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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-25

checked somewhat Tuesday ?. ". by thun-
der rain and wind storm from the north
west. The wind did but little damage to the
trees in this vicinity, but succeeded In cool
ing an oppressive atmosphere.
levi Brown and Emma 4. Wiitgan were
married last week. ;,
Frank Meisenbach, Jr's, child is called
the handsomcst of any of Mendotas y0ungs'
tiers.
The west side High School Alumni held
,he;r annual gathering at the residence OF
d. C. Wright, in this city, Wednesday even
ing.
Elmer Gardner, who is travelling, is home
on visit.
Miss Alice Donohue, of Burlington, Ia, is
visiting her cousin, Hattie Gardner
Mrs A. II. Egan, of Amboy, is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Madden.
Cbas. Foster, of Troy Grove, had q law
suit with DR.. Woodbridge last Monday. The
.Doctor, is a sort of tooth carpenter, and
had been saving and filing and plugging up
Foster's molars. Foster claimed lie about
rlineJ his teeth that he suffered excruclat-
inc main thereafter, and refused to pay the
sum demanded, So. He was sued for the
amount, Judge Lamberton deciding in favor
of Foster The 'dOctOr' sued Col. Mclntlre
for the sum of 500 This case has been taken
10 Ottawa. We cant see why professional
men can't be protected by Il law, or enforced
law that would shove quacks to the wall and
il seems this town has suffered great deal
from doctors" who are not graduates IN
their profession or who cannot sho" any
diplomas.
Time was when to he a republican was Ms
good as n passport into heaven, ana TO be a
democrat was rs good as n passport 10 shoei'
That is popuarty-that Of being the SAVIOR
of the country-hedged in the republican
party with protection that was almost al,
vine But :. IS not composed Of saints and
honest NJ. holly, although there were a
few above the rot,enness and corruption that
characterized them az n whole. These tricky
politicians took advantage Of the confidence
Of the people, and in their various positions
Of trust lined their pockets from the tax-pay-
ers. TO detract the public mind from their
dishonorabe dealings they stigmatized ana
slandered and set the democratic party aside
as comprising different race Of people or
set of men, not even on an equal footing in
any wav with the lazy, immoral dependent
and untrustworthy negro, ana hardly nj 10
live But these heightened thieves-the
muck-a-muck Of the republican porty--are
getting down from their lofty pinnacles, and,
ike Othclo, find their occupation gone. Ana
its quite becoming, quite the thing, for them
to recognize democrat az gentleman, ana
who has not stolen anything from the gov
eminent, and one, too, whom they hitherto
snubhed and skinned alive, so far as their
greed for filthy lucre goes. The republican
party have a condensed history-that OF be-
ing the grandest, greatest and brassiest set OF
thieves ever known Yes, they were the
saviors of the country. They stole all they
possibly could and saved 1t for their own
special benefit. RosE BUD.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-25
WEDNESDAY, July 18th, 1885,

Board met pursuant 10 adjournment.
Present same as yesterday. Record OF
Yesterdays session read and approved.
on motion of Supervisor Gum, Judge
Blanchard was authorized 10 put his libra
nv II the room set apart In the court house
for law library and use said room for
such purpo.e until the same is needed by
the county.
Supervisor Ford offered the following
preamble and resolution which were
adopted;
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the
state of Illinois at its last session passed a
Joint resolution for the appointment 10y the
Governor, of Commission Ia prepare and
submit 10 the next General Assembly re-
vision of the revenue laws of the state;
And believing that the experience OF
Hon. u. A. Armstrong, of Grundy county,
with the practical workings of the revenue
laws, together with his knowledge of
legislation and his ability as lawyer, rem
der him we'll qualified for membership on
such commission Therefore be II
Resolred, BY the Board of Supervisors
Of La Sale county, that We do heartily rec
ommend him TO His Excellency, Governor
Oglesby, for appointment as one of the
democratic members of said Revenue
Commissioners.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-25
Tired and Languid Women,

