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OTTAWA FREK TRADER; SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17, 188).
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DEATH BY FIRE.
The. VlenriH Hnlnt'MiiKl.
A few years ngo the Chicago 'lime lmrrilled
its renders by a suppositious account of the
buniius' of McVicker's theatre while crowded
with people. All the horrors the fecund 1111
ajjination or the Time scribbler could conjure
up in c mtiectiiiu with buch a catastrophe were
more than realized in the burning of 'lie King
Theatre at Vienna, the capital of Austria, on
Thursday evening of last week. The play on
the bills was O Hen bach's comic opera of "Les
Uontes d'HoH'iimn." The curtain was to rise
at 7 o'clock. At 10 minutes before that hour
the house was filled though not crowded
There was the usual bustle before the com
miencemunt of the performance, people, walk
iii un and down lookine for places. On the
stage everything was in a state of activity
men removing scenery, etc. Home of the hing
ws had already taken positions on the stage,
but a large Dumber were still in the ilrcssinir.
rooms. At this moment a spirit lamp Is said
to have been dropped by a careless attendant
on the stiiL'c. In a moment the "flies" were
wrapped In flames, and the net work of wood
ropes and canvas were burning like tinder.
The peoplo on the stage, at first stupified, soon
fled in terrible confusion to the ladies' dress
ing rooms on tho left of the singe, where a
small staircase led to tho II ibenstaufen Strii-iee
In a moment the curtain flew up, and the
draft blew it hither and thither until liken
Uery tongue it darted back and forth from the
auditorium to the stage, and tho fire became
m ister of the King theatre. "The theatre is on
fire," was the cry that went upon the King
Stms.se. The flames were already bursting
through the roof and cries such as Vienna
never heard before filled tho street. They
seemed not like the cries of human beings, but
such woelul accents as can be heard only in a
death struggle. The scene was indescribabk
All inside were pushing their way toward the
street, which was literally a moving mass.
Thu people struggled and crushed each other
in the peristyle and foyer, and confusion
reigned supreme. Suddenly cries were heard
from the windows In front. The balcony over
tho entrance was soon emptied, and the cries
swelled louder ami louder and more awful,
while the mass of ponplu in the street' was
constantly growing denser.
'1 he curtain was down when the stage took
fire, and inside of that was an iron serene, in
tended to prevent the fire from reaching the
auditorium in the case of just such an occur
rence. The ti rem mi in charge of the iron
serene, however, Instead of lowering It, raised
tho curtain, upon which the flames at once
bust into the auditorium w ith stilling force.
At the same time the man in charge of the gas
meter, imagining an explosion had occured,
turned oil' tiie gas, adding total darkness to the
horrors of the scene.
The loss of life was no doubt greatly in
creased by the manner in w hich the theatre was
built. The stairs and passage ways were laid
out in a strangely complicated manner, so that
one needed a good knowledge of the place to
rind his way, even with good light. I!ut in
the darkness the crowds iu the galleries pres
sed in their despair toward the doors, and,
crushing each other, prevented most of the
number from escaping. Smoke and fumes
completed the worn of death within live min
utes after the first alarm had been given.
When ingress was finally obtained by the lire
men, people were found in heaps, and many
iu the strangest postures. Home had their
hands outstretched Imploringly, others with
their nails driven into the flesh in anguish
and despair.
Friday's Vienna papers placed the loss of
life at but every day since then adds to the
number, so tiiat the latest dispatches put it at
1,0)0, eleven hundred and thirty persons hav
ing up to Monday been reported to the police
as mis.siug.
Appal 1 1 ni; Tragedy Near 1'itlaliuri;.
At a place called Cut Uock, on the Pitt.
burg & Lake Eno railroad, about seven miles
below Pittsburg, a largo body of men, work
ing on the railroad, boarded in a large tempo,
rary wooden structure, owned by Mai k. Joyce,
the contractor, and under the management of
a boarding house keeper named McCunc. It
had a board roof w ith a very steep pitch, and
formed the loft in which the laborers were
huddled for the night. In the lower story w as
the dining room, and at otic end of the build
ing was the kitchen. The stairs leading to the
loft were little better than a ladder and were
located jtist at the bide of the door leading
from dining room to kitchen. In the lofts
bunks were arranged, but the only light w hich
pcuclrated was through two openings without
glass, but which were closed at night w ith
sliding doors, so as to keep out the chill night
air. In this dark loft t-ome forty-three men
were eupitosed to have slept that night at
leant that number were at supiierthatevening.
ana none were reported away when the hour
f t retiring came.
Ketwtea three and four o'clock ou Saturday
morning, the boarding house keeper arose and
kindled a fire in the kitchen stove. He left a
lighted lamp on a Uble near the door leading
Into tie dining room, and vent to arouse his
wite and fccrrant girls. Whilo lie was gone
the explosion occurred, and in an instant the
dining room was filled with fiames. ilt.
