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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

TmE FLooDs.-'rhe cities of Cairo and
Metropolis, or Mound City, 10y raising
their levees some -four feet since last year
and strengthening them, happily escaped
inundation by the late Ohio river flood.
The river is now rapidly falling, and of
course there will he M further danger this
year While the Ohio and its tributarie.
are falling, however the lower Mississippi
and its tributaries continue 10 rise and are
now booming with great freshet The
river has broken through lis banks opposite
Vicksburg, flooding the country The Red
river is higher than il has been known since
ISI9. and vast regions are submerged
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

The Democratic National Committee
which met at Washington on Friday OF
last week Washington's birthday after {
short and harmonious session, agreed upor
and issued the following call;
The National Democratic Committee
having met in the City of Washington the
22d of February, 1884 has appointed Tues
day, the Sth day of July next, at noon, n
the time, and chosen the City of Chicago
ms the place, for holding the National
Democratic Convention Each State il
entitled to representation therein equal tc
double the number of Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress of the United States
The Democrats of each organized Terri
tory and the District of Columbia are in
vited to send two delegates subject to til,
decision of the convention rs To their nd
mission. All Democratic citizens of tn,
United States, irrespective of past political
associations and differences, who can unite
with us in I'm effort for pure, economical
and constitutional government are cordially
invited TO join in sending delegates to the
convention.
The call is signed by all the members ol
the National Democratic Committee.
The only strife was over the place oI
holding the convention, the main confess
being between Chicago and 81. Louis
There were three ballots the first Stoo,
for Chicago'l5, St Louis IT, Saratoga )
Louisville 3, Cincinnati / the srconc
stood Chicago ~, ST, Louis Il, Saratoga ,
the third Chicago 81, ST Louis II.
The National Committee adjourned {,
meet at the Palmer House in Chicago ~
the 1th of July.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

in the form Of furious blizzard, which
means dense mas of fine snow propelled
by mile minute wind, swept over Daco-
tah MinncNptp, &c, blockading railroads
and putting Il general stop TO all kinds Of
travel. AT the end of the blow the mercu-
ry had sunk ~ loss as AZ below zero, up
near the border, To 30 to 30 Throughout,
Dacotah and Minnesota, and Is To 80 below
throughout northern Iowa, Wisconsin and
Michigan. The tail end of the blizzard
struck Ottawa on Wednesday, the weather
growing colder rapidly, dropping the mer
curry TO zero on Thursday and TO below
Friday morning. Since then, however
the wind has shifted 10 the south, and
milder skies are now the more comfortable
outlook
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

tin. II is officially stated 10 be the first
real discovery of tin yet mud" IN the
United States, and the attention Of capital
lists in all parts OF the country is therefore
especially attracted 20 this one. There are
several mines of tin in Cornwall, one or
two in Wales, "A few on the Continent OF
Europe. and the metal has been discovered
in Australia Tin is worth about $3.50 per
ton and its high price and comparative
scarcity in the markets of the world lends
additional value to the discovery at Kings
mountain The DISCOVERIES regard that
they have in truth struck bonanza.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The dynamiters are again 1T work in
London On Tuesday there was Il terrible
explosion in the cloak room of the Victoria
Railroad Station The booking office, cloak
room and waiting room were completely
shattered, as were the windows of the I'm
derground Railway Depot on the opposite
side of the street, and the fronts OF houses
20 yards of. The affair is generally at.
tributed to the persons who caused the ex-
plosion in the station of the Underground
Railway some months ago.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The city of Hot Springs Ark, is rapidly
playing out as Il sanitary and winter resort
for decent people, as il has got to he the
common resort of deperadoeS, gamblers
and thieves. IL is now virtually in the
hands of committee of fourteen roughs
and gamblers, mos, of whom are under in
dictment for crimes in other states. Tn.
der their control twenty respectable citi
Zens were driven ont last week, and editor
Harris, of the local paper that denounced
the law breakers, has also been warned "a
move. The people expelled are generally
witnesses against Doran and his accom-
plices In the recent assassinations
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The introduction of shad into the rivers
on the Pacific coast by the l. :. Fish Com
mission was an entire success. They are
now To be- found all along the coast and are
rapidly making their way northward. The
run" in the Columbia river this year was
described as wonderful, and the fish were
Il drug in the market In California they
have not yet come into popular use, owing
partly to the fact that the closed season es-
tablished by law is just when they are in
the rivers. The order of their running in
that state Is different from that in the Al.
lantic States. They appear in San Fran
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
The anticipated death of VIM II. Hunt

