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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

The following from the Morris Hcr0h
shows that this city has large trade even
beyond the surroundings tributary to it
1t is not of infrequent occurrence for PEG.
lie to come 20 or 80 miles to this city to dc
their trading: "A few days ago a business
man of Morris was in Ottawa and there
met several citizens of the town OF Lisbon,
who were there for the purpose of trading
They stated that they had been waiting for
the roads TO get better that they might 60
to Morris, but the bad weather continuing
and the condition of the roads not i'm.
proved they had been forced to go to Mil
lington and thence by rail to Ottawa TO dc
their purchasing. They also informed the
Morris business man that this was com.
mon occurrence, either going to Ottawa OF
Aurora
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

an attack upon them could only De con
ceived by demagogue like Henderson
The effect of this gentleman's brasSy sell
pufrpry, however, brought TO light through
Townsend, of Illinois, Warren, OF ONO
and others, a hasty but scorch!ng revue"
of Commissioner Dudley's career rs 'he
pension Office showing by aiAdaNi'' o'
pensioners on file in the Office, when the
republican side in vain tried to suppress
by uproar during the reading, thatthe pen
sion Office had been used in the most out
|. geuus way for partisan purposes uuilhe
elections, particularly II 1851 by grant
ing further pension 10 applicants VINO Not
ed with the republicans; adyanc ng claims
Of theirs for the same reason and delei'
ring or denying claims Of theirs who voted
the other way, and showing that the part
of Commissioner Blacks report touching
that subject was amply justified 10y the
files of his office, without going any
further. The democrats certainly have
Reason 70 congratulate themselves that the
assinine procliyities Of the heroic and
sanguiuary Henderson should have broke
loose Just at this time.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

The Forum, edited by Lorettus 8, Met
calf, and published by The Forum rub
fishing Company, of New York, London
and Paris, is monthly review that com.
mences publication with the present
month, 1t is similar In contents and Sly lie
to the North dmertcdR Rtytsc and the
New Princeton Rtcte,O, and is designed tO
furnish medium for discussion "iu
morals, In education, in government, In re-
ligion." The present number; If an earnes,
of what is to come, should certainly bring
10 the new venture full measure of sue.
cess Prominent among the contents of
the first issue are articles by Prof. Win.
chell. James Parton, Edwin p. Whipple
Rev. DR.. H. Il. Newton, Edward f. Hale
and DR.. VIM. A. Hammond, all learned and
brilliant writer's who of late years have
added much to American scientific and
philOSOphiC thought
There is room in our current literature
for just such review as the Forum prom
ises to be. The great need of our people is
to read articles upon religious, political
and moral subjects that are prepared with
care and are more carefully considered
than is the average editorial prepared in
the hurry of the newspaper room. This
need the Forum is designed to meet,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06
EDITOR DANA.

Editor Dana delights In nothing so much
as In using the columns OF the New York
Sun to abuse the President. He Is always
dipping his pen in gall and rackinS his
brain for something that Is startlingly Sc
we're As result he Ia often
very unfortunate in his sentences
and many times uses phrases
that return to plague him. Some days
since he looked over the democratic camp
and beholding more or less discOrd and
confusion in il set himself 90 work t.
s,raighten out the tangle by administering
long lecture TO the President and offering
him great deal of advice AS to the neCes-
silly OF a democratic conference where
mutual concession. Should be made and a
general course Of action agreed upon. His
mOCracy can forgive much. but treaChery
they cannot forgiye!" Now if Editor Dana
had searched the whole realm Of the En-
glish language for more unfortunate sen
tenCe for him 10 use he could not have
found It. Every editor who reads his cpl
gram will breathe feryent amen but
unfortunately for Editor Dana the sentence
will be applied to Editor Dana aud not to
President Cleveland
The treaChery of Editor Dana to presi-
dent Cleveland and to the democratic party
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06
Personal.


