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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-07-12
From Waltham.

WALTHAM, July l0.--Passed off quietly
the Fourth in this burg, Some of our
people had local picnics, while the most of
them attended celebrations in the surround.
ing cities. All report having good time.
Our farmers have all finished blowing
corn and are now busily engaged in hay
making which they report as a very light
crop but of an excellent quality.
Mr. Jas Harmon has erected new hay
shed.
John Wylie Is having his house painted.
Adam Stewart Is the artist.
Hon. Benz. Edgecomb has erected lar
ger and commodius barn Chess Nc.
Glaughlin s. Co, of Homer, did the car.
penter work.
win Myers spent the fourth In Indiana.
How Is Ne, viii?
Miss Lizzie Newcomer, who has been In
Ottawa learning dress making, returned
home Friday.
Miss Shirk, of Ophir, made us pleasant
visit Sunday. Come again.
Emil Hess is painting his barn.
John Neary sports new road cart. 1t
Is a j. |. G.
John Duffy and lady of Utica, enjoyed
the balmy breezes Of this burg last Sunday
James MoriaritY, who has been sojourn.
ing here for the past three months, returned
to his home In Dimmick on Tuesday.
Miss Amelia and Lizzie Newcomer are
entertaining their cousins of Seneca this
week
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From Ransom.

RANSOM, July 0, 'S4-W 5, Summers il
home from Ann Arbor where he has beer
studying law.
Mart Fallon and viii Nickenna Of Chi
cago, will be in town this week.
Ask Rob who it was that said 81 an
mashed on you!'
b. A. Anschicks rode his Texas pony t.
Ottawa Sunday.
Mr.. Frank Scboenleber will teach in
Ransom this winter. The directors wish
to hire teacher for the fall term and also
one for the lower room this winter
Dennis Richards and wife Of Cullom
were in town this week
G. Il. Shackelton Is enl argng his resi-
dence If Finegan keeps getting rich at
the rate he has been he will soon be tread.
ing on Vanderbit's heels.
John Devine has returned from Chicago
and will clerk in Seneca.
o. w Patten is entertaining his sister
from Somanauk.
One of the Ransom officers undertook to
run the town on the 4th, but little atten-
ton was paid to his orders. Many inquired
if John had been TO kinsman But he had
not been there That fellow had better not
try such antics again.
w. H. H. Lane is in Nebraska
The Misses Wells of Chicago are visiting
at Mr. Corbetl's
Mrs. Wyman has returned from Ohio
where she has been visiting friends
The rain Tuesday was an old soaker and
farmers that had hay cut wish they had not
been in such hurry.
Those that went to Streator and Seneca
the 4th report big time,
The dude is happy about the idea Of
spending IA few evenings in the court room
j. g. Mr., DIS parlor
Some of the school directors that hired
cheap teachers have concluded that ii was
poor investment
"Arrah! lave of wild yer tricks Does We
suppose me ribs are made of cast from
Yez are like a California bear, fax, it was
bad day for me when mashed the dude
that had been taking lessons from Henry
the hugger'
Porter received carload of self binders
Saturday
Several from this vicinity celebrated the
18th in Ottawa.
One of the east siders thinks that Sene
ca posts are like John l.. Sulivan-hard to
knock down. o. CuTY.
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From Ophir.
specially

OPHR, July :, lSS4-Corn is now grow
ing very rapidly; wheat will soon be fit 10
cut, and rye is mostly all cut
Hank Reed was laid up the best part OF
last week with sore head
Tommy Ryan has hos, new hay shed
So has Billy Mitchell.
DR., IIouz has sold his Homer property
to Peter O'Connor, Of Chicago, for $1,000
Robert Wylie's new fence will make the
place look good when finished.
Ben Edgecomb i, erecting new barn.
James Wyle wrote home that he was on
the ocean two weeks on his trip to Glas.
gov.
Mr.. Bennett had small crowds at his lee
ture.
The bell on the Homer church has as
good a sound as a cracked jug,
DR.. RiChey, of Mendoza was in town last
week.
Charlie wilkins beans and potatoes are
doing we'll Charlie will fatten up this
winter, sure.
Charlie Jones says counting two weeks
at a time is hard on the system.
The picnic on the 4th at Triumph was
slim.
Rev. Dinsmore's Jersey calf died last
week, a serious loss for the reverend gen.
tleman.
We must chronicle the death of Jesse
WiXom, Of Homer, which occurred on the
evening Of the 4th. Mr. Wixom was born
in Ohio Jan 11th 1907. When 20 years
of age he moved to Springfield, III. In
1881 he married Miss Rich, who died in
1880 Last January Mr.. Wixom was
stricken with paralysis and from that time
up to his death he could not talk or make
his wishes known. He suffered terribly,
and death must surely have been blessed
relief to him. He left five children, four
daughters aad a son. to mourn his loss.
Mr.. Whom was esteemed and hOnOred by
all who knew him. May he rest in peace
Prof Henderson, of Knox college Gales
burg, is the guest Of Mr.. Wylie.
PEDRO
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Vicinity Items.

