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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-19
track repeatedly, bur have been discovered
In time to avoid accident

track repeatedly, bur have been discovered
In time to avoid accident
Burglarles becoming quite the thing In
S'reator, one happening nearly every day
The last occurred on Monday. The police
are At sea, or are not numerous enOu,h.
Mrs, Oxen, nm emplOye Of the Aurora
cotton mill, fell down an elevator shaft on
Friday last, and broke both arms.
A boy, living in the vicinity of Deer
Park, came upon the dead body OF tramp
who had, apparently, been dead about two
weeks H. WAS comfortably dressed but
there was no means Of Identification upon
his body.
A Joliet youth has probably lost favor
able matrimonial engagement, through
carelessness He accompanied his young
lady home from an entertainment, and
being bashful, declined % enter the house,
but stood at the gate with her for nearly
two hours When ahe attempted to 90
into the house AZ last, she fell 10 the
ground, and her feet were found To be
frozen quite badly.
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Mineral Soap.

SENEcA,--Since the mineral soap indus
try ceased to operate, there has been n
casting about to find some one who has tue
capital and nerve TO open up a factory, but
the Oh snces are that 1t will remain In 1t
unsolicited obscurity.
There were two hundred and thirty-nine
pupils in attendance in the public schools
during the past month, notwithstanding
the late diphtheria scare.
Rev. j. f, Donavan. of this place, Is ill
In st. Anthonys hospital, st. LOUIS,
The Catholic fair will open at Roak's
hall on Monday evening. In all respects
the fair will be- on larger ard more ex.
tensive scale than In past years, and with
good weather the receipts should be in.
creased over last year.-Rec0rd
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Our NeighbOrs.

Andrew Tomb, of Gibson, lost his peck
etbook, containing four hundred and
twenty dollars, In hog lot last week, and
discovering his loss about ten hours later
moved every foot of mud on the place,
finding the money mixed with the mud In
a very impartial manner.
p. F. Kirst, late ticket agent for the
Alton road at Joliet, Is charged with ems
bezzling $1,000, and is said to have at.
tempted suicide. He is now hiding In
Mississippi.
A gang Of youth Of not over tender rep
utatiou, are alleged to have attempted TO
wreck trains on the Chicago and Alton
road, near the little village Of Ellwood.
Rocks and ties have been placed on the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-19

Hugh Henning died very suddenly and
Unexpectedly last Friday.
A disease peculiar to mares, by which the
hinder parts are paralyzed, has caused sew
eral losses in this vicinity of late. Mr..
Hillman came near losing his family buggy
mare by an attack Of it,
Last Monday is said to have been the
largest hog day known to the history of
Los,ant. Hen Barton received car loads
or more for shipment LOStaHt Local.
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WEDRoN Jan. lS-The man who has n
decided penchant for minding his own
business dOes't travel through life-he
slides through. But, alas how few slide.
The weather seems to be trying to suit
each one, for 1t is dellghtfully changeable.
Mr. John Thompson, Mrs F.. Bruner and
Mrs Emma Pratt, have re.urned from
their visit to Kansas
The new bridge across Indian creek Is
complete, snd open 20 the public.
Dog barking has become so common
with some OF our vicinity neighbors, that
they are never aroused at Bravos yells, for
they TOO well know he simply sees the
noon
Mrs. Anna Hathaway has returned home
from Chicago.
Mr. w Nj Brown and wife spent last
Tuesday In Ottawa
Mr. II Ruger has sour car loads OF lum.
Der here. lie will undoubtedly have quite
large barn.
Mr.. Elmer Hiie and wife left yesterday
for Dsnvilie, Ill where they will spend a
few days, aud then return 10 their future
home In Kansas UNCLE kuhE.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-19

A prize fight between couple of we'll
known Joliet blacBsmiths. took place on
Tuesday evening, and according to Queens
bury rules was drawn, but the fighting was
short on account Of the maudlng condition
of one of the head openers. They have ar.
range for another fight, TO occur next week.
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COUNTY NEWS.
West Serena Sayings.