KcCune succeeded in escaping with Lis wife
and girls, but coold not do more than to call
upon Ihoso upHt'tirn to i-ncapo for their lives.
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thuolmrway, thus cutluur oil tl.o iixnuis ot es.
en I to tor the doomed men iiltove, except at the
small niicuiiio; at either end of tne loft, mid
lroin
hex) the pliilini; doois h.id to he re
moved.
The loft was tilled with
irawuinleombiisli
hie material used us beddiii, and It was only
thoMf nenn i-t lo the dpi nilig who could lu:iM'
their exit. The ixviii i cm ( . iu the loom, on ac.
count ol the stilling Miiokc, which even the
horrid Haines rapidly licking up the floor and
llUing the loft did not peiietrale, bailie (!cs-
criiition. Twenty-Ihitc of tin
occupants ol
the loft succeeded in s('iei.ini; through the
openings, some with their underclothes on
lire.
The others rushed frantically about the
rooms, first to one end and tlnn the other, their
location being known by their cries, until
smoke HUlfocated them and their cries were
stilled. The building was wrapped in sheets
of (Ire, and the survivors could only writhe in
pain and shiver in the frosty air of early
morning.
At day-break not a stick of the ill-fated
frame remained standing. The site was strewn
with kitchen and dining room furniture, more
than halfcnnsumed, kitchen utensils, shreds
ol clothing, human bones, strips ol crisped
flesh, and skulls, the latter being found m dif
ferent places. In the partially-consumed straw
led were the remainj of seven victims, piled
in Midi confusion that they presented to the
beholder an idea of the horrible agony which
must have ensued ere the victims had lost con
sciousness. The bed was located under one of
the openings, and it was evident from the man
ner in which the remains were found that, the
original occupants having escaped, others bad
sought to lice from the opening, but had be
come hopelessly entangled nnd suffocated.
They were burned to unreocgni.uble shapes,
and when the corner of the loft gave way the
charred remains dropped to the ground below.
Of the forty three men iu that fatal loft twen
ty escaped unhurt, but without clothing except
such as they slept in; twelve more were so
badly burned that half of them will die, and
the remaining eleven lay in the ruins a crisp,
reeking, unrecognizable mass. A train from
Pittsburg appeared and conveyed the sufferers
to the hospital of the Pennsylvania railroad,
the others being provided with clothing and
cared for in oilier boarding houses in the vi
cinity
CRIMINAL VARIETIES.
Culled Here and There trom the Columns of
tho Daily Press.
Klrrmcii as. Fire Itinfx
Cold water, Mich., has a case on hand simil
ar to that revealed a few months ago at Cham
paign, in this state. The town being afflicted
by a series of incendiary lire and unable to
trace out the criminals, finally turned its atten
tion to the tire department and discovered to
Umir digmiiy that, the fire bugs were the fire
men themselves, llalheway, the chief engin
eer of the fire department, having been arrest
ed, made a full statiment, to the effect
That himself, w ith three others, had kindled
the fires, ami that he had provided the others
with boxes ol sawdust and shavings for that
nirpose. lie confessed to four destructive
fires thus kindled. The motive was tint of
rousing the interest of the citizens in tno fire
department, in order to get funds lor the state
loiirnamuiit, which was to lie held Iain' on.
Hat.heway was released on 1,000 bail at Hie
bidding of the court. It is generally under
stood Unit Hatheway will make a clean breast
of it, anil thus endeavor to clear himself. Pub
lic sentiment is very much iu his favor, iu the
bellet that he was made a tool or by llemeug
way, who is believed to be the instigator of the
w hole all'air.
All Ohio 31 tinier
A fiendish murder occurred on the Hth inst
at the little town of Bristol, near l'ainsville,
Ohio, the facts (if w hich me thus given in a
dispatch to tho Chicago Timm:
Myron Phelps, the murderer, is fit! years of
age, and although some ot Ins neighbors con
sider him a crank, many attribute his peculiar
iction lo a fashion ot ins own, and claim he
was so from childhood. The victim, William
Phelps, is l!7 years of age and has managed
most of the family n flairs for four years. Ills
body lay today where he bail been laid out.
ami an ugly blue scar two inches above the
naval showed where the bullet entered. At
the tune of the shooting he was wrestling with
a brother a few years younger. The father
shouted to William to stop, but the command
was not heeded, and like a flash tho father
levelled his revolver, a ',Vi calibre Colt, at the
breast of the elder boy and fired, the ball
striking as before described. William sank
to the llnor.the blood spurting from the wound.
