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them. The Ohio company meantime had par
italy completed that historic suockade called
Campus Martius. and within its limits the
Offices of the government were established
Over the western entrance was the Office OF
Secretary Sargent. The northwest block
house was set apart for an assembly room, and
there the first civil court in the territory WAS
held in September The southwest block house
was assigned TO Governor St Clair, and il
was TO that spot that he brought his children
III 1880 Gen. Arthur St Clair arrived at
Fort Harmar the 9th day Of July, liSS, es-
corted 10y detachment Of troops.
The 18th day of July was fixed upon for
the governors Inauguration day; great
demonstrations were made,
The first laws promulgated 10y the COVER
nor of the new territories were published
July %, l7SS, at Marietta. They were for
the establishment and regulation of the mill
tia and for establishing courts of quarter
sessions and of common pleas, and providing
for the appointment of sheriff
Six families soon arrived, and found tenn
porary lodgings in and near Campus Martius.
Such were the incidents to be celebrated at
Marietta, July lj-l9, lSSS
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by an accident before going 70 the White
House. The boy was killed in railroad 90
cident As President buchanan was bach
eler and his unmarried nie,e, Miss Harriet
Lane, was his presiding lady, there were no
children then till the advent Of Lincoln, who
had three boys, Robert, Willie and Tad.
Robert was at Harvard during four years OF
his fathers presidency, but Willie and Tad
were boys Willie, aged II, was taken sick
during the dark war days Of the winter Of
1859, and died in two weeks After his death
Tad became more than ever q favorite with
the president, who took him about with him
q great deal, especially on his visits to the
army in Virginia Tad lived to be IS years
old, when he died in Chicago, about fifteen
years ago.
Andrew johnson brought five grandchil-
dren to the White House. the children Of his
two daughters, Mrs. Patterson and Mrs.
Slower. While they we're all there together
q childrens party was given, during which
the presidents invalid wife came down into
the drawing room for the first and only time
during his occupancy Of the White House.
President Grant brought family Of chill
dren into the executive mansion, the most
marked Of whom was Nellie, now Mrs Sar-
toris An incident occurred during her
fathers Inauguration which must have had
pleasing effect on those who witnessed it.
While her father was reading his address
Nellie, alarmed at some shouting which oc-
Cured, left her mother, ran to her fathers
side, caught his hand and held it until
chair was placed for her beside him. Then
she sat in it till the address was finished.
Nellie seems to be fated name for the
White House There was Nellie Gusts,
Nellie Grant and then Nellie Arthur. But
Nellie Arthur's home during her fathers
administration was chiefly with her aunt,
Mrs. McElroy, at Albany, N. Y.
Both President Hayes and President Gar
field were men Of family. The Hayes boys
are now grown, as are most Of the sons Of
Garfield. In each case there were several
boys and one girl. Mollie Garfield is now
grown, and Fanny Hayes must be well along
in her teens.
OF all the children who have dwelt with
presidents the most engaging and beautiful
was Nellie Gusts; of all the sons of pres-
dents the greatest was John Quincy Adams,
and Of all the daughters of presidents the
most beautiful was Abigail Adams. To no
other American family has such a rare emf
nence been accorded.
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\ Woman's Discoyry,

Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that two by lady in this county
Disease fastened It's clutches upon her and
for seven years she wiihstood its severest
tests. but her vital organs were undermined
and death seemed imminent. For three
m pnths she coughed necessarily and could
not sleep. She borgh, Of us bottle of Dir.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption and
was go much relieved on taking the first dose
that she slept all night and with one bottle
has been miraculously cured, Her name is
Mrs. Luther Lurz.' Thus write " G. liam
rick n Co., of shelby, n. C..-Get a free
trial bottle at L. Lorriaux.
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the Ohio company, and q large number OF
influential men In ne eat mad identified
thenise YES with the scheme. DR., Mananlk
Cutler a. agent 'T the company, with Maj,
Winthrop Sargent, had completed contract
with congress, and cary in December, 1871.
the advance guard n men for the new settle
ment was under way These men-a part
under command OF Maj Hatfield White
and a part under Col Ebenezer Sproat-
crossed tie Allegheny mountains in the win
ter aud were joined by Gen. Rufus Putnam
at Simrlll's ferry, ON the Yohiogsny river,
in February, l7Ss Having bui boats there
they embarked on the second day Of April
and descending the Ohio river arrived at the
mouth Of the Muskingum river April I,
forty eight men IN all They landed on the
east point opposite Fort Harmar and imme-
diately set To work TO survey the ground for
city Gen. Rufus Putnam set up for his
own headquarters . large tent which had
been captured from the British general, Bur
goyne. in the Revolution Around Manila
for four months conferred al the activities OF
the United States government and Of the
province Of Ohio The proposed city WAS
given the name Of Marietta, in honor Of
Marie Antonette, the queen Of France, as "A
recognition of the friendly interference Of
France during the Revolution. On
July IL, l7S7, congress had passed
the celebrated ordinance for the government
Of the territory. Under its provisions Gen
Arthur ST. Clair was appointed governor.
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parently absurd platform that the Masons
were a secret society and dangerous to the
country. 1t was then Thurlow Weed made
his oft quoted remark 1t having been alleged
that the Masons had murdered William Nor
gan, of Batavia, \. Y, and a body having
been found which was supposed to be his
Mr.. Weed privately admitted that it was
doubtful but that this corpse was "a good
enough Morgan till after the election" We
shall doubtless hear many things this season
which are only good till after the election.
The various labor, Temperance, Know
Nothing and Greenbacker parties have eff
fected much, not by running elections, but
by compelling other parties to accept some
of their views. But of all the third parties,
none attained to such dignity, eXerted such
power in its time or promised such important
consequences as the so called Union" or
Bell-Everett party OF 1860 These candidates
received GAG, l24 popular votes and the cleo
toral votes of Maryland Kentucky and Vir-
ginia. 1t was no small compliment to the
great orator, Edward Everett, that the
names Of the candidates were always joined
in the popular speech and hyphenated in the
press. 1t was universally recognized that
the candidate for vice president was the
more national and prominent OF the two,
and so the ticket was uniformly printed and
pronounced "Bell-Everett" And it is an
amusing comment, rather satire, on the
vagueness of party platforms that while this
party took the name Of Union" and pro-
fessed to be organized especially to hold
north and south in close friendship and dis
countehance agitation" yet in six months
after the election Mr.. Everett was support
ing the most extreme measures OF the Lin
coin administration, while Mr.. Bel was
ardently supporting Jefferson Davis. But
those were days in which men moved and
scenes shifted very rapidly.
John Bell was already an old man when
the war began, having been born near Nash
vile, Feb. Is, 1897, but he had been for forty
years power in Tennessee politics. He was
elected TO the state senate when but 20 years
old In 1897 he defeated Felix Grundy-
next to Andrew jackson the most popular
Democrat in the state-and entered congress
to stay many years. In 1884 he was chosen
speaker against James K. Polk. In 1885 he
turned the state against the Democrats for
the first time He afterward served in the
United States senate, where he was de-
nounced as that unusual being, "a southern
man with northern principles" Edward
Everett on the other band, was occasion
ally, but not so fiercely, denounced as yield
ing too much to the south. He was born in
Dorchester, Mass, April II, 1874, and was
noted as scholar at the early age Of Is He
was rated for yearsa the greatest orator of
his time, and after an active official life his
last political act was, as elector at large, TO
cast the vote Of Massachusetts for Lincoln
I'll -, 1sHS mi 81 10
pearance was in an address asking aid for
the people Of Savannah, Ga He died just
before the close of the war.
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Observation-Disclosures.
CENTENNIAL OF ST. GLARS IN
AUGURkTiON.

Westward Movement Mt Close Of Revoiu-
tion-First United States surveys-Fort
Harmar Built-Gen. Rufus Putnsm-rhe
Forty-eight Pioneers Arrive April =, i7ss
When the revolution was over the terri
tory northwest OF the river Ohio" became an
object Of great interest. and in l7SS num-
Der Of officers from the New England states
petitioned congress for grant Of land there.
The question Of title TO the territory pre-
vented as we'll as the claims Of the states Of
New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut to exclusive rights in it. Al
length New York surrendered her title with
out reservation, and Virginia and Connect
cut followed. with certain tracts reserved.
On the 10th of May, l7sS, congress passed al
ordinance for the survey Of q portion OF this
territory. Surveyors were appointed as fol-
lows. May q, 1855:
Nathaniel Adams for New Hampshire,
Rufus Putnam for Massachusetts,, Caleb
Harris for Rhode Island. William Morris for
New York. Adam Hoops for Pennsylvania,
James Simpson for Maryland, Alexander
Parker for Virginia, Absalom Tatum for
North Carolina, William Tate for South
Carolina and Isaac Sherman for Connecticut,
Gen. Rufus Putnum having other engage
ments, Gen. Benjamin Upper was appointed
in his place.
The United States had established Fort
Pitt at the mouth of the Allegheny river,
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We fail to see why would be statesmen

