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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

PRIVATE AXEs.-Ncrly It Is about time
congress should pay some attention to
SPRINGER proposed constitutional amend
mnnt 10 relieve congress from the burden
Of special legislation, Such a constitutional
provision has worked spcndldly in Hi
nois and IN ether states, and would be
equaliY sulutary IN our nationa! legi.la-
'uoD. It wOul0 relieve congress Of half It's
work During the few days congress has
thus far been in session ABOUT two thOGs--
ana bills have been Introduced, &nd An
analysis OF these bills show thar over one
thousand were private blllS-.or the pay
ment of claims or pensions or bountics OF
relief Of some sort. The amount which
they seek to appropriate is millions Of do
lars. There are many familiar faces
among them--inany which have appeared
session after session for twenty years aud
many with interesting histories. Not II
lew are for the payment of claims whose
principals have long since passed away,
AMI the stOiles that could be told Of anXi-
Gus waiting and watching by claimants for
the passage Of these same bills would fill
volumes, and would rival the most inter.
csting tales of fiction. In ninety.nDe
cases out OF hundred IA properly consntu-
ted court OF claims, or the appropriate de-
partment of the government, coulu dispose
OF the matters presented IN these nils
without delay, and in manner vastly
more jus, and satisfactory than can be
done IN the pellmell way IN which such
business Is disposed OF IN congress,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

Tim EMMA BOND CAsE-The trial o!
the three men, Montgomery, Pettls and
Clement, at Hllsboro, H., for the outrage
committed on Emma Bond, school teach
er near Taylorville, Christian county, q
year ago, ia still in progress at Hillsboro
Montgomery county, where II has been
taken on n change 0! venue. The prose
cuLlon closed their case on Tuesday, ard
since then witnesses have been on the stand
for the defense. The strongest points the
prosecution made against the accused were
the positive Identification Of Montgomery
by Miss Bend, and the accurate descrip-
ton she gave OF the clothing of Peiis and
Clement. The evidence Of couple OF
penitentary c0nvicts, who spent week
In The same jail with the three accused, also
bore heavily against them as detailing adj
missions o. guilt the accused had made 10
each other while in Jail. Another strong
point for the prosecution is supposed to be
the finding of piece of toe nail in the
school house loft the day after the outrage
which few days later being fitted 10 a toe
on Montgomery's foot was found TO fl so
closely IS TO show it had come from there
But witnesses for the defense who saw the
toe nail trial deny that it fitted. The trial
will last several days We. and the outcome
is regarded as doubtful.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

Many Of the older residents OF Ottawa
and vicinity have been PANIED to see in the
telegraph dispatches the announcement OF
the failure of ID. NJ. Il +. G. lIalber', nj
Binghampton, n. Y. They carried ON a
heavy dry goods business IN Ottawa some
twenty. five years ago, aid were accounted
among our mos, substantial, popular and
upright business men. That they were
equally well thought Of at Binghsmp,on Is
evidenced by the fact that MIR. +. q. Hal
bert war several times elected mayor OF
that city and afterwards sent 10 the state
senate, where be was especially prominent
"a tho leader IF the stalwarts Of the senate
IN the great figh, when Wouipulp Miller
bca, Conki'ns Ior ihe L. 8. Senate. II -
s,ahd thai ifis manly TO HE prominence
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

The suburb of Evanston, north Of Chi
cago, euficred q serious loss on Thursday
morning by the partial destruction by fire
of its new Township High School fine
brick edifce that was erected The present
year at cost o, $3J 900, and first occupied
in September, with Professor Henry L.
Boltwood, late Of Ottawa, as Principal
The fire was caused BY an overhea.ed fur
mace. The loss is covered by insurance
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

There Is II significant passage IN the
Postmaster Generals repor, IN regard to
the star mqll.route service Ii is to the
effect that the service for 1888 cost 81
739,47s, with over 77000,000 miles Of an
nual transportation, against n cost OF over
$7O00000, with only 100000 miles Of
transportation, IN 1880 These figures re.
veal the cos. OF Brady, Dorsey & Company
% the peOr!e
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