In a lew minutes he was dead. Tho father
left the house and went to his father'" living
two miles away, where the sherilf founu iilm,
ami saved him from lynching. He was taken
Is fore a justice, but the clamor for him by
the mob was so great that he was hurried to
the county jail. The town of Itjistol, where
the murder occurred, contains only about live
hundred inhabitants, and is in the extreme
northern end of the county. The wildest ex
citement prevailed there to-day, and rumors
were numerous that the jail would be mobbed.
, Mtinlcroiia Assault liy a Wife
On Sunday night, In Milwaukee, while
Aug Fischer was In Im iI sleeping, his wife at
tacked him with an ax, striking him twice iu
the forehead w ith the blade, and in the back
ol the head. Fischer w as able to jump out of
bed and fly, after locking the door leading
to the apartment where their four children
were sleeping, and then to escape to the street,
where he alarmed the neighbors, who came to
his rescue. He was followed to the door by
his wife, who dealt him a final blow in the
back witn the poll of the ax. A doctor was
summoned and attended to Fischer's wounds,
but has small hopes of his recovery, as inc of
the blows received on the forehead laid bare
the brain. 31 rs. Fischer was taken to Jail.
The attempt upon the lifcuf her husband is
attributed to a belief upon her part that he in
tended to marry another woman, this delusion
having been created by bearing the priest at
St. Joseph's church publish the baus of a man
of the same name.
Murtlrr ! NulrMe.
Last Saturday some young men out gunning
near Lexington, Mich , found in a pine thicket,
cOTcred with loaves, the body of a cattle dealer
named Phillips, whose home is at Allerton,
Iowa.
Tie skull was crushed, the teeth were
knocked out, nil J th tliro.'U wim cut from ft'"!
to tritr. Ilnihu who saw it way ttio r-pertiUe
wus indcHcritm!)ly hustly. Ati hhinmiI i
u,u m r,t.xj,,lou ,m uVhiesUiiy, when ho
I n-nniiis were iilentilled. Tlie hixt limu l'lil -
Slips is known tit have, been been nine whs
it.
lie ovi l" two wei
ago, in the vil!a.;i' of Aim-
dole, Ninliac cmuily, aUnit two miles lroin lie
Sniiiac ci
, ii I i mt two mill s from hf
i I iaci- win re his mutilated budv w as Imiid.
- i He was Know to have been in the habit ot
carrj lug cons! lelalile cat-h on his per?-
in.
tne piuplu iii and iiliout J.i xmeimi met Ana
dure freely expressed the opinion that he vas
iiiuiiliri.d for his money. At the impi'si.
iiuioiiir other wi'n s-es, was a i:ian n uiul .1
V. Dixon, ol Kidj'cv. ay, .Mich , who uleritlu d
the body as thai of Phillips. Dixon w in
tint i iiioliH' ol' the ltniMi n d man. He had
jdisplaw-d lare amounts of money late! on
account of which he had attracted nine or
less attention. Th.-s fact, taken iu comic tiou
with other strongly-suspicious cireiim.-t-iiecs.
li d to a v, arrant being issued for the arrst of
Dixon, and he was lodged in jui!. Next Horn
ing it was found that lie had taken a ihse of
poison, which was concealed in his boolswhcn
lie was arrested. At last accounts he 1 M in a
stupor, and refused to take an emetic. The
murdered man was about I") years old.md it
is reported that hi; leaves a w ife and tiveral
children at their home i.'i Iow a.
.AniiCfitir Cmb,
At t'old.viiter, Mich., on Monday night.
Frank Wheeler shot his wife and the hmself
ai their residence in Coldwater townshij, just
outside the city limits. She was the Distress
of a bagnio that had been running fo; some
time, and of late her husband, who hal sep
united from her a year or two ago, lad re
turned to live with her. Iiut he was jealous
of her arid the matter was talked o'er on
Monday night by several visitors at the place,
when just about 1 o'clock Wheeler weit from
the bar-room of the place into the kitclicn and
called his wife, w ho was in an adjoiniig bed
room. She went to him, in the kitchen w hich
was dark, when he immediately drrw his
right hand from behind Lim and fired i bullet
into the left breast of his wite, whicu went
clear through the body and lodged jmt under,
the skin of the back. Fhe immediately drop-j
ped, and after exclaiming, "O Frant!" ex
pired. Directly following the first siot was
another, sent into his own body, which struck
a rib on the left side and was deflected iu its
course, so tlnn it was not iatai. All o; tuo in
mates of the house then rushed oit uoors,
some of the men starting to town for the of
ficers. Very soon after three more shots were
tired, all of which longed in Wheeler's left
breast, one going turough the heart and an
other cutting ell' the left nipple, the revolver
being held so near that the clothing was com
pletely burned and torn away and the skin
blackened and filled w ith powder. The supposi. j
turn which is generally believed from the tes
timony at the inquest is that, after he fired
the second shot, being the first one into his
own body, he went from the kitchen out-doors
and returned before firing anymore. Death
was then almost instantaneous.
