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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30

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That all Of said lots or parts of lots were sold
"a aforesaid for the taxes of the year A. d. 1883
and that the time of redemption Of said lott or
parts of lots from said sale and purchase will eK-
pire on the 10Th day Of June A. d. 1898.
Notice is further hereby given, as aforesaid
that the certificates of purchase Of said tracts Of
land lots and parts of lots at said sale have been
duly assigned to the undersigned.
CaTHARINE STOUT
Assignee of said Purchasers
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PUBLIC SALE.

The undersigned will otter for safe 81 Public Auction
At hls residence, three miles west Of OttaSs. on
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY Z. 1886,
Commencing At u O'Clock. n. the following described
personal property: Five head ~ horses Osc colt Tour
mich cows, eight head Of young cattle, two lumber
Wagons one cutter. one buggy Ouc corn shelleT, ne
planter. mower. three -cts Of harness. one corn
ploE. ore gopher one hay rake, tio stubble p!nve,
two hlrroVrs and one cider mil
TKRss OF SALE.-All sums OF tye dollars snd uhner,
cash day Of sale: AL -uHIs over i've dollsrs
credit Of nine months vii bc E1ca on note Win ap
proved security, without interest n paid Hkcn due. "
not paid Interest 81 eight rr cent rOn dare 81 sale
will he Chsrgea WILLIAM CALVIN. -.
II. II NEEros A-c'!cree- ism "
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A. J. WILLIAMSON.
B. +. LINCOLN,

itiorr<y at Lar,
4 DMINISTRATORS SALE or REAL Estate
n Is virtue Of an order and decree Of The prubai,
Court Of Ia sale county llinUia made on the petition
81 the undersgnCd, Julius J. Carter, IA sdministru
tor OF the e-tate Of Peter G. Adds, decreased, fol
leave 10 sell the real estate % sd deceased At TN
January term, A. D. 1874, Of said court, tO-Sit: oI
the l2d day Of January isS shall on the 20 day
February next. between the hours Of ten O'Clock ~
the forenoon and four O'Clock In the afternoon 20 vii
O'Clock in the afternoon Of said day, Hc az pub
lie Gale at the south door of the county court huust
In the city OF Ottawa in sad county the real fetsi
descr bed "a follows, % Wit:
tn" east half tSJ Of the southeast quarter ~ o.
section ave 5) In township thirty one Al north rang
three 81 eat Of the third I'D principal meridian
subject "a q mortgage thereon for nfteen hundred dot
lOrs and interest the same tor year At seven pc
cent? in Ia sale county liu the follow INK ter
D. x!t: Cash on confirmation OF sale by the court
Dated THIS I'D day q January \. ID. 1856
JULIUS J. CARTER
Administrator Of the estate 81
ianJIE Peter {. Adds. deceased.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30

At meeting of those interested the pre-
liminary arrangements for celebration Of
Washington birthday by Seth C. Earl Post
G. A. Il Of this city, were talked over al
Captain Fullerton's Office Saturday night Ii
was decided to hold a camp fire and concer
On Feb. 22 and %, at the Congregations
church. The object of the entertainment is
to raise funds. the treasury of the society
having been drained by applying the money
to charitable purposes. There were during
the year past over so cases which required
aid from the G. a. r. fund Of this city, and
it is hoped that by alfording the people o.
Ottawa a frst-class entertainment each night
that a handsome sum will be realized from
the proceedings. 1t is fully purPosed /,
make this one Of the best entertainments ever
given in this city, and the admission price
has been placed for those who purchase tick.
cts for both nights at a dollar which also in
cludes supper, which will be served in the
basement. As the preparations assume more
definite shape, the reader will tc duly in
formed through these columns. The follow.
ing are the chairmen Of the various commit
Lees: Location, T. NJ. Shppp; advertising -
+. A. Na,tinger; concerto. A, L0oA; tick
ets-M. Hauifan; camp fre-Thos c. Fui
lerton; decorstion--W. S. Wheeler; reception
D. L. Snow; SUPPER, II. Widmer and
others. assisted by the following Ottawa
ladies': Mrs. D. Hapeman Mrs. Il, F. Dyer
Mrs. Henry Mayo, Mrs Sherman Leland
Mrs. Jumes Il. Cooke, Mrs Carl Herzog
Mrs. r. Baker, Miss Florence Shaw; Mrs. L.
\. Rising aud Mrs. James n. Nickel.
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NOTICE.-EsrATy or JOHs G.. HgNsLyE, Dxs'p
~ Notice Is hereby given, that the under
signed Executri1 Of the last will and testament %
John g. Hcrslcr late uf the county % Ia Sale and
Of Illinois deceased. viii appear before the Pro.
bate Court of sa!d county the third Monday tbeng
the 18th dsyJ Of March is'S, AZ the Probate Court
Rom in ottawa in said county, when and where al
persons having elaine or demands against said estate
are notified attend and present the same IN writing
for adjustment
NARY HLSSLEE,
izn25-sw ETsurrtN.
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On numerous occasions recently the tele.
phone boy, about the witching hour Of night,
when grsveyards yawn. &c, has drawn the
drapery of his couch about him and lain
down to pleasant dreams. utterly and oblyi.
ousiy regardless of the fact that he had been
vigorously "rung up" by various parties.
The crimson-haired night clerk at the Clifton
turned in nocturnal alarm OF 1890 Wei
nesdsy Ia It would awake the seven -leepers
Of Ephesus, but the phone boy hadn't I'm
ished his midnight siesta on the diyan and
his peaceful slumbers were not disturbed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30

