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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-16
Troy Grove DOIngs.

Troy GROVE, March II, SCI will now,
after a long rest, try TO give my weekly
epitome of news from this burg Our town
IL still right side up with care, especially
our city council, who have worked hard for
the welfare of the burg. That they have
covered themselves with honor no one In
their sane mind will for moment doubt.
They have laid tile sidewalks, put up street
signs and erected magnificent city hall.
Now they will rest gently on their oars for
the simple fact that the city safe is as
empty as last years birds nest.
Mr. ID. Hspeman has leased the city hall
| for two years for $3.50. lie gave his first
hop last Friday evening. A good time was
had by all, and $5l crowned Dwight's first
effort.
Charlie Zorn, ST., will stay with us yet a
while. He some time ago bought out Mr.
Cainor of Dimmock, but when II came to
putting up the ducats he proved minus.
Flip Ia all the rage here and no other
game Is thought of. Even the ladies' have
given up flirting to play the latest fad-flip.
Frank Reed brought over from Canada
acopper bottom horse-whatever that may
mean.
| Our poultry men had poor trade In that
commodity this winter. Chicks too high.
Peter, our barber, will occupy the Ed
wards farm east of town this season; while
Alfred Mac will move into the house now
occupied by Pete.
G. Krause who has been In the general
merchandise business here for the past %
years, sold out to his sons, and will spend
the summer travelling on the Pacific slope.
DR.. Corbus Is on the jump from morning
till night. He is a good NJ. ID. He has
several casesIof measles at Dimmick.
James Stout from Danyille, Is the guest
OF his sister here.
Harvey Short will be here April 1st to
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-16
Iirnnkneln lem =

BRooKFaLD, Mar 14.-Gen. Hughes is
In Seneca to.daya,
Mike Mitchell 1r. was fishing at Lake
George this week.
John Siglar had some feed ground this
week with our new grinder; and owen
McShane will grind this week. at four cts
per bu. on his place
John Cordial and Thomas Dunn will
arrive home from school this week.
Mike Ryan and his son-in>law, were
buying horses here last Tuesday week
We hear that all of our neighbOrs who
left for Iowa, arrived safely to their new
home. GUEST.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-16

The worn out mother signs;
Stockings to mend, and trousers TO darn,
Dishes 10 wash, and butter 10 churn,
While my back feels to break, and head
and heart burn,
And life is a constant friction.
The summer came and went,
The matron no longer signs;
Elastic her step, and rounded her cheek,
Work seems but play, life is now sweet,
And the change was made in one short
week,
BY DR.. Pierce'a Favori:e Prescription
Positive remedy for those arrangements
irregularities, and weakness so common
TO womenkind.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-16


UTICA, March l5.-The "lonely star"
shines again.
The young people had box social In the
Baptist church Thursday evening. Ii was
not very well attended, but all seemed to
enjoy themselves.
John Muir graced Utica with his smil.
ing countenance this week.
b. +. Holland Is in Utica, caused by the
serious illness of his brother John.
The Randletts entertained company OF
their friends on Wednesday evening. The
company numbered about thirty, and they
all had a general good time.
The Elder will administer the sacrament
in the Methodist church Sunday.
Miss Josie Griffin was In Ottawa this
week.
We are glad that Lottie Smith is able to
be out. again.
Mr.. and Mrs Pembroke have the sympa.
thy of the people over the death of their
infant.
DIR. Smiths horse ran away this week,
but the Doctor was not Injured.
The latest penalty inflicted on man In
Utica for drinking: A sound beating by
his wife.
Mr.. Forest, of Ottawa, is visiting in Uti-
ca this week.
Ed Grove was down from Chicago, and
stayed over Sunday. ZIMRi.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-16

If you want thoroughly reliable, time
tried remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis
throat or lung trouble go to E. Y. Grlggs
drug store and get DR.. Biglow Cough Cure
SOC, safe and pleasant for children.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-16
Henry J. Mage is rusticatlng In Chicago