How many women there are OF whom
these words are true; They feel languid
and tired, hardly able TO bear their weight
on their feet, the bloom all gone from their
cheeks. irritable and cross without mean
ing 20 be, nerves all upset, worried with
the children, fretted over little things, a
burden to themselves and yet with no acute
disease" What pity 1t Is. But lew
bottles Of Parker's Ginger Tonic VIII drive
all this away, and relieve the troubles pc
culiar to their sex.
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no,s. at a regular term thereof, com
,,.,ced and held Mt the Court House, II
OTTAWA. I'm said County, on Monday, th'
Thirteenth day of july. A. ID. 1S"o' (ne'hi
the second Monday of said month";
Board met pursuant TO law and was
called to order by the clerk.
The following members answered u
their names:
Anderson, A. n, Adams; Bowen, Henry
Serena; Burkart, Joseph, La Sale Bu
beck, William, La Sale; Butterfeld, Chas'
Rutland Carlin, John H., Waltham; Ores
ser f. s., Groveand; Doyle, Luke, Dim
mick. Fades, Fred w, Bruce; Farnsworth
r. south Ottawa; Fischer, Caspar, Men
dota; Ford James, Wallace; Gallagher
II. Nj, Peru; Gransden, Albert, Worthwhile
Gibbs, Charles, Ophir; Graves, Il. H., Man
Inns; Gillett S. a., Meriden: Griffin, A
r, Utica; Gum, Henry, Eden; Helmig
Henry, Peru; Hickok, L. b., Troy Grove
Uillenbrand, A., Bruce; Hollecker, ID. OF
tawa; Hoge, George w, Usage; Jennings
James, Mission; Lauf, William, Richland
Lewis Edward c., Deer Park; Lukins, W
H.. Bruce; Mcintyre, William H., Allen
Mel aucblan, John, La Sale; Mcmillan
!. F., Farm Ridge; Marsh, John j, Brook
field Madden, Charles T., MENDOZA; Men
olson, John, Nermillion; Nelson, Neis
Miller; Norton, Warren H. Earl; PM
lips, Thomas, Hope; Reed, John r., Otta
wa Rhoads, James, Dayton; Rowe, X. A
Freedom; SAWYER l.. NJ, Eagle Steven
son, Jas w, Otter Creek; Trumbo, VIM
c., Grand Rapids; Wilson, John, T., Fal
River; White Matt, Ottawa.
The certificates Of election OF the above
named supervisors having been duly flee
in the county clerks office, and II appearing
that quorum is present, the board on mo
ton proceeded to the election OF chair
man for the ensuing year.
Thereupon Supervisor Stevenson, sec
onded by Supervisor Mcintyre, placed II
nomination Supervisor f. Z. Lewis, ant
Supervisor Gillett, seconded by SUPERVISE
Gallagher, placed in nomination Superyis
or Fred w. Fades for said office.
There being no further nominations, Su
pervisors McIntye and Madden were ap
pointed telers and proceeded to collect th'
ballots which upon being canvassed result
ed in % votes for +. c. Lewis and IA vote
for F. W. Fades.
ThereuDOn on motlOn OF supervise
Fades Supervisor f. G. Lewis was declare,
unanimously elected chairman of the boar'
for the ensuing year.
On motion of Supervisor Fades all claim
against the county now on file in the clerk
office, and in the hands of members OF th'
board were ordered referred to the appro
pirate committees, rs soon as formed, 10 d.
audited at this term.
On motion of Supervisor Fischer boar'
adjourned uutil o'clock tomorrow morn
ing
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-25

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, H., says;
"Haying received so much benefit from Flee
trio Bitters, feel it my duty to let suffering
humanity know it. Having had running
sore on my leg for eight years, my doctors
told me | would have to have the bone
scrapcd or the leg amputated. used instead
three bottles Of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, aud my leg
Is now sound aud we'll" Electric Bitters are
sold at 80 cents bottle and Bucklen's Arnica
salyc at % cents per box, by Lut2 " Briggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-25

