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"GRANDMAw GARFIELD.
President Garfield's Neither. Whose Death
Has just BeeA Recorded.

Elm Garfield eliza Ballou,, mother Of
James A. Garfield, whose death was recently
announced, came of a Huguenot family
that fled from France 30 New England after
the revocation of the edict Of Nantes in 1855.
She was born in New Hampshire and mar
ried Abram Garfield, u native of New York,
but of Massachusetts, ancestry, having de-
seconded from Edward Garfield, an English
Puritan, who, in 1880, was one OF the founders
of WATERFOWL.
Mrs. Garfield removed with her husband to
Ohio in 1850, and settled in what was then
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28

nR. q. MILLER, the well known Oculis
~ and Aurlst 0tt,wR, III. Office, over LynChs dry
goods store, Main street
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nIS. II. w. WEBS, (Deutcher DoCtor,) late
- Physician and Surgeon ~ the ~. Louis Female
HOaiptG Office Stiefes Clothing Store, OF
Main and Il, Sale streets. Residence on south bluff
vt Mre. kengs arS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28

when but 81 years
old, he was chosen
to represent the
Memphis district
in congress, and
served three con-
secutivs terms. In
1880 hs was the reg
ular nominee CT the
D G II 0 cracy for
governor OF Ten
nessee, but was de-
feated by the split
in the party on the
state debt question,
as he was an out
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28

w.BIIE.NVt IS, Attorney and CounselOr Al
-. Law, and Notary Public Rooms 3, * ~, Opera
House Block, Ottawa, II.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28

< n o W II as I n o
"WilderneSs,n but
now the Western
Reserve" which
was being occupied
by people fro III
Connecticut. Tho
pioneer died at the
age Of So, leaving
u widow with four
small children, Of
whom James, des-
tined to become
president of TIL 0
United States, was
. 1901
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28

- n. LINCOLN, Attorney at Law. Once
Az. over No 10 Ia Sale street. west side 9t the
Co Irt House. Ottawa, H. IulYST5
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28

Nj X ~ Et 'SSjIy !, German DruRRlst and Apothe
vi. cary. (wholesale and retail, Main street Jtts
VIZ III. Importer of DrugH, Chemicals, French Cogn
nc BrandiCs. " mes &c
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28

n MoDOUGALII, Attorney at LAW Ottawa
~. H. Once In Gedneys Block dec2'7t
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II Y. GRIGGts, Druggist, Rockefeller and Sta
II. ton or, ottawa, III. Second store In EattRgerr
Block south side OF Court House Square.
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PH Y . l CT An 3 .
IT. oI.N1SrED-

nR. RIrY SANDERS, successor
~ to DR.. AlCinda Autcn. once Opera House Block
Ottawa III. Telephone, No. lg1' scplB
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~ g. TREN "A SS, Attorney al Law. once
NTH l.. W. Brewer, Rooms :, d TO- Opera lioust
Block Ottawa. III. !unS
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" GIIGGsS, Attorney and Counselor AT Law
-. Office In Lynchs block Main street, Ottawa, Ill.
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nR. j. =. RYBURN, Ottawa, H. Office in
~ Opera House BLOCK. In office day and night.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28

