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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
The District Schools.


The district and city schools have opened
the year of 1883 with very promising
prospects. Especially is this true Of the
district schools. Perhaps it was the FREk
TRADER's article last fsll-psrhsps IL wasn't,
but Whatever agency has produced the
change, the district school teacher and be,
pupils have cause to welcome it ~ friend.
The appearance ofthe school houses through.
out the entire county has undergone 9
change. Fences and outbuildings, which
had gone to ruin and decay, have been re-
paired, those having none have been sup.
piled new and neat, yet substantial, i'm.
provements. Coal houses have been moved
nearer to the school buildings. and the
convenience Of both the teacher and the
pupils has been considered The chief and
best improvement has been on the interiors,
which, in many eases, il contrasted with the
appearance Of the same rooms last year,
would be declared second only to" mas
best psrlor." All have undergone repairs
in some direction, while not few have
been rebuilt. The great fault of last year,
the miserable cracks under and around the
doors and windows, which allowed the heat
to dispense ss rapidly as the lone stove in
the room could manufacture it, have been
done away with by better management.
Many have been replastered, reprinted, and
in largo number Of cases plaster has been
done away with, and the entire walls and
matched flooring, painted an attractive
color. which is far superior to plaster as q
covering for the walls of district schools.
This Is true in more than one particular
Plaster cannot be washed with safety and
white wash, II applied year after year with.
out scrapiLg, IS is usually the case, scales
off, and the floor, desks, books and pupils
arc continually covered with white flakes
Plaster always will yield to tho argument
Of sturdy boot or well aimed slate. and
smoke soon renders it unbesrable.
SO much for the work Of the directors,
unless il be said that they have selected
their teachers this year with greater care,
compelling them to show certificate, and
in many cases an academic diploma and an
institute certificate.
That the district school pupils have
msrited the improvements made upon and
about their study and recitation rooms, 10
we'll sttestsd by the sixty odd medals won
in the contest at the State Fairs during the
past few years, amounting in value to over
three hundred dollars. Some are first pre-
miums, some second and some third. for nc
school or number Of schools could hope To
carry off all the first prizes in contests where
the schools Of one hundred and two counties
compete. Yet with the improved school
houses, they will do better work in the
! future.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
burglars Visit streator.

Streator people were somewhat abashed
ON Wednesday when it was found that bur-
glars had broken into nearly dozen bus.
mess houses, and taken money and vsluables
from nearly oil Of them.
The postofice WAS entered through the
rear door, which Was forced, and the drawer
at the window was robbed Of about forty
dollars. The stamped envelopes and postal
cards we're left untouched.
Andrew Hillsnbrsnds meat market va.
relieved Of forty.fvs dollars in silver
There had been two hundred dollars in the
shop on Monday night.
The loose change in Aid. Fox's saloon va
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
A Heavy Vote.

A vote, SURPRISING BY far the expectation.
Of the average citisen, will be polled on
Tuesday. In 1884 the number Of votes cas-,
In the county Of La Sale was nearly fourteen
thousand, and in the township Of Ottawa
eighteen hundred The registration books
show a vote in Ottawa township Of twenty
three hundred as the work Of the first day
and considerable addition on the Both.
These, with the hundred and over who
neglected to register, thinking 1t red tape
proceeding. and those who never have time
to do So the vote of Ottawa township viii
not fall short of tweIty.f five hundred,
Granted that Ottawa has increased in popu.
lation in the past four years more rapidly
than her neigh ors, it is still a phenomenal
increase, and means an average of over four
hundred voters to each of the six polling
places.
Should, however, an increase of one fifth
be found to exist throughout the county,
striking an average, the increase in the total
Voto Will bVt u0 A"A ooioW thISo tnouonhu,
making grand total of seventeen thousand
votes to DO cast on Tuesday.
The aliens naturalized since November
4th, 1884, sstoAishes one with their num-
Der. which shows itself to be fourteen hun.
dred and twenty .nine, nine hundred sixty.
Ave Of whom were made citi.sns in the
county court, and four hundred si1ty-four
In the circuit court. Nearly eight hundred
Of these have been given their papers during
the past few weeks, and perhaps hundred
or Q half hundred more will demand them
to-dsy and Monday. Some Of these gentle.
men can neither read or write English,
while not few Of them are unable TO write
their names in their native language.
With the natural increase Of population,
Strestor, La Sale and Peru, the towns Of
these foYmer aliens, will show ~ large, or
perhaps . larger, increase in vote, according
to population than Ottawa, and should this
prove true, the increased vote may reach
thirty. i've hundred or four thousand, o.
though the latter figure is perhaps too great
an estimate Of possibility.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
THE COURTS
Circuit Court.