Henry j. Mage is rusticatlng In Chicago
this week.
Christopher Mccormick purchased q
| fine span Of mares from Fred Wlnklei
last week.
John Meetings. house Is now completed
and ready so live 10,
Lacy Hibbs has load of fine cattle on
hand
Measles are raging In the town.
Is Il business or Is II not for u man 10
run round the town and say he docs not
want the office, but the boys want him for
their candidate 2" We wonder who 1.-THE
boys" are that want him, If the boys
want a cigar they can buy 1t, or drink OF
"tire water" and vote as they please.
Maurice Maggie left for Marcus, Iowa, on
Tuesday last
10. Hanna purchased filly of Frank
Butte last week.
Anthony Smith was in town on business
today.
Frederick VanBuren Is visiting friends
In Indiana.
Miss Jennie Moss Is In Leland now.
John Carson was buying Garlic In our
town last week.
What's the matter with James Porter
being our next collector.
Ben Drake has finished saving wood
A. l.. and A y. Trumbos norman stations
may be seen the coming season at L. III.
McCormick's.
Lewis Chimes is paying the highest
price for grain. Gypsy GIRL.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-16
Grand Rapids Notes.

GRAND RAPIDS, March III ID Reese
will have sale on the Goth of this month
John Graham attended the horse sale at
Odell last week,
The sun., 1889-12-07
The Great Cuspidor Contract.

Let not the future historian Of BENJAMIN
HARRIsoNs Administration omit to note the
patriotic earnestness with which the Post
master General is cooperating with his col
leagues, tho Secretary Of the Navy and the
Secretary OF War, in their endeavor to build
up a system OF national defence.
Secretary TRACY is bent on giving us ships
of war, and first-class ships, too.
Secretary PROCTOR is devoting good part
OF his energy and practical business sense to
the question Of improved steel guns for our
coast batteries. The employment OF more ter
rible explosives than gunpowder is also oc-
cupying the attention OF the Secretary Of War.
WANAMAKEB is q man OF peace, and his
only weapon in the past has been the yard
stick; yet he, toe, Is alert on the subject OF
national defence. His unrivalled apprehen-
sion of the importance OF details and his
unerring sagacity for discovering the exact
point at which the stock on hand needs re-
plenishing, are exhibited in the subjoined
contract with his colleague, Secretary Proc
TOR, officially recorded in the United States
Government Advertiser Of Oct. "a:
"oRpSAxcE surrLr CONTRACT No. l,7s2-Thirteen GUS
pdors, brass. 4oc each, Bidder So JOIN wASAHAKER"
No one can doubt that WANAMAKER's thir-
teen brass cuspidors arc as trustworthy
pieces OF ordnance as ornamental and as
efficient at long range as patriotism can sug-
gest or thrift provide; and they are supplied
to the Government which WANAMAKER
loves and serves at price that knocks com
petition silly.
The thirteen cuspidors strengthen our
coast lines where they were weak. We need
fear no foreign foe. We can defy the world:
I'VE don't want to fight, but by lingo! If we do.
We've got the shps got the guns, we've got tho
cuspidors too"
marked down by tho Postmaster-General
of the United States and sold to the War De-
partment at forty cents the cuspidor.
The sun., 1889-12-07

bic precedents and by sound reasoning, and
in living up to the faith that wss In him he
believed that he did his duty. To that faith
he clung as firmly In his last hour as when,
nearly thirty years ago he went forth from
the Senate OF the United States with full
appreciation Of the significance Of his solemn
leave-takine. His powers Of intellect were
undimmed to the end, and their latest exer-
else was vindication of the principles for
which he had risked his life. 1t is only few
weeks since, from what we now know to
have been his death bed. he penned an i'm
presslve letter to be read at the commemo-
ration OF tho tardy adoption Of the Fed
eral Constitution by North Carolina.
In that letter. to which the date OF
its composition lends pathetic interest,
the grounds OF fact and argument on which
the right OF secession was asserted are set
forth with Incompatible clearness and Co
gency, as II, on tho eve Of extinction, the
writer's mind had summoned all It's forces
for an outgush of extraordinary fervor.
From him came no accent OF self-exculpa-
tion or self-reproach. Failure had brought
sorrow, but no compunction. Amid lrrepar-
able disaster, JEFFERSON DAVIS was sus-
tained by a serene consciousness that he had
done mans work according to his lights,
and that while unable to command success,
he had striven to deserve it. Even among
those who looked upon him with least sym
pathy it was felt that this man bore defeat
and humiliation in the high Roman fashion,
and that Of him in his loyalty to a lost cause
1t might be said, as OF another majestic soul
at Utica. that
Vctrir causa deis pldcuit, sed Uictd Cdtoni.
BY the vctor's side the Gods abide but by the vic.
tina CA1O.
The sun., 1889-12-07
Annexed District improvements.