During the month of June IS, 935 tons Of
coal were shipped from Streator to differ
ent points
The rain of Tuesday night and Wednes
day was very severe in Streator, flooding
cellars, &c. Three houses were struck by
lightning.
On Wednesday morning three-year ole
child named Kraske fell out of window
10 feet from the ground and fractured hel
skull and will probably die.
Frank Scheir, German farmer few
miles south of Mendoza. had the tip of one
of his fingers taken off by mower few
days since, and died of lockjaw two days
later.
Sheridan independent. Mrs. O. H.
Smith is largely engaged in the silk-worm
business. She has about 10000 worms,
and they are now spinning their cocoons.
If she should succeed in her enterprise,
we presume others will embark in the
same line. The worms are fed on the
leaves of the Usage instead of mulberry,
and are said to be just as good. The eggs
for the 10000 worms cost only S. and the
other expenses are light, consisting mostly
in gathering the leaves for feed"
La Sale Dem.PresS: "The Caledonia
shaft probably the deepest in the west,
lying two miles north of this city, has been
purchased by the La Sale County Carbon
Coal company, of which Jas. f. Joy is
president. The papers are not fully made
out, but the terms, about $4,000, are salts
factory, This shaft was started about ten
years ago by Messrs. Hawkins and Carey,
and is $50 feet deep. 1t has 240 acres of
coal land and with the financial backing
that Mr. JOY can give it will eventually be
a boomer among the booming boom coal
shafts of La Sale county"
Considerable building has been done
this summer at Seneca, and more Is being
talked of. Besides the new brick block,
several residences have been put up, while
others are being remodeled. Huge Nc
Cam moved his house back from the old
site, raised and enlarged 1t, and is having
II painted. A. J. Diebold has had an ad.
dltion built on the north side of his house
on Main street and several others are max.
ing or contemplating improvements 1t is
said that Roak Bros will build two story
brick on the lot back of their building,
that brick store will be put up south of
Heaton's saloon, and double brick store
south of the canal.
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From Dinmick.
DIMNIcK, July 8, l88i.-Rain and mud

DIMMIcK, July 8, l88i.-Rain and mud
mud
The r. r. boom is Hat.
Hay will not be more than half crop.
Prospects are favorable for a good wheat
and rye crop.
Supervisor Doyle will attend the county
legislature at Ottawa next week.
Farmers, now is the time to cut the weeds
along the roadside when you have your
grass cutters out. 1t will take but little time,
and will improve the appearance Of your
farms enough to repay you double.
The Mclaughlin boys write from Hope,
Dakota, that their prospects are good for a
large crop Of grain,
Hal Jackson, an east side bachelor left for
Missouri last week, it is said to procure a
mistress to reign over his domestic affairs.
Thomas Black, an enterprising east side
farmer, has bought farm near La Noble.
Miss May COnnerton, of the center, who
has been teaching near Streator for some
months past, came home last week to spend
vacation.
Dimmick has school population, accord
ing to this year S census, of about 500. Dist
No. 2 takes the lead with 49, No. second,
with 65.
Misses Mary Cain and Tessic Shea spent
the past week with friends in Champaign.
G. A. Weldon, a popular teacher Of our
town, who has been teaching in west Troy
Grove, closed his school the Sd for the sum
mer vacation.
A large number of Dimmickers went to
Mendoza the 4th to see the American eagle
flap his wings. The crowd was immense,
but the greater part Of the advertised features
Of the day were complete failures. The af-
fair was without system and seemed to be
gotten up to fleece the public. Hotels and
restaurants charged double rates for very
poor fare.
DR.. Moody, Of Mendoza, was in Dimmick
Tuesday doing work for the La Sale county
Sunday school association.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warrick, of La Porte, Ind
were the guests of Dimmick friends Tuesday
viii Hess, Of Troy Grove, returned home
from Iowa last week where he has been at
tending school during the past year
NJ. r. A.
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From Lostant.

