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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-14
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sew Styles of Type and Low
Prices at the Free Trader JOi
Printing Rooms.
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RI.ANClIARD ~ HULL, Att0rneys Ar.
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fTHASE FOWLER, Master 10 Cnanosry A,
~ tcrney and Counselor u Lav. Office In GedIeyS
BOOK northeast coraer OF court oouse square Rn0us
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-. aICHoLsoS, s.. GYNTLNGAs H. C. FINCH
RlCHOLSON, GENTLEMAN & FINCH AtiorneY,
~ aau Nunseiors at Law Will practice law in iSe
g rts OF Ia Sale aud adjoining ccuutsS O.ce west
OF court house, Ottawa, III sscsD'si
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-14

of S.H. Hunsberger for five tons OF coal as pc
ing correct and recommend It's payment for
SiS.Ts.
All Of which Is respectfully submitted.
s. Z. PARE, Chairman.
Sup. Mcintyre offered the following as
an amendment 10 said report 50 far as 1t
refers to the item Of +. II. Kellogg for cy-
Under oil:
Resolved That the committee on public
buildings be instructed TO ascertain II the
price charged by Il. II. Kellogg for .cylin.
der oil, used ut boiler house, Is as low as
the same quality Of oil can he obtained for
elsewhere, and that said committee author
ize the county clerk to draw his order upon
the treasurer for the payment Of the
amount, which upon investigation they
find said Kellogg to be entitled to.
Amendment adopted and report as
amended passed.
Sup Hickok presented the following
report which was adopted:
Mr. Chairman DC. Your committee on
miscellaneous claims would respectfully
report that they have examined all claims
presented before them, and recommend
the payment of the following, and that the
clerk be directed to issue orders tor the
several amounts to the several claimants,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
An Orange Grader.

There is no standard orange grader.
The grader in use at Riverside consists
of a stand ~thirty-eight inches by nine
and a half feet in surface dimensions.
1t is inclined from one end to the other,
the higher end standing thirty-six
inches from the ground and the lower
eighteen inches. At the upper end
there is a table inclined somewhat, but
not as much as the rest of the APP
paratus; dimensions, thirty-eight by
thirty-three inches. Below this there
are two series of Stats running length
wise, each forty inches long. These
Stats perform the Office of q riddle for
the oranges in process of sorting. The
Stats in the upper series are two and a
half inches apart. The fruit is first
placed upon the table and allowed to
roll down the incline. The smallest
fruit drops between the Stats of the
first series. The oranges that are too
large for the last Stats ii. e., o than
three inches in diameter9 run off the
end of the table. Thus three grades
are accomplished. Beneath each OF
the riddles is fastened a burlap, bag.
cling to the middle, where there is q
hole allowing the oranges to roll into
the receptacle provided for them. By
this appliance the work of grading is
accomplished very quickly and accu-
rately.-Riverside (Cal. Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
OF MIND.

Some Remarkable Instances of the In
trinity.
A Massachusetts, gentleman who
came to this city recently to transact
business, forgot the name of the man
he was to call upon. He ~telegraphed
for the name, received an answer and
was able to make his visit at the D
pointed hour.
One of the most remarkable cases OF
absence of mind within our knowledge
is that of a Harvard College student
who went in from Cambridge to Bos-
ton to call upon a young lady. In the
course of his visit she noticed that one
of his gloves vas torn. eff you will
let me have your glove" she said, Il
will run up stairs and mend it in a min
ute" Away she went with the glove,
and returning shortly, she was sur
prised to find him, with his other glove
in his hand, peering about the room
and looking under the chairs, piano
and other furniture.
"What are you looking for2" she in
quired. "Have you lost anything?"'
"Do you know?" he answered. ..It
is very queer; but I have missed one Of
my gloves since you went up stairs, and
| haven't the least idea what can have
become oft. Ican't find it anywhere"
He had actually forgotten that she
took it away to mend it only five min
utes before.--N. Y. Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