The rumor in Plttsburg paper tina, the
Western Manufacturers had declared they
would break the lockout after the lst oi
January is secuted by the latter, who de
clare "the Western Members Of the Win.
dow Glass Association are just as solid for
the lockou. as they are at Pittsburg." II is
positively stated, however, that at least one
Pittsburg firm will break the line on The
Isl Of the year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

The Republican papers at.ec; TO be dis
papers have objected to Senator Sabln, OF
Minnesota, the new chairman of the Re.
publican National Committee, on the
ground that he made his great wealth IN
the Car building business by hiring
prison labor. What harm il there IN
hiring prison labor? Don's Illinois farm
out her prison labor and are not the men
who hire 1t honest and reputable?
At the same time there is a very decided
objection on the part of the working peo-
pie 70 the system Of hiring out PRISON Ia
Dor to be pitted against honest labor, and
at the last election New York decided by
an overwhelming majority Of her people
that the system shall be stopped IN that
state.
The opposition Is not TO making the con
victs work The criminals should be
made to manufacture what they wear and
do whatever else is necessary to be done
inside the prison; and If tina. Is not
enough to occupy their iull time put them
to breaking stone to improve the public
highways, or to some similar occupation.
Bat let them not be hired out to glelt
manufacturing bosses at 50 cents day to
dlsplace honest labor that costs $3.50 to SO
a day. 1t Is by having such labor in lieu
of honest labor that Sabln is SAID to have
made his vast fortune, and that is why the
working people and the democrats object
to him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

The Spanish mail steamship Saint Au-
justine, en- route from Manila for Liver
POOL, was burned at sea sunday. The
eighty.,wo persons on board took To small
boats, aud are all believed 10 have gotten
safely To shore.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22
our AGENTS.

ruY FREE TRAFER usy he obtained ut me Iol
places by the single copy, OF subscriptions "'o''N'
or any length OF tiplo AZ She regular rate
T. H. PooLEE, serena. IL
l. H. TrowBRI DGy. MSrsclrr.
DH UNDERHiLL, Seneca, III.
LTVAy DoEES Grand Ridge,
GroKopH. HgRGga, for Troy Grove, opL.r and Wal
tAam Address. Troy Grove.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

The GLASS BLOWERS. The meeting If
the committees Of tie Glass Manufacturers
and OF he Glass Workmen at Piitsburg on
the 18Th Inst. appears 10 have been without
results. xni are Ieeao s 70 continue
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

The schooner Mary Ann Huber! was
lost In Lake Superior, during gale, last
week. All on board, including twenty
persons, went down with her
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

In advance, Ier anlunl s''''-' q =
n ".t naid III! end OF three months .'''''.
n mai mid nj o,l oi siN munihs 49,. -''N
u wv '''' Is cqrr!pr, GiIy cents cNlrf. .,,,.
centa y,ar r. aGGCd 10 papers seA' "C' oI H''
county 10 cover prepayment 81 puslss'
Thesc t.rn,s VIII h. strictly WhereH 10
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

People who poke fun at the little yai-
lar Jersey cattle will be surprised to learn
the prices which these animals are bring.
ing East. At sale of Mr.. Cooper's cattle
in New Y 'rk, few days ago, the amount
paid for COWS Of that breed ranged from
$lO1O to $500, the latter price being paid
for one animal. One COW in the lot that
was guaranteed to give twenty-four quarts
of milk a day, brought $1,000. La Sale
county has hardly gone into the milk busi-
ness yet, but she will in tlme and then the
'"Iittle Jerseys" will boom here too.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