SERENA, Jan. Is Not many from this
side re at the singing last Tuesday night
on account Of the inclemency Of the weather
Bob Gregg was brought home last week
much improved, but has not fully recovered
Dan Gregg Snndayed at home. lie came
home Friday evening.
Peter Jacobs was in Prairie Center on
Wednesday of this week
Newt Green had large pile of wood
sawed ON Tuesday last
Mrs Will Bowers spent SUNDAY night NJ
her f,ther's turning Moni lay,
Mrs Dudreon came over from Morris on
Saturday Her husband will be here the
last of the week. Several friends called on
her.
MIR. and Mrs. Watson Sinclair were in
Ottawa last Saturday.
Al bert Hall was on the sick list last week
We are Informed there is TO be necktie
party at VIM Parr Friday evening Of this
week.
The Thomas Musical Proligies gave con-
cert in the Serena rink Wednesday evening
of this week.
A uoupe occupied the Serena rink for
three evenings of this week. one night CIV
ing Ten Nights in Bar Room
One year ago last Wednesday was the
coolest of last winter. Note the contrast.
Ed. Whi,more made several trips to Otta'
wa lately calling on the dentist.
Frank parr got move on himself ms
week and is getting up fine lot OF wo2d
We contemplate showing him how to swing
steel IN the near future.
Frank Roberts is in Ottawa this week, AZ
sisting III the bakery on account oil his
uncle sickness.
They met tor singing Thursday night at
Mr.. Roberts. large crowd was in attend
anc. and spent pleasant evening.
Miss Esther Mosey Of Leland has been Wis
ting her brother, and also spent II few days
with Clara Roberts.
Peter Jacobs was in Ottawa Friday Of this
week.
The citizens of Harding and vicinity were
much stirred up the latter part Of last week
by trouble in the Terry school between the
teacher and few boys. Such conduct IL
scandalous, but will happen once in while
Milton Christie exercises his hne driver
frequently.
Sidney Smith and wife are still in this
vicinity.
Newt Green will receive bids on his Xmas
horse as he desires to dispose Of IT.
Frank Mclnlurf and family we're very
agreeably surprised last Saturday evening
by being called upon by large number OF
neighbors and friends, who came to celebrate
their tenth anniversary of welded lie.
large number Of presents were presented,
and jolly good time generally was enjoyed
Mrs Olmstead has sale advertised Tor
The 10Th of this month. She will dispose OF
a large amount of stock, GRANGER.
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Go where you will you will find people
people using DR.. Bulls cough syrup and
unanimous In It's praise.
suffered most severely from rheuma
tism during winter. After using Salvation
oil two days the pain entirely aubsided,
and now am we'll man.
W X, kURTz, Baltimore, Md.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-19

The most ineXcusable folly is 10 endure
dyspepsia with all It's miseries when 20
cent package of LsXsdore Will cure the
malady.
When the disorders of bsbyhOod attack
your baby use AT once DR. Bulls BABY Syr-
up and notice is rapid and beneficial
effects Price % cents.
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WcdrOn News.

WEDRoN, Jan. lSth.--For the last few
days there has been considerable mud In
this sect Of country.
Elmer Hite started the other day for his
home in Kansas Himself and wife have
been visiting with his friends here. We
all wish him a long and happy life.
William Belrose has had very sick
horse, and Charles Dennis attended 1t.
The sh wv that was held at the school
house ut Wedron was II complete success,
and Mark Braffet said he did not want the
lead pencil, for the railroad furnished
him supplies.
Mrs. Anna Hathaway has returned from
Chicago and says that she feels quite we'll
at present
viii Cole returned from Wsldron To
make "A visit 10 his friends. We vish HIM
happy visit and safe return home
SALTWATER.
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SERENA, H., Jan. 12.-The Holiness
Band and the Trustees of the Serena
church are at outs.
Some time ago when the daises were
blooming in the NOISY fields and tree
studded dels of Serena, and the grain and
the bull frogs were blooming, the regular
denomination and the Holiness Band, nat
urally of opposite temperaments, laid down
like TO the lion and the lamb, anu SET about
10 devise means 10 build u church. Ii was
very evident that a church was needed In
Serena, tor 1t is alleged TO be on record
that. like Billy Meyer, some Serena folks
hadn't seen a b. bic tor ever 80 long, ana
perhaps would not have an opportunity to
do so, unless led by curiosity into a church
where Bible should be carelessly dissect
ed Whether on account OF laudable de-
sire to bring the good book to the eye OF
this class in this rather charming way, or
whether the regular denomination and the
band had grown weary of meeting In the
school house history deposeth not, but, at
any rate, the church Was built.
At the last election Of trustees the regu-
lar denomination controlled the majority,
and reCeatly the trustees forbade the Holi
ness Band the right to worship In the sane
tuary, on the ground that 1t was not a
strictly religious order. Then there WAS
weeping and cuss words (oh fie.) The
band swore (tut, tut and the trustees raved
But the situation remained unchanged. So,
now, there are two religious bodies In Sc
rena where hearts don't beat with the same
spasmodic motion, and whose pulses do
not beat with the identical beat Of yore.
They stand ON the back fences of their res.
pectlve possessions and make sour faces az
one another and bye and bye there will
be high old time In Serena. The atmos.
nhere ia fixing that way now. B 5. Ill.
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Ransom Items.


