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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-20

| see by the Utica Gazette Ike" Is q
myth, a nonentity, something that WASH,
NOT even a shadow, but the creation a
some local fiend In the FREE TRADER Of
flee. Wickhsm Is cruel, TO thus mock
and sheer at our Identity and denying our
existence. Cruel, yes cold. bloOded, heart,
less, to thus deprive us of the glory and
emOluments OF a full 1edged newspaper
reporter just as we were In sight of the
coveted goal. We have gone here In Utica
and sat down on curb stone, and with our
pencil and paper written column after
colums OF items and then tore them up and
e.wrote, that II might appear in print with
all the brilliancy of full moon, and just
as We stood reading our horoscope held up
TO our view by the spirits Of departed jour
insists here comes this little remote germ
In the newspaper Wickhsm, and
says we Amt one of the component parts OF
Utica. Wickham, II you ever get a live
item In your paper, We'll steal 1t out OF
revenge.
Just think of It, ninety nine Of Utca's
citizens, some very prominent ones, invi.
ted by Deputy Sheriff Yockey TO attend a
very select party 10 be held In the Super
visors' room. The invitations we're neatly
printed and delivered In person by Mr.
Jockey, didn't get an invitation,-don't
know why, unless 1t was that my clothes
don't fit The boys report good time,
and tell me that States Attorney Moloney
spent the whole day in entertaining them:
Rev. W. II. Strout has teen appointed
to preach In the Methodist church here
for the next twelve months
The dem ocracy here Is jub.lant, and are
contented with the outlook. Utica will be
heard from In November. IKE.
P.S. There, now Wickham will proba-
bly, say tbs is not genuine Utica som
munication /.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-20

1t IL now occurring 70 thousands of farm
ers that the crumbs which drop 20 them
from protection tables are neither pientilul
nor nutritious. They are offered nome
market" without any reference 10 the price
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-20

The weather has been delightful--roads
splendid
The rallies are all we'll attended, and each
party is sure Of its man being elected
Those who attended the grand prohibition
rally at Ottawa were highly pleased with
the programme.
A party of young folks gave Mrs. Dick,
inson splendid surprise, and presented her
with beautiful cake in honor Of her birth
day. the 10th. GUEST.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-20

Brown and John F. Madden spoke to large
audience from a stand on the street.
The weather barred, the meeting was a
grand success
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-20
.Marned.

ON the 18th INST. by Arthur lockwood. Esq. Mr..
GEORGE wEIGASD 10 Miss CAROLINA HAUSER.
all OF Ottawa.
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OCE AN TICKETS. Steam s. n x; e,
oW1st prices. DIR 4 n HARMS = SppS
FARM FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers for sale his farm of Is3 acr.s
more or ess situated two miles south and one mile
east OF Seneca Ill., In Grundy county with 60 acres of
corn W acres OF Timothy balance good timber pasture
one mouse OF bedrooms sitting room and kitchen and
living water and good orchard on the premises Enr
particulars call Ola Geo. Parker OF Ottawa. or on the
renises. aug23 GINS IOuE GI ~ ~ w "o
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NiarseIllss Notes .