The amended thistle law is very stringent,
and gives the commissioner power to control
all tracts infected and mark the same by
stakes, or by fence, if thought best; and
thereafter the commissioner shall manage
and control the tract for the purpose Of az
stroying the thistles, so long as it may oe
necessary to complete the work. The owner
Of the land may do this if he will. The eX'
pense attending the labor of the commission
err il made "A lien upon the land affected, and
shall be certified by the board of auditors
and collected with the taxes. The law fur
Their makes it the duty Of the county boards
to appoint commissioner in case any town
fails or refuses to loJ on the petition oftwen-
ty-five land owners Of the town or adjoining
towns. who will have the same powers as
those appointed by the town board; and any
comm ssioner who neglectS or refuses to per
form his duties shall be fined a sum not less
than SO nor more than 500 for each of
Tense. The penalties under the old law
ayains, land owners who refuse to de-
s,roy thistles and other noxious weeds re-
mains in full force. There should be no de-
lay by the authorities in doctoring the
patches of Canada thistles. They will soon
20 to seed and the wind will scatter the pests
all over the adjoining farms, to the great
damage OF our available farming lands.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-25

Freight trains carrying passengers leave ottawa ~
follows; For Earl, 40 Pm: for Aurora. 1905 A. ~
for Streator, IS A. ~, sos p. ~. and lU.5 4. NJ
Morning train make. close connection ~ Aurora 10
al, points east and west.
Pullnan Palace Sleeping Cars, c b. 2. Drswl.,
Room cars Horizons Reclining Chair Cars. and the c
A O lace Dining Cars. by this route All Atorir.
ton about rste- OF fare. sleeping car accommotatio1
and time tables wi, 30 cheerfully given ny applying
~ ~ PERClVAL LOWELL,
General Passenger Agent. Chicago
THos. J. POTTER, 100 , ,,,
General Manager. Chicago. GEO, 4. ROE,
Agent AZ ttvaws
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-25

Lightning Express. Denver Express, and Kansas oity
and 81 Iouis Express trains run daily Express Mail
and Toilet Accommodation run daily except Sunday.
Kansas civ and ST Louis Express going south runs
through without change of cars Morning ttah 70 81
louis has free chair cars, and evening tram through
s'cePe'S W =" JAY W. ADAMS.
Ticket Agent c. \. Railroad.
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OUR AGENTS ;

TgyF FREE TRADER may be obtained al the to"o"'"t
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for any length of time at the regular rates.
f. H. PooLgR, Serena, H.
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TEXAS or SUBSCRIPTIONS:
To MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.

,.so n, cortatn that the date on the am label on
80, ,aner ,nrcates the time TO winch you have pal'
- sunscrnuop II It does not, please notify Us ihhe
a,stey In keeping these accounts with so many o'ner
emit subscribers errors liable to occur ana we iNo
this method to keep correct accounts with man sun
.crbers II the label is not corrected within TWO "eeA
after we should have received payment please ho'y Us
we are even more anxious than youto have the account
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-25
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
IOFFICIAI..

R.cord of the Proceedings, Orders and Kes-
o,ut,ons of the Board of Supervisors 81
the County Of La Sale and state OF liii-
nois, at "a regular term thereof COM
,nenced and held at the Court House. IN
Ottawa. in said County, on Monday the
Thirteenth day of July. AID. 1888, beihs
the second Monday of said month";.
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19
The Smallest Dog In the World.