Depravity's) Deeps
There are depths of depravity beyond the
reach of the sounding line. Of such the case
of Mary Pafllor, ot Erie, Pa., a fiords an in-
stance. She was a young girl who mrl.cu ,(
Erie from her home in Germany to meet
an only brother who, but a few hour9 be
fore her arrival, in despair had hun him
self. Alono in a strange land, with $150 in
her possession, she accepted a situation as ser
vant anJ placed her money in a bank. Two
young rufllans named Linderman and Krantz
conspired to rob her. Linderman proposed
marriage. She consented, and drawing out
her money went with him to Cleveland. There
both rufllans barbarously ill-used her, and hav
ing got all her money, literally sold her to the
keeper of a house of ill-fame.
A Dynamite Machine,
The city of Montreal was thrown into a fer
ment on Sunday by the discovery of one of
O'Donnovan Uossa's dynamite machines in
the rear of the court house in that city. It was
found by a police officer, who took it to the
central station, being wholly unaware of the
character of the box. It was recognized by
Officer Clark, formerly of the royal artillery,,
who, on closer examination, found that it still
had some four hours to run before It would
explode, ami stopped the machinery. It coif,
tained about six pounds of dynamite, and in
a few hours would havo reduced, tho court
house and city hall to a heap of ruins.
The occurrence, taken in connection with
the recent attempt to fire tho office ,ot the
Kerning Pot and the Albion hotel, has creat
ed niucli consternation. On Thursday evening
the incendiary set fire to the rubbish in the
press-room of the I'oat otlice, and rendered the
publication of the paper on election day an
impossibility, without the assistance of a
morning paper. The placing cf the lufernal
machine near the court house Is generally
thought to be the work of ' Don no van Hossa's
myrmidons. The president of the local land
league was defeated on Friday iu the contest
for the representation of the Western division
of Montreal in the local legislature, and that
fact may have some connection w ith the out
rage. The excitement was renewed on Tuesday
by the discovery that on Monday night anoth
er infernal machine had been placed at the
same spot where the first was lound. The on
ly reason why this last ono failed to explode
was that the dynamite was froien, and when
the powder chargo went off filled to ignite.
The qourt house upon which tls-se hellish at
tempts are being made, cost HK),000, and is
one of the principle buildings ef the city. Ile
sides, its destruction by dynasilte could not
fail to involve more or less iss of human
life.
A skeptical hearer once ssltl t a ltaptint min
ister: "How Jo you reconcile the teachings of
the JiiMe with the latest conclusions of science?"
"I haven't ?en this morning's topers," naively
replied the minister; "whut are the Utest run.
elusion ot modern ncience?"
There aiv young women with lultlck-nt nerve
t) ny no under the iiiksI trying circumstance.
At Ucntiin, Ifolmcf county, fitlo, laut week Mine
I.lllie Atkinson atiMH with I me 8pcllmn In the
preaence of the minister anl a house full of
;ueaU to be married. Whet it came her turn
aba anawered. "No, no," with frcat earneatncM,
od further procetdinifa wirelmjHwaitile.
Coropoaed of powerful drttr o compounded
U to product almoet nlrarulcua cure U Uie tit
Xorj f Kendall' Spavin Cur. Hew dvt
Juiluc- Liiiiirlilin of the St. J.ouia C'riinirml
i Court lot ii.sioniilie'l Him Imr nml newspapers
(, tiwt eitv Ii niliiiir ii follows in n murder
lrj,,: "li'H.nch pive lleilly reumnulile cmine
; to believe I It it. In; was '"tiiii; to kill him, Ueil
lv, iii I nv, w. i justified iii hunting linn up
.inil killing hi in", because II. e law docs not re-
i.mu lh.it ;i ii.ui siiall Anil, l"l Ins opponent
i M1j r, i11(., t him on Hie slrci t witn a il iiililc-
Miri,.(., slioi-i;:!.-' It was :i! first thought
i Hie .1'id:
Ii.ui no! b-iid exactly what lie III
j ten. led to, or that he had In i u incorreclly re
ported; lint in an inti rvicw he repeated the
laiiLiu-ie: " flits d"i'!liii' is simply unasail-
;ii!i!e." he said; "lhe opposite would subject
I any man lo the assassin's deadly bullet or dau'
' i;er, and in every case uive.s lo the latter the
! . . ..-- . . t i I .
com man 1 1 i i) advantage l lie ' loiin-jimr
rr,i gives the cuiilraiy views of a number of
judges ami lawycis; but, in lhe meantime, the'
prisoner in the case has profiled by gaining an
acquittal.
