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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-13
Card.

DIR. EDITOR AS l was present
at part Of the trial Of Mr.. Heller
and have heard the part l vas ln'
formed Gen. Jas. II. Williams took
in it contradicted, under these
circumstances | deem it just to
absolve Jas. Ii. Williams from any
reflections of last weeks article.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-13

This is the climax of contemptl-
Die meanness. "X" wrote suppos.
ed facts about Gen. Williams on
information. Gen. Williams asked
for the author and was not given
the name, but was asked, in turn,
to wait for an explanation as to
him. We do not want the name OF
"X.p No gentleman can improve
his associations by an introduce
ton to him.
\ man who takes liberties with
private character, bOastingly says
"my name can be had at this Of
nce.r and when the name is asked
for, time is requested in which to
make explanation, and then such ex-
planaiion as the above is made
will never be sought for by gen.
tlemen as worthy Of notice.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13

a CHOICE HOMk fOR SAI-E.-l offer my
n home al the southeast corner Of Fountain
aud lzfay cite streets for sale. Jansae Gallup
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13
Origin of Mosquitoes.
detroit L ost. I

The Indians have a very satisfactory ac-
count of the origin OF the Montezuma mos
quitoes. The legend runs thus: There
were in times of old, many moons ago.
two huge feathered monsters permitted by
the ManitOu 70 escend from the sky and
alight on the banks of the Seneca River.
Their form was that of the mosquito. They
were so large that they flew toward the
earth. Standing on either bank they
guarded the river, and stretching their
long necks into the canoes Of the Indians
as they attempted to paddle along the
stream, gobtled th EN- up as tho stork king
In the fable gobbled up the frogs The
destruction OF life was so great that not an
Indian could pass without being devoured
in the attempt 1t was long before the
monsters could be exterminated and then
only by the combined ,fforts of all the
Cayuga and Onondaga nations. The hat
tie was terrible, but the warriors finally
triumphed, and the mammoth mosquitoes
were slain and left unburied For this
neglect the Indians had to pay dearly
The carcasses decompOsed, and the parti-
cles, vivified by the sun, flew off in clouds
of mosquitoes, which have filed the coup.
rrr ever since.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13
AN ENGLISH OPINION.
A So-ehHaa.as Iasa - als Art.socr.tts
Anassie4n kAagloyers-
.>sln Frsn..fss.e Afs.

Al English coscbHaA1, evidently . frs.t
importation. ~as .oldiag forth Ia a s.ls,,,a.
much freq ~ als eoantrvmsn YES.
ter'iay afternooa Repeated mazs q ale
hAi loosened his tongue. and his opiuiou
u o4h FRANCISCO aristecracy n0~e 81 fast
aud fFoe.
u Ike the hold gent well enough said
the eoaehmaa, tat the ladies' hof the
family don't suit sle . bit Thsv 'aven,t
the right style habout them, you know
and then they are Too fond of showing to =,
haeoent hon when they visit ueopls VINO
'asent "a English c0achman They
Thomas me all the time 'fis Thomas
d. you know where Ms. -llvesp When
reply they say: Thomas ls awfully
Engiish; lived ~i.h "A msrquls before We
took him Then / z4oss ne hold man /,
harraid of me- when | wait on the table.
Tear he'll DO something crooked with his
knife They all seem sort Of awk'ard
when I'm In the 'ouse, because, / suppose.
they don't feel quite sure they are doing
the right thing The hold man likes 20
talk 10 NE about the great people az 'ome.
and give him new doOk or MARQUIS
every day. The last dook took him "a
~N no soAASt vA EaisihE my wages al the
bend ofiths month, and card him telling
the missus that Thomas was a real treas
ure.'"
How do you get ON with the other
servants, ThOmass" asked an acauaint-
ance.
The 'ouse maid Is pretty, she's Hrish.
and she believes hall hof US should be
blowed up. They may talk OF their harris
tocraey ERE, but there hain't any harris.
tocracy. My people is vulgar, lawfully
wulsar The young man Is friendly. but
he's vulgar, too. He comes into the stable
with a bottle OF whisky and hasks me 'ow
the Henglish young men hact, an hif |
never saw a young lord that be reminded
me- hof | never did, but | tell i'm he's
The born himage OF one l know, and this
pleases i'm, and he brings hout the cigars.
never saw people so greedy for L avery-
hing Hinglish. Pm not surprised those
New York girls run away with hour fell
ows hif their young men hare the same
Is I've met 'ere."
This interesting dsquisition was cut |
hort by the entrance OF the young master
limself, who greeted the coachman with
and In lordly manner invited
i'm TO drink.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13
MONEY TO LOAN.

