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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23

Judge Pillsbury excused from jury duty
at Pontiac over half of those drawn. The
excuses generally were "behind in farm
work, and no one to take their place while
absent from home"
Judge Stipp will be here next Monday
to finish up matters in the circuit court for
the term.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23
A FlOater.

-Four boys, named Frank Follen, Henry
Armstrong and william and Michael Ker-
rigan found "foater In the Fox River
ana hauled II ashore near the foot of Super.
ior street. V.B. Weeks, upon being mott
fed. assembled a coroner's jury, but moth
ing was developed at the inquest further
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23

awaiting his trial for holding man up 10
the tune Of $3.50 cash. He got his edu
cation in La Sale when that city was ter
rorized by a rullianly crew of cutthroats
and robbers and Mr., Whaen certainly re.
fleets credit on his teachers,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23

Anton Der, an estimable young farmer,
of Otter Creek township, died on Thursday
last, at his home, of lung disease, after a
short illness. He was only 20 years Of age.
He will be buried today in the Catholic
cemetery, of this city.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23
SPECIAL
CLEARING
PRICE LIST.
Boots and Shoes.

Mems Rubber Boots, S1.9S
Boys Rubber Boots, l.5O
Ladies' Rubbers, 25
Misses Rubbers, 90
Mems Calf Boots, l.9o Il 2.35
Boys Kip Boots, LOO
Youths Kip Boots, LOO
Child's Boots, IS
Mems 2.buckle PlOw Shoes, SO
Mems Carpet Slippers, 3S
Mems Buckle Shoes, 100
Boys Buckle Shoes, 80
Ladies' Button Shoes, 9S
Ladies' Cloth Slippers, IS
Ladies' Cloth Shoes, IS
Ladies' shoes, FOXed, 80
Ladies' Button Slippers, IS
Misses Button Shoes, 100
Child's Springfield Shoes, IS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23

Salvation Oil, the greatest pain-cure on
earth, is compounded of the best and pur
est drugs known to medical science. 1t Is
guaranteed to contain nothing of mineral
or poisonous character. Price only % cents
a bottle
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23

MIN These Boots and Shoes are all solid
KIN and If unsatisfactory you can return
uiU0 them unsoiled and get your money
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23

"Pluck" Whalen, the Jesse James OF
La Sale county, is in the Morris jail,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23

On the authority of an English paper it
is stated that Mr. Parnell will shortly mar.
ry II young and wealthy American lady, an
intimate friend of the Irish leaders mother.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
A STRANGE OCCURRENCE.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 27.-A Jefferson
City dispatch states that Gov. Crittenden
has, within few days, received letter
from the British minister at Washing
ton informing him of Alfred Sheldon's
arrival in England alive and well. Mr..
Sheldon, who was a resident of thi
city and member of the Blue Spring
Milling Company, disappeared very
mysteriously on the night of May
last. He was said to be short
$4,000 in his accounts, and one
theory was that he had been kidnapped
and was being held until wealthy
friends in England should make up the
deficit. Another theory was that this
was ruse on Sheldon's part to get away.
At the request of the British govern
ment, through the state department. at
Washington, Gov. Crittenden took act
i've secret measures for an investigation
of the case, and the rescue of Sheldon,
if kidnapped, as alleged. The cor
respondent gives the following &C.
count of the affair, which
he asserts is from a reliable source. On
May 4, about midnight, two men came
to Sheldon's house in buggy, arrested
him on,a pretended warrant and took
him away. They we're joined by two
other men, and the prisoner was carried
to place near Blue Springs and de-
tanned at camp in the woods for
several weeks, his captors meanwhile
compelling him to write to his friends
for money, the men demanding
$4,000. At length, one night, a mem
Der of the gang promised secretly to re-
lease him. The man then took him to
a railway station near by, gave him $40
in money and left him. Sheldon took
the train at the station, but the nara
tive does not state where he went from
there. The conclusion is that Shell
don's captors were pressed so
closely by the detectives that,
becoming alarmed, they released
their prisoner. Sheldon's wife, who re-
NAMED some time in Kansas City, is
now in England. Rumors have arisen
from time to time, in this city, that
Sheldon had been seen in various parts
of the state in disguise, but none of
them have been verified. The intelli-
gence from Jefferson City at least estab-
fishes the fact that Sheldon is now in
England.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
oVERWoRKED AND UNDERWoRKED CLERKS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Since the new
postal notes came into use, they have
overtasked the force of clerks in the
money order Office. Last week the
clerks were compelled to work every
night, in order that the records of the
Office might be kept up to date. The
use of postal notes has increased three
fold, while no extra labor or help has
been given the bureau. Chief McDon-
aid will recommend that his Office be
allowed sixty additional clerks under the
new appropriation.
Superintendent of Census Seaton,
fearing that the appropriation for his
bureau was running short, wrote Sec
rotary Teller, at Denver, Col, asking
permission to furlough his force for a
time, and in the meantime the clerks
are in an unsettled state as to their fut-
ure. Many have been transferred to
other bureaus, leaving the best to at
tend to the finishing portions of the
great work.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
BROOKS LOST WEALTH.

