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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-04
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.

When President Arthur arrived at New.
port q salute was fred.
The Chickasaw Indians have elected
Jonas Wolf Governor of their Nation.
The Democrats of Dauphin county, Penn.
sylvania, nominated L. s. Bent for Con.
gress.
The Democrats of the Seventh Mississippi
District renominated E. Barksdale for Con.
gress.
The Democrats of the Eleventh Illinois
District reuominated VIM. H. Niece Tor
Congress.
The Republicans Of the Eleventh Iowa
Congressional District nominated Isaac S.
Strubble.
The straight Greenbackers in District
Convention at Portland, Maine, nominated
Samuel Jewell for Congress.
Patrick Esgan has notified theIrish Ma
uonal League that he will not accept funds
appropriated es salary.
Edward F. Mcdonald, Democratic
Presidential Elector in New jersey dis.
trict, has declined. He says he is for But
Ter.
The Michigan Greenback Convention met
tration aud nominated him for reelection
as Governor of the State.
The Fifth District Republican Convention
Of Michigan met and John G. Fitzgerald,
OF Grand Rapids, was nominated tor Con.
gress by acc .amation.
In response to pressing invitation, Lieu:
tenant Greedy and wife will leave Ports
mouth for Montreal, to attend the meeting
of the British Scientific Association.
The Democrats of the Twelfth Congress.
ional District of Pennsylvania nominated
Judge Stanley Woodward, son OF the late
Chief Justice Geo. Woodward, forCongress.
Democratic Congressional Conventions
have nominated William II. Niece in the
Eleventh district OF Illinois, B. J. Hall in
First Iowa, and George +. Yaple in the
Fourth Michigan.
The Democratic Congressional Conyen-
ton of the Fifth Missouri District nomi.
mated Alex. Graves for reelection. Wal.
lace who was nominated by the boilers,
persists in running.
The Greenback State Convention met at
Kansas City and adopted resolutions, one of
which presented the name of Nick NJ. Ford
for Governor. The rest OF the nominations
were lett with the Central Committee.
In the Texas Greenback Convention it
was decided to place q full Butler West
Gle :toral ticket in the field. 1t is generally
understood that the Greenbackers will sup
port G. Washington Jones, Independent
candidate for Governor.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-04
ELEVATOR REPORT

ELEVATOR REPORTH,
The following shows the amount Of gfatn NJ.
ceived, Withdrawn and In store At regular elevS.
TON, a. reported to the Board Of Trade to-day:
RoeofYnA WifhAxa~n In
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-04
WASHINGTON TOPICS.

The gold reserve in the treasury has IN
creased to $120, 0OO, 900. A call tor $40, 600, J.
000 il per cents is about to be issued.
The Swain Court Martial has peen post
poned until November Is, as General
| Swaims counsel will be unable to appear
| before that time.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
Bank Examiner Ellis to take charge Of the
Second National Baak of Zenia, Ohio, and
reports its condition.
Hon. w. NJ. Springer has unveiled de-
| felt of STA, 600 in the accounts of Rev. MIR.
| Terrell, formerly an Indian Agent, who
was connected with Major PowelPs surveys.
| The postmaster general, after thorough
| investigation of the factory, has apnulled
the contract with P. z. Kellogg, Of Spring
| field Massachusetts,, for furnishing envelopes
and tags.
Payments from the Treasury for the pres
ent month to date were $23, 100000. This
| includes $4,000, 600 on account of pensions,
and s., 800, 900 on account of the Alabama
claims.
Acting Commissioner Carman has re.
fused the request OF an Alabama catt,e
firm to import number Of Jersey cattle
for exhibition at the New Orleans Exposi.
| ton.
Prof. Dodge, Statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture says the reports sho
| that the crops have been somewhat dam.
| aged by the drouth in Indiana, Illinois and
Kentucky. The injury, however, is not
sufficient to cause any panicky feeling, as
there is every indication that the general
crop will be good.
An the National Capital aworkman
| attracted some attention as he swung
along slowly to the top of the Wash
ngton monum ent, inspecting every joint
| ia the five hundred feet Of marble. He re-
| ported the column in admirable condition,
Notwithstanding the recent earthquake.
DR.. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Ami
mai Industry, telegrsphed from Chicago as
| follows relative to the existence OF pleurO-
pneumonia among Jersey cattle in Illinois {:
| This State has Quarantined infected places
50 tar as discovered. shall continue trac-
ing suspicious animals in this and neigh.
boring states until all are discovered.
The Treasurer of the United States for
warded to the Governor of Louisiana p. 600
free school bonds of that State captured al
Baton Rouge in 1865 by Lieutenant.Gen-
eral Sheridan. They formed part of lot
of city, State and southern railroad bonds
of about the value of 81, OOO, 900, which were
captured at the same time and the majority
of which were subsequently returned to the
State.
1..; ,oo hmm foruord.d m
c ansSi uoSionS $500 hH of ~ Grostn Ro,;S
G Gnnaa;.;on 70 S' discharse VIC al, ,ha enlisted
mapeui'I b;s o w s wbo arc w;I1inS tn
i tnem ~ H. u sarUon Tbo Vessels comnos;ns
. a. .no sIi .;, y, rs onIo ,n;ssin,, %
Ne sne n W WI nt,i t,'r,har nrSsrs II Is nn'
NV 1900 - that T;ant Em.rv communicative
.s poo .n ;Ii ordaraT - Jn,v nn ths
.ue D Ssn,t VIZ hot Hn,nhiu as syecnt;vs
n nsm uisp"''n ''"' A'pA.A' vs. "''
olA0oi'
The following Is an unofficial statistical
crop report but it is substantially true. 1t
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-04

