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Mounted "A window.

Mr.. Pierre de La Chappelle was the in
nocent cause of very exciting runaway on
Sunday evening. and came very near being
seriously, II not fatally injured. He had
been driving Mr.. De la Chappelle's horse
hitched to light cart, and one of the lines,
net having been kept taut, became mixed
up with the horses tall. This frightened
the beast and when about ten rods from
Stiefel's corner, II broke into q dead run,
resisting all efforts of restraint, and turning
the corner sharply struck the right wheel
on telegraph pole. Mr.. De la Chappelle
was thrown nearly fifteen teet in the air by
the shock, and he, turning half summer
sault alighted on his head and shoulders IN
the road, fortunately uninjured. The horse
kept on, tearing the cart into kindling
wood, and turning suddenly, rushed direct
ly into one Of Piergues plate glass win
dows, utterly destroying the glass and cut
ting its throat quite seriously. At this
moment two or three men caught hold OF
him and quoted him without further diff.
Guilty, and the cash in his throat was sewed
| IN
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The June delegation of bugs made theiI
annual visit u this city last Tuesday They
were somewha, belated this year, owing
perhaps, TO the alarming excitement just
developed in the political arena proving
beyond a doubt that Harrison is great
and good man, for after the committee had
waited upon him and announced in the
regular way his nomination, II is stated
upon undenyable authority that seven
toothless old maids rushed up and kissed
him afrectionately on the mouth" That
settles II! But We started on bugs" The
river bridge on Wednesday morning had
al least four bushels of dead bugs lying
under the lamps, and the side walk was
Amos, blocksded.
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A ride over South Ottawa last Tuesday
developed the fact that that portion of the
city Is fast assuming what Evanston is to
Chicago retreat, desirable resort, a
high toned locality growing In popularity
as place of residence every day. In the
western portion where, two or three years
ago, vacant lots adorned with scrub oak
and halle brush was the rule, can now be
seen new and neat cottages by the score
large numbers of them having been erec-
ted since last spring, besides many more
contracted and to be erected between now
and next fall. There never was time in
the history of Ottawa when building lots
were in such ready demand. Not only In
South Ottawa but over the city In general
Lots on the extreme West side have not
only doubled in price within the past year
but have sold readily at the advanced fig
ures. II proves this-it is healthy impetus
"a rock rooted second growth OF our city
that nothing will impede so long as Indus
try holds sway. Renters are becoming less
In number, and clerks, mechanics, and To-
boring men are beginning TO own the roofs
over their heads, thus realizing their own
independence TO the extent of a homestead
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The heat of last week was perhaps the
most intense that Ottawa people have been
forced 10 endure for years, the highest
point, registered on Dr. j. O. Harris ther.
mometer, hanging in situation where II
cannot catch single ray Of reflected heat
was 90. This was on Tuesday. On Mon.
day II was 80, on Thursday SS, Friday go
and on Saturday 81. This last mark being
reached at seven In the morning before
rain cooled the atmosphere
Many persons we're quite seriously affec,
ted by the heat, as the thermometer on the
south side of buildings, and in the sun
ranged 10, and 1875, this latter figure being
reached in places where no air could circu.
late. On Friday and Saturday twenty. two
men, employees of tie Fire Proof Construc,
tion Co, working in the yards and In the
clay pit, were either completely Frustrated
or made i'll by the heat, which was almost
beyond comprehension In these exposed
places.
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On one of his recent trips TO the east. MIR.
j. d. Hammond became acquainted with
a number OF eastern capitalists, who, after
learning that he lived In this city, Informed
him that they were seriously contemplate
ing the erection of table and decorative
glass factory at some point accessible siike
to first class sand and fuel, with good ship
ping facilities. They had sent experts all
over the country In search of the right
quality OF sand, and thought the Ottawa
sand to be the best In the country, or equal
to the best Their financial ability Is very
we'll known. and II located here, they
would employ great many men. 1fthere
is a reasonable possibility Of securing an
other large factory, II is moment for
the Business Mems Association, which we
are assured has not met for the season, and
a meeting without something to dis
cuss would be worse than none at all, to
get together and at least extend an invita-
ton TO the alleged projectors of the enter
prise TO visit the city, expenses paid.
The mere fact that favorable impress
sion has been made by Ottawa sand, is by
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The J0urua., in late issue, excuses lis
carelessness in misdrecting packages OF
papers TO It's subscribers, by laying the
blame on the Ottawa Postmaster. This is
very convenient until the truth crops out
as in an instance brought to our notice by
La Sale Co Postmaster last Tuesday, 10
Gated ten or twelve miles from Ottawa
who informed US that within the last -four
weeks he had received four different pack
ages of Jouraals, addressed on the outside
of. packages Lowell, Ill., and upon
opening them found that they belonged
in each instance-in Wedron, the two post
offices lying nearly twenty miles apart in
opposite directions.
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Our NcighbOrs.


