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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-09
THE DoINGs OF WOMEN FOLK
Who Keep Themselves Busy in Feb
ruary in Divers Ways.

Who Keep Themselves Busy in Feb
ruary in Divers Ways.
NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Two men in an ele-
waited train were TALKING about Lola Montez
yesterday with that peculiar interest which
is always aroused by the mention of
beautiful woman. There is a picture of
Lola Montez which hangs above a sofa in
Mrs. NJ. Louise Thomas drawing room. 1t
was painted originally for Eliza beth Tuomp-
son, the phllantnroplst, and it represents,
not courtesau, bug woman of a wonder
fully pure AMI refined type of beauty. The
pose is extremely graceful and the face
invariably exercises a charm. 1t is in
terestng TO watch the eyes OF men and
women turn to 1t involuutarily from evory
part Of the room. 1t is impossible to say
whether the likeness is q faithful one, for
few people in New York remember the
original and Mrs. Thomas never saw her.
though She is expecting some photographs
from England which may settle the qies-
ton.
Do women reads Why. yes. Of course:
do they not absorb the culture of the day?
How is it, then, that they do not care for
books, or for such only as coma from circu-
lating libraries. Go into a house where a
woman is the householder, and YOU seldom
find good library. TO TO Il sale of books,
and II Is Sc dom women who are the pur-
chasers The interest of the sexes at the
exhibition Of the Barlow collection mas
been characteristicalv divided. The fine
chinas he7o drawn women the books men.
Where q bouquet of bopnets bloomed
about a fine SeVres plate, there was
hardly the tutter of skirt among the
volumes. To 90 sure. the greater number
Of the looks would appeal to specialists in
history, but doubt il tine acquisitlve in
ssincts IN women have fastened uhems Ives
very closely as yet about literary treasures,
Women take in their culture III clubs and
societies, but whom they have heard four
papers about four authors, I fancy they
spend their ready money on harlequin set
Of after-dinnor coffee cups rather tnan on
the works of the ouartet or any other writ
ers. Perhaps they're right. It's well to do
ones own. thinking. Bat if a ciuo or So
Getty does it for one tue result must be su-
perticaL
Nearly everybody has a hobby, and
Emma Juch's hobby is crystal not a low
priced fad as she ildulges il. Every sue
cessful tour of her opera company adds To
the treasures of her dining room. This
dining room is f,rnisAei to make the
crystal more beautiful. Its yellow a Dor
and blue and terra cotto rugs and walls, its
polished oak furniture do bu5 tring out the
brilliancy and tho sparkle Of the cabinet
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19
Afternoon Session.

The afternoon session was short and
to the point.
Mr.. Lynch moved that the vote, by
which it was decided TO give but $40
to the physicians in the Moore case, be
reconsidered, but the motion was lost
Petitions for correction Of assess
ment were presented from A. Hoffman
of Mendoza: c. G.. Prentice, Of Utica
J. ID. Cahill, of Peru: and c. w. Is
mond, of Utica. All were referred.
After making the matter OF swamp
land special order for 10 o'clock Fri
day morning, the board adjourned.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce
Ebenezer Barber as a candidate for the
Office of sheriff, subject To the decision
of the Democratic county convention.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19
SECOND BALLOT

Gunn was elected on the third ballot
by a vote OF % to q, one of the Fades
men having been persuaded to flop.
Mr.. Fades did the graceful by NOV
ing unanimous vote, which was
carried.
The question Of drawing lots to de-
eide which of the supervisors shall
serve two and which one year was dis
cussed and finally given into the hands
of committee consisting of Messrs.
Ferguson, O'Loughlir. and Mayo, who
are to report this morning upon plan
for drawing lots.
A discussion arose upon rule 20,
which require that reports and resolu-
tiOnS must lay over one day before they
can be acted upon. Several prominent
members considered it very foolish
rule, as it was merely an impediment
to business, and upon motion Of Mr..
O'Laughlin, committee consisting
of the chair and Messrs. OLaughln,
Anderson, Lynch and Mayo was APP
pointed to report code IF rules.
The board adjourned until 9 A. NJ.
Wednesday.
After the minutes of the previous
session had been read by the clerk the
report of the special committee on
drawing for one and two year terms
was presented by Mr.. Ferguson of
Troy Grove. The plan proposed was
TO have 30 tickets, each representing a
township, One-half labeled first-class
and the other half second class. Those
drawing the former to serve one year
terms and the latter two year terms.
The report was unanimously adopted
and the following were elected for two
years each:
Anderson, A. N, Adams: Breining,
Gustave, Peru; Belrose, Chas. H.. Day.
ton: Dawson, L. W., Earl; Dougherty,
P. j., w. w. Taylor, Ottawa: Gum,
Henry, Eden; Hall, William, F. w.
Fades, Bruce; Hall, S. A., Vermillion;
Hibbs, Lacey, Grand Rapids; Irwin,
Albert L., Manlius: linus, Newton,
Mendoza McLauchlan, John, La
Sale: Mcintyre, VIM. H., Allen:
O'Loughlin, NJ, .Brookdcld; Mayo,
Henry, South Ottawa; Wylie, John,
Waltham: Trumbo. A. L.. Fall River:
Werner, Fred'k c., Usage: Sauer, c. G.
Groveland; Spencer, Chas. E., Miller:
Trowbridge, |. H., Rutland.
The one term men are: Phillips,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19
O'CONOR, DUNCAN IL ECKELs,