The Senate Committee, which is investi-
eating tho affairs of tho annexed district. fin
lshed taking testimony yesterday. and appoint
cd to-day fortnight for the hearing OF arGu-
ments.
Ex-Assemblyman James L. Wells attacked
Mr.. Lewis l.. Delafleld's arguments in favor OF
the Park Boards management and concluded
by presenting voluminous suggestions in writ
ing. Of which the retention Of tho present
grades OF streets and avenues and the appoint
ment by the supreme Court Of Board Of Es-
timate and Apportionment were the chief.
Waldo Hutchius, President of the Park De-
partment SAID that he is not defender OF the
present system. which was res esponsible for the
evils complained OF. and acknowledged that
things should not continue as they are. More
power or less should 10 given to the depart
ment
He then summoned as witness Col. s. +.
Clalnn, typographical engineer of tile depart
ment since 1874; who said that for the waste of
money aud much else which Is wrong in the
annexed district the Park Department is not
TO blame. The hearing was concluded with
the reading Of u letter from ex-senator Cauld-
we'll in defence OF tho Park Department
The sun., 1889-12-07

development OF their colleges into complete
and perfect universities.
Nor is money for the purpose lacking.
The present property Of Harvard is valued at
about $4,000, 600, Of Columbia at more than
90, 900, OF Cornell at more than S6,25o,000,
and OF Johns Hopkins at about $A00O,O0O.
and their annual income Is between $SOo,ooO
and 100000 each, with the exception OF
Johns Hopkins. II these institutions need
more cash for the establishment OF q moro
complete university system, and they can
show the necessity for it, the money will be
forthcoming speedily from private munifi-
cence We are not without great American
university on the plan Of the universities Of
Germany because OF anypecuniary poverty,
but because the need for such an institution
on large scale has not yet been sufficiently
demonstrated.
Even IL National University we're needed
in this country, and Senator EDMUHDs's
project could be carried out after the most
scholarly and scientific plan, 1t is not the
function of the Federal Government to un-
dertake the enterprise.
And what would such an institution at
Washington be2 1t would be an experiment.
ing ground for all the quacks and cranks OF
Congress. What field 1t would open for
BIA1Rl OF course, it would have to be for
women as well as men, and every crack
brain In tho Union would be devising new
methods and directions for its energies. 1t
would be the great fountain OF educational
humbug and insanity.
The sun., 1889-12-07
THE KING OF ALL TREES.
A sequo,a Gleant,a 17e Feet Around.
rom the Amddor Sentinel

From the Amddor Sentinel
Fred w. Clough, well-known engineer OF
the Comstock, has been spending some weeks
In the wids OF the Sierras. about the head
waters OF the Kaweah River, Tulare county.
Cal: He was accompanied in his wanderinRs
by Westley Warren. an old Comstocker, who
now resides in Tulare valley. About the head
waters Of the Kaweah they got into an unex-
plored and almost impenetrable region, In
one place they were Obliged to cut a trail for
nearly a, mile IN order, to get through the
ch8parral that blockaded the mountain pass.
Mr. Clough says that on the trip they discnv-
cred n tree of sequoia species. which he be-
lieves to be much the largest on the continent
Of America Mr. Warren, who has seen tho big
trees OF Mariposa. those OF the Big Tree Grove
In Calaveras county. and all the big trees OF
the Coast Range. says there Is in no place In
on the KRweah.
measure OF any kind. but Mr.. Warren meas
ured the tree with his rifle. which was four
feet In length. He found 1t to be forty-four
lengths OF his gun in circumference at n point
as a high above the ground as he could reach.
Tho top OF the tree has been broken off. but 1t
Is still Of immense height This monster tree
stands in a small basin near the Kaweah. and
is surrounded on all sides by a wall OF huge,
rugged rocks, There Is SO much brush in the
vicinity that the little valley In which the big
tree stands is almost inaccessible.
The sun., 1889-12-07
SENATOR PLUuB,s THRIFT.
His Inquiry to Bonds Given by Employees
in the New York Snb-Treasury.


