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OTTAWA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY. AUGUST llslss3.

companied the whole way by lugger con
tanning George Toms, the pilot, the repre-
senatives OF the Press, and Il couple OF UNI
pires to see fair play; and during the
Journey was conveyed. by two row.boats,
in one of which sat Surgeon. Major Han
bury, of the staff of the Dover Garrison,
The night, says an eyewitness, was beau
ttully calm, with a slight haze on the
horizon, and the surroundings were all
that could have been desired Tor the sue
cess OF the experiment. In The channel
were no Jagged rocks reaching out from
the side of the stream, no treacherous or
unknown currents, and above all no deadly
whirlpool, increasing in velocity below the
surface. During his Channel feat Webb
was sustained with coffee, brandy, beef
tea and ale. lie was never for n moment
lost sight of by those who accompanied
HIN, and at one time II seemed as If he
were about to faint diver plunged into
the sea and swan by his side. Long he.
fore he reached laud his face grew pale
and haggard from exhaustion caused by
the buiieting of the waves and the lengthy
mmerslon and as he approached Calais
a rOw.boat, with eight persons on board,
came out, and pulling on the weather side
of the swimmer, prevented the seas from
breaking over him. Had it not been for
that welcome help even he, with all his
indomitable nerve, might have given up
within sight of land. No wonder that
when he did ut last touch ground, the men
IN their boats, witnesses OF his triumph,
fairly Rugged him with delight. HIS grea.
task at an end, Webb drank off four glasses
oil old port wine, went to bed, and slept as
calmly as child. /, is, indeed, lamenta.
BILE that such a man should perish IN the
vain attempt to earn few thousand dol
lars, and all for the wretched qualification
OF crowd of heartless, gaping sight-seers.
Splendid specimens of physical develop.
ment like Matthew Webb seem to deserve
a better late than to perish IN their prime.
He was a man possessed Of natural facul-
ties which in the earlier stages of natious
help toward making them great. Strength,
courage, activity, endurance are attri-
butes of the highest worth among the quail
tiles of people. Even IN this mid and
melancholy age, when the prises of lie
fall chiefly to Intellectual achievement,
and hustle must give way to mind, Eng
land was proud OF Matthew Webb, and his
mother country mourns his untimcly fate
not the less because his life was sacrificed
IN foolish and ludetensible adventure.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

(EegulG' CslTespondenccD
LONDON, July %. Il

LONDON, July 70, 1855.
The cable has just brought intelligence
that Captain Matthew Webb, who so gal
lantly swan the channel between Dover
and Calais eight years ago, was drowned
In an attempt to shoot the rapids of Mag
ara. Webb had nothing 10 gam by his i'll
starred enterprise. His tame was already
assured, and his name would have gone
down to postcrity linked with Horauus
who swan the Tlber in full armor, and
with that of Leander, who, for nero's sake
crossed the Hellespont near to what Is now
Gallipoli, not TO mention Lord Byron and
his friend, Mr. Ekcnhead, both Of whom
accomplished the two miles distance and
allowance tor current, TO please themselves
j. B. Johnson, the so.called hero of the
London bridge was the first to try to SWIM
the channel: but he could not stand the
cold and was forced TO quit the water at.
ter having gone no further than seven
miles of the passage between Dover and
Calais. The American, Captain Boytop,
did subsequently complete the task with
ont the aid of boat. He accomplished the
joruney from Cape Grlsnez 20 the South
Foreland equipped IN his life saving dress.
On the 22th of May 1873, two months be
fore Webb performed his world-renowned
and unprecedent feat. Cavlll is credited
with having done the same thing two
years later, but to the recently deceased
hero belongs the honor of having shown
him the way
The contemporary accounts Of Webb's
success read like chapter out of
the adventures of Cid OF such stuff were
the heroes OF antiquity made, His daring
patience, MS indomitable pluck, though
not past belief, are beyond praise. Nor
ind he reach the French coast without
much suffering and distress. He was ac-'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11
THE STORM FIEND.