The anticipated death of VIM. II. Hunt,
L. s. Minister at st Petersburg, occurred
in that city on Tuesday lie was II native
of South Carolina, but at an early age 10
Gated at New Orleans, where he became
eminent rs lawyer. Though southern
born, he remained steadfastly loyal 10 the
Union throughout the rebellion. In 1881
he was appointed by President Hayes "A
member of the court of claims at Washing
ton. and few months later was made "a
member Of Gariield'S cabinet as Secretary
of the Navy On the accession of Arthur
he resigned, and was by Arthur appointed
minister to Russia.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The sugar beet is becoming the all alb
sorbiDg topic of discussion among the agri-
culturists of Great Britain II even over
tops the ensilage question which is having
such broad airing Sir James B. Lawcs
promises TO write up the subject for the
English agricultural journals. What he
says will have great weight regarding fu-
,ure attempts to manufacture sugar from
the beet in England.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The usually quiet and stad city of Ere
mont, O., where ex-President Hayes re
sides, has an attlction as bad almost AS Il
flood 1t has mayor-Lowenstein by
name-who gets drunk and goes bowling
like mad bull through the streets, max
ing shameful exhibition of himself, to
the great scandal Of the people who elect
ed him. The worst of the matter is that
he was elected mayor on a temperance
ticket!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The Mcpherson Currency bill, which
passed the United States Senate on Mon
day, has been reported favorably to the
House. 1t authorizes national banks to
issue currency to the full amount OF the
bonds deposited in the Treasury to secure
their circulation. The national banks OF
Illinois would be enabled, under this law
10 increase their circulation 100000.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

At Metropolis, Ill.,, it is claimed that the
National appropriation for relief from the
floods is being distributed by politicians,
who use the money TO further their
own political projects rather than to relieve
distress. Very likely. Stealing public
money by republican officials has become
so common practice that if one failed to
make the most ont of such a chance he
would feel himself disgraced.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

Poor SALNI MoRsE.-The newspapers
had a great deal to say year ago about
the attempt Of Salmi Morse to put upon
the stage of the 23d street theatre in New
York, which he had rented for the pur-
pose. a version Of the famous Passion
Play" but was prevented by the interfer-
epce of the authorities. The theatre after.
wards passed out Of his hands, though he
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The House Mt Washington on Thursday
passed the uro-Pneumania bill, as it is
called, establishing bureau at Washington
to collect facts in regard to the prevalence
of pleuro-pneumonia or any other infectious
disease among cattle anywhere in the Uni
ted States and to take effective measures in
all cases to stamp il ont.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

North Carolina is at present excited over
the discovery of n vast bed of rich tin ore
near King mountain, Cleveland county, in
that state. Specimens of the ore were sent
To the Boston exposition and were found to
be very rich, yielding IS per cent of pure
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
Washington Letter.
Regular Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 1884