Washington advices arc that Senator
Plumb's resolution calling upon the Secretary
Of the Treasury for information whether any
Of the employees Of the Sub-Treasury at New
York have filed for security the bonds Of for
eign corporations has caused O good deal OF
amusement over there. because every one
knows that the employees OF the Assistant
Treasurer do not give bonds to the Govern
ment at all In the present case Assistant
Treasuor Roberts Is the man who gives bonds.
but he requires bonds from his subordinates.
Tho Government holds the Assistant Treas
urer responsible for tho proper conduct OF his
office and the safety OF the money intruSted TO
him. In certain sense, the Government knows
nothing about his employees
When Mr. Roberts assumed his present Office
he notified all OF his staff, down TO the assistant
give bonds. He seems 10 have been impressed
with the idea that the administration was to be
typical Republican AFFAIR. He gave them the
ties, or the bonds of a tirst-class corporation.
About ~ per cent. OF tho employees got their
friends to ,1Y them up. The rest were taken
Hmerica. H It tn monopolized what there y was T lett 1T
OF the business in this way. As soon
as It RnnGa that Mr. Roberts
Fidelity and Casualty Company, combined to
capture all the business. They Jointly offered
rate Of 81 Rer th9nsand but tailed e get any
finally offered TO throw Of all commissions.
BY this time those who had friends were taken
care Of and the rest went to the Guarantee
sand. That concern is really Canadian cor
poration. 1t may be noted that Senator Plumb
was one Of the original stockholders in the
books do not indicate that it has passed out OF
his possession.
The sun., 1889-12-07
HAYTIS NEW MINISTER ARRIVES
He Left his Country ut Pence-Minlster
Fred Douglass Not Welcome There.

He Left his Country ut Peace Minister
Fred Douglass Not Welcome There.
Hannibal Price, the newly appointed Hay
tian Minister to the United States. arrived yes
terday by the steamship George w. Clyde. Mr..
Price Is a tlne-looking man. OF medium height.
stoutly built. and with skin about as dark as
an Indians. His bearing is that of man we'll
versed in the ways OF the world. He speaks
English fuently. President HyDpolite appoint
ed him in place OF Minister Stephen Preston.
Minister Price was in a hurry to get to Wash
ington last night. but before he went he en-
phatically denied the rumors Of fresh out
breaks and rebellion among the Haytian people.
They are quite contented. and at present"
said he. they are moro anxious about the cof-
fee crop than anything else"
About the alleged strained relations between
HyppOlite and the United States Minister Fred
Douglass, Minister Price did not know but
some OF the passengers declared that the rep
resentatiVes Of the other countries were as
much opposed to Douglass as Hyppolite was on
account Of his color and the fact that his wife
is white. They thought there was very little
prospect Of the United States Government be-
ing able to establish q cOalinG station at Port
au-Prince. SO long as the negotiations were in
Mr.. Douglasss hands. for, they say, Hyppolite
declines to talk with Douglass on the subject
The sun., 1889-12-07
More About the National University.

