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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11
From Ransom.

RANSOM, Dec AT a meeting OF thu
village trustees, Monday evening, Marsha
Mccormack was discharged and i'm Fore
given power to WELD the club of authority
DR. Dyer of Ottawa, was out to see Mr.
James Mcintyre on Monday. He think
he will not recover.
One of RoDersons horses ran away Mon
day. The driver, Nick Steinhardt, wa
thrown out of the cart and had his han(
badly bruised and his lip cut.
The Ransom Literary Society was re-or
ganized Friday evening, with Rev. w. Ii
Simpson, president Miss Matte Summers
secretary, and VIII Whitmore, treasurer
The next meeting will be held in the city
hall, Saturday evening at 7:30
The jubilee, which began in the Catho-
lie church Sunday and continued until
Tuesday noon, was we'll attended. Father
Grove was assisted in the good work by
Father Shron of Chenoa, who delivered {
good sermon Monday night
Mr.. Oleson and family left yesterday for
Dakota where they will In the future re
side
Mrs. Patrick Breaston is very sick, 81
much so that her rec very Is doubtful.
Charlie Beiswanger had COW killed by
the passenger train going east Tuesday.
SCRIPTOR.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11

Godfrey ErlenDorn, well-known citizen
Of Mendoza, was found dead some two
miles from the city by a farmer. He was
but lightly clothed and had not even a coat
hours, as the body was frozen stiff.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11

The latest is that the new Santa Fe lii
nois line is to gobble the Chicago and st.
Louis road (Pekin) and use that line from
Streator to Chicago. Streator will now
make an effort to get the shops of the road.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11

There are 200 miners at Spr ing Valley
who cannot take their families there for
want of houseroom. The town ha $ at least
5000 population.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11

Streator is going TO pulld a glass works
for making Cathedral glass; capital, $40
600. Ground has been purchased. The
stock has been taken at home.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11

Among the best resolutions a
man can make is to save some of
his money. With the fact in
view that we cannot escape buy
ing Christmas presents, why not
begin at the last of this year to
save, as well as wait until the
first of next! Why not buy your
Christmas Presents where you
can find something for the Baby
as we'll as Father and Mother,
and at prices away below what
you expected to spend, and thus
have money left to start the
New Year with! Lam confident
l can save you money and show
YOU the finest assortment of fine
Holiday Goods and good, sub.
stantial Toys in the city.
E.Y. GRIGGS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11
E. Y. GRIGGs.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Bsilroad.

Nos ana ~ .rrtve IN Chicago at 10 A. NJ and leave
Chicago * 4, u. VI. daily SUNDAY excepted).
NJ Il ana ~ run daily, itGluding sundays.
- - carries passengers from Geneseo TO Ottawa.
- y carries passengers between joliet ana Ia
,I.- and No 80 between La Sale and Joliet.
Nos % and Is carry passengers between Siue islano
and La Sale. X. X. CABLE, GEM Manager.
r. ST. JOHN, r. f. PRETTYMAN
Gen'l Tkt. Pass Agt. Agent at OuawA
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11
TWOCHOICE FARMS h hs1Ss

each, IN livingston Ounty, III. VIII DC q u az
nee separately together as owner cannot give the
his personal affection. -,
These farms are choice prairie land gooo heug,s III
around cross fenced. veil tiled two comfortable over
ance Only any rods a school house three churches
and two Y r. stations. DR. j. % HAhhiS o1IN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11
INSURANCE AND %ii @o.t IN liable iss ,' eSn

psnes AZ current rates our nre insurance crilsG.eS
among the largest and strongest IN 1he wo,lu ou
old Murua Life Of " hN no equal on the face Of the
globe. Dh j. ". hAnrS1s q Sun.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11
ARARE CHANCE to isrS Sn 81 ! s9 z .

nrrps, ~ miles
only SS per acre. is now offered for the next 81 days
This is an excellent farm, with fair improvements
near pustot,ice, school and churches 80,
nov21-tw DIX. j. %. HARMS q SUI.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11
UNDERTAKING AS USUAL.
FARMS AND LANDS Issa

county, and IN ten different states kenehptT we
the pioneers in the business understand II THOROUGHLY
represent more land than any other agents and sell al
the lowest prices either for cash or on time
We know where YOU can get the most for your
money! and this Information. obtained at a great eN-
octls-Anos DIR J. o. HARRIS & son.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11
CITY PROPERTY. t ESs to is o 5a

as Ottawas prospects Frightening and prices mus
advance We have choice bargains In dwellings, lot'
and business property. Call and look OVER our l,t
octl6- mos DIR. j.. o. HARRIS son.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11
FURNITURE,
The Oldest House,
Thelargest Stock,
The Best Variety
Of goods in this line in
La Sale county.
IS and 81 La Sale Street.

