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Ottaivn, Ml.. Saturday, Hards 30, I ST 2.
The Sweeley Casa.
With tlie uiaia facts in the case of Mm.
SiK!y vs. T!, t'ty.of Ol(uei, most of our
readers arc already acquainted. Mrs. Sweeley
was afflicted with paralysis in her right band.
She came to Ottawa and placed lierself under
the treatment of Dr. Oliu. The Doctor ap
plied tlii? galvanic battery to her limb, gave
her f'Nn;r nerve stimulants, like strychnine,
ami in a n-w days the woman was able again
slight 'y to Use her hand. About this time,
passing the corner of Main and Court streets,
(in front of Mooney's clothing store,) she
stopped upon a piece of plank iu the sidewalk
which gave way under her feet and she fell,
striking the sidewalk with the attticted arm
near the (elbow, so as to produce a alight ex
travasation or redness under the cuticle. On
reporting this tact to Dr. Olin, he told her the
fall ended all Impe of the recovery of the use
of her hand so far as his skill could go, and
at his suggestion, it is eaid, she commenced
suit against the city for damages. ' '
The suit was taken, by change of venue, to
Grundy county, and tried a year ago, resulting
in a verdict for $8,300 against the city. A new
trial was granted the city on the ground that
the dam ages were excessive, and that new trial
took place last week, resulting in a second
Verdict against the city lor $3,51)0.
It was proved on the trial, by the opinion
of six or eight first-class physicians, that the
filmht use the woman had received of her
hand under the treatment of Dr. Olin was the
result of the strong nerve (stimulants he
had Administered, and could in any case only
have been temporary ; that her case was be
yond surgery, and that tho fall in no way in
fluenced tlie subsequent increase of her ail
ment. It whs also proved that, when the
defect in the sidewalk occurred the city ftU
th n ine had called the attention of Mr. Moo-no;-
-to it, who had raised the depressed plank
to its pi tee by driving a stake under it, but it
appears had done the the work imperfectly.
It -showed, however, that there had been no
negligence on tlie part of the city iu the mat
ter. Under these facts, any verdict except for
nominal damages, would seem to be clearly
unjust. A motion for a new trial has again
been entered, and is now pending.
Aside from the peculiarities of the ense it
self, it strongly illustrates the hard condition
in which Ottawa is at present placed. Here
is a jury ready to impose heavy penalties on
the city for what in realty was but a construc
tive ncghit to keep her sidewalks in averted
condition, while the legislature has actually
deprived the city of nil power to build or re
pair sidewalks. ?he has limited the taxing
power of the city to 50 cents on the $1, which
barely yields enough to pay the interest on
her indebtedness and keep the machinery of
her local government in mothn, and has de
prived her of the power to order lot owners to
build sidewalks, or to build sidewalks by
epecial assessment on the property benefitted.
What is th city to do '! For tlie past two
years. ck-urly, she was helpless. The law
stood ready to punish her for having bad
sidewalks, but took from her the power to
improve them. For the future, however, her
Case is n little better. A law just passed by
the legislature authorize fie city to double
her tax for general purposes. This may give
the city a few thousand dollars for the text
year to fie expended on sidewalks. But wliac,
in a city needing ten miles of new sidewalk,
can five or even ten thousand dollars do ?
The State Pair will be here in September,
and we want our city in at least a presentable
condition to lie seen by the vast crowds then
to visit us. How is this to lie done f It can only
be Cone by tlie. lot owners themselves taking
the matter iu hand and building the side
walks. Without a manifestation of public
spirit and liberality in that direction, there is
no hope, at present, for good sidewalks in
Ottawa.
Town Election.
Next Tuesday, being the fir?t Tuesday in
April, u.vur tin; town elections in counties un
der township organization. The officers to be
elected this ye n- are Supervisors, town clerks,
assessors, collectors, road commissioners and
poor mast ers. Usually, in Ottawa, this elec
tion has excited consideiableioterrsl, but this
year it has thin far lecelved little attention.