CArMY.-T. D. Catlin went to pittsburg
Pa, Tuesday.
DICKEY.--Mrs. Jesse Dickey is in the city
visiting friends.
AMEs-Lester II. Eames, Of Chicago, was
in town yesterday.
HOPKINS Matte Hopkins is visiting
her cousin, Prof Cotton.
CoOK.-Hon. Burton c Cook, Of Chicago
was in the city wednesday.
LEHMAs.-State Senator Lehman, Of Chi
cago, was in the city Tuesday.
CoLToN.-Prof. Cotton, of the high school
will spend his vacation at Cape Cod, Mass
REEvEs.-Walter Reeves and wife, o.
Streator, left for visit to New Orleans OF
Monday
HoUsE-George 8 House, Of Joliet, an at
orney Of prominence in that city, was ii
Ottawa Wednesday.
WEISS MIR. and Mrs. F. J. Weiss and
family leave for their new home at Larned
Kansas, next Monday.
WRrL.-Ald. We'll returned Thursday night
from a two weeks business visit to New
York and Philadelphia.
BEVERLY. NJ. Beverley, a Chicago law
year, has been in attendance at the session
of the Supreme court this week.
FnANK.-,lrs. A. Frank and her little boy
left for the East Monday, and will visit
friends in Baltimore and other cities
CnGo.-Coporation Counsel Fred II. Win
ston, Jr., and Gen. Smith, of Chicago, were
guests at the Clifton, yesterday evening.
HAMILroN.-Ex Governor John NJ. Hamil-
ton, of Chicago, was present at the opening
of the Supreme court Tuesday afternoon.
McDorGALL,-Duncan McDougall deliv.
cred an address before the Spare Hour In
stitute, of Streator, on Thursday evening.
WnLtAMs.-John +. Williams, manager of
the Streator opera house and city clerk Of
the latter place, was in Ottawa, Thursday
LYNcu.-Thos. Lynch, who has been We y
seriously i'll for the past three weeks, lis
many friends will be glad to learn is conva
lescing.
FINLES.-Tne excitement in postoflice cir
cles in Streator, Sunday. was caused ty a
new girl baby at the residence of Postmaster
Finlen.
CALLAHAS.-Miss Nell Callahan, Of 10
Sale, who is on visit to Mrs. Lawrence,
West Side, has been seriously sick for few
days past.
Topp.-Mrs. James TODD and son, Of Au-
rora, and Miss Shonessy, of La Sale, have
been visiting Mrs j. W Todd, of this city,
the past week.
HArcu.-Mrs. ". S. Hatch, formerly OF
Adams, y. Y, and her two children, came
Thursday night on a visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
c. d. DeLapp.
MCKEEL.-Mrs. Jas Nickel left Wednes-
day, being called to see her sister who lives
near st. Paul, Mimi, and who is lying very
low with consumption. While Mrs. MeHeel
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

A meeting has been held in Pittsburg
this week which was conference of err,
ployes and employers, with the object Of
arriving at a settlement of the wages CUES
ton without u difficulty. The manufac
turers at the late Washington meeting de
clared they could not compete with foreign
wages At the meeting this week all parts
of the country were represented, but up t
this writing no conclusion had been
reached as between the men and the man.
ufacturers. 1t WAS decided by the latter tc
issue protest against any reduction of i'm
port duties on glass.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

churches for his chapels. The stated
ministry feeling themselves powerless to
resist his march and being unwilling to
yield without something of a struggle
raised Macedonian cry for help and in
response the Reverend Jones and Mr.
Sam Small, fresh from their bout with his
Satanic majesty at Cincinnati have appear
ed at Chicago aud are now meeting him
upon his own grounds several times each
day,
The reports from Cincinnati are to the
effect that the Reverend Sam Jones and
hi, assistant rather disflgured the devil al
that point but thus far they have not sue
ceeded so we'll in Chicago. The crude
methods employed by the southern knight
errant and the vigorous lar
guage used while ten lin. e.
terrorize the "PrlnCe of Liars" do not cause
any revereutisl awakenings in the breasts
of those wno are yet without the fold OF
the redeemed Divesting religion of the
sacred So.emnity that SHOULD characterize
it, these professional revivalists make II
something ridiculous and instead of I'm.
pressing upon the minds of their hearers
that they are engaged Ia plying homage
to God they convey the idea that the rs
sembled people have met simply TO laugh
at the antics Of men.
The Christian people If Chicago, If they
desire to permanently destroy the power of
the devil in their city, had better send the
Reverend Jones and Mr.. Small to their re
spective homes and seek to rout him in a
God like and Godfearing wsy-not by put
ting upon his track two butfoons whose
stock Of religion seems TO consist OF an
exaggerated enthusiasm that fines expires
sion in much that Is coarse vulgarity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

1t becomes the pleasant duty Of Che
writer to announce J. G. Armstrong as Q
candidate for town clerk, a position he has
for many years filled with ability. That
Mr. Armstrong makes the best clerk Otta
WA township has ever had is snquestioned
and admitted by all sides, and this, ogeth
or with his familiarity with township affairs
will add strength to his vote that will
swamp any other candidate. In fact John
has been clerk 70 long 1t is hard 10 SCI
how the town can run without him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06
STRJK E9.