Dr. Brown, cf Ransom, formerly Of thi'
place, is in town.
Orth Reynolds has gone west.
Lightning struck Mrs. Ashermans house
Occupied by John Danaher) last Tuesday, and
it was burned to the ground
Russell Evans barn was burned last We'd
nesday. 1t is supposed that the boys set it
on fire with fire crackers.
Jane Smith has returned from her visit to
Henry.
Cane, the artist, will only remain few
more days in town. From here he goes to
Hennepin
Miss Ida Hammond, of Varna, is in town.
John Avery, who died in Elgin last Friday,
was brought here and buried Monday even
lug. The funeral sermon will be preached
week from next Sunday, or July 10th.
Misses Ella McCalef and Lue Stilwell are
home for the summer vacation.
Mrs. DR.. Atwood is lying quite low with
consumption.
Prof. Phillips, of westfeld, is in town.
WILKES.
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North Ophir.

NORTH OPHIR, July 7, lSS4.-The long
looked for 4th of July is over and there
was many "a sleepy eye yesterday,
The band boys at Triumph had a large
crowd and dancing was kept up until late
in the evening
Quite a number of the boys went to Men.
dota and report good time, for all of them
had their best girls out of course.
The dance given by Andrew McGinnis
was decided success. Wallace, Waltham,
De Kalb and Ophir were well represented
by large crowds. AS Andrew is we'll liked
by all the boys you may be sure they all
turned out. At the usual hour of twelve
o'clock an elaborate supper was served
which would make a spall boy and even
many of our young men smack his lips
for life time. The tables were consplc-
uously lit up with numerous dazzling lights
and not less than 70 couples sat down to
the savory repast, to which all did justice.
Supper being over, the young folks re.
paired to the spacious parlors adjoining
the dining room where they tripped the
light fantastic till the wee small hours
next morning, when they wended their
way homeward we'll satisfied
A stylish road horse is for sale by j. +.
Crowley, Prairie Center.
Mike Cruise sports new top buggy.
Go for him, girls.
We anticipate picnic to Deer Park
ana Starved Rock eie long
Michael Mury, prominent and highly
esteemed young man Of Galva, Iowa, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Ann Murray.
Edward McConville, of Beatrice, Kan,
n the guest of James McConville.
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Mr.. Falvy returned from Kankakee Mon

Mr.. Falvy returned from Kankakee Mon
day,
Mr.. Geo Teel has one hundred acres o
the best corn in the county,
Mrs Lizzie Warrick has returned after /
ten days visit in Chicago
One of the heaviest rains Of the season
fell on Tuesday, causing small grain t.
lodge badly in this section.
win Warrick principal If the Worth
ngton High School, Green CO., Ind.,) and
wife were with Us the past week.
Mr. Geo, True and son made a quick triI
to Livingston county last week,
Messrs. EsmOnd, Whitaker, Leech and
Miss Lcech were vsitants at Hennepin a
few days ago.
Miss Emma DeLagneau who has been
teaching in district No. 8 is spending her
vacation at her home in Ottawa. L IL |.
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COUNTY NEWS.
To Correspondents.

News of persons and things-a fair chroni-
Gle of local events OF some general interest or
imporlance--is what is desired from each and
all of our correspondents. The iocntton OF
alleged occurrences, or the statement OF hctl.
tious or imaginary incidents, is not news, and
is not desirable nor acceptable. Our columns
must not be made the medium of personal
jibes, "sells," assaults, or offensive attacks on
or rdiculc of any person whomsoever. Pc
ltical news should be facts and facts only.
We shall be obliged 10 our correspondents,
each and all, to observe and comply with this
request, the propriety of which will be
admitted"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-07-12

Prairie Center has new blacksmith,
and our farmers will do well by calling and
giving him "A trial Charles Meeks pro
prictor lIorseshoeing and repairing a
specially JAY EYE SEE.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-07-12

The republicans have called their county
convention for August 5th, at Turner Hall, TO
nominate representatives, coroner, circuit
clerk, surveyor, states attorney aud recorder.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
The Fancied Need Of Eye Glasses.