An examination of the delta of the Missis
sippi shows that, for a distance of about three
hundred miles of this deposit, there are buried
forests of large trees, one over the other, w ith
interspaces of sand. Ten distinct forest
growths of this nature have been observed,
which must havo succeeded one anottier.
These trees are the bald cypress of the South-1
em states. Some have been observed over 'Joi
eel 111 diameter, anil one coniameu o.iuu BH
II II fit rings. In some instances, too, lliese HUgPi
trees have grow n over the stumps of others
erillallv large. From these tacts geologists
have assumed the ailtiilUitv of each forest
growth at ten thousand years, or one hundred
thousand for the whole. 1 his estimate, now -
ever, would not include the interval oi lime
which doubtless was very considerable that
elapsed between the ending of one of these
vast and wonderful forests and the beginuing
of another.
The late census of Japan shoivs a total pop
ulation of very nearlUi.OdO.OlK). The Mikado
and his family aro shown at the head of the
statistics as twenty men and seventeen women.
Yed do, of the vastness of which the old ge
ogrnphies used to tell such tales, contains only
fl.")7,tl inhabitants. Kioto approaches it
closely with S'J-2.0!i!s. anil Oaka comes next
with f)S;i,(!iiS. M ales are more numerous than
females in proportion of rt per 1,(MK) that is
there are l.O'JM men for every I.lHiO women.
According to all accounts tho chinch bug Is
becoming a better traveler every year. At one
time it was considered safe to plant afield of
corn within twenty rods ot a field ol spring
wheat, as the bugs would not walk from one
to the other. Eut during the present season
they have lcen known to "foot it" at least hall
a mile.
The venerable Arthur Eryant, of Princeton,
states tfiat the general destruction of the ever
greens in the west is due to the prevalence of
coal smoke in the air. He says that this smoke
hos destroyed them not only iu towns but
along the lines ot railroads where cjal is used
as fuel.
Astonishing the World.
For a perfect renovation of exhausted and en-
feetiled constitutions, female weakness anil gen
eral decline, nothing so surely and speedily pro
duces a permanent cure as does Kleotrie Hitters.
Their wonderful cures are astonishing the world.
For Kidney and Urinary Complaints they are a
perfect specitlc. Do nut give up in despair, for
Klectrie Bitters will positively cure, und that
where everything else fails. Sold by E. Y.
(iriggs at fifty cents a bottle. (2)
Uhcumatism is the most terrible disease that
has ever atllicied humanity, yet It instantly yields
to tins powerful drugs Unit Kendall's Spavin
Curo Is composed of. Head advt.
Heal Estate anu insurance.
M. J. (HARMS,
REAL ESTATE,
INSURANCE,
Steamship Agent
NOTARY PUBLIC.
'I'lIK KISHIIIIKN KA KM AT 33 per
1 acre Is a dec
ciite.t lutrimiie Who wants it ?
HOT. U.
J. U. U.llW.l.'S.
FARMS FOR ALE.
2 in Brookfield, 1 in Wallace,
1 in Waltham, 1 in Rutland.
1 in Deer Park, 2 in South Ottawa,
Ami others In various parts of the county. All of these
farms are nfft-rvd at less than current prices, and buyers
will consult their o n Interests by examining my list. J
hime iome df iileil Imrtiiiint. JU. J. (. 11AKUI8.
Nebraska Lands.
frl.Un Acres of the finest land In the stato at very low
prices (ti and upwards) anil ou lonis time. Call or send for
maps mid pamphlet. .1. l. IIAI.lilS,
July a, laol. Auent II. tc M. 11. It. Co,
OCEAN TICKET.
Of slv lines, to and from all Kuronenn ports, at lowest
rates. ' DIU i). O. HAllKIS.
CITY FHOPERTl
Ismlvmicliiir. and will be much higher before the close m
the year. Now Is the time to buy. I have more than lou
piece of city property for sale, many of them allll at hard
times price.
DR. J. O. HARRIS.
Ottawa, April 2-lf
ttatiKB.
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OF OTTA.WA..
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Assist. Cashier
Exchange on Chioago and New York
And ail the principal clttea east and wua
BUVGIIT AND BOLD.
Kiiihanuean England, Ireland. Scotland and all im
portant paHuta In Ceutlnental Kurope. drawn In sunn to anil
purchsaera.
U. H. Hevnius Siampnof all denom smt Iocs con
stantly on hand and for sale.
Unitetl Hint--- llon.ts. Local Securities, Gold and
Silver bought and sold.
Banking hours from t a. a. to 4 r. u.
Jan. I'J, 14T - L. LINDLK V, Assist. Cashier.
