The Ottawa free trader., 1884-12-20

| The House on wednesday, agreed to
, take a recess from December goth TO Jan
9TH with which the Senate no doubt will
concur
Miscellaneous.
The Worlds Exposition at New Orleans
was formally opened on Tuesday by "A
magnificent display and parade. The
weather was all that could be desired and
the city was gayly decorated with the ma.
tional colors. There was parade of Il
large body of military escortng the home
and foreign state delegations, the ExpoSi.
ton Commissioners and notable visitors to
the grounds At exactly one o'clock, Pres
ident Arthur, at the White House in Wash
ington in the presence of the members of
both houses of congress and many others,
touched the electric button connecting the
wires with the engines propelling the ma
chinery at New Orleans, and the impulse
set all the wheels in motion. Cheers loud
enough to split the skies went up from the
Exposition grounds, and then there were
speeches music, &c. The Presidents cab
met was represented by Secretary Teller
and Postmaster General IIatton; Illinois by
Gov. Hamilton and his military staff and
other states by appropriate representatives
who opened their respective departments
in due form. Thus far, however, il is con
ceded that the exposition is still in a semi
chaotic state, and vast amount OF work
remains to be done before anything like
completeness is attained Indeed the out
| lines indicating the scope and extent of the
respective displays are but just beginning
TO appear; and until they are filed out, and
multitudinous details as yet neglected are
attended to, it will be manifestly impossi-
bic to pass any intelligent judgment upon
the exposition as whole, or venture an
opinion worthy of respect as to the measure
Of success which the project is to attain.
The exposition will not be in perfect order
before the 18th OF January, and those who
desire to see it at Its best need not 90 to
New Orleans before that date.
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Mr. Blaine has ordered his attorneys to
dismiss his libel suit against the Indianap.
oils Sentinel on the ground that, under the
circumstances he thinks no Indiana jury
could be selected that would do him justice.
Every sensible man, democrat or republi.
can, sees that this sort of talk is bosh.
After the publication of Blaine's letter to
William Walter Phelps, which virtually
admitted all the Sentinel had said, even
Blaine's attorneys agreed that the prosecu-
tion must fail, and the " told you so of
the democrats now but cIinches what every.
body knew to he inevitable.
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Col Bob Ingersol has been talking in
the Cincinnati Enquirer. Being asked
why he did not take the stump for Blaine,
he naively says, 81 did not want to drive
away the preachers" He adds that he
favored Blaine, and in great number of
interviews" said what he could in his fav.
or. But what great service the Colonel
WOulu nave tDHleIItu ol DiaiIc IL lc hfili
gone energetically into the campaign and
" driven away the preachers'"
The New York Sun suggests that the
Nicaragua canal treaty should be ratified,
so that our navy can have safe place of
retreat in time of war. Our war ships af-
ter securing safe harbor on the peaceful
bosom of Lake Nicaragua, the San thinks
would be protected against foreign assaults
by mosquitoes and the deadly malaria.
A woman about 90 years of age, riding
spirited horse with yearling colt behind
which little dog trotted, arrived at Du
buque, Iowa. on Saturday, having made
the journey on horseback, alone, from Cal
ifonia. Her name was Ida Lawson. Her
parents had died in California, and with
the horse, colt, and small sum of money
as her only possession, she resolved to go
10 her relatives at Green Lake, Wisconsin,
where no doubt by this time she has safely
arrived. She is said to be a lady of good
education, is prepossessing in appearance,
and ladylike In manners.
People living on the east side OF Fox