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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

A Specimen of the "Uuearped Increment"
NEW YORK, Nov % About half the
land west of Central park, owned by the
late Joshua Jones, was sold at auction yester-
day by the executors of the estate and
brought about So, OOo, 900 The property was
bought by Mr.. Jones father in lsOs for less
than So 900
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

JAMESTOWN. D. r., Nov, ga call has
Just been issued for constitutional conven-
ton to lie held ct Jamestown Dec. s. to fur
Their the early admission of the Dakotas into
the Union
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

NEW YORK. Nov. "3-Half a million dol
lars in gold will be shipped to Europe on
Saturday. This brings the total shipment
for the week to s.. $40 900
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23
CLOSED THE DOORS AND FLED.
A Bad Failure with EsscaIly Aecompani
nents at Valparaiso, Neb.

pents at Valparaiso, Neb.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. e3-A special fre.n
Valparaiso says: "The State bank of this
place has closed its DOORS and the proprie-
tors, F Scovile and G. A. Crafts, have fed
the country, leaving many debts unsatisfied
1t develops that Scoville has altered many
notes payable TO the bank by raising the
figures on them. Both men borrowed ex.
tensvely from their friends before leaving.
As near as can be ascertained at the present
time the liabilities will reach s200, G09
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

Ornamenting letter and note paper by
hand Is becoming very remunerative
branch of industry in New York as well
as London, Paris and Vienna.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 23-Among Gen.
Harrisou's callers yesterday were Congress-
man Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois; William
Cumback aud daughter, of Greensburg, Ind. !;
John F. Cravens, of Dakota, and Attorney
General Kitchener
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

Tickets for the rattle of Tom Kirkwood
can be had at the Harper house. Only
ABOUT five hundred of these rare chances
remain.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

A squash that was five feet four inches
in diameter was exhibited at fair in
Boise City, Idaho.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

Two men in St. Louis and one In New
York have gone crazy on account of the
election excitement.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

No, 1724 Second avenue. Special atten.
ton paid 10 saving the natural teeth and
inserting teeth withou, plates.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-23

oste-New 20a2s
Hsy-Uplsnd prairie. Sass.
Hay-TlmotnN-n S1ii.s50.
Hay-Wild, S5:0GGS6 D.
Rye-50c.
Corn -40G4a
Corn-New. 25f30c.
Potaeoes-256t55e.
Turnips-l5c.
Oosl-Sost lie : ha,G 20 o.
Cord Wood Oak, s4.ss: Hickory. s.,
Strsw-S 500: bsled Sc %.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

The wild Indian savages who treads the
mountains and vast plains and are wards
of the people, have sense and spirit enough
TO resent the manner In which they are
treated by spectators, gamblers, and cons
mercial traders They soon get on the war
path and make noise aboutit They will
not stand as much soft talk and deceit rs
the more intelligent white man. They
will have settlement Of affairs when they
get too oppressive. They guard their
rights anu privileges much more than do
the more enlightened white tribes of this
country. They take few scalps from the
settlers; then there Is a treaty made with
them, and few presents thrown out; the
sore Is healed for while until speculation
and commerce begins again to work de-
structlon on them as 1t does on the intelli>
gent white man.
Now, let us not be outdone by these few
savage tribes. Let US 60 to our wigwams
and build the council fires, and there In a
cool and deliberate judgment overhaul the
situation and position of matters of vital
importance to us rs "A nation Let us dis
vorce the public business from private cor.
porations and concerns, Let US have mat.
tiers founded on justice and equity. Let us
make determined stand in the centennial
year of our constitution, for we have the
same fight now that We had then, and that
was the stamp duty levied by arbitrary
power. Let us free our legislative halls of
manufacturing and commercial corruption
JUNIUS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
A Contrast,