"a rDEC One mile from city limits.
~ AIN LC, Good house, barn and cribs.
orchard plenty of water some timber. Just The place
for market garden. dairy or poultry farm"
- owner will take city property In part payment.
uny-1--6v DR. J. o. HARRIS q son.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-02-18
A RARE DOG.
How He Ran Up a Tree After the
"Boss of All the Coons."

"Boss of All the Coons."
philadelphia CALL
1t is very rare that raccoon falls
victim to the hunter after cold
weather has set in, for it is a hiber
mating animal, and slows itself away
at the approach of winter. The aver
age weight of coon is twenty
pounds, and the hunter who captures
one in the height of the most favora-
BILE coon feeding season which weighs
more is looked upon as having accom-
plished notable feat. James San
dys, Of Hunters Range, during the
fall killed thirty-nine coons, and re-
Gently surprised the community by
fetching in the boss of all coons,' q
mammoth fellow that weighed thirty
FIVE pounds, the largest by eight
pounds ever captured in this vicinity.
Sandys hunts with an unusually &C
tive and intelligent dog. On Saturday
he was out after pheasants, when the
coon sprang out of stone wall and
gave the dog as lively chase, with
the thermometer at zero, as any coon
ever did in September. After o run
of mile the coon ran up large tree,
the trunk of which leaned at an angle
of about forty-fve degrees. When
Sandys reached the spot he found that
the dog had not only treed the coon,
but had also treed himself, for he had
run up the leaning trunk of the tree
and reached the very top, where the
coon had crept out on the extremity
of branch beyond the reach of the
dog. Sandys brought the coon to
the ground with a charge from his
gun, but had greater difficulty in re-
covering his dog. The animal could
not descend the tree trunk, and the
hunter had to shin up and bring him
down. The dog was sixty feet in the
air, and the lowest branch of the tree
was twenty feet from the ground.
When Sandys got down to that
branch, with the dogs neck grasped
in one hand, he found that he
couldn It descend any farther without
using both hands. But the dog set
tied the matter by squirming loose
and dropping to the ground on his
feet.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-02-18
The Indian Question.

A tall and commanding looking In.
dian from the Canada side, having
big back load of door-mats on his back,
was tramping up Randolph street yes
terday when a man in saloon beckon"
ed him In. The red mans face lighted
up with a sten-cent apiece smile OF sat-
isfaction as he walked i'm. There were
three men present, and they seemed to
be i'm o. hilarious state.
See here old copper.face,' said one.
as he shut and locked the door. I'm
down on Injuns, first. last and all the
time. They shot an uncle of mine, and
I'VE sworn revenge. Maybe you are
ready to take the all firedest licking q
redskin ever got y
sHu = replied the Indian, as he look
ed from one to the other.
sAnd the vermints scalped and roast.
ed my grandmother y put i'm the second
white man. Il didn't care particularly
about the old lady, but it's the princi.
pie of the thing I look at. I've got to
have Injun blood u
'Hu = said the Indian, as he seemed
to catch on.
And T. put in the third man. 'am
down on Injuns in general way. AT.
ter these other two fellers have got
through with you I propose to walk on
the mangled remains. Let the perfor-
nance now begin u
1t begun. People who looked I'm at
the windows could see nothing. Peo.
pie who got look through the open
door saw hats, door mats, saw dust
and chairs lowering in the air. but not
for long. In about three minutes the
red man stalked forth, somewhat fus.
trated and little bit worn away, but
he had not lost drop of blood nor .
door mat.
Inside the saloon all was peaceful ana
serene. The man whose uncle was
shot was lying under the table; the one
whose grandmother was shot seemed
trying awful hard to remember how the
affair began. and the one who went In
on general principles was looking OUT
of two black eyes at ruined nose.
.Hu?' called the Indian az be was
ready to move on.
But no one hewed.-DetroSt Free
Press.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-02-18
With gallant fearlessness and determi.