The contest between the employees of
the street car companies of New York has
terminated in a great strike, which on
Thursday included the drivers, conductors,
and stablemen Of every surface line in the
city Other lines had been deserted pre-
yiousiy, but as no agreement had been ar.
rived a as to them, the trades I'm onS or
dered any employee Of this kind on every
line to strike. An attempt to serve the
public failed, only one car on the cross
town line succeed Z getting through and
that only because heavily guarded, "hlIe
attempts to move cars were frustrated hy
riotOus attacks and encounters OF police
and strikers and the mob were frequent.
In Brooklyn 800 street car men are out
on a strike, but the contest is an orderly
one.
The object of the strikers is to get a re
duction Of hours, only part Of the demand
beng aCceded by the car companies.
About 600 miners of the Susquehnnna
coal company, at Nanticoke, Pa, held a
meeting on Thursday and threatened II
strike unless the company should immedi,
stely begin the work Of recovering the
bodies of miners entou.beJ at the recent
cave in The company since the first effort
has done nothing in the matter ResOlu.
tions calling the company to prosecute the
work We're adopted, and should they not do
so. il is expected that not less than 5000
miners will go out
The lock out at MCCormick's is over,
and the men are gradually returning to
work, the shops opening on Monday when
some 400 1t is claimed) put in an appear
ance TO go to work The other 600 or zoo
are still out.
A somewhat similar lockout is in pro,
gress at the Oh ampion harvester works at
Springfield, o.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06
THE TWO SANS.

The good people of Chicago are at pres
ent passing through the agonies of an eX
citing religious revival. Looking over their
vast city they beheld on eve.y side the
forces of Satan active, fearless and agrees
i've, while the servants of the Lord seemed
fast asleep. Everywhere the tares were
being sown and whatever of good wheat
was to be seen was being very effectually
and very rapidly Choked. To all appear.
ance the DeYil had things his own way and
the time he was having to all intents and
purposes was not unlike that enjoyed by
the Evolutionary "lonkey and parrot Al
ready he seemed 10 be in possession of the
public buildings of the city, as well as many
of the homes and apparently was making a
good deal of headway toward securing tn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06
pHE PRESIDENTS SPECIAL MESSAGE ~
THE SENATE.

l
Tho presi1ent clearly and succinChy
st,ted the whole case IN his dlihcuily VIII
the R.publican majority of the SENATE
when he said in his message OF Monday
- The pledges | have made were made u
the people, and - them am Responsible
for the manner In which they have been
,sdeemed Lam not responsible 70 the
Senate and am unwilling TO submit my
actions and official conduct TO shem FOL
judginen b"
Not only is the President hight IN the
view he takes Of the duties and preros"
t,ves of the Executive Office but he Is III
hearty accord with the vast majority OF
the people, who will not tolerate the I'M
mn lent tone and attitude assumed ny the
opposition Senators,
The Presidential Office is the most pop
ular Office within the gift Of the people
for the reason that II Is the nearest to the PEG
ME and In their estimation Is the most
dlgnitied and ~ the same time the hoe'
sacred. The people have always upheld
President who has known the rights al
aching 10 his office and knowing them
has dared 10 maintain them. This, and
this alone, made Jackson the most popular
President with the people that has ever
filled the presidency, and Il Is this IN
President Cleveland that Is not only uniting
the Democratic party upon him, bu' IL
drawing to him great nun >r' ,"hs 'hossh
disagreeng with him in political belief,
vet admire the ilrmness that has character
lied his action In the present matter
The only outcome that can possibly re-
sui. from the present foolish contest on tho
part of the Republican Senators with the
President Is to make the senatorial orice
more unpopular than II already Is and 10
strengthen the President with the people,
who like strong indlviduslism and I'D
mire public official who does not shrink
from asserting every right that has been
bestowed upon him either by the csn-tltu
ton or through force Of enacted law
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

