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OTTAWA FREE TRADER : SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1S07.
htatou 3frtt Srafetr.
BY OSMAN & HAPEMAN.
Ottawa, 111., Maturda), March 13, 18U7.
Immense Flood at the Sooth.
The month of March, always un unpleasant
month, has proved itself especially so this year.
At the North ami West the temperatuic has
len altout that of midwinter, interspersed
with unusual falls of snow, which, in the " Far
West," in the region of the mountains, is stud
to lie piled up 10 and 13 feet hifh ; while
south of Mason and Dixon's, instead of snow
they have had rain iu immense quantities, fil
ling all the rivers to overflowing, and causing,
in the Cumlerlaud, Tennessee, Ohio, Lower
Mississippi au.l other Southern streams, one
f the mosi disastrous floods ever known. ' At
Cairo, on Thursday, the Ohio was higher, by
:ui inch and a half, than in 1802, the highest
ever known there. From Louisville to Cairo
is one vast sheet of water, in many places 30
miles wide. Houses without number have
been overt uracil and swept away, the dwellers
in the low lands have been driven by the en
croaching torrent to the hills for refuge ; eat
ile, horses, sheep, and hogs have been drowned
because they could not escape the flood; hun
dreds of thousands of bushels of grain and po
tatoes have been washed away or so badly
damaged as to be of no value ; stacks of hay
aud oats and wheat have been swept away ;
and still the tide increases in volume and de
structiveness. Iu the South the greater part of Mississippi
:iud Louisiana, and a large portion of Tennes
see, where, the planting should now be going
on,. are under water. Levees are swept away,
plantations are flooded, and the people driven
lor refuge to other localities. The result of nil
this, of course must be to suspend all planting,
nil improvement and recovery, and procrasti
nation to another year the proper prosecution
of agricultural interests. Along the Cumber
land and Tennessee river-? it is estimated that
not less than ten million dollars worth of dam
age has already been done. What the damage
will lit-along the Ohio we have no means of
estimating. Of course the railroads all through
i he south are iu a terrible condition -bridges,
culverts, Ac, about all gone, and travel sus
pended for a month to come.
Europe.
The European new s during the week is dull.
In reference to the Kastcrn question that is,
i he cruel treatment of the Christians in Cun
lia by the Turkish government, the European
I towers are said to havc'failcd to agree. Lord
Lyons, however, says the Sultan had promised
reforms in Candia, while France, Austria and
Russia insist that Caudia shall be ceded to
Greece.
From Ireland tfic accounts relate chiefly to
the arrest of prominent. Fenians, and the send
ing additional forces thereto " preserve order."
Among the later arrests reported are Head Cen
ters Burns and Rae. Head Center Donovan
had been caught at Cork. Gen. McBurke and
40 others, recently captured, have been car
ried in irons' to Clonuiel jail.
In the British House of Commons, on the
19th, the Derby goTernment asked formal
leave to bring in its Reform Rill. Mr. Disre
;eli explained the features of the proposed bill,
introducing copious statistics to support the
principles on which the bill is grounded. Mr.
Gladstone made a short speech. He said he
thought the figures were absurd, but he would
defer all debate on the question until the bill
came before the House.
Marshal Castlcuau arrive-1 in Paris from
Mexico on the 2th, and reported that the last
of the French forces had left that country on
the luthof, March.
Market reports show a general stifl'ening up
f prices of hreadstutVs during the week. Corn
on the 20th was 41s u quarter at Liverpool.
Cotton quiet at IU, f '
State Fair.
We have received the Premium List and
I emulations for the next Illinois .state Fair, to
be held at IJuincy, September 30th to October
th, inclusive ; also for the Winter Meeting iu
the Society's Hooms, in Springfield, commenc
ing on the U Tuesday in .lanuaty. It w h
closely printed pamphlet of twenty-four pages,
and of course our space will not ncrmit even
n synopsis of its contents. The premium list is
larger, both in number of articles and amount,
than at any previous fair. The city of Quincy
tin? handsomest city in Illinois will,7 of
course, make the most ample preparations for
the best accommodation of the fair and the
crowds attending it.