wickedneSs may prosper fer while, but
in the long run he who sets all knaves at
work will pay them
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In all cases involving land grants and the
claims of railroads, Mr.. lie Barnes is said to
have been a vigilant defender of the rights of
settlers and the government; hence it was
thought Important to retain him in the office
until an equally competent successor could
be found
Hon. John V. Wright, who succeeds MIR.
LIE Barnes as law adviser of the land office, is
a prominent lawyer Of Tennessee, formerly a
member Of the supreme court, and later
circuit judge and chancellor. He is son of
all officer Of the war of 1912 and grandson OF
an officer in the Revolution, and was himself
colonel of the Thirteenth Tennessee infantry
in tho Confederate army, as well as mem
her of the Cnnfederate congress. In 1875,
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j. W. DUNCAN. A. J. o ooSoR II. 7. SILBERT.
DUNCAN, O'CONOR & GIIBE.RT,
~ Attorneys Al Law Office In Futterer q Metzger's
block, esst Of >ourl house, Ottawa. illinois, and La
Sale Ill, juy2S's2
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Al ~. ARMSTRONG, Attorn and CouI
WI. seor NJ Law, Ottawa, III. Notary ubllc ono
In Gednuy's Block. Ottawa. iunb,'N
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X. v. BULL. LESTER II. srBAwN.
DULL * STR WIN, Attef neys and Coun
ID selors AT Law. Once over Cly Drug Store, corner
OF La Sale and Madison streets OTTAWA, Ill. an26.s
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LA SALE MONUMENT, ROUEN, FRANCE
he died ana where his remains are preserved.
Two has Teliefs commemorate two remark
able incidents in his lie. The first represents
him distributing his patrimoIy % the POOR;
in the second, James ii IS seen visiting the
school room in which fifty young Irish lads
were Instructed 1t The four corners are
figures Of the children, who represent every
part of the world From the base o. the
fountain limpid streams pour forth, symbol
cal Of the instruction given through the in.
strumentality Of La Salis to the people.
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INEORt4E: -. ELDISEDdE, Attorney
VI Law Office In Postoiice Block OTTAWA, III aprl
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~ w. W. BLA * II. Attorney and Counselor
VI. al Law. Room is, Opera House Block, Ottawa,
Ill. All legal business promptly attended 10. Jan3
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AS TO TIE BLIZZARD.
A SORT OF STORM THAT Is iNoiG-
GNOUS TO THE NORTHWEST.
In Faet, II I,xists In All Ie Glory Ne
whore Else. IAeush ssmetines - N
mo Casa Of ths One Just Past, II tx
tends lite peathly Sway.

nee more the country is
appalled, at the reports Of
widespread death and
misery in the northwest;
but in its range and do
structive intensity this
cold wave SURPRISES all
hitherto recorded. From
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28

THOS. G. FULl.ERTON, Attorney n,
L Law Ottawa, Illinois Office in Bushnells block.
west OF Court House JAMIE
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I ORENZO LILA N ID, Attorney and Coun.
IL selor ut Law. Office In PoetOtiice Block. Ottawa,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-28
professional EarDs.
ATT o r n z Y Q .

IEsSSE Is. RUG ER, Attorney and Counselor
u At Law Oaice In the Colwell Sherwood Block,
north of postoiice. feb1S
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DUNCAN NO DouGALL- g. II. CHAPLAIN.
McDOUG ALL ~ Oh N, Attor.
WI ncys at Law. Gedney's Block. ottawa, H.. aprO
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
Nensnnner ..Nirht nmla- .

1hefe Is always the proportion of night
owls, men who work when others sleep.
They have an air about them which is
unmistakable, for while they look tired
from the toll they have just left, it is a
different kind Of fatigue from that which
one notices among those who are Cup
late. Many, in fact the majority. Of
these are from the newspaper offices.
and they can always be known from the
shop talk they indulge in. Curiously
enough newspaper men do not talk very
much about their business in the day
tilpe, not more, at least, than does any
other class Of men.
But at night it would seem as though
their brains are so full Of the subjects
they have just left that their chat be-
comes of the shop, SLOPPY style. It is as
though surgeons had come from the
scene Of some operation and We're con
strained to speak Of the flap and the
drainage. Their talk is 'scaviare to the
general, ? conveying as it does an odd
impression Of inside information among
the speakers. Then, too. it is mostly in
the future; they constantly talk Of chat
which others do not know vet. Their
discussion is Of what the papers will
speak tomorrow morning; the news of
the afternoon has already become ancient
history to them. That they deal in news
is. recognized practically by others, for
nothing is more common than to have
some gentlemen apply for information.
New York Press.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
\ Lost opportunity.


In the memoirs of the Count dc Fal-
loux, now publishing in lie Correspond
ent, the following passage, referring to
the coup d etat Of Napoleon III, occurs; ;
''Among the prisoners detained at Mont
Nalerien Dec. ., 1851, was one Anthony
Chomet. He gave to a lady visitor n
number Of letters to take to Paris, and
said: Tel my family I an in no danger.
but that / feel inconsolable to have held
the destiny Of France in my hand and to
have let it siipn Nobody understood the
phrase, but the fact was this: In the
constituent assembly preceding the cleo.
ton OF Louis Napoleon to the presidency.
Chomet had introduced an amendment
excluding the members Of families that
had reighed in France from the Office Of
president Louis Napoleon asccnded The
rostrum and spoke against the amend
ment so awkwardly, so incoherentlv and
with an accent so foreign and sfranoa
that he was all the time interrllDted nv
the noisy laughter and railleries. and
finally compelled 10 desist ignominiouslv.
Then Chomet arose and said: After fha
assembly has heard that haraneIie.. and
al France viii have read it tomorrow.
there is no further need Of nv amend
ment. I withdraw it, He that makes
himself ridiculous makes himself impos-
sible, is the French saying, and Chomet
was guided by it. But Louis Napoleon
outlived the ridicule and became master
of France, which would not have been
possible if Chomet's amendment had he
come law.-Paris Letter.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
A VICTIM OF COCAINE
Gives His Experience with the Fasoinat..
ing Drug-Nursed Back to Health.

