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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

The senate on Wednesday, by a vote %
40 80 nine, passed the Edmunds bill to put
Gen. Grant on the retired list OF the arm!
with the full rank aud pay Of General The
bill Is expected 70 pas, the house, though
nor without sharp opposition.
The Reagan interstate commerce bill
which passed the house last week. has been
amended in the senate by substituting for
it the Cuuom bill, which i, really but M
eyasiOs Of ,ne question A. the house will
never agree 10 the senate amendment, the
whole business will probably meet is death
in conference committee
There vas quito a Bloody shirt breeze ia
the senate on Monday, stirred up by Haw
ley's resolution asking Tor a copy Of Gen
Sherman's recent letter "a the Secretary Of
war containing proof, that jeff Davis was
couspirator, &c Vest and Lamar defend
ed Davis against the charge, which gave
ingalls,, HaUley, &c, a much coveted op
portuniU 10 wave the bloody shirt aud ven
tlIate their loyalty" The debate came To
an abrupt close by the democrats withdraw
ing their opposition " the resolution
The Heunepln canal men are jubiAnt
over getting the committee having change
OF the River and Harbor Bill TO insert an
appropriation Of $4,000 10 begin work on
their ditch 1t is said they expect to get
the appropriation through by combination
with the supporters Of the Delaware and
Chesapeake canal and Galveston Tiubor
annyODriatinrs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17
The sew Man on His Rounds.

Early last Monday, q timid, baShful lndi
left ear, might have been seen going east
on Madison street with All inquisitive eX
preston outlined on his phy5iogomy tie
Was the new man on the FREE TRADER
ana he had just started out on the road
that would, he hoped, eventually land him
high and dry on the bloated bondhOlder's
terra frma, though his exchequer, on that
particular cold, frosty morning, was abou!
as near nothing as the thermometer, With
genius and good appetite 10 back him he
felt assured Of success and he planted his
big boots on the icy pavement With firm
er tread as he thought that after many
years Of waiting he was, AT last 10 get the
bulge ON fate, standing pat on \ royal flush.
He was among strange people, in a
strange land ANA in the faces that peered
blankly into his, as they passed, there was
no friendly recognition, and not one Of
them stopped TO shake him by the hand or
present him bill He was in the verita,
be Fl Dorado of the cOuRty 70 al appear
ances, and in the proud consciousness of
this fact he gave his suspenders an extra
hitch 70 GRID himself for the responsible
ties Of his position, Towards the heel of
the evening he had, by actual count, sub
jected t37 persons TO hydraulic pressure by
the interviewing process and mad only I'm.
earthed seven Sickly looking items and had
been mistaken for Jim Cross by thirteen Of
the natives, two Of them the Oldest citizens.
This was slightly discouraging and he went
into the synagogue of certain red haired
man whose surname is Mitch and who wor-
ships at the shrine Of wooden deity. On
learning that the new man had mingled
much with the people Of the twin cities on
the western edge Of the county, the afore-
said Mitch inquired if the \. N was Of
Polish or German extraction aud could he
converse in his native tongue. Here again
was his identity mistaken, bu; later on, as
he was pushing his way northward, he was
cuusoled by hearing a Columbus street
belle. as she passed him, ask her compan-
ion. Who is that distinguished looking
gentleman. with the t0W ensemble a Ia mill
tdiye'" Her comrade replied that she
thought he was a sucker OF the first water
and after catching this somewhat unparlia.
mentary language, the new man softly
quoted for his own benefit the words; "All
is not gold that glitters,' and he kept on.
The animal who has been deprived OF
tactical nourishment before his time is
Obliged 10 learn how 70 root NJ an early age,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17
and this strengthens his staying qualities