)iu:sn Hons. For the following compara
tive statement of the shipment of dn-ssed lu.gs,
by tho Chhagn, U,wk Inland V pHcific It. R.,
1n.ni Ottawa f jr thesoswonmf lHlt-"i-fl and 1WM1-T,
we are imU-htcd to Mr. Tai:nku, the gentle
manly l'M-ul agent of the road ut this station :
Date.
Deo. lN'i"i.
Jan. lWili.
I 'eh. INC.C,
No. Hrtd. Wright. Weight perHoK-
7i:i m,.'.v 2:1.-,
3.2)17 7os,;r, .jig
WIS 207.D45 240
Total last season, 4,!).V l,11J:j,(lU."i 240
Pec. lM!i. , ' 1.04JI 'M7.9I0
.Ian. IH',7. 3,4(12 887.400
Feb. 1(7. 4 I42,i2'i
2.M
2114
220
Total )rt sent season.
iiM A I'll l t.Vllli.S.
' Total present season, 5,11,-,; .2!7.3i!ir 2-10
Tots! lant nHm, 4,.V I.IM.OM 240
Increase present M-Hson,
10'J
I0.23! 10
Congreia.
The only item of special interest in the pro
ceedings of Congress during the past week is
the passage of the supplemental reconstruc
tion bill, which had previously passed the
House. It passed the Senate with important
amendments, after 12 o'clock n Saturday
night; went back to the House on Monday,
where all the Senate amendments except one
w ere concerned in w ithout Jlebatejwas returned
to she senate on Tuesday, where it was finally
passed on that day, and sent to the President
on Wednesday morning. The President, it
is stated on pretty high authority, will return
it to the House with his veto, which, however,
w ill be very short, and will occupy but a day
or two in its preparation. The material pro
visions of the bill are, that before any person
in the lately rebellious states slnll be allowed
to vote on the question of calling a conven
tion to frame a constitution, or for delegates
to such convention, or on the adoption or re
jection of such constitution, he shall take uu
oath that he is not disfranshised by any law
of his state or the United States, now iu force
for participation in the rebellion, or that he
never took an oath, as a member of congress
or any state legislature to support the consti
tution of the United States and afterwards
broke it by engaging in the rebellion. The
bill also provides that all voters who can take
the said oath Wiall be registered, and that the
constitution . framed by . any state un
der the reconstruction bill, shall be approved
by all the registered voters of such state.
The bill which passed the Senate at the be
ginning of the present session, appropriating
1,000,000 for the relief of the destitute peo
ple of the South, still hangs fire in the House,
where it will probably be defeated. General
Butler, Logan, Schenck, and other radicals
oppose it strenuously ; offering amendments
that the money shall be expended only for the
relief of the destitute families of Union men
impoverished by the rebellion, &c. General
Howard is quoted against the bill as saying
that there are abundant means in the hands of
the freedmen's bureau to relieve all the desti
tute of the South unti December next, except
" rebels."
t Thad. Stevens finally got the floor on Mon
day to make his long-promised speech in favor
of the confiscation of the property of all the
leading rebels. He had proceeded but a few
minutes in his speech, however, before he
broke dow n so completely, on account of fee
ble health, that it ltccame necessary to have
the Clerk to read his speech. The majority of
the House, fiercely radical as it is, is evidently
not with Stevens on his confiscation hobby.
In reference to impeachment of the Presi
dent, the only report is, that the Judiciary
Committee is still examining witnesses.-
Roth houses finally, on Saturday, agreed - to
a joint resolution prohibiting the sale of liquor
within the capitol.
The Senate has had considerable discussion
on the question of admitting Mr. Thomas, the
newly elected "conservative" Senator from
Maryland, to his seat.. His ofl'euse is, that he
was Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury just
before the war, and resigned immediately after
the attack upon Fort Sumter, although no one
questions that he demeaned himself as a loyal
man all through the war.
Neither house has yet agreed upon a day for
adjournment. It is understood, however, that
Congress will adjourn on Saturday (to-day), if
the President either signs or vetoes the Sup
plemental Reconstruction bill before that date
The New Bounty Bill.