At this writing the tallowing are all tlie enndi
dates we have heard of : I r Assessor, Arthur
Lock wood, A. U. Smith : for Collector, Junes
Griihiun, Patrick Hyan. A M iridium, Mu -Imel
liaab, H. T. l'lu-lps ,,,! Ti Iiy Donah,.,;
and tor Koad Conuiiiinier. Jtmea Kurd.
Davis and 1.hkkh. rim L.b.r p, nre
wide awtke at lVorii. They b id u meeting
there lately, attended by a Urge number of
the best mm in the city, and imide a perma
nent organization with the following officers:
Prudent, V. C. Uolllnlmry, printer; vice
president, Joseph Martin, machinist; Henry
Hottermati, cooper; David Mack, moldcr;
Isaac Dudley, cooper ; John Flaherty, laborer;
Samuel Webber, car-builder; Thomas Kelley,
uliicKstmtli ; James Dolieny, plumber ; record,
iug secretary, Conrad Juclg, cooper; corres
ponding secretary, b M. llarrett, printer
financial secretary, Ktitjene McCarthy, moldcr.
Another meeting lias been called, which
Will be addressed by speakers from all parts
of the State, among whom will lie Capt.Cogs.
. Well, of ur city.
OTTAWA FKEETRADKK: SATUKDAY, xIAKCII 30, 1872.
CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
lion. lionarit Swffl on tlte Kitu
iillun. lie Frojprt a lion, bell Into tlie Itatflcal
t'anip.
A thunder clap from n clear sky or a small
earthquake would fail to cieate half the as
tonishment and dismay that seized upon rad
icalism in Illinois on the appearance, last Sat
urday, in the Chicago Times, of a four column
letter from the Hon. Leonard Sweet, announc
ing his determination to support the nominees
of the Cincinnati Convention, and giving a
host of trenchant and unanswerable reasons
therefor. Mr. Sweet Is, aside from Trumbull
and Judge Davis, about the ablest and most
prominent republican politician in Illinois.
An original and fast friend of President
Lincoln, he could have had almost any polit
ical preferment he might have coveted under
that " honest" chieftain, but having an exten
sive and lucrative practice as a lawyer, he
preferred his profeslon to the honor and emol
uments ot office, and always declined to enter
the public service. Occupying this high and
independent position, his words on the polit
ical situation of the day will have more
weight than those of any other man in the
state. We regret that our limited space pre
cludes the possibility of laying the letter be
fore our readers. Wc cannot forbear, how.
ever, giving them a specimen paragraph,
which indicates the spirit ot the whole. Says
Mr. S. :
Ac the close of the war, the government en
franchised the negroes, and by attaching dis
abilities to men prominent in the rebellion,
practically disfranchised the property-holding
and intelligent classes of the south. The next
step was to empower the army quartered there
to override civil authority. The negroes and
poor whites holding control, and the country
thus subordinated, political power became
questions of muscle and enterprise. Adven
turers, without character at home, swarmed
there, and encouraged by the government, be
cause they were republicans, corraled the ne
groes in tlie name of liberty, and appropriated
to themselves all the positions ot profit and
trust. Thus, under forms of law, property has
been pillaged, intelligence enslaved, and every
state, city, county, parish, and town has been
saddled with debts which generations cannot
pay, and for which the people have literally
nothing to show. These leeches are still at
their work, feasting upon all that is valuable
aud vital, and if the truth may be spoken, our
party is aiding and encouraging them. The
people thus crippled cannot shake them off",
and they will gorge themselves until the
rights ot citizenship are restored to those they
are depleting.
You and 1 became republicans because op
posed to the oppression of slavery. What
hand has molded us until we have become its
advocates and patrons? The same reason
which made us sympathize with the negro,
makes me the friend of the white man, now
that war and time have changed tbeir mutual
relations.
In this connection the significant fact is not
out of place, that the Hon. Andiew Curtin, of
Pa., has resigned his position as minister to
Russia, and is returning home to participate
in the anti Grant movement in that state and
the nation.