NOTICE. -EsTATEoF NORMAN MCFARRAN, Dr..
~ CEASED Notice is hereby given that the under
signed administrator of the estate OF Norma. McFar
ran ae of the county Of La Sale and state Of Illinois,
deceased Will appear before the Probate Court OF said
county, the third Monday being the 18th day. OF
August. 1890 at the Probate Court ROOM In Ottawa In
said county when and where all persons having claims
demands against said estate are notified to attend
and present the same In writing for ad justment
Dated this LIST day of July. A, d. 1880.
JAMES II. ECKELS, Administrator.
O'CoNoR DUNCAH 4 ECKKLs, Att'ys. july 53w
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
The July SESSION Opened Monday After
noon.

The July SESSION Opened Monday AFTER
noon.
The new board OF supervisors Will
meet for the first time al the court
house in this city on Monday after
noon at > o'clock. The first thing 10
be taken up is the election or chair-
man and the contest promises 10 pe
quite interesting, lnasmuch Us lne
names Of a half dozen popular superVl-
sors will be presented. Among those
talked of as candidates for the position
are Andrew Lynch, Henry Gum, W..
w. Taylor. Henry Mayo, John Miller,
OF Freedom: VIM. ii. Mclntire, Allen
and NJ. O. Laughlin, OF Brooktield.
The following is a correct list OF the
supervisors comprising the new board:
A. N. Anderson, Adams; Gustav
Rreininp. j. L. LAUDER, Peru: Charles
H. Belrose, Dayton; Henry Bowen, Sc
rena: Levi Carr, Ophir; John }. Coner'
ton, Dimmick; Ira ConnOver, Utica;
L. w. Davidson, Earl; Frank p. Don
levy, Wallace: Charles Il. Bowling,
Meriden; Joseph Duffy, John Nc
Laughlin, Jas. Burkhart, La Sale;
+. w. Fades: VIM. Hall, Adolph Muel-
lei, Bruce; U. S. Ellsworth, Deer Park;
John ferguson, Troy Grove; Albert
Gransden, Worthwhile: Henry Gum,
Eden; S. A. Hall, Vermillion; Lacey
Hibbs, Grand Rapids; Albert L. Irwin,
Manlius; Newton linus, VIM. Tru-
man, Mendoza: Andrew Lynch, w. w.
Taylor. Christ Walter, p. j. Dougher-
ty. Ottawa: John Wylie, Waltham;
Bart Maher, Eagle; Henry Mayo,
South Ottawa; Isaac Mason, Otter
Creek: John Miller, Freedom; VIM. II.
Mcintyre, Allen; M. O'Loughlin,
Brooktleld; James E. Phillips, Hope;
j. A. Quamm, Mission; VIM. NJ. Read,
Farm Ridge: G.. Reinhard, Richland,
G. G.. Spencer, Miller; |. ii. Tr0w.
bridge, Rutland; A. L. Trumbo, Fall
River: Fred'k c. Werner, Usage.
THE BOARD.
Before the new board was called tC
order Yesterday afternoon there was a
mighty running together Of members
and some of the country wires received
unwonted jerks. Henry Gum wanted
to continue as chairman and made nc
secret of his desire. He wanted it bad,
or wn, did he whisper in such STACEY
accents? He and his lieutenants were
very active. They needed activity,
for storm had blown up from the
Streator coal fields and the gathering
clouds seemed to pOrtend anything
but a snap for the man from TOnica.
Indeed, the anti-Gunnites were ION
their ear" so to speak. The Hon.
Henry was whisperingly accused of
clannishness and rank favOritism in
his appointment of committees last
year, and of putting men on certain
committees, whom he knew to be in
competent, for the purpose OF con-
trolling the matters coming before
these committees. These and other
objections were urged against Gum
and dozen men were suggested as
his successor. Among the more Droml-
nent of these were MeSsrS. Fades,
Mayo, Truman, Mcintyre, Lynch and
Miller.
The board was calsd to order by
Clerk McKeOn at about o'clock,
though the anti-Gunnites used delay.
ing tactics in order to give Messrs.
Sauer and Reinhard, who had not ar,
rived, further time.
When the board finally came to or
dsr, Mr.. O'Laughlin moved an infor'
NAL ballot for chairman. 1t resulted
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