The new bounty bill passed in the expiring
hours of the lateCongress.if a synopsis before us
represents its provisions correctly, iB worse
than the bill of the former session, which it pre
tends to "perfect." It provides, in computing
the amount of bounty at eight and one third
collars per month, that the amount paid the
enlisted man by any state, county, city, town
or voluntary association shall be deducted
from the amount found due from the United
States. Thus a soldier from Ln Salle county,
who received 100 bounty, and served three
years, gets $200 additional, but a soldier from
this county who received 300 bounty, and
served three years, gets no additional bounty.
This is fair enough, so far as the soldier is con
cerned ; but upon cities, counties, towns, tVc,
that made heavy sacrifices and incurred large
indebtedness t raise mciuis for paying boun
ties, it operates unjustly alul oppressively.'
Thus many counttcs in this state never paid
over 00 bounty ; others 100 and others 200
to 400. By the provisions of this bill, La
Salle and other counties that paid high boun
ties are virtually taxed to make up the small
bounties paid by other counties, cities, &c-
1 he bill was evidently gotten up for the bene
fit of the cast, where the cities, counties, &c,
111 very rare instances, paid bounties, but by
allowing the draft to go on. compelled indi
viduals to buy substitutes, most of whom
were the worst class of bounty jumpers. "
It is right and fair to equalize the boun
ties between the soldiers, but it is also no
more than fair that, if the soldiers were
worth 300 each iu addition to their regular
pny for three years' service, or in proportion
for a longer or shorter period, that the gov
ernment should jiny the whole Imnnty, and
that ssr rifiees 'made by states, counties. Ac.,
j should also be equalized. " ' ' 1
1 ;
Harper's Monthly, Beadle's Monthly, Go-
dey s Lady's Nook, Leslie's Gazette of Fashion,
ior April, and all literary magazines and pa
pers at Ostium & HnpeninnV.
CITY MATTERS.
Mayor's Inaugural.
The following is the Address delivered by our
new Mnyor on the occasion of his inauguration
on Tuesdiy evening, in the City Council.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Although it has not been a universal custom with
my predecessors to submit to the council, in a
formal manner, their view of municipal policy ;
I yet deem the occasion of the inauguration of a
new Chief Magistrate of the city, one eminently
fit to submity not only to you, but through you
to our commob constituents, such views as I enter
tain concerning municipal affairs, and to briefly
explain such ideas a I hold of municipal policy.
The management of the finances of the city is
the most imjtortant trust committed to cur hands.
Burdened as the whole' people are with an enor
mous national debt, to which is added a state
debt, a county debt proportionately large with
the national debt, and a city school debt, our con
stituents justly scrutinize pur management of
this important trust Regarding our contracts,
whether positive or implied, as sacred, I desire
to impress upon the Council not only the impor
tance but the necessity of caro and vigilance,
that every dollar expended by us shall be so
wisely expended as to show to the tax payers
that they have received value therefor. I desire
the council not to understand me as recommending
a parsimonious and niggardly economy, for such
are not my views either of public or private af
fairs. On the contrary, I would urge upon the
council the wise and true policy of aiding and
fostering, by all legimate means in our mower,
all enterprises having for their object the en
hancement of the aggregate wealth, where such
object is clearly denned, and the end sought will
probably be attained. Our country has reached
its position of wealth and power and greatness
by the indomitable spirit of Progress which char
acterizes its people. The wise husbandman casts
liberally of hit seed, that he may glean an abun
dant harvest thereafter. As a location for an
inland city, ours has no superior, and but few
equal. Surrounded by a farming territory of
unsurpassed fertility and of great extent, it has
within its grasp iuexhauatible beds of superior
coal, and within its very borders an element of
wealth in its water power, which, when fully de
veloped, as it surely must be by private or public
enterprise, or by both combined, will make ours
one of the largest and most prosperous inland
cities of our state. Entertaining such hopes of
the future of our city, and holding tho idea that
it is wise policy to aid private enterprise by pub
lic credit to develope new sources of wealth,
whenever by so doing aggregate values are en
hanced, and the burdens of ui at ion thereby les
sened, I am in favor of fully carrying out the
clearly expressed wishes of the people as ex
hibited by the almost unaminous vote of the citi
zens to loan tho credit of the city to the Ottawa
Manufacturing C. for the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars. I regard that vote as a full
ratification by the citizens of an implied contract
by the city with that improvement company, for
material aid.