Circuit Court.
Judge Stipp closed the circuit court or
Saturday, and - far ss actual business !.
concerned, there has bsen nothing done In
the court this week, nor will there be any
thing done until the presidential question ID
settled.
Among the cases taken up and decided on
Saturday, was the divorce case Of Mrs
Arundel, Of Mendoza, against her husband,
9 fsiker. He is. or was, whom she met him
In 1884, very rank fsiker, but he wore lots
Of fash jewelry and they we're married
She had previously inherited small fortune
and the fsiker took her to Chicago, where
he OStensibly helping her spend it, got away
with three thousand dollars of her money
before she discovered that 1t was money he
wanted instead instead of love. She stopped
his allowance and returned to Mendoza. The
divorce was granted.
Peavy Rowland order for partition and
the payment to the plaintiff Of Eve twelfths
the value Of the property.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
.bstrao.sd. Il amounted to about ten dol

abstrae.ed. Il amounted to sbou, ten dol
lSrs.
With three men about il constantly, the
Santa Pe depot cash drawer vas robbed OF
ten dollars In change.
A few dollars we're taken at six or seven
business houses. but the most singular trick
was the unscrewing and theft Of three hun
drsd torch tops at the democratic headquar
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

E. p. Clark's confectionery establishment
was closed this week by virtue Of chattel
mortgages held by his mother. Ed. has
been sick for several weeks past, and in the
meantime his business naturally has been
running itself. and to that fact is 70 doubt
due this failure.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
Probate Court.

Lsuers-Letters of administration have
been issued TO Mary Bruce, In $40 900 bond
In estate Of Alex Bruce; testamentsry to C.
and H Sweetlsnd in the estate Of HsrrisonW
Swestlsnd, and to James Cshill in estate of
John Lyons.
Reports. scots in est Of Lewis Lewis,
Geo. Turner, John Relhenser. Alex Rowe.
or sale in est Of Kisrsn Msddens, John W
Hill and Arthur B Lowman.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

Every democrat in La Sale county should
willingly give one day to his party and to
his country. The contest this year Is the
contest of the people against the hosts Of
monopoly and corruption, and every dem
ocrat's place is on the side Of the people.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

Levina Callahan died at the Sisters Of
Mercy convent on Tuesday, of Q complica.
ton of diseases. at the age Of seventy. eight.
The funeral took place from St. Columbia s
on Wednesday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
Envelopes

The FREE TRADER office has just received
40. 900 Envelopes, direct from the manufac-
turers, and is prepared to furnish them in
lots to suit at lower prices than envelopes
have brought for two years past.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
WetirOn Items,

WEDRON, Nov THE farmers are all
husking nov and they say the corn Is all
right.
Fred McMlchael . prominent young
democrat, Is now doing q good work for
Cleveland In this town.
There was big democratic rally 10
Wedron, on Tn ursday night, many OF the
followers OF Cleveland were out
Dayton township has been canvassed and
II Is found that It will 90 democratic by
larger majority than It has given since
1872. We are glad to be able TO say that
many of the republican farmers are turn
ing over one by one II this keeps on
there will be no republican party pretty
soon In this township DUNDER
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
Those New Things
at Wilson's.