and this strengthens his staying qualities
in the four.round contests of life and he is
not so easily knocked out by the John.L..
Sullivan encounters one meets occasionally.
! This idea grew upon the new man and as
it applied to his case, he braced himself
anew and his timidity and bashfulness be-
gan TO disappear, and the aiipose tissue on
his cheek 10 harden and enlarge, but still
the virgin Wilderness Of his note book had
not been made TO bloom and bring forth
the local item not much so TO speak. Just
then an urchin, too precocious for his years,
shouted rats" from his youthful aesoph-
sgus and the melitluous sound was borne
% the reporters ears and he turned into an
| alleyWay, II was an eyentful day in the
new mans career and he was footsore and
weary and as much out Of sorts rs young
maiden hugging the phantom of departed
! first love to her youthful bosom. And then
came night, 1t usually comes If you wait
for il, and if you don't it will come any
way. That night the new man rolled over
and dreamed that he had been permitted
to view the glorious beauty of the world
beyond this, where there was no sorrow,
misery or pain, and interviewing" was
unknown. The birds sang sweetest music,
on the trees were the richest and rarest of
fruits, the grass was like velvet silyered
with costly gems, the streams murmured
soft, low melody as they gently rippled by,
there was no foreman with vigorous lung
power shouting for copy" no Office devil
to swear at, no vanity and yexation of spirit,
but over all there was the blissful sweet
ness OF rest and joy, peace and sunshine.
with naught 10 disturb the quiet, holy calm
of the scene but the rustic of the angels
pinions as they tloated by on wings Of gold.
This was the reporters paradise, he was
told, portion of the celestial kingdom set
apart for their especial use when life's
campaign was ended and their forms"
had become deCrepit, ock-kneed, wind
broken and their credit so impaired that
they could not borrow dime Of their best
friend. All this while he seemed TO hear
the sweetest music And then came the
awakening as daylight ushered in the birth
of "a new day land the voice in his dream
ing ear melted away" and the music was
traced TO Atwood, his room mate, who had
been snoring in the clef of G. And the
vision vanished.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17
A ROW AMONG THE DYNAhITERS

There was a very exciting scene in and
around around O'Donoyan Rossa's Office Al
II Chambers street, New York City, last
Saturday, In connection with Al apparent
attempt on the part Of one noted Fenian
or dynamiter, 10 wreak vengeance on an
other for peaching," or betraying the
secrets of the order For years past Capt
Thomas p. Phelan, whose present home is
at Kansas City, No, had been recognized
as among the most active and trusted OF
the dynamite corps of the Irish patriots ~
He was one of the orignatorS Of the Skin.
mish fund and was for long time suspect
ed Of being the famous number one s.
mentioned by the informer Carey in his
evidence in reference 10 the Phoenix Park
assassination. He has been Nationalist
all his lite and has always been mixed up
prominently with all kinds Of Irish revolu
! tionaD movements
a couple of weeks ago, 10 the a,tonsh-
ment Of the O'RosSa patriots in New
York, an interview appeared in the Kan,
SIS City JoDrRdi between a reporter Of that
paper and Capt Phelan in which the lat.
ter gave away" the secret Df number
Of the most noted and miSChieyous move.
ments and escspades of the dynamiters.
For instance, he gave IN account t. the at
tempt % blow up the steamer Queen at
Liverpool dock year ago, anG also the AT
tempt to blow up the Caledonian railway
station at Glasgow, and mentioned the
names of the men engaged tn these and
other like schemes The revelations were
such as no doubt put in danger number
of the followers Of O'Donoysn Rosa and
were calculated greatly to interfere with
their plottings for the future
Such manifest treaehory on the part of
sworn member and leader Of the order
could not he passed over. When the Kan
sas City paper containing the interview
reached New York, Capt Phelan was At
once summoned ny an official Of the order
named kearney, 10 appear At his Office in
New York, and Phelan dared not diSobey
the order He arrived in New York on
Saturday, and calling on Kearney At his
office was AZ once taken by him TO the Of
fee of O'Donoyan Rosa There he was
rdly seated when he was sayagely at.
tackled with an ugly knife by man named
Richard Short, who dealt him 70 less than
nine CHASTITY wounds and in return received
one pistol shot from Phelan 10 the thigh.
Surprising he had killed his man Short
made oil, but was soon afterwards arrested
and taken to the Toombs, while Phelan
was carried to the Chambers Street Hospi
tai
There seems IA be no room 70 doubt that
Phelan was called Ia New York 10 be
murdered sor his alleged BETRAYAL OF the
secrets of his order, though O'Donovan-
Rosa Stoutly denies all knowledge of his
having been summoned there for that or
any other purpose. Phelan, however.
though badly is not fatally wounded, and
will recover, when he promises 10 make il
hot for his would Ne muriererS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17
The Week,