The new corn crop of Illinois, as re
ported by the Agricultural Board, for 1888
is lSG,5S3, 55S larger than the yleld Ior
1881 aud 1889, yet the amount of markcta-
able corn is much less. Only for five
counties is the quality reported up to the
average, al! in Southern Illinois. The
yield for La Sale county is put at 3,959,4SG
bushels, an average o.! bu! Is bushels per
acre Nas, years average, 49, while the quail
lty is but p per Ccnt. Of the average,
Throughout the state there has never been
So much complaint regarding the crop.
The farmers in many localities are ventila-
ting their corn cribs with dram tile; 9th
ers are using rails, while some have found
1t necessary to take the corn out Of the
cribs and spread lie out over the ground to
prevent nesting and souriDg. The more
cautious have lett the soft corn III the field
and gather from day to day what is ncccs
sary for feeding purposes. The soft corn
does not make so much beet or pork per
busAc! as well naturel corn and cattle and
hogs are not doing SO well as usual on that
account. The shippers find it difficult t"
market the soft corn even to the distillers,
and farmers having such corn are either
feeding II to their own stock or selling to
feeders. From some sections reports come
that stock raisers who have tried the corn
since the last freeze say stock Will 60 with
on, food rather than eat the miserable
stuff. THIS Is feature which was not an
tlcipated, and If true, Will no doubt be the
cause OF great loss. Renters with no cat
tie " hogs are complaining about Ihe gical
difficulty ot finding market for soft corn,
while those able TO hay cattle to feed, ind
II !iNlcult to procur desirable animals.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

The publication oil the annual reports of
County Officers and the comparison made
by the FREE TRADER last week, has griev
ously distorted The sage OF the Republicans,
who takes exceptions 90 the figures and
construes them INTO an attack upon the late
Sheriff Clark. No such intentlon viii ap.
pear. Mr. Clark is dead Dc 6,o.t5ts nj
Risi j0iUm. The FREE rEADrH j. not
playing the ghoul and no etiot, Of The Re.
publiceh will cause IL 10 DO 30, whatever
apparent advantage might be gained. As
will be seen by the report OF the committee
TO settle with The Sheriff, published official.
ly in our last, The work IF the two yelIs
is epitomized as follows:
hilligGn. Clark.
Earnings SlG,303 81 Sl0203 G.,
Allowances. ........ 9,J14 p S,02i 81
Earnings over allows, SG,s29 "a S2,l1S 81
But. says the Republican, it Will he seen
that the increase In expenses Is out OF all
proportion TO the increase IN earnings aud
that "the new administration, with ils su
perior facilities for ,ranssc,ing business,
falls behind the old one in economy very
important matter 10 TAX payers" Is thai
true? l. IL very simple mathematical
straigh, Rule OF Three equation
$s,o243l ss,574.% 3; $iO,2oe2s {
Complete tic equation and 1, VIII read :
$500 ., 'A,i';o> sla,ar'ss s!2'~s .
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22

Hon. Wright Adams has been talking
road making to the grangers of Sheridan.
He Is reported NY the independeat to have
said, that "these are essentials in making
good roads lst drainage, 2I, solid tounda-
ton. 1t is poor policy to scrape mud into
the center OF the road every year, In low
wet places logs made a good foundation
and would last for fifty years He Is in ia
vor Of placing the road work into the
hands of the commissioners, for there is
more work Gone and every job is finished
His experience IN making door yaId walks
with gravel was not satisfactory" How
about paying road tax in money:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-22
County Talk.

Our exchanges note new form OF the
old, old swintic. The "iiend' comes in
the shape of a nice looking old gentleman
who pretcnds TO be travelling around buy.
ing sheep lie does not buy any sheep,
however, but obtains the signatures OF
farmers to a petition asking the Legisla
ture to reduce the salaries Of public officers
and taxation, and tax church property the
same rs other property. The signature
are IN many cases turned INTO signatures
to promlssory notes which, transferred 10
other parties, sometimes cause annoyance,
man Will pay such notes unless he feels
like il.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
IIuml,,r