Nearly two hundred different kinds of
dogs! Think of it! And yet this is not
difficult TO believe; for, we have water
dogs, and watch dogs, and sheep dogs,
and fighting dogs, and pet dogs, and
sledge doge, and carriage dogs; thick
dogs and slender dogs, long.legged and
shoIt-legged dogs; dogs for killing rats,
and dogs for killing Wild boars; dogs for
use, and dogs for ornament; dogs to care
for us, and dogs for US to care for.
Then there is the little dog, the toy dog
as it is called. The smallless to which u
dog can be reduced is remarkable; and if
the size of the very smallest dog had not
been officially recorded, no one could be
blamed for doubling the facts concern
ing the little fellow.
"Tiny,"a black-and-.an terrier, has
the honor of having been the smallest
full-grown dog that ever lived. He be-
ionged to Lieutenant General Sir Archi-
bald Maclaine of England, and in honor
of his extreme tinyness, is now carefully
preserved under glass case.
Tiny was less than four inches long,
and could comfortably curl up and take .
nap in . common glass tumbler. An
ordinary inger ring was large enough
for his collar; and when he sat up, q
baby's hand would almost have made a
broad and safe resting place for him. +.
OF course Tiny was no account against
q rat. Indeed, hearty, self-respecting
mouse would have stood its ground
against the little fellow. But if Tiny
had not strength, he did have courage,
and would bark as Justly as his little
lungs would let him at the biggest rat
that ever ived-when the rat was dead.
To tell the whole truth, Tiny YVES re-
markable and he was famous, but he
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19

Politics Too Much for Hin-
A lady on Fifth Avenue, New York,
quickly summoned . doctor
ooh, doctor, my husband il nearly
dead. He attended Q caucus last night
He made four speeches and promised 10
be with his fellow citizens again to-day.
But oh, doctor, he looks nearly dead"
HAS he been in politics long?"
"No, only last year: He worked hard
for *James McCauley's election"
HE will get well, madam! He ha9 Q
stomach for any disease, If he worked
for himr
Political life, of short or long duration,
ID very exhausting, - is evident nom
the great mortality which prevails
among public men. Elk. q. 8. Senator
B. K. Bruce, who has been long in Pub
lie life, says:
"The other day, when stepping into .
car at q crossing, I found DR.. = within.
who eyed me up and down in q surprised
way, remarking:
"Why, Senator, how well you look"
"'Well pretty WE'LL answered"
The doctor uttered an incredulous re-
ply, when the the Senator frankly told
him, in answer to an inquiry, that it was
Warmers safe cure which accomplished
for him what the profession had failedto
do. Senator Bruce says his friends are
very much astonished at this revelation
of power.-Ihe Globe.
Overwhelmingly Defeated.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19
TIME BY TELEPHONE.
A Wrinkle In tho Way of Keeping Track Of
tho Passing Hours.

A WrinkIe In tho way OF keeping Track Oh
tho Passing Hours.
Every one who has telephone in his
place of business or residence can now
say that he has $500 timepiece to keep
him straight on the passage of the hours.
Singular as it may seem, by placing ones
ear to q telephone any minute of the
day it is now possible to get the correct
time. This was brought about by the
introduction by General Manager
Metzger, of time repeater, patented by
John NJ. Dram, of the National Time
Repeating Company, of Boston, Mass.
The repeater and regulator is located
in Bedilion's jewelry stone, and connec-
ton is made with all the telephone
circuits in the city and suburbs. There
is an electrical bell attachment to the
apparatus which would be at once Get in
motion should any part of the machinery
get out Of order. The time service as
given on the telephone is absolutely
correct, and all that it is necessary for
the subscribers to the telephone ex-
change to do is to place his ear to the
phone and he will hear the ticks
indicating the time of day to the minute.
Thus, say it was 6:25, the first thing to
be heard will be buzzing sound, then
six distinct ticks, then a slight pause,
followed by two more ticks, and then
five more ticks, or rs. Every minute
of the day the time is given. Quite a
large number of subscribers to the
telephone exchange kept themselves
posted on the time last evening. The
new idea is is great convenience.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19
Success of q Revfv0list,

The great religious revival that has
swept the Schoharie Valley, N. Y, has
been raging in several churches at
Cobleskill recently under the guidance
of Evangelist Rev. A. B. Earle, of Boston.
As many as 800 have made profession of
faith on single night. The greater
portion of the young men ofthe commu.
nifty have been converted, and the fire
department has given up its annual
ball. A recent entertainment was
patronized by twelve persons only,
while the church could not accommo.
date the crowd. DR.. Earle left last week
for other fields, but the excitement con-
tinuee. When Earle left here en-
velopes containing money were handed
TO him from converts, and procession
of young men paraded the streets sing
ing Praise God from whom all blessings
fow."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19
Mark Twain 8 Diff Guilty in Becoming a Con-
fedsrate