The other articles of this number of this
excellent magazine are ivan Cort'andl
Manor. House" "Shall we have Colonies
and Navy" hyJ NJ. Johnston; Cham
plains American Experiences in 1915;
"Girty, the White Indian" 1.-THE Trent
Affair" by lion. Horatio King; "One
Nights Work or Breaking the Chain fo1
Farrsguts Fleet At the Forts below New
Orleans, April 20, 1862" by Geo b, Bacor
There are also notes, queries, replies, ~
ciety events, &c, &c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

On Saturday evening last, at the Porte
St. Martin, Paris, the famous and notorious
Sarah Barnhardt, made her long expected
appearance as Ophelia in new adaptation
of Shakespeare Hamlet" She appear
ed nervous and exhausted, but in the mad
scene, her acting is said to nave been most
realistic, equaling her best efforts of former
times, this Interpretation of Ophe'ta''
madness being founded on the study of a
young French patient at the mad house
Her dresses, as the ladies may like tc
know, were, according to the Herald cable
gram, superb
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

The Magazine Of american History for
March adds another chapter to the Shiloh
literature by Gen. VIM +. Smith, with IL
lustration of Federal forces April 9Th. The
article opens with an examination of the
movements preliminary 70 the concentra-
ton at Pittsburg Landing and then gives
an account of the battle. Il will be inter
estinr reading in connection with BCell's
article on the same subject in the Century.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06
HOME MATTERS.

Winter Flirting With Spring.
Now it is that winter fingers
In the lap of spring,
Toying with her dainty fingers
And their wedding ring
Kisses her--the old gray lover
On her rosy check;
Watch and something you'll discover
In about a week.
He will catch her flirting boldly
With the surlmer warm,
And he'll treat her rather cOldly
And will raise storm.
Like pair Of age unequal,
They will seek divorce,
And she'll wed--to tell the sequel
Summer warm, Of course,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

Review articles in the March Ds0i are or
"An English View of Democracy"
"Lowe's Life of BismEck," "Scherers
German Literature" and "John Browns
Life of Bunyan" The notes Of "Recent
Fiction" Briefs on New Books" give a
pretty complete survey of the general
literature OF the month, which will be- in
valuable 10 the reader.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06
Irish American Club.

This newly organized 20 iety met Sun 'ay
afternoon in the hall over Kneussrs drug
store and elected the following officers: W.
W. Curtis, president; Arthur Redmond, vice
president; ". p Leahy, recording secretary,
VI. J. Sheehan, financial secretary; Thos. A
White, treasurer; JAS. McQuade, j. J.
Sweeney, Lawrence Scinlon, Jos. Fennell,
John Sinnott, executive committee. The club
is named after its Chicago namesake, and
he constitution and by laws of that society
were adopted almost in their entirety. The
club is organized for social literary, artistic
and national purposes. the fundam ntal prin
ciple of the organization being an immutable
belief in Ireand's ri hit TO b, governed by
and for her own people a. an independent
na ion. No restrictions are place on any
one Of good character being member Of the
club if they subscribe t. the above funds
mental principle. There are at present over
80 members, and before many weeks It'll be-
lieved that fully one hundred persons will
have Joined the society. The initiation fe,
after 75 members have bee enrolled was
placed at S. 1t is tie inten ion wnen suit
able rooms can be engaged, to fit up quar- ers
for the club which will be open every after
noon and evening. The VIII article OF the
constitution adopted last Sunday declares
that the Irish National Anniversary. March
18th of each yelr, sls,l be celebrate in
some manner worthy Of and appropriate te
the occasion. With this end in view the
society will held lis inIul ura. ball On We'd
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

On Saturday New York lovers of fast
horse flesh were stirred up by the ex
traordinarv sale of the contests of Lor-
;llard's stables, which brought an enor.
nous sum. On Wednesday evening the
art circles of the city were similarly NOV
ed by the sale Of tho art collection of Mrs
Mary j. Morgan, at Chickerlng Hall. Mrs
Morgan is the widow of the owner of the
well-kuow Morgan line of gulf steamers
who died leaving his widow an estate, the
value of which is counted by the millions
She who atoretimes had spent her life In
assisting in the accumulation of this vast
property on coming into possession Of the
estate, began the systematic accumulation
of art treasurers. Her purchases took
enormous sums; and it is said she ha,
spent as much as three millions on ar
within the past few years. This collec
ton is now being sold at auction. On
Monday night SO pictures were sold bring
ing q total of Sl7l POO, an average of 2,l4C
the highest price paid being SlG,525 for
NJ eissoniers, "In the Library"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