TO LOAN SlOO $50 % 800 or 600 70 lean or
] real estate. Might cell the Griffin home
stead. on First avenue; the owner he's left the
city. Also, the balance of the Quackenbush 80
tate. Tuttle Broe. Room 10, Opera House Block
kHONEY TO loan on real estate In city or couu-
IvI try. Sums 10 suit the borrower Thomp-
son. Kennedy Il Temple. 30 Lyon street
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13

COh hAi1-A me residences property al Lake
slde. Muskeeons moet popular suburb
stre-st -ars run IL front Of house; wall exchange
Tor ufand Hs4I lds prOp@.fty. Address W Nj
HARTFORD. IEIEGRAh Ofiioe
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13

July aud August viii be grand months
Tor everybody 81 trade. Fvepthing is
marked way down. Many goode viii be
closed out at nearly bslf their value 20
re luce stock, as We are making tbe rnoei
extensive preparations Tor large husi
ness to take place about the first ~ sep
teuber. when We expect - open the new
addition TO our store. making Il the larg.
est establishment 81 80 kind 10 ihe Sfsie.
SrRfNe A. CoKptKY.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13
FOR SALE.

a GOOD Manufaoturing Singer sewing Ma
~ chine nesSri& new for saie cheap Albert
Ooye SoDs. - Canal streel l6ifg
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13

To kENI-A nice store on West Broadway in
] we'll settled neighbOrhoOd: aieo farm and a "a
property and timbered lands; Z52 acres Of birds
eye maple great bargain; 7-4te Of hard wood
lumber. d great bargain, also choice tract Of
Southern pine. Steamship tickets ON the most
popular linee- Remember the place 4 "
Tower. No. ~ Canal street M
To RENI-The house l54 Jefferson avenue
now occupied by DIR. Brigham. Inquire
Of Mrs. BotsfOrd at St Denis N
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13

OuR next advertisement VIII I,e ~ more
interest to every purchaser 81 Dry Goods
aud Carpets than any that has ever an
peared N any paper II tins country. n
VIII surprise everybody. and viii sstonish
every dealer IN tins State. More than
ball a million people viii read IT, Every
one IN Tins CITY VIII read II that can read
Extra editions VIII be printed containing
the advertiser eut. Everyone getting a
copy VIII keep 1t. as il Will contain mat
ters OF such interest that You will wait 10
keep IN your family and preserve for q
ture generations.
SPRISs A C0MrhNr.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13
FOR RENT.

COR RtNf-l have a suit Of two nicely furn-
lshed rooms on hrst floor Ia addition. cau
furnish a very pleasant room on second floor
N desired, 10 gentleman and Wife. or single
gentlemen: location very pleasant Two min
utes walk from post office. Address ''Roous 30
care Of Carrier No. g. l6ls
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13
THE kTBUS
A People Who Know Nothing sui
Believe ia Nothing

th~S fAt saaSss aad Bugs. % NAKED
tsaa hsss - Idea % OsaershIg sf
fFop~sfy-t arissLs Node. Of Barter
-easasia. chliairea of tbs Forest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

The deadlock In the House over the
Citizens Election Bill" was broken on
Wednesday, by the republicans mastering
their entire force, and the bill was passed
The democrats opposed the bill so fiercely
mainly on three grounds: |, by allowing
none but registered voters to vote, it dis
franchises large number who habitually
neglect to register in time 2, it places the
entire election board in each precinct in
the hands of one party; and B. it closes the
polls at o'clock, thus necessarily cutting
off large workingmen's vote. Then the
law is clearly unconstitutional, being sppli-
cableBalone to Chicago though other cities
may adopt II II they choose.
Among the house bills that passed the
senate during the week were: The bill
raising the per diem of jurors to 30 and
) cents mileage each way; Crawford's pri.
mary election bill, Furnishing Illegal vot-
ing at party caucuses and the bill requir.
ing a polling place for every $50 votes In
any city or town.
The important appropriation bills have
about all been passed, so that there will
probably be nothing in the way of final
adjournment on the Goth
The investigating committee into the
charges of alleged corruption against mem
bers, got Speaker Haines before 1t on Thurs.
day and he testified that he had no
knowledge of any corruption on the part of
any member. An affidavit WAS read from
F. II. Tubbs, superintendent of the Wes-
tern Union Telegraph company AT Chicago,
alleging that Representative Baker, Of
Moultrie county, had offered to kill" the
telegraph bill for g., 800, of which all but
$500 was to be used with other members.
Mr.. Baker was summoned, and denied the
charge under oath The committee held
It's sessions In private so that II is not known
whether they have really found any "pay
dirt" OF not.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20
From Munster.

