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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-20
i, GOODBYE, PAPA"
A Pathetic Scene in a Georgia Court
Room

Yesterday afternoon about six o'clock
the city court room was the scene of one
OF the most painful and pathetic spec
tacles that could possibly be imagined.
| For two days Judge Marshall ].
Clarke had been hearing ha5eas corpus
case for the possession of pretty little
blue-eyed girl, the litlgants being the
father on one side and the grandmother
and grandfather ON the other.
-Four years ago Mrs. James T. Miller
died, leaving a little baby thirteen
months old. AS the young wife lay q
corpse her mother asked the agonized
young husband:
Must take charge of the baby ?"
Yes" was his response.
The grandmother took the little crea-
ture and raised it as her own, the
father
CONTRIBUTING REGULARLY TO ITS SUPPORT,
some times paying five and again pay
ing ten dollars per month. The
grandmother was Mrs Caroline
Wallace, wife of Professor William
Wallace, who conducts private school
In Atlanta. Mr.. Miller is railway
postal clerk on the Western and Atlantic
railroad. and makes thirteen hundred
dollars year. The little girls name is
Eta Wallace Miller. Although Mrs.
Wallace had the care of the child, Mr..
Miller was given every opportunity to
see his daughter and often visited her
and would walk out with her. A week
ago he called as usual and carried his
little daughter to walk. He took her to
his home and declined to give her up or
to let her return to her grandmother.
Mrs. Wallace considered that the
child had been given to her and with
her husband brought suit to recover
possession, Hillyer g. Brother appeared
for her, and General L. J. GartreIl and
Mr.; a. A. Manning appeared for Mr..
Miller. The testimony was conflict
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-20
GIVING THE cHILp AWAY.

The grandmother said that soon after
her daughter died Mr.. Miller came to
her and said:
"She is dead"
What about the baby?" asked the
grandmother. Mrs. Wallace testified !:
He hesitated a while and then said ::
AS long as you want her you can have
the baby. You must have her."
The father swore that he never con-
sented to let the grandmother take the
child and keep it as her own, and never
authorized his wife to do so.
After all the evidence was in the
counsel on each side made lengthy
speeches, covering the two sides of the
case. Judge Hillyer's speech was avery
strong one and General Gartrell was
especially forcible in presenting the
rights of the father and the grief that
would follow should he be deprived of
his offspring by the strong arm of the
law.
When General Gartrell concluded
Judge Hillyer arose to speak. Judge
Clark told him it was not necessary to
argue the case further.
A silence fell over those in the court
room as the judge was about to an
nounce his decision. The father,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-20
PALE-FAcED AND EAGER.

sat beside his counsel in the middle of
the room. On one side of the court
room sat the little girl, four and half
years old. She was eating a piece of
orange which several ladies who were
with her had given her. Her blue eyes
shone brightly and her sunny face was
bright with pleasure. She did not real
ize the Importance of the events that
were Transporting.
On the opposite side of the room sat
the grandfather and grandmother who
had appealed to the court Tor possession
of the child.
Judge Clark said:
This decision is to ME very painful
one. Whatever ruling is made must
bring sorrow to some hearts. The duty
is the more painful to me because of
the excellent character of all the parties
concerned. They seem to be the most
exemplary people all around. In this
State and in most states the father has
the right TO control his minor child in
general There are, however, some ex-
ceptions to that rule One of these
exceptions is where the voluntarily re-
leases that control to some other person.
In this case, while
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31
All kinds of frames made to order,
Ar FORBES

