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therein, he shall use the most practicable
and best methods for their destruction and
determination and TO prevent the spread
Of the same,
BY the act of 1885 II Is made the duty
Of county board when the town board OF
auditors have failed or refused TO appoin,
"A commissioner Of Canada thstles upon
the petition of 90 land owners of said town,
or adjoining towns stating the failure of
said board Of auditors 10 appoint said com
missioner for said town, and also stating
the necessity for the same, to appoint a
commissioner for said town who shall have
all the powers and upon whom shall be
imposed the same duties as though he
were appointed by the board of auditors
OF said town.
Said petitioner not having complied
with the requirements of the law, your
committee are of opinion that this board
have no power or authority OF law TO grant
the request OF said petition.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAs. 5. CULLEN, Chairman.
Super visor Bowen, chairman committee
on charitable Institutions, submitted the
following report which was adopted.
Mr.. Chairman, DEC. Your committee on
state charitable institution claims would
respectfully report that they have exam
ined all claims presented before them, and
recommend the payment Of the following,
and that the clerk be directed to issue or
ders for the several amounts, to.wit
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Total earnings ......... d, AL o9
Respectfully submitted.
Il. FINLEN, County Clerk.


Respectfully submitted.
T. FINLEN, County Clerk,
Mr.. Chai17aaa, Sc: Your committee to
settle with County Recorder would respect
fully report that they have examined the
books, the expense account ana Hnu thelh
correct.
Your committee would state that in the
report of the Recorder, there is an amount
paid for extra clerk hire of 800. We lind
there has been an increase in the number
of instruments recorded of Col from two
years ago Also the plating of lands and
lot has correspondingly increased, and is
greater than has been before in like
time. For these reasons your committee
would recommend the approval of the fol-
lowing report
All of which is respectfully submitted.
FRED w. Fades, Chairman.
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All of which is respectfully submitted,
f. s. DRESSER, Chairman.
Supervisor Gibbs, chairman committee
on paupers, submitted the following report
which was adopted.
Mr.. Chairman, &C.: Your comm, ttee on pauper
claims would respectfully report that they have exam
ined ali claims presented before them and recommend
the payment OF the following. and that the clerk be
directed to issue orders for several amounts to the
several claimants. towit:
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Tc~v.CO
Making total cost of improvement 49,,
5000. A. L. GRIFFIN, Chairman.
Supervisor Cullen presented the report
of the committee on judiciary in reference
to the right of way for Ottawa Electric
Street Railway Co, which was read.
Supervisor Fischer moved that the mat
ter be referred until the September
meeting Of the board.
Motion carried by the following vote;
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uuuNlllC.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
II. BOWEN, Chairman.
Supervisor Doyle, chairman committee
on coal and gas, submitted the following
reports which were adopted.
Mr.. Chairman, dc. Your committee on
coal and gas would respectfully report that
they have examined the matter of lighting
the county house, presented before them
and recommend the following:
That the county agent be and is hereby
hereby instructed 10 purchase for the
county house one one hundred.light gas
machine, at a cost not to exceed the sum of
$40 exclusive Of the cost of digging
trenches. The county agent to procure
bids for gas machine at as much less price
AS possible. All of which is respectfully
submitted LUKE DOYLE, Chairman,
Mr.. Chairman, dc, Your committee on
coal and gas claims would respectfully re.
port that they have examined all claims
presented before them, and recommend
the payment of the following, and that the
clerk be directed TO issue orders for the
several amounts to the several claiments,
to.wit:
NAME. FOR WHAT. AMT.
Union Coal Co. Coal. S4i3 40
Ottawa Gas Co. Gas, court house. 1872 90
boiler house. 30 50
- county Jail. 1914 90
All of which is respectfully submitted,
LUKE DOYLE, chairman.
Supervisor Dresser, chairman committee
to settle with superintendent of schools,
submitted the following report which was
adopted.
Mr.. Chairman, 9c.-Your committee to
settle with County Supt Of Schools would
respectfully report that they have examined
bills and vouchers presented before them.
and would recommend the following: and
that the clerk be authorized to draw his order
on the treasurer for the following amounts:
OTTAWA, July 18th, 1888.
La Sale County, to &. b. StOckdale, County
Supt, DR..
March Is, postage express and tele.
graph. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~ W
To blanks for County Officers. ....... 395
July 10, printing. .;........... ~ IS
Clerks wages for 4 months as per res
olutiOn of board. ................. 100 90
1884 80
Your committee would further recommend
that the following bill for the Supt of Schools
be audited and approved, and the clerk di-
rected to certify such facts to the auditor Of
public accounts at Springfield for payment
Of the same from the state treasury, as pro-
vided by sec. n of the school law.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, @.
La Sale County. '''
To G. B. Stockddle, County Superintendent Of
Schools, La Sale County,
For services and expenses from March Is,
1888, to July IS, 1888, as follows:
IS days spent in school visitation, 81. S272 90
6S 4" ex'ses" /. 6S 90
10 spent in examinations T.. 40 OO
3 " teachers institutes, A.. II w
% " "otfice work, A.. 81 90
S4S4 90
All of which is respectfully submitted,
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RECORDERS STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
For recording real estate instru-
ments from December |, 1897
to January l, 1888. ......... > 2,Oo2 %
For recording chattel mortgages
and bills of sale from Dec. l.,
1887 to Jan. |, 1888 .......... 26l 90
For certificates, certified copies
and cancellations. ........... 53 20
$2,397 35
EXPENDITURES.
To salary of Recorder 6 months $3.50 90
To clerk hire months. ....... $50 ~
To postage, postal cards and ex.
press charges .............. 10
To extra clerk hire and plating 100 90
To amount paid to w. Adams,
County Treasurer. ........ 76l 20
$2,397 50
Respectfully submitted.
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Board of Supervisors.
MONDAY, July 9th, 1888