Our workingmen have the settlement of
the question in their own hands. They now
obtain higher wages and live more comfor.
,ably than those of any other country. They
will make choice between the substantial
advantages have in hand and the deceptive
promises and forecast of these theorizing
reformers.-Hdrris0n's Letter.
II occasionally spent some time in a
factory town, one of those painful places SO
numerous in New England, to which Our
fiercely stimulating tariff has given devel>
opment far too rapid for the interest
of the human beings concerned
We may say of many of the operatives in
them, that. from one weeks end TO the
other they scarcely hear one pleasant
sound, scarcely taste one morsel of agree
able food. They hold their lives on con-
ditions which forbid honest JOY, innocent
mirth, or beneficial communication of spirit
with fellow beings. The men very .,arely
see woman who is not worn, defaced and
disfgured by excessive labor, who presents
TO the male of her species the charm which
nature intended to be the inspiration and
the reward of his life. There Is Just one
thing which can give brief exhilaration
TO persons living In circumstances So false,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

WASHINGTON, Aug. loo tie Editor
| ChicdQO Times.-l see somebody has been
asking The Idmes how many republicans
and how many democrats served In the
union armies OF course, as The Times has
said, no political census of the soldiers was
ever taken and no exact answer 10 this
question can be given But there are some
| figures that serve MS indications. If this
question were put 10 u republican he would
be pretty certain TO say that II WAS the re-
publicans who fought the war; here and
there was a war democrat, but he was a
sort of white black bird; the democrats
assailed the integrity of the union and the
republicans shouldered their guns and
saved IT,
Now 1t happens that the whole number
of enlistments in the union armies was
about so per cent greater than the entire
vote for Lincoln. The Lincoln vote was
less than 40 per cent of the whole vote. If
we leave out the Breckenridge vote entire.
ly as substantially secessionists, the demo
Gratis who voted for Douglas and the old
wings who voted for Bell outnumbered
the republicans who voted for Lincoln.
If every man who voted for Lincoln en-
listed in the union army, there must have
still been one million democrats in the un>
ion army. But suppose 1t is not preten
dod that all the republicans went to the
war. If half of them went to the war
then the union armies consisted of one.
third republicans and two,thirds demo
Gratis or in approximate figures 100000 re-
puolicans and 100000 democrats PerS
haps more than half the republicans en-.
listed. If twothirds of them enlisted, the
m ,jority of the soldiers were democrats,
and the army contained 100000 republi-
cans, and 100000 democrats, majority
of 300 900, or % per cent.
Ii these figure are not enough to show
that the democrats did their share of fight
ing on the union side perhaps some details
will assist in the work of conviction. The
little democratic state of Delaware gave
Lincoln 1915 votes, and 1884 soldiers.
The border state of Maryland gave Lincoln
1924 votes and 4663S soldiers. Virginia
undivided gave Lincoln 1929 votes, and
West Virginia gave him 32,6S soldiers.
Missouri gave Lincoln 1702S votes and
100, 1 soldiers Mr. Lincoln's native state
of Kentucky gave him 1864 votes and 49,.
$50 soldiers. F. p. p.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22


One evening lady, while preparing for
bed, laid three rings on her dressing table,
where, among other articles, small plate Of
oatmeal had been placed. During the night
the owner Of the rings was seized by illness,
so severe that for nearly week she never re-
membered her property, which had mean
while been taken charge Of by nurse. On
inquiry, however, there proved to be only
two rings, the nurse declaring that she had
never seen the third, though she had removed
the others Immediately on entering the sick
room. This not being satisfactory, thor
ough search was instituted, but without sue
cess, and gradually the ring was forgotten.
Many months afterwards there was an I'M
pleasant odor In the same apartment, and a
brickayer was summoned. He raised the
hearthstone and discovered the dead body Of
thin emaciated mouse, which, on examine
ton, proved to have the lost ring firmly fixed
round its neck. The death of the mouse had
evidently been caused by suffocation, and
the explanation Of the whole seems to be,
that, on the evening when the rings had been
placed on the table, the mouse (Which must
have been very young, attracted by the
smell Of the oatmeal, had crept up to partake
Of this dainty, and, while moving ABOUT, had
unconsciously pushed its head through the
circlet of gold. As the little creature grew
larger. however, the pressure Of the ring
must have caused it much uneasiness, and
finally strangled it altogether. The attenu-
ated condition Of the mouse was u proof OF
how much it's health had suffered during the
gradual process of strangulatiOn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
A Gate.