Recently representative for this paper
WAS shown some figures by Postmaster Bow
man from which it is learned that the gross
receipts Of the postofiice at this city, during
his term Of four years, are Sj4, 627.iS, up to
Jan. lst Of this year. There is not city in
this state Of the population of Ottawa that
can produce such a crcditable showing. That
Ottawa is the centre Of culture Of Ia Sale
county, and that its people are a reading
and intelligent community is amply proven
by its postoffice receipts if proofs are neces,
sary. These figures are one-thrd greater
than the gross receipts of Mr. Bowman )
predecessor. and shows that his management
Of the Office has been frst-class in every re-
spect In fact, Bowman has been long
looked upon as the model p. NJ. Of La Sale
county and has made a highly creditable
record with the department at Washington
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That all of said lots or parts of SAID lots were
sold IA aforesaid for the taxes Of the year 4. d.
1888 and that the time of redemption of said lots
from said sale and purchase will expire on the
2lst day of June A. d. 1886.
Also, at the aforesaid sale, j. Stout, on the 9th
day of July A. d. 1884, became the purchaser Of
the following described lots and parts Of lots
situated in said county and state. viz:
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IMPROVE YOUR OPP
PORTUNITY!
L. w. BREWER,


A DEMONSTRATORS SALE or ERAl. ESTATE
n by virtue Of an order and decree Of the PROBATE
Court If La Sale county IllinOs made the petition
OF the undersigned Theodore e. 1ransry admnstratgr
with the vi annexed Of the estate of Austin q ddard,
deceased for leave sell the Real Estate Of sad lie
ceased the January term, D. 1896 OF said Court,
to-wt on the 18th day " January S5b shall on sat.
urlsy the nth day Of February next between the
hours Of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four ocOCs
ia the afternoon. that 10 say IN the NJ
dence of AUSTIN Goddard, deceased on the southwest
quarter (swA) Of section 49, town'hip - north range
Ophir in sad county the Zeal E1t,te described as fol
lows tO-vt: go.
The southwest quarter (swt Of soction twenty eight
S tow nshp thirtyhvc 81 north, range two 20 east
~ the third principal ucrictan c ntaintng one hun
dred and sixty l1 acres Of lan' or less stuicd
in La ale county, Illinois, OR the following terms
tO-yit: Cash.
Dated this t7ih day Of January, A. p i-,5
THEODORE e. TRESARY,
Administrator with the will annexed OF tue estat"
,anD-iT ~ Austin Cilldsri. deceased.
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That all of said tracts of land. lots and parts
Of lots were sold as aforesaid for the taxes OF the
said land lots and parts of lots from said sale and
purchase will expire On the 10th day of Jnue A. D..
1885.
Also, at the aforesaid sale. ]. Stout, on the 10th
day of June A. D. 1884, became the purchaser OF
the following described town lots and parts OF
lots, situated in laid county and state. viz:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
A Wonderful Sight.