Capt. Dave Payne, the celebrated Okla
homa boomer now confined at Fort Scott,
in an interview says: first went to Ok
lahoma five years ago, when informed
by able lawyers that these lands were
open to settlement, and located q colony.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-04
Kansas City 1.-Two Stock Market.
Kansas City September /, IS

The Live Stock Indicator reports
CATTLE-Receipts, 1877. The market was
stronger and 5@10c higher for Texans. Native
shipping steers averaging 100 to 1900 lbs sold at
6C@6 49, native shipping steers averaging 95C
to 100 bs sold at SOa6 40: stockers and feeders
5O@4 90, COVE 6O@5 %; grass Texas steers,
2594 90.
HOGS-Receipts, 1920. Market weaker and So
10c lower. Lots averaging 1893 to sol lbs sold at
S 80 20: bulk at OOe6 05.
sHEEP-Receipts $40. Market steady and un-
changed.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-04

A Sunday School convention was held
at Clyde recently.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

prone on my face, bringing my head in
contact with tree. Stunned and in
sensible, / lay some seconds on the
ground, and the brute, thinking me
dead, fortunately did not worry me,
but, passing over me, went ior the re-
treating police constable who had
brought me into the difficulty. re-
member, when came to, raising my
head from the ground, leaning my head
against the tree, and smiling with a
certain feeling of grim satisfaction,
when my eyes caught the retreating
form of the constable and the pursuing
panther down the hill, and / thought
the pOlceman's turn had come.
1.-THE civil surgeon of the station
probed the teeth-wounds in the arm,
and found that the one at the back of
the arm ran right to the bone and was
an inch and half deep. The two
wounds on the inner side, in or close to
the biceps, were. one an inch and q
quarter and the other an inch deep.
The claw-wounds on the right shoulder
were not serious, and had fortunately
just missed the large artery near the
collar-bone, injury to which would have
resulted in my bleeding to death in q
very few minutes. THE Times of
India.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20
Where Game IL Plenty.