Pontiac papers claim that the city is in'
tested with fire bugs, three buildings hav'
ing been set on fire within three weeks.
The second annual meeting OF the Men.
dota Trotting Association, will take place
AT Mendoza, July 18th 10 Goth inclusive
There will be distributed In purses $4,-
$1,000.
Bishop Spaulding, of Peoria, will visit
Joliet Sunday, July II, on which OCCASION
he will administer the rite of contrma-
ton to forty or fifty penitents in the peni'
Tertiary.
Mrs, VIM. Latham, of Pontiac, called
upon neighbor the other day, with nj,
teen. onth OLD child. The neighbor had
placed tartar emetic mixed with sugar on
the floor 10 kill ants, and the child ate near
| ly all of the mixture before II was discov-
cred. II died in few moments.
A yery severe storm swept over Livings.
ton county last week, doing immense dam
age to the oats by laying them flat Oh the
| ground. The good prospect up to Tuesday
evepipg was knocked completely In the
| head by this storm. The south part OF the
county is in worse shape than the northern
part.
Last spring an iron bridge across the
Little Vermil!ion, on the east and ives,
road dividing the towns of Dimmick and
| L. Sale, tumbled down by the giving
awav, of one of the abutments. IT still re-
mains in the bed of the stream. Dlmmick
lately voted, so it is said, to let the thing
rest. but the La Sale commissioners are
not disposed to adopt that course; ano
therefore there may be, on small scale,
repetition of the Utica bridge episode
which is still fresh in the minds OF mos
every one in this section.
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while two chairs set ~ though Clark and
his wife had discussed the matter for some
time, were near the kitchen window. The
clothes line was cut, one piece serving as
Moose for Clark and the other for his wife
Two barrels were found laying on their
sides below the bodies, and had the appear
ance of having acted as scatfplds upon
which the melancholy pair stood q
arrange the nooses, and then kicked them
away.
The girl returned AZ about five O'Clock
and finding the doors open and no one In
the house began searching for the Clarks
and nearly ran against their swinging bod.
les. She Immediately alarmed the neigh.
borhool and the place was soon oyerrun
by curious crowd, comprlzing the greater
part of the population of Sandwich.
The faces and necks OF the pair were
swollen and blackened almost beyond
recognition, while their eyeballs protruded
from their sockets in a horrible manner,
Their limbs were drawn up and contracted,
and their hands were tightly clenched.
Near them note was found stating that
they died because they loved each other.
Clark was photographer and had
formerly been in business in Streator,
where they appear 10 haye lived happily
together but as he did not do well, the
change In their circumstances is probably
the only explanation for the deed.
An inquest was held and the bodies
buried on Monday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

