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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07
FRIDAY.

The hotel fires yesterday were at
Pittsburgh, Pa, and II. Tawas, Mich.
In the former city the M0nongahela
House, an old and wcll-known hotel,
was destroyed. There were 200 guests,
but all escaped uninjured. At f..
Tawas the Union House burned, and
two charred bodies were found in the
ruins, and five men were injured.
Wheat still continues weak and lost
&c yesterday, selling at 1850 for Deem
Der and S3tc for May. Corn closed at
30Ac for January. Oats touched DE
for May and closed at 22ac. Cattle
receipts, $1,000; 5000 Of which were
Texans: no change in prices. Hogs re-
ceivcd, $4,000; prices about the same,
1896 to $3.50. Sheep in active demand,
but no change in prices.
Edward Silcott, cashier of the ser
geant-at-arms, Washington, has left
the country, carrying with him some
$4,000 of funds for which the SER
geant-at-arms is responsible. He went
to New York last Saturday, and ON
Monday tclegraphed he was detained.
This is the last that has been heard of
him.
The President and wife. Vice-Presi-
dent and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Wan
namaker and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarkson,
started for Chicago to-day to be pres
ent at the opening Of the Auditorium
building.
The latest trust is the organization
of the straw and rag paper makers, to
restrict production and advance prices.
The headquarters will be in Chicago.
Attorney Hynes occupied the time
yesterday with his argument in the
Cronin case.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07
The Officers of the Congregational Church
Elected-The Pastors Salary.

The members of the First COngre-
gatiOnal Church and the officers held
an annual meeting in the church base
ment Wednesday evening. The re-
ports of the different officers for the
work of the past year were read and
approved. The report of the treas
urer, Mr.. G. b. Chapman, shows the
church to be in tirst-class condition
financially.
The officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows:
ID. b. Snow, President.
r. E. MacKinlay, Vice-President.
James Megaffin, Secretary.
G. B. Chapman, Financial Secretary
and Treasurer.
S. e. King and Hon. Chas. Blan-
chard, Trustees.
The salary of the pastor, Rev. War
rem f. Day, was increased to $500.
He is also given the use Of the parson-
age, in addition to this amount.
Next Tuesday evening the pews will
be rented, and at o'clock the ladies
of the church will serve supper, to
which the public is cordially invited.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

After endless drumming, maneuver-
ing and caucnsing, each of the two
political parties IN Chicago has sue
ceeded In nominating five candidates
for drainage commissioners. AS the
board, which is TO consist Of nine
members, is TO be elected under the
cumulative, or minority, representa-
ton voting system, neither party can
elect more than five members, or have
a majority Of over one. The fight is,
therefore, to win that one man. AS
each OF the parties stoutly maintains
that all the nominees OF the other
party are boodlers, and care only for
TIE oiice on account of the stealing
there is In it, and as the people no
doubt have abundant reason to believe
that both parties are right in the
charge, it would seem to be the only
wise thing for the people to do, as
they are otherwise sure to be robbed
of from si5,OOO,0 900 TO $50, 1000, to
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

Perhaps the ten ''boodlers" whom
the political parties in Chicago have
put in nomination for drainage COM
misiiOners Will not be quite so eager
to be elected as they were, now that
the President mentions in his message
the conclusion Of a new eXtradition
treaty with Great Britain, which puts
an end to Canada as an asylum for
boOdlers and other thieves escaping
from this side across the border.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

Senator Farwell again presents his
bill in the Senate to perpetuate the
national banking system by making
state, municipal and other bonds the
basis of circulation. Illinois once
tried that plan, and when the crisis of
1857 came and state and municipal
bonds suddenly dropped from par down
to figures in the unit column, most Of
our banks went down with a crash
and the losses of the people mounted
into millions. What is the need of
national bank paper at all? Most
national banks admit that there is no
profit in the circulation and they can
get along quite as well without it,.
Then the amount of that circulation
is constantly varying, and often when
the paper is most needed the banks
are drawing it in. There is no way in
which the circulation of the country
can be kept even with the constantly
increasing business demands of the
country but by a scientifically regulat-
ed issue of paper money by the govern
ment and judicious graduating of the
silver coinage. For the past five years
the circulation of the country has
diminishing while the business de-
mand for it has steadily increased.
The result is serious depreciation in
values, injurious to business and
ruinous to the debtor classes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07
The G. A. r.. Elects Officers.