MONDAY, July oh, 1888.
Record Of proceedings, orders and reso
lutions of the board of supervisors OF La
Sale county and State of Illinois, alta reg
ular term thereof, commenced and held AT
the court house, In Ottawa, In said county,
ON Monday the 9th day of July, A, d. 1888.
Board met pursuant to law and was
called to order by the clerk.
The following members were present
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Armstrong, }. l.. Brookfld
Bowen. Henry, Serena,
Burkart, Joseph. la Sale.
Burke, T. A. Ottawa.
Crook, Chas II. SO. Ottawa
cullen, G. S., OTTAWA.
Dinsmore. W. j. Merlden.
Dresser. X S. Groveland;
Dunaway. j y. Farm Ridge
Duffy. Joseph, La sale.
Doyle, Lake, Dlmnlck.
Donleyy. Frank P.Wallace
Fades, Frea W, Bruce;
Ellsworth, US. Deer PARK
Fischer, Casper, MENDOZA.
Gibbs, Charies, Ophir.
Grandson, A., N0rthVllle
Green Basil. Dayton.
Griiiin. A. 7, Utica.
Gum. Henry. Eden.
Quincy, Win. Otter Creek.
HicRok. L u, Troy Grove.
Uiltabrand ID 4. Hope.
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.Hollecker, d. Ottawa.
noherg, +. 4. Peru.
Jennings, Jas. Mission.
johnson, Henry W, Adams.
LAUDER, j, l. Peru.
Lukins. W. v. Bruce.
MaierhOfer, Mat, Manlius.
Mc1innis. W. Mendoza.
/. MclAtlre. w. II, Allen.
McLauchlan. j. Ia Sale.
Norton. Warren II. Earl.
Rowe. Il. A. Freedom.
Shawback, Mich. Rlchland.
.shafer, benjamin, Eagle,
stanford. Il. r.. Vernilllon.
Spencer, Chas. Il, Miller.
Spencer, Edward, Rutland
Thompson. s. S, CIR, Rapids
Trumbo. 4. l.. Fall River.
Werner, fred'k e. Usage.
WestwOOd. j u, Bruce.
White, Thomas A Ottawa,
Wylis. John. Wsltham.
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and Journal Also 10 be published In the
German language Ms heretofore.
Supervisor Dunaway moved 10 refer
said resolution 10 a special committee OF
three TO investigate AMI report thereon by
Thursday Of this week.
Motion carried.
The chairman appointed Supervisors
Fischer, Mcintyre and Hickok rs such
committee. -,
On motion of Supervisor Fades all
claims against the county were ordered
referred 10 the appropriate committees.
Supervisor Fades presented petition
from j. q. Wilson, secretary OF the Strea'
tor Building and Town Association, pray
ing for the abatement Of an erroLe us as
sessment against said Association, and the
matter was referred TO the committee on
attachments
Supervisor Cullen presented resolution
empowering the Chairman OF the Board
10 grant the consent Of La Sale county TO
the erection and operation OF an Electrical
Street Railway on the streets adjoining the
court house and Jail In the city of Ottawa
On motion of Supervisor Fades the res
olution was referred TO the committee on
judiciary.
On motion of Supervisor Mcintyre the
board adjourned until O'Clock tomorrow
morning. :, 1000
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Nickoline Void, care sick pauper.
Or w u Putney, medical attendance
W Lucas, groceries ...,... ......,
IAMrY z Marlin. grOceripa
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All of which is respectfully submitted. ,,-.,-,
CHARLES GIBBS. Chairman.
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Baker ~ Daley, groceries and hour. claimed 40 50
John Feehan. coal ....... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
5 Zimmerman. coffin and burial. .................
o Turk, groceries ,..,,.......... Claimed 81 w
Dyer Hathaway, medical attendance, ..........
Lhas ) Cullen, Il Il fare and cash advanced.
Il W fuCns, groceries.
JAS WelCh, DO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .......,,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
THE CoNKLING GRAFTON.