His christian name is unknown. Nc
one would take his note, and he had
nothing to be taxed for, so there was
very little chance of finding it out. Ev.
erybody, even his wife, called him
Norton and that was all the title he
ever had. One day he called on a
neighbor and asked him to buy some
smelts that he carried in basket.
WAL, swan man, Norton, eff them
amt pictures. Wherever did We get
emf said the neighbor, taking out
"'nuff fer a mess"
80, | was out -huntin' to-day,
was" came the evasive reply.
Didn't freed 'em and shoot 'em the
way yer do coons, did yer?"
'Noa, not egzactly; hownsoever, I
got EN-; an seems you, l don't mind
tellin' We. Yesterday COED gunnin'
and TUX so many bullets along O me
that jest overdid the thing and got so
big lot of pelts that it made me pow
erful weak an tired like afore cum
hum. So to-day l sez I'll get dozen,
an a dozens a nuf, the Lord knows,
and took just twelve bullets. Well,
as was sayin', tuck twelve, an
had got my dozen pelts and was COM
in home contented, when sumthin'
happened. had got by the pond all
smooth, an was jest turnin' round
by the old juniper, when up jumps a
silver gray atween me an this yer eend
O. the pond. He ruined along sort o.
lazy like by the side O. the water a
lookin so poorly that tho't I'd gin him
dose O shingle-nails as had in my
pockets; for yer see had fired away
all my bullets. Well, ! let fly, and in
course had ter kill him. l skinned
him purity moderately spry, an was
jess agoin' again as | TUX peep at the
pond, an thar lay two ducks, a sprawl
in, dead's Andrew Jackson. Twas. a
plague nd pity to let 'em be, seem IS I'd
killed 'em when l shot the fox, for
shinglenails will scatter wus nor shot;
an / waded in an brung EN- tew shore.
They war tew as fine sheldricks 'shu
see in picture, an my woman sed fur
me to tell you as she send one 'em
over eff she want goin' to hev company
and wanted 'em both. They are lee
tie tough this time O. year, an lean,
too, fur that matter, but they make good
chewin' fur them as hez teeth, an l
recon the company can't growl much.
seems it don't cost them nothing"
"But, Norton, you hain't told me
how you got yer smelts yet" said the
neighbor, as that person turned to go
away.
30, when waded out fur the ducks
| trung the smelts ashore inside my
trousers. There wur good bushel an
a half on 'em, an purity ones, too. "
Boston Globe.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20
The Oysters Enemies.

Oysters are attacked by number
of different parasites. said a Delaware
oyster dealer yesterday. Great care
S needed, not only to keep their enc
mics away, but to destroy their eggs.
Among the worst of these enemies is
he drill, small crustacean, who is
supplied with tiny rasp or file, with
which it bores into the young oyster
and sucks out the contents of the she'll.
Its eggs are something like apple or
pear seeds and are found in heaps or
punches. Each egg contains from
twenty to thirty embryos. AS soon as
these are Matched they attack the shells
of the baby oysters and kill innumer-
able quantities.
The oyster barnaclc is another dead
" foe. This little creature gets inside
the shell of the oyster and fastening on
10 the upper valve, breeds there and
feeds upon the oyster itself. Then
there are oyster tube worms, which
make their tubes of sand and lime, lie
upon the oyster until they become firm
" fixed to his outer shell and then bore
their way through and feed upon him. J"
oysters that are offered for sale?"
mo, The only parasite we find is
the tiny crab. That is harmless to con-
sumers, in fact is considered delicacy,
and besides is really an assistance to
the oyster in helping it to obtain food.
But the barnacles and worms l have
spoken about absolutely destroy the
oysters in the bed. and If we OCCASION
ally receive an empty shell or two in our
consignments that is the way we &C.
coun; for it.
lis there any known way OF getting
rid of these parasitesp'
''Oh, yes, by great care and c!eanli-
less. Oysters that have been sent to
Europe for relaying have been known
to introduce the pest, but by finishing
and carefully draining and going over
the beds they have been eliminated al
most entirely. The destruction Of the
eggs is the surest way and that method
has been fairly successfully carried out.
hear that Prof. Baird, OF the Smith
sonian institute, Is now at Crisheld.
Md, making a series Of investigations
into the cause of the great fatality
among the oysters Of Chesapeake bay
and its tributaries. No doubt that II
he has discovered a new parasite he
will soon find the eggs. And when ho
has found the eggs he will destroy
them. - hsladelphio Times.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20
4 Narrow Escape.