John" said a PhilsdelDLa wife. aI suppose We will have turkey for Thanks giving dinner" "No dear" was .He reply, "we can not afford It" "Ithouslt not, but I'll make the ueiEhbors believe We had. I'll open one of the beduCk-. take out few feathers, and sc4tj.r them around the yard.
 Tue Christian at Work has an articl. entitled How Co Make a Wife Insane We have not read i,, presumius the method to be, of C0ur-e, either tu come into the house with mud on your boots. or to forget Go bring home your Ellgs bonnet for Der from the mi.luer'- ol Saturday night.
 Modern Elijah, who inclines t he tacetIOus-'IIm getting to be pretty bald, amt I? Guess you'U have tr r..t my hal- for about h.lf-price hereafter. -h:' Ionsorlal artist. who Is equal Co The emergency. "Oh, DO. sir; We a.u-E, charge double when we have Go Lgl- P the hairr'
 ''l don't take much stock in rrovsrts.- sad Brown to Jones. "FOr instance. look at the Oft-quOted one. 'A iutnI u need IS a friend indeed. Now. most rf my experience with friends iu need has been that they wanted t0borow. Give me the friend that IS not iu need.
 Johnny" sad the teacher. ca lis cau be acted as we'll as told Now. # yoGr father were to put sand iu his sugg7 and sell lt, he would be acting a .i- and G1- ing very wr0ug.' "Ihat's what mother told him," said Johnny ImDeluags.y "and he said he didn't care
 Duung ihe thIck fog Che other erea- ing Com Com took poor blind man by the hand and led him to his door. Tell ing Che story t0 a friend on the follow ing day, ha cried: "It is terrible Go be blind in sucn a fo-."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
Condensed Telegrams.

Charles Mclaughlin, President of the | Central Gas company, San Francisco was shot and killed by Jerome B. Cox | on Thursday. The affair grew ont of an | old law suit. During the war Cox was a captain m the 10th Indiana battery
 The Senate Republican Caucus, on | Thursday. nominated Charles W. John son, of Minnesota, for chief clerk; [ James F. Young, of Pennsylvania, execu- tive clerk of the senate; Rev. r.. Hunt Icy. of the Metropolitan NJ. F. Church of Washington, chaplain; Col. W. P. Candy, of North Carolina, sergeant at arms. All wounded soldiers now on the roll of the senate will retain their posi- tons.
 Senator Dolph, of Oregon, has intro duced a bill for the admission of Wash Ington Territory and a portion of Idaho, as a State.
 Among the army nominations sent by the President to the Senate, is that of Col. Holabird for quartermaster gen eraL
 Percy Jackson, secretary of the Eureka Cons. mining company, was ar T Nc charged with embezzling S5OOO0 He says 1t is all mistake.
 Lewis T. Lazere, a broker in San Francisco, died of rheumatism of the heart on Thursday.
 The steamer Oceanic has arrived in San Francisco with 226 more Chinese traders Their right to land will be tested. Fourth officer James Hay, of the Oceanic. was.lost overheard two days out from Yokohama.
 Wm. Keller, a machinlst, was sufIo- cated by gas in hotel at Ndwburyh. Y. Y, Thursday. He had a slater in Cali fornia.
 Frank James was bailed Thursdav m Kansas City for the Blue Cut robbery. He will be taken Co Gailatin Co answer a charge of murder. Officers were pres ent to arrest him for stopping the United States mail; also for robbing the United States paymaster at Mussel Shoals, Alabama, and for the Northfield bank robbery in Minnesota.
 The lower house of the Hungarian diet has resolved to maintain the bill legallzlng marriages between Jews and Christians.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