Mark Twain Diff Guilty in Becoming Con.
federate.
In his paper in the December Century
1.-THE Private History of Campaign that
Failed" Mark Twain says:
"Out West there was a good deal Of
confusion in mems minds during the
lirst months of the great trouble-a good
deal of unsettledness, of leaning first this
way, then that, then the other way. 1t
was hard for US to get our bearings.
call to mind an instance of this. l was
plotting on the Mississippi when the
news came that South Carolina had gone
out of the union on the 10th of Deem
Der, 1850. My pilot-mste was New
Yorker. He was strong for the union;
80 was 1. But he would not listen to me
with any patience; my loyalty was
smirched, to his eyes, because my father
had owned slaves. l said, in palliation
of this dark fact, that had heard my
father say some years before he died that
slavery was a great wrong, and that he
would free the solitary negro he then
owned if he could think it right to give
away the property of the family when he
was 30 straitened in means. My mate
retorted that mere impulse was moth
ing-anybody could pretend good i'm
pulse; and went on decrying my union
ism and libeling my ancestry. A month
later the secession atmosphere had con-
siderably thickned on the Lower Missis-
sippi, and became rebel; SO did he.
We were together in New Orleans, the
26th of January, when Louisiana went
out of the union, He did his full share
of the rebel shouting. but was bitterly
opposed to letting me do mine. He said
that 1 came of bad stock-of q father
who had been willing to set slaves free.
In the following summer he was plotting
a federal gun-boat and shouting for the
union again, and was in the confederate
army. held his note for some borrow.
ed money. He was one of the most up.
right men I ever knew; but he repudi-
ated that note without hesitation, because
I was rebel, and the son of q man who
owned slaves"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19
Raised ON the Farm.
Middle Georgia Argus.

Middle Georgia Argus.
"Born and raised on the farm" hoy
should thank God for being 30 fortunate
ss to be born and raised on the farm
There is no place on the green earth so
well adapted to perfectly develop the
mind, muscle and manhood as farm;
where a boy has the purest air, the
freshest and healthies tfood, plenty Of re-
stricted exercise, the brightest sunshine
AID the soundest sleep, the very condi-
tons necessary for the highest develop
ment. Nine-tenths Of all the men who
have made their mark in any business,
profession or pursuit have been born and
raised on the farm; this is not 80 much
%. cause there is better blood on the
arm, but because the surroundings of
farm life are better calculated to fill out
what there is in a boy, and develop q
Seil-zrown, health, perfect, self-reliant
man.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19
A Newspaper " riter's Work. =

A rapid penman can write thirty words
in minute. To do this he must draw
his pen through the space of rod six
teen and half feet. In forty minutes
his pen travels furlong. We make, on
an average, sixteen curves or turns of
the pen in writing each word. Writing
thirty words in minute we must make
48O turns in each minute; in an hour, 49,
600; in day or only five hours, $4,000;
in year of 300 such days, AZ, 200, 900.
The man, therefore, who made 100000
strokes with his pen was not at all re-
markable. Many men-newspaper
writer's, for instance-make 100000.
Here we have in the aggregate q mark
800 miles long to be traced on paper by
UGH a writer in a year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19
Taxing Bachelors

There is talk in England of an inten-
ton to tax bachelors, and the absurdity
of the proposition affords much amuse-
ment. But the matter is not so outrage.
ously novel. 1t has been done before
Who does not know that such a tax was
resorted to in old Rome and Greece
Bachelors were heavily taxed, widows
were compelled to marry after one year
of mourning-some of them may have
thought eleven months too long-and at
one time legatee, if unmarried could
not obtain bequest unless within the
spsce of one hundred days he found
some woman to join him in holy wedlock.
But we need not 60 80 far back. William
III taxed the bachelors in order to carry
on his war with France.