Though somewhat abated in the FIRE
quency OF his visits, the Storm kicg II
still abroad, and every day or two scat
tered localities have occasion 10 dcplorC
his murdcrous visitation. On the Bird INST
he swoOped down IN the northern part OF
Monroe County, n. Y, the towns OF Greece
Penileld and Irondequot beng swept with
a terrible storm of wind, hail and rain
Great damage was done to gram andtrults
The hail killed birds and fowls, and
brought blood from horses and stock. The
belt traverscd by the storm was two miles
wide by ten or twelve miles long,
But vastly more terrific and destructive
was the visit he paid on Tuesday night tc
western Iowa, ravaging district ioul
miles wide and GO long, through Carroll
Audubon, Sac and Cass counties. 1t was
accompanied with terrific wind, hail and
ram, destroying the growing crops IN lis
course, overturning buildings, scattering
gram stacks, breaking window glass, Kill
ing cattle and carrying of bridges by the
flood. In Sac ccnnty, by the blowing
down of a house woman was killed and
her husband seriously injured. Several
barns struck by lightning were burned
The principal rayages were In the viCIn.
ity OF Buck Creek Church and Lorah Sta.
ton, in Carroll County, and Brayton, Au.
dubon County; also in Union, Masscna
Township, in Cass County Near Bray.
ton twenty one head OF cattle were killed
by being s,ampcied. At Iorah nine freight
cars OF TIE Chicago, Rock Island u Pacific
Railroad were overturned and n grain
house moved from It's foundation Along
the route hailstones thirteen inches in cir
were found and IN places the
depth reached over the fence tops The
section-hands on the Audubon branch of
the Rock Island Road were compelled TO
shovel the accumulation of ice from the
track next morning to permit trains TO pass.
A train on the Milwaukee Road near Car
roll was brought to standsiill and COM
PEELED to work its way slowly through the
ice. The path of the storm seems to have
been fully four miles wide, and the dam.
age done will not aggregate less than $780,.
)O0. Many farmers are almost ruined.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

ELECTIoNs.-kenluCky held an election
on Monday for Governor. Lieutenant GOV.
ernor and other state officers, and voted on
the question OF calling convention to
amend the state constitution. j Proctor
Knott was the democratic candidate. for
governor, and Thomas j. Morrow the re-
publican candidate The vote was small,
but the democrats carried the state by
their usual majority Of from 10000 to CO..
600, and the call of constitutional CON
ventOn was voted down
Utah on the same day held It's first terri
torlal election under the Edmunds bill,
which disfranchised all polygamis,s and
made them incl ible to Office If the law
had been carried out "a its spirit 1t would
have gone tar towards wiping out the
twin relic" in the territory; but untortu-
nately "A majority of the Utah voters hated
the letter and spirit o. the law and dsre-.
garded 1t. The election resulted IN the
election Of II unanimous council CORES
ponding 10 our state senatc) Of Mormons,
and as far as heard from not over three or
four gentiles have been elected to the
lower house. AS most of the Mormons
elected 70 either house are incompetent"
under the Edmunds bill, the present in
cumbents Will have to hold over'-a re
suit entirely satisfactory to the saints"
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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 housekeeping 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 a
large sale and given the best of satisfaction,
has never been equalled as 3 cent cigar
and the fellow who said it was better than
10 cent cigar was not mistaken ten per cent
Sold only by E. Y. Griggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

Cavan only four Here Mr.. justice liar-
rison was able to congratulate the grand
jury that threatening letters had disappear
ed. Meantime the coun,ryss becoming day
by day more impoverished, The aglicuI-
tural returns sent to the Registrar General
of Ireland for 1882 show II falling off So
600 acres, which have relapsed INTO bog
The area under crops has decreased H.
039 acres. The decrease OF land under lax
cultivation Is 900 acres. The returns OF
potatoes show 100000 tons less than in
1921
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plaintiff, but the payment of that sum to
the town of Utica, which has been applied
by that town in the reduction OF It's own
contribution TO the bridge, can not, II
seems to me, in any way affect the inter
cs,s of this plaintiff. II the county author
tiles saw fit Improvidcntly 10 appropriate
this $1,000 wherelt would not be applied
toward paying for the construction of the
bridge, il is the misfortune oil the county
and not the fault of the plaintti.
Utica has paid So ,G00.45 to apply On the
plaintiffs compensation for the bridge, Ou'
this is so small IA proportion OF the entire
cost of the bridge, that 1t ought not TO al
feet plaintiffs right to the relief prayed
for, inasmuch as the court can adjust The
equities of the parties IN that regard.
There Will therefore be decree entered
that unless the defendants, the towns OF
l'uca and Deer Park, within 80 days from
this date, pay 10 the plaintiff the amount
due upon the contract for the construction
of lhls bridge, dcductng the S26O9.4l
which has aecn paid, together with interest
upon the balance unpaid, at the rate OF Sin
per cent. from the time of the completion
of the bridge, the plaintiff will be allowed
10 take down the bridge and remove 1t I'M
der the direction Of proper officer Of this
court, but that, if the defendants, or some
of them, shall not elect to make this pay
ment and thereby save the bridge, plaintiff
will be allowed to take down and remove
the iron supcrstructure of the bridge, but
before plaintiff so removes the bridge, II
Will be required to repay the town of Utica
the sum of 81 ,G0945 so paid to plaintiff
by said town on account OF the bridge.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11
THE TELEGRAPH WAR.