We fail TO see why would be statesmen
should declaim, rave, tear quilts from the
American Eagle, spit blood and do several
other ridiculous things In opposition 10
free flax, The claim that Canadian flax
would ruin tine flax growing interests In the
United States is based In the assumptions
that labor Is cheaper in the former than In
the latter country, which is false; that
land is more productive there than here,
which Is false; that Canadian farmers are
more skillIul and industrious than ours,
which Is false; that they raise better fax,
which is false; and therefore the claim
that free flax will make lower prices here
is false. Ii northwestern farmers can trade
free flax and free wool for zee lumber,
free binding twine, free salt. free coal free
iron, etc, ana lessened duties on thousands
of manufactured articles, il will prove 10
he million times better than any horse
trade ever made 10y any one of them.
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SOME THIRD PARTIES.
The "Bell-Evere:t-whig-U Union Party of
1860.

The Wing Union" Party Of
1860.
American politics go with such rush, and
the campaign in progress at any time Is
fought with such fury, that most people soon
forget all the minor issues. At the opening
of each presidential campaign one may hear
earnest partisans saying, There is really no
need for third party, ard there ought not
to be any; we ought to have square fight
on the main issues, as we used to-" And yet,
ever since the revolutionary presidents
passed away, we have had third parties,
often more than now, and some of them ex-
tremely formidable, but they are easily for
gotten.
How many young Americans know that
an "Anti-Masonic party" once carried Yer
mont III a presidential election, and repeat
edly carried various counties and districts,
even the state of New York in a state cleo
ton! William Writ, the eminent writer and
jurist, and Amos Ellmaker received the cleo
toral vote of Vermont in 1882, and large
popular vote in some other states on the ap-
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forced draft, are expected TO give her seven
teen knots speed. For the main battery
there VIII be four 10 inch and SIX & inch
hreech leaders. They will be protected by
shields two inches thick. The turrets are
placed on opposite sides of the vessel so that
the guns may be fired ahead or astern. Two
Of the larger guns are placed forward and
two aft and two in the center The secondary
battery includes twenty-five machine guns
There are seven torpedo tubes and two fast
torpedo boats attached 70 the vessel The
armor belt will reach four feet below the
water line The Maine is bark rugged, hay
ing 1000 square feet of canvas, and her fore
mast and manmast will have military tops
for machine guns, Her Storage apparatus,
in action, VIII he protected by ten inches Of
steel armor
The French are indulging in self congratu-
lations over the completion and fue move
ment OF the Condor, a torpedo cruiser of
an entirely new design, Of which design they
have three more cruisers in construction.
The Condor has lately made trip 10 Bar
celona, Spain. where it was compared with
other cruisers of English, Austrian and
Italian make and according to the French
reporters, their cruiser easily took the
cake'-if a cruiser has any use for cake.
The plan was 20 make cruiser light enough
to move swiftly, strong enough to serve as
iron clad and torpedo boat, and quick enough
in motion to dodge heavier ironclads, and
they claim that they have done all that.
The Condor is a fraction over 222 feet long
and % feet wide, drawing IA feet Of water,
and capable Of making speed OF 49, knots
per hour. "A knot is one and fifteen one
hundrepths Of mile) This is one knot
faster than the noted English cruiser Cos
sack. Of similar type. The Condor carries
five cannons Of four-inch bore, six revolving
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The Verdict lnnniu.Ous,

W. S, Suit. Druggist, Bippus, Ind, test!-
fes: II can recommend Electric Bitters as
the very best remedy, Every bottle sold has
given relief in every case. One man took
six bottles, and was cured Of Rheumatism Of
10 years standing Abraham Hare, drug
gist, Bellville, Ohio. attrms; The test sell.
ing medicine have ever handled in my 20
years experience is Electric Bitters.' Thous.
snds OF others have added their testimony
so that the verdict is unanimous that Elec.
trio Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver
Kidneys or Blood, Only a half dollar a
bottle Al ID. Lorriaux's Drug store.
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TWO NEW WAR SHIPS.
The American Cruiser Naine and tho
French Torpedo Boat Condor.