Nv nymoon vas over. They came in
On me evening train, went to one Of
tne pest hotels. and, as they intended.
70 be married that evening. reoisteredl
as man and wife. They Went to their
room, brushed off the dust and other-
wise made themselves presentahle and.
having found out that I was a clergy,
nan, came to my residence to have the
ceremony performed. Upon my ask
ing Tor their papers, they first made the
discovery that a license was necessary.
l was perfectly satisfied from the docu-
ment they had with them, as well as
rom their personal appearance, that
they were all right, but Of course / had
no legal right to marry them. The as
tonished hotel clerk probably never
knew why separate rooms were called
Tor on their return, especially as there
seemed to be no quarrel nor misunder.
standing of any kind.
"A case recently occurred in Boston
which caused a deal of embarrassment
for the moment to the bride, and q
quantity of merriment for everybody
else. Some seventy-ive guests had as
sembled at the residence Of the BRIDES
father, and an elaborate wedding sup
perl had been provided. The time, until
9:3o or later, was spent in receiving the
guests, in introductions, and in social
conversation. Then the whole COM
pany were assembled in the special
parlors, and I took my place ready to
pronounce the words which should bind
two hearts together. The bride and
groom marched in, and as they came
in front of me the groom handed me
the license. But there was only one.
He lived in Cambridge, and as he was
to be married in Boston he had forgot
ten to obtain a license from the Cam
bridge City Clerk. I was sorry, but
there was no help for it. 1 informed
them l could not marry them without
the Cambridge license, but suggested a
note from the City Clerk to me prom
Using to issue the license the next day.
Well, a carriage was called and a mes
senger sent to find the City Clerk, who
was in bed, and the necessary promise
obtained, so that the ceremony was per-
formed about midnight. That young
man was subjected to jokes and jibes
from everybody present, but he stood
it like a martyr. "-Boston Globe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
FLASHING FIRE.

How an Eccentric Young Man Paralyzed
the Walters in a New York Restaurant.
A lively young man with a red mus
tache entered a Nassau street eating
house yesterday and took a seat. He
wore a black neck scarf in which was
thrust an odd-looking pin. A pretty
waiter girl came up, and while brush
ng away the crumbs from behind the
guest asked for his order.
You may bring me some Boston
| baked"
The young woman did not hear the
conclusion of the sentence, for a brill
liant light flashed from the odd scarf
pin and frightened her so much that
she nearly tainted. The young man
glanced up with a look of mild SUE
prise and said: "Are you faint?"
The waitress hurried off to the
kitchen. The head of the house, a
mar whose scanty gray hair and full
beard are well known to those who at
tend the uptown temperance meetings
on Sunday afternoons, her next APP
preached. He put the pepper bottle
back in the castor, picked up a dough-
nut from the floor and was about to
make an observation upon the superb
GRITTY OF his squash pies, when fire again
flashed from the young mans scarf
pin.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is the matter
with your neck tie?" he suffered,
looking at the young man in a startled
manner. at was on fire just now"
20, 1 guess that's all right" MUIR
INJURED the latter, with a smile. "Any
fr0rh1o with II DOw21
mo, I can't see that there is, but
The fire again became luminous and
shone with a brilliancy never equaled'
by any diamond.
"1t's an electric light on a small
SCALE" said the young man. II have
q little battery in my pocket. By
pressing a button a current of cleo
tricity is conducted to the pin, which
contains a small piece of carbonized
bamboo, and the light is produced. Big
thing, isn't it?'-N. Y. Tribune.
"A musical wonder has been dis
covered at Shortsville, N. Y. Clinton
f. Lotting, a seventeen-year-old boy,
has just completed an instrument made
almost entirely with an ordinary jack
knife, the component parts being wood
and an old sheepskin and brass reeds
made from brass wire. On this instru-
ment Lotting, who has never had any
musical training, is able to play any
tune found in the musical books Of tbs
daY.-BMtalo cypress.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

The sense of touch can be cultivated
into a remarkable state of discriminate
ing refinement. Leadville has a bum
mer who has been kicked so much that
he can tell the make of the boots that
hit Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

E-It is said that the originator of the
Concord grape has raised I'VE twenty
thousand seedlings in the past thirty.
five years without making his ideal
grape, and only twenty-one had aesirar
BE qualities.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
The Bone Industry.