tbis city is meeting with marked atten, tioD af tle hands lf most influential e1tizens. Al au informal meeting held last night Governor Stcneman read telrgram. ceivc4 from Oregon, Call- fouia. Nevada aGi representatives rom Washington Territory. One read. w cordially endorse the proposition Co holIa woril's fair il San trancisco m lSS7.~ B-. D. BorucS, acting secretary, stated tulr the cost Uf buildings would be about Si,OJo,0JU 1t was proposed e erect them at Golden Gatr Park. lie b,ued congress would make ap ap. r-oDrilti0n for this purpose, and stated that during the past 3l years Cilmornla had raii to the Federal Government s4qfON. N0, therefore ls would not ot immode-t to ass the government Tor ald Irvlag N. Scoti, sad a prominent eltlzeI had promised b m fl the building should be pe-mansatly erected in the park, h' would donate S510O0 worth of works o art. and a similar sum in money. turthel meeting, will be held; ID the mean um' the feasibility of .he project IS gaining ground.
 PonrIAyD, Oregon, Dec. l4-Genera Edward Hamilton, a pioneer ot thl' state. and Secretary under Genera Land th. governor, died hs-e this morn ing aged eighty
 SAx FRASCIsco, Dec. 1.-The Irisi National Land League of this city, Il doing ell it can to sfve the life o O'DoundI. Judge Clorey yesterday re esived e telegsam from United State: Senator John r. Miller stating Have seen tn President; everything being done for O'Dourell that can be done"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
I.ae.ri..,

Toe need of so-net.
 exhiiarate n tEe drs " .' cheer a-l was painfully aa-a-s-', .a and nights unheard-o- s,..-.-.,-.i al gave r-.e -., ,-,a-,5 rfI- e.--is Go snt,1.. q. .o soiJ,er v-ss ,.I'----..-.r ef th. v..L1 ar,s-[,sr,,.,- l..,-.- equal Co a,.,- --,.S VI, nL, pio9au.y asz ,r. 7''iA strlkinEiy displayed G.5r .- Aot more facture of a fiddle IL v,--e ,- lLe melU- Station, Virginia, il the v5-..l .l brandg that George VI. Colt. Con- o5 1883 Ond Vermont Volunteers. r-! " See make the cheer glying ins+rr.,,f-l,s.ei f,,sei c with hstchet, Jackknife. file e,'5 and Of a punk bottle as his ori- ,- Piece cut piece Ot maple from ,--'' -e grew on the bank Oi ths rg,...--- thar river and set to work. .r.it --i--.-leE sides Of the fiddle are -.4. '-- and piece; a "regular d1g9ut ra U. ole of hemicck, taken from 9 iop Is brought some 'CCrt-- "t'cl friends in "Varmou1t T.- iae., maple. The keys v,-. --s l0 -s oi horns of some cUuf-a.-.-- ....9i- ..9i- tle fell into our hands, and .--. -,.'e 'aa. by our carulveruus soldier, .. .. .'-'.rl poor brutes c0ur-I lt-' ...-.- -' .-s ss well as our pLy-lc.- -,a' ., hairs were pulled from H-t.-. ., -- cUiOneIs horse, who WAS U.-f ... --r and never raised foot I1 f.,.........' .'-'.';, r is said be even siguiieI l5. z.....'.. q. to furnish enouEh 0t i.s G.--. s..---,.-.-f'' '--'' but that was found e.seUls-. sr.i ..' instrument Was compl, -ei ar5 ,, hands of modern 'paEarir-.- yg,'''.---. '... for the occasion, gave f-fa -'s --- stirring strains. It c1uju-ei m, ...t.. dances, serenaded btaI1--rs.-s .-. was admired and char-s-.I b, trs-s ticers and men Ot the "G- n N-ggrt.. Boys. The rest must Ls lei. Co irr.r, uat1On, as far as Its arur rec-r.l ia ,'- eerned. Suffice it -o say. i- y-..s -s5-r- ably discharged, and ras been .t. .--. or several occasions since t1a WAT - celvlng the tr-t premium -I tr4 V.- mont state fair. Rude as l4 lis r-..-.. Its tone IS remarkably exBreSs-v. .s- claIly m the rendering 0f -0d J.r. Brown and other airs winch Us-. -.- offspring of the war, which seem .. -. vlve ID lt the memory of tte ey.-.,-. scenes of its early existence. I-s -,.t and owner sbli lives. hoa-L la -ae-;g.
 wounds after the production of l.. -- strumeut that have nearly disabled r.- for active duty.-Westfeil ,Ts---..... setts, Times.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
1 Story of ilax-rdr. Urr,,.