The vitality of widows astonishes the
Pension Bureau. There are now on the
rolls the names of 1929 women, widows
of soldiers Of the war of 1912
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

has for some months been in possession
Of his office,
Gen. Terry has been appointed MaJo'
General, to fiji the vacancy caused by the
death OF Gen Hancock.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

The campaign thunder" mill in con
gress was started up this week on the pen
sion bill by Henderson Qep), of Iowa
Republican politicians no doubt wish he
had omitted his little scheme Of self
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The bill under consider
alton was that of increasing the pensions of
widows, which no one opposed and which
On Thursday passed with but one dissent
ing vOice-that of "a CraAk' from North
bate on the matter at all, but Henderson
had wound himself up. As Norwood
West Va explained, he WAS suffering
from bad case of "yoX populi on the dia
phragmn and he had TO have relief. He
eX ,Oriated the rebel brigadiers," folloaing
this attack " it'll an attack on Commissioner
Black but he WAS most eloquent in show.
ing how llenders, n Lad fought bled and
died" for his country, how but for Hender
son the country could not faye been saved
and how Henderson had actually saved
IT, In fact he chad II bad" He will
probably continue the subject still further
by translating the record of his own glori-
Gus deeds into her lie hexameters for home
consumption TO immortalize the "wisest
patriot and most valiant soldier of the
century"-D. b. Henderson. Now as 10
thi. bill there was no objection, and as the
southern members have never on any oc-
casion refused 20 vote any or all pensions
asked for, or to any amount, the excuse for
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

In the French chamber NJ. Clemenceau
created sensation on Monday by demand,
ing the expulsion from France of the resi-
dent French princes. This step prompt
ed, he SAID, by the necessity of the repub
lie of freeing itself from the presence of
men who claim, not the equal rights com.
mon to the rest OF Frenchmen, but the nd
ditinnal and higher rights supposed 70
have been given them by virtue of their
birth AS princes Of blood. The proposition
was enthusiastically applauded, and a ma
Iority of the deputies would seem to favor
the expulsion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06
ADgSBBVED COMPLIMENT.

Senator Charles + Manler5on, OF Ne
braska, few weeks since delivered in the
United States Senate very able speech
on The Efficiency of the Infantry IN the
course Of which he took occasion 10 pay
compliment t. It. Arthur l.. Wagner Of
the regular army, q former resident of OF
tawa Speaking OF him asa spacious ob.
server, whose able article upon the military
necessities of the L 4ited States Is one OF
the best contributions to our stock Of prac-
tical knowledge" AMI quoting from bis
prize essay Of 1851, as follows
The epoch of peace and prosperity with
which our land is now blessed cannot last
forever Until human nature shall rise
above its present weaknesses the selfish
aLgressions Of one people will occasionally
clash AGAR Il the interests of another the
policies Of different nations will Come into
collision and the sword will be used 10 cut
the knot diplomacy cannot unite. HOwey-
or peaCCaGle and npnaEgres1.ve nation
may be, clrcumst noes may present il with
the choice Of several evils OF which war
will he the least
Lieut. Wagner, through his own energy
and ability, has secured a prominent rank
among the military authorities Of this
country; and in his contributions upon
military subjects has shown his thorough
knowledge Of the needs OF the country IN
der the pressing necessity of war IA well
as practical understanding Of how those
needs can best be supplied
The compliment of Senator Henderson
is deserved one, and the many friends Of
Lieut.. Wagner in this city and vicinity are
pleased 1T its being paid him
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06

The motion has been "seCondedo by the
German press, and the Cologne GAZETTE
notably, declared in an article on the sub
ject that the preservation Of peace between
the two countries would be y difficult mat
ter should the princes ever again arrive a
power In France, The attack on the
princes was very severe and WAS evident,
inspired by bismarck, who would, NJ
doubt, be pleased to have the NapoleoniC
princes driven out Of France.