The friends of the late Roscoe
CONKLING have probably discovered by
this time that they made mistake in
selecting Col. INGEEsoLL TO deliver the
funeral Grafton. The address was
Ornate to point of beauty, but it gen.
eraliZed too much. Mr.. CoNKLING' S
early life was sketched in detail by this
great master of 0ratOry, but when he
came down to events with which Mr..
CoNKIING'S fame was most intimately
associated, Col. INGERSoLL sighted his
subject. RosCoE Combines heroic
qualities were displayed i'll his con-
tests with the half-breed faction
of his own party, and these are
the features of his public career
which lNGERSoLL handled most gin
gerly. 1t is probable that the orator did
the best he could under all the circum-
stances. He was never in sympathy
with Mr.. CoNKIING- land. consequently,
could not be expected to admire his
heroism. At the time CoNKLING was
achieving his most brilliant triumphs,
Col. INGERSOLI was supporting lance
on the other side. He was fighting I'M
der the BLAINE banner, and it was nat
ural that he should share the feelings
and prejudices of his leader. 1t would
have been almost as appropriate to have
selected JAMES G.. BLAINE to deliver
the CoNKLING funeral Grafton as to
have picked out ROBERT @. INGERSOLI.
for that service. While Mr.. NIGER
SOILS Grafton will forever remain as a
model of rhetorical beauty, it will also
forever stand as monument of in
justice to the greatest man the Repub-
lican party has ever produced.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13

Randolph will take this opportunity of
defending his action in recalling his
pledges made in the name of the Tory
government regarding the Irish question.
immediately on the reaSSembling of
parliament in August, 1886. Lord Ran
dOlph Churchill, as leader of the house
of commons, then declared on behalf of
the government that 1.-THE great sign
posts of our policy are equality, similar
ity and, if | may use such word, 81
multaneity, as far as practicable, III the
development OF a genuinely popular
system OF local government in the four
countries which form the United King
DOM" No words could be palmer,
NONE MORE EMPHATIC.
They were also in the fullest degree
de!loerate and authorized. There was
not one disSentient murmur raised
against them among the members of the
Tory party, and it was understood by
Lord Randolph that the declaration thus
made received the full and entire ap-
pr0yal of the leaders of the UnionistS.
Nor was this all. In September, 1886,
when the supply bill was being some
what holly contested by the Irish men,
bers. Lord Randolph, again speaking
officially and in the name of the govern
ment, gave 3n even more specific
pledge. II think" he said, THAT the
functions of the board of works and the
local government board call for the
most careful consideration from tho
government with view to their devek
opment as far as may be in accordance
with lrieh ideas and desires. 1t is the
desire, and intention of the government
to make proposals to parliament at the
earliest opportunity. which l hope may
DE the next session this session of 1881.
The object of these proposals will be to
place the control of all these questions
IN the hands of the Irish people,"
Great preparations have been made to
give Lord Churchill demonstration of
welcome such as has seldom been wit
messed at Preston.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
A HAPPY MEDIUM.

