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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07

house Ii somewhat singular. The house be-
came one Of the largest OF its kind in the
United States, and established important
branches at different times.
Mr.. j. w. Drexel was born in Philadelphia
in 1888 His education was received at the
Philadelphia high school, and he Travelled
abroad afterward. He took an active part
in the banking business inherited by himself
and his brother till 1875, when he retired
The aesthetic tastes of the father descended to
the son. He was a practical musician md
skilled as performer on the violin. He held
the office of commissioner OF education, presi-
dent Of the New York Philharmonic So
ciety, trustee of the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art and the National Academy Of
Science, and was director of the Metro
politan Opera house. Among his philan-
thropic interests is 200 acre farm near New
York, where persons without work are
lodged and fed and clothed and taught agri-
culture until they are provided with places.
Mr.. Drexel was looked upon by his friends
as level minded liberal, scholarly man,
and his death is great loss to the interest Of
the fine arts in America
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07

A retail dealer, who does a big business on
Broadway, makes q candid confession:
"Now," says he, ''if / had to buy cigars l
swear I'd quit smoking them. would con-
slider my health WAS at stake, not alone be
cause all the big cigar manufactures are
chemists shops, but because hundreds OF men
who make cigars are uncleanly and diseased
have worked in several Of the big factories
here and know what / Am talking about.
Then he gave the names Of four or five cigar
factories in which he had worked, all Of them
well known as turning out popular cigars,
and related several specific instances Of I'M
cleanliness and disease
"And do these factories adulterate their
cigars, toor the writer asked. YES, they
adulterate till you can't rest. Much Of the
drugging isn't hurtful, but it shows that
there is a demand for drugs more than there
is for tobacco. Some Of the drugs are mar
cotics in some shape others simple favors.
One process is to take canary butts WITH
some wine in them and pack them full with
tobacco leaves, sprinkling the layers "ltn
urine. This process is supposed TO give
tone HERALD Of Health
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07
NINE. oisS DeBAR.
Her Wonderful Claims and Lawyer
Msrsh's Marvellous Faith Therein.

Her Wonderful Claims ard Lawyer
Msrsh's Marvellous Faith Therein.
Nine. Diss Debar and her wonderful con-
troll over Luther q. Marsh, well known
METROPOLITAN lawyer, are the talk OF New
York Just now
Nine. Diss Debar has occasionally come to
the front in the big city for a number OK
years.
Her first appearance in New York, so far a.
the writer Of this article knows, was in 1870,
when. AZ DR.. Ferdinand Seeger says, she APP
peared at the Hahnemann hospital, where
she claimed TO be suffering from hemor-
rhage II was found that she only had q
bleeding tooth, and she was discharged,
though not till she had set fire 10 "A mattress,
knitted one or two of the doctors and per
formed sundry other curious feats.
Among the medical students she met at the
Hahnemann hospital was young Frenchman
named Massant She was for time an in
mate Of an insane asylum, and afterward
married Massant.
Some four years ago Nine. Diss Debar,
then large and richly dressed woman,
sporting an enormous diamond cluster at the
fastening Of her collar, appeared ut the bar
of jefferson Market police court and asked
Justice Kilbreth for a warrant for Mrs,
Florence G, Mayo, landlady of the Imperial
hotel at No. East Fourteenth street. III am
Editha Diss Debar,' she said, and live IN
the house with this woman, and she is acting
strangely. She has boy, and, believe, she
intends to kill him" The warrant was IL
sued. and next morning the landlady was
! brought in and told this curious story:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07
The Late Rev. j. w. Pratt.