with gallant fearlessness and determi-
alton.
Colonel Emmons was scaling the
parapet, amid the remnant OF those
who had followed him, while the aiding
column was pressing on behind over
the bodies OF his men, who lay thickly
in the path up to the battery. His left
arm hung useless by his side, his face
was covered with powder and blood,
his uniform was wet with the lfe-blood
of men who had fallen by his side but
he waved his hat and cried in trumpet
tones
Press on, boys press on i
Just then a we'll aimed bullet entered
his left side, and he fell mortally
wounded, just as the Uuion flag was
planted within. the battery and fresh
troops were pouring over the parapets
to make good the victory.
Tenderly he was borne to place OF
safety, but he survived only long
enough to know that the battery had
been securely taken.
Tell my father, said he. with blanch.
ing lips, that died happy in the hope
that my service for my country might
in part atone for the sin and folly OF
my youth.
On the Emmons lot. in the beaut iful
cemetery. there arose granite shaft,
upon which was inscribed
To the Memory OF
COLONEL WALTER EMMONS.
He Died in the Service OF his Country.
Below is inscribed in Latin, whic h
few who do not know his early history
take the pains TO translate and inter.
pret:
BY one virtue some have covered a mu ltitude
,,of sins
| By the practice of many virtues did this man
patiently strive to cover one sin
of his youth.
To this place every Sabbath for years
white-haired man came with wreath
of pure white flowers, which he placed
tenderly upon the smooth green sod in
summer, and in winter upon the whittier
snow. Sometimes he camealone; some-
times he was accompanied by lady
with gray hair, and often by a fine look
ing man with beautiful lady on his
| arm.
But oftener a little boy was with
him, and then it was he who carried
the white flowers. The child's name
was Walter Emmons Holloway.
One day Walter asked his grandfath
er to read the Latin inscription to him
but his grandfather replied
Not yet, my boy-not yet you are
not old enough
when shall be old enough, grand
father p
when it is time for you to take any
position of trust, my child''-Christidn
| Union.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-02-18
A FIyE-DAY NAP.
Young Mr.. banks Appears 60 Have
Needed On Long Sleep.


NeedeC a Long sleep.
my. Times.l
Alva Banks, clerk In the grocery of
George Washhurn u Co., IN Pleasant.
vile, Westchester County, n. Y, is
twenty-five years old. gosd looking and
popular. On last Thursday morning.
while at work Ia the store he began TO
get drowsy. He kept walking about
to keep awake. He had mad u good
sleep on the night before. At noon he
went home to dinner. bat Inc fell asleep
while he was eating. lie awoke and
finished his dinner, but after dinner he
thought he would lie down and take o
nap. On reaching his room Inc felt 90
sleepy that he undressed himself and
went to bed. He went directly to sleep
and kept on sleeping. On saturday
morning he was sleeping as peacefully
as child. He had not moved mus
Gle after he went to bed. His brother
punched him and tucked him. pulled
him out of bed and threw him back in
to it. lie showed no signs OF waking.
DIR. DeHart was called In on Satur-
day forenoon. A pin stuck into Banks
leg had no effect upon him at first, but
when the doctor pushed the pin In near
ly to the head the leg drew up, but
Banks slumbered on. Spanish fly
blisters-a kind OF slow torture-were
spread over the whole length Of his spi.
nal column and on the back of his neck.
The doctor also gave him some cathar.
tic treatment. Banks still slept.
On Sunday morning members OF the
family, by vigorous treatment, arous.
ed him. He rolled over. yawned and
went to sleep again. They kept slap
ping him. and finally be sat up, rubbed
his eyes and said ie was tired. He
was pulled out, and he walked into an.
other room, where he sat down in q
chair and went off to sleep again: He
, swallowed mechanically some food
which was forced into his mouth, and
he drank q little water. On Sunday
afternoon BIO was awakened more easi-
ly. It was not until Tuesday morning
that he woke for good. He had no in
clination to sleep further, and seemed
to be as bright and as strong as ever.
His long sleep had been q quiet one.
He had not even dreamed when the
blisters were gnawing at his neck and
back. On Wednesday night he was
about the store i'm his usual condition,
except that his back was 30 sore that he
couldn't bend it.
Banks had had long sleep twice be-
fore. The first time was about zen
years ago, when mumps developed into
Inflammation of the covering OK the
brain. After day os delirium he
went to bed and slept soundly and un-
interruptedly for six days in spite OF N
council of doctors. Three years ago he
had another sleep of three days. lt
came on like the one last week. It 10
said they are due in part to over -exer.
tion. Banks is an energetic young
man, and he has great deal CT respon-
sibility in the store, which just now is
busy alling the orders OF men at work
ON the new aQueduct.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-02-18