For thee, / ask not that Time should,
Grow debOnair;
I rather beg years keep thee good
Than make thee fair;
For beauty often proves a curse
A black despair;
Therefore beg the gods immense
Thee IN naught rare:
For ever extremes are far worse
Than means to bear.
For thee and cleverness, cry
The gods Away
Pass this. Il tempting chalice by,
While yet We may.''
For too oft witness is sought
And led astray.
What odds that wrongs was noblv fought.
If I wins the day:
And never happiness is caught
BY verbal play
pray one God 10 give thee strength,
While Oh the wing;
For holding this, thou mast fair length
OF wandering;
And peace, which other gods might come
And never briug;
But passing, leave their balanced sum-
A bitter sting.
Nay. hail the happy medium
a goodly thing,
Martha Eileen Holahan.
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The law ought to show on the face of it,
according to his opinion, not only that
it is not solely or mainly for the pur-
pose of revenue, but that revenue is no
part of the object of it. This, he
thinks, is important, not only to silence
cavilS. but to prevent honest misconcep-
lions in the public mind, which has
been so belabored and bewildered these
many years by the sophistries of the
prohibitionists. Cleared of this incum-
brance, the LIQUOR license law would
stand forth unimpeachable as salu-
tary police measure for the protection
| of society from the abuses of the liquor
traffic.
DIR. BACON's premises are. that it is
not the liquor traffic itself. but its
abuses which injure society. There
fore society is interested in perfecting a
system to prevent the abuses. The pre-
VaiiIng system of mixing question of
public order and morals up with the
question of revenue only complexities
the matter, and the higher the license
fee is fixed the more complicated it be-
comes. Fix the license fee at 81, 000,'
he says, land you do more to counte-
nance the misChieyous and demoraliz-
ing pretense OF rum sellers and prohibit
tiOnists-that license law is simply a
edvlce for extracting blood money
from criminals for the public treas
ury-than you can do by any other
method, unless it is by fixing the
fee at two thousand. The wise and sta
Die enactment, and the righteous exc
cution of license laws depend on reso-
lutely, persistently refusing to tolerate
this falsehood.' The plan suggested
by DR.. BACON as the correct one for
controlling the liquor traffic is to estab-
fish licensing boards, composed of men
of well-knOwn integrity, with authority
to Issue licenses to only such persons
as are known to possess such discre-
ton and fidelity that they may be
trusted with a necessary but dangerous
business. The license should be free,
except the payment of a small fee by
the applicant sufficient to cover the eX-
penSeS of the license board He then
suggests that the line of inquiry that
should be taken up by the board when
an applicant appears before them should
be as follows: What are the qualifica-
tons which you consider yourself to
possess for this trust for which you
apply? Give an account of yourself.
What are your antecedentS? Have you
had experience in this business before?
If so, who were your neighbors and who
were your customers? Can you bring a
recommendation from the policemen
and from the local magistrate to the
effect that a license issued to you would
be blessing to the neighbOrhood? This
he thinks is better procedure than the
existing one, where the license court
proceeds upon the theory that liquor
license is the inalienable right OF every
man that can pay the 81 900 fee.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
VESTIBULE TRAINS.