New YORK, Jan. 24.-James Wilton
Brooks, son of James Brooks and
former part proprietor of the New
York Evening Express, yesterday made
an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors. He has preferred for pay
ment two notes for $4,000 drawn by
him to the order of George S. Olmsted.
His liabilities are said to be $44, 1859,
his nominal assets 1921 ,489 and his ac-
tual assets $35,O79. Mr.. Brooks will
probably be able to pay his liabilities in
full. Mr.. Brooks is well known socially,
belongs to the Union and University
Clubs, and has twice been a member of
the Assembly. He inherited consid-
cradle fortune, but has recently met
with many losses. Three years ago he
was supposed to BIZ worth $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
THE REVIVAL.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-The Daily Com
mercial Bulletin publishes statement
showing the extent of the improvement
in the iron trade since January l. Forty
establishments have started up, twenty
four of them IN Pennsylvania. Prices
are steadier, an from various sections
reports of improvement in the general
demand make an appearance and af-
ford reason for believing that the stu
alton is more favorable than at the
opening of the year. The West also
furnishes some evidences of improve
ment and the South is doing fairly.
The Pennsylvania Coal Company has
issued it's February circular of prices.
It advances CRATE and egg cents a ton,
stove and chestnut 10 cents, over the
January prices. Pea is unchanged.
President Hoyt says that this is slight
advance, but others may be expected as
the season advances. The average
price d coal for three years is about 81
per ton higher than the present prices.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
BELkBORING GLADSTONE.

LONDON, Jan. %. = Sir Stafford
Northcote, in his speech at Exeter yes
terday, said England had now become
involved in disputes with Germany in
the Transvaal and elsewhere, but dur
ing the time of Premier Disraei, En-
gland was on the best of terms with
Germany. Gladstone, by a series of
blunders, had placed the government in
a false position with several colonies by
this means showing that the government
possessed no great statesman
ship. The cabinet displayed
a want of harmony, without which
proper government was impossible.
The speaker described the explosion at
London Tower and the Parliament
buildings as wicked, unmanly and COW
ardly outrages, innocent children and
women being principal sufferers. He
was panied to perceive that the leader of
the Irish national party had failed 20 de-
nounce the CHASTITY crimes. The great
est danger arose from the fact that
these repeated outrages might induce
the present weak government to allow
further plumber. Sir Stafford cited as
evidence of such weakness the admis-
sion of Gladstone that the Clerkenwen
outrage led to the disestablishment of
the Irish Church.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
A cHILD'S SAD EXPERIENCE.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 27.-The coroner of
Newport yesterday inquired into the
facts of the tragedy of Sunday, in which
Mrs. Winslow strangled her 7-year-old
son to death, tried to kill her 10-year-
old daughter, and then cut her own
throat. 1t was shown that Mrs. Wins
low had suffered from puerperal mania,
after the birth of her son Walter, which
had changed to religious melancholy
and hysteria of late years. She left a
short letter saying she had no hope of
getting better and hoped to be forgiven
for what she was about to do, showing
that her act was premeditated. She had
sent the little girl downstairs for O
paper, and meantime choked the boy to
death by tying g cord about his neck.
When the girl returned she saw her
dead brother and screamed: 80 NAM
NAL you have killed Walter" The
mother drew her into the room and
locked the door. What followed the
girl tells as follows: Mamma hit
me three times with a baseball bat,
and knocked me down on my knees.
and made me blind meaning that
she was dazed. I fell over. and when
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
A REcREANT BRIDEGROOM.