We also observe that the Freie iWe, the
leading German paper of Minnesota, ami the
Mauts&itun'j, the leading German paper of
Indiana, both declare in favor of the Cincin
nati movement, and asseit that the entire
German population of their respective regions
will vote with Schurz.
That the Cincinnati Convention will thus be
a success, and will have it in its power the
naming of the next President and vice Pres
ident of the United States, is as little a matter
of doubt as It is that November will conic.
No one can read the Ottawa UfpubUcan at
tentively through mn than half a dozen of
issues, without discovering that its editor has
in his mental composition a vein of cunning
and malignity. These qualities crop out con
spicuously in the last Itytibliran. The editor
would like to fie postmaster at Ottawa. Now
Snapp has promised that bit of pabulum to
Bomebody else. Therefore the editor afore
said wants somebody in coneross besides
Mr. Snapp. To this end ho adroitly presents
the name of Frank Corwin. unquestionably a
first class man, as Snnpp's successor. Uut
unkind as this may be to Mr. Snapp, it is
love itself compared to the next step in this
sharp political matieuvre. Snapp iccently
made a great fool of himself by reading one
Saturday afternoon to the empty benches in
the lower house of congress, and then having
..ublnhed in the Globe, along, senseless, m
sufl'e'Mbly nauseating diatribe, which he face
tiously, or peihaps even innocently, calls a
lli"ory of the Democratic Party !" And the
editor of the Ottawa JUj-uhliom la inhuman
rtioiiirli to publish this speech in nil its length
nd breadth nnd drenry, Mckuning fullness 1
If that don't lay out Snapp nothing short of
s rc ilver can do it.
Tiif. Ciiicaoo Daily News. This is anew
candidate for public favor, and is destined to
act n important part in the democratic ranks.
It is a well edited paper nnd contains be
sides full daily telegrams, general and special
from all parts of the country, and foreign
news, tnonetniy. Ac., has n well selected
of variety miscellaneous reading matter.
For sale every morning at Osman & Hape
man's book store.
A State Ratification Temperance Convention
has been called to meet at Sheridan, in this
county, April 10th and llth, lb?2.
C. L. Wing, formerly of Ottawa, now of Elm
wood, Feorla county, is in town among bis
friends.
Easter.
This day of grace, Saturday, March SOth, J8,
in the nomenclature of tho Christian church,
Holy Saturday, and closes the penitential sea
son of 40 days known as Lent, to be succeed
ed to-morrow by the queen of Festivals, East
er. Our word Kaster comes from the Saxon
word Ostarau or Ostron, the name ot one of
the Saxon deities before Geimany became
christianized, and m honor of whom a festi
val was observed about the same time of the
Christian festival which now bears its name.
Ueyond the name, however, the Christian fes
tival had no connection with the heathen di
vinity in question. The oliservance ot the fes
tival in commemoration ot the resurrection of
Christ is as old as the Chrhtiaa church. It is
referred to in Acts xii. 4 In a way to indicate
that at that early date it was no new thing.
In fact, Easter is 6imply the Christian substi
tution for the Jewish passover, of which Christ
was the antitype, and lor ages before Christia
nity had gained any foothold iu Germany, the
festival was observed by the whole Christian
world under the name of juitcha, or the passo
ver, which name it still bears in the East. The
Germans having become christianized missed
their festival in honor of their vernal quetn,
but finding a festival iu the Christian Church
nearly corresponding to it ia date, adopted it
instead, and gave it their heathen name. The
Christian doctrine of course is, that the paschal
lamb, which typified Christ, having been slain
once for all when Jesus died on the cross, the
reason for observing the Jewish passover ceas
ed; but Christ having risen on the third day,
the festival was continued in commemoration
of the resurrection.
In Ottawa Easter is usually ignored by all
the denominations except the Episcopalians
and Roman Catholics. In the Church of the
latter, the services on Easter will be Mass at 7
a-m. ; Mass at 81 a.m., and High Mass at 11
a.m. At the last named mass the music and
services generally will be of a character adap
ted to the joyous association of the day. The
altar will of course be decorated with flowers.