Under the direction ofthe firm Of Hummer
& Duncan, Sam Porter, Of this city, has
been busily at work all week on the interior
of the Peru National Bank. When the work
of painting, papering and decorating will be
finished next week, the job will be the most
artistic ever seen in Peru, so saysa gentle
man of that place who was here recently.
Mr.. Porter in his line of work cannot be ex-
celled, as many samples of his work in this
city amply attest. In fact, he has now
number of engagements in Peru, although
he was sent down there to do only one.
Those who have seen his skilled work on the
bank wishing him to decorate for them. 1t
is not possible, however, that he can be
spared from this city, as the firm who en-
ploy him have all he can attend to at home.
Peruvians desiring to see fine piece of dec
Grating by first class, skilled workman,
have only to behold that by Sam Porter on
the National Bank, Peru. In him the firm
of Hummer & Duncan have capable and
efficient artist in interior decorating.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31
RICHOLSoN Il GENTLEMAN,
Attorneys at La,o.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, Ia SALE CorNTY-ss, Fro'
- bate Cont Of La Sale County, to he 0ctoJr
Term, A. d. 1885.
Last viii and Testament OF lalver Peterson, deceased,
rs Enoch H. Peterson, George NJ. Peterson. Minnie I.
Peterson, Mary Peterson. Martha Peterson, Esther
Peterson. Thomas Thompson. 1Omina Thompson,
George Thompson, Nette Thompson, Bertha Thomp-
son and Alfred Thompon-Petiao" TO sell real estate
TO pdy debts.
son, Esther Thompson. Thomas Thompson, TOmina
Thompson George Thompson, Nettie Thompson, Der
tina Thompson ana Alfred Thompson, defendants above
OF the Probate Court Of Ia Sale county, notice Is here
by given to the said Mi ME T. Pederson Esther lhonp-
son, Thomas Thompson. Tomlna Thompson, GeOrg,
Thompson Nettie Thompson. Bertha Thompson and
Alfred Thompson. that the said plaintiffs Eeph Pedcr
and Nes Peterson. executors Of the last Will and
testament OF Halver Peterson, deceased, have fled
their petition in the said Probate Court of La Sail
county for order 10 sell the premises belonging 10
the estate of said deceased to ay the specified ega-
cies and debts of said deceased and described rs fol-
lows, wit: The south forty l4el acres OF the east
half of the northeast quarter and the north half OF the
southeast quarter of section sixteen tlbl IN township
thirtysiN So north Of range four east OF the trd
principal meridian in the county Of La Sale ana state
If Illinois, and that summons has been Issued OUT
of said court against returnabe AZ the November
term 1855 of said court To be holden on the hrd
Monday of November A. ISIS at the Court House IN
ottawa in La sale county, Illinois.
Now. unless you, the said Minnie 7. Peterson, rs
Their Thompson Thomas Thompson, Tomlna Thompson.
George Thompson, Ncttie Thompson, Bertha lhomp
and Alfred Thompson shall personally he ana az
pear before said PrObae Court Sale county on the
rst day OF term thereof to be holden at ne Court
Der iS and plead, answer or demur 10 the SAID com
planants petition filed therein the same and The
matters and things the-ein charged and stated viii be
taken confessed and decree entered against you
according Ia the prayer Of said bill.
Ottawa Illinois, october q, ss5. -
A. T. BARTEls,
RIcHoLsoY GENTLEMAN. Probate Clerk.
Complts Solicitors. octSliv
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The Cloak Sale of Scott Bros. s. Co. This
Weak

The Cloak Sale of Scott Bros. s. Co, This
Week
Has bought great rush of customers to
their cloak department The exhibition OF
SO many fine garments has given much pleas
ure to the many ladies who have called
The cloak department has been enlarged,
and yet with all their room they found their
quarters too small for them this week. Ow-
ing to the special low prices made for this
sale their sales this week have been unpre-
cedented. Never in the history of our city
has such large or so fine a stock of cloaks
been shown-cloaks ranging in prices from
$3.50 to over 500.
The cloaks that were selling so fast were
at $40, $l5, $40 and S25 They were really
handsome. Some Of them were very short
and some of them very long. We noticed
some nice, long fur-trimmed cloaks marked
So. 1t seemed to us that these were very
cheap. We also noticed some real silk-plush
cloaks, satin-quilted lining, real seal orna-
fnents, marked $40. We were told these
were lately sold at $50, and then we saw
some long silk-seal plush cloaks "a inches
long,, satin.lined, seal ornaments, chamois
pockets, marked 500. This cloak would be
very cheap in large city at $40
This special sale Of cloaks will be contin-
ued through next week, so as to give all the
ladies within reaching distance of Ottawa
an opportunity to come and see for them
selves.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