Rev. Miss Shaffer being absent on Wis
Il, no services were held in the UNIVERSAL
ist church on Sunday Union services
we're held IN the Congregational church
Sunday evening 1t being the day of prayer
appointed by the National w. g. /. U.
Douglas Shaver's team became brighten
ed nj some boxes which he was loading in
10 the wagon, last Friday and ran away,
breaking the wagon. Neither horse was
badly injured, although they ran against a
telegraph pole, when they were brought
to stop.
A concert WAS given at the COngrega-
tional church on Thursday evening by the
young ladies' society. Ii was quite So
cial event, and the elite of the town turned
out en- masse The program was we'll ar
ranged and tastefully rendered. 1t includ'
ed recitations by Burt Etheridge, Pansy
Hayes, Ted Morey and Lulu Adams. Sing
Ing by the choir, and choir of little
girls; a duet by Misses Kellogg andl Head
and reading by Mrs A Etheridge. A large
attendance made II one of the most sue
cessi al concerts yet held In Marseilles
The democratic rally held last week was
the most successful and the largest ever
held In Marseilles The town was filed
with people by noon, and Judge Hunter
was not lacking an audience when he be
gan speaking In the afternoon from the
hotel steps, The procession In the evening
was grand affair and the speech by Gen
Forest is acknowledged by the most rabjd
republicans TO have been an able effort
The first time perhaps In the United
States, that a bill poster has possessed
exquisite refinement of cheek requisite 10
post bill in church window, developed
here last week, when the prohibition bill
peddler pasted an announcement of a pro
h!b!,!on rally Ia one of the windows of the
Congregational church. Some men lose
all respect In political acts
Ii Is rumored that the Dat Meal Trust
has bought off the oat meal mill, here
paying $500 per year, for term OF five
years,
Bennett has hats for democrats wishing
the regular Cleveland hat
Charles Carney and Jessie Drake have
purchased the Shelton coal shaft. They
began working II this week. HENRY
wa3ace Items.
Ed. Brewer has resumed his studies a
the q. II. s.
A lew OF our farmers have commenced
to husk, They report corn soft yet.
VIII Butler wound up threshing las
Friday. His last job was for Mr. Penny
Of Freedom. VIII says he has cleared
$500, and says he has threshed more thai
all others In the town combined.
George Gahan has rented his farm ant
is going to Ottawa to live. Sorry to los
you, George.
Matt White and Ed. O'Donnell spen
last Monday evening at Utica
Mrs Robert Price Is on the sick list.
Mrs Daniel Burke Is the only person II
Wallace who Is a great grand parent Ths
honor was conferred ON her last week
boy being born to Mrs. Marion McGinnis,
George Miller, Of Freedom, Georg
Lauris, of Serena, and Thomas ODonnel
all OF whom are very pOpuler with III
ladies, Sundayed with the Waltham pets.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-20

lNS UhANCE and most reliable ,A cs,s.
panies AZ current rates Our hre insurance Companies
are among the largest and strongest In the world Our
accident company "a the best In the U s. and the grand
OLD Mutual Life ON T. haf equal on the face OF te
eiooe. DIX. j. D. HARRIS SONh
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WE WANT Toby several s,y dwellings, on
ers also some vacant lots Owners OF property in any
portion of Ottawa will ind purchasers through us
quicker than in any other way.
sepl-tt DIR. j. o. HARRIS a SON
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

The situation in the house remains m
changed and there is no present prospect
of breaking the deadlock
Mills surplus bond purchase resolution
with the SpOOner-Beck amendment, reached
the house today from the senate and was
referred to the committee on ways and
means.
The house committee on pOstOhices com
pleUed consideration Of the pOstohice ap-
preparation bill as agreed upon 1t apprO-
PIRATES 500, Las, OOO
WASHINGTON, April 9-The sixth day Of
the flibustering over the direct tax bill was
begun in the house Of representatives this
morning. The dilatory motions and roll
calls commenced as soon as the session
opened
Until 2:30 the clerk continued to call the
roll upon the various diiatOry motions sub
mitted AT that hour the house found itself
without quorum and Weaver moved the
adjournment The motion was defeated
yeas 80, nays lis. There being practically
no change in the relative strength a call OF
the house was then ordered
AT about 8 o'clock Oates asked unanimous
consent to have his resolution read, but was
promptly met with objections from the
republican side. The resolution was to the
effect thai committee be appointed to in
Vestigate the allegations that lobbyists and
agents are using every means in their power
20 secure the passage OF the pending bill,
and that the committee report within three
days what arrangement may exist between
such parties and the beneficiaries under the
bill
Wheeler also tried to offer a resolution
which was objected TO- asking the com
mittee to ascertain what amount of the
sum proposed TO be paid viii inure to the
benefit of the people and how much be
paid TO claim agents
At 1880 the sergeant at arms appeared and
reported that OF twenty-five members
absent without leave, twenty were out of
the city and the other five could not be
found He was directed to continue his
search
At 1918, a motion for a recess until II -
tomorrow pushed through.
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FOREIGN ITEMS.