Dispatches from Egypt -how that Gen
Wolsley is finally in full march for Hhar
t0um, where be expects 10 arrive and ="
lieve Gen Gordon by the 18th Inst.
Another dynamite scare has occurred il
Enslaut-this time on "Wednesday at War
minister in Wiltshire, where the town hal
was partially wrecked 10y IN explosion
Nobody hurt, n usual
The earthquake shocks in spain con'in
ue aud 10 their horror cyclone was added
on Tuesday
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

The FIRST STEANGOAT.--1he Trenton
New jersey Times has been deiyin5 AN
ong the archives Of that state in the inter.
est Of historic truth ana digs up the fact
that Robert Fulton was no, the Inventor
Of the steamboat and that the mrs, steam.
boat was launched on the Delaware river,
near Trenton, in i1-7, twenty gears before
Robert Fulton's steamer Clermont appear
81 on the Hudson, which was in 1907 John
Fitch Was the inventor and ran the steam
boat The New Jersey legislature, On
March ?, 1886, received 4 petition present
ed by Fitch setting forth his invention ard
asking tor q committee 10 investigate ind
grant him encouragement Az act in &c
cordauce with the petition was passed a
few days later, twenty0ne years before
Fultou's boat was launched Fitch then
organized his company and constructed his
steamboat. Il made four miles IN hour
The Legislature then gave him tie sole
right Of steam navigation, aud when Fitch
died in Kentucky in 1913, the Jersey legis-
lature assigned his right to his hejr'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

LAHoE RIor-On Tuesday about 200
hands Chiefly Poles Employed in the
grinding room o! tie Oliver Chilled Plo~
works at South Bend, Ind, becoming dis
satisfied with a reduction Of l9,g per cent
in their wages. stopped WORK, and then
arming themselve, with clubs, sticks, &c,
proceeded to the other rooms aud compelled
the men 10 quit work A their demand
for increased wages were NOT at once ac.
coded to, they next proceeded to smash
things" They broke up plows, cut the
fire hose, broke windows, destroyed mold.
ing TASKS, SC, until finally company Of
the G. A f. vas called out and restored
order. The strikers remain threatening,
say they expect help from Chicago, &c,
and that the end is not yet
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

The best and newsjest number Of the
LsSalle Times since its publication was that
Of last week II would he a source of sat
istaCtion 10 is readers, no doubt were the
editor t, rest" from his arduOus duties
every alternate week Yet he says loafng
does not agree with him
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

A number of the members of the grand
jury express themselves in favor Of its sbo-
lition. Itwould I've q great saving Of mon.
ey 70 taxpayers. The grand jury system
is the last surviving relic Of the Spanish
inQuisitiOu and its adjustment is, appa
rpntiy, only q question OF time
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

THE CYKIONE FIEND fer 1885 has AREA
dy broke loose He passed about fifteen
miles north of Montgomery, Ala, on Mon,
pay, leaving q clean track through the tim
Der half mile wide and not less than sixty
in length. Many houses, barns, &c, were
demolished IN his course. though as Tar as
heard from but three live, w6-e lost
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

Of course his remains are taken care oil.
The news of his death was received al
Washington at about 2 o'clock, ana oelhH
announced in the senate and house, bptu
houses at once adjournod.-Schuyler Col
fax was born in New York city in 1873,
and moved with his parents to Indiana IN
1871. He studied law, and in 1919 became
editor Of the So Joseph VaIley Register In
1851 he was sent to congress, In 1853 he
WAS elected speaker OF the house, and IN
1868 he was elected vice president OF the
United States on the ticket WITH General
Grant. Along in 1873 4 his name became
mixed ny with the Credit Mobilier scand-
al, in such "a way that, though involving no
positive guilt on his part, was sufficient to
disgust him with politics, and since then
! he had mainly occupied himself in attend
Ing to his private affairs and occasionally
delivering lectures, his faymite one being
on Lincoln
Hos. v. ". OBRIfN, The celebrated
criminal lawyer Of Chicago, was taken sick
very suddenly on Monday afternoon in that
city with bowel complaint and died on
Tuesday morning Mr. O'Brien had come
10 this country from Ireland when boy
and commenced life as q porter and boot
black al hotel In Peoria His intelli.
geucr, however, which was so much above
Iii, station, attracted the attention of {. c.
Bonny, who induced him 10 enter his office
and study law He was admitted 20 the
bar after less than three years study, ana
his energy and push, with his great speak
ing talent not only speedily gave him "A
large practice but brought him in demand
all over the state as political speaker. He
was elected to the Illinois Legislature in
1864, and though several times a candidate /,
for congress, the large adverse Republican
majority in this district always insured his
defeat Mr. O'Brien Was a man Of great |
force OF character and Of such ability a.
to place him al the head of his profession
in this state as a criminal lawyer. After
successful practice for some years at PEG
ria, the field Of his professional calls be
came 50 enlarged that he found it necessary
to move to Chicago, where his career was
one OF constant activity and success He
must have been less than nifty years old,
and dies thus at the zenith of his manhood
and Intellectual yigor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17
Mi,rHlLtnrOu-.