Monday night the indicted saloon-keepcrs
of this city held an Indignation meeting,
with closed doors. The result of the meet
ing was that it was voted that each get out
of the "scrape' the best way he could. The
crime of knowingly selling liquor to minors
and habitual drunkards is one which cries
aloud to heaven for vengeance, and the sa-
loon-keeper who wlllfully violates this code
deserves that the extreme penalty Of the
law be melted out to him.
Wednesday Mayor Allen, in an order to
City Marshal Maher, in regard to the open
violation of the law regarding the sale of
liquor on Sunday, contrary to section 3 Of
the ordinance regulating the keeping of
dram shops and the sale of malt and terment-
ell liquors" which prohibits the sale of
liquors on Sunday, gave the following in
structons to that official: You are direct
ed TO notify all saloon keepers and places
where liquor is sold that their places of
business must be kept closed on that day,
and that any person or persons disregarding
such order be arrested, prosecuted, and, on
conviction, made to suffer the penalty pro.
vided, and th:ir licenses revoked You are
directed to see that this order is promptly
and fully carried into effect"
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lust Walt

Until we get our triumphal stock of hanging
and and hand lamps in another week. AS
was said recently, we held off buying stock
so as to get the very latest designs and pat
terms. Be it understood that wholesale
dealers, after running offsome oftheir stock,
in few weeks thereafter always sell at a
heavy discount. Knowing this fact from
experience, weconcluded our patrons should
have the advantage of this break in prices,
and hence we deferred our purchase little
later. Be sure and see our stock. 1t will
be something indispensable.
HUMMER & DUNCAN,
City Drug Store.
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The woman who left her baby on the door
step of W. j. Neely's residence Friday night
of last week and was subsequently, arrested
by an officer, who found her at Whites Ho-
tel and made her accompany him to the place
where she deserted the infant, is yet at Off
Ger Frost's house with her child. She came
here from Meridian, Iowa, and was abandon
ed by her husband. The woman is seeking
n place where she can earn an honest liveli-
hood for herself and babe, but as yet has not
been successful. Hers is a sad case, truly,
and there should surely be plenty Of opportu
mites given her to obtain employment.
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G, w. w. BLAKE,

4 DMINlSTRATRIX SALE OF REAL ESTATE
"A nv virtue of an order and decree of the Probate
Court OF La Sale county Illinois, made the petition
of the under signed administrator OF the estate OF
Patrick Bradshaw deceased for leave sell the real
estate of said deceased at the October term. D. 1885,
Of said court towit on the 18th day OF october A. D.
1855 shall on Tuesday, the rst day of December next
between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and
four o'clock in the afternoon of said day towit the
hour of O'Clock p. NJ, sell AT public sale at the north
door OF county court house in Ottawa in said coun
ty the real estate described follows to'wt; Lot
eleven Ql) in block thirynne 1897 in States Addition
10 the town now city, OF Ottawa, IN La Sale county
Illinois. the following TERMS to-wit: Terms Of sale
Cash on day of sale
Dated this 3lst day of october \. n. 1Ss5.
-. svSSMARY BRADSHAW,
Administrative of the Estate of Patrick
GEo. W. W. BLAKE, Bradshaw, deceased.
Solicitor. 0Ct3l-iW
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

EINAL SETTLEMENT-RsTATE OF CHARLES
SoEDER, DEc'D.-Notlce is hereby given TO all per
sons Interested in said estate, that the undersigned,
Administrator of the estate of said Charles Soeder,
deceased. will appear before the Probate Court
of the county of La Sale and state Of Illinois, at the
County Court House. in ottawa in said county, on Mon.
day the 6thday of November 1885, for the purpose
of rendering an account of his proceedings In the ad-
mnistration of said estate for the final settlement
Dated at Ottawa, this 10th day of October lsS5
JOHN SrROHM,
ATTEST: A. T. BARTRLs Administrator.
Clerk Probate Court La Sale Co., Ill. oCt3l- 3w
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Millinery is booming at II. V. Wilson's.