Mr.. Stockdale's salary amounted tC
$3.50, from March IL 10 July 10. 1890.
The committee on Public Buildings
presented the names Of Michael Brady,
Benton Delano, Oscar Ayers, Jas. Dill
Ion, Henry Tc!lman, Samuel Smith,
Daniel Murphy, and g. ID. Evans as
candidates for the position OF county
engineer, with proper recommends
tions. The committee recommended
that one of these applicants be select
ed by ballot.
The fight for first place was warm
and pointed. Some OF the members
wanted to drop the two receiving the
lowest number of votes but were de-
clared out OF order. Motions and
cOunter-motiOns were made and finally
the report of the committee was acted
upon, and it was decided to proceed to
a ballot.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-18
JUSTICE.

Brief Discourse by the Reverend
Whangdoodle Baxter, of the Austin
Blue Light Tabernacle.
Berlubbed Bredderen and Sistern:-De topic for
dis heah ebenings discourse am de subjec' oh de
courts. Hit am topic wild which most oh you,
including Sam Johnsing, yander in de amen cor
ner am berry familiar. Oar am also in dis heah
brillantine assemblage seberal ladies who has been
up before de courts for kerlessness in not brngin
back de washin' wild which dey has been dis
trusted. so dat when comes ter talk about de
ministrashuns OBJ justice has tackled subject wild
which you am not unfamiliar. as done said be-
foah.
De courts, like de mills OBJ de gods, grinds
slowly, but dey grinds out many fine. kin
prove dis by Uncle Nose ober dar when he wakes
up and quits snorin', bekase he has paid many
fine for being drunk and disorderly.
Oars a great difference in de administrator
OBJ jestce. When a steals loaf OBJ bread.
he gifts ten dollars or ten days. When he steals
watermillyon he gets socked inter Jail, but when
he only steals millyun OBJ money, he trabbles for
his healf, compromises wild de bank officials
In dis world it berry often happens dat jestice
dealt out in strawberry boxes. De law is for de
pore we'll de rich, but de criminals what am
able ter hire de best lawyers get off de easiest
Jestice am blind, but not SO much as de man who
goes to law wild de idee dat he is OBJ gittin
jestice.
When de doctor GIBBS up his chance for
life am gone. When de lawyers glib one up his
money gone. Oars heaps OBJ unsartenty
about de law. for de persishun OBJ juryman am de
only one for which ignorance de principal
qualerfercashun.
De law am sumfn what alters needs mendn,
and de fac dat jestice has scales in her3hand am
no sign dat she hasn't got scales ober her eyes.
Eff dar am SIGH ding de finger OBJ God hit must
be kernected wild de arm OBJ jestce.
De law can't make man honest, but hit can
make him mighty Oncomfor' able while he keeps
up his dishonest practices. While de quire sings:
Jest as am,
Widout one plea,
I'll take up de kerlecshun myself, as dar was tar
in de bottom OBJ de hat what Uncle Nose passed
las Sunday.-Texas Siftings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-18
A PrOdfSal Mother.

"And you are determined on this shameful ex-
travagance, Allegrettar' demanded the husband
of the world-famous Soprano, as he gazed with
haggard frown into the face of the peerless
woman who stood before him with the light of a
firm resolution in every lineament of her classic
countenance.
II am Giuseppe. Consider the season. Re-
member a mothers love for her only child. Look
at dear baby he lies slumbering here in his little
nest All. Giuseppe. the mother must sometimes
overcome the woman. Combat me more. 1
will do it-but this once and this once only"
''Be it so, them" assented her husband sadly;
but breathe no word of your weakness to any
human being, or your name will be by.word
among lyric artistes.''
You can trust me, Giuseppe" proudly
turned the Diva, and bending softly over the cot
she sung $1,000 lullaby to the dreaming infant.
"Allegretta." groaned her husband, this ex-
travagance breaks my hearth" and with heavy
sigh he resumed his monotonous occupation of
passing government bonds through a patent
coupon.cutter---Christmas Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-18

the privilege of the halls until O'Clock p m. AT
this time two men in the annex were awaiting
the execution of the death sentence and with no
sign of reprieve, but at midnight they were given
a respite. However, the enjoyment of Thanks
giving all over the prison seemed to keep down
the gloomy aspect which would have otherwise
taken place is general on the eve Of a hanging.
At p. m. all retired for the night-thus passed
away into the great beyond another Thanksgv.
ing in the Ohio penitentiary.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-18
SUNDAY Services.