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n'SI1,.I Ink, 49,, ,.tN1
49,. I1.-..,,,. .o- ono'
The charge IL based on statement Of one
Cl1kson, member OF the Republican Ma
tional Committee for Iowa, that one Leg.
ate, of St Louis, who claimed To De -.
Johns agent, had made him such M offer.
- John himself denies that Legatr or any
man was his agent with power TO sci! him
gu, and denounces the whole story as false
The only comment il suggests Is, if the re
publicans could have got ~ John off for
$4,000 they we're fools for NOT doing IL
They had plenty OF money aud his with
dIawal from the contest would have given
the electors % Blaine The only eNplAna
ton of their failure to coLsummate 50
tempting sbargain Is that 81 John couldn't
be bought II will take a good deal more
than unsupported assertions of an eNstar
route contractor to remove the belief that,
inasmuch as the Blaine agents didn't buy
him 81. John was not for sale This proof
of his innocence amounts indeed 10 "a dem
on,tration
Two notable failures were announced IN
hursuay u''pacAeS-tna' OF '"H gre"
al sueet OAh"lhS mouse OF JohhJ. Olsc",
WIN 'Iaoil''e' p'"ceu al S"'ooo'Do, ana
tha' OF the great manufacturing oFm OF
oliVer bfO'hrr' " fhiIiIps III Fiuhurg with
s''VoV'"Vo l'ADui'le'. IN potA cases as'Hr
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

CReddick, of the D,m Press wants 10
form new county out Of the western tier
of townships Of this county and the es,t
eyn tier Of townships of Bureau county,
with LaSalle u the capits! There is only
one little obstacle in the way Of this trans
parent scheme Ii would require the con,
sent of a majority Of the people of both
counties aud when that is given, the
" Imperial City" will have forgotten that
you ever existed and the fame of your
great deeds will have sunk into Oblivion.
50 they will
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

\ daring young lady named Hussc'
Thought she'd give roller skating "tussct
Her skates proved erraGc,
Her full was emphatic,
And her life was saved by her hustle
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

Whether II is from LACE Of proper ap.
.preclation. nr 4 climatic characteristic, de
ponent is not sufficiently Informed 10 aver,
bur it is nevertheless a fact that he has
seen, this week, great many Ottawa girls
cutter riding without masculine arm to
protect them. This is exactly rs it should
not be For young men and ladies to pair
off aud 20 in separate cutters is like the
play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out.
Boys, see 70 this matter and don't lei the
ladies 20 out alone aud you may yet call
down upon our devoted heads the benedic-
tons OF heaven for the suggestion
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

Postmaster CorhuS, GA his return from
Washington. was interviewed in this city
yesterday in regard to his resignation as
postmaster az la Sale, aud gave his req
sons for resigning lie said that since the
reduction of the salary Of that office he has
uetted but 500 per year, while before thai
it was worth 70 him S2,700 He says there
is M foundation for the reports that are
floating around He has simply resigned,
because he no longer wants the position aud
,ha, he recommended Daniel Leahy as a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-25