The Streator Free Press has been enlarged.
That paper and the Times of the same city
are among the most enterprising and spright-
ly edited papers of any country town in the
west. The Monitor, too, is not great ways
behind, having, on the Oath, began the pub
LEGATION of n Sunday edition.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

The rattle and dance for house and lot,
for the benefit of John Ahern, has been post,
poned to Thursday evening, Nov. 49, Mr..
Ahern, who is an old Ottawa boy. is totally
blind and deserving of aid, and it is to be
hoped that he may be enabled to dispose OF
sufficient tickets to at least amount to what
the property is worth. Dono refuse to pur-
chase chance in the lottery.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

On Thanksgiving eve the Undine Hose
Company will give their regular annual ball
in Willis hall. The following are the man
ayers; j. F. Pierce, Jr., chairman, II.
Aertzer, Jno. Esterline, Z. J. Gondolf and
Geo. Jobst. Willis orchestra will furnish
the music. This ball is always the event OF
Thanksgiving, and this year will prove no
execution.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

N'oTICE;.-EsTAT OF MARY BERRY, DEs'D.-
~ Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned, En-
ecutriX Of the last will and testament of Mary Berry,
late OF the county of la Sale and state Of Illinois,
deceased will appear before the Probate Court of said
county on the third Monday (beng the Dist day of Dee
.rnher 1885, at the Probate Court ROOM In Ottawa, in
said county when and where all persons having claims
or demands against said estate are Notified TO attend
and present the same in writing for adjustment.
Dated this 21h day Of October A. D. 1888:
MARIA JENNETTF.
9W ENpcutrN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

Evening services at the Congregational,
Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and Presby-
terian churches in this city, commencing
next week, will be held at o'clock. The
evening meetings during the week will be
at 7:30.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

At her residence, on West Pearl street,
Mrs. Catharine McCabe, mother of the city
editor of the Journal. after a lingering i'll
ness, died Friday night of last week. De-
ceased was about 60 years of age, and was
one of the oldest residents of this city. The
funeral took place Sunday afternoon to the
Catholic cemetery.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

The firm of Riale & Co. cut open the 1881
pound squash on Wednesday, which had
been for some time on exhibition in front OF
their store. The seeds are all sold and at
five cents each. The squash was raised by
VIM. f. Bowers, Of Serena. Elder Baker, OF
South Ottawa, had on exhibition at the above
store this week the biggest radish ever
known to have been raised IN this county
Fact.
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You'll hear some-
thing like this every
time you turn a COR
ner to-day, if you keep
your ears open. AS
you walk along, you
will also be likely to
hear some thin gen.
tleman remark to a
friend:
" Guess I'll go into
my heavy flanneIs to-
morrow, OlO OOy.
Now, this is very
wise; but our friend
will find on investiga-
ton that his wife has
either sold his last
years underwear to a
rag-peddler or traded
them off for tin-Ware.
But a happy consoIa-
ton arises in the fact
that the most extern
sive variety of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

Get your toilet soaps at c. NJ. Forbes
He keeps the berry best-Graham's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

Glass and putty! Glass and putty
Ar FORBES.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

Miss Alice B. Smith was in Chicago this
week, in the interest of II. Y. Wilson. Miss
Smith purchased the largest and choicest
stock OF hats, fancy birch, and trimmings
ever brought to the city, and are sold much
below REGULAR prices.
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NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given not to trust my husband,
Andrew Devik, ON my account. will pay no bills OF
his contracting JULIA DENlk.
Ottawa, Oct. II, 1885.
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II. V. Wilson inst received 375'Jersey caps
in all the different styles and colors.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

When BABY was sick, we gave her CASTORIA,
When she was a Child, she cried for CASTORIA,
When she became Miss, she clung to CASTORIA,
When she had Children, she gave them CASTORIA
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31

Get your toilet soaps at C. NJ. Forbes. He
keeps the very best-Graham
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-04-04