Although in a corporate capacity wc have
nothing to do with the aid promised in like
manner to the proposed Kail Koad from the Ver
milion Coal Mines, that bnina- a tnwnnhin mut.
ter, I deem it not improper in this connection
to add that that contemplated enterprise equally
meets my approval.
Next to the "finance" committee in imnor-
tance I regard the committee on "Streets and
Alleys." Much complaint has been expressed,
and ill feeling engendered by the seeming
misdirection of the large poll tax annually
collected from our citizens, and expended upon
streets and alleys. It has latterly been the
policy 01 the council, and I think it a wise
policy, to make the street improvements of a more
permanent, and therefore of au immediately more
costly character. There is great economy m this,
for the constant frittering of small sums on con
tinuous repairs, very soon consumes more than J
would be suthcient to construct a thorough and 1
permanent work. In the main or business parts
of the city but little necessity exists for expen-1
diture. The crossings are all of stone and perma
nent ; the drainage is very near complete ; the
small sewers and sluices are montly in thorough
order, and the large or main sewers are, with
perhaps but one exception, entirely adequate to
tneir requirements, inn condition of things in
the most important parts of, the city leaves the
"street supervisors" under the direction and con-1
trol of the "street and Alley" committee free to
prosecute the same character of permanent im
provements lurtber towards the outskirts, and
by following strictly this policy, no that the
"street supervisors" shall never be compelled to
turn back to repair half constructed works, vour
constituents even to the borders of the city will
soon fully perceive and appreciate that this fund
has not been wasted.
A careful and lonir continued observation of the
workings of our tire department has led me to
the conclusion that it would be for tho interest
of the city to exchange our two Fire Engines for
oue steam fire engine. It is at all times difficult
and frequently inqiossible, especially in inclem
ent weather, to obtain suthcient assistance to
properly work tho hand engines. The labor usu
ally devolves upon a few willing hands, the many
stand aloof, and at the late tire much acrimonious
feeling was engendered, by the means taken, in
many eases entirely iiiiustifiable, to procure ne
cessary help from idle bystanders. , A steam fire
engine would obviate this difficulty, ffnd as it
would be more immediately in the control of the
council, the expenses of the department would
lie materially reduced. It aeems to me that the
expenditure for hose continuously from the time
we nrst procured a hre engine have been enor
mous, and I am advised hat there exists press
ing necessity for further immediate expenditure.
Without censuring any, I feel assured that the
council would effect a great saving, by keeping
immediate charge of the hose, as they would ne
cessarily do, should they think proper to make
the change of engines as I have suggested.
The Public grounds, known as Washington
Square, ought to receive some attention at your
hand. Occupying a central and publio location,
its neglect and desolation attracts the attention of
strangers, and with them, in a measure, fix
es our character for enterprise and public spirit
much lower than any of Us care to have repeat
ed in our hearing, or be generally known abroad.
Your own judgment will suggest how best to
remove this mcldcwfroin our fair name.
The short time which has elapsed since the
election has not been sufficient to enable me to
learn fully the condition of the affairs of the city.
I am advised, however, that our, predecessors
have. contracted for the erection of a brick build
ing of sufficient capacity to contain the two fire
engines and a hook and ladder, and furnish, also
a commodious room for the use of the City Coun
cil and its clerk. " The total cost of the building
and the lot on which It stands has already
been paid for with the exception of about three
thousand dollars, which "w ill be for this council
to pay, iqou the completion of tho contract. ' I
am also iufornied that there is a floating debt a
train ut tho city of about two thousand dollars.