The bone industry of the country is
an important one. The four feet of an
ordinary OK will make a pint of heats
foot oil. Not a bone Of any animal is
thrown away, Many cattle shin bones
are shipped to Europe for the making
of knife handles, where they bring forty
dollars per ton. The thigh bones ara
the most valuable, being worth eighty
dollars per ton for cutting into tooth
brush handles. The foreleg bones are
worth thirty dollars per ton, and are
made into collar buttons, parasol han
dies and jewelry, though sleeps legs
are the staple for parasol handles. Tho
water in which the bones are boiled 10
reduced to glue, the dust which comes
from saving the bones is fed to cattle
and poultry, and all bones that can not
be used IS noted, or for bone black,
used in refining the sugar we eat, are
turned into fertilizers and made to help
enrich the soil. AS regards waste, il
is the story of the pig. Nothing is lost
except the squeal.-Phi1adelphia Press
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

-Candor was a merit the Chancellor
Kent possessed in an eminent degree,
and when upon one occasion he in
formed an individual whom he detested
that he was pleased to meet him, it
caused a friend to express surprise that
he should so diyerge from his known
frankness and sincerity to express
pleasure at meeting such a man.
''That is all right, my dear sir" replied
the jurist, in his quiet, easy way. II
was glad to meet him, but l should
have been very sorry if he had been
going our way."-Al6any Cypress.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-01
Tlden-Randall.

The Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette finds out
many things that escape the correspond
cnts Of other journals. Here is one OF
his latest discoveries. lie premises by
saying that friend Of his had secured
letter from Hon. HUGH j. JEwETT
recommending him for Office. Another
friend told him that il Mr.. JEwETT
really desired to serve him, he would
get TIIDEN's signature to the same
paper When applied TO, Mr.. JEwETT
replied as follows;
- II will not be possible to do so.
Mr.. Tilden is physical wreck, past oil
hope Of revival. He Is cared for like
child, and requires like service.
His mind is, however, comparatively
clear. There is but one man who
could procure the signature, and he
would not do so except some tremen-
dous issue was at stake and great
things depended upon it. Mr.. TiideS
is past such matters. You cannot get
anything from him. But | will tell
you what | will try to do for him,
which will be just a. well-indeed, it
will be the same thing or better, and
that is TO get the signature and perhaps
the influence OF Mr.. Randall Tor you.
MIR. Tilden's influence has been dele
gated TO Mr.. Randall by the direct act
Of the former"
IL Mr.. CLEVELAND had besn weak
man. all this talk about Mr.. RAN
DAiI.'s influence over him would have
produced an enlargement between the
two distinguished gentlemen. But such
has not been its effect as yet. Mr..
HOWELL, the Protectionist Democrat,
and Mr.. kEILEy, the anti Protectionist
Democrat. were nominated to the Senate
the same day. by the way, HOWELL
is editor Of the Atlanta Constitution
aud Kelley an executor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-01