John l.. Sullivan viii sail from Lon
/ don for America on Thursday next.
The Prince of Wales has donated
! Gl0O for the relief of the sufferers by
the floods in Germany.
In liberal circles Prince Hohenlohe
is spoken of as the successor to Prince
Bismarck as German chancellor.
It is learned from India that forty
persons were killed in the tornado on
last Saturday and that 500 were in
jured.
The Rothschilds have donated e3OO
and Banker Schroeder $500 for the re-
lief Of the sufferers in the German
floods.
At Berlin, Monday, Emperor Fred
erick decorated DR.. MOrreu Mackenzie
and DR.. Howell with the order of the
red eagle.
Lausate, an artist whose caricature
of Emperor Williams funeral was sup
pressed by the authorities, committed
suicide Sunday in the Seine.
At st. Petersburg it is said the mar
rage Of Prince Alexander to Princess
Victoria IS a British plot TO reinstate
Prince Albert to the throne of Bulga-
ria.
Advices from Calcutta state that
Dacca has been visited by a terrible
tornado that has greatly damaged the
native quarter of the city, where many
houses were destroyed and nineteen
lives lost. The European quarter es-
capped unframed
It was stated Monday that Prince
Bismarck has abandoned his opposition
to the marriage of Prince Alexander Of
Battenberg and Princess Victoria, hay
ing gained certain other concessions,
and that all the differences between the
emperor and Prince Bismarck are now
settled.
A report, which is confirmed Ia min
isteriaI circles, says that the differences
between the emperor and Prince Bis
marck terminated Friday, when the mat
tiers under discussion were settled. The
Cologne Gazette states that the affairs
we're settled according to the views Of
Bismarck, while other aecOuntsideclare
that the marriage project Is by no means
abandoned
A dispatch from Tangiers says: "A
treaty was signed Sunday whereby the
sultan agrees to leave the dipute be
tween the United States and Morocco
TO the decision of the Moorish repre-
sentative and American consul. If they
fail to agree a European referee VIII be
nominated whose decision shall be
final.
Enthusiasm everywhere greeted En-
press Victoria on her journey to Posen.
This was due to ths advice given by
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The Businegs for the Week.

WASHINGTON, April S.-With the deadlock
in the house of representatives and the
urO-pneumOnia and Dakota statehood
bills as unfinished business in the senate.
the proceedings in congress during the
week can be briefly If not definitely fore
told 1t is generally believed that the dead
lock VIII be broken in a day or two and that
the floor of the house viii be cleared for the
special orders fixed by the report from the
committee on rules and adopted several
days ago.
The senate Will probably take up the
South Dakota bill today. The bill to es-
Uablish bureau of animal industry is made
the special order for Thursday. When these
Two measures are disposed of Sherman's
bill authorizing the secretary OF the treas
ury to invest in government bonds s per
cent of the funds held for the redemption
OF notes Of national banks Sfailedin hGI4ida-
ton, or reducing currency" Will be taken up
The calendar Of the house shows that all
OF the working days Of next week have
been parcelled out among the committees
on Pacific railroads, territories, foreign
affairs, public lands and agriculture for
action upon the measures reported by them
but the actual disposition of the time is
likely to be very different. judging from the
proceedings OF the past week
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
WYOMING NEWS.

There Is no diminution of the flow Of
gas at the ShOshone wells.
The recorders Office of Rattlesnake
district is doing quite land Office bus
mess in transferring oil claims
Forty acres on the South Fork of
Powder river, containing a rich oil
spring, sold for 50, 900 cash last month.
Il. MOreton, of Denver, was the buyer.
A party of oil prospectors is being
made up at Girard, Pa, to make tour
through Wyoming in May. Girard is
on Lake Erie, the home of the late Dan
Rice, Of circus fame, and of many
wealthy oil producers.
A bed of asbestos, said to be as fine as
that of Corsica, has come to light in the
Sweetwater range. It is a fine deli
cate fibre, white and silky. The an
clients wOve this material into cloth,
and to clean garments made of it threw
them into the fire, from whence they
came out purified Ashes from the
funeral pile were also preserved in it.
The cOarser grades of woven asbestos
are extensively used in both Europe
and this country fer fire pOoOf drop cur
tains in theatres, and has been intro
duced for fremen's clothes. A very
large trade is also carried on in this ma
terial for paints and steam packing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
- g Hneeed fbs -.