MUNSTER, June 1S,-Corn in this vicini
ty looks well, considering the backward
ness of the season. However, rain is very
much needed.
Quite number of persons from this vi
cinity attended the commencement eXer-
cises at Streator High School last week.
C. o. Coe and j, Hessler left here last
Thursday for Clifton, Kas, where they will
engage In the sale Of musical instruments.
We see that the members of the Prairie
Grove church, with the assistance of ge-
nervous public, have reprinted, papered and
calcmined their church, which improves
its appearance very much. The work was
done by Mr.. Golden of Dana, which is a
sufficient guarantee that it is done in first
class manner.
The following parties have been making
decided Improvements on their farms; g.
b. Koupe, new house, built by Cooper of
Dana; J. G. Hessler has built quite large
harm; IL. Shoupe INDUCES in the luxury
of a new picket fence; and A. A Boyd has
been making some architectural improve
ments, W. r. Hoenshell we believe, hav
ing the contract.
Ed Lackey, formerly agent here, but
now located at Hayes city, Kas., was here
last week, the guest of Mr.. X. Holmes.
KRIS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

Il speech after the election, and return Is
made to the old sentimental denunciation
of the South, with fling at the new ad
mlnistration for appointing "rebels" to
office. There is the old time declaration
of giving the ballot TO every citizen, which
nobody controverts, and the old declaration
in favor of the present high protective tar
if which furnishes renumerative employ
ment 10 American labor" with $1,000 iron
workers now IN Ohio out of employment as
commentary on the reckless statement
and there is the thread bare declaration in
favor Of civil service reform, which comes
with fine grace from "A party that derided
every semblance of such reform during
twenty. five years Of its existence and now
turns to 1t only when the nation has voted
10 turn the rascals out.
With nothing better to offer than this,
can any one suggest a reason why the par.
ty should continue TO exist? Meantime the
democratic press seem delighted with the
platform. The reason of their glee may be
found in the following conclusion of the
Macon 7elegJaph:-
The democratic party is fortunate in the
foolishness Of its adversaries. If in 1888
the national party will follow the example
of the Ohio wing and proclaim the old doc
trne of hate and lawlessness there need be
no fear as TO the result when the ballot box
es shall be opened.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20
Con, Grant.

Gen. Grant and family left New York on
Wednesday morning in Mr.. Vanderbilts
private car, proceeding without stoppage
70 Mount McGregor, about IL miles north
of Saratoga, where, In cottage belonging
10 Jos. W. Drexel, he will spend the hot
summer months. The cottage Is mt an ele-
vation Of about 1000 feet above the sea,
and even in the hottest weather is so cool
as to make fire comfortable in the morn.
ing. The condition of Gen Grant Is such
that II is doubted whether he will ever re.
turn to New York. His throat is in such
a state that he has really lost the power of
speech His mouth can no longer be
opened wide enough to make a minute ex-
animation of the throat, and lump as
large as two fists has appeared under
the right ear. His body is wasted almost
TO skeleton, and the bones of his hands
and wrists show through the tightly drawn
skin with the CHASTITY distinctness of the
consumptive.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

The opinion is expressed that 1t should
be made the duty of every county superin-
tendent of schools in this State, to examine
into the financial affairs Of every school
district In his county, and make report Of
the amounts raised by taxation, and see
how 1t is expended. II is believed that an
examination by the county superintendent,
of all the accounts Of school trustees, show
ing the amounts appropriated and disbursed
together with the vouchers, should be made
While there may be much
difficulty in the way of such examination
on account of the mesgre salary attached to
the office, yet there could be no question
that close scrutiny by the superintendent
would reveal many glaring irregularities.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20
The w eek.
FOreIPn.