Gives His Experience with the Fasoinat..
ing Drug-Nursed Back to Health.
DR.. Charles D. Bradley's name first
came into undesirable prominence in No.
vember, 1885, when he was arrested
charged with being insane through exces-
sive indulgence in morphine and cocaine.
the latter a powerful narcotic of which
up to that time little had been heard. He
was taken before Judge Prendergast, was
declared to be insane, and given a SEN
tence of three months in the Washing
tonian home. After fortnight's STAY at
the home DR.. Bradley went to Canada,
his old home, where he gave himself ur
entirely to the demands of the drug. the,
fascinations Of which completely en-
thralled him. Practice and home were
gone, and he gave free rein to his vice.
He returned to Chicago and was sent to
the insane asylum, where a complete cure
was effected, and he resumed his practice.
only to find himself deserted by his
clients and his reputation impaired
Consolation for the reverses came with
cocaine, to which he again became a
victim, and there were months when he
absolutely lived in the state of mind it
produced, securing it BY hook or crook
until his last possession was gone and his
family beggared.
The physician went to The gutter, and
a year ago was begging for cocaine at
drug stores or securing it by fictitious
orders on druggists. Then he disap-
peared. He was occasionally heard from
in Canada and the east until last fall.
when the papers recorded his arrest in 1
New York city for endeavoring to obtain
a supply Of cocaine by representing him
self as a messenger sent from one ply |
sician to another. In the police court
the gaunt, emaciated. ragged man told |
his story Of want and woe, and thu I
causes which brought them about. At
that time he was using sixty grains Of /
cocaine a day. He was sent to Bellevue |
hospital to die. There he was found by |
the manager Of the Christian home. /
where he was nursed back to mental and /
physical vigor
DR.. Bradley was reluctant to dwell on
the episodes thus briefly given. but con
versed freely on other circumstances Of
his life.
''Until 1885 there was nothing to dim
my prospects, said DR.. Bradley. 1T
was in that year that cocaine was first
brought to notice through a German
but it was only known as a
practical an@sthetic in operation bv
oculists. There was no method known
for using it for other purposes. was
the first man to discover that It could be
otherwise used-in fact totake the place
Of ether or chloroform. That discovery.
50 important to the world, was most un-
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
When AttaeI.ed bv Pneumonia.

''What is the first symptom Of pneu-
monia?' was asked a Brooklyn physician
the other day.
"a severe chill, " was the reply.
''What ought a man to do who is
seized with such a chill:'
He should get into bath tub con-
tanning hot wata-so hot that it would
redden the sl1in-and stay there as long
as he cam"
"What is the philosophy of such treat
ment?'
"a severe chill, which always precedes
pneumonia, indicates that the blood has
gorged the lungs, liver or kidneys. Now,
the first remedial step is to dissipate this
blood. The hot bath does this. 1t draws
the blood to the surface, and dissipates it
over a greater area. After having lain
in the bath until relief is experienced.
the patient should step out Of it and wrap
himself in woolen blanket Don't stop
to dry yourself with a towel, but wrap
the warm wool around you and tumble
into bed
THE consensus of opinion among the
leading physicians Of the day is that
pneumonia is an infectious disease. That
is, the disease germ is in the air. and
when the right physical condition is pre-
scnted the disease takes root and fructi-
ties. The popular idea that pneumonia
is confined to cold weather is an errone-
Gus one. There Is no pneumonia in the
Arctic regions. 1t is mainly due to the
sudden changes in our temperature. Bv
consulting the health reports of New
York city it win be found that the high
est death rate occurs in December and
February, but that there are a good many
cases in August.-New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
cod of the Esnnlmnnr.