At the Episcopal Church the order of servi
ces will be : Morning prayer at 0 a.m.; Litany,
sermon and holy communion at 10J a.m ; chil
dren's service at r. m. ; evening eervice at
7 p.m. Here, too, the altar will be decorated
with flowers and the music suitable to the as
sociations of the day.
To day there will be a baptismal service at
the church at 3 o'clock p.m.
The Caton Letters.
The letters of Judge Caton, from Cuba,
which have readied No. 7 of the series in to
day's Thee Trader, are growing rapidly in
interest and importance. The one to-day is
really ot national consequence. The Judge
handles the subject of Coolie slavery in Cuba
with the hand of a statesman, and presents
facts and views that deserve the attention of
our government. The civilized nations of the
world, and among them notably England and
the U. S., have spent millions to suppress the
African slave trade ; yet here is a species of
slavery in comparison with which the negro
slavery of the South was humanity itself, and
yet the world calmly looks on and allows this
barbarous system to accumulate in strength
and its concomitants ot horror.
In a subsequent letter the Judge promises
to take up the Castelneau outrage at Havana,
of the atrocity of which the world knows as
yet but little; and the cases ot ill-treatment of
sundry American citizens in Cuba.
Book Notice.
Tub Constitution of the United States, for use
of Sohools and Academies. Uy Geo. S. Wil
liams, A. M. Fourth d., new' and enlarged.
Welch, Bigelow & Co., Cambridge, Mass.
The author of this useful little volume ia at
preieut the Librarian of the Supreme Court at
Ottawa. It gives tho text of the constitution,
with a ruuning commentary, founded on the
authoritative Interpretations given to doubtful
passages by the higher courts; followed hy ques
tiona to bo answered by pupils. It ia a book
that should be studied in every high school in
tke country.
The author ha appended to the present edi
tion, intended chhtly for "consumption" in Illi
nois, a copy of the new constitution of tbit state,
believed to bo the only correct copy yet printed.
It ia alto to le noted, that the manuscript of the
present edition of the entire work was carefully
examiaed and revised by the Jadces of oar Su
premo Court, alt of whom unite ia highly com
mending tho book to the public
Tho print of the volume is that of tho famous
Cambridge press, and is the perfection of typo
graphical noatneas.
Canal Tolls. The Canal Commissioners, in
their schedule of tolls for the coming season,
have mad some reduotiona which are of local
interest. Lumber ia red need from 10 to 8 mills
per 1.000 feet per mile ; dretaed flooring from 8
to (i mill per 1,000 feet per mils; lath and
ablauts from 2 mills to 1 mill per 1,000 per
mile; and eorn from 3! mills to 3 mills par
l.bOC (not buthfU, as tho Jttpublitan has it)
per mile. The reduction oa eorn is equal to
about .'4 !cnt per bushel from Ottawa to Chicago.
In the Fiikknolooioal Journal for April
we find u abundance of that which is pleas. nt
to read anil good to remember. For iaitance,
sketohea and portrait of W. H. Aaplnwall, the
eminent merchtnt ; Robert 8. Candliah, D. IX,
successor of Dr. Chalmers f Edinburgh ; the
Engineers of the Mt. Oenin Tunnel ; betides ad
inimbl articles on Right and Wrong Views cf
Life; It pi ration and its Apparatus; Inebriate
Aayluma; Hiatory of Photography in America;
Homes of Famjus Americans J Rooky Mountain
8oeneiy; Stitch in Time," or the Alabama
Question ; Early English Education, etc.; finely
illuatratod. Tries only 30 cts., or $3 a year. 8.
R. Wells, New York.
8ing1e eoplos for sale and subscriptions re
eelved by Osman & Hapeman, Ottawa, Ills.
The Bridge at "3t. Louis.
Amonjj the exeat thitra going quietly on wurl
the w rk of bridgior tho Mi(-isinri Iiivcr at
It. Lor. is.
The firt stone laid ia this structure ia
February lt?GS, n a coffer dm, for the west
abutment. FrcPi that time on tie work has
been ia progress, sometimes with few men,
sometime vtf.h many, and at sret rout.
There were peculiar difficulties iu the work.