Both parties in England were rather sur
prised at the promptness with which the
Queen accepted the resignation of Glad
stone and his ministry last week, and sum-
moned Lord Salisbury to Balmoral TO or
ganize new cabinet. The Tories had
much rather the Queen had persuaded
Gladstone to hold on until after the coming
election, but the Queen don't like him and
was glad to have him out of the way. The
Tories realize that in the few months be
fore the election they will be compelled
TO show their hand, not only on the Russian
question, in regard to which they found so
much fault with Gladstone, but on home
rule and coercion in Ireland, in regard to
both of which they must take opposite
ground to that Of the party heretofore, to
keep the Parnellites from going back to
the Liberals and thus reducing the Tories
to a minority in Parliament To prepare
for the election the Tories realize that be.
Ing in Office places them at every disadvan-
tage, yet Lord Salisbury, Sir Randolph
Churchill and other Tory leaders have had
their heads together and outlined cabinet,
though its exact composition Is still Sc
cret. Meantime, however the Queen has
returned from Scotland, and having on
Thursday sent for Gladstone, the impress
sion prevails that she will ask him to with
draw his resignation.
The cholera is spreading fearfully In
Spain, the official report showing $50 new
cases on Thursday and 240 deaths. Muir
cha, Valencia and Castillon are the cities
most seriously affected, though there is
enough in Madrid to have driven 1000 of
the better class citizens in panic to the
mountains.
Prussia has just lost by death two of its
great military chieftans, Prince Frederick
Charles and Baron Manteuffel. Both bore
a conspicuous part in the Franco Prussian
war, and were "in" at the surrender of
Metz.
A fire damp explosion occurred In the
Pendlebury colliery, near Manchester, on
Monday, by which over 100 miners lost
their lives.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

life and that he would rid himself of II.
On the morning of his death he was seen
walking along the canal bank. His clothes
were found sunk, tied on walking cane,
which was stuck in the goods After n
two hours search the body was recovered
near the spot where the clothes were found.
The left leg was broken in two places by
the revolving screw of steam canal boat,
which passed that way. Coroner Clenden.
en- held the INQUEST Thursday last.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

In regard to the effect of thing on
streams, s. G. Caldwell, of this county, takes
the position that streams do not rise as rap.
IDLY by thing as by the old system of open
drainage. He says: at is nooted question
among farmers hereabouts, whether or not
since the introduction of thing our streams
rise and fall sooner after heavy storm.
Experience and observation teach that after
tiles have been laid sufficient time for
water to run out of the land, they create a
reservoir, and when an excess of water
comes, 50 that some of 1t remains on the
surface, it will get away rapidly If proper
open drains are provided to carry 1t away.
The tiles will soon reduce the amount of
water below the surface, and ii continues
to run from them for several days after the
surface drains have done their duty. Hence
as matter of fact the water does not run
into the streams as quickly as if there was
no thing If it continues to rain on tiled
land gradually, so that no surface water &C,
cumulates, the flow will be still more grad
ual and uniform, the ground acting as fill
ter 1t is our system of the open drains
which cause the rapid fluctuations of our
streams"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20
WashingtOn,

II is reported that Representative An.
drew WEIGH, Of Yorkville, who appeared
to have no serious opposition In his appli.
cation for Loosh Crooker's place as collect
or Of internal revenue for this district, on
reaching Washington the other day was
surprised TO find formidable rival In the
way, in the person of the Hon. 4. L. Cronk.
rite. Other applicants for the position are
sprnging up, including the Hon. Alex.
Vaughey, of this county, and Hon. Chas
L. Hoffman Is understood to be urged by
his friends. Crooker's term will not ex-
pire until December, and no appointment
will probably be made before that time.
The President on Thursday appointed
Judge John b. Stallo, Of Ohio, Minister to
Italy. This Is the place for which strong
Illinois pressure was brought to bear In fa
vor Of Judge Dickey and Lambert Tree, of
Chicago. The rivalry between the friends
of the two probably defeated both.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20
AN OLD FLAG.