The officers of Seth G. Earl post, G..
A. r., were elected for the ensuing
year, at meeting held last Tuesday
evening. Jacob Bane, Grand Com
mander: Giles Roberts. Senior Vice
Com; Milton Westcott, Junior Vice
Com; S. B. Bathurst, Officer of the
Day; OscarAyers, Officer of the Guard;:
DR.. r. f. Dyer, Surgeon: David
Krouse, Quartermaster; VIM. Burgess,
Chaplain.
The delegates to the Big Bend Re-
union are L. A. Nattinger and Hon.
Henry Mayo.
Douglass Hapeman, Rev. DR.. Gill
bert Frederick, Ole X. OlesOn and j.
p. Hazel were appointed as delegates
to the Department encampment to be
held i'm Quincy some time next month.
The newly elected officers will be
installed at a meeting held on the
firts Tuesday in January. The boys
expect that VIM. Burgess, the retir-
ing commander, will tender them a
banquet at which hard tack will form
the principal portion of the menu.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07
1t is pretty safe to say that at least

1t is pretty safe to say that at least
that part of the Presidents message
in which he inveighs against trusts
as dangerous conspiracies against the
public good and should be made the
subject of prohibitory and even penal
leglslation," was not written byBlaine,
who, you know, said trusts were "priv-
ate affairs with which Congress had
nothing to do"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

The reason why the Chicago republic
cans Joined in paying such high honors
to Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, on his
recent lecturing visit to that city was
probably because he had served with
distinction in the Confederate army.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

President Harrison appears to have
made ''hit' in the appointment of
Brewer of Kansas as a Justice of the
Z. S. Supreme Court, in place of STAN
ley Matthews, deceased. The Presi-
dent wanted to appoint his old friend
and business partner attorney general
Miller, but so much objection was
made by Senators that he was pro-
yoked and appointed man who was
neither an applicant himself and
whom nobody else had named to the
President. Yet the appointment is
heartily commended as an excellent
one by all parties, even the friends of
the other candidates heartily APPROX
ing it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

1t was one Of his standing complaints
against the Cleveland administration,
in his little stump speeches to visiting
delegations at indianapolis before the
election, that it deposited large sums
of the public money in national banks
without interest, upon the security of
government bonds, and the President
injects the same little stump speech
in his message, declaring the practice
an unauthorized and dangerous eX-
pedient." Meantime he allowed the
dangerous" practice to be continued
by Secretary Window, who reports
$50, 600, 900 Of the public moneys thus
on deposit in the banks to-day. The
President seems to have forgotten his
Sunday school lesson about beam in
4 he eve
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

The drainage Chicago seems to
stand most in need of just now is to
drain the dirty pool of politics." the
maleria from which has apparently
caused such a mortality among her
honest men that even five are sought
for in despair.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

The Board Of Supervisors will meet
in this city on Monday next. The
meeting will be an interesting one, es-
pecially in view of the condition. of
the county's finances. Already il has
had advanced to 1t, $4,000 by Mr.. Fred
Fades, of Streator, which by Monday
will all have been used upin salaries
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

The first business" done by con-
gress after reading the Presidents
message was the appointment of a
committee on the worlds fair"
Every effort will be made to decide the
question of its location before the
holiday adjournment.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

Chicago News: The two Illinois SEN
ators rode in cab behind a white
horse to call on President Harrison
the other day. 1t is understood that
the President asked them where they
were on the night of May 4.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

The last Simple and certain cure"
brought to light for diptheria, of which
there are said to be cases in this city,
is pineapple juice. 1t is claimed to
have been the universal remedy in the
South for years and that its use in the
most malignant cases of black dipther-
ia has been attended with marvellous
results.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

AT the late election in Mississippi,
Stone, the Democratic candidate, re-
ceived S4,045 votes, and Chalmers, the
Republican candidate, received six
votes. From which it appears that
stone was elected. .I "ih-"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

The Clover Club held a meeting
Wednesday evening to take action in
securing the National Irish Comedy
Company as special attraction at the
opera house in the near future. MIR.
Flaherty, the advance agent for the
Company, made proposition and the
club have the matter under advise
ment.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07
EHE NEWS.
THURSDAY.