Want to talk new things this
week. We've just opened a large
line Of latest style Jackets for La
dies, $2.oo to $500, in black and
colors. They are a sacrifice to
low prices.
New Headwear for Ladies and
Children. Anything from Tobog-
gan Caps and Fascinators to the
finest made Bonnet in the city.
This is plain to be seen by look
ing in II. V. Wilson's windows.
See them better inside.
Children's Wooden and Penang
Waists are selling fast. Just what
you want.
A large assortment of Fancy
Ornaments. Latest designs in
Silver, Gilt and Oxydized Fancy
Pins for ladies, in all qualities,
Bought at a sacrifice, and will be
closed out at once.
n. Y. WILSON,
La Sale Street. Ottawa. Ill.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

Capt. John p. Scheying, of the jefferson
Club, was presented with fine gold headed
cane by his friends and admirers ut democrat
ic headquarters last night. John deserves
great praise for his untiring zeal iD bringing
the JeffersOns 70 the high standard they have
attained, and will lead the club Ut Chicago
tonight with the new stick.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
COUNTY NEWS.
To espOndents.

Persons sending contributions to this col
umu land We would like to have at leas
one In every township must remember Il
sign their names to their correspondence
not for publication unless they so desire
but In order that We may know where the!
come from, Unless the writer's name &C
companies his letter, we must refuse 70
publish, no matter how good, the letter A
very good one from Wallace, signed Piceo-
To- had 70 be rejected this week for that
reason.
Correspondents who have exhausted their
SUPPLIES of paper and envelopes will please
send us their names and postoiiice address.
es, and supplies will be furnished, We
have mislaid our list of correspondents and
some of their names and postofflce address
es have been forgotten by the editor.
Ransom Notes.
RANSOM, Oct. 3l-George II. Haight, ID,
+. Trainor and George w. w. Blake spoke
in city hall, Oct. 27th. MIR. Haight spoke
forcibly In his treatment of the wage
question, demonstrating that the tendency
of excessive tariff taxation IL inevitably to
lower, rather than u raise, the standard OF
wages. We have no space To follow him In
detail, but his conclusion was, from care
full study of the whole question, that the
Mills bill, by It's free raw materials. Will
help the manufacturers and labOrs alike,
while the reduction Of the price of manu>
fsctured articles, made possible by this
means, will be Of vast benefit to the farmer
and consumer. We shall not undertake to
follow Mr.. Trainor In bis speech, but We
differ with him 10 regard to the statement
about General p. II. Sheriden being slight
ed by the republican press In regard TO his
nationality. Mr.. Blake's remarks we're
good and to the point to catch vote, "as he
wished TO be protected against that Streat0r
fellow who was running against him for
states attorney,-there he was free trader
man." this brought the house down In roar
of applause,
MIR. s. Arnold and II. w. johnson we're
here locking after their fences, as John
Sherman said.
A prohibition meeting In the city hall,
Nov. ID.
Mr. Berry of Rock Rapids, Iowa, Is visit
Ing friend friends In Allen.
There is perfect harmony between the
three political parties In Ransom. Who
wins wins IL our motto.
Another home made glad; another heart
Is happy, and Mr.. James Harry 10 the hap
piest man In Allen It's little babe girl
Miss Nellie O'Loughlsn Sundayed with
Miss Mary Ryan.
The judges and clerks OF election are as
follows: W. II. Mcintyre, M. J. Lane, J.
G. Deegan, as judges; George X. Shear, Z.
II Herbert, John Crangle, as clerks. ID.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

The democrats Of this county cannot afford
to allow a single man on the democratic tick
ct to be defeated. Let the tickets be voted
as they are printed and La Sale county viii
show democratic majority that will a.
tonish Col. Fullerton and his republican
committee.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
Boston store,

Headquarters for Holiday Goods, at
DUNCAN & Co.'S,
824 La Sale st.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

The republican central committee is boast
ing that La Sale county is going back to re-
publicauism. The question that every dem|
ocrst has to answer on Tuesday next is'
twill assist such a scheme!' We have no
doubt AZ to the answer that will be given,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
County Court,