While 1t would be rash to say that the
striking telegraph operators have made
any Roadway during the week IN their I'm
dertaking to bring the great Western Unior
monopoly to terms, they have gained some
thing at the same time that the losses tC
the Western Union must be persistent and
heavy. BY coming to terms with the A
merican Rapid Telegraph Company sew
eral hundred strikers have been provided
for, and the number was increased on Mon
day by the advent Of another new company
the American Postal Both these com
panies have lines connecting all the prom
lnent eastern com mercial cities and extern
ding to Chicago and St. LOUIS Both are
working at lower rates than the Western
Union and are so rapidly absorbing Its
are gettlug along splendidly with our pres.
ent force" which is less than half its for
mer force for the very good reason that 1t
IS doing less than half Its former business
The trump card" of the strikers, how
ever, IN ordering out on Tuesday the OPP
orators on the Jay Gould (Wabash) and
Garrett Baltimore IL ONO railroad lines,
seems to have-been failure. Compare
lively few OF the operators went out, for the
reason that most of them are rs we'll tick
ct and station agents as operators, and did
not feel under obligation to give up their
situations as such while telegraphlng was
but an incident to their employment.
Master Workman Campbell, however
CLAIMS that the operators on the Wabash
and Baltimore q Ohio roads were ordered
out only IN scattered sections at a time, and
that thus far the order las been obeyed,
but that it may take week or two before
all the railroad operators are reached.
However tins may be, from present ap-
pearancc the strong hold Of the operators
lies in aiding 10 build up opposition lines
to the Western Union monopoly in which
way, however they may fail TO overcome
Its stubbornness in the matter of re-employ.
ing themselves, they may ultimately so
scotch and weaken the monopoly that they
can get along without it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

The American Humane Society, IN re-
cent action IN the L. 8. District Court for
Massachusetts, obtained an important de-
clsion affirming the constitutlonality OF
the recent act of congress requiring trans
portation companies carrying cattle, sheep,
swine, &c, to unload such animals at least
once in every 90 hours, feed aud water
them and give them i've hours rest. The
penalty for disobeylng the law IS a fine of
from 800 to $500 for each olfense.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

Whatever other Credltable achievements
may be claimed for the Gladstone admin
istration in England IN after years, tn,
assisted cmmigratiOnn business will for
ever remain a blot upon its history. The
Investigations instituted at New York
within the past month have shone, says
the Wortd, that some of the paupers who
were returned to Ireland are shown by
their own aftidavits to have been sent here
by the unions which had supported them
Tor years, and the case Of those who pre-.
tended not to be paupers IS still worse
The letters and documents purporting to
come from this country and offering en-
ployment have been shown to he bogus and
evidently intended TO work fraud on this
country. There is current belief IN Eng.
land that we admire sharpness and trick
cry, but there is no instance in all our his.
tory IN which any public body or insutu-
ton in this country has descended To the
meanness which was shown by the Eng
iish authorities in trying to palm these pau.
pers of on US as valuable additions to our
population.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

The National Union League has just
issued an address, IN which it calls atlen-
ton to the fact that tie Republican party
is the only shield to-day which protects
the industrious, the educated, the intelli-
gent masses of American laborers from the
bhghung influence of the cheap labor and
degrading habits of the pauper millions OF
foreign ands.-Chieags Journal.
The protection of the industrious, edu-
Gated and intelligent masses of American
laborers" has manifested itself during the
last year In gradual, steady and persistent
reduction of wages IN every branch OF
American manufacture that IS protected by
high tariff duties, and whenever the IN.
dustrlous, "intelligent,' &c, laborers have
risen against the reduction, they have been
crowded out by the cheap labor" from
Europe that is daily arriving by ship loads
and against which American labor, unlike
the manufacturing lords with their goods,
has no protection" When the Union
League is able to point out how the Re
publican party, IN shielding the "intelli-
gent" &c, labor Of the country from cheap
labor abroad also shield that Intelligent
labor from the cheap labor and degraded
habits of the pauper millions Of tCreign
lands" here at home, they may be entitled
to hearing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11
THE PRESIDENTIAL JAUNT