The Esquimaux pantheon is pretty
well occupied, there being gods to pre-
side over the different natural phenomena,
such as the rain, snow, ice, tides and so
forth, and others controlling human des-
tiny in the chase, at home and else
where. Their explanation of the tides
is very naive. The genius of the waters.
it seems, wishing to cross the straits dry
shOd, caused the water that filed them
to heap itself up at one side, and then.
when he had passed over, to fall back
into its place again, which it did with
sucn momentum as ia go on oscillatine
to and fro ever since. They have no lack
of priests, and under their direction make
various offerings to propitiate the deities.
when the season is bad. and
seals are scarce.--J. Macdonald Oxley in
American Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
sIvsterious orieln Of riro,.

Not long ago a lot of Sea Island cotton
m bales was discovered to be on fire in a
New Jersey warehouse, and when the
flames were eXtinguished in one spot,
\ they would Immediately break out in
another. An examination showed that
/ 1t was roller gin cotton; that is. cotton of
which the lint is drawn away from the
seeds by pair Of rollers. set at such a
distances apart as to keep the seeds from en-
tering between them. while the fibre passes
on and goes into a bag. In the present
case, more or less of the seeds had some
how got between the rollers and been
crushed. and had thus saturated the cot
ton with oil which, in due time, had
caused spontaneous combustion.
A still more curious case occurred in a
Massachusetts factory. In the middle of
the room a milling machine was turning
knife handles, the dust being blown up
through metal tube into the room above
and thence forced out of doors through
wooden pipe. A spark from an emery
wheel, fifteen feet from the milling ma
chine, struck a window, and reboundine.
entered the mouth of the metal tube. set
the wood dust on fire, so that the flames
poured out of the wooden pipe in a stream
twenty feet long.
An engineer, cleaning up mill, put
some cotton waste in front Of the boiler,
where it would be handy for the fireman
in the morning. During the night thi.
took fire spontaneously; the flames spread
to the kindlings under the boiler and
soon raised steam enough to cause the
boiler to blow Off, badly soaring the
watchman, who knew, or thought he
knew, that there was no fire under it.
In another instance a man drove nail
into the ceiling Of a iute mill. The nail
glanced off, was struck by the rapidly
moving beaters and caused a serious con
Youth's Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
Chinese shoes and shoemaI,lng.

Shoemaking, shoe mending and shoe
selling are distinct branches Of business
in China. Chinese shoes exhibit great
variety Of shape. Except in the hob
nailed shoe for wet weather, there is
little leather used-the materials being
principally calico, silk, satin, velvet and
felt. Children's summer shoes are made
of fine open rush work, with bright lin
ing. Ladies' shoes are made and mended
by their wearers. From childhood the
girls Of the upper classes have their feet
tightly bound, and they are thus, at the
cost Of years Of suffering, enabled to
wear shoes about three inches long. The
Chinese cobbler goes from house to house.
and announces his presence with a pecu-
liar rattle.-Philadelphia Times.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
connt n,orsar nnd AZ raIlor.

It is recounted that one day, being
caught in his private dressing room by "a
tailor who ragged, and said he would not
leave till he had been paid his bill, Count
D'Orsay listened thoughtfully for time.
fixing his eyes upon a package that the
irafe tailor had deposited upon a chair.
This package was enyeloped in a coarse
sort Of canvas.
''dave you much Of that stuff in your
shopf' said Count D'Orsay.
''What kind-that ugly canvas? If I
wanted 1t could tomorrow have enough
to wrap up al the merchandise in the
London docks.
London docl,sl" said the count;
don't talk nonsense Come to me to-
morrow at O'Clock and take my meas
we for q pair of trousers cut froln~ this
canvas"
In vain the tailor endeavored to dis
suade the count. stating that the canvas
was not suitable for a garment, and in a
short time Count D'Orsay was supplied
with the canvas trousers.
At O'Clock one afternoon he climbed
the vast staircase Of Crockford's, then
one Of the fashionable clubs of London,
and The first person whom he met was
Lord Chesterfield.
Upon my word, " said the noble lord,
'you have a singular garment there
rare, without doubt. Always
the same original and charming
D'Orsayl''
The count received the compliment
with some confusion.
1T Is perhaps not exactly elegant" p" he |
said, 'but it is very handy and fresh,
suited to riding on horseback. -
In few moments a group Of handles /
lad surrounded the clever Frenchman,
Lord Chesterfield in the main parlor was
axpatiating on the originality Of
)'Orsay's taste, and a few DAYS after
ward the tailor found himself overrun
With orders for the canvas trousers. Lord
Chesterfield himself ordered a dozen
'airs. Count D'Orsay had accomplished
lis purpose, and the delighted tailor
anne no more with his troublesome bill.
Edward King in Cosmopolitan.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
IMPRESSIONS OF NASSAU.
An Island Of Unending Summer Not Far
Away-The Lazy Inhabitants.