A Tuscon, Arizona, telegram of the
4th saws "Surveyor General John
son, of Arizona, reported the alleged
Peralta grant adversely in October,
but the report was not made pubic
until to-day. This alleged grant was
for 5000, 900 acres of the public domain
and included several towns and clues,
and the estimated value Of the prop
erty claimed was not less than 40
100000. Forgery, fabrications OF pa
pers, and the counterfeiting OF the
Spanish Kings seal are fully shown.
The Surveyor-General recommends
prosecution of the parties connected
with the fabrication Of the claim, and
that it be not allowed by Congress. 1t
is only fair to say that the work of ex-
posing this gigantic fraud, the collec-
ton Of the evidence Of the forgcries,
etc, as the writer happens personally
to know, is a work for which Arizona
and the nation have to thank the late
Surveyor-General John Hise, whose
death was so recently recorded. Gen.
Hise found the whole land grant claim
business of that territory rotten to the
core, and ne made the exposure OF
those rotten claims special study
and special work during his incum-
bency of the Office of Suryeyor-General;
and his annual reports to the land Of
fee will show that this Peralta at
tempted steal is not the only
land stealing he had prevented In That
territory.
The president yesterday sent to the
Senate the name of Justice David j.
Brewer, of Kansas, to be associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Justice Brewer (of
the Kaneas Supreme Court is "A man
about so years of age, and was born in
Smyrna, Asia Minor, where his father
was then located as missionary. lie
has served ~ years on the Supreme
Bench of Kansas. The appointment
is well spoken of in Washington. A
large number of recess appointments
were also sent in to the Senate. Sena-
tor Sherman has introduced new an
ii trust bill aimed at all trusts, which
are by it declared unlawful.
Mrs. Ella G. Worth, who has been
'bucking the tiger" on the bucket
shop end of the board Of trade, for
some months, was yesterday taken to
New York state on the charge OF forg-
ing securities TO the amount of $4,000
Richard G.. Cushing was elected
mayor of Omaha yesterday. He Is a
democrat.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

Who doubts that New York will
hiring her guarantee 'fund for the
Worlds fair up to $4,000, 600 when the
great Chauncyl Depew ! puts down
$500 to the fund. ssgli1 I 4
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

The Kentucky winter Is the best one
in the country. The thermometer
rarely takes droptoo much.-Courier-
Journal. = .grRtlh mugtu9mo lg7tf
Then the Kentucky thermometer,
by all means, is very unlike the people
OF that state, a1ok9 .so,ls 80 ffalI.4f, IS
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-03-07
Juvenile Definitions.

The Boston Transcript gives the follow
ing as Instances "of the power Of words
over the youthful intelligence:
Stability i the taking care of stable
Stability j. stables in general.
A mosquito is the child of black and
white parents.
Ohcli>k one Of the marks OF punctna-
tion.
DoXology, dropSy in the head.
lrOnical. something very hard
Monastery, place for monsters,
\ rattle is a Sort of a gun
Ventilation j. letting in contaminated
air
A rehearsal il what they have at fun
eral
An incendiary is when you 90 round
preaching and singing hymns.
EXpostulation is to have the small pox.
A turbot is a kind Of rhetorical style
The boy was cur>ory when he ran to
catch the train.
The man was very cursory because he
swore great deal.
critic is something to put your feet
onto.
Cannibal is two brothers that killed them
selves in the bible.
An impulse is what the doctor takes hold
of To feel if you are sick.
A diphthong is very contagious dis
ease
The boy was sick with information.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-03-07
For the Ellsworth American
Green's Landing Bids for the Capital.