There will be notable assemblage at
the White House Shrove Tuesday evening.
The President will hold the last of his Off
cial receptions for the season, and Senators,
Representatives, Cabinet officers, Supreme
Court Justices army and navy officers have
been invited to meet the members of the
diplomatic corps Heretofore the foreign
legations, in full court dress, have been the
cynosure of all eyes on such occasions, but
recently the Navy officers appeared in their
stunning new uniform, and these gaily ca
parisoned sojourners were effectually
eclipsed, and it is supposed got some new
ideas about clothes. Notwithstanding the
ships, as has just been humiliatingly EN-.
phaszed by the purchase Of one and gift
of another from England, for the Greeley
relief Arctic expedition, this same navy on
land is unrivaled outside the circus ring as
a thing of beauty, and realizing this to be
so, Secretary Chandler has ordered the off
GERS of the navy to present themselves in
special full dress" at the Executive re
cepton Tuesday evening. Though lent
has begun, Il list Of gay entertainments
has been arranged up to Ash Wednesday
eve, the brilliant social season intending to
die royalty, crowned with flowers AL full
of punch No one who has not pent a
season in Washington can have an aequate
conception of the garsh, eXceave eX-
travagance that pcrvades official ad social
life, and the season just passed AS never
been surpassed in brilliancy, Fifty and
dissipation. 1t is to be hoped TIT our too
festive statesmen and iurists w now de
vote more time TO their legitirte duties.
Social pleasures take up entire too much
of the time of Congressman, ablnet Off
GERS, Judges of the Suprem Court and
others i'm public and official /, whom one
would suppose to be lifted bge and dig
uitv above such vanities. yen members
of the Cabinet are seen aking cham
payne and punch at twcclock in the
morning, it is not smprisifhat the work
in the Departments is 80 flh arrears and
those having business wi'he government
offices have 10 wait unity grow old be-
fore they can have theitSes attended To.
The evample set by tn high in author
ity is followed by the re clerical force
of ,be government h a Saturnalia of
dancirg and feastinc 10 say the least.
ip;mical ~ work bese il is ruinous 10
health Worn ont lis with pale faces
are seen at every mn this dilapidated
canit,l and i, is hi inc public opinion
should do somethip sop the rout that
81 seriouslv interfesith the public bust
ness.
The Senate cues 10 discuss the
financial nrohIauaving devoted more
,bo, waek IN ~ on the MACPHERSON
hin involving telation of the funded
dabt N tbe natic banking system tits
thourb. =, fave vote will be reached
q, Tuesday a,lng Democratic meas
pre ,ha, II wilo pass the House. The
last bill pas'Y the lower House of
CONGRESS we Military Academy APP
pronria,ion a long and entertaining,
hut unimpe discussion on the good
a,J OWL sa. of West Point as an edu.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

Nellie Burke, colored equestrienne, at
Galveston, on Tuesday, accomplished the
feat of riding on horseback 100 miles IN
five hours, on wager of $1,000 She
made forty changes, and came in under the
string an easy winner amid the enthusias
tic applause of the assembled multitude in
four hours and fifty-five minutes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The little town of Eagl., in Wankesha
county, Wis, is tremendously excited over
the finding of crude diamond said to be
rs carats fine and worth $500. The village
is all torn up over the matter, and land Is
sold at fabulous prices. The people are
perfecty crazy over the matter.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

Colonel lngersoll reverses the formula
ted doctrine of certain class OF halfway
free traders, who profess TO be in favor OF
"a revenue tariff, with incidental protec-
ton" lie says he is in favor of "protec-
tive tariff, with Incidental revenue. '-Er'
Col Ingersoll in this utters nothing new,
for such exactly has been the doctrine OF
the Republican party since the adoption OF
the Morrill, Tariff bill of 1862, and such is
necessarily the principle that undulies the
whole protective system. Yet the constl-
tuition authorizes congress TO levy imposts
or tariff duties on imports for purposes Of
receaue oaiy. II any one can point out II
clause or word in the constitution that au-
thorizes the imposition of tariff charges on
imports for any other purpose, we should
like 10 see him do it. Yet tariff that
protects" is necessarily prohibitive in its
nature and the opposite of one levied for
revenue purposes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

At a wedding in GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin,
a present of $50 in gold was reported to
have been stolen, and the bridegroom an
nounced that no guest would be permitted
to leave before being searched The sexes
were separated, and committees went
through the parties like detectives, but the
missing treasure was not found
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
THINGS ABROAD.