Senator EDMUNDs thinks that the best way
OF celebrating the discovery OF America
would be to found great national univer-
sity at Washington. He would set up this
university "at the national expense. with
suitable buildings, and a body OF professors
of high rank" and estimates that from four
to five millions would be required to start
and endow the institution.
1t seems to be the intention to bring this
project before Congress. as If it were worth
moments serious consideration and there
was the slightest chance OF the establish
ment OF such university. The Government
at Washington might as reasonably and as
consistently with the theory of our institu-
tions undertake to set up dancing acade-
my, training school for base ball mines, or
to maintain race course and O ground for
the instruction Of polo players All Of these.
too, are really more needed than the proposed
national university, The public money ex-
pended on them would not be so utterly
wasted as 1t would be II laid out for that
purpose.
The trouble with this country Is not that
We have too few colleges or schools for what
is called the higher education, but that we
have too many. So far, also, the demand for
university education In its strict and
European meaning is very small. 1t could
all be supplied by q single one OF the
existing institutions OF private endow-
ment without overtaxing its present facili-
ties. The special schools for professional
training are crowded, the schools OF
law, medicine, and engineering; but the
university courses, pursued for the simple
acquisition OF knowledge without reference
to Its practical use. are only maintained by
colleges like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and
Columbia at great cost. and 1t is hard to
get students for them, though they are paid
to keep up tho work. There Is no question
that the demand ought to be supplied, what
ever 1t may be, but 1t is already supplied
and there is room for many more students
when they shall apply. Half dozen lnsti-
tutions are eager to see the demand in
Cfease and that its requirements shall multi
ply. in order that they may bring about the
The sun., 1889-12-07
sussersption By Mail-Post-paid.
A Word With tho Hon. W. L. Scott.

n WOtO WIN Cno hOH. W. LIE SCOIo'
Itappears that the Hon. WILLIAM L. SooTr
Of Erie, Pennsylvania, is Of the opinion that
such remarks as THE SUN has had to make
on his public career and political vicissitudes
are really directed at the Hon. GROVER
CLEvKLAND.
"Mr. SoorT," says Mr.. ScoTT's newspaper,
the Erie Herald, "has been the apparent. but
ex-President CLEVELAND the real object OF
attack"
We hasten to assure the Hon. WILLIAM L..
SCOTT that he does himself too much honor.
He exaggerates his present political impor-
tance. He Is a dead duck. and everybody
knows 1t but himself
MIR. ScorT ought to be aware that THE SUN
Is not in the habit OF striking at one man
over another's shoulder. 1t never yet beheld
the man at whom it was afraid to aim di-
rectly when it saw good reason for letting
drive at all.
Mr.. CLEVELAND did not write the cele-
brated letter to DR.. DEPEw asking for free
pass to help him out in his district, and
promising to look out in Congress for the
interests Of corporate property.
Mr.. CLEVELAND was not one Of the organ
izers and chief promoters Of the SpringValley
Coal Company and the Spring Valley Town
Site Company. He has never, as far as we
are aware posed as the especial friend and
champion Of the coal minor; or assured the
coal miner that he was prosperous and ought
to be happy while his wife and children were
starving.
Why is not MIR. SCOTT satisfied to accept
his punishment for humbug and hypocrisy
on his own account, and without trying to
crawl behind the Hon. GROVER CLEvE-
LANDS somewhat portly form?
The sun., 1889-12-07
THAT LITTLE TAMMANY BAND.
A JOcOse Poet Contributes to the Mayors
Street, Music Waste Basket

A JOcose Poet Contributes to the Mayors
Street-MusIo Waste Basket
Yesterday was the day designated by the
Mayor as the last on which he would receive
communications about street music. and the
diminution In tho how Of letters was marked.
The poet got at the subject again as follows:
Dear Mr. Mayor how would IL do
To get up street bAnd and lead it with yout
Dick Croker the smooth ono could play trombone.
BOurke Cochran a tuba could blow all alone
With the cymbAts Tom Gilroy could hammer away
Though the public would howl "Oh sad 10 the Day ~
As for you. you could lead on a cornet y nat
And little Tom Grain. ho could pass round the hat
The heaviest shot of the opponents Of
street musicians was:
Permit me to suggest that law be made compelling
organ grinders To load their barrels exclusively with
WaRnerian opera music. The effect this would prob
ably be that attera few days grinding tho wretched
man would abandon his nefAroua business In selEde.
fence.
Mr.. GeorgeJ. Best. who sits in the draught
outside the Mayors office. and Is known as his
HOnor's confidential clerk. has sorted, ar
ranged. and endorsed tho letters for the May
or'S convenience In looking over them, The
anxious correspondents may be assured that
the Mayor will carefully examine the letters
some OF them. What he will do about approx
ing or vetOing the street music ordinance he
would not say yesterday. probably because he
did not know.