The Improvement in railroad travel
ing within the last few years is some
thing astonishing. There are good
many things yet to complain of, it is
true, such as the tenacity with which
some railroad companies cling to the
coal stove ana other destructive agen-
cieS; still we are forced to admit that
nowhere are improvements more per-
ceptible, and nowhere have they been
more rapid than in the accommodations
furnished by the railroads for the COM
fort OF their passengers. A great prog
reSS was made when the sleeping car
was invented. Then came the dining
car, and now we have the Vestibule
train, and thus has Improvement sue
ceeded Improvement until person can
travel from New York to San Francisco
with nearly as much comfort as he can
enjoy i'll his own luXuriously furnished
home during the same length of time.
The vestibule train. which is the lat
est Improvement in railway travel, is
the CaDsheaf of all. The GLOBE read
erS will be interested this morning in
reading the description of the first YES
Thule train, which came into the union
depot yesterday, for permanent service
OH st. Paul railroad. 1t is brought
here by what is locally known as the
Omaha road, for service on their line
between this city and Chicago, and it is
to the credit of the Royal Route" man
agement that they have been the first to
introduce this improvement into the
Northwest. 1t is a stroke of Ell
terprise that the travelling public
will not fail to appreciate, and
the benefit it will be to the Twin Cities
i'll the way of increasing travel, winter
travel particularly, in this direction, is
of incalculable value.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13

andby the aid of heavy rule kept it at
bay until all the children had fled. The
Infatuated animal repeatedly sprang a
her throat, but she was agile and reso
lutely held her ground. When all the
little ones were gone she desperately
fought off the dog until she reached the
door, which she pulled to after her and
fell fainting outside. The children in
the meantime ran to the nearest homes,
an eighth of mile distant, and gave the
alarm, Two men soon came and killed
the dog, which had been terrorizing the
neighborhOOd for some days. The
grateful parents of the children took up
subscription and gave the young woman
a fine saddle-horse. Her clothes were
literally torn to ribbons during her
severe encounter
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
HIGH LICENSE OBJECTIONS

Ii Is because Of his high standing as
citizen, scholar and churchmaD that
everything spoken OF written by Rev.
DIR. LEONARD w. BACON carries weight
with ii. Therefore, his views on the
subject of license legislation. as a
method of dealing with the liquor traffic.
are of peculiar interest at this time
when the license question is upperm0st
III the public mind. Speaking as a
temperance man, it may seem a little
singular to temperance people to hear
linn arguing in opposition to both pro-
hibitiun and high license. but when they
lave read his argument they will be
forced to admit that he has discussed
the subject free from any diSqualifying
prejudice.
Dr. BACON starts out with the Dracti-
cal proposition that the liquor traffic is
Indispensable TO civilized SOcietV-a
proposition that the most radical prohi-
bitionists admit when they incorporate
into their prohibitory laws a provision
that the business shall be conducted by
public officers appointed for the pur-
pose. Then he follows that up with a
statement that there is no good reason
why licenses 20 sell intoxicating liquors
shall be sold at any price. If selling
liquor is a crime-as it is in the opinion
Ofradical temperance people-then what
justification is there in morals Or re-
IigiOn for selling to an individual the
license to commit crime. DR.. BACON
assumes that it is of high Importance to
the clear understanding and well-work-
ing of liquor license law that it should
contain no provision whatever for a
license fee, whether large or small.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
THE GLOBE
Wants to Know. You I'm,

What Joel Heatwole thinks when
McGill says that he is a disappointed
Office-seeker?
What W. ID. Washburne thinks of
Merriam's anonymous circular calling
him Depew pet?
Why Ii. b. Willis works for McGill
and talks Merriam?
What Michael Doran calls Dr.. Ames
when he is alone?
Why the Seheffer men are trying to
get Henry Kellar TO bolt bis party?
Why Schetfer has the enthusiasm,
Merriam the Doodle and McGill the ma
chine?
Why P. J. Smalley and the Albert
Lea Enterprise make faces at each
other?
Why Eli Warner can flop quicker than
his party?
If Judge Wood will publish the his
tory of his election contest with Mer-
riam?
Why the Republican country press
can't agree on candidates or measures?
1t McGill isn't too confident?
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Saved a Whole School.

Pittshurg Commercial Gazette.
Miss MolIie Green, an attractiveyonng
lady of eighteen, who teaches school on
Cypress creek, in Perry county, Tenn,
was the heroine in thrilling-scene.
Her father, Robert Green. lives across
the Tennessee river. in Hickman county.
The little log schoOl-houSe was quiet and
the children busy with their lessons.
when shaggy dog. fOaming at the
mouth. swapping and biting, dashed in
at the door and made toward one of the
children. The brave little woman
thought only of the children in her care,
and Springing between them and the in
truder told them it was mad dog She
kicked at it. her skirts protecting her,