England's troubles in Egypt thicken. She
finds that conciliatory measures towards the
False Prophet only embolden him aud that
she must fight The high flown proclama
ton of Gen Gordon, as England's Cover
nor. General" of the Soudan, agreeing to re
cognize its independence and the False
Prophet AS its rightful Sultan, even involv
ing AN English tolerance of the slave trade,
on the only condition that the rebels" shall
keep out of Lower Egypt, has fallen still
born. The reply of FL Mahdi is, THANK
YOU for nothing. We can take care of our
Independence without the help of Eng
land" And he SenCs word 10 his followers
at Khartoum, Tokar, &c, that II am com
ing; be ready
Accordingly Gen. Gordon concludes it
safer TO get out of there, and instead of set
Ting downat Khartoum, which was his ori-
ginal programme, he has spiked the guns
he could not carry away and is in retreat
Meantime the forces of the prophet, I'M.
der Osman Digna, his generalissimo, are
moving gainst the Egyptian ports on the
Red Sea, having taken Tokar and then
turned towards Trinkitat and Suakim, At
this latter place, however, the English had
gathered fleet of gunboats and land
force of $500 English soldiers under Gen,
Graham, who not waiting for Osman Dig
mas attack, moved out to Teb on Tuesday
to take whack at Digna's base of opera
tons and see what sort of stuff he was made
of when it came to fighting real soldiers.
An uncontrmed dispatch of Thursday says
the opposing forces had an encounter near
Trinkitat that day and the rebels were de
feated and driven back.
1t is also stated that the presence of Brit
ish troops has awakened interest among the
tribes in the frontier of Egyptand that they
are anxious to assist in overthrowing the
False Prophet Two thousand friendly na,
tives have fought their way through the re-
bells at Berber, and reported at Suakim say
ing they and others are willing to take part
in the struggle, II supported.
The excitement in London in consequence
of the dynamite explosion at the Victoria
Railroad depot is intensified by the discov-
cry of large quantity of explosives on
Thursday under the Charing Cross Railway
Station, and the finding of an internal ma
chine at the Paddington Railway station.
The machine was of American manufac
ture and contained dynamite.
Sir Henry Brand, who had been Speaker
of the House of Commons for Is successive
years in spite of frequent changes of the
politics of the House, having resigned and
been elevated to the peerage, has been sue
cecded in the office of Speaker by the cleo
ton of Arthur Wellesley Peel, son of Sir
Robert Peel He took the chair on Tues
day amid deafening cheers, the members
rising and uncovering.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The last and coolest of the season" bliz-
zard of the northwest, being the fourth of
the season thus far, seems to have broke
across the Canada border on Monday, and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The amount of grain in store in Chicago
is still on the increase. It now foots up
%, OPT ,O49 bushels, which is six or eight
millions above any previous record.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
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by carrier, dity cent? extra
Fifteen cents year is added to papers rth ON "' wv
county To cover prepayment OF postage
rhes, terms will be- strictly adhered 70
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-28
RA1LROADS.
10 q g So

SUMMER ARRANGEMENT,
TWO TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY BE.
TWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND ROUND HILL.
Leave Washington ut 8 25 a. N. and % p. H.,
aud Alexandria at Q 30 a. m. and 4 30 P. m. Pass
Leesburg, going westward at IL 30 a. m. and
80 p. M. and arrive at Round Hill at II u 4.
m. and Z 20 p. N. Leave Round Hill at B II q.
m and 20 p. In. Pass Leesburg, going cast.
ward, at Is a. m. and 5 05p. NJ, and arrive IS
Alexandria at % q. m. and Is p. H., and at
Washington at 8 80 a. m. and 25 p. NJ.
SUNDAY TRAIN leaves Round Hill 5:27 a. M,
arrive at Alexandria 500 and Washington $50.
Leave Washington S O5 p. m, Alexandria S:15
p No., pass Leesburg, going eastward, 6:15 a. M.
westward 1881 p. m.
@-Passengers from Washington will take the
Wash, Ohio and West'n. cars at tho Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad station at 9:25 a. M and 4:25 p.
M, and go through to Round Hill without change
of cars.
The 9:32 q. m. train from Alexandria and 1921
pm. train from Round Hill connect at Round Hill
with Daily Line of Coaches for Suickersvile, Ber'
ryvile and Winchester; also with Line of Coaches,
which leave Leesburg daily for Aldo aud Middle.
burg.
Both trains, Westward, make close councillors
ut Vienna, with Sissens Line of Stages for Fairfax
Court House.
Ono thousand milo communication tickets, bear
ing two names 500: ono thousand milo tickets,
bearing all the names of n family or members of a
firm, $50.
Alexandria April 1S, 1884.
apis SIM BROPHY. Supt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-28