San Pedro (CaI.) Clipper: An italian
who was travelling through the country
about Los Angeles with a bear which
had been taught to wrestIe and dance,
stopped before a farmers house late one
afternoon, and after amusing the family
with his performances, obtained per
mission to stay all night. The bear
was placed In the barn for safe keeping.
During the night the family were
aroused by a terrible noise IN the barn.
Some one was screaming Murder!
Helpp and apparently engaged IN a
struggle for life. The farmer hastened
to the spot, followed by the italian
and others of the house, and found the
tame bear with a man in his embrace.
hugging him tightly, while the poor
fellow struggled franticalIy to escape.
The bear was muzZled' and could do
the man no serious injury, though he
vas very uncomfortable situated. The
man proved to be a dishonest butcher
who had come to the barn to steal fine
calf. In the darkness he had stumbled
over the bear, who had seized him and
held him fast. The Italian. learniDo
how matters stood, called out. seHuG
him, Jack" and the bear continued to
hug hun numerically until the farmer
concluded that he had been sufficiently
punished, when he was released. WE
stoEy soon spread abroad. and the
butcher LEFT the neIghbOrhood to escape
ths Ezd1onAs e which It subjected him
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Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, April THE treasury de-
partment reports a net decrease in the
circulation during March past amounting
to S., l67, 5l4 On April 1, compared with
March 1, there was a decrease in the circu-
IaGlOn OF gold coin amounting to 1884 5SS
in standard silver dollars, 81. 1923, $40: in
subsidiary silver, $2O4, 759; gold certificates.
q, 743, 964; United States notes, 81. 9O3. $50,
and National bank notes, 81, 525, 159 and an
Increase in the circulation of silver certi-
hcates amounting to S7,O73, 766 The treas
ury money and bullion was increased
S6,O96,6 73 during March, and the issue of
National bank notes aggregated 81, 1855 eco
and the redemptions amounted to s5.412-
500 '-'
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OIeomargarine peeisiong.

WASHINGTON, April 1O.-The supreme court
of the United States today rendered an
opinion in case Of William R. Powell against
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, com
monty known as the Oleomargarine case 1t
brought up for review a Judgment of the
supreme court Of Pennsylvania sustaining
the validity OF statute OF that common
wealth making it unlawful to Inanufact-Ire
or sell butter or cheese, produced from
any other than unadulteraTed miIks and
cream The plaintiff Waa convicted of a
violation of this statute. The court holds
that 1t is entirely within the police powers
OF the state TO protect the public health
and that the question whether the manu-
facGure OF OleOmargarine may be conducted
IN such way as involved such danger to
the ubllc health as to require the suppress
sion OF the business rather than its reguIa-
uon are questions Of fact and public policy
which belong to the legislative departm
to determine. Judgment affirmed Justice
Field dissenting
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
BRTEF NEWs ITEErs.


Roscoe COnkling was better Satur-
day. DR.. Barker does not yet pro
nounce him out of danger, however.
The signal Office weekly crop bulletin
reports the weather for the past week
favorable for growing crops In all agri-
cultural districts.
There appears to be little doubt in
Washington that Hon. William u. Scott
is elected for chairman of the demo-
cratic national committee.
Last Friday evening a big mogul
freight engine exploded on the 0. @.
railroad near CraigviIle, N. Y. The en-
glneer, fireman, and conductor were
killed.
j. ID. Zimmerman was hanged FRI
day at GOIdendale, Washington Terri
tory, for the murder of William Her
ing. 1t was a public execution, the
tirst IN the history of the territory.
The association of veteran soldiers
has adopted resolutions asking govern
ment aid to enable them to settle upon
western homestead lands, including
advances for buildings, cattle, tools and
seed.
Congressman Mills, yielding to the
advice of his physicians and the wishes
of his friends, has left Washington for
Fortress Monroe and Old Point Com
fort, where he viii soiourn for a while
to rest and recuperate.
VIM. Morganstein, who threw away
81, 600 Saturday and attempted suicide
by jumping into the Kansas river at
Kansas City, confessed to the police
that he was a defaulter to the extent of
70, 600 thalers to the house of Bern
ard, ROsenthal & Co., Vienna.
It is said there is a determined move
ment on foot to GUST Statistician Dodge,
of the Agricultural department, be-
cause it is alleged that he once circu-
lated pamphlet in which ne under
took to show that the agriculturalists of
the country were directly benefited by
a protective tariff.
Lillian OIcott, the actress, best
known in the character Theodore, died
Sunday morning at the Westminster
hotel in New York. She contracted a
severe cold through exposure during
the blizzard and had been i'll since that
time. Miss OlcOtt's illness was not
known to her family or friends.
A few years ago the most noted re-
vivalist in the United States was Fla
vius Littlejohn. He died the other
day IN the poor house at Paw Paw,
Mich. LittlejOhn was, in his prime,
one of the most effective of orators,
and was a warm friend of John B.
Cough.
The red wood land frauds in Cali
fornia have been for some time engag-
ing the attention of the officials of the
interior department. Upwards of seven
hundred entries have been pronounced
fraudulent and suits recommended to
Vacate the patents issued to Scotch
syndicates through such entries. Sec
rotary Villas in a recent official letter
to the attorney general, recommends
the bringing of suits in a number of
cases, submitting details of the fraudu-
lent methods employed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
Matches and Rats the Cause Of Fires

