of
judges of probate in certain cases; and
Griggss bill to put foreign insurance CON-
panies uuder the same obligation to make
a deposit for the protection of policy hold.
ers as Is demanded of home companies.
The senate has put IN most of its time on
the minor appropriation bills, passing a
dozen OF them, such voting $4,000 TO
the Joliet and Sl50,OO0ito the Chester pen.
iienuary, SOS 600 to the Anna asylum, &c.
The senate also passed Sunderlsnd's bill
requiring fee of 81 from every applicant
for examination for teachers certificate,
the money to go to the support of teachers
institutes. And the following bills; Re
quiring township school treasures to
make but one report a year. lncrea sing the
fee of states attorneys to $50 in capital
cases instead OF SIS; and the militia bill,
voting $4,000 year to that "flummery,"
as Merritt called IT. The bill for the cleo
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President Arthur has dealt John a. Lo
gan rap across his greedy knuckles tha
he will be apt to remember. The details
of the contemplated robbery Of the Iunl
Indians by "RlaCk John" and his brother
in-aw being LAID before the President, he
promptly ISSUED proclamation o.. the 9TH
inst. so defining the boundaries OF the res.
ervs,oa of the Xuni Indians rs 10 include
their entire valley and particularly the I'm.
porlant springs upon which they are so
dependent. The proclamation recites that
the executive order issued SIN years ago
setting apart tins reservation manitestly
included the whole valley and the springs,
and therefore the present attempt to per
vert Its PLAIN terms can only be the
prompting of dishonest greed. Gen. Lo-
gan is thus debarrcd from setting up the
plea of ignorance. With the Hayes prOcla-
nation in his hands defining the bounda-
ries of the Xuni reservation he has twice
been upon the ground-last year and again
this spring-yet he had dishonest sur
veyor make false tracing Of the bounda-
ry, and because Frank Cushing, represent.
alive of the Smithsonian Institute, living
among the Zunis, exposed his dishonest
scheme, he traduced him in advance al
Washington so as to dlscredit his testimo.
ny there. 1t looks like another of Johns
Alto Velo jobs, or that nice scheme by
which he and his convenient brother,in. law
came so near perpetratinga big slate few
years ago IN the name Of the Teton
Indians.
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THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

The great strike among the iron workers
"west of the mountains" which was looked
for few weeks ago with such certainty To
take place on the 1st of June, is growing
more improbable with each days nearer
approach to the date in question. A week
ago full meeting OF representatives of all
the western iron manufacturers and of the
managers of the Amalgamated Association
of iron workers was held at Pittsburg, and
the claims of each side fully presented and
canvassed. The manufacturers pleaded
the dizziness of trade and decline in prices
and maintained that nothing short of re-
ductlon of from 10 to 20 per cent in wages
could prevent them from closing their
mills. Mr.. jarrett, on behalf Of the Anal.
gamated Association, replied that he and
his colleagues, after weighing all the argu.
ments that had been presented and taking
into consideration the state of trade and eff.
feet of the tariff changes, could see no rca.
son tor reduction of wages and he was
therefore instructed to say that the work
ingmen peremptorily refused to accept any
reduction to commence on the 1st of June.
The conference then adjourned sine die
both sides feeling that "A strike was inevi-
table and that, like tho one last year, it
might be as long and as widespread.
But meantime business has been improv
ing and prices s,iilening up Especially
In the nail business has there been some.
thing like boom. At the most nothing
worse than resort TO the "Wallace law" is
anticipated, providing for plan of arbi-
tration, under which none but very slight
reduction in wages Is regarded as probable.
Anyhow, say the last Plttsburg reports,
there will be no strike. The mills are full
Of work and moving smoothly and prosper.
ously and why should there be any distur-
bancei East of Pittsburg the mills have
all they can do and no one dreams there OF
q strike.
The strike among the cigar makers att
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Our somewhat venerable but still robust

Our somewhat venerable but still robust
contemporary of the Joliet Stgaat, In his
issue of Tuesday, celebrates the 41st year
of that journal and the 37th Of the present
EDITORS connection with it. The boast that
during all these long years "lhe Signal has
never departed from the true political faith
or deserted the democratic flag" is a jus.
and proudIone to make, and we may add
that IN the maintenance Of its views no
journal in its sphere has been more manly
or effective The clam, however, that the
Signal is the Oldest paper IN this congress
sional district is trifle above the mark.
The FREE TRADER ante.dates 1t some three
years and the present editors connection
with 1t runs into the forties.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-12

wheat, and not more than 40 per cent. OF
the previous crop IS assured.
Tho per cent of winter wheat area that
will he seeded to Other crops this spring is
much larger than expected, and the pres
cnt condition MAY y gives encourage
ment for only 2O37i001 bushels, against
80, 1914, 2i9 bushels as the result of the late
harvest.
In the tables appended the acreage tor
La Sale county III 1888 Ia placed at 2,2o8,
10 acres of which were drowned out by the
foods and the balance showing an average
condition of so to 90 per cent at the same
date last year.
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Y. Griggs.
LATER.