TAYL0r's FAILS. MIN, June l7-What
has resolved itself into the largest hog jam in
the world formed in the dallcs of the It. Cruix
At this place yesterday. and to-day the old
lumbcrmcn place the amount at not less
than li0,O90000 feet, and running in at the
raie Of one million feet per hour. The jam
now extcnds from the lcvcr, in the dallc-, 10
way above Tuttle's Falls, fully two miles.
The old residents state that this il the largest
jam ever formed in the dalles, surprising the
first great jam uf 1855. The jam Is attracting
hundreds Of spcvtators from all parts of tho
country. # is a wonderful sight. the huge
lo.> c,mms down uu a wild current, PIung-
ing with a laundering noise over. uu,lcr and
all about the we,lgcd-tngcthcr logs in front,
herr swapping a monster in twain a. IL it
were q hazel stick and there tossing another
twenty ur lnure feet high in air, and thus
weaving from its starting poini IN thr rliy
q hopclcs- tanglc zap Che river. Lng-cr- say
that under the most favorable circumstance
il will take from tea day to two weeks 20
break the jam. lftlc water should give out.
the log would have To remain there until
another rise
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
Rejected and Elected.

1T. LorIs. June Hive months ago ii.
Louis Societv was shocked by the elnpemcnt
of Mis- Olive Harding with a pennies young
man named Milliken from san francisco.
The pair were married ia Belleyillc. Ill. and
the bridegroom had not the wherewithal to
pay for a nights lodging. After a tempes-
tuous honeymoon, passed chiefly in lodging
credItors, Millikcn woke up a few DAYS ago
g. find hi wife missing. She had returned
To her fathers house. The father. Roger T..
Harding j. president ofthe Valley DistilI-
ing Company, and a man of large wealth.
This morning the Young husband cnwled
through a window into the mansion and de
msnded his wife. He flourishel revolver
and ram around the house until lac found her
room aud then forced the door open. seized
her and requested her to fly with him. She
had enough of flying during the honeymoon.
At tins point a policeman. backed by the
iather-in-law, took charge of young Milliken
and led him Ia the police station. where
charges of trcSiassing and disturbing the
peace were preferred and afterwards with
drawn, Then the husband was released.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
A Pot of Coin Found.

HrNrINoIoN. Pa. June lG-Pctcr licrdic-
once known rs the WiliiamSrprt lumber
king. received the con,rlc; Ia supply Hunt
ins,lpn with water. Yesterday afternoon hi>
mon were cScayJiiug ut the new reservoir al
the head Of Fifth street, when at a depth OF
about eight feet frtni the surface J. -. No
Clam, Hculir foreman. discovered au earth
ca pot. securely sealed. which was filed To
thc irim with Mexican aud American gold
anil silver coins at ancient date. Mccain
refuses to make public the amount the pot
contained but his friends say 1t is several
Thousand dollar. A. soon rs the discovery
VS. made known Mr. He7lic put in q claim
Tor thc |t-.tsIrr ON the ground thai il wa.
found nn his properly, while Mcolain insi--
tc.tlaI it WIS his under Uncommon law re-
hating To- issl~ure-troy,. Mrs Christian toIe-
stock is an";licr claimant. Her deceased
husband sold the land 20 Hcriic. and thc
widow alleges THAT The money was buriei 10y
toicsinck for safe keeping All the parties
have employed counsel. and the ownership
Of the contents Of the pot viii be tested in
c4lrt-.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
LawleSneSS in ST. Louis.

ST. LoUIs. June Ex-Governor oglesby. of
Illinois. stopped in East -. Louis last night
on lnS way home from the southern part of
the State, wlIcre he had been inspecting the
Southern P%cnitcntiary and Insane Asylum.
He was waited upon by a committee of citi-
zcns and requested to do something for the
people IF East 1t. Louis. a. the city govern
ment was unable to prptcct them from the
thieves who had possession of the city. The
Governor said he believed a city of 10000
inhabitants was big enough to protect itself
and refused Ia send militia or do anything
10 protect property owners II is said Il Wig
lance rommitte is organizing and there is a
prospect for some lynching. Scarcely a night
passes without several highway robberies
and as many ielonious ASA ults.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
Almost UxorCide.


