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THJt FKKB TRAV8B mir be obtained at the M
place lj to tingle oopy. or ubcrlptlon will he taken
fer my length of Mme t the rejrular rate
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Address. Troy Grove.
TO THE PUBLIC
ithority has been given by us to Mil.
Cxt-KJ to, act as CRuvassbitf and
-tincr agent of the Fbkb Tuadkk
tghout the county until furihtr no.
All receipt given by him for sul-
ptinns to the Fukb Tkapkk will 1":
dinjon us. Wm. Obman fc Son.
The long agony in Michigan ih over, Hip
legislature on Thursday having, on the
81et ballot, elected Thomas WJ'altner, one
of the lumber kings, to the United states
BonaSo to succeed Thos. W. Ferry.
The large dry goods bouse of (.lot-sage &
Co., In Chicago