RANSOM, Jan. lG.-Owney Weirs died
at his home In Kjnsman, ILL.,, on Friday
evening after a weeks illness, aged ~
years His remains were Inferred at two
O'Clock Monday afternoon at Mount Cal
vary, ia the village of Seneca. Mr. Welrs
was generally esteemed by those who knew
him best. A widow and two children sur
vive him.
Little Frank Kelley has light form OF
diphtheria DR.. Brown Is In attendance.
Dan Kane is sick with malaria fever.
John Ryan had severe shock on Satur.
day evening while attending the Ransom
Horse Co. meeting, His left limb and
foot became paralized. He WAS brought
home In painful condition, DIR. Brown
was called In and attermuch medical work
was able to give relief Mr.. Ryan suffered
Intense pain, but is able to be around.
The iamlyof Chris Shaeter is improving
They, toe, were sick with malaria FEVER
Dr. Mccoy Is in attendance
The following gentlemen were elected
officers in the Ransom Horse CO.. Pres,
James Stevenson, Otter Creek tp.; Treas,
Robert Stevens, Allen; Sec, Nj Garvin,
Allen. Rumo, says the company will sell
the two morse If they find "A buyer.
We are pleased to read In the Marsellles
items that our worthy townsman. a. N.
Douglass, has been elected director OF the
Of the First National bank of Marseiles.
Mr.. Douglass is u highly esteemed citizen
of Allen.
Mr. Gus Frances, of Iowa, Is visiting
with friends and relatives in our burg.
George Spencer, Of Minnesota, is visit
ing with his mother and brother.
The dance a, Jones rink, Jan, III, was
the principal society event OF the week,
and the young ladies and gentlemen filed
the hall with brightness until early morn
Ing, when cheers nearly drowned out WIZ
kiasan's orchestra. caused by the decision
of the three judges, who gave the prize for
the best walters TO Marion Carr and Miss
Mary Ryan,
The G. A. X boys had big banquet at
Comrade Webber's on Tuesday evening
Card playing, games, cracking jokes, tell,
ing army tales, and a good time Is reported
by those who we're there. Comrade
Weber has "A heart as big rs grinding
stone. Come again, boys that wore the
blae. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
FULFILLING ITS PROMISE.

The London Court Journal, de-
termined, as it announced some time
ago, to keep abreast with American af-
fairs, has just published the following
editorial:
"The Americans have elected Mr..
Robert Lincoln as Minister to the Court
Of st. James. Mr.. Lincoln is brother
Of the famous war President, and is said
to be an excellent Judge Of horse-fesh.
He took no part in the great struggle
presided over by his brother, preferring,
he declared, to he merely an on-looker.
His life, however, has not been wholly
uneventful, for several years ago he was
Secretary of Illinois and Nebraska
He has wonderful talent for MIN
ickEy, and one of our correspondents
heard him recite, some time ago, be-
fore stage party in the rooms Of the
Chicago Press Club. We understand
that he is now on lecture tour in Aus
tralia, but that he will cancel his en-
gagements in view of the fact that he
has been elected to serious and re-
sponsible position. President Harris
and sub-President Morris are thus far
giving satisfaction, and it is not likely
that there will be change in the Coy
eminent for some time to come. Mr..
Blaine, Secretary to President Harris,
has succeeded in electing his son to the
Senate. Mr.. Outlaw. who was elected
to France, has taken the oath of Office.
He is said to be very handsome gen
tleman, and to his look more than to
any qualifications can be accredited his
election. For number of years he has
been typewriter in New York.-Ar-
kdpS11U IrdUeler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
s.WAA7 TIE lNG1wE wHlssUL SAYS"
nY THEODORE L. MILTON.