wearing glasses seems TO be con-
sidered fashionable by great many
people, and every day persons whose
eyes are perfectly good come after
something to stick in their eyes, says
aaPhiladelphia dealer. They are gen
orally dudes, and we sell them these
large glasses. They are made of the
finest imported glass, but have no re-
fracting power and are perfectly harm
less. You see they have no frame and
are only meant to be held up before the
eye or stuck in for few moments. This
is supposed to be an English custom
and you can see young Anglo-maniacs
any day on Chestnut street wearing
them. One lady bought dozen the
other day. can't imagine what for.
1t takes some practice to carry them
without letting them drop and they
never can be considered graceful.
The wearing of glasses and spccta-
cles is becoming commoner. l don't
think this is because there are more
weak eyes, but because every year we
know more about the eve and are now
able to make lenses for many cases that
we didn't understand before. Astigma-
tism, presbyopia. strabismus. diplopia
and the other diseases or defects of
eyesight are now generally capable of
remedy by different kinds of glasses,
and this probably accounts for their
greater use. Then there are ALWAYS
lots of people VINO imagine something
the matter with their eyes and insist on
wearing glasses or spectacles. Four or
five such come in every day and are
vexed if we say that their eyesight is all
right. If we can't persuade them out
of their idea we sell them lenses that
will do as little injury as possible and
such as many persons use in reading.
The number of these cranks is astonish-
ing. They come to be tried for sup
posed color-blindness, hypermetropia
or oversight, and everything they can
think Of A genuine trouble of the eye,
however, and one of very recent origin,
is that caused by the glare of the cleo
tric lights. To a very sensitive retina
this is intolerable. and some protection
is absolutely necessary. For this pur-
pose we use smoked glasses and the de-
mand for them is really surprising. In
New York thousands of gross of these
are sold every year. The linemen, who
adjust the arcs of the electric lights,
and, of course, need very strong glasses.
wear oblong pieces of blue glasses
fastened together, two for each eye, and
capable of shielding them from the ter
rible brilliancy. Even with these their
eyes are often injured. " Philadelphia
Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Land that is too poor for clover will
grow rye. and the rye plowed down can
be followed with clover. Prairi.
Farmer.
A strong solution of oxalic acid
will remove dry paint. After you have
tried everything else without success.
try this.-Boston Globe.
A wise and experienced house.
keeper says: "Doing everything as we'll
as possible always saves labor in house
keeping"
Always see that at night your
setting hens are on their nests, and
that they are secure from sudden rain
storms. o. your young broods may be
drowned.-M Y. Times.
Fat pigs suffer greatly from the
heat in the summer. When yarded and
access to water in which to roll in is
denied. their yard should be partially
shaded by trees.
Excellent dressing for chopped
cabbage is made by heating small
cup Of vinegar with lump of butter or
a well-beaten egg; salt and pepper to
suit your taste. Pour while hot over
cabbage. -Erehange
If YOU do not feed meat to your
hens they will eat their feathers.
Smash bones SO that they can get at the
marrow. Buy scraps at the butchers.
livers, bones, with little meat on. in
fact anything with meat on. We
generally cook meat and add meal and
bran to the water, enough to take it all
up; or, yet better, if YOU have potatoes
cook them with the meat. That is
about the only way that hens will eat
potatoes. That is, when cooked with
something.-N I. Herald.
The chief reason why the oil cloth
on the kitchen floor wears out SO soon,
and makes it a heavy expense to keep
it in good condition, is this: when it is
washed it is not conScientiously dried;
patches here and there are left moist,
and the cloth soon becomes rotten, the
coating peels oil, aud all comfort from
having neat Kitchen floor is dispensed
with. A flannel mop will do wonders
in the way of driving the floor. 1t
should be of old. soft flannel, but there
must also be a desire on the part of the
one using the mop to do the work as it
should be done. and she must be willing
to take cloth in her hand with which
to dry the corners.-N. L. Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
Los Angeles.