French Torpedo Boat Condor.
The government two years ago called for
two war vessels. Under the act Aug. 6,
1856 authorizing them the Maine and Texas
are being constructed, the Maine at Brook
Ign, the Texas at Norfolk. The Barrow com
pany won the prize for the design of the
Texas, but none of the competitive plans for
the Maine being acceptable, the bureau de-
sign of Chief Constructor Wilson. which
could not compete for the prize, was selected.
The plan for the Maine is based on the ia
nous Riachuelo, but with all the dimensions
increased. She will have two engines of
$3.50 horse power, which, with boilers for
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and Fort Mcintosh
below the mouth Of
Big Beaver creek,
and in the autumn
of l7S5 Fort Har-
mar on the in.
dian shore" at the
mouth Of the Mus.
kingum, but no
other frontier de
Tense existed ex-
cept Fort Vincent,
on the W a b a S h.
t b e government
was moving troops
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ABRAM GARFIELD. THADDIE LINCOLN.
in-law, Mrs Robert Tyler, was the presiding
lady of the White House. This Mrs. Robert
Tyler had little daughter-Mary Fairlee-
who was great favorite and musical pro-
dizzy. The president was very fond Of her,
and on one occasion was surprised by Wis
itor, rolling the child backward and forward
in the hall Of the White House One day she
was dressed to personate Mrs. Madison, and
a messenger was sent to the president that
Mrs. Madison was waiting to see him. He
left his work to go and receive her, and on
entering the room was very much surprised
and delighted to see the tiny representation
of the stately woman whom he expected to
find.
President Pierce had just lost his only son
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Winthrop Sargent
secretary, G en-.
Samuel II Id n
Parsons, Gen.
J a es Mitchell
Varnum and John
Cleves YIN m es
judges over the
territory, and dur
ing the summer
t h csc gentlemen
came out 10 Mari
eta 10 attend 10
the duties assigned
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The best sslve in the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter,
chspped hands, chilslains, corns, and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. II Is guaranteed TO give perfect sal.
isfaction. or money refunded. Price - ceu,s
per box For sale NV ID. Lorriaux.
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Monopolies mus, he destroyed; ,lsss
regulation mus, be repealed; NJ more Of
our public lands and No more Of the puolic
money must be given away; We must have
a more equitable system Of taxation; the
adulterstion Of food products must cease,
and the producer must @ recognized ss
the most important person In society.-N
=. Enlnler
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iunal 8v

ElNAL -EsrArg uF JoHS MARrIN,
DECEsrEp.- Notice II hereby given 10 all per
Interested IN said estate that the undersigned ad
minlstrAtriN Of the Estate u said John Martin.
deceased. will apy csr before the Probate Court Of
the county u La sale and state Of Illinois. az she
County Court House, iu Ottawa, IN Sad county Mon
day the 18Th day u July, lsSS for the purpose
of rendering account II her proceedings Ia The adj
~ ~ 10 t,tatc for The rna settlement
Dated ~ OtiAS a. Ills t3u day Of June lsSS
MARIA MARTIN.
ATTEST HEN ET HELNIg. Admin stratrlI.
Clerk Probate Court Ia sale Co. H. Inu5G-Sv
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NOTICE..-EsrATR or TIMOTHY GAHtN. pED'u
~ SOuce "A hereby given thar the undersigned. A d.
mnstratrS with the VIII annexed VI the Estate o. Tim
othy Gahan late Of ne county 81 Ia sale and state u!
illinois, deceased VII appear before the Probate Court
OF said county the thira Monday heing the 30h day
Of August, l-ss, the Probate Court Room in ora
Wa In said county. when and where all persons having
claims demands against said estate notified % AZ
tend and present the In writing for lustueui.
Dated this 18th dag Of June. \. T. lsss
BRIDGET GAEAN.
junSO-3w AdmlnistTairiN.
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GARD and Feed Stable,