NJ. Editor.
We feel under deep obligations to "In-
qnirer" for calling the attention of the puo-
lie, through the ELLSWORTH AMERICAN Of
Feb. p, to Green's Landing as prospec
tive place To which to remove the capital.
Ever since this question has been agitat-
ed we have felt the many natural advan-
tages of this place, and only our modesty
has kept us from inviting the attention of
the legislature to it. Now. however, as
inquirer has kindly broken the ice for
US, We take great pleasure in saying that
no better place could be found in Maine
for the capital. The natural beauty of the
scenery the nearness and abundance to-
grthcr with the low price, of our bcauti-
ful granite with which to build the capitol;
our admirable land and water connections
with all other parts of the State serve to
make this the very acme Of sites
And then the hotel accommodations are
among the best. With our Ocean View,
our sunset, our Rock Bound and our pr-
yatr boarding houses, where boartIers are
taken IN and done for, we feel that we Of
FIR superior advantages And again. as the
fish and lobster question takes up good
part Of the time of our legislators what
better place conld he found for hearings on
the subject than right on the camping
grounds Of those self same fishes
What 40 the members from oxford and
Aron>took counties know Of the habit, and
haunt~ Of these same fishes" Why in all
probability they do not even kno w2ehat the
lobster i really rsd when taken from his
native element
What more can we say 10 urge our
clnimz We'll, there are our various ~ocie-
tits to help the members pass their spare
tiIne. We have the Good rcmplars the
Juvenile Tcmplars. the Stone-cuttcrs
Union, Degree Of Pocahonta>, Free Ma
oon~, a lodge ~ instruction only We are
bound to admit, but A. soon a. the public
realizes our Importance, of course we shall
haNe regular and duly constituted lodge, }
and a. fpr the Red Men oh, my. Why the
woods are just nall of tame Iujuns. our
legislators could not he better aCcommo-
dated IN Bangor with Olttown IN close
proximity
Then, wc are the proud posscssors of
~" weekly new >papers the Deer Isle Ga-
-@t@ amt Eggcmoggin Ifiof (which might
easily he made daiic~l and lastly, we have
thr nrrr Isle Cornrt Band, with its mag
n'hrrnr uniform and new Conn" inetru-
mru'~, which would be on hand TO scrc-
nadr the Governor, and all others who
might wish. At prices which defy compcti-
ti"n For rates please address c. {.
Ihurlow, Manager. Green's Landing, Me-
~" " 3o hope that Inquirer will join
f"rcr~ WIN u in pressing our claim as a
clu'al site. and If w do succeed in hay-
m- the capjtai moved here, we will guaran-
tra Nh Keen Inquirer in office the year
round OBSERVER
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-03-07
A Story Loses Nothing il its Progress


Two honest tradcsmcn meeting IN the strand
one took the other hri>kly by the hand:
'HarA Nc, laid he: = liz an odd story this
\ bout the crow ~ don't knaw What II il
Replied hi friend No! I'm surprised nj
Wher, / came from. Il i> the common chat.
But VAN shall hear, an odd Affair. jn,iccdi
AnIths, ID is,.t.rupd ne, ,re Iii q srr,.-l
.\oitntl.t,tn,'.tf '.t from +, thin - strangely
[, Gentleman. thar live NOT FAR from, Change
Tbl> wt,A. IN .horf. ts> aIIil.c .llc, krow,G
-roM,"
| h,a f. from .eo,.i h.,,5. and -. NAV "on -
..tr,,,, !, ,b.., NAVY" oh,,in,I,,,,,I IA,
mnn.
~trai..lt 10 iuotlirc hi. curiau. eo,nrt.lc ran.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-03-07
Car Incident.


trayriIip,, c.,,rcfalI, in l,,,..n. ,.,,r. ami a.
d,, 4 gouJ i.,l Of thr I,tt,.r .nrt uft4n
.,ct r,imn.,, Of tb, odI disa,r.e,r,la ar
plra>ant sid. nf,ny f..Ilo,v.bnin,. HI ,nn
ten Won A iittl,. >crnr which vus a l,,.nn
ia all vhn sn,y ii Gniuy Il, RrnntIin,.,, ,,,.
day took a ear nt n timn when ,yas full-
ct 4. we rolled olon. | Glanced m ma
down the two rows of face. and amused
myself hy studyinp them. None were par
tfcuIarly attractive axccpt a hoy of eiUhtaen
or -. Wh,, >at rcadinu i'll thr corner anna
site He wasn't handsome nor y,rv weU
dressed; tut there va. something yrry
pleasant to me in the Thin brown face h.ut
>tudiuuely over the book From the can
lie wore aud the erect carriaoe of hi.
shoulders fancicd that he mad been in the
army, and liked him ali the more for that.
while sat looking al him an old colorcd
woman got in All the seats were fun
and no one stirred Two gentlemen had
given their places To white ladies but none
OF the five seated gentlemen offered the Old
woman seat. She was very black and
shabby. but the ugly face was kind and
patient. and the poor clothes were neat.
Having no prpiutlice against coIor vas
about to offer nv seat hen the boy glanced
up, rose instantly. and bcrkouing said
respectfully -
Here's a place, ma'am"
She took it with a motherlv .,Thanky.
dear. thanky," and settled herself with a
SIGH Of satisfaction. Two girlS looked AZ
one another and .,igpIed mt slammed sud-
denly. with an altered look when they saw
what none Of II, had observed before, that
the youth was lame. A. he arranged Nj,
crutch the old gentleman next me bohhed
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-03-07
Resolutions Of Respect.