It must f hut from the rock, and tl.o rock was
fr beneath tho surface. It mut resist floods
and ice. It must be suf&Vieotly bih u loave
navigation unobstructed. It must bo fifty feet
in tho clear above high Water mark. The aver
aeo depth of water during tho buiUiuir season
is twenty feet. The deepost foundation Klow
the botbnn of the river was for the eastern, pier,
that on the Illinois shore, seventy-nine feet!
The whole distance from the rock at that point
to the lower roadway ot the bridge was one hun
dred and seventy-four feet. Above that road
way is the carriage-way, horso railway trae'e,
&o. When tho water is twenty Let above lw
water mark the current is near six miles an hour.
The width of tho stream, at tho point to be
bridged, is only sixteen hundred feet, not half
the ordinary width of the river almost any whero
from St. Louis to St. Paul.
The neoeasity of going to the rock below for
foundation is the peculiar action of tho rivtr
here on the sand and mud at tho bottom. In
time of high witer, or wben choked np with ice,
the river will scmutimea aconr out its channel to
a depth of eighteen feet. How much deeper at
extraordinary seasons one cannot tell.
The following incident illustrates some pecu
liarities of the Lower Mississippi. It is taken
from the Report of the Eugineer-iu-chief of the
Bridge Company :
" If is a fact well kuown to pilot nnvigutinj
tho Mississippi twelve years airo that the carro
and engine of the steamboat America sunk ono
hundred miles below the mouth of tho Ohio, and
was recovered after beintf submerged, twenty
years, during which time au irlunJ was formt.l
over it and a farm ert jblihed upon it. Cotton
wood trees that yrew upon tho isUud attained
such sizo that they were cut up ioto cord-wnod
and supplied fuel to the pii.-f ing learner. Two
floodf sufficed to remove tvt ry vt-ftu-e ei tho is
land, leaving the wreck cf the America unc.v
ered by sand and forty-feet below low w-ter
mark, where, In the prrprty v.-a recv r-
ed. rilots are .-till i.itvLr.tiiikr tho river who
saw this wreik lyiri:.' t.ear the Arkiinxst shore,
with her main ckvk Ku e!y I. '... l,,v.- w.ter
murk, a: the tim. she lost. Win u tl.o wreck
wag recovered the main channel f the Hi-i.-sippi
was over it, hud th hull of thM .s-el had
been cut down by the notion i the current at
the bottom ncnrly f .rty b et below the level at.
which it first re.tcd. These remarkable but
well attested facte" (aya the Chief Euifitieer,
"cams under my own observation."
In s stream so capricious and so likely t ge;
out of bed, two piera were to be placed ; tho
larger one on a bit-e of eighy-two feet I y sixty,
and its crowning work to rie ver two bundre 1
feet. How could the foundations be l.id ? Who
coul-i go underneath that mighty cumut to lay
the solid masonry on immovable rode, to d-fy
flood, fire and tempest, atd "the envious toth
of time?" Wten built, who could put a span
five Lundret and fifteen feet long on thoe hbut
mcnts that should hold itself and the immerse
prepare ou it '(
Four years nd one month tL) work of build
itiif Las been going on. One yenr ago, Idimh
28th, 1S71, Ht. Louis Wf.s jubilant. The belN
rung, cannon were fired. The lt, th fourth,
tti east pier, bad tguohei bottom, "wan fuini!
ed on a r.ck." Stvam whistles alng her twelve
ruilea of river front shrieked in with "thu ir.fi
nite fierce chorus." ' This u m matter of :reat
moment," men aid, s "thy praised tho Lord
with a loud t.oiV'," an the Holy Bouk raquire.
It was half-pant four o'clock v. M., March 2ib.
1 could have culled a bouquet of fresh leaves and
bWoms for the occasion from the gardens here
overlooking the treat river, from the peach,
pear, cherry r.nd the lilac tree. Ho leaf or blos
som now !
HOW THE WOKK WAS DONK.