DAYTON, o., Jan. GA peculiar
affair occurred here few days ago. A
commercial drummer was to have been
married to society young lady named
Mary Stefin. All the arrangements
were completed for a grand wedding,
which was to have occurred at Holy
Trinity Church. The edifce was
crowded with friends of the couple, but
when the time arrived the bridal party
did not appear. The priest reversed the
usual order of ceremonies, and read mass
while awaiting them. The services
were completed, and still the princi-
pals were absent, when the congrega-
ton was dismissed and the church
doors locked. All this while the lady
in her bridal attire sat at home awaiting
the bridegroom; but minutes merged
into hours, and hours into days, and
still he did not appear. Investigation
revealed the fact that Taylor had left
for parts unknown. Miss Stefin to-day
left home, determined to find her per-
fdious lover. Her brother is also said
to be on Taylor's track.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
TWO DROMIOS OF THE SUCKER STATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Among the
changes which are foreshadowed by the
incoming administration is one of more
than ordinary interest. Judge Joslyn,
first assistant secretary of the interior,
an ardent Republican, will retire with
the Arthur administration, and it is
deemed probable that his brother, Col.
Josiyn, q lifelong Democrat, will be
appointed to the vacancy. Both are from
Illinois where they have been somewhat
prominent IN their respective parties.
Fraternal affection is exemplifed in the
reciprocal action of the two gentlemen,
for while the Judge in Washington is
smoothing for the Bourbon brother the
pathway which leads to the assistant
secretaryship under President Cleve
land, the Colonel is setting up the pins
for the stalwart relative to gain the
ludgeship of the appellate court out in
which is an elective Office in a
strong Republican district Thus are
the vicissitudes of politics turned to
profitable account by the two Dromios
of the Sucker State,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
LABOR STATISTICS.

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 26.-The de-
mand for the reports of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics is phenomenal. While
there is no popular inquiry for the re-
ports OF other departments. the Office of
Commissioner Flower some days is
crowded with visitors and he has re-
ceived about 1000 applications by mail
from Milwaukee for his report He
also has letters from almost every city
in the Union begging for copies and
from several foreign countries. This
demonstrates the popularity of the de-
partment and shows the foresight of
Gov. Rusk in recommending it and ap-
pointing the commissioner. A curious
fact is that while the Milwaukee Trades
Assembly introduced a resolution
against the reappointment of Flower,
many of the members are asking for his
reports and privately writing letters of
congratulation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
RAILhOAD WRECK.
Frightful Accident to Passenger
Train i'm Pennsylvania.