Whereds Our circle has again been
broken and our loved sister, Della Ward
well, has been summoned to the Great
Grange above, therefore
Resolred, That in the death of our sis
ter Penobscot Grange has lost a member
which none knew but to respect.
ResoIced That we deeply sympathize
with the bereaved family and especially
with her who in few short months has
been called to mourn the loss of both faith
er and mother But as human sympathy
can avail but little we would commend her
to Him who alone is able to heal the brok-
en- heart, and while she greves for the
dear ones who have gone before may she
feel that our loss is their gain and be COM
forted in the thought that they are so soon
reunited in that home which knows no
parting.
Resolred, That copy of these resolu-
tions be sent to the bereaved family. that
they be published in the BuckspoIt Clipper
and ELLSWORTH AMERICAN and that they
become part of our records.
Our circle is broken, a seat is forsaken,
shaken,
One heart from among US no longer shall thrill
With the spirit of gladness or darken with i'll
J. b. WILSON, Com.
B.H. CUsHMAS, on
c. X. BRIDGES, Res.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-03-07

MUsT QUIT THE ORDER OR THE CoMPA-
NY-From Reading, Pa, it is learned that
an intimation was recently made to the
members of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers in the employ of the Read
ing Railroad Company that it was desired
by the company that they should either
quit the brotherhood or the company.
Since then many members have withdrawn
fromthe order, and it is asserted that those
who fail to do so will be discharged.
There are not many brotherhood men on
the main line, but on the North Pennsylva-
MIA and Bound Brook divisions most of
the engineers are members of the brother
hood, and if the order to withdraw be en-
forced by the company, it is difficult to
predict the outcome.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-03-07

WHAT AN ELECTRIC CURRENT DID TO
Two MEN.-ln a Baltimore, (Md., street
Saturday night, telephone wire parted,
and one end was caught on electric light
wire, over which 1t hung suspended nearly
reaching the pavement Some one wrap
ped the broken wire about an iron awning
post Soon after, William Thiemer and
Peter Schumacher met near the post, and
engaged in conversation. While moving
aside to let a crowd pass the two men came
in contact with the post, and a moment
later both lay unconscious on the sidewalk
The electric current had passed through
the telephone wire and charged the post.
1t was fully two hours before the two
clerks were restored to consciousness
Those parts of their bodies that came in
contact with the post were discolored
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-03-07
trrom our regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.

AshiNGfoN, ID. C., Feb. %, SO
General Harrison is expected to arrive
mere Tomorrow afternoon. \ suite cf
rooms at the Arlington hotel has been new
" ana elegantly furnished for the enter
tahnent Of the Presideut-elect and his
family Wee Prrsdent-elect Morton will
occupy apartments at the same hotel
Many prominent Republicans. Including cx
Senators Platt and Miller of New York are
expected here during the week to confer
with General Harrison before the Cabinet
Is iinaliy agreed upon. Rumors are thick
cr than candidates for Public Printer, but
shall not I'LL up your columns with con
lectures, when q little patient waiting will
Get tile official facts.
southern elections are To- be inyestisat-
r,l after all. The Senate ha, now before
/, the resolution introduced by Mr. Hoar
authorizing the senate Committee on priv
llc.r> and elections 20 take charge Of the
work MIR iInarS resolution il very
broad one covering the Louisiana state
election, Tint senator Chandler hl~ been
haInmcriu1 at - long, a well a. the receut
Killing Of J. VI Clayton in Arkansas, a sub
jcct that Representative GroSveEor tried 70
t,t tie House committee. on elections To in
,,~ti.atc.a~ well a. all the Southern States
where tlir election laws are 50 framed as
~ deprive citizens of their votes. The
Democratic ~rHltor> are maxim. a very tlc-
f,TflluYtI tIt,tlf ,.s1tnst tb1 a,lnnft,u nf tbi.