A caisHou with air chambers, on tho principle
of the diving-bell, wan constructed, and its roof
strongly built of wood and iron, four feet thick
of solid o.k. Ob this flat top (S2xG0) stone
were laid, in solid masonry, leaving a central
opening through which to descend ivto tho cais
son. The immense air chamber floated the cais
son and its masoury, rising ton feet out of water.
This monster caisson was then floated to its
place and, steadied by piles and anchors, was
gradually sunk by the courses of rock laid on
sad cemented above, till it reached the sand and
mud below. Now, the sand from beneath was
taken up and out through the caiason aud thrown
into the river by pumps. A stream of water
was forced down to the very bottom of the struc
ture and discharged close to tha sand into anoth
er pipe and ia an upward direotion. This jet
creates a vacuum below it which draws the sand
up into tho open end boueath. This rising sand
is carried on upward by tho foreo of tha jet to
the surface of the river, and there discharged.
Men within the cuiiaon at its bine keep the sand
from within the Iron, cutting, outer edge of the
caisson in contaot with the open end of this tube,
and up it goes. Continually ubove them and
ten feet above the surface of the water the stone
laying Is going mi, sottling the cai.on aud press
ing it down as tho sand la reinuved from beinath.
Within the caisson there ia mu air ohambor of
solid iron, filled by foroing pumps from above,
applying the men with fresh but terribly com
pressed air. After reaching a goodly depth thin
dense atmosphere is fall of peril. Numbers lost
their lives. A physician was constantly on hand,
and in finishing up the east pier tho men were
allowed to remain at tholr work only forty-five
minutes at a Hint. That pier, a shore pior,
touched bottom at 110.00 feet from the surfaoo
of the river, March 23th, 1871, as I said. Then
risg the bells, blew the whistles, fired the oan
non. The substructure of the groat bridge, save
filling up that last sir ohambor with concrete or
sand, was dona. Three yer had gone heavily
by. At otic time fifteu hundred men had been
working there at a time. The commerce of the
world was rcinvr slowly a a 4 delayingly carried
over by ferries tedious at 1 costly way of do
iu:r ; yet ii must o co. cr not at 1L 1L K. W.
Alton, 111, March 20th,
PROM MELL1NQTON.
TemiH-ranee Heetlus.
MELI.INUTON, lib, March 27, 1ST3.
2i Elilor of the Free Ir.tdcr: The in
habitunti ia the vicinity of this placo met last
evening ri tho 11. L. Church for the purpose of
ratifying the nev t mporaiice Uw. Organized
by calling H. J. priaihall to tho chair, and ap
pointing Joseph Dixon an l Charles Brimhall
secretaries.
On motion tho chair appointed the following
named gentleman to draft resolutions in ratifica
tion of the law : AV. F. Jonv, Dr. Sweetland,
Samuel JleMitb, John Whitfield and Thomas
Secrine.
The committee were instruoted to report after
the priucipal speeches of the evening.
The chair then introduced Judge 1'arks, of
Aurora, who indulged in a brilliant, pointed and
forcible speech of un hour and a half, giving a
comprchent-ivo navme of tho bill, and its prob
able effects on the s .loon business ; taking tha
law clause by clae, and tuunciating his likes
and dislikes in hi peculiar disnnet manner.
After tho close of the Judge's speech there
were calls for Mr. Inn Coy, li.-rt Swoetland aad
others.
Mr. Coy then itiidc a hort speech, giviug an
interesting statmeut of the general bearings of
tho law under cinsideratioa, after which the
committee on resolutions prceuted tho following
resolutions :
Whkkeas, Tha extreme lovn of gain and reek
lens disregard fir the ood order of society and
welfare of th-ir fellow men, have induced many to
resort to the di-reputable and youth-destroying
business of selling intoxicating, liquors by tho
dram ; an4
UKKKas I'm saloon business it being so ex
tensive ly followed, aud has become so lucrative
in the cities an 1 towns of tho State of Illinois,
that the people hve become alarmed ia view of
the dih:..:u. tflVc'-MUi tho lives sad murals of
nr yoiui t i-n, who frequent these dens of row
'!) istn ar.d d:--ipation ; therefore
UiM'b fiJ, Tliot wo ratify with feelings of the
inoi-t sincere gratification nnd satisfaction, tho
pi,....,'f. 7 hii ft by our legislature, entitled
"An Art toprorile su'ainst the evils resulting
fr-.irn the ".!. A intoxication liquors in tho State
of IliilO.iO
AV '.v.?, Th it the thank r.f this meeting be
tpfulertd t' our S,-n ttors, U presenttivs and
Governor, for their devotion to the best interests
'ur citi.: ti", as evinced by the pas'aga of this
law.