The Rev. John Wood Pratt, Of the Presby-
terrain church, who died recently at Louis
vile. was born in st. Mary's, Ga, May II,
1897, and was graduated from the University
Of Alabama at the age of II. He soon after
entered the theological seminary at Prince
ton, N. j., and was ordained minister in
the Presbyterian church in ls49 He became
pastor of church at Marion, Ala, but was
som afterwards appointed professor of rhet-
ORIG and logic in the University of Alabama,
where he continued till 1865.
The close of the war found the institution
dsmantled. DR.. Pratt was induced to &c
to Brooklyn, and became principal OF
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07
TWO WOMEN OF IOWA.
Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman and Miss
Harriet Allen.

Mrs. Carrie Lane chapman anu niss
Harriet Allen.
Two women Of Iowa seem to be attracting
attention Just now, Miss Harriet Allen and
Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman. They are both
highly educated and mentally strong women.
Miss Allen has recently been elected to pro-
fessorship in the medical department OF the
University of Michigan, and Mrs. Chapman
Is engaged in organizing what she calls the
American party.
Miss Harriet Allen was born in Waterloo
Ia, in 1858, and is therefore 30 wears old
She was first graduate at the head OF her
class from the Waterloo public schools and
the academy Of sisters, and then, after -four
years study at Nassar college, was graduated
from that institution with high honors
Then followed tour in Europe, during
which Miss Allen perfected her knowledge OF
foreign languages, and ON her return
course in the Chicago Homeopathic college
and a post graduate course in the New York
Allopa,hic school. She practiced medicin,
for two wears in Waterloo, Ia, and again
visited Europe in company with patient
Miss Allen received the notice of her election
TO the professoiship at Ann Arbor while on
trip to California.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07
Vicinity Notes.

The Local Democrat Club Of Joliet, is now
fully organized, with q full complement OF
officers
A farmer named Hans Jenaen, living
near Dwight, jumped from train and was
killed, on Thursday last. The train passed
near his house, and he thought TO reach
home earlier than by going to Dwight and
returning homo by team.
Farmers are getting ready for spring
business. and the man with the sand patch
in which to polish his ploughs is in eItacy
Ed. Mckinney says that he wouldn't have
cared about the fine for shooting in the
limits, IL he had only killed .h.t measly dog
Of Ed. Shows
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07
NOtinxs In Norway.

AZ we write our village is exceptionally
quiet owing 10 the attraction the voting has
over our cilizens at Sheridan. Every voter
has gone thence with resolution TO Assist
his best man to get there - best he can.
G. j. Borchbenius has purchased fine
horse and some say it Is bargain.
The family of Mr.. VIM. f. Williamson
have The sympathy of friends IN their sad
bereavement ON losing their little child. We
believe dipiheris was the cause as there has
been considerable about here.
This township seems to imagine that "a
Tile is much more preferable than TO gravel
our roads, so the money that is taken TO tile
on one side Of the road would, in most in
stances, pay for the road graded and well
gray sled-so some of the farmers say. Well
however it may be, we should be greatly
pleased to have substantial road 10 with
stand all conditions of weather
Our school opened the End with our new
appearance that bright morning we trus,
will find It to their pleasure and beneficial
good 10 be presen, to the close Of the term
Our mail is now received daily, and mat.
ter Of difficulty heretofore in question are
new adjusted and we trust postal affairs will
be kept Alright in the future.
Easter has passed and with it one OF the
pleasantest OF all occasions as well as an
exceedingly pleasant day
Electioneering IS carried to its hight with
enthusiasm, and those who are the most
anxious may fall short of getting there, but
however IL may be, We trust the right men
may otiiciate, as it is good governn en'
wanted and not 90 much to give the honor.
The following Republican ticket was the
one successfully elected: For supervisor
James Jennings; town clerk, John A, IMAM
TOR assessor, Peter & Nelson; tor collector
Peter Swenson; road commissioner, /,
Dali. lNcoosiTo.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07

Work nov In progress at the naval gun
shops in tine Washington Navy Yard EN-
ploys nearly 400 men. -Four 10 in. steel
breech loading rifled guns for the monitor
Miantonomoh and ten In. steel breach
loading riied guns for general service are
under construction. There is also large
amount Of work going on in the fitting w
OF tubes, hoops, ETC., for other guns. In
addition to the gun work there are In pro-
gress four turret mounts for the Miantono
moh's 10 In. guns and four central pivo,
carriages for In. guns. In the foundry
there are 1000 cast iron shells for In
guns. Work on a secondary battery for
the Chicago has been discontinued for the
present
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07
COUNTY NEWS.
SereuA-DAytOn.