Fire Marshal WhitcOmb of Boston
has recently experimental with rats
and matches shut together in a cage in
order to ascertain whether they were
likely to cause fires or not. In the alb
sence of other known causes FREQUENT
fires have been ascribed to their agency.
while at the same time many under
writer's affected to scott at the idea.
The question may, however, now be
considered as settled. The very first
night that Marshal Whitcomb's rats
were left alone with the matches four
fires were caused, and not a day passed
while the experiment was being tried
that fires were not set In this way. The
rats were well fed, but they seemed to
ind something IN the phosphor that
they liked. lit was noticed that only
the phosphorus ends were gnaWed, and,
IN nearly every instance, the matches
were dragged away from the spot where
they had been laid.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

ter your earnest attention, and if you dis
cover any person traficking in diseased
a view TO his prosecution to the fullest ex-
tent OF the law. 1t Is the intention and
determination Of this board to stamp out
all contagious animal diseases within this
state To make our efforts successful In
this direction, we need. and earnestly in
vite, the cooperation OF the people and
their local officers. Your attention is re-
specmuIly called to sections Is, 16, II and
q, chapter 4, laws Of 1887.
j. o. BIRSEX, President
GEORGF W. BARNHART.
W W. ARBEY
Board Of Live Stock Agents.
J. GERTH, JR-, State Veterinary
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
In the House

WASHINGTON, April 5-Au of yesterday
was consumed voting upon dlatOry mo
HONS
A motion at o'clock to take recess was
objected TO and withdrawn, and the house
sid not take recess until 2:15 a In
consumed in roll calls, not an incident Ofin-
berest occurring, and finally, wenried out
me house by unanimous consent took re-
cess until AS tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, April 6-The house this
morning at las entered upon the fourth
day Of its contest over the dtreGt tax bill,
the legislative day Of Wednesday stin con
tlnuing.
The conference committee las agreed
ispon the bin opening the Sioux reservation
"a Dakota
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

the Polish leaders to the people ct
large. The errand of mercy on which
she was bent and the mGch-needed re-
lief she has given speak for themselves.
and for the time the voice of hostility
against the English empress is sileneed.
In the election to fiji the vacancy in
the chamber of deputies from the de-
partment of the Dardogne Gen. Bou-
LANCER was chosen. He received So. =
900 votes, against 50, zoo for Clerkon-
me. The overwhelming majority is
feared by many as a fair forecast of
what would be the result if the cham
Der of deputies was dissolved and the
constitution revised.
London Life: I have not seen it
mentioned anywhere that the deceased
emperor was a great chessist, vet such
was the case. Won der Lasa, Of Copen-
hagan, one of the first Continental
players, and quite equal In his younger
| days to Steinitz, Blackburn and other
masters, could not give him more than
pawn and two. The emperor rarely
| played after 1870, but could always
beat Bismark and Won MOItke; indeed.
on one occasion, he played them both
IN consultation and made a draw of II.
be took much interest in the Berlin
Chess tournament, and was, in his
younger days, a great student of four
and five movers.