Mail train South bound, connects at Charlottos
| vile, with Chesapeake and Ohio R. W. East and
West and ut Gordonsvillc with Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway for Richmond; at Lynchburg, with
Norfolk Il Western T. E., through Southwest
Virginia to Nashville, Now Orleans, Memphis
Little Rock and Texas, and with Richmond and
Allegheny Railway for Lexington and Natural
| Bridge, and at Danville with Richmond and
Danvlle Railroad, to South and Southwest.
Mail train North bound connects at Lynchbure
with tho r. & A. R. R. for Lexington and Natural
Bridge and at Charlottesville with c. g. o. r. w
for Staunton, Clifton Forge and intermediate
points.
Express trains South bound, connect at Char
louisville with c. s. o. r. w. for tho West and
at Danville with r. & d. L. W., for all points in
South, Southeast, Southwest, and East
Express trains north bound connect at Char
lottesville with G. & o. r. w. for Richmond
staunton, White Sulphur, Charleston and Hunt
ington.
station
Trains so, 81 and 81 connect to and from
WARRENTON daily, and train SO daily, except
Sunday to and from Warrcnton.
MIXED TRAINS, leave Alexandria daily, OK
cept Sunday, 400 a. m. and 300 Ills p. M,
returning arrive at Alexandria HOO a. m. and
FRANKLIN DIVISION, daily, except Sunday,
leave Rocky Mount TOO a. M, arriving at
Franklin Junction 1870 a. M. Leave Frank
lin Junction $50 p. M, arrive at Rocky Mount
9:20 p. M, making close connection at Franklin
Junction with mail trains SO and 81; also with
local freight trains to Lynchburg and nanville.
MANASSAS DIVISION, daily, except Sunday
Leave Washington $40 a. m. and $40 p. m;
Alexandria 9:15 a. m and 5:35 p. m; arrive at
Strasburg Ito and $50 p. NJ. connecting with
tho Valley Road East and West, and at River
with Shen. Val. R. R. for Luray and Waynes-
boro Returning, leave StrasburR 200 p. IN. and
400 a. M, arriving at Alexandria $40 p. m.
and $40 a m; Washington 7:3O p. m. aud 1886
q. m.
MIXED TRAINS leave Alexandria daily, ex-
cept Sunday, 4:3O a. m, arriving at Strasburg
$50 p. M. Returning, leave Strasburg 4:4O am,
arriving at Alexandria 2:4O p. m.
For Middleburg, connection at Plains station.
For Upperville, connection at Delaplane.
Pullman Sleeping Cars between New York and
Atlanta on Mail trains, north and south bound,
without change; only one change Of cars between
New York and New Orleans
Now Orleans Sleeping Cars leave Washington
$40 a. M, running through without change.
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Washington
m. train, via Greensboro, Charlotte and Columbia.
Solid trains with Pullman Palace Cas- attached
run through between Washington and Louisville,
via Staunton and White Sulphur, daily.
All trains make good connections, at Washing.
ton, to and from North and West.
Through tickets at lowest rates to Sll important
points in the United States.
Us. B. THOMPSON,
Assistant General Passenger Agent
w. M. 8. DUNN, Eng. and Supt.