STANDARDIZATION.
Last Saturday WAS Q busy day for the
usually quiet town OF Serena-some thirty
men In there at one time, The occasion
was that Of q union csucus-think Of 1t
democrats and republicans embracing each
other with feeling Of brotherly love sell
dom II ever seen In the p 'litical arena; yet
the phenomena Is ON record. The caucus
was held In the Supreme" court room of
Serena, where Esq, Dondanville, Attorney
sed Hupp, Justice McKillay, DC. Norton
and an occasional Ottawa lawyer have
each distinguished themselves before gaping
stool. (rney haven't got any bench" II was
taken out for an ice cream festival and
never returned) The ceiling anu side
walls of the old building have gone To
decay, occasional bits of plaster still cling
ing 10 the Hath, as though 10 remind one
OF its primitive grandeur and preserve the
memory of the lamented architect and his
hirelings The base boards are embroid-
cred with rat holes, and when the hall Is
not otherwise occupied, scores of rats hold
high carnival over the floor, and at night II
Is claimed that the ghosts Of Serena's an.
Client petifoggers make night hideous with
their attempts AT unravelling the meshes
of Blackstone.
Serena is strictly prohibition town; nc
saloons, no drug stores, no sly winks and
motioning up an sllsy-not an inhabitan'
of the town ever bathed his lips In any
thing save the pure sparkling water, ye
strange to say, scarcely day passes but al
express train or freight leaves several key.
OF beer in Serena Not man there knows
anything about ii. IL is the most innocen
looking town on record
Charles Hoag has de horned all his cat
tie, and the experiment works 10 charm
and many Others In that vicinity will d.
likewise.
Arnstein, the dry goods man, is preparin!
for a large trade.
This town Is picking up; the tile factory
has resumed, the flour mill Is run to IL
fullest capacity and meat market is talked
OF, one that viii be permanent.
j Timmons, proprietor OF the hotel, Il
one of the most attentive men in his line
He will entertain any or all fishing partie,
applying at bis door In a satisfactory way
aud his charges are light and there is al
abundance for the hungry.
The Green boys are making maple sugar
In their camp about a mile from town.
Messrs w ii Vannetten, Herb DonavaD
Henry Huett, Albert Buffers, and Free
Green, each, are putting on considerable
style, driving high.bred roadsters
The boys realise the lack of a good yoaI
to exhibit them, and later In the seasol
they propose to test their merits with SOM
of Ottawas thousand dollar teams.
wv Trumbo, wants the name OF tn
FREE TRADER placed at the head of ever.
page. He says some one assure to get hi
paper and read every word In II before h
sees II, and then leave II turned inside out
and when he goes for 1t among fifteen o
twenty other weekly papers, he has TO sto
and turn them all right side out In orde
to find the desired paper.
A + Donavan & Son are doing livel
business In the line of horse collars. The
make superb collar. W. D. W.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07
Birthday Party.