President Arthur left Chicago at MOOT
last Friday in a special train on his Jaun
to the Yellowstone, accompanied by HI
private secretary, Secretary Lincoln, Gen
Sheridan, Col. Sheridan, Surrogate Rollins
General Superintendent Laying and Super
intendent Murray of the CHI " n. w
Railway, and few others with the needed
complement of servants and retainers
President Dillon, OF the L. j, Railroad
kindly lent his private car for the use
the party. Secretaries FOlger and Ores
ham did not accompany the party beyond
Chicago.
Though all reporters were strictly eX
cluded from the tram, the Chicago papers
seem to be minutely posted as to the move
ments of the party, the Tribune even hav
ing dispatches within an hour after the ar
rival of the party in the heart of Wyoming
and Montana, though hundred miles
from the nearest telegraph station.
According to these veraclous reports, the
party arrived at Omaha at A. N. on Sat
urday, at North Platte at A r. NJ, and al
Green River at 10 A. NJ. Sunday. Here
they were switched of, rested over Sun
day, and o'clock on Monday started In
three government ambulances each drawn
by four black government mules, and &C.
companied by u suitable commissary train
of wagons, northward through Wyoming
toward Montana and the Yellowstone.
They made Fort Washable on the Sweet.
water, in what is known as the South Pass,
in II hours, the first day. Here, through
the complete arrangements with which
Gen. Sheridan had occupied himself for a
month past, the party were treated with a
repast that would nave done credit to the
best hotel IN San Francisco. Game in
abundance had been provided, and fruits
and vegetables IN profusion had been
brought by special stage coaches from Cal.
ilornia Here the party again rested, and
on Tuesday the President held grand
council with the Indians, the proceedings
of which, though all reporters and white
people except those belonging to the party
were rgidly excluded. the indefatigable
Tribune reporter mlnutely recOunts, the
substance being that the President took
pains to present in Its most favorable light
Gen. Sheridan's pet plan OF turning the
whole management of the Indians over to
the War Department, abolishlng the res
ervations, and maintaining the Indians by
the interest on some 5000, 100000 of gov
eminent bonds to be issued to them.
Next day the party broke camp and
moved 20 miles northward to Buffalo Lake,
where they arrived at noon, the President
spending the afternoon fishing in the Lake.
Relays OF government mules, to the
of seventy, are placed all along the
route 10 the Yellowstone, to convey the
party. and system of cavarly express r.
ders has been organized to carry dispatches
to and from the nearest telegraph stations.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

There Is little change to be noted IN the
progress of the cholera pest in Egypt this
week The disease has spread pretty gen
orally all over the country, the deaths be
ing from 600 TO 1000 per day, though the
disease has somewhat abated IN its vlru.
lence, six out of ten in the hospitals now
recovering where the proportion had been
but in 10. Alexandria, though from .
to 10 deaths day of fugitIves continue
to occur there, is still healthy, as are Port
SAID and Suez, and free from the epidemic.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

In addition to the recent case at Joliet
where fifteen or twenty persons were dan
gerously, though happily not fatally pois-
oned by eating ice cream with vanilla
favoring, like cases within a week have
occurred at 23 West Lake Street, Chicago,
where 80 persons were poisoned, and at
church festival at Camden, 5. c., where 90
were poisoned with vanilla" one OF them
dying and twelve others beng still in a
dangerous condition. There is nothing IN
vanilla itself that Is poisonous, but the
preparation is expensive and no doubt is
made poisonous by criminal aduteration.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

The abominable practice of "hazing' at
in the prompt dismissal OF Thomas l..
Hartigan, last week, for hazing a new
conner The latter had been posted as n
sentinel at night, to whom liartigan passed
himself off as officer OF the day, then sud.
denly seized HIM, covered his face and
cast him into deep ditch, badly bruIsing
HIM. Hartigan was in his third year,
stood high IN has class, and had promis'
ing career b,fore him, but no effort has
availed with Secretary Lincoln to reverse
the sentence Of his expulsion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-11

a war Of passenger rates has broken out
between The three principal railroads from
Chicago to st. Louis-the Wabash, the
Illinois Central, and the Chicago and AL,
ton. 1t commenced a week ago by the
Wabash, as alleged, selling tickets to
scalpers tor $3.50, while the regular rate
was SS. The other roads at once reduced
the fare to $3.50, and then the Wabash
went down to SO, which is the latest reduc-
ton thus far; but from the bitter feeling
growing up between the roads 1t is almost
certain there will be other reductions SO
that IN few days people may safely count
on riding from Chicago TO St. LOUIS and
back at nominal rates. The public might
have reason to felicitate itself on these
squabbles between the monopolists II they
didn' always end in an agreement to put
up rates SO as to get back from the public
more than the TO ads lost by the scrmmage.
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DYNAMITE!
Arrests Made Daily.
All Europe in an Uproar
and Terror Reigns
Supreme. |
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
Crown" but Blissful is the Life
of Those Who Use

Tascott's 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-
psration. This Pant has been used in Ottawa
ten years, and has stood the test 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.