People of all ages. and especially women
and children, take Red Clover Tonic WIN
pleasure, as it is pleasant and agreeable. IL
tones and regulates the system, assisting
nature to the healthy action Of the liver anu
kidneys. Fifty cents for bottle holding
nearly a pint. Henry Frye, Esq, Lima,
Ohio, says. Nothing can be said tnat Is
too good for DR.. Jones' Red Clover ionlc;
feel like new man since taking II, ana
take pleasure in recommending 1t to all
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The Democratic platform contains the
following: THE exclusion from our shores
of Chinese laborers has been etfectually
secured under the provision of treaty, the
operation of which has been postponed by
the action of Republican majority in the
Senate" The Chinese are excluded be-
cause they lower the price of labor and in
troduce pernicious habits and customs.
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no m cans an assurance that we are 10 have
the factory as many would be lead TO sup
pose. Syndicates, as general rule, have NO
soul, and are very susceptible 10 that gilded
object known as bonus, which many
yea, mul,itudes of cities are crying 10 offer
10 a solid, substantial industry.
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"lf a woman is pretty,
To me, it's no matter,
Pa che blonde or brunette

So she lets me look AZ her.
An unhealthy woman Is rarely, II ever,
beautiful. The peculiar disease to which
40 MANY of the sex are subject, are prolific
causes of pale, sallow faces, blotched with
unsiebtly pimples, dull, lusterless eyes and
emsciated forms. Women 30 afflicted can
be permanently cured by using DR.. Pierce's
Fsvorite Prescription; and with the resto'
ration of health, comes that beauty which.
com bined with good qualities of head and
heart makes women angels of loneliness
" Fayorite Prescription" Is the only medi
cine for women; sold by druggists under
nosit;rs guarantee from the manufacturers
that Il will give satisfaction In every case
or money will be refunded. This guaran
tee has been printed on the bottle wrapper
and faithfully carried out for many years
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memory |, calls up the fact that not every
one of us has = grandfather. To facilitate
the termination of a dispute concerning our
ability or social standing, how readily we
would be able 20 crush and rout our ad-
verssry by a pointed reference 10 the re-
cord of our grandfather, But perhaps II Is
We'll We are MT thus arm0red, n II would
re litle hard on the grandfather,
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There is no doubt that earnest Republi.
cans generally are very greatly disguised
with the free whisky plank of the party
platform adopted by the convention. They
say emphaticslly that 1t will have the ef'
feet of driving away thousands of republi'
cans in some states where they cannot be
spsred.-T'ribuRe.
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STREAToR, ILL, June 2S, 'SS.

There Is a law against gam bling and
gamblers. Save yourself trouble by getting
some visible means of support or leave
town. LAW AND ORDER.
II Is said that this pungent little invita-.
ton was mailed Unfortunately to Streat-
or's society darlings without even the Gus.
tomary r. V. S. p. appended to the lower
left hand corner of the page. Such a
breach Of social etiquet should be pruned
down and not be allowed to become so
popular as to supercede the usages Of we'll
appointed society. The only Ineligible
phrase In the brief epistle expresses the
idea that the recipient Of the favor has no
visible means Of support As this Is only
an indirect. and rather indefinite definition
of the word dude" II Is easily compre
hended, but still II has weak spot as the
dude Of to-day never appears In public
without cane or his mothers silk parasol
There Is talk OF the old men living here
who voted for William Henry Harrison In
1910, getting together and forming club.
There may be quite number here and
We should like to haye them hand in their
names at this office.
THE very neat and concise thought ema.
mates from the throbbing brain of the edi-
tor Of the Pontiac Sentinel. How sadly
discrepiuy pathetic. How fitting that the
son of his grandfather should be borne to
his silent tomb by the hands of these old
patriarchs. The thought makes the blood
spring more swiftly through the arteries Of
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CHEAP GIN

CHAINS, Muslins, Calicos. etc, today, and
can prove 10 you in a few minutes that
your trading should be done with
l.. A. PEASE Il co.
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Political Pickups.
HOLD THE FORT.

Our Grover, he will hold the fort!
He'll ne'er give up the garrison
To any ghost of Grandfather
Or Great Grandfather Harrison.
-BOstOn TlObt
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GREsHAM's GROwL.