Rev. Father Murphy conducted the services. The
subject of his discourse from the epistle read
on the third Sunday in Advent Philippians iv. ~:
'ReJoice in the Lord always: again say, rejoice.
Let your modesty be known to all men; the Lord
is nigh. Be nothing solicitOus; but in everything
by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. let
your petitions be made known to God. And the
peace of God, which surpasseth all un derstanding
keep your minds and hearts in Christ Jesus"
Father Murphy said that in this scripture lesson
we have instructions how to pray. Prayer is to
the soul what the eye is to the body 1t is through
prayer that we make our needs known to our
Creator; and the only condition God has laid down
is that we ask for what we need; He says ask and
you shall receive. Yet it is not uncommon to hear
men say their prayers are never answered; and is
it any wonder? for when they pray they are not
in earnest and they desire the opposite to the
thing they pray for. The essential of prayer is
that we ask for the real desires of the heart. We
have model prayer in the petition of the blind
beggar, Bartimus as he cried to Jesus frsm the
wayside: Jesus, son Of David, have mercg on me-"
Men. when they pray, must cry out in the earnest.
ness of Their souls if they expect to be heard. To
ask God for one thing while all the time wishing
for its opposite is not prayer. and they who are
guilty of doing will be punished for their insin-
cerity.
The Lords Prayer, the best and most common
prayer used by the Christian world loses it's true
meaning in the mouths of many. They say "Our
Father who art in heaven, halIowed be thy name"
meaning, we desire that Thy name may be- glori-
fed and honored by all men. They are not sin
cere in that petition for they turn about and By
profanity and dishonorable acts dishonor the name
of God; they will not hesitate to dishonor their
Creator in order that they may gain worldly
honors for themselves.
When utter the second petition of that
prayer, ''Thy kingdom GOMEZ they do not wish
for the kingdom meant which is, Gods king
dom in their hearts. They are not ready to sur
render themselves to GOd-they are not ready to
give up their desires for unholy things and even
when the hour of death comes they cry out for yet
little more time to give to the things of this
world before they ready for Gods kingdom.
And when they repeat, 'Thy will be done," they
10 not mean it, They are not willing to bear their
burdens and crosses patiently, but are ever COM
planning against Gods decree. And so they go on
through all the petitions of the Lords Prayer.
When they pray they do not ask that the will of
God be done, but that their own will be done.
Christ. before his crucifxion. prayed thus: my
Father. if it be possible, let this challce pass
| from me. Nevertheless. not will, but as thou
wilt
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-18
Thanksgiving in the Ohio Peniten-
lfarY.

''B. NJ" an inmate of the Ohio peniten-
published at the Plankinton Reform School.
a very interesting account of how they eel
ebrated Thanksgiving Day. There are
1000 prisoners in that institution. We
quote below part of his communication:
Warden Dyer and Deputy Warden Porter be-
lieving outdoor sport and exercise far superior
and more beneficial. than indoor entertainment,
to the men in their care-chapel services were
brought to a close and all were marched out into
the yard where they were given their freedom to
talk and engage in all kinds of games-every one
to his taste This privilege was indeed highly ap.
preciated as there was not single quarrel or in
fraction of the prison rules reported during the
day. Although little snowy and unpleasant we
remained in the yard fully three hours and half.
At O'Clock the bell tolled for dinner and all has
tily responded to the call as in an instant every
one was in his place wearing thankful Thanks
giving expression upon his face. When all were
seated in the spacious dining-hall (the second
largest in the state-the largest being at the Day
ton Soldiers Home), the scene was magnificent
to behold. The best dinner ever given to the
criminals of the Ohio penitentiary was served.
We will not intrude upon space to give bill of
fare here any more than to say that $500 pounds
of turkey were demolished. All hands ate raven
ously and enjoyed themselves, as could be seen
by glance around the tables. after which they
carried bountifu lunch to their cells for supper.
While all this joy and thanksgiving was going
on one man. Cornelius Heatherton. was made free
and happy. He was a life man and was pardoned
by Gov. Campbell after serving over seventeen
years. His friends were few, but through it all he
lived like man and bore an honorable record
having never been reported while in this insttu-
ton. But to end up the day and bring this epis-
tie to close-quite a number of the worthy pris'
oners including the school teachers were given
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-18

ished. The young man is unable to say just what
preparation the mattress had been making with
malicious intent aforehand, but suddenly it
grasped him and hurled him over the brink of
yawning chasm-down, down he went-what fate
awaited him at the bottom? rude awakening on
the stone floor of prison CELL When he had suf-
fcenty recovered from lis fearful shock. he cast
his eyes upward and there. through the dim light
he beheld the treacherous mattress glazing at
him from over the side of the bed not six inches
away. He is a wiser man now.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-18
What a Man Eats.