F
1KHT NATIONAL HANK
OF OTTAWA.
Cubital, . - - - 8100.000.
If. M HAMILTON..
L LKI.AND
JOHN r. NASH
President.
. Vice I'resiilent.
...Cathie.
MRKCTOR8:
Milton II. Swift,
II. M llanilllon,
W. luhn-ll,
torrnto Leland,
K. V. llrlggs.
John F. Nash.
laaac tiafte.
Kai'liAiijreon Chicago. New York, and all the principal
III. of taw raited Htatea, bought and sold.
Ka.-liMtisr" on fc.ngUn.1, Ireland, bovtlaod and Conti
K-ml Kun.ne drawn In sums toamc
I tnltmt HtavtM Ihimls, Gold and Silver bought
and sold.
Oar farllltlea are enrh that we can offer Indneements to
ewMaHnera. and w shall m oar endeavors to give aaUafaft
.in an thoanirat,iia na with their bmalneae.
lUnklnt h.mr trvm . n. lo 4 r u.
Del. 1. lxn. JOHN F. HASH. Ctetrler.
New York Weekly Herald.
OXK DOLLAR A YKAH.
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en'riMi-nn.-. I! roiiliilim flic le i linu ih-wh of tlui Daily
ii
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Foreiru News
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fruat u'.l fiu.'irtt-rs of ihe Kluiir.
- ! t.-r ttifiii-.nl f
American News
lire k! ll Hi.- T"lfti-:li:i:i- lii.llrli.'s of til
k from all
p.irN of the I' iii.tn. 'Me f.Mtiiiv ulotie in ikes
The Weekly Herald
Hie in. .-I vihmWii chronii le in iheworhl, a It is the i hi-up-
est. Ku ry week is t'Uell ll fiiillillll report of
Political Newrf,
eii.hrdi in.'t roiiiplete nml coiopri'hi'iisive ilrspnluhi'ii from
Wash i so los, iim Iiii1!i' full report of the i-peec !k of eml
l.ent iMillllriaim on the ipiestloiii. of the hour.
Tho Farm. Department
of the WkkijLV IIkkalk give the lutes' lis well a the most
practical iugi!estlonn mill illwovericit re luting to the duties
of the farmer, IiIiiik fir ruining Catti k, I'uri.i RV.IiitAi vs
Tiikkh. Vkiiktahlko, if.. Ac, with in ggeiilioim for keep
i,uii,iuU mij farmiu,
uienstu in repair. Thin Is nup-
pleini'iiti il by it wntl-fillli'il d-puitnu nt, wl.li'ly ruplfd, un
'ler ti. iuau of
The Home,
- .givli.K rm-ipe for prnrtlrBl lit.ht-. Mnis rr netkliiKi'lotlilnt;
uiul Tor km-pluK up with tho Intent fiHliloim uttlm lowi'nt
price. Kvt'ry linn of cooking or economy siii:p'ti'l in tliw
nt'piirtinciit m pru tlcully tinted by experts Injure public
"un- ltler from our rarl nml Uniilon corieiimnilenlii
' "" ""' T0,'' ,,,"'!', '' The Home ih-pnrtmcnt of the
Wkkki.y IlKiiAi.n will nave the hoHsewlfc. morn than one
Initlilriil times the price of the paper. The Interest of
Skilled Labor
are looked after, ami ever) thing relating to niis hanlca and
luhor saving In carefully recorded.- Thcte In a page devoti-i!
to all the lut'-at phacof the bumirmi niarkeM. ( row, Mcr
I'hnndlNc, & , tc A valtianle feature li I'ouu.l In thenpe-
clally reported prices and conditions of
The Produce Market
Scon 1 1 mi Nkwn at home and ahroad. together with a
Sniiiv every week, a Skrmdx by mime eminent divine.
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Notks. There In no paper In the world which contilns no
much news matter every week a the Wkkki.t Hkkald,
w hich la cut, postage free, for One liollar. You run null-
wrilK- at any time.
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DISTRIBUTED BY FAST MAIL TRAINS.
Three IMya" Later Dramatic News Than Can
lie Olitiilnril In Any Other Taper.
The X xvr Youk Mkr )I RT Is now Issued at 3 o'clock A.
. on Saturdays, lu time for delivery by the V. S. Kant Mall
Trains. Anil thus, while its column will contain every
thing of Interest In ltd several departments oceurrlnu up to
one o'c'ock Saturday morning. It will reach on Saturday
evenlnus every Important post office station within radius
of three liundred miles of the .Metropolis.