Ii subscribers order the Discrimination Of
newspapers the publishers may continue 20
send them until all arrrdrages are paid.
u subscribers refuse or neglect iU take their
newspapers from tle nffirc ta which thry are sent
they are held rrSpuusssi.e until they have AUtled
the bills sta,i ordered theG discuntibued.
III subscribers move tI Iothsr placeS wtth0utih
forlntug tile pnb!isher, amt tn ncwApairrS are
setit tO th" former pac :, tLey Ave reSl'olbibte.
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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-02-18

During the years that followed John
took the place of kind aud thoughtful
son and brother in that sorrowing fam
lily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23
Reliance upon the Republic An
Senate.

The Republican Senate is the bulwark
of the industrial interests against the as
sault made upon them by the new tariff
bill. The Chicago Inter-Ocean says of
Mr.. Morrison's bill:
''He begins by increasing the free list
to the extent of fifty-two. or one for each
week OF the year. Lumber in many
forms, iron ore, sulphur. copper. lead,
the chronic ores are on the list of this
great high executioner. So are hay and
potatoes. Numerous chemicals have
been treated to the same distinction. These
changes alone would be enough to arouse
to the bill fatal hostility. for if enacted
they would cause widespread disaster and
irreparable loss. But the chief feature
OF the bill is reductions rather than trans
fers. Through reduction he would un-
dermine the prosperity of every great in
dustry-eotton mills, furnaces, steel
works, wooden factories of all kinds. and
sugar plantations. The line of bank
ruptcy under an enforcement of this bill
would extend from the delta OF the Mis-
s,ssippi. along the mountains OF Georgia.
Tennessee, West Virginia, and Pennsyl-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23
Only Half Alive.

There are hosts of men and women who to
coin phrase, are only half alive. That is to
say, they have seldom if ever any appetite,
are nervous, weak, fdgetty and troubled by
numberless small pains and aches. In the
presence of vigorous, exuberant vitality they
seem mere pigmies. Such persons are usually
fond of frequently dosing themselves. swal
lowing in the course of the year enough drugs
to stock any apothecary's shop of average d.
mansions. This, of course, defeats instead
of furthering the end in view, viz. the recov-
cry of health and vigor. Were they to seek
it from an unfailng source OF vitality, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, how different would
be their case. Then vigor would return to
their deliberated frames, the glow of health
to their wan cheeks, their trembling uncertain
gait would grow firm and elastic, appetite that
grandest of all sauces, would give relish for
the daily food, were it ever so coarse, and re.
freshing sleep would crown the tasks of the
day. feb23deod&w1w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23
rania. to the hill. of New England. down

vania, to the hills of New England. down
which run the wheel-turning streams. and
embracing all cities and towns favored
with any considerable skilled industry.
With all his free trade instincts Morri-
son does not propose to interfere with the
whiskey and tobacco interests of the coun-
try. The duties on liquors and tobacco
are not disturbed. Nothing could have
been more appropriate in bourbon poll
tician of the more hide bound sort.
If there were serious danger OF the &C.
tual passage OF this bill. it would constl-
tute the most important issue OF current
politics. for if it received the approval OF
Congress, it would no doubt be signed by
the President. But there is little If any
prospect of its passage. The House is
thoroughly democratic, but the Senate Is
overwhelmingly republican. There are
some recognized protectionists among the
democrats of both bodies, especially from
Pennsylvania and Louisiana. Ex-Speaker
Randall and Senator Eustis, with their
respective colleagues, may be safely
counted on to oppose bill which would
be ruinous to their States. But the great
reliance of the country is upon the repub-
lcan Senate. 1t must be an infinite relief
to the great industrial interests of the
United States to reflect upon the absolute
power of that body to prevent any change
in the tariff No doubt some improve
ments could be made, but the evils of
the existing system would be
so great that no change whatever should
he allowed ;,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23