MeSSrs. Editors. | have invented fast
ener and lock for all swinging gates which,
instead of patenting, | desire to give to the
public; and many of your readers In the
country will no doubt appreciate it If you
bring 1t to their notice In your columns.
The merits of the gate are its strength,
lightness, small cost, durability, and that
1t offers no barrier to wind or snow. The
gate fastener consists of rod of hslf.inch
iron, eighteen inches In length, passed
through the gate post by means of half.
inch augur and then bent into equal
lengths so as to enfield the gate on both
sides.
To keep the fastener from going below
the horizontal, drive nall into the post
or supply the latter with shoulder for the
iron to rest upon. BY inserting wood
screw bolt on the inside of the gate itself,
just above the horizontal position of the
fastenerithe gate becomes firmly locked
The gate itself consists of top and bottom
piece 2x4xl2, and three pieces 2x4x3, to
which the long pieces are spiked A six
inch strip Is then cut inc four pieces each
feet, and four feet long, and nailed on
both ends and both sides to the top ana
bottom piece to firmly hold them together
use pair of screw hinges get In ten
foot cedar post, at the upper end Of which,
have a third hook holding ring and
chain, which extend to the middle of the
top rail which it supports by means of a
slat and spike. Care should be used to
have the hinges and chain hook In true
line and center. The whole cost including
the hardware should no! exceed 81 rs
Yours, &c, GEO. G. GUENTHER.
Galloway, Ill.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Fatally Injured.

A teamster named Meyers, In the employ
of the Western Cottage Organ Co., was
given what may prove his death wound,
on Monday. He had taken his team to the
Rock Island depot, and gotten load of
furniture for Mr.. Mortified, which he was
Instructed to place IN the barn, back OF
Merrlfield's residence. He drove up to the
barn aud thinking the door high enough to
admit of his remaining In the seat, drove
In. He discovered his mistake when too
late TO stop the team, and was crushed be-
tween the door aid the wagon, receiving
internal injuries, from which he may die.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22


Take nine yards of stout yard wide cotton
cloth and cut into three strips of three yards
each. Sew these strips together securely by
overlapping, and you will have piece three
yards square. Make solution of twelve
ounces of lime and five ounces of alum in
three gallons Of water, and soak the cotton
in it for day. Rinse it in warm rain water
and stretch it in the sun to dry. 1t will then
be waterproof.
Having reached the camping out place, cut
two poles eight feet long, each with n fork at
one end Sink the other ends in the ground
about foot and beat the earth well to keep
them firmly in place. These poles should be
about eight feet apart. Now cut another pole
about nine feet long and put it on top of the
other two, resting in the forks Cut two more
poles ten feet long for the sides of your
frame, resting one end Of each pole on the
cross pole ard the other end on the ground.
Stretch the canvas over the frame and tack
it to the poles. You can make the sides Of
your tent weatherproof with the boughs Of
cedar and other trees. This is the simplest
and least expensive tent you can have, and it
will answer your purpose fully. The interior
OF the tent, however, would be little more
roomy and comfortable if you would put up
a second frame in the rear similar TO that in
front, say two feet high, and stretch the can
vas over that and thence to the ground.
Select sloping ground to put your tent on,
so that if it rains the water will readily run
of; and also dig little ditch around the
tent with an outlet running down the in
cline. As the front of the tent will be- open
unless you choose to provide enough car
vas to close it-you had better place it with
the front toward the north or northwest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
A HALF HOURS ENTERTAINER
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

Peculiar Variety OF Gold Fish, Including
the Telescope and Double Tailed Fish.
Directions for Keeping Fish In Aduaria
or Globes.
The fish represented in the cut are varie-
ties ofthe well known gold fish or gold carp,
native OF China aud Japan, in which
countries they have been bred and domestic
ated for centuries, and us the most bizarre
forms have been carefully preserved, very
singular variations have resulted some
Of which possess huge double tails, Others
have their dorsal and anal fins enormously
exaggerated. The most singular are per-
haps those that have hideously enlarged
eyes, which protrude from the head and
cause the creatures TO be called telescope
fish.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
In the County Offices.