It la our Intention to make the N w York Mmiu ukt m
essential in the way of news to every ono Interested In the
dramatic profession as Is the dally journal to the bualncss
man. To this end. In addition to correspondents In every
shout town, Instructed to forward us, by the Inst mail, the
Tery latest current news, we shall employ the telegraph and
cable m provide such Intellinencc as cannot arrive in time
by mail, lleuce, tne columns of the Nkmt York Merc'cut
will be a necessity to every enterprising manager and every
actor and actress in the country, containing as it will from
three days to a week's later news than It will be possible for
any of the so-called dramatic Journula to present.
But aside from lta merit as the conveyor of the rury latest
dramatic Intelligence, a comparison w ill also prove that in
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we claim for It, A FUiST-CLASS LITKKAKY AXIl FIUK
SIDK JOUIIN AL. which will be an acceptable weekly vis
itor everywhere. It contains
TIIK VKIJY flKST ROMANCES,
LIVE SOCIAL SKNSATIONS.
GKEATKST VAIJIETY OF IH'MOn,
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and MOKE ORIGINAL MATTKIi than any weekly papers
published on this continent.
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In advance. Adiiress
WILLIAM C At 'LOWELL.
Editor and Proprietor Nkw Tons Mkiic riir,
No. 3 Park Iiow, New York City.
J? Single copies fur sale and subscriptions received by
dsn: a n & HiiiH'iiian. Ottawa, Illinois.
THE SUN.
NEW Y0BK. 1882.
Tub Hun for will make Its fifteenth annual revolution
under the present management, shining aa alwnj-3, for all,
big nud little, mean and gracio is, contented and uuhupjiy,
Kepubllcan and Deinocnuic, depraved and virtuous. Intelli
gent and obtuse. Tim Sr.' light is for mankind anil wo
mankind ot every sort; hut lta genial wiututh la for the
good, while It pours hot discomfort on the blistering backs
of the persistently wicked.
Til R Si m of lMiH was a newspaper of a new kind. It dls
cardeo many of the forms, and a multitude of the superflu
ous words and phrases of ancient Journalism. It undertook
to report In a fresh, succinct, unconventional way all the
news of the world, omitting no event of human Interest and
commenting upon affairs with thu fearlessness of absolute
indeiN'iidence. The success of this experiment was ttie auc-
cess of Tin 8t'. It effected a permanent change In the
style of American newspapers. Every Important Journal
established In this country In the dozen years past has been
modelled alter Til R Scn. Every Important Journal already-
existing has been niodlrted and lwttcred by the force of
TuRSvM'sexample.
Tiik Srs of lift! will lie the same outspoken, Iruth telllng
and Interesting newspaper.
By a liberal use of the means which an abundant prosper.
Ity affords, we shall make It better than eier before.
We shall print alt the news, putting It inm reailab'.e shape
and measuring Its Importance, not by the traditional yard
stick. Dut by lta real Intereat to the people. Distance from
I'rlntlng House Siiuare Is not the first cnnslileratlon with
Tit R Si'at. Whenever anything happens worth reporting we
get the particulars, whether it happens In Brooklyn or in
Bokhara.
In politics we have decided opinions; and arc accustomed
to express them In languaga that ran be understood. We
say what we think about men and events. That habit la the
only secret of Til R Sex's political course.
TitR Wrkklt Si x gathers Into eight pages the best mat
ter of the seven dally issue. An Agricultural Department
of unequalled merit, full market reports, and a liberal pro
portion of literary, arlentinc and domestic Intelligence com
pletoTiiR Wrrklt Sex. ar.d make It tbe best newspaper
for the farmer's household that was ever printed.
Who does not know and read and like Till Scshay Srx,
each nunils r of which Is a Oolconda of Interesting liters
ture. with the liest poetry of the day, prose every line warth
reading, news. him. or matter enough to fill a good-sited
book, and Infinitely more varied and entertaining than any
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umns, la S I a year, postage paid. For clubs of ten send
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Address L W. ENGLAND,
FublUher of Tur Srx. New York City.
tW Single coplea for sale and subscriptions received by
Oman 4t Bapcman, Ottawa, IlUnoa.
Uurtnc30 OTartiB.
H. SMEETON,
HK.ll.Klt IN
j IJIUI UU
GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS.
ALSO PLfMllINU
Also Manufacturer of Iron Cornice, Sheet Iron
Doors and Blinds, Hoofing, &c.
I IT" (las Fixtures lllhlcd and Stoves stored and repaired
At Jackson A ly.ickwti.nl old stand, Maui at. aprlt
Xkstrobel,
AI the old stand of Stroliel (iondolf,
opposite. 1'. Uislirey's .tore.
Manufactures, and sells ull style of
HARNESS, SADDLES
AM) FLY-SETS,
Anil keeps in wtoelf a full line of
niankrts, Sheets, Whips, Jlrushes
AND CURRY-COMBS,
In tact everything usually lound In a flrst-clasa harness
shop.
allul which lie. will sell ai the
LOWEST
LIVINCr PRICES.
dive him a call when anything Is wanted. tF"lte manu
factures ( '(llurH,aiid guarantees that they will not prove
injurious to horses wearing them.