GREsHAM's GROwL.
Bob Ingersol, my bald Bob,
When we were first acquaint,
little thought you'd make, Bob,
My White House hopes grow faint,
But when you shot your mouth, Bob,
Of in Convention, oh,
NV name at once was Mud" Bob,
Bob Ingersoll, old beau!
Judge Gresham sailed for Europe on
July 7th to spend the summer.
A morning paper OF today has Fremont.
tons of coming calmly to the republican
party. 1t deprecates the wretched whisky
plank In the platform as immoral and an
ticipates an exodus Of thousands from the
ranks. Unquestionably 1t reads the signs
Alright. The evening has come to the old
party If II defies the moral sentiment of the
community on the liquor question, and next
November will bring the morning OF dis
aster-Dr. LOrimer.
Representatives of nearly all the princi.
pal bar Iron manufacturers Of the country
met in Cleveland, June 81. and perfected
an organization which practically amounts
to q trust In that line Of trade. Nothing
was given out for publication, but from out
side sources II was learned that strong
trust was formed. Each member present
was given printed circular or agreement
which he was required to sign. strictly
confidential" in heavy, black type, was
printed at the top of the paper BY signing
the paper the manufacturer agreed to reg
ulate the output in such q manner as Or
dered by the association, and 1t will decide
who Is to fill the order and at what price
Another paragraph gives the association
the right to order any or all of the manu'
factories to shut down. This agreement
was signed by all the men present, and they
proceeded to elect officers. The name Of
the association was fixed as The Nationa
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The Local Lounger
"To the Park !"" To the Park !" no longer
the cry,
Resounds through our streets and alleys
"In the Dark" In the Dark" the coy
and the shy,
Dethroned all our Franks and our Sallies
For a, night! For at night from near and
from far,
They gathered In blissful confusion
Till the sound, all around, Of the smacks-
honeyed smacks,
Made the hours mere cant and delusion
But the dads-city dads! were shocked ~
the sight,
OF courtships so blithe and untrammeled'
And they met! sadly met! as only they
To devise that this thing be eDameled.
Thus the light! electric light, sheds Its
rays DER all,
The park and the branches so dear
To these hearts tender hearts. Dropa tear
sad refrain,
The place of their trystirg is untenanted
-drear.
II is about time that that dear old phrase
working away like mailer" was disman'
tied of Its prestige and laid away In some
pidgeon hole with stifled sigh. Like all
popular sayings, this one probably came
from the lips of public speaker, and
making a hit, spread after the manner of
hits. This style of spreading often follows
hit by many popular men, among whom
Mr.. Dempsey and Mr. William Meyers
shine prominently. The gentleman who
created this hit should have received a.
visit from Mr.. Dempsey. Amore decisive
phrase Is seldom perpetrated upon the con
hding public and allowed 10 pose for a
period with such unwavering success A
mailer Is a man who has charge OF one ~
more nail cutting machines. He grinds
the dies and adjusts the knives. while the
nail cutter busies himself ten hours day
in industriously feeding iron into the vora'
cious shears. During about nine hours
and forty minutes of the time, the mailer
sleeps after the manner of those engaged
in slumber. Indeed, TO compare the eff
forts of any one but professional ter
months sleeper, for the first time on exhi
billion In your city, to the work of the
mailer should be discouraged, Ms rapidly Al
the warm weather will permit.
Mysterious Bill" the wild eyed nigh
telephone operator, and Gentle Willie
the sawedoT night scissors operator, ar,
making night hideous with their long con
faDs over the wires.
This delightful little society item W,
are pleased to credit TO the Streator FIRE.
Press. 1t is spicy, and, although brief
carries with II that frontier odor which the
little village over the ridge has sought t
draw out with porus plasters and cart away
10 the morgue 30 very often Mysterious
Bill" How chic.
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professional GarDa.
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(,R1d6S 81 ALLEN, Attorbeys a nd Conn
~ seors al Law. ONCE over First National BANK
Ottawa, Ill , ID,
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Jesse b. RUGER, Attorney and Counselor
north of postotce feh1'RS
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AINOKA, III, July !, IN00,
Mr. EDITOR: have rare bred poodle
dog with a color wIich seems 20 match any
gown may chance 10 apparel myself in
| call him Edo. This is not, however
my reason for addressing you. Fido has
the mango quite badly, and | have been
informed by several dog ftnriers that you
possess An infAlioie remedy for the dread
disease Yours, 10 hope
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DUNCAN DOuGALL. O. r. CHAPMAN
McDOUG ALL Il CHAPM a NJ Aftor.
INA neys al Law Gedney's Block. Ottawa. H.. aprsO
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF OTTAWA.
Capital 100000.
H. NJ HAMlLToN .'........... President
WILLIAM CULLEN .,,.....o.. Vice President.
JOHN NASH. ........,........Ca Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
Edward C. Swift, Iorenzo Leland.
I. {. Fullerton Y Gr,gys
WIN. Cullen, John + Nash
II. NJ Hamilton.
Exchange on chicago, New York. and all the pr,no
pal cires Of the United States bought and sold.
Exchange on England, Ireland, Scotland and Cont
mental Europe drawn in sums 10 suit
United States Bonds, Gold and Silver bought and sold
Our facilities such that can Offer inducement,
TO customers and We shall use our endeavors to give
sosfact-n TO those entrustng with their business
Banking hours from "a. N. to4PM
JOHN +. NASH. Cashier.
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LAURA HoLDT.