A Bombay shikaree narrates how he
once actually fell into the claws of a
panther, and lived to tell the tale. Al
ter describing the incidents of the hunt
up to the time when the beast broke
coser, he says:
al had to wait until the panther was
within few feet of me, and then put
my rifle down to his head, expecting to
RON him over like rabbit Gas had
succeeded in doing on other occasions),
and then place my second bullet pretty
much where pleased. To my horror,
there was no report when the hammer
fell. The next moment the panther,
with an angry roar, sprang upon me.
Hanging on with the claws Of one fore
paw driven into my right shoulder and
the other round me, he tried TO get at
my head and neck, but fortunately
prevented this by raising my left arm,
which he instantly seized in his huge
mouth. | shall never forget his sharp,
angry roar, the wicked look OF his
greeEish yellow eyes within six inches
of mine, the turned back ears, his fetid
breath upon my cheek, and the feeling
of his huge fangs closing to the bone
through my arm above the elbow.
II endeavored, by giving him my
knee in the stomach, to make him let
90. Those who have ever kicked a cat
can imagine what little effect this had.
1t was more like using ones knee to o
football than anything else. The PAN
Their. with roar, gave tremendous
wrench to my arm, hurled me some
! five PAGES down the side Of the bill
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

Tbirty-nine counties and cities OF
Canada have adopted the Scott liquor
prohibitory law.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20
professional GarDa.

pICHARD a. HASTE, Attorney At Law
Illinois octotn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

:. NICHOLSON. W. GENTLEMAN. J, &. PINCH
II lCHOLSON, GENTLEMAN & FINCH, ATTORNEYS
~ and ICt nsClors at Law Will practice law in the
{, trts OF La Sale and adjoining counties Office west
U court house, Ottawa, IN. eepN'S4
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

BUSHNELL q FULLERTON. AT.
- torneys al Law. Ottawa. Illinois. Office In Bush.
nells block, west Of Court House. tuly2l-lys
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

HIRAM T. GILBERT. JAMES H. ICYILs
CILBERT & ECkELS, Attorneys ana
" CounselOrs at Law, Futterer & Metzger's Block,
| east OF Court House. sep2o,8
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

M N. ARMSTRONG; Attorney and Coun
lu. eeOr at Law, Ottawa, III. Notary Public. Ofne<
In Gedney'e Block, Ottawa. junb,1c
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

n b. CHI Pm A N. Attorney and Counselo
~. at Law once with d. McDougall, Ottawa. III.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

Eff. BULL. LESTER H. srRAwN. s.w RUeRB
DULL, STRAwN Il RUGEk, AttoY.
ID neys and Councillors at Law. Once over Clty
Drug Store corner Of La Sale and Madison streets o.
taws. Ill. isn&N
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

7 w. EBERSOL, Attorney and Counselor At
y. Law. Office with d. p Jones, lynch's Block on.
tawa III Notary Public. tanlS64
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-20

Jesse b ItUGER, Lawyer. Futterer a
y Metzgers Block east OF Court House, Ottawa
Illinois. isnT62
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-15
MIR. TMlELsEN's PUNISHMENT
Tacoma Ledger.

The removal of iron from the alleged
Seattle extension has an ominous look
for our Northern neighbOr. When Mr..
Willard WAS in these parts about a year
ago, he made divers promises : among
them. that he would ride into Tacoma
in September following in private car
from New York also. that he would
continue his journey by rail to Seattle.
When he got to Tao 1ma with his pri-
vate car. he concluded, for obvious rea-
sons. not to continue his journey to
Seattle by rail, but went on board the
Queen of the Pacific, leaving his pri-
vate car behind him at Tacoma, the
terminus of the Northern Pacific Rail
road. He explained to the Seattleites
that he had been unable to keep his
promise to them. bat laid the blame to
Mr.. Thieisen. A new promise was
then made to have the road completed
to Seattle by last November, Mr.. Vii
lard undertaking to punish Thiclsen In
case this last promise should be broken.
Like most of Wizards promises, it was
broken. Mr.. Thielsen's punishment il
that his son, as road-master, is said to
have supervised the removal of iron
from the yet unfinished Seattle extern
sion. While We regret that events of
recent occurrence seem to indicate the
indefRite postponemeut of the fruition
of Seattle's hopes to be made tributary
to Tacoma by means Of the road afore-
menti med. We are nevertheless glad to
note that South Prairie has been dis
covered to be a convenient point for the
storage of railroad iron.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-15