It is a bounden duty to cancel this indebtedness
at tho earliest possible moment and before incur
iug any new liabilities, and! be prepared to fultil
our part of the contract made by our predecess
or, promptly. The credit of the city should lu
without taint ; ,
There are many other matters, connected ns
I think with the city s best interest, to which I
might call your at tention, but having given, you
briefly my views of what I conceive to be tho
most important, I will defer the expiession 0'
further opinions until such times as the couucil
shall bo prepared to take action on them.
To you, gentlemen of the count il,assteiated as
we shall be for the coining year, in all the du
ties, labors, cares and responsibilities of official
place. I promise concurrence and cordial co-operation
in all your acts couduciug to present or
future public good, asking only at your hands
such kindness an . consideration as only the gen
erous know, how to bestow.
, To my many frii nds, who w ith such cordial
unanimity have elevated me to the Chief Mag
istratacy of the city, the occasion seoms a fit oua
to say,' I thank you, aud to say also that I shall
look well to it, that you shall have no occasion
to regret the confidence you have expressed in
me ; and to my friend and immediate predecess
or ' who has so acceptably tilled his seat for a
year, I will say God siwihI.
THOMAS CLANCEY.
Tuesday, March 19th, 187.f - "
' Police "flatter.
A case iu reference to which the people of the
town of Grand Rapids appear to have a good deal
of feeling, was tried before Justice Leavens on
Tuesday. It was the case of which mention was
made in the proceedings of the Board of Super
visors, referring to the ill-treatment of a boy
named John Sheridan by a farmer named Patrick
H. McCormick. The latter had taken the boy
"to raise," but it was in proof before the justice,
had treated him brutally. One instance was
stated, where the boy, on a very cold morning in
winter, was compelled to Carry corn to the pigs
in his bare feet, and not moving as rapidly as
McCormick thought he should, was beaten vio
lently over the head with a fence board. McCor
mick was fined 2.1 and costs for this assault,
and other complaints iu the same case are still
pending.
The only other "police" suit we have to re
cord is one that failed to come to trial. Hugh
Kintz, on Saturday, entered complaint against
Tim. Mahony for assault and battery, and seemed
to have a very good case , indeed, as his right
peeper bore every evidence of having undergone
severe battering. But process having been served
on Mahony, he appeared Jorthwith, and made
preparations for a vigorous defence. In short,
he claimed to have abundant grounds for justifi
cationamong others, that Kintz had behaved
most rudely to his wife, who was in a most in
teresting situation, giving her a bad fright and
shaking her, so that next day she presented her
" lord" with a young daughter, whereas, but for
her ill-tieatment by the plaintiff, Mr. Mahouy
was well persauded it would have been a lioy.
On this Kintz abandoned his suit incontinently
and sloped.
Temperance Lrriurm,
The big sensation of the city for the past week
was the series of lectures on temperance, by Dr.
Koss, of Dover, 111. He commenced in the
churches, but bv Tuesday tho churches had got
too small, and Washington Hall was engaged
for him. He gave his last htun on Thursday
evening, to probably the largest audience ever
packed into Washington HalL Heattracts large
audiences by making a " heap of fun," yet be
neath that light surface is a solid stratum of lo
gic as well as genuine pathos, which enlist the
feelings and eon-fiction of the audience, while
they are amused. There arc few more effective
advocates of the temperance cause than Dr. Ross,
and he has well nigh dried up the liquor busi
ness of our city, for a time, at least
ClTV Makshat,.--We notice by the proceed
ings of the citycouncil, that Mr. Jons Snook,
who for the last two years had served the city so
faithfully and acceptably as City Marshal, pre
sented his resignation. His reason for resigning
is, that he is about to move upon his farm a few
miles south of Seneca. The city will regret the
loss of Mr. Snook. He made the office of Citv
Marshal, which before his term was hardly re
spectable, honorable. Always attentive and
efficient in the performance of his duty, he yet
had a way of tempering the severity of the law
with kindness that rogues respected and frhred,
while yet they could not hate him. Wherever
he goes, John will carry the good wishes of hun
dreds of friends from Ottawa with him, and will
be found by his new neighbors a man whose
friendship is worth cultivating.