Henry Watson, judg by conf for phi
$77.22. Evans Nelson, judg by conf TO
plf S45.96.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

The republicans are relying on . Liberal
use Of money in che cities OF Streator' Ia
Sale, Mendoza, Ottawa and Peru to carry
the county. What they fail to accomplish
with money they hope to gain through In
timidstiOn ofths employees, BY pit bosses and
others. The whole scheme will fail II dem
ocrats do their duty, and In An emergency
democrat, do do vh i is sxI sotsd Of them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-05-30
/ REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
CITY HALL, PORTLAND,
TUESDAY, JUNE IL, '88,
AT IL O'CLOCK A. M,

For the purpose Of nominating candidate Tor
Governor to BE- supported at the september election
and transaeting any other business that may
properly come before II.
The basis Of representation will be az follows;
Each city, town. and plantation viii BE- entitled 10
one delegate and for each seventy five votes east for
the Rspubean candidate for Governor In lsef, an
additional delegate and for fraction Of forty votes
in excess Of seventy five votes, further additional
delegate. Vacancies In the delegation Of any city,
town or plantation, only be filled BY resident
of the county in which the vacancy exists
The state Committee will be In sesslon In the re-
septlon room Of the Hall at nine O'Clock on the
morning Of the Convention, for the purpose of re-
ceivtng the credentials Of delegates.
All electors Of Maine, without regard 10 past
political differences, who believe in protecting the
industries Of tbis State and lts agricultural pro-
ducts; who believe In protecting the iaborer
and the wage Garner In every night who believe Tin
choosing policy which inspires labor with hope
and crowns It with dignity, which gives safety to
capital and protects its Increase, which secures
political power 10 every Citizen comfort and culture
TO every home :" giving free popular education to
the people In favor Of free suffrage and an honest
counting Of ballots who approve the prohibition o'
the liquor trafic and the promotion Of the cause Of
Temperance; In an econsmiea. just and efficient ad
ministratIon Of public AFFAIR." faithfully admins
tered civil service, and who uphold all jndieiou'
nessures for the encouragement Of American ship
building are cordially invited TO unite with the Re
psblicsns in the selection Of delegates to this Con
vention.
j. II. MANLEY, Chairman.
WILLIS II. WIsG. Secretary
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Pennsylvania and Free Trade.

The progress which the Democratic
party has made towards IA full and frank
confession of its Free Trade principles is
illustrated by the tariff resolution
that has been passed by the Pennsyl-
vania State Convention. The advocacy
of Free Trade principles by any
considerable body of Penn
sylvanans must be something of SUR
prise to voters of this generation. 1t was
for Pennsylvania that the protective
principle was adopted in the First Con
gress, and Pennsylvania has defeated
every Free Trade effort that the Demo
Gratis have made in the last ten
wears. Nevertheless there are no more
loyal partisans than Pennsylvania Demo
Gratis, and they are usually willing to
sacrifice their principles to party ext
gencics. 1t was n Pennsylvania Demo
crat whose name was given to the low tariff,
which obtained between 1880 and 1850.
At present it is the purpose of the Demo
Gratis to rcnominate Grover Cleveland and
To MAKE tnt campaign oH tiit rit' iif''N
issue. The Pennsylvania Democrats ac-
cept the situation, and adopt platform
declaring in favor of a revision of the
tariff laws in the direction of free trade,
and endorsing Mr.. Cleveland's message
aud the Mills bill.
Mr. Randall literally stands alone. Here
is the first Democratic State Convention
held in Pennsylvania for years which has
not been enthusiastic in support of him
and his policy. At least we are told that
this Is so by persons who seem to be well
informed, and we presume that the cap
ture of the convention By the free traders
is rs certain rs anything which has not
happened can be. The old leader is de-
serted. OF all his party he remains true
to his principles, and his sturdy independ-
ence makes him now a a larger and more
Impressive figure than when he was
Speaker or his States chosen candidate fol
the Presidency. Here and there may be
found such a Democrat as Mr.. Randall Is
hut the party is rushing pell-mell to 1T
fate and its responsibility is tixed.-N. J
NdH and Express.
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Senator Hale and six other members OF
special Committee appointed by the
Senate to investigate the operations of the
Civil Service laws in the Custom House,
began their labors last week in New DIRK.
Besides Chairman Hale, the members OF
Rhode Island; Henderson of Nebraska;
Spooner, of Wisconsin; Blackburn, of
Kentucky; Blodgett, of New Jersey, and
Daniel, of Virginia, John b. Pine, counsel
Of the Civil Service Association. will take
part in the examination of the witness.
1t certainly cannot be charged that the
Republicans of the United States Senate
have been at all hasty in pushing this i'll
auirv. The course of the Clevelandites,
especially the very strange conduct OF the
Mugwump Civil Service reformers, have
rendered this investigation imperatively
necessary TO those who are familiar
with the characteristics of New \ orh
Democratic politicians, the mere fact OF
the appointment of a st. Lawrence county
Democratic leader, wire puller and
schemer, like Daniel Magone, as Col
lector of New York city was sufficient
| notice that Mr. Cleveland meant to get the
political power of the Custom House into
his own control, through his astute, silent
crafty and sagacious appointee. All who
attempt to apologize for or palliate this
conduct of Mr.. Cleveland, are either
strangely deceived themselves or wickedly
trying to deceive others.
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LITERARY NOTICES.
The June MagaziI.es,