! have leased the Barn In front OF Whites Hotel
fknOwn " the Ban yaru and have good warm stables
70 take horses 10y the day week and guarantee salts
faction Any one that has horses "a board would 90
well 10 call ana see me. Strangers coming to ottawa
VIII md TN best Of accommodations and care taken OF
Their stock Teams can be- gotten from the barn At any
hour ui day Or night. Mr. Brown would ike 10 have
hls friends cal aud hlm and ne will rudrsyur 10
give them satisfaction. K X. BROWN,
d'ClO-f Proprietor.
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Money will buy everything in this world
excepting the things that are most worth
having .-SomerviIle Journal.
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or turret CannonS Of various smaller boreS,
and five "lance:orplles' tubes, these being
special designs to project torp"docS. The
motive force - Of t,2OO horse power, and tie
tonnage ! "a toua
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H.rg8l

rEAEDfAN'S SAIE-SIATE OF ILLINOIS. IA
VI SALE CuUNTY-ss By virtue of a dcCTctal order
~ the Probate Court ~ said county. entered ~ the
May term ~ said court. u. lNSt on the application u
Kar0lina Hebel, Guardian OF Anna llobe and Bertha
HcDc minors, 20 sell the following dcScribcd real
tate belonging 10 said minors situate IN the county ~
Ia sale and state Of Illinois 10 wit: An undivided
t~ofths 'li Interest, subject 10 the dover interest
Of kaTulna Hebel. widow Ut Audreas Hebcl, deceased
Of the twenty 12Ol feet Of lot eight ts, block
seven a. and the west twenty (l0l feet Of lot nine o.
I'm block seven H. In Niurwa edition Peru In the
county Of La Sale and State Of Illinois shall, the
fourteenth day II July, u. lsss. Ht the hour ~
O'Clock VI. sell all the interest uf said minors In RuG
the said real estate AZ the south door Of the County
Court House In Ottawa In the said Ia Sale county.
Terms Of sale A. follows. The purchaser purChas
pay cash upon the approval OF the sale By the
court aud the execution and delivery Of deed Of con
ycyauCe therefor
kAROLlNA HEBFI-
Guardian III Anna HcbrI and Bertha
luni6-4E HcSel, Minors.
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NELLIE GUSTS. GEO. W. p. GUSTS,
BELLE PATTERSON.
NELLIE GRANT. ABIGAIL ADAMS.


president and witnessed the demonstrations
which took place along the route. AT first
they lived at No. Franklin square, but af-
forwards moved to a more pretentious resi-
dence on Broadway near the Bowling Green
They were accustomed to drive out with
their grandmother III the old fashioned,
high yellow carriage, with a very small
body compared with the big springs on
which it rested: but they must have ridden
on roads which are now streets, for then
there was no Central Park, and besides, it
would have been too far for brief after
noon drive Eleanor Custis married Wash
ingtons private secretary, Maj. Lewis, and
her brother George married Miss Mary Fltz-
hugh. They lived at Arlington, since the
home of Gen. Lee, who married their only
daughter, Mary Custis Lewis.
President John Adams and his wife were
grandparents when they went to live at the
executive mansion in Philadelphia, and
afterward at Washington Their only
daughter, Abigail Adams, was one of the
most beautiful Of any Of the women who
have occupied the White House She mar
ried Col. w. S. Smith, an aide to Washing
ton, and their little son was often at the
w ulte IlOtlSt Iuell Nul
married John Peter De Windt, of Fishkill,
n Y, and her daughters were celebrated
beauties about the middle of this century.
President jefferson had many grandchil-
dren, and one of them was born in the White
House His two daughters spent some time
there with their young children. They were
both there in the winter of lS02-03 and dur
ing that of lS05-G6 the White House was full
of children. After this there were no chill
dren there till President Jacksons time The
president had no children but two of Mrs.
Jackson's .nephews, Andrew Jackson Donel-
son and Andrew Jackson, Jr., an adopted
son of the president lived there with their
families, Mr.. Donelson being the presidents
private secretary. Mrs. Donelson's four
children were all born at the White House.
The president was very fond of these chill
dren, and spent much Of his leisure time in
the family sitting room, where the children
Of Mrs. Donelson and of Andrew jackson,
Jr., were accustomed to play. The president
used to smoke clay pipe with long stem,
and be would often use this stem as wand
of authority by which to quiet the children
when they became too noisy.
President Tyler was the first president to
bring his own children into the White House
Mrs. Tyler was an invalid, and her daughter