Caxal BiuniiKS. An act of the late legisla
ture of this State appoints J. O. Glover, A. E.
Grow md L. Ltlaud commissioners who have
authority to locate and contract for the erection
of two bridges across the main canal at Ottawa,
one above iind one below the feeder, and the
bridges, or either of them, having becu built,
makes it the duty of the Supervisors to levy a
tax 011 the town of Ottawa to pay for them. The
Commissioners, under this act, had a meetfng
during the week, and determined forthwith to
proceed with the erection of a draw-bridge on
Columbus street and application has been made
to the canal board for the necessary permits with
reference to locating the central pier. The in
tention is to have the pier up before the opening
of navigation. ' ... .
fcoiilt of the Atlantic 'ablel
A young man who claims to have drunk deep
of the springs of (J reek poetry, sendB ns a specimen
of his first essay up the Parnassian Hill. As his
Cable song, however, exceeds the length of the
cable itself, and is so "reoondito" as, to require
careful cogitation to solve out all the meaning,
we deem it safest to give but a stanza at a time:
Swsct nectsr I'll sip " '
1 From s imTmnlri't lip,'
1 At site iwlDe her srms sronnd ; ....
Atiit the burly old wlis!-.w ' '. ' V.
I will make lusli lilt tsit,
tfhe ever my feeling ulisll wound.
I w ill tlnd where old NumolUs hnlldt tlio t-pbyux,
And tlmre will, old Beli-mlta tk drlrtli, . :
1 will vllt wlirre Trlbollte too wss born, ,'
And nmks old Anionlto lilow his horn.
Ws'll rtsnce Jl(( to the Cnlilr'i nonit,
, , Of " who's pin bi'ru since l' plii fonr.'' .:. ;
X m
Inkanticidk. C;n Thursday, the body of a
new lsirn female infant w.as found in the hydrau
lic basin, neur the Eagle Mills, in this ' city. It
was taken charge of by the coroner and buried.
Another infant, u male, also newborn, was
found on the 9th inst, on the South bank of the
Illinois river, opposite, this city, and in like man
ner taken charge of iuid buried under direction
of centner MuArthur. In both cases the infants
seemed to have beeii boru alive and tu have leeu
nirulc awav with by their unnatural mothers.
SENECA ITEMS,
Fni!i our regular Corrrjoiilciil.J
The Clahk-Hi Hi.nERT excitement has dried ,
up. I suppose all have heard of it If not, here
Kites : In the latter part of the vear the wife of .
a. "youthful resident" of our town thought she
saw an affinity for another lady's husband, a
dealer iu lumber, by the name of H. I). Clark.
It appears from n-jstrts that this Clark has been
iu several scrapes similar to this, and is know n
to the citizen of Oneida, in this state.
It or pears that he had been making too free
'with Mr. IPs wife for tlto last two or three
months previous to their leaving. Mr. (-lark has
sold out his lumber yard and sipiared up all his
accounts. After the two had been joined tight or
ten days Mr. Clark's true wite conrlu.led br
"worser" half had eloped, and she started afti r
him, as also on the same train did Mr.TIurlbert,
sr. They found the guilty pair on the cars at
Oneida, enjoying the same seat, in much the same
manner as is supposed to be the custom with
newly married persons on a wedding tour.
, They were brought back to' Seneca, aud Mr.
H., jr., presented himself and boy, four year
old, to his truant wife, and lagged her to return
to her fidelity. She did do it muchly, for the
next morning she was again planning with Mr.
C. another elopement On this Mr. C. was ar
rested on a charge of adultery, waived examina
tion, and bail was set at the sum of KKX). He
was allowed to go to Morris to gt bail, but fail
ed, returned, and that night decamped, leaving
the justi-e and constable to settle with the Cir
cuit Court.
A warrant was also taken out, I believe, for
Mr. Hurlburt. but she has not been arrested yet.
Fkmas Mkkting. There was a Feniaa. meet
ing held in this town on Wednesday evening,
under the auspices of the James Stephens Circle
of Fenian Drotherhood, but owing to a mistake
in announcing the time, the attendance was not
as large as it otherwise would have been. The
nieettng was called to order by the Centre, Tho.