Los Angeles is q rushing, thriving
little city with lovely suburbs of orange
groves and vineyards extending on one
hand almost to the sea; ON the other to
the mountains. Like many other towns
on the coast; it is noted for a sudden.
marvellous growth in the past few years
"a growth and prosperity which bid
fair to continue in the future. But aside
from the beauty and thrift of later years,
which rendered it SO attractive, it has
historical associations which make it
the most interesting city in Southern
California. Far down in the heart OF
its history, almost hidden out of sight
in these busy later years, is past
which is full of tho flavor of bygone
centurieS-a strange romance that still
clings to the curious adobe dwellings
and narrow streets of the quaint old
Spanish town. Back from the avenues
and stately residences of modern wealth
and progress, the relics of 4 dying age
may still be seen, and there is a certain
pathos in the crumblinS ruins which
shelter the sad faced descendants of a
race who once reigned supreme. But
they are passing away slowly. and ere
the next century dawns their history
will be only tradition, a song, or a
fragment of romance woven into musi-
cal verse by some sympathetic Southern
poet. 1t is a subject for poem-the
life of these dark eyed people, reaching
back to the day of the padres and mis-
sions, and it would be a curious study
to find the links one by one. weaving
them into dreamy summer idyl. The
story would be sweet with the fragrance
of the orange blossoms and glorious
with the brilliant splendor of the Cas-
titan roses. In it, too, would swell the
song of the sea, and the voice of the
white browed mountains. In the old
days. the padres rode up from the south
lands with keen eyes and enduring
hearts to found their missions under
the shadow of the purple ranges that
rose t. the east Tradition SAYS that
their home was a peaceful one among
the Indians and that the Mission San
Gabriel prospered and grew in wealth
for many years afterward. The old
church is still standing in good state
of preservation. though nearly one
hundred and twenty years have elapsed
since il was built. The walls of this
building are of stone. with buttresses of
brick. The roof was originally of tiles.
but has been replaced recently by one of
shingles. A stone staircase leads to the
gallery, where choir of Mexican
women sing during the Sunday morn
ing service.-Cor. 50. Louts Republican.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
A Case OF HydrOphObia.

81 was seated in my office one day."
said the doctor, '.when small boy
bolted into the room. l was just seeing
one patient out and admitting another,
and the boy blurted out: Say, Mr..
Doctor. will you come round the corner2
There's an old man got fit 1 rushed
out and found man ninety years of
age in a fit of pain, Enthusiastically hydro
phobia He's been bitten by a mad
dog. said /. No, he haint,' said an
old woman; he haint been out of the
house for six months. And
you have no dog?' l inquired.
Mary said the old woman. This is
curious, said, but it was plain hydro
phobia, and the man died. | was de-
termined to sift this extraordinary case
to the bottom. l made careful in
quiries. l discovered that sixty years
ago he was bitten by mad dog"
"And the hydrophobia took all that
time to Develop"
mo; he had had hydrophob;a for
sixty years, but he did not know ii"
..How could that be?H
He had never tried to drink water
all that time, so nobody could tell he
had ii. San Francisco Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
A Very Much Mixed Family.

A class of marriages that may Ger
tainly be regarded as among the eccen-
tricitieS of wedlock are those unions
bringing parties into complex family
relations. Mr.. Howe tells us of mar
riage in Cornwall. in 1928, BY which
the father became brother-iu law to his
son; the mother, mother-in-law to her
mother: the mother-in law of the son, his
sister-in-law: the sister of the mother
in-law, her daughter-in- law: the sister of
the daughter inlaw, her mother-in- law;
the son of the father. brother-in-law to his
mother-in-law, and uncle to his brothers
and sisters; the wife of the son, sister
in-law to her father in-law, and aunt
in-law to her husband; and the off
spring of the son and his wife would be
grandchildren to their uncle and aunt,
and cousins of their father. SAYS JEFF
ferson: when Lord Dundreary has
mastered all the difficulties of this per-
picking piece of family history, he may
throw daylight into the darkness result
ing from the intermarriaoe of the
Hawoods and Cashicks of Kent" This
family complication was caused thus:
One member of the HAYWOOD family had
two daughters, one of whom was mar
ried to John Cashick. the father, and
the other to John Cashick, the son.
The elder Cashick had daughter by
his first wife whom Mr.. HAYWOOD sub
sequentlv married, and this lady could
now claim her father as her son, her
sister as her daughter, and her brother
as her grand child. This occurred in
the seventeenth century, and, with the
help Of several intermarriages since to
further complicate matters. there is moi
one of the descendants of these families
to-day who can clearly define his own
position with regard to his relatives of
the present generation. much less those
of one or two generations proceeding
him. london CIR Ciecftz,,d Herald,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
Cancer for Twenty Years.

Mr.. W. R Robinson, Davisboro. Ga,
writes, under date Jan. 3, 1881: ~ am get
ting on finely, the ulcer is gradually heal
ing. feel that Swi;t's Specific will cure
the horrible cancer which has been feeding
on me for over twenty years"
Mr.. o. G. Barron, of Banning, Ga, writes.
dated March ), 1854: "Ihe soreness has all
gone out of the Cancer, and my health has
greatly improved. / have taken six bot
ties Of SwiFT's SPECIFIC, for a Skin Cancer,
which ] have had for years"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.