NV IItyEN. Conn. June lG-Stcplteu
Maher appeared ~ tho ioor of his wifc'~
house in Locust street; aj $50 thi, morning.
Hi, SOFA. q small boy and Mr.. Mahcr oppo~
el bis entrance. lie burst open The d'ur.
hatt,uiAs hi- >,u 90 the Apur. and grabbed
his vii. via" had just risen frnm bod hy
the huir lie knagkcl her down and mvlc
a lang. AT her with a large shoe knit. she
caught the blade in her fingers and held il
forau Instant. thinking she could wrench IL
from ltln.
Inch Iy inch Ia, drew thc sharp blade
through the grasp ruttin- The flesh uf ;he
fingers to thc ban, Then hc >ll-hri her
while rn,~trIte. driving thc knife into her
forearm. The landlaly hearing her cries ran
down -tair- anil caught Mailer hy t!la body
AMI threw him into corner of ;bc room.
Mr. Mahcr nrshcl into the sire! and Acl
in terror t1 the police station, clothcl only
in her night dress and trailing hiond from
her wound, 40 every step. Officers prlcrcl-l
Ia the scene and arrested Milne. H. was
sentenced tu jail for thrcp months amt fined
-B.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
TARIFF QUESTION SETTLED.

WASHINGTON, June lin the senate this
morning Mr. Ingalls, Offered o resolution
calling upon the President for a list Of all
removals and appointments within the civil
service classification. and Of all chief clerks
and eiiics of divisions Who have been trans
ferrctl without examination. The natural
presumption is that Ingalls, wants to convict
the administrator of insinccrity in rcsard
To civi, service reform, and that the heads
of DEPARTMENTS hive violated the law in
making appointments and transfers. On
objection of Mr.. Cockrell, who always an
~tagonize4 InghIl, the resolution went over
Until Tomorrow.
When the house was called Ia order this
morning nearly every member was present,
Il very unusual occurrence. The announce
ment thai Morrison would call up his tariff
bill had brought out both sides 10 the last
man. Morrison, Breckenridge, and other
revenue reformcrs were circulating on the
Democratic side, anxious to bring their vote
up a. high as Pn>sible. McKinly and His
cock were working like beavers on the other
HHNtr bNA Wy 'hNhAhNhNs ffs 'iAAT NA
nounccl that he would not call up his bill
until 1:3O r. N.
When the bill came up this afternoon ii
was refused by a vote of 49, Ia lJ9. Thirty
three Democrats voted against Morrison, and
three Republicans in his favor. This prob
ably settles the question of tariff reduction
not only for the present session but for this
Congress. \ majority of - against Nor
ri>on is more than was generally anticipated,
though each side felt sure of his defeat by a
small margin. The result calises much dis
cussiun here to-day, the principal feature of
which i the number of Democrats voting
for protection. 1t is not AT all fiattcring to
the President, wlio is known tu have recently
made personal appeals To the leaders of his
PARTY IN lis behalf. Morrison announced
that lac would renew his motion IN next
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
A Powerful Argument for Pure
Butter.

W,-HNeroS. June 1.-THE friend, IF
olcomargarinc concluded the presentation of
their side of the argument before the Senate
Committee on Agriculture to-day. Mr.. Gar
diner b. Chaplin. Of Boston. then addressed
the committee in hchalfn f pure butter. He
WAS followed by Col. Il. VI. LITTER. of the
Chicago Produce Exchange. who protested
rs a farmer against the right uf olco manu-
f%ictaryr~ 10 Nynd counterfeit butter. He hc-
licycd that So pyr cent st an olcu sold WAS
sold irudglcntiy. lie said that after ~cr,-
ing his country ia Mexico lac had performed
his duty a, had the occupant of the White
House 10y taking unto himself a wife. He
added that eight son, and daughters bore
witness that he had discharged his duty to
hiscomtry faithfully. LGrcut laughtcrl He
had just begun to think that after wears of
toll hc might get his wife a >calskin sacquc
and one OF these daugetcrs a piano, when
along clmc Armour a Ca. and nearly ruined
his business by selling couutcslciJs of his
fttrf.r
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
Captured by Two Boys.