Morrissy. Wm. S. Ja kson, Esq., was appointed
chairman. He made a short but forcible ad
dress in behalf of the men now atruggling and
battling for liberty on their native soil, and con
cluded by calling n the ieopIe to come forward
and give that aid a hich Ireland now most needs
money and munitions of war. He then intro
duced John L. Ilea, Esq., of Chicago, who
made a very able and elquent appeal in behalf
of the brave wen now on their uatire hill-tops,
with no friendly country to fall back on, with
death, or worse than death, a British dungeon,
awaiting them if defeated. He cared not for
Stephens or Roberts. The man who keut diirt
aid from Ireland now was a traitor to his coun
try. It is impossible for me to give anything
like a fair report of Mr. Pease's eloquent address.
He was frequently interrupted with bursts f
applause.
At the conclusion several persons present came
forward and subsi ribed liberally, the names of
which will be handed in fur publication next
week.
J. Ckott, 1L L. Hossac k and others have re
ceived maps and.charUof the Rail Road proposed
from Chicago through Plainfield and Lisbon;
theuce to Wenona and El wood, to connect at that
point with Elwoodand Keokuk R. R. via Laoon.
The direct line from Lisbon to Wenona would
be through Marseilles ; but it is stated that the
Vermillion Coal Coinpsuy will give material aid
if it is made to run direct from Lisbon, through
Seneca to Vnionville. The company is already
organized, and a survey has been made as fur a
Lisbon.
The foundation of the Baptist church was laid
last fall; the carpenters have just begun their
work, and w ill complete it according to contra t
on or before 1st of Julv next.
Bui 1SKRS. GfcOllGK HOM.KSBWK AXD Cl.AKK
Gm.K, met in front of Von Brownell's store on
Monday morning, and opened conversation in re
gard to a little liook loaned at one time, which
soon called forth the accusation of "liar," when
upon hostilities began, lasting for half or three
quarters of an hour. They were brought before
A. Vaughey, Police Magistrate, and fined 0
each and costs. It is due to these men to say,
that they are both temivrate,and were entirely
sober during the whole engagement
Fioht. Tim Kki.ly amd Thomas Roach,
both big men, had a little fight, at Sam White's
saloon yesterday evening. No particular harm
was done except the destruction of a few beer
glasses. Hence there has leen no complaint
entered. '
FlltK. David Hiuchman. living a few miles
south of here, was burned out of house and home
on Tuesday evening. No insurance.
Planing Mux. Newport, Watson & Bre.
are alwut to start a plaining mill, sash, door and
blind factory. Engino and machinery for the
same arrived yesterday. It is an important en
terprise to the citizens of this place andsurround
ing country.
The defendants of the AnglorSaxons are well
known to Ite the most inveterate smokers of the
human family. While six swarthy Aborigines
Content themselves with sharing the whiffs of
one pipe, six pipes will scarcely keep one Yan
kee 111 steaming operation. At a late analyza
tion of all classes of tobacco nt the Academy of
Science in Paris, it was announced that 'Ameri-
tine, a deadly poison ; Havana tobacco contains
three per cent ; and Chingarora tobacco, grown
in the Indies, contains no nicotine whatever.
The natives of the Indina nrn ivrnHfanr. amnlrei-u
of the Chingarora, and never suffer the ills
which follow the use of tobacco of other climes.
" (A, gentleman who put up nt a log tavern "out
west," was awakened by a young man who com
menced a serenade thnsly; "O, Sally Rice I've
called you twice, and yet , you lie and snore; I
pray you wake and see your Jake, and opo to
him the door or the window, I don't caro a cuss
which, for it makes but little difference to eith
er you or I big pig, little pig, root hog or die."
m . 0
On K groat reason that; Puctoual Bai.m has
gained such merited popularity, is, that it is
withiu tho reach of all. It being put up in fifty
cent sizo, enables those in limited circumstances
to provide themselves with this invaluublo pre
paration. For sulc by Jierki ii Koch.