have the most complete stock of paints,
&c, in town, and am better prepared to furn-
lsh housekeepers with Paint, Colors, Calcim-
ines, Brushes, &C., for house. cleaning season
than ever. Shall be pleased to have those
about to paint call and my prices shall be be-
low all others, while the quality of stock is
guaranteed to be the best.
The Nicola Cigar, which has had such
large sale and given the best of satisfaction,
has never been equalled as 5 cent cigar;
and the fellow who said it was better than
10 cent cigar was not mistaken ten per cent
Sold only by L. Y. Griggs.
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ton of the Railroad and Warehouse Com

ton of the Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioners by The people was killed.
A whole afternoon was spent in dreary
discussion of Duncan's dill requiring the
defense IN suits for damages tor injuries
received to show aillrmatiyey that the
plaintiff did not exercise due caution.to
guard against such injuries, The railroad
attorneys IN The senate jumped On the bill
as one directed against railroad companies
and the discussion took the widest possible
range. Finally the bill was sent to a third
reading, The same disposltlon was made
of Mr. Duncan's bill requiring the employ.
men! OF an instructor IN mining at the
State Industrial University.
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New Plots Discovered
and the End is
Not Yet.
The Police on the Alert, and all
Suspicious Characters
Promptly Arrested.
Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a
Crown" but BlissfuI is the Life
of Those Who Use

Tascotts Enamel Paint which is mixed ready
for use, and put up in cans of convenient and
handy sizes for family and general use; always
ready; never needs thinning nor further pre-
paration. This Pant has been used in Ottawa
ten years, and has stood the ties. thoroughly,
giving perfect satisfaction in every case.
1t can be applied by inexperienced persons,
making job looking better and which is
more durable and lasting than any other
paint in the hands of experienced painters.
One trial convinces all OF its superiority.
Call for sample of colors. Sold only by f.
Y. Griggs.
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ILLINOIS WINTER WHARF.-The May
repor, of the Illinois State Agricultural
board gives a rather gloomy outlook for
the winter wheat crop Of this state for
1883. 1t says:
The large area Of winter wheat destroyed
by the Hessian fly last fall, the severe win.
ter, and foods this spring in this Slate
have largely reduced the prospects for
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County Grange,

The regular quarterly meeting of La Sale
County Grange. No. 81, ?. Of H., will be held
with Pomona Grange, No 2O3, at the NJ. E.
church, in the town OF Manlius, ILL.,, June 7th
and Sth, 1883, commencing at 10 o'clock A.
VI. A good programme has been prepared
by the lecturer, A. c. Barnes, and large
aud interesting meeting may be expected.
L. s. SAMPSON, Sec'y.
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Mrs. Sarah F. Parsons, living a mile and a
half south of Marseillcs, committed suicide
on Tuesday morning by shooting herself In
the top of the head with revolver. Cause,
She was living with the Houston
family
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-12

Fitzgcrald's Band, which has recently re-
ceived several new members, all exper fenced
and fine musicians, are making arrange
ments to give open air concerts during the
summer from the balconies of the court
house every Wednesday evening. Prof.
Frank Fitzgerald, whose cornet playing
sence from Ottawa, is with the band again,
as leader, and will introduce new music that
must please, as we'll as render an occs-
sional cornet solo, that viii repay even citi-
zeIs from other towns to come to hear.
These concerts will begin as soon as the
weather is warm enough TO admit.
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A few more left Of those pure linen collars,
ut 81 per dozen, at A. Frank IL Co.'S.

The next monthly meeting OF the Ottawa
Township Sunday School Union will be held
evening, May Is. All are cordially invited to
be present. 1t is expected to make this one
of the best meetings of the series. The pro
gramme is as follows, with the exception Of
the music: % Lecture on the Life ard
Character of Paul." by Rev. T. II. llazeltine,
OF La Sale; e, Singing by class from the
German school; (5) The Duty of Church
Members to s. S. by Rev. Stamm, of the
German Evangelical church; a. Five minute
addresses on the subject, "What are the
necessary qualifications of successful
teacher" Led by A. n. Cooley The sing.
ing will be led by Prof. l.. NJ, Chamberlain.
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An unusually heavy rain fell on Wednes-
day evening and night. The day had been
very warm, and in the evening the clouds
gathered, and the rain fell in torrents. The
rivers next morning had risen several feet,
and continued to do so until about noon yes
terday, when the water began falling. The
rise must have been six or eight feet. OF
course, all farm work is delayed in conse-
nnence of the wettng.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-12