The following story from tae Ts.rf M- Dumas, the cider, says -le P.-.-ia- papers, has never been published F. fore. One day the great novelist hal t. pay draft of j,OO0 francs. If ka e.rt not pay It the door o- ;-e prison a. Chchy were open for hIm WaIsIr, along the bOUlevaris and ueiIr.-.-, on hIs position, I6 came across 01s Is hls fellOw-wOIkers, as yet unknown. gf4 had nly @ few days a-o been admitted into the Society of Dramatic A-.a.-- His clOthes were shabby. u, i3t df advanced age. he himself was lra-s sg5 tliE, with tat feet, and waking .-IsE in his hand. "I am saved" rror-.. Dumas, and Co the man le sa.u. "DY you want money: "Df ceur,, Come along, then, and do as ti you. They look cab and drove -r Scribe's, where Dumas Iuz r.ct-t l.. companion tn walk up and lava tg- pavement while le went int. r#a a.--. On arriving, Dumas CasheI into Sc-.1,'- room. eXsl4lmiaE, They L4r. caught me; must gO Co Chchv." "imua--rI.. How much money Is i-s~ "i ms-. DOthing 1000 francs. Look l1rr AA0tN Ns t-aAAhN NtN lDA tf A-.r H4...W and saw tho stranger keeping guard near the vehicle. He gave Dumas t.s money, and the latter look l.- de- parture In great haste. Ills rgugarra received jJO francs and the rest .- kept himself X few days laterG maat. ing was held by tho S0c!ety of Draus.., Authors, at which Scribe uresiiff. There were only a few members present. and Dumas, with hIs fellow worker. sat ID the first TOW. On rising t1 open tle meeting, Scribe recognized the slably fellow, and anE'ily called for che se-yar. to throw the pohce-ofIicer out of tle room; ''such people had 20 business there.' In the midst of the general confusion Dumas approached che p---- dents chair, and whispered some.liur into ScrIDe's ear. The latter 1u--t oa, into loud laugh, and then comro-ir. hlmself said, Pray pardon ue, it Was a mistake; you may stay. .-St James Gazette.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
Royal Compliments.
[. smalley's Letter to the rribun,

l A-s fs ou-aAleg 2 Letter 70 the Tribune.
 At the end of the third actithe Prime, sent for an American whom he knew who was among the audlencel Attached | to the royal box is a small drawiugrocn and here 1t was that the Prinde received hls visitor.
 II thought" said His RovaE HirbDess ! 'thGt You might hke 10 know how de. fzhted the Princess and I are; with Nils. l AndarsOn's acting. We saw Her as Par. thehlt and acmlred her, and now We think her more charming than ever ss Pauline"
 To which the American answered in ,i ne was sure there was nobody whose good opinion would be more prized then The Prince and Princess of Wales. iu America. Then the Prince continued
 Ton know We should be sure to like her because she IS an American. but if she were not, We would still call her n capital actress"
 Without undertaking to rereat verba- hm the rest of the talk, l may say that The Prince went on tO point out what he thought the best il Miss Anderson's act ing. He spoke also of the visit of Mr Irving and Miss Ellen Terry Co fine United States. ''l hope" said the Princr.
 they VIII md as many friends and ad- nlrers there as they have left in Eng
 Just then the door Of the little draw in2room opened, and on the threshold appeared vision Of white .loveliuess Known To Engllshmen as the Princess of " "Ales. The Princess spoke of Mis- Anderson ID words nearly the same as those which the Prince had used first. addiug mat It was pleasure 10 say SO 70 one or Mss AndersOns coHntrymeu. An1 that, think, was all Of the c0nver- satlon. 90 much Of lt as have given. meant to be given. and if the criticisms quoted earller m thI5 letter are too harsh will serve to redress the balance.