JERSEY CRY, N. j., Jan. 30.-The
Philadelphia express on the Reading
railroad was wrecked at Greenville this
morning. Some lives are reported lost.
The train consisted of four coaches, well
filled With passengers. The accident oc-
Cured between Danforth Avenue Sta
ton and Cemetery Bridge. The train
was running rapidly when a wheel OF
the forward coach broke and the car
was derailod. It ran into a coal train
and was upset and the other three cars
were wrecked. The accident was wit
messed by a mounted policeman, who
telephoned the facts to the police head
quarters. The various hospitals dis
patched surgeons and ambulances to the
scene. Up to the present time
twenty-five wounded persons have
been removed from the wreck.
Many more are yet to be extricated.
Seventy passengers were on board, and
it is remarkable that many were not
killed outright. AS far as can be ascer-
tanned, the injured are as follows: W.
Calhoun, Philadelphia, head cut severe
ly and severe internal injuries: B.
Wink, seriously cut; J. Kelley, left arm
injured; j. T. Holloway, j. Connolly,
shock and cuts; e. @. Naphews. bruised
and cut; H. D. Corcoran, head cut-an
of Philadelphia; Charles Frally, of
Bound Brook, cut and bruised; FL. @.
Wade, Bound Brook, cut and bruised.
The rear brakemen broke the upper
windows of the rear coach and helped
out the passengers. A newsboy named
ID. Curran said he was in the rear car,
and after the car bumped along for a
few moments it stood on end. Then he
fell over the stove and was pulled out of
the window. The overturned stoves
set fire to the wreck in several places,
but the blaze was extinguished by the
efforts of brakemen, who rescued the
passengers. The Long Branch express
came along nine minutes after the dis
aster, but was stopped by the danger
signal. A special train was sent out
from Jersey City and brought back
the passengers from the trains.
Those from Philadelphia are all more
or less the worse for the shaking up.
Torn clothing, dirt-begrimed faces, with
blood stains, betoken the ordeal through
which they passed. Several gentlemen
who were cut and bruised severely re-
fused their names for publication on
account of alarming their friends. The
track was torn up for a considerable
distance and the tenders and cars were
piled up in confused mass. The
cause of the accident cannot be ascer-
tanned, but it is certain that the cars
were off the track some distance be-
yond the switch, thus proving that the
latter was not the cause of the accident.
In the front car were twenty passen-
gers. All but two were removed from
it in an unconscious condition. They
were carried into the waiting-room of
the Danforth Avenue Depot. Several
physicians attended them. In less than
an hour after the accident occurred all
the injured passengers had recovered
consciousness and were able to walk
about. Eight of them were only slight
ly injured and declined to give their
names. They were placed on special
train and taken to New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04

mamma thought I was dead she kissed
me three times, and said: 'Good-by,
Daisy / said: 'Goodby, mamma
Mamma knew when I said that that 1
wasn't dead, and she took razor and
cut me in the throat. I caught her
hands, and she cut my hands with the
razor. / fell over and pretended to be
dead, when she kissed me again. She
knelt beside me, cut her own throat,
and her head fell on mine. I jumped
up and tried to get out, when police
man kicked the door in" The verdict
was of murder and suicide while insane.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
A BANK PRESIDENT SUICIDES.

GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. 26.-Startling
rumors are afoat this morning regard
ing the sudden death at midnight last
night of G. G.. Wells, president of the
Cotton Exchange. It is said his death
resulted intentions from an overdose
of morphine. Rumor attributes his sui
eide to the financial embarrassment.
The firm of Wolston, Wells & Vidar.
large cotton factors, are hopelessly
involved and suspended payments
about noon. The deceased was also
president of the Island City Savings
Bank, the doors of which bear notice,
CLOSED on account of the death of
President Wells" On the floor of the
Cotton Exchange it is currently said
that the bank is total wreck. De-
positors of the bank are principally
poor people. There is considerable ex-
element over flying rumors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. 31.-Thurs-
day night, at his home near Lincolnton
Jos. Smith well-to-do planter, attacked
his young wife with knife and gashed
her in fearful manner. The wounds
inflicted it is believed will result fatally.
For some time past Smith has been
quite jealous of his wife, and his attack
upon her is attributed to that cause.
As soon as the fact that Smith had
wounded his wife got noised about, a
band of neighbors, armed with re-
volvers, repaired to his home for the
purpose of lynching him. When they
reached the spot the party found
Smiths house barricaded and his
brother standing in the door with a
double-barreled shotgun. Ee warned
the mob not to attempt to force an en-
trance; if they did, they would do SO at
their risk. The crowd fired their
weapons at Smith and riddled his body
with bullets, and then forced their way
into the house, but Joseph Smith,
whom they sought, had effected his es-
cane
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
IN A TRANCE.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. 28.-Last Sat
urday DR.. Beotel was called to attend
Mrs. Carrie G. Ringold, on Jackson
Street, between Market and Jefferson,
and found her suffering intensely with
what he thought heart disease. She
grew worse till night, when she screamed
and fell back on her pillow, her eyes
fixed as one dead. The doctor upon
examination pronounced her so. As
she had been sick several days, her
friends thought she was dead, and
preparations for burial were made. The
body was placed in a coffin, and yester-
day friends called to take their last
view. This morning the discovery was
made that the body had turned in the
coffin. The cheeks and lips had color,
but the heart was still. AS Mrs. Rim
gold had been in trance twice
before, and on both occasions
came near being buried alive, there was
considerable excitement in the neigh
borhood, her friends saying, ''She is not
dead" The body will be kept few
days, and If no sign of life is found will
be inferred in Cave Hill. Mrs. Rim
COLDS maiden name was Young. When
ID years old she married a man named
Thatcher, shortly after going into a
trance. For some months physicians
were unable to say whether she was
asleep or dead. When finally restored
to health she married second husband
named Snyder. She afterward returned
to Thatcher for several months and
then deserted him. Three years later
she married man named Olearen,
shortly after this again going into a
trance for seven weeks. The grave was
dug and the minister about to proceed
with the service when it was discovered
that she was not dead. Her fourth
marriage was with Ringold. The case
is decidedly interesting, and will be
closely watched by physicians and 9TH
orG
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
MURDERED BY MExICANS.