License to marry were last week granted
to Kozma Ropeezky and Mary Mar, zinko,
Chas. w. Carstedt and Maggie Klinefel'
ter, Chas. Quesse and Dorothea Weide,
Geo. Helms and Mary A. Craig, NeIs X
Nelson and Annie H. Burgeson, Peter
Kalosh and Theresa Mas, Joseph Baker
and Elizabeth Dock, w. r. Brown and
Jennie Z Miller, J. NJ. Patterson and Lulu
X. Bell, John s. Bowers and Clara L..
Kilmer, John E. Muir and Daisy Gentle
man, John Hopkins and Eliza Cahill, P. J
johnson and Lulu Holmes, John Davis
and Isabelle Mallams, and Geo. Leonard
and Louise Doll.
RECORDERS OFFICE.
Ninety three instruments have been filed
up to Sept. 10. Of these fifty-three were
deeds and twenty mortgages. The amount
of deeds of $1,000 in value or over was
$4,000 and of mortgages, of a like value,
$1,000 Among the deeds of prominence
are
Josiah C. Moore to Jenette f. Conant,
lot I, Earl $1,000.
Jos. O'Neil to Ann O'Niel, lots - and
IA in block 81, La Sale, $1,000.
Thos. G. Hunt TO J. B. Ellison, lot In
block 6, Plumb's addition to Streator,
$1,000.
Hans Thompson to VIM. p. Henery, lot
In block 63, State addition to Ottawa,
$500
II. c. Strawn to John Haws, part of lot
70, Subd. s. W. Il Ottawa, $3.50.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Probate Court.

Reports-Est of B Hoffman, p DAILY
Attilen Christman, E G Minor, and conser,
vatorship of Daniel Danielson.
Lctters-Of administration issued to w
II Bullen for est of Geo Bennett and to A
r Miller for the est of F II Miller. Tesla
mentary. issued to Geo d Shaver for es. of
Robt Blackstone, and to Susie Klein for
est of Andrew Klein,
Judgments.-F A Sherwood VS. est OF 7
WEIGH, judgment Tor plf 500 60.
miscellaneous estates of Isaac
Gage and Ebenezer Leland have been de.
clared settled. Inventories have been filed
for the estates of Margaret Hoey, Franz
Schneartz,-nn Noonan and Attilea Christ-
man. An order for distribution has been
entered in the est of John Dillon. Thomas
Reedy has been appointed conservator for
John Shanghnessy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Eectric Bitters,

This remedy Is becoming so well known
and 50 popular rs to need no special mention
All who have used Electric Bit,ers slug thu
same song Of praise,-A purer medicine doe!
not exist, and il Is guaranteed to do all tina
is claimed Eecric Bitters will cure al
diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will re-
move Pimples, Btils, Salt Rheum and Other
affections caused by impure blood. vii
drive Malaria from the system and proven
rs well rs cure all alarial fevers.-For {
cure Of Headac Q, Constipation and lndi-
gesiion try Electric Bitiers Entire salts
faction guaranteed or money refunded
Price 90 cts. and 81 90 per bottle at d
Lorriaux's Drug Store.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

shreds of raw meat, but at no time should
more food be given than is eaten greedily;
any excess putreties in the water and induces
fatal fungoid diseases. Large aquaria, with
some growing vegetables, such as duck weed,
valisneria, etc, are far superior to globes
Moreover, if there is sufficient vegetable
growth, the water be not soiled with refuse
food and few water snails and lymnea
added to keep down the excess Of green con-
fervoid growth, the water will not require
changing for months, or even, in a well man
aged aquarium, for years together.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
TELESCOPE GOLD FISH.

Gold fish breed rapidly in ponds where the
water is warmed, as by the escape of waste
steam or hot water from a factory. The
young are at first dark, but gradually change
color, becoming silver or golden. When
kept in globes they rarely spawn, and are
subject to a fungoid disease affecting the
skin, for which no cure is known In aquaria
or globes they are frequently very errone-
ously treated; bread crumbs are thrown in,
which decay, rendering the water turbid and
unwholesome, and the fish become diseased.
They thrive best on insects, small worms,
especially the aquatic kinds, or minute
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

Complete returns of the Maine election
make the excess for the Blaine candidate
only lS,405, OF 1850 less than the Blaine
man received In 1884 And this is Mr.
Blaine's "almost a political revolutionv
There used 10 be saying that revolutions
never 60 backward, but the "uncrowned
king" has discovered, II seems, that that
maxim is inapplicable TO political revolution
10 Maine. Those are revolutions that 20
like the crab-Chicdgo Globe.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Japanese Babies.