Der frames, many of them three stories
high. Sixty thousand persons can
worship in the mosque. The capital
is the center of the shawl manufac,
ture of Cashmere The men are tall.
robust, well-formed, and industrious;
the women famous for their beauty
and fine compilations. They are a
gay people, fond of pleasure, itera
ture and poetry, but are represented
by many travellers as peerless in cum
nng and avarice, and VIGOROUSLY
addicted to lying. Notwithstanding
the beauty of their vale, the popula,
ton, since the beginning of the pres
emit century, has been reduced frors.
$780, 900 to 200, 900 by pestilence. fac: 2
inc, and earthquakes. Under the
treaty of Lahore, in 1916, the British
government came into control. bat
Immediately sold the country for So
100000 The present ruler, by a com
pact made at the time of the purchase
is to be assisted by the British in de,
fenIing himself against his enemies
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-25
FAITH.
JOHN STUART BLACIIE

What thing is faith? Ask though the gleesome
Who for the first time breasts the buoyant
IT'S faith that leads him with adventurous joy
To follow where they plunge, his comrades
brave.
Ask thou the boor who eats and drinks and
sleeps,
And loves and hates and hopes. and fears and
prays,
Fishes and fowls, work-day and Sabbath keeps,
And, where lfe's sign post points his path,
obeys
Well trained all things in heaven and earth to
scan;
Or ask the scholar primed with Greekish books;
All live by faith of what is best ia man,
Or him, sharp eyed, with fine atomic sciences,
The loves and hates Of lively dust pursuing;
Who fortunes Nature with all strange appli-
ances
To drag to light the secret of her doing
Ask thou the Captain who, with guess sublime,
Mapped forth new worlds on his night-watching
And saw in vision fresh start of time,
Big with grand hopes beyond the Atlaatic bill
Ask thou the soldier who on bristling lances
BUSHES undaunted, breathing valorous breath,
And where his leader cheers him on. advances
To glorious victory DER huge heaps of death.
Or ask the patriot who when foes were strong,
And faithless friends had sold their rights for
Waits till harsh need and shame rouse the base
throng
Into the high-souled echo of himself.
Ask thou the statesman, when the infuriate
mob
Brays senseless vetoes or his wisest plans;
Unmoved he stands, his bosom knows no throb;
His eye the calm evolving future scans.
Or ask the martyr, who, when tyrants tear
His quivering flesh, with calm assurance dies;
Sweet life he loves, but scorns to breathe an
air
Dragged with the faint of soul-destroying
lies,
In such known faith, faith or in man or God,
In thine own heart, or tried traditions stream
IT'S is one same sun that paints the iowery sod,
And shoots from pole to pole the quickening
beam.
God is the power which shapes this pictured
scene,
Soul of all creatures substance of all creeds,
Faith, intuition quick and instinct keen
To know bis voice and follow where he leads.
-Cassell's Family Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-25
Vessels France is Now Building.
IA,
London Times

A correspondent sends us the fol-
lowing as a complete list of the vessels
now being built for the French Gov
eminent: Iron clads-The Brennus,
1860 tons; the Hoche, 10, 900 tons;
the Marceau, 10, 900 tons; and the
Requin, 1900 tons, while the Admiral
Baudin, the Foudoyrant, the Caiman,
the Idomitable and the Terrible have
been launched and are now being
armed; ironclad for doing duty along
the coast, the Furieux, which is the
only one of this class of vessels not
finished; frst-class ironclad gunbOats
Of 1, $40 tons each, the Acheron, the
Cosyte, the Phlegeton and the Styx
second-class ironclads of 1,0s0 tons :;
each, the FlammR, the Grenade, the
Mitraille and the Fusee; cruisers, the
Sfax and the Dubourdieu, which have
been launched, but are not yet armed;
cruiser torpedoes of 1880 tons, the
Condor, the Epervier, the Faucon and
the Vautour; torpedo ships of 800
tots. the Coulevrine, the Dague, the
Dragonne, the Fleche, the Lance, the
Sainto Barbe and the Salve, while the
Combe has been launched and is now
being armed; gunboats, the Meteore
and the Etoille; frst~class dispatch
boats, the Fulton, the Inconstant and
the Papin; second>class dispatch
boats, the Jouffroy and Salamandre;
transports, the Durance, the MeHrthe,
the Aube, the Eure and the Rance.
Thirteen torpedo boats are being built,
as well as large transport ship for
New Caledonia, two frigates and two
sailing vessels to be used as training
ships. The total amount to be spent
on ship building for the current year
is Ell, $50, 900.