tDenNer Tribune.
Charles Langheimer, who was for
over forty years an inmate of Cherry
Hill prison. in Philadelphia, and du-
ring his Imprisonment was made famous
by Charles Dickens in his American
Notes." in many respects has his coun-
terpart in the person Of :" Doc" Vans
coy, until few days ago convict in
the Colorado penitentiary. Langhei-
mcr's cell was always left vacant du-
ring his discharge, for it was only
question Of time when the old man, in
later years known as "Dickens's Dutch
man." would again be sentenced to an
other term of imprisonment. Yanscoy
on last Friday finished serving out
three-years' term in the penitentiary at
Canyon City for the crime of horse
stealing in Park county. Next day
after his release he was again at his old
trade OF stealing in Pueblo, where he
had Immediately gone after leaving pri-
son, and now Vanscoy is condacd in
Jail at Pueblo awaiting trial on the
charge. Vanscoy is man about fifty
years Of age, and has for seventeen years
been confined in the penitentiaries Of
various States. His hair has become
gray, but he shows no other signs that
bis prison life has been detrimental to
his welfare. lie is a man Of unusually
large proportions. He has the form
Of an alderman in prosperity, and
strides his cell and the prison walks
with as much dignity as banker
behind his counter. lie is iovial,
keeps well. informed by reading the
newspapers, and is a man universally
known in the prison. He says he gets
into prison because he likes it better
than "roughing ii " on the outside. He
has served sentences at Sing Sing, \.
y, Columbus. Ohio. jackson. Mich,
and a half dozen other penitentiaries.
demonstrating is his principal mania,
and. like Charles l.angheimer. :" Dick
ens's Dutchman," he is no sooner re-
leased than he is imprisoned on asimilar
offence. 1t is natural for him to steal.
With him it is a kind Of mania. The
experience Of seventeen years in various
State prisons has not in the least quiet
ed his kleptomaniac tendencies.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-01
Insult 10 the American Flag.

4 Panama special of Monday says ::
Star and Herald bulletins published to-
day say that the steamer Colon was
seized to-day at Aspinwall by the revo-
lutionists. who demanded the delivery
of shipment Of arms on board for the
revolution. The agents refused denv-
cry. Mr.. Conner, local superintendent
Of the Pacific Mail Company, was first
arrested, and later the captain and
purser of the steamer were placed I'M
der arrest on board. Subsequently,
Captain Dow. general agent of the Pa
cifc Mail Company; Mr.. Wright,
the United States Consul, and a
lieutenant of the American man-of-
war Galena, were arrested and marched
off to the quartet. They were released
at 6 o'clock on condition that the arms
should be delivered. and the delivery is
now going on. The American and Eng
lish war-ships did nothing to protect
foreign interests, because the revolu-
tionary chief declared he would resist
their interference by force. The Anne
ricans are indignant at the insult to the
flag and the outrage to their persons
and property. Troops go from here
tonight to attack the reyolutionists,
who. however, are in strong force, and
with the arms from the Colon will pro-
badly be able TO control events in their
own way aud in their own interests.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-01
ne Get. jas, VIVA, ~. wanted.

A Hartford Conn., telegram says :
The nomination Of ex-Govefnor Waller
to be Consul General at London, which
was foreshadowed in the Times two
weeks ago. will be generally satisfac-
tory to the Democrats Of Connecticut.
and his Republican friends will be
pleased to know that this position is
one which he is perfectly satisfied with.
While he was not an applicant for any
place in the gift Of the Administration,
yet it is understood that he was in
formed Of desire on the part Of the
President to recognize him as promi-
aent representative Of the party in New
England. and he was not Indifferent TO
the compliment. lie could have had
any one Of several desirable places.
and did decline one or two. When the
London consulship was proposed he at
once expressed himself as very willing
to accept it, and without asking for it
he gets what pleases him best.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-01
DEATHS.

BRiGGS.-Died. Tuesday. March 3ist. at
II o'c.ock A. NJ. u. TAYLOR BRIGGS.
His funeral VIII take place from the resi-
dence corner Nineteenth and Broad streets.
THURSDAY MORNING al lll% O'Clock.
His friends and the friends OF his brothers
William II. and II. 4. Briggs. are Invited TO
attend. ~
KlIE.-Died, Mt her parents residence
No 2Osh south Third street. lizzie GARY
KYLE only daughterot William ID. and e..
Il. Kyle aged five years.
The burial took place from her parents
residence March , Isl at AZ O'Clock a. NJ
REpFORD.-Died.M March 20. 1885. at g. +,
O'clock at the residence OF her PARENTS In
HenricO county. Oily BLANCH. the littlr
da lighter Of W. j. and Emma X. kedford 4:
aged two years and six months.
Dear OIL. sleeps. but not forever.
In the lonely. silent grave;
Blessed he the Lord that tn keith;
Blessed be- the Lord that gave.
In that blessed and happy land
We know she in now an angel bright
In robes OF fair and spotless white;
she stands In her Redeemer's sight
A sPraph siniess bright and fair;
She rests upon the golden SHORE.
Where sickness sorrow. pain, and death
are felt and feared uo more
ny liz. PAPA.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-01