A happy company Of ladies and gentle
men assembled on Thursday evening, March
2gth, At the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Huss of Lowell, !, being their son
Ezras twenty irst birthday. Ezra is a very
promising young man and is respected by
all who know him. The evening WAS spen,
in dancing and supper WAS served at the
usual hour The party did not disband
until a late hour, when they all departed
for their homes we'll pleased with the even
ing which they had spent We all join in
wishing Ezra many more happy birthday
surprises.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07

ing house. b .
father was a native
of the Austrian
Tyrol, and in early
life q student OF
the fine arts and a
painter. He came
to America In 1917,
and twenty years
later established
the firm Of Drexel
& Co. The remark
q BILE success In
business Of one Of
ideal tastes which
followed the estab-
Ill ~ - 4,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07

Dr. Pratt was elected its president He pre-
sided over the institution for five years and
was for three years of the time pastor Of a
church at Richmond.
Upon resigning from the university, DR..
Pratt for a time occupied the pulpit of the
Second Presbyterian church in Cincinnati,
and then preached on Sunday afternoons in
the large Music hall of that city. His dis
courses were very largely attended. In 1887
he was called to the pastorate of the Second
church in Louisville, but in the next year
received a paralytic shock His death was
from a third attack Of this disease
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07
THE LATE JOSEPH W. DRExEL.

He Was a Famous Man In Finance. Phil
anthrOphy, Etc.
In the death Of Mr. Joseph W. Drexel, the
New York banker. who recently died in that
city, the arts and science lost q liberal
patron He inherited great wealth, which
be increased by good management, but wa
not so exclusively engrossed in business as 70
prevent his giving attention to other mat
te,, especially the fine arts.
Mr.. Drexel was the son Of F. N. Drexel, the
founder of the celebrated Philadelphia bank.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07

a school. From
there he was called
to the pastorate OF
n church at Lex
ington, Va, t b e
seat of the Wash
iugton and L e g
university. Here
he remained till
1874. Upon the
opening Of Central
University OF KEN
lucky IA Presby-
terrain institution ,
Dbl u
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07

The industrial school of Tuskegee, Ala
has 400 students. The curriculum includes
saw mill work, carpentry, brickmaking. ETC.
10 Tulane University, La, there has lately
been opened similar school.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07

The freigh, trains on the q. are neither
noted for their feetness nor their sbun-
dance.
Chas. Shelters, who Was in danger Of dy.
ing from blood poisoning from the effects OF
q barb wire scratch, is now out Of danger.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07

~ am losing flesh" as the butcher said
when be saw u man robbing his cart.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16
CENTRAL VERMONT EXPERIENCE.
Montpelier 4S Hours without Telegraphic
Communication-Imm Drifts.

MONTPELIER, March II. - The storm
which RACED so furiously south of here
Monday and Tuesday was at this point
also the heaviest OF the winter. The %
inches Of new suow with wnat alCeady lay
on the ground makes total depth of
nearly four feet upon the level, and where
the win'l had full sweep some drifts have
assumed enormous proportions. Water
burg reports drifts of - feet in depth
Montpelier was for Is hours cut oil from
telegraphlc communication with Boston
and New York and there have been no
mails from the south since Monday. Four
Boston and Southern mails are now
long past due and two days mail from
the north have yet To arrive. The eX-
press from Boston reached here Tuesday
evening 24l5 hours late and is the only
through train from the south since the
one leaving Boston, $50 Monday morning.
Montpelier has not for years been so long
deprived of all means of communication
with Boston and Southern New England.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16
XXXIH. BURLINGTON, VIZ. FRIDAY, 1885,

recent town report, who are Messrs G. |.
Ladd, II. o. Bartlett, and &. A. Pratt,
and claiming that these gentlemen have
maliciou-ly falsified in their report.
When the auditors reply to this leaflet,
as they will undoubtedly do, there Is like
ly to be very lively time, and the uncov-
ering of certain facts concerning the past
town administrations which Will be of
considerable interest.
The Blockade in Southeastern Vermont.
BELLOWS FALLS, March 1.-THE line
was cleared during last night between
here and White River Junction. No trains
ran in any other direction. The Cheshire
and Connecticut River roads will be
cleared to-ui ght.
business Resumed at Rutland.
RUTLAND, March 1.-THE storm was the
worst ever known in Vermont. Business
has been practically. stopped here until
this afternoon. Many perlous exposures
are related by people caught out in the
storm, but no casualties are reported.
The first mail arrived tonight since Mon
day morning.
Physicians Kept From the Sick by snow
SPRINGFIELD, Vt, March 1.-THE storm
here is the worst ever known, over two
feet of snow havng..,fallen. Every road is
blockaded and no mail trains or stages
have arrived since Monday. A gang Of
shovelers with team worked all day yes
terday to open the road to Charleston anC
only got two miles. Another effort viii
he made to esta blishh communication witt
the outside world to-day. Owing to the
| blockade physicians are unable to react
patients in the back districts, and there i.
| much suffering. One man travelled OF
! foot through the drifts four miles yester
day to obtain medicine for his son SICK
| with pneumonia.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16