Away-The Lazy Inhabitants.
Nassau is ore of the smallest of the
Bahama islands, covering a length of
twenty miles by an average Of five miles
in width. The city is built, facing the
north, upon the slope of a ridge. running
west to east, and nearly 100 feet at its
highest. The soil is thin, the island con
sisting Of an old coral reef. elevated grad
ually from the ocean, and during that
period subjected to the action Of the
waves, leaving it honeycombed and
pocketed. This rock is compact, Of sand
made from disintegrated cofals, Yellow
ish creamy in color and soft in texture,
SO that it is quarried by saving and CHS
cling, becoming considerably harder by
exposure. The surface of the rock is
covered with loose pieces, exceedingly
irregular in form. Over this is a very
little soil.
The streets are graded through this
natural rock, with natural cutters and
walks. The streets at right angles to the
water front cross the ridge generally
through deep cuts in the natural rock in
order to lessen the grade. The dwellings
of the better sort are square or oblong
square, seldom more than two stories
high, with low ceilings and low pyra-
midical roofs. These houses arc always
surrounded on at least two sides with
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
A Mint TO smnI-nrs-

It seems to me that ordinary polite.
ness, the honest dictates Of courtesy
would suggest to smokers that public
convayances, public audience rooms
public eating places, public drinking
places. are for the enjoyment of tbe
whole public and not for a selfish ma
jority. Men frequently come into nv
Office with lighted cigarettes and leave
behind them traces of their offense. which
annoy me for hours thereafter
By what right do they do so2-,Joe
Howard in New York Graphic.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
a1oles Removed bv rI.o,,.,.,,,.

The fair sex owes still another debt to
the scientist. A lady who had a mole on
her shoulder and who, from this reason.
was unable to display her otherwise fair
and attractive corporal possessions. has
had an electrical operation performed
with perfect success. The mole was
perforated with electric needles in every
direction. After a week the mole. which
had been burned to a black mass. fell of
and LEFT she skin in good condition. THE
new skin shows hardly a trace Of dis
colorafion, and she now wears the most
fashionable ball dresses with implnity
and success. New York Mail and Fx
press.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
Something About 'zante Currants. >,

The word cUrrant is said to be a cor
ruption Of Corinth, a city from which
once came all the Greek currants. The
cuTrants, commonly called zante, are
really raisins, produced from a grape that
grows no larger than peas, like the
American wild or fox grapes, and hangs
in punches only three inches long. These
grapes are dried in the sun, and then
stored in bulk, where the sugar that
exudes from them makes them into
masses so compact that they have to be
dug apart by force when wanted. They
are prepared for shipment by being put
into casks and packed into a solid mass
by being trodden by the feet Of the ma
tives.-New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
Self Massage for Dvspeps;a.


ms treatment requires much pcrse-
verance and practice, otherwise it may
10 some extent prove a failure; but re-
newed vigor viii always be in proper
tion to the practice. BE not discouraged.
First thing in the morning and last thing
at night rub the abdomen down the left
side and up the right in a round circle,
also rub down the breast; now pace
across the room once or twice, and then
snap the lower limbs, like a whip lash.
for exercise. Now twist the lower limbs.
first ON one side, then on the other, and
rock up on the toes. Now for the lungs
and abdomen; first, take in a half breath.
then eXhale al the air possible, then I'll
the lungs 10 their full capacity. walk
across the room and back, at the same
time throwing the arms back Now ina
half breath send out every particle of air
till You see the abdomen working ike
bellows, and you viii soon become a deep
breather. For more extended practice
in deep breathing the morning before
rising is a good time, provided there is
fun ventilation and that the air inside is
as pure and fresh as that on the outside
Before a good fire wash the hands and
face, wet the back Of the neck. arms and
lower limbs slightly, and rub down with
n coarse towel. This is sufficient for
beginner, but entirely inadequate for the
Did, chronic dyspeptic.-J. N. Semple in
Herald of Health.