Ell PAso, Tex, Jan. 24.-Col. Dobson
arrived here yesterday from Jimulico,
Mexico, bringing with him the body of
VIM. M. Barry, murdered by Mexican
bandits, together with another American
known as Rocksey Matthews, about
twenty miles from that place. Mat
thews' body has been inferred at Jimul
leo until his sister, who lives at Rock
ford, Col, is communicated with. That
of Mr.. Barry goes to San Antonio, Tex,
where his wife resides. Barry was a
large mine owner, and Matthews was the
employment agent of Col. Saylor, who
is largely interested in mining property
in Durango. Matthews was at one time
in the Rangers, and was assistant mar
shall of El Paso when Sloudenmeiere,
who was killed by the Manning brothers,
was marshal. The Jefe Politico is still
out, and announces his intention to
shoot the bandits without trial should
he capture them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
IN SYMPATHY WITH THE CROFTERs.

LONDON, Jan. 31.-The CrofteIs
recently arrested in the parishes
of Kilmuir and Glendale, Isle
of Skye, on a charge of resist
ing the sheriff in the discharge of his
duties, arrived at Potree strongly
guarded by 100 policemen and num-
Der of marines. A large crowd of SYM
pathizing friends of the prisoners gath
cred at the landing and for time it
looked as if they would attempt rescue
of the Crofters. From the landing to
the courthouse the crowd kept up a
series of yells and several times made
threatening demonstrations. They
were, however, held at bay by the guard.
The law court in which the prisoners
are being tried is carefully guarded.
Large congregations of people in the
vicinity are prohibited.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
[From the National Republican.l

HTO1u Iue Ndt1oual 1sepuUl1Cdu.I
It was at White Sulphur Springs in
1861 think it was in '68-but any
way, Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen.
Rosecrans and other distinguished men
were there at the time, consulting as to
the best method of reconciling the
North and South, and bringing about
much needed peace and harmony in the
nation. One day the stage-coach drove
up in front of the hotel, and out of one
door of it stepped newspaper man
named Hanna. He was long, and so
thin in body that he offered no particu-
lar obstruction to the passage of light.
The thickest thing about him was a
shock of red hair that hung down on
each side of his face, covering his ea1s
and framing his cadaverous counte-
nance. He wore long linen buster
about as large around as an umbrella
case. AS he climbed out on one side of
the stage Aleck Stephens climbed out
of the other, and the two started up
toward the hotel together. One of the
boys at the hotel pointed ct them and
called out: "Look here! Here comes
the vanguard of the resurrection"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
ITALY AND ENGLAND.

LONDON, Jan. 26.-Dispatches from
Rome state that reports are current
which say the italian forces recently
dispatched to Assah will assist the
British forces in Soudan, as soon as
landed. According to these reports, it
will make no difference with their future
course whether they land at Assah or
any other point. The commander of
the expedition had sealed orders which
he was not to open until nine days
after he left Naples. Other dispatches
from Rome, mainly to the Exchange
Telegraph Company, say unusual &C
tivity is now noticeable at the military
and naval bureau. This foreshadows a
possible mobilization of the Italian
army and the collection of transports