The babies in Japan have sparkling black
eyes and funny little tufts of hair; they look
so quaint and old fashioned, exactly like
those dolls that are sent over here to
America. Now, in our country very young
babies are apt to put everything in their
mouths; button or pin, or anything, goes
straight to the little rosy, wide open mouth,
and the nurse or mamma must always watch
and take great care that baby does not swal-
low something dangerous.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

The Burlington Route &C., b. u q r r.
will sell from principal stations on It's lines
on Tuesdays, Aug, 2lst, Sept llth and 25th,
and Oct 9th and 23d, Harvest Excursion
Tickets at Hat Rates to the Farming Re
gi0ns of the West, Southwest and North
west. For tickets and further information
concerning these excursions call on your
nearest C., B. Il q Ticket Agent, or nd
dress p 5 Eustis, Gsn'l Pass. and Ticket
Agent, Chicago
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Excursions TO Kansas and Nebraska.

Write to John Sebastian, general ticket
and passenger agent, Chicago, Kansas and
Nebraska railway, 1" Rock Island route "
Topeka, Kansas, and he will furnish you
with full information regarding series Of
Harvest excursions on the following dates
August 2lst, September llth and 25th
October 9th and 23d, and will also mail te
your address printed matter giving full par.
ticulsrs about Kansas and Nebraska lands
new towns, etc.
This is the new Kansas and Nebraska ex.
tension Of the Great Rock Island Route
Offering splendid Inducements TO parties
DESTROYS of locating.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

is Queen Victoria's
great grandson, his
grandmother being
the queens eldest
daughter.
This small but
important member
of the HohenZol-
lern family oele-
brated his 9th
birthday May G.
He had not then
attained to the dig
nifty Of a crown
prince-that honor
came to him on
the death Of his
grandfather, the
late Emperor Fred
erick III, June Is.
This little man
comes of a line Of
ancestry famed for
their military ex-
ploits, hence his
military education
began almost in
his cradle. As will
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
UNDERTAKING As USUAL.
FARM For SALE.

The undersigned offers for sale his farm Of 1888 acres
more or 'css situated two miles south and one mile
east OF Seneca ILL.,, III Grundy county with ca acres Of
corn 10 acres of Timothy, balance good timber pasture
one house OFFS bedrooms sitting room and kitchen, and
living water ana good orchard on the premises For
particulars call Geo Parker, of ottawa, on the
premises aug2o 6m' JOHN SHELLY,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

unnecessary, and unnatural, and that Is
strong drink. Hence, We hear ana truly
hear, that the rum seller controls tine poll
tics of the plsce.-Jdmes Barton, IN Sep
TENDER Forum"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

The bright little boy in uniform depicted
in our cut is none other than the little Crown
Prince Frederick William of Germany, who
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

ture, he has already attained to uniform,
and when he is 10 years old he will formally
enter the Guards as second lieutenant.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

Queen victoria's Great Grandson, Fred
erick william, Who Is Now the Crown
Prince of Germany, Although but o
Years Of Age.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

But in Japan, says writer in st. Nicholas,
they put the small babies right down in the
sand by the door Of the house, or on the floor,
and no one seemed TO be anxious about them.
Little children in Japan are very good and
very easily amused. When bedtime comes
they lie on tufted silken covers on the soft
mating floor and the good mother sits be-
side them and pats softly with her hand and
sings lullaby song that begins with what
means in our language:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

IL an 0IIM mum From the facilitating
" TO- 'O1' ~ heat iyou can't appetite
ambition, and always tired, you
much need Of medicine sick abd You need Pne Celery
when the whole debitad by the and of
the heat afford and vacation? Pne
Compound will the only hot weather
medicinal value Compounded from the formula successful physician general
invigoraort has n equal. When all
down from heat o overwork, re NI 00A3E Y0U lid
member that Paines Celery Compound - 80. -
Sold by all druggists 81 a bottle Six for S..
WELLS ARDSON & co. Pronrs Burlington VI