A few days ago Washington paper sta
ted that there was a flag in the war depart
ment in that city, found among the confed-
crate relics, marked with the name of the
sd Illinois Infantry, but of which no one
knew the history. The flag, the paper con
ttnues, SHOWS evident signs of hard fight
ing in its neighborhood, for it is pierced in
many places with bullet holes, and through
the starry field and in ten places in the sill
ken stripes are gaping holes where shells
have torn their way. There is no flagstaff
attached, and the folds are deeply stained
with broad stripes of blood, limiting that
some gallant color sergeant had torn it from
the staff and folded it away in his own
breast TO save it from capture, and had
poured out his own life's blood in the flag
he had sworn to defend"
AS the SD Regiment was raised by Col.
Cushman, at Ottawa, and was made up
largely from material in this immediate
vicinity, of course seeing this item, dozens
around here could at once give full and
correct history of the flag. 1t was carried
by the regiment into the bloody battle at
Jackson, Miss July 18th, 1868, into which
it entered with 200 men and came out with
60. That was the battle in which Col.
Seth G. Earl, Capt. Michael Leahy, Capt.
j. f. Hudson, Lieut. Hemstreet, and many
others were killed. The flag was borne by
George Poundstone, who was found by the
enemy upon the field MORALLY wounded,
with the coIors of the regiment, torn from
the flagstaff, hidden in his bosom, from
which they took it. Poundstone afterwards
died of his wounds at Nicksburg and his
remains were brought home, the family
living near Farm Ridge, being one of the
oldest and best known in the county. The
flag, no doubt, will at once be claimed by
the authorities of our State and placed in
the memorial hall at Springfield.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

THE PLATFORM Of the Ohio Republican
State Convention last week Is Lisappoint.
ment Being the first political conclave 70
meet after the presidential election last fall
there was an expectation that something
different from the old enuncia,ions, upon
which the party was repudiated by the peo-
pie, would be presented to Justify It's con.
tinued existence. But there IL nothing but
re-threshlng Of the old straw. TIE cue
was apparently taken from BlaineS Augus
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20
Cana,lian-Indian War.

Gen. Middleton, after following Big
Bear to 20 miles northeast of Fort Pitt,
gave up the chase apparently as hopeless,
and has returned. His plan now appears
to be to keep heavy mounted force at the
principal points, and to send most of his
infantry home. Meantime, the general
belief is that Big Bears band is breaking
up into small predatory squads, whom 1t
will take endless time to capture in detail.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

1t his practice to gather seed corn In the
fall before cold weather, thoroughly drying
and then shelling it, putting about bushel
in two-bushel sack and hanging it over a
pole in warm place. He has never had
to replant. Others have good stands who
placed their seed corn in their houses, but
all unite in saying that it pays to have
perfect seed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20
The Storm King.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday last were
noted for fierce and destructive storms, rag
ing over large portions of Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio. We could fill many
columns with the narrowing details They
involve the wreck OF railroad trains, a great
many buildings, bridges, fences, NC, vast
destruction of crops, and numerous deaths
by lightning and other casualties. The
heavy rains have so swollen the Mis-
sissippi at Alton that fears are entertained
of destructive flood.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

The lesson Of how TO save seed corr
ought to be we'll learned by this time. The
number of farmers who are enjoying the
first planting a. good stand are very
few, and - q rule those who put their seed
corn In their houses last fall and kept II
from ths severe freezing weather. A. far
mer Ays that he has for several years made
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

The objection Is often urged against har,
rowing winter wheat In the spring, that II
will uproot and destroy all fall-sown timo
thy. In practice, however, this fear has
not been verified. Possibly some OF the
timothy plants may be injured, and this al
50 Is true of the grain, but the remainder
will grow 50 much better that the sod will
be thicker the following year where the
narrowing has been most thorough
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20
sUIOIpED.

Gas. Cooper, aged "A, and a resident Of
Rutland for 40 years, committed suicide
by drowning In the canal near the lock .,
upper Msrseilles, on Wednesday last To
show that his sct was deliberate II need
but be said that hs had, on frequent coca
sions Of ate, stated that he Was ured Of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

w. B. Powell, Of Aurora, Who has re-
Gently been chosen superintendent OF
schools Of the District Of Columbis, 10 the
father Of Mis- Msude Powell the cslebrst
ed young vioilnist-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

An interesting account VI the celebrated
Pine Valley Stock Farm, managed BY ]. B.
Howe, of Seneca, will appear In next weeks
issue of the fnRn TaApBR Il vas intended
for this week. but could net be prepared in
time. =