We have n@ver set ourself up as an eX-
pert upon the treatment of mango lthat II,
severe mango; We are no. i'posed to be so
a b trary ant dictatorial rs 10 present but
one means OF procedure, and viii, II only
for the sake of variety, speak Of several
methods.
The FIST Of these IS rather severe, and
should only be resorted 10 in obstinate and
apparently desperate cases. Prepare Z
common bird bath for mixing the formula
by washing it.!with = strong solution OF
nuxvomica, and mix in it carefully the
me following formula:
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q w. w. BLAKE, Attorney and Counselor
~. az Law. Room is, Opera House Block, Ottawa
III. All legal business promptly attended to. jan8i
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J. ". DUNCAN. Az CoNoR. H. T. GILBERT
DUNCAN, O'CONOR a GILBERT,
block east Of ,ourt house Ottawa Illinois: and la
Sale, H. july292
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THOS. G. FULLERTON, Attorney Of
L Law, Ottawa Illinois. Office in Bushnells block,
west Of Court House. janl-2
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7 OR RENO LILLIAN Attorney and Coun-
Illinois. mar5'S7
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Z. r. BULL. LESTER II. sTRAwN.
DULL u STRAwN, After neys and COun-
ID seiors at Law Office over City Drug Store, corner
Of La Sale and Madison streets Ottawa, ILL., jan26 "a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-25
!, sygau1grla Mazette.
SATURDAY EVENING FEBRUARY %.

MACAULAY AND THE B1BLE.-Macsulay's
Essays are examples fthe great indebted
ness of forcible and elegant English to the
Bible for its most finished pointedness. Note
a few instances taken at random from these
writings;
"Surely there is no sword like that which
is beaten out of ploughshare +"
1.-The times Of refreshing came to all neigh
boring countries One people alone remain
ed. like the fleece OF the Hebrew warrior, dry
in the midst Of that benignant and ;eriiliZlng
dew. While ether nations were putting away
childish things, the Spauiard still thought as
q child, and understood as child"
THE literature of France had been to
ours what Aaron WAS to Moses, the exposi
tor of great truths which would else have
persisted for want OF voice to utter them
with distinctness."
'.You never saw his opinions those Oh DIT
James Macintosh in the making, still rude
and requiring 10 be fashioned by thought
snd discussion They came forth like the
pillars Of that temple in which no sound o.;
axes or hammers was heard, flushed, round
ed. and exactly suited to their places.
with every right to the head ofthe board,
Mirabeau took the loves. room, and well
deserved TO be greeted with, Friend, 60 mp
higher"
These are but few extracts Fbe mum
Der might be greatly enlarged.-Me od
Testament Student