A meeting Of the directors of the Seneca,
Ottawa and Mendoza railroad company is
called to meet at NJ. n. Armstrong; law Of
Zee, Ottawa, on the second Wednesday (13th)
nf lime
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Fiske q BEEN have just received NICE line
Of ready. made suits, very fine IN style and
quality, which they are selling cheap.
Remember that Fiske ~ Beem's is head
quarters for hats and caps, latest styles and
finest qualities They always lead the mark
ct in these goods.
Rainy weather makes a demand for rubber
clothing.
Fiske II BEEN are agents for the Goodyear
rubber goods-ladies' and misses gossomers,
&c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-12

The Kankakce IL Seneca railroad has con-
tinued their side track and switch, at Seneca,
from It's junction with the Rock Island track
south TO the canal, and thence along the
the shippers ut that place double advantages.
Contents Of cars can by this means be loaded
direct into the boats and rice teySa as occa-
sion may demand through the warehouses.
Don't forget the elegant fitting business
suits turned out daily from the peoples
cothers, \. Frank IL Co.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-12

The big opening of new shoes in Scott
Bros. II Co.'s shoe department on Monday
last was n great success, as there is now no
greater or better selected stock Of shoes in
the county than this Every lady should call
and see these goods.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-12

You can always find the largest assortment
of boys and children's clothing at A. Frank
& Co.'s, and the lowest prices.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-12

tuition in Bryant II Stratton's Business
College for sale cheap. Apply to George
Harris, Farm Ridge.
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The New York canals opened on Mon.
day, and grain laden vessels from Chicago
are now passing Macklnac on the way to
DpNo1o
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-12

The Jersey Lily"-a new hat just receiv-
ed at 4. Frank & Co.'s.
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Sold only by L. Y. Griggs.
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ST. MARY.
II y a ell quarante-six cas- de Pc
tite yerole q Berwick qui ont coute
d Ia paroisse, pour en- prendre soin,
deux cent cinquante piastres.
La cour .du 19me district iudici-
aire, actuellement en- session a
Franklin, a plusieurs aff;aires crimi-
nelles 4 juger.
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DECEs.-Le DR.. II. F, Ledet,
age de 40 ans, est mort soudaine-
ment a la Nouvelle.O Orleans, dams la
mutt de lundi dernier. SEES restes
ont etc transport6s chez sa mere ct
SEES f~unerailles. ont eu lieu & r6glise
cati,olique S~t.Joseph. LIE defunt
6tait natif de la paroisse Lafourche,
mails depuis plusieurs annees il-ha-
bitait Chacahoula, paroisse Terre-
boane, on il dirigeait une scierie. II
laissc une veuve, des parents ct de
nomhreux amis pour pleurer sa
perte.
Mr.. David King, IN ex marchand
de Thibodaux, est mort derniere.
ment d Donaldsonville quill habi.
TAFT depuis unc aimee environ.
Nine j. A. Simoneau. de cette
-paroisse, esq decedee lc 8 de &c
msis a Jeannerette.
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C~REvASsEs. -.Samedi dernier,
mons avons Ell TN temps affreux.i
lie vent sonflait ayec violence ct la.
| pluie tombait par torrent. Eeau
|Ssdu bayou montait ct les levees de-
trempees mont pu ~contenir peau
dams son lit. Ainsi, dimanche soir,,
uhe spartie de L., leyee Ell face du
Convent de Labadieville a c1de sous
Ga preston ct lundi, yers hut heu-
res du matin, une seconde breche Sc
.declarait dams la levee dc rancien-
ne habitation Littlejohn, a I'm mile
au-dessus de Labadieyille. La pre-
miere de ces breches etc bouchee,
sqnand 4 Ia seconde ellie ne fait que
croltre ct embellir. D'apres ceux
qui connaissent Ia topographic DIES
heux, ellie dot snbmcrger, ST on q
laisse couler, tout lie derriere DIES
habitations depuis Ia place OH ellie
est jusqu'a ThibodauS, environ dix
miles d'etendne. Nous avons es.
poir dependant quill men sera point
ainsi.
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REPRESENTATION

-
REPRESENTATIONs.-Le Les repr6!
sensations donn6es an F;remss'.
Fair 0ressds le yendrsdi 8 et lie
londi Q avril, par lee Gloves Do IA.
cademy Guion, out etc deux sol.
rees tres charmantes ct tres agrea.
bles. LIE programme, tres vari6, 4
etc execute, par ce jeune monde,
avec un ensemble parfait ct tout
Pauditoire a manifesto son approba.
ton par de nombreux ct chaleureux
acknowledgements. La partie musi-
Gale fournie par la Local Band a etc
egalement bien gontee, ct le NOR.
ceau de ::Harpe, execute par Nellie
Meyer, a etc Acknowledgement rendu
ct Fexecutante a. etc inondee DUN
delngc de bouquets.
Les buffets etaicnt garnis de tou-
te sorte de friandises ct continuelle.
ment assaults par de nombreux
consommateurs. Malgr6 tout, nous
ne croyons que la recette ait etc en-.
rapport avec les peines ct les tracas
que les organ,sateurs de ces repre-
sensations Sc sont donncs.