made calculation the other day of the
amount of food an average high liver-that
is, man who always has a good appetite
and treats himself welI-would consume
during natural lifetime of sixty years.
Suppose he eats pound of beef, mutton or
other flesh every day, in year he will con-
sumo 365 pounds and in sixty years $1,000
pounds of meat. He will eat the same
weight of vegetables and quite as much
bread. so here are 43. 800 pounds more. He
will drink every day two quarts of coffee,
tea wine, beer or water making total of
10. $50 gallons. or about IT'S hOgsheads of
liquid. This estimate does not include the
probability that he will eat forty or fifty
lambs with mint sauce. couple of thousand
spring chickens. about five hundred pounds
of butter and 40. 900 or $4,000 eggs and
four hogsheads of sugar. If all this supply
were piled up on the scales it would weigh
over forty five tons. and if stored would fill
a cotton warehouse from floor to ceiling.
Yet give man time and he will eat and
drink it all and pay for it. too and that's
how restaurant keepers manage to live
Exchange.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-18
LOCAL PICKINGS.

Above overwhelmingly Colonels.
Hon. Isaac Staples seen in the yard one
day last week.
p. O. Regan, of ST. Paul. registered in the
prison Monday.
Mark M. woolley. of Buffalo. Mimi. was a
visitor Monday.
twenty-five new volumes have been added to
the library this week.
Sundays Chautauqua meeting was pronounced
frst-class by the Critic
Alex. Richards was in the prison with party
of friends one day this week.
Guard Murphy aud his shanty have been
moved down upon the new wall.
Arthur Forbes and Robt. ]. Foy were over
here from st. Paul one day last week.
"A. w. Hortove, of Buffalo. N. Y, was in the
prison with G. I. Gorham last Saturday
Prof. R. G. Rhoades has been elected COM
mander of his G. A. X. post in saltwater.
DIR. Geo. l.. Quincy. of St. Paul, and. Mr.. P.
Salonde. of Saltwater, were visitors Thursday Of
last week.
Sheriff Charlie Holcombe brought in two
boarders Monday morning. one for life. the other
for two years.
The messroom gang Monday initiated new
member into the mysteries of "dshshaking" and
"dshingup."
Benz. D. Grant, and d. A. Grant, of Princeton,
who were on their way to Canada, visited es-
Enlistment last Thursday.
L. Stafford, A. H. Dorman and L. Harrison, of
Minneapolis, were in the prison Sunday with Dr.
w. H. Cane. of saltwater.
Editor T. ]. Kelly, of the Jordan Independent
visited our Office last Thursday and, we are sorry
to say. found the editor out.
Statement of population Dec II: Working for
Thrssher Co.. 1885, working for state. 1866; sick and
infrm. IL. Total population. 1926.
DIR. and Mrs. A. j. Stowe Of Rush City, were
shown through the prison yesterday by Rev.
and Mrs. A. D. Stowe. of Saltwater.
Mr. Fred Hartwig. of Usage, Iowa. who is visit
ing his nephew. Editor T. c. Neumeier. was in the
prison with Mr.. Neumeier last Friday.
Mr. Geo. H. Sullivan. of saltwater. accom-
panied by his friend, Mr.. w. w. Crane, of Albert
Lea. passed through the prison yesterday.
Mr.. Mike Costello. of saltwater, and Miss
Mary Costello. of Sank Centre. were shown the
sights of this benighted community yesterday.
Mr. James Dorlon of st. Paul. and Mr. Henry
Donlon, of Dubuque. Iowa, were escorted through
this institution yesterday by Asst Dept. Glennon.
-"Twinkle,' connected with the establishment
Of B. B. Parker in Saltwater, took dinner with
the editor Wednesday, and spent the afternoon in
the san ctum.
These are dull times for items, still will
not despair for may find an item in time or
even make items out Of times. Patented. All
rights reserved.1
Capt Lyons has made several additions to his
herd of rabbits within the past.two weeks, and he
now thinks Of engaging herdsman to help him
on the roundup Of evenings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-18

Punishments often shock instead of har-
mOnizing with the common feeling and
sense of justice.-Anon.