Special Attention f'ald to Kepalrliig,
Ottawa, 111., February 14, 1SK0.
Bent, L'hetjft, Mont Elantic and Durable
HORSE COLLARS
Arc made by the FOX lllVEIt IlOKsK COLLAR Me ()
CO., Dayton, III. All the principal grades, including
our HeiiiulcHM 'IVnin Collar, always on hand,
and any grade or pattern made to order ou short notice.
Send postal card lor descriptive price list. For sale by
all principal harness dealers.
I Aug. 13, !. a. r . un in a v A N , secy.
GEO. W. RAVENS,
Passage Tickets,
Foreign Exchange,
AID
Insurance Business.
ttr Mtiprwr to LiOan.
flotitheastcorner Poet Office Hlork. Ottawa Illiaols.
IF YOU WANT
To doctor yoursell, have all tbe Pattmt Medlelnea Uia
are good for anything, and tonta that rmni to cure all d
eases E. V. OKltiUB .
H. C. STRAWN'S
Lumber Yard
AND PLANING MILL.
Near the Illinois River Bridge.
H. P. CLARK,
llouso and Sign Painting
Paper Hanging, Caloimining, Grain
ing, Marbling, &c.
Rho, on Columbus Street, one block east of the pon
office. Ottawa, Illinois.
marl
MEAT MARKET,
WM. I) EG EN, Proprietor.
The above popular market Is now located
In Armour's New liuilding
OX MADISON STIIEET,
Where the public wilt always find a full supply of
FRESH AND SALT MEATS,
Such aa Href, Pork, Mutton, Veal, Sausage, Hams & Bacon,
The highest price paid for Hood Ileef or Shipping Cattle.
I hope to receive a liberal share of the nubile, patronage,
feeling assured that 1 can make it to every one's advantage)
to traue wiin me. n.vi. kcajui.
Ottawa Januarv 2.1. 1879
THOMAS & HUGH COLWELL
CONTRACTORS,
BUILDERS
1
AND MANUFACTURERS OF
Sash, Doors and Blinds
Stairs, Stair Railing, Balusters Posts, Mouldings, Brack!
ets, 4c, tut. AiiKiuiisoi ;
BUILDING PAPER.
We are prepared to take contracts In any part of tl
country, and those contemplating bu tiling will consul!
their own interests iv caning upon us ami getting our ne
urea on tneir worn, witn ourimproveu uiacninery we ar
erepareu to ao an Kinua or
Dress ins, Matching, Kipping,
Ac. as well as fltl hills of Sash, BIlRds. Monldlngs, Brnci
ets. Stairs, tt e solicit a call from those requiring anytnir
Iu our line.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED.
THOMAS 4 HUGH COLWELL.
Ottawa. III., May th, 181
Thin
onnfnfierollr!
Published by FUCHS & ZWANZIO,
(C. ZwAMZin, Editor.)
Is the Host Oerman Xewspapeii
And Advertising Medium In La Salle
and adjoining counties.
i
ADVERTISING RATE3 REASONABLE, j
PHbllshed Every Friday Morning, at Ottawa, tlllnota
BEST!
business now before the nubile Yt
can make money faster at work f.
us man ai anvming rise, ismisi ni
newied. We will start vou. fl2adl
and nnwarils niaile at home bv the
uusinous. Men, women, noyaanu giriawanien everywi
to work for us. Now Is the time. You can work in
time only or give vour whole time to the busluea Yoo
live at home and do the work. No other business will p
yon nearly as well. Ho one ran fall to make enormous p
by engaging at onee. Coolly Outfit and term fn e. Mod
made fast, easy and honorably. Address Tai R Co..
usta. Maine. novl
a week In your own town. 15 Outfit ft.
Norisk. hvertthingnew. lapltal not
Tulred. We will furnish yuo everythli
Many are making fortune, utniea wi
an much aa men. and boys and airla mt
great pay. Reader. If you want a business at w hlcb yon
maae great pay all tne Time you worn, write lor pantrn
to 11. Hallrtt A Co.. I'ortland. Maine oovll
I WILL SEND
And get lor custoners aa;tbtnc;in
ItbeUrec and Book-f Qi
waen 1 "o no: nave k.
1T 4 V IVfl i" 1 lC crino-e lsoJ
1 Lji L 1 VI Jj IV l'O. . st
Hapenaa'a. west of tbe Toon Bouse Bonar
BACKGAMMONrj,
maa't wast of tne Co art Uorm ftotr.
fajtallejEf