them fellers agin that ye see to day.
Mind ye, newt Don't stawp yer
Injins.'
"Sure as guns, when we went
back the next day, there in the
very same spot was the remnant
of that drove Of peccsries.
"waitIn' fur us, by gravyr' said
my fireman.
$50 they were. AS we tore
down on 'em they braeed up and
met MS face to face. They sprang
at the wheels, grabbed at the side
rods and fought every truck in
the train as the cars passed them.
A dozen or more of them we're
killed. The peccaries didn't fol.
low US, but when We went back
on the next trip there, at the same
spot was posted all that was left
of the drove, evidently waiting to
revenge the death of their compan.
ions. The drove was reduced to
twelve. The twelve planted
themselves square on the track,
facing us. and never moved an
inch as We dashed upon 'em aud
scattered 'em right and left along
the rails. Looking back after the
train had passed the spot we saw
one solitary peccary left alive out
of the drove. | told the native,
at the end of the run, about killing
them all but one.
al don't 'sposa wen see him
again. said |.
"Oh, he'll be thar ? said the ma
tive. aye kin bet a bucket o. liz.
uor he'll be thar! Pec'ries don't
know setch a thing as backin' out
of a fight. He'll be thar"
"And he was there. We could
see him for q mile ahead Of us,
when we went back next day,
standing plumb in the middle Of
the track, or, rather squatting on
his launches, waiting for us. 1t
seemed q pity to run him down.
lie rose to his feet as we drew
near him and rushed forward to
meet us. The engine struck him
and hurled him fifty feet out into
the woods. We had finished the
drove.n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-04-04
He Cracked an old Chestnut.

at was a bad thing for the in
dustrial interests of the country
that Cleveland was elected, re-
marked a man in Monroe street
saloon yesterday.
"Oh, that's all in your eys,' re-
piled the bartender.
an bet yeu the drinks for the
psrty.thst in just four months from
Cleveland's Inauguration nineteen
out of twenty Of the business
houses of Chicago will be closed
up"
"Do you mean It'll"
"Of course"
swell, / take the bet.n
"You lose. Cleveland will be
inaugurated March 4. Four
months from that day bel
"July A. Same old gag. But
just one-thirteenth of the business
houses in Chicago are saloons, and
not a burned one will be clssed
up July 4. Dollar sixty, please.
The man that cracks old chestnuts
around here gets q taste of the
worm. Dollar sixty, | said.n-
Chicago Herald.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-04-04
About "Go0d Old Days.

~ guess these farmers who are
groaning about low prices and
high taxes and who are longing
for the good old times, don't re-
member much about the good old
times" said a well known Orange
county farmer. III can remember
when we used TO haul our grain,
butter, pork, and eggs all the way
to Newburgh, going one day and
coming back the next. We gen.
orally got fifteen cents a bushsl
for oats and ten cents a pound for
butter. Seventy FIVE cents a bush.
el for wheat was a fancy price. If
we got six or eight cents a dozen
for eggs we thought we were do
ing well. Nice corn fed pork,
dressed, we carted to market for
90 hundred. The butter we put
on the market in those days was
the genuine Orange county article
yellow az gold and as hard as a
walnut. 1 have sold tubful after
tubful of butter for 10 cents a
pound that would net me 70 cents
easy if had it, or any like it, to
sell now. That was before the
Erie Railway came through here
and put US up to selling our milk
instead of making it into butter.
We didn't have amy lime-kept
eggs TO sell in those days either.
AS for taxes, l paid s1O0 on my
farm Of 100 acres when | was get
ting ten cents pound for butter.
On the same farm now | pay
s42.50, and | have sold my entire
dairy Of milk for what Is equal to
more than three times ten cents
= pound for butter. There is .
good deal Of humbug In this
mourning after the good old days,
~. &4eH y.
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extinguish; others to prevent.
There is no telling how the row
would have ended, had not the
fire as suddenly gone out as it had
started, the alcohol having burned
out without seorching a single
hair, leaving the players in total
darkness, but not in silence, for
there went up, then and there, a
shout of gutfav that wakened all
the sleepers of the hotel.
of that party of five who played
that poker game thirty.fve years
ago, but two have been spared to
tell it. Alex Lumsden. then CO.
editor of the New Orleans Plea
yune with Kendall. was in the
prime aud vigor of manhood, and
with his beautiful wife and child
met his death by steamboat col
lision upon Lake Erie. William
Walker, one of the party, and a
brother of our well knswn and
much respected fellow citizens,
Percy and John Walker, died dur.
ing the war, captain Of a company
stationed at Fort Morgan, of
which William b. Hughes is now
surviving captain. Kind hearted,
generous old Robinson who fur
nished the light for the occasion
was gathered peacibly to his
fathers before the war.