New York Tlmes.l
The revenue cutter Chandler had just
made fast TO the end Of the Lehigh VAL
ley coal pier in JERSEY City At $3.50
o'clock yesterday afternoon whom Pilot
Bradley heard loud explosion and saw
cominotiou on the surface Of the water
about $50 feet from the end Of the dock.
The sound WA like that which IL caused
by the explosion sf she'll. The ex-
pIosicn seemed to take place about ten
feet above the water. The commotion
on the water was Of the kind that
would be made by fragments OF an ex-
pioded she'll. People on the pier who
heard the explosion ran down 70 the
Chandler and asked what was the mat
ter. Some Of the crew Of the revenue
steamer Grant, which was lying along
side Of the Lehigh- Valley pier. imagined
that the Chandler had been firing q
cannon. The crew Of small tugboat,
which was half way between the cutter
and the place where the explosion took
place. seemed to think that the cutter
was firing at them. The tugboat imme-
distely changed her course and headed
toward the Jersey shore
Pilot Bradley said that he was Mt a
loss to account for the explosion, but
he thought that il was shell. u could
not baye come from Governors Island
or it would have been accompanied or
followed by the sound of an explosion in
that direction. Il could not have been
torpedo, as the explosion took place
above the water. There was no prac-
tice-firing going on In the Upper bay
yesterday, and no plausible theory as
to where the mysterious shell came
from was formed by any Of the people
who heard the explosion.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-01


RrcnMoSp. VA. March 81, 1885.
Tof1e Editor cf,fAe Dispofch
Everybody seems willing to grant the
desirsbility Of the new depot project
and TO give the railroad companies any
thing they wish 10 further the project.
II has not besn made clear to the that
Richmond has the right to CLOSE a
street for any purpose permanently,
especially when said street was dedi-
Gated to the city for the use Of the
public, and would like TO hear you
discuss this part Of the subject, as am
anxious TO vote in strict accordance
with my duty and the city's best in
tercst. Yours. COUNCILMAN.
The Danvillc Railroad Company was
allowed to close up a street, we think,
next the river. However, the question
raised by our correspondent is one that
the councilmen need not trouble them
selves about. IL the railroad companies
are willing to take the risk, nobody
else ought to raise that question. Cave
street has been both closed and opened
within the last ten years, if our recol-
lection is not at fault.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-01
Personal.

Colonel Burnaby, who was killed in
the Soudan, is to have memorial at
Birmingham.
Queen Victoria, says the London
Truth, is as keenly interested in all the
Stuart relics as was Sir Walter Scott
himself.
President Cleveland has purchased a
span Of horses and returned, with
thanks, the span loaned him by Mr..
Arthur.
The King Of Bavaria is building a
new mountain residence which is to
have $1,000 chandeliers, single rooms
decorated at cost Of sos, 900 each,
and other furnishings accordingly.
The Rev. William Albro jerks, who
died at Lafayette College last week,
came from the family of Joseph jerks.
the first colonial Governor Of Rhode
Island, and the first brass and iron
founder in America.
Lawrence Barrett has just contributed
TO the monuncnt-fund Of the Twenty
eighth Massachusetts Regiment of Vol
unteers, who served in the civil war.
Mr.. Barrett was captain of Company II
in that regiment from October 8, 1861,
till August, 1863.
Chief-,Justice Iiessley, Of New Jer-
scy, is a keen sportsman. Desiring
some birds for an invalid, cut Of sea-
son, he invaded Pennsylvania, across
the river from his home. and was hav-
ing fair luck with the robins. when his
presence was discovered by the natives,
and the prospect at one time was that
the Chief Justice might be arraigned
for violating Pennsylvania bird laws.
lie escaped, however. 1t was remarked
that ignorance Of the law would not
have been a safe plea in his case.