The Supreme Court of the State of New
Jersey has declared the railroad tax law
unconstitutional, and the State will be
under the disagreeable necessity OF paying
back about 81, O00,0 900, which it has col
lected under the law, to various COM
panies. The ground of the decision was
the fact that railroad corporations are
singled out by the law as the only ones to
be taxed under it. A law taxing all cor
porate property, in the courts opinion,
might be constitutional, but the discrimi-
nation against railroads makes this case
Of special legislation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23

o. II. Holberg, Pastor Woodhaven M. E.
Church, South Woodhaven. Queens Co., N.
Y, states: 81 have used Allcock's Plasters
for thirty years. Never found them fail to cure
weakness of the back, spine and kidney diff
culties. They are very agreeable and
Strengthening. A short time ago got in a
profuse perspiration while preaching. I'm.
prudently going home without mp overcoat, l
lost the use of my voice, and the next day l
had violent pain in my back, kidneys and
chest. l could hardly breathe. Three ALL
cocks Pa'ters applied to nv back. chest and
kidneys cured me completely in six hours.
l was astonished how quick my breathing be-
came easy after applying"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23

Fully 5000 people, headed by brass bands,
marched to the depot at Hastings to witness
the simultaneous arrival of delayed trains.
Twenty-nine passenger trains pulled into the
Union depot inside of thirty minutes. The
blockade had lasted ten days.-OmsahA Bee.
An Albany tOboggan is named sd. B. Hill,
Get Thar Eli, 1885," and it goes down hill
just as easy and 'up hill just as hard as any
other sled Waterbury Conn., american.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23
Miraculous Escape.

w. W. Reed, druggist. of Winchester Ind ,
writes lone of my customers, Mrs. Louisa
Pike, Bartonia, Randolph Co., Ind, was a
long sufferer with Consumption, and was
given up to die by her physicians She heard of
DIR: Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
and began buying it of me. In six months
time she walked to this city, a distance of
SIX miles, and is so much improved she has
quit using 1t. She feels she owes her life to
it." W
Free Trial Bottles Ut Devine & Couphlin,s
Drug Store.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23

A correspondence between Knights of
Labor and Hon. S. l.. Milliken is publish
ed in another column. 1t fully explains
itself Mr.. Milliken's frank and full
avowal of interest in the labor question
will no doubt be satisfactory to the
Knights.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23
Three ReaSnnS

Why every one needs, and should take Hoods
Sarsaparila in the spring.
LIST: Because the system is now in its great
est need. Hoods Sarsaparilla gives strength.
ID: Because the blood is sluggish and i'm
pure. Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies.
Sd: Because, from the above facts, Hoods
Sarsaparlla will do greater amount of good
now than at any other time. Take it now.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23

Can be had an application at the office. The
Daily and Weekly taken together afford the best
Advertising medium for this section Of the State.
For only so cents. special advertisement OF three
Hines can be placed In the Daily Journal for one
week. cheap way TO advertise for hired girls. for
lost and found articles and for houses to sell and to
rent As well adapted to Gardiner and Hallowell
peOpe as or Augusta readers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-23
ALEx'R Mcleod, r. S.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, U. S.
WAsHlNGToN, ID. c., Feb. 18th, 1886.
ALEXANDER MCLEOD, r S,
Dear Sir IL have not vet seen the bill to
which you refer, but can assure you that
every sound and reasonable measure to better
the condition of the working men and women
OF this country, whether in government en-
ployment or out of it, will meet with my
hearty approval and receive my cordial sup
port. will at once give my attention to the
bill introduced by Mr.. Foran.
Very truly YOURS S. l.. MILLIKEN