GAEpSER Mass, June D.-For about a
year Charlie " Cooley and wife, of Temple
ton, have lived apart. Mrs. Cooley kept
house for q Mr.. Hin living at East Temple
ton. At 5.51 =. NJ. to-day Cooley went Ia
Hills house while the family were At supper.
Mrs.. Cohlcy saw him outside and shouted.
MY tod. here comes my husband, and ran
into the pantry. Cooley entered the house.
followed his witc into the pantry and shot
her in the back. She ran To the kitchen.
lie followed and shot her again. The poor
woman tbcn fled To- the street. whcrr the
husband fired u third time, and she fell dead
10y the roadside. The thncr bullets ali en-
tered the back within 4 space of few inches
>quarc. Two l5-ycar-old boys CHASED Cooley
and stoned him. lie shot one of the boys ia
the thigh. inlicting only a slight wound
The boys continued To- stone titc murderer,
one stone inticting a fearful cash under his
left eve. Cooley ran thrcc-quartcr> Of a mile,
vhan the hoys. assisted 10y one sidney LilIey.
him
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
A Texas Cyclone.

DENTON, TEX. June ls.-Thi~ and adjacent
counties were visited on Wednesday after
noon and night by a cyclone which did great
damage. In this lDcntun) county the storm
demolished the house of Mr.. Bricnorc, who,
with her daughter. was buried in the ruins.
The mother WIS fatally injured. The dauch-
ter will recover. The residence OF Dr. j. W.
Rutherford Was blown bodily from IT, fuun-
dation and turned over ON it, side. The
family escaped, having lied Ia their storm
cave. MANY harms. sheds, and outhouseS
were blown down, and the Schuolhuusc at
stony was completely wrecked school had
been dismissed. however, and uo fatalities
resulted. At Pilot Point signs and awnings
were carried away and houses mroofcd.
Williams Il Ncwhury'~ warehouse WAS moy-
eel by the force of the wind forty feet from
it, foundation. and Kendall. grain ware
house was unroofcd.
At Bloomfield similar damage was done.
and Or. Rilcy's dwelling house was blown to
pieces.
At Mount Kennedy the bridge" over Wilson
Creek was completely Wrecked. Cuilett's
grocery store was badly wrecked, the roof
being carried Of and the front of the building
blown in. Corn WA, laid low and cotton So
yercly damaged
Al Pleasant valley the wind was more yio-
icnt and blew down the Methodist and Pre-
bytcrian Churches. wrccking both.
At Waco j. G. Shacfcr was struck by light
ming and severely injured. He will probab-
lv die. The storm = regarded a. the most
seriou. cvcr known in this region. and the
damage to the crops, it is feared, will be very
great.
Reports from Cook county state that the
storm Was the heaviest ever known. At
Valley View a drug store was moved from
lis foundation and turned around. Other
buildings were badly damaged, while fences,
orchards and grain stack were carried away.
scattered in every direction. Heavy trees
were twisted of and rarried away. several
lives arc reported lost further west, where
the storm Is known To have assumed the
form of q fill-fledged cyclone At Itaska
two churchcS wery blown down. several
iarmhou~e> torn to pisces, and Joseph Fair
child WIS killed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
AT the Mercy of MurdererS.

E,>r 81. Louis, June 17.-rhis gity is YER
itably AZ the mercy of gang of political muir
dererS, who are taking advantage of the fact
that there are no puliccmen ON duty. The
recent suspension of the small force that was
ON duty for inefficiency las cmb1ldencd all
the dangerous element IN the city and sub
urbs. and robberics and burglaries are fire.
qucnt. Thu attempted muriercrS of reporter
j. W. Kirk and Henry S%teincrt. nephew of
cX- Mayor Bowman. have excited the fears
of nll orderly people. The latter j, not ex-
pectcd to live through the day and j. u.
Miller. the reporter who was brutally beaten
ON the bridge last night by City CLERK. I. \.
Canty l. also dying. AStrangcr who refused
to treat a gang of rouglls, was taken To a va
cant lot, beaten To inSenSibiIity. robbed and
left for dead. Ladies are stopped ON the
streets in broad daylight and ordered To- give
up their purses by, thieves who, whenever
met with refusal, snatch the money and make
away with il. Their escape * made easy by
the fact that there are no policemen to make
arrests. Women and children fear To- be- un
the streets at night AT all. and men only ven
ture II when fully armed and prepared to
resist an attack.