There was found on the desk of the
late ex-President Andrew johnson let
ter which he WAS engaged IN writing
when he was stricken with paralysis.
His death came soon afterward, and the
letter was left lying where it was found
until sent by the family to the late Judge
John II. Carmack of West Tennessee, to
whom il Was addressed. The letter was
exhibited few DAYS since. and read as
follows:
"Greenville, Tenn, June 6. 1873
John NJ. Carmack, ESD: Dear Sir-Your
letter of the 9th nit. has been received
and read. | confess l was somewhat
surprised when | received your account
of Vice President Wilson's conversation
with Governor lsham Harris and others
in regard to what wonld have been the
policy of President Lincoln if be had
lived. etc. In your letter you state that
II. Wilson, Woe President"
Here came the fatal stroke. The word
President was the last ever written by
the hand of Andrew johnson.
The letter WAS written with a lead
| pencil on ordinary printing paper, such
AS il generally used for copy" in news
| paper offices, and the ex President was
evidently preparing II with the expecta-
ton that II would be published. What
al interesting chapter of the history OF
| that exciting time II would have been
| Anything he might have said as to the
probable policy of the administration
| If Mr.. Lincoln had not been assassinat-
/ ed. would have been of the greatest value
A few moments more and ii would have
been given TO the world. But II was moi
| 10 be.
By Judge Carmack, who naturally re
Qarded it as a historical relic of great
interest, the letter was left to his nephew
Mr.. John +. Miller. OF jackson, and the
latter will have it deposited among the
papers of the Tennessee Historical So
ciety.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-15
PAClFlC RAILROADS AND TIE
GOVERNMENT

A dispatch from Washington. April /,
says: Tx Commissioning of Railroads
has prepared an estimate for the use of
the Senate and House Committees deal
ing with the proposed funding of the
subsidy bonds Of the Central aud Union
Pacific railroads. 1t shows approXim-
ately the amounts which would be pay
able under the Edmunds bill, aud has
also calculation which shows approx
imately the difference in the amounts
which would be realized to the govern
meut at the maturity of the bonds I'M
der the Thurman bill, and under the
proposed funding bill. Taking the
Genital Pacific, Mr.. Armstrong fixes it's
total debt at the maturity Of the sub
sldy bonds, say October l, 1898. at SOS.
GO, 1856. The interest on the whole sub
sidy debt to maturity being already
charged. the new principal should bear
interest on only 50 muGn rs natures AT
ter the date of maturity of the subsidy
bonds. The Edmunds bill proposes that
the whole ascertained debt shall
be divided into 10 semi annual
PAYMENTS. of which 81 wolld ma
tire up to October l. 1895. leaving
the amount to bear interest x52 Ga COB.
Add to this interest at ) per cent. per
aunum on tie paymen' MATURE < TO
Oct. |. 1914, when the last payment be-
comes due. $50. 104 .5.So. and then the
non interest De lrin2 part of the new
principal, fl6.023. 1873. II makes the total
new debt, principal and interest, under
the Edmunds bill. Sl05 1882. As the
bonds of redemption are tn be of equal
value. by dividing $l05.375 322 into 1D
equal parts, Mr.. Armstrong finds the
value of each new sem'-innual bond to
be $sIs.I27, or Sl,156.2115 per anaum.
Under the Thurman Act the balence
due at maturity ia stated at S53, 49l ,5l5.
A comparison of credits from Oct. /,
1854. to Oct. |. 1895, shows balence in
favor of the Edmuuds bill of 81, 4oS ,:bl3.
In st atiny the account of the Union Pa
cific, Mr. Armstrong finds difficulty BY
reason of litigation still pending. But
giving the company credit for all
amouats actually reimbursed to the
government. and emitting all disputed
accounts. he figures with the following
result: Under the kdmauds bill the
| Usion Pacific debt, principal and inter
est, will be $ll9. 1882. Dividing this
into 10 equal parts the value of each
new semi-annual bond Is found to be
$685., AS6. or 81 ,9a5. LIZ per annum. In
| der the Thurman act lincluding repay
men,s by Kansas Pacific under the act
| of 1851 }, the total de.t and interest At
maturity of the Union Pacific Is $685.
| 9lo.ess3. Balance due at maturity. $5s.-
| Al,lst. 4 comparison of credits from
| October l. 1854. TO October l. 1898, shows
! a balance in favor of the Edmunds plan
| of 81. 1897. The House CO II mittee
| will consider these figures tomorrow, IN
connection with the report of the sub.
committee. which recommends an IN
crease of the payments now required
under the Thurman act, and is not in
favor of an extension of time