Rt.vArc.1, Tht we will rheerfully and willing
ly thidr by the lw,Hnd will uso our utmost
iu .le. ; ! 1 1 nt urc fjr it h f dr and impartial
trinl.
lit ."o 7, Tint we trtider our thanks and
(rrateiul ncknou lfiK-rmetit to J u j.. Parks, of
Anrora, fr thv very in?re-?it;.', open aril fair
Til it n I. r in whiri he h-.s r-.vv 1 ihU ?ubjv-t
and bid him (r id j..-d in tv is nob'.e ciue of
hum u.i'y.
After souiH lu.iiif of tuitior itnporuuoe it
wis voted that the pr'K'eedings bo published in
the K- ii'Kll aiitl Li Sr.lo couaty pipers, after
which the me. :ir.u nljouni'-1 Sec.
SririnE. L.st N'.nTty week, a Grrman of
this city, inrnel William Liebtngj'.h, (u-ed fifty
years, while with hi son d.-liher tdy swallowed
the fcor,trti, ( f i iper 1 -.''eh '. ' pnin," which
en uWqiint investigation ;' ""e 1 to he arsenic,
and, turniiiL' t o th hoy, he -.it : "Good-bye,
William ; this in the last of m." Medical assis
tance was obt lined as soon as possible, and rem
idies promptly applied, but the unfortunate
suicide lingered until Monday lat, wheu death
supervened. The deceased was a laborer end
comfortably situated, and hi- friend are at a
loss to sci-ovnit for his rash c'.
A Goon SroUK When recently at Sorena
we were astonished at the extent of stock and
the variety cf goods in the several departments
of Mason & Schlanlmsh's store. The average of
cash sale would Htotiih arid leave in the shade
several cf our pretty hig stores in Ottawa, while
the extent, quality and quantity would do no
discredit any first-class sttre. They sell at
modcrato prices, and invite the people of that
vicinity to call aud examine their stock.
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Saloon. Across the way from the Central .
rtouse in Scnec hereafter may be found a good
sdoou, where all the bettor kinds of liquids and
oigara will be kept. Jacob lies- ia the propietor.
Gleason's Monthly CoMi'ANiON.-The April
number of this cheap magazine lies before us.
It abounds ia good stories, poetry and engrav
ings. This new dollar monthly is fast gaining
an enormons circulation, and well it may, for
its cheapness is oertsiuly a miracle to every one
who has soen and read its pages, the subscrip
tion price belnn- only $1 a year. For sale by all
newo dealers at 10 cents a copy.
Single copies for sale and subscriptions resolv
ed by Otmau & Hapeman, Ottawa, III.
Dehokkst's Monthly for April is bright,
and full of good things as usual. Its fashions
are partioalurly full and interesting to ladies,
and its literary matter variod, thoughtful, and
suggestive as well as entertaining. Ic is pre
eminently practical, and thereforo most useful
us a family magazine.
Single copies for sale and subscriptions re
ceived by Osman & Ilapemau, Ottawa, Ilia.
W list 'a the no of scorching your face aad
gotting out of patience in trying to tnako bread
at home, when you oan get the whitest and best
of bread, hot from the oven, delivered to your
house every day, by J. L. I'iergue.
IIomk Again Hon. J. D. Caton and family,
from an extended trip to Cuba aud the 8outh.
Fair and mile truck meeting at Clifton Hotel
to-day.
Oysters and lunch, tho best in the city, at J. L.
Fiergue's.
Go to Mooneye for clothing, new, cheap aad
good.