The June number of the Eclectic offers
many features of interest which should en-
gage the attention of all thinking readers.
The opening paper is by Prince kropotkin,
the nihlist aud socialist, under the title of
The Breakdown of the Industrial Sys-
tenn" There is an exceedingly interest
ing paper on the Central African Question"
The Anglo American Copyright Question,
which has absorbed so much attention for
several years, is very ably discussed from the
English standpoint. Miss Christians "Recol-
lections of Charles Dickens" will be read
with great interest. Mr.. John Arlington
Symonds is represented by a brilliant and
suggestive essay on ''Caricature. the Fan
tastic, the Grotesque." Mr. Maccolrs very
thoughtful study of islam and Christianity
controverts some of the recent secular essays
which have appeared on this subject in the
English magazines. Prof. Richard Proctor
talks about the Everlasting Hills. y
Oscar Browning's article on The Art of
George Eliot is written in both critical and
appreciative spirit The sketches of Mat
thew Arnold, from the Athenaeum, Spectator,
and Academy, will be read with great interest.
There are several poems, among which may
be mentioned Swinburne's The Tyneseide
Widow" little gem of simple and homely
pathos, showing the poet in new light; and
Alfred Austin's "A March Minstrel"
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CIEvELANDIsM AND lGU0wUMP-
cry
Relative to the Post-office and Civil
Service Reform.

In the debate last week in the House OF
Representatives on the mail service appro-
priation there were made number of
serious charges against the postal service
under the Democratic administration.
None of these charges were answered, and
there was hardly an attempt made to an
swer them. There were especially strong
accusations made against the use Of the
service for partisan purposes. Gen. Bing-
ham said that ''every first, second ana
third class postmaster. except a mere
handful, had been changed. and of fifty-two
odd thousand fourth-class postmasterS
A.. 900 had been bounced" There Is no
one who disputes this statement. 1t has
been made over and over again, not only
bv Republicans, but by Independents,
Mugwumps and by the Civil Service Re
form League. 1t is not denied by Demo
Gratis Mr.. Doekery, who had charge OF
the bill, stated that he thought THAT every
administration ought TO be in the hands OF
its friends and he intimated that il was
the purpose of his party to use all the
machinery of the government TO secure the
reelection of Mr.. Cleveland. 1t is hardly
worth while to repeat this testimony 10 the
arrant hypocrisy of the administration
The use which the Clevelandites have just
been making of the postoffice patronage t.
force Free Trade Oh the Democratic part.
of Pennsy vania, is so notorious, so en-
tirely regardless of all honest civil service
| profession, that none can fail to understand