terrible condition. Mr.. Platt started to
drive from Winooski to visit the stalled
train Tuesday morning, but he had not
gone more than quarter of Il mile before
his horse became stalled in drift and had
to be shovelled out. TIE visit was conse.
quently abandoned. Reports from other
directions are of a similar nature, show.
ing the storm to be one of the worst ever
experienced in Vermont.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16

PETERBORO, y. H., March II The mcsl
drifting snow storm for 40 years has made
the highways impossible aud no trains
over any of the roads have arrived since
Mond"y. BuIues, is at a staudstill
Town meeting adjourned till Friday next
after electIuS a clerk and moderator
The great blockade is partly broken aud
travel partially resumed. It will take sev
eral days to restore travel fully. iuNu
meetings III this vicinity are generally ad
jOurued
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16

The amount of mail matter that arrived
Wednesday at the post office was small.
From the south mail came only from
Rutland and that from the east was not
heavier than usual.
The express Office would, it was supposed,
be deluged with packages yesterday but
the storm was 50 widespread that but
little business has been done in any sec
tion in New England or New York.
Two telegraph lines were available be-
tween Burlington and Boston for short
time Wednesday afternoon but after time
these gave out and it looked as if no AS
sociated press report could be obtained,
but line was obtained about II o'clock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16

Fatal Railroad Accident Near Hyde Park.
Roscoe Allen, young man about II
years of age, was run over by the through
freight going West about five o'clock
Monday afternoon near Cady's Falls. lie
boarded the train at Morrisville aud rode
over to what is called the camp ground,
where the train became stalled, aud as 1t
looked as though the train would be de
layed for some time, took to the track and
when last seen alive was walking toward
home Part OF the train heing left, the
remainder was taken To Hyde Park and
while returning for the cars left behind,
young Allen was discovered beside tue
II ok, his right arm and left leg aud hip
being smashed to jelly. He died about
5 30 the same evening,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16
Washington Feels the Effects.

HARTFORD. Conn, a. M, March ID
1t rained slightly during the evening but
not enough to make serious trouble. The
railroads are making slow progress in
breaking open. The train which left Bos-
ton on the New England at $50 a. IN.
Monday has been stalled at Neruon, 10
miles east, since Monday noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-17
Not a Plen.anr HeafelIau

AN INVALID LADY VISITED TWICE BY A SNAKE
MIS- X +. Morgan OF FruitIanI a small hamlet
Ie" miles north Of Lyons, v. u, who Is an inva-
10, discovered early sunday morning a large snake
upon her bed, and being powerIess TO raise her
arin' 10 defend herself. she called her husband
when he came into the room the reptile mad disap
Peafed and could not be found. ABOUT four nours
AS gain saw the reptile on the bed win IT. .Tes
knt-i.hg ahd It's head erect. She called hpr
uaosltsr, WHO was In he kitchen preparing din
LIE ne latter rushed into the room and alickIy
- MS snaakeship with "a heavy iron poker
- NOrgIn tainted, and Is very much Frustrated
~ IN Suhr. The reptile proved 10 be a large
o!as;k snake, about three feet long and haa nr1h.
o.! ysined Access 10 the room through Knot hole