Did ye ever, when tho darkness
NNus ius' stenlin' DOR the earth,
AM ~ feclin' NV calm sadness.
Druv away MI Joy an mirth.
A-listen to the screechln'
AM the moanin weird an low,
CT :,he whissul on an fngine,
AS it sung it's song o woe.
Tcr me itnllus sounds Jos like
y wall o. deep despair.
An hive n res'loss foelin'
AT there's misery somewhere;
An the insine's jest a-scroechin',
An n-mouniu', weird an low,
because it knows O. suffGrin',
An JOS wants to tell us 30.
An it nllns seems to happen,
When I'm feelin' hathaway,
Some poor cri.tur claims my pity,
An hear the ingine say,
Az it jes' keeps on a-screechln,
.sn' ,l-1noaniil' weird m low,
"Ie see, sum one is sufferin,
loot loot loot! told yo SO"
So stead o. speakin' Grossly,
climb the pantry shelf.
An calm in the stranger.
Jes' bids him help his-self.
An the ingine with it's screechin',
An it's moanin' weird an low,
Seems ter change it's tune to gladness,
An give up the song O. woe
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
NIGH TONED PEOPLE.

rboro soon,s TO IFS a vast difference
between high toned people, as they are
Frequently termed, and good people as
thev are commonly found in our country
villages. To be heightened one must OF
necessity dress above the average, be
blessed with little more capital than
the common people, and above all
things, drop into the boat that is the
heaviest laden as it joins the popular
tide. To be good without being high
toned is very easy matter, but to be
heightened without any redeeming
quality to back it up is a very common
thing. People whose character are as
black as the recesses OF cavern, are
folded in the arms OF society like the
innocent babe to its mothers breast,
because of their surplus only, while
the poor mill girl and tired laborer are
not known in the pleasures Of life sim
ply because of their occupation. The
most sickening sight it is our misfortune
to witness is the country swell, whether
male or female, who would pose as one
of the shining lights of society did their
tickle brain furnish them with sufficient
knowledge to know how to act. It is
not heightened or good breeding to
snub others because Of their station in
life. AS brilliant gems Of character rs
the earth holds lie beneath the shabby
clothes of the working classes, and us
pure hearts as beat within the human
breast are often found among the ones
whose position in life is one of toll and
privation. Civility is virtue and be-
longs to all stations and conditions Of
life. Good manners are part of good
breeding, but we are sorry to say there
are those who are possessed of neither,
and whose society ought to to be repul-
sive even to themselves. How many of
the "lofty' would refuse the almighty
dollar from the hands of the very pep
PIE whom they try to look down upon?
Not any, we assure you, and the soft
words and tender carcsses effervesce
with love and solicitation until the prize
is secured. We can all we'll afford to
class ourselves among the common peo-
pie, stunning none because of their cir
cumstances, but unite in an earnest en-
deavor to make each other better for
having mingled together in the daily
walks of life. Meredith Ne,rs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
ABOUT ADVERTISING.

An advertisement is o silent drum
mer.
Bargains are the chestnuts of trade,
and less than cost goods parodies on
nothing.
There has never been invented an ad-
vertising substitute for the newspaper;
oil else supplementary.
To take the advertisement out of the
paper during the so-called' dull times is
about as bad as to stop feeding the
horse because the present weatheris un-
suitable for using him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
GET OUT OF THE OLD hUr.

There is one thing which no young
man with ambition and enterprise in his
make up should ever allow himself to be
accused of, and that is that he is NOV
ing along in the same old ruts made by
his predecessor. It is most decidedly
not American, and still more decidedly
not enterprising. This is one great
trouble with too many men and with too
many kinds of business. They keep
right on in the old way. Their prede-
cessors made money and built up a fine
trade, and they think to carry it on sue
cessfully by simply letting the wheels
follow the old ruts. But it cannot be
done. There are too many wide-a wake
go-ahead men in the country to admit
of such course at the present time.
One must watch the times and change
with them. This is an age of progress,
and those who have not the ambition,
skill, and enterprise, to pull out of the
old ruts and run for themselves,
will stand very poor show of success.
1t is impossible to conduct business
now upon the same plan or principles
as it was half century ago. Things
are done in a very different way, and
the only road to success is the new road.
This same principle is also applicable
to workmen at trades. Don't think
that because a think has been done q
certain way for years, that that is the
only way it can be done, or even the
way in which it can be done the easiest
and most economically. If you do, you
will some day find out that COMPETE
tor has been at work and continued a
different method, and is quietly pocket
ing large profits, on account of time and
material saved. And above all things,
do not be one of those bigots who sheer
at another's IDEAS, for these same ideas
may be valuable to you, and you are
cheating yourself, and doing no one else
any good. Young men very often hit
upon some new llink or way of doing
work that their seniors in the business
have never thought of, and it is too
often the case that, instead of being en-
couraged, they are laughed at and made
fun of, simply because they have left
the old ruts, and started out upon an
Independent track Manufacturers
Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
MASCULINE ECONOMY.

There lives short distance from the
town of st. Helens man of extraor-
binary meanness.
One day he was starting out for town
to do his weekly shopping when his
wife came out and asked him to buy her
darning needle.
Whats the matter with the one I
bought you last winter?"
"The eyes broken" she replied.
Bring the needle here" said he;
I'm not going to allow any such ex-
travagance. I'll have the needle
mended."
The woman was wise in her generation,
and made no protest. She brought
out the broken needle
- The economical farmer rode up to st.
Helens, and stopped first of all at the
blacksmith's shop. He took out the
needle and handed it to the blacksmith.
Il want that mended," he said.
The blacksmith knew his customer,
and keeping his face partially straight,
said that the eye should he made whole
in an hours time. The farmer rode
away, and the blacksmith walked across
the street and bought new needle for
a trife.
When the farmer called again the
blacksmith gave him the new needle.
The farmer looked at the smooth pol
ished surface of the steel and remarked
that it was good job.
"How much will it be?" said he.
"Sixpence," said the blacksmith, and
the farmer, as he paid it, remarked
that he knew the needle could be
mended, but his wife would have gone
to the expense of buying new one if
he hadn't interfered.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
SAND-DRIFTS.

Dry, loose sand, wherever it occurs,
is constantly being shifted by the wind,
and often buries cultivated lands, build
ings, and forests. On the shores of
Lake Michigan are drifts 100 feet deep,
and those Of Cornwall reach 800 feet in
depth, while the drifts of the Cobb
desert are forty miles long and 900 feet
high in places. On the shores of the
Bay of Biscay the drifting sand travels
inland sixteen feet year, in parts of
Denmark twenty -four feet, and in
Southern India seventeen yards. In
some places walls and barriers of vegeta-
ton have been created to stop the de-
stroying drifts. Fine sand is taken up
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
THE SAME SHAPE.

One day half-grown chicken got its
foot caught someway, and made a
dreadful fuss about it. Mamma was
away, but Ava remembered to tell her
the story when she came home.
ut hollered and hollered," said she,
"and pretty soon gramma pulled it's
foot out. 1t souded just like Aunt
Elias canaries, mamma"
20 no." laughed mamma, II guess
notw
well, anyhow" protested Ava, "it
made the same shaped noise, only lots
bigger, of course. - Youths Conapa7a-
ion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
BETWEEN THEN THEY KNEW IT
ALL.

1t is a generally accepted theory
that man is never great to his init
mates, which may account for a setto
that the late Civil Service Commissioner
had with one of his old friends, in
which the honorable Commissioner was
routed. Mr.. Chester r. Faulkner, is
the head of one of the bureaus in the
Pension Office, an old friend of Edger-
ton, and combination that one often
finds in the state Of illiteracy and clev-
erness. Some recent rules of the COM
mission not suiting Mr.. Faulkner, he
interviewed Mr.. Edgerton on the sub.
ject, pointed out their weakness and i'm.
practicability, and insisted upon it that
they should be changed. It seems that
this was weak point Of Edgerton's,
and he Numbered back at Faulkner in a
voice that would have made weaker
man tremble.
"You old ignoramus, you, what do
you know about it? Those rules are all
right. made them, and they are not
going to be changed"
very WE'LL" said Faulkner, every
we'll, Edgerton. That's all right. You
and I know all there is to know in this
world I reckon, so we won't say any.
thing more about the rules"
1--WE know everything there is tc
know" said Edgerton. What the
dickens doyou mean?"
"Well," answered his friend, "vor
know everything there is to know 'cept
jess one thing--and I know that"
"Hem!' unused Edgerton becoming
interested, as we oil do under the in
fuence of bit Of fattery. what is il
you know and don't"
swell, Edgerton as I said, you know
everything there is to know in the worlc
'cept jess one thing, and know that
and that is that you're n fool. Good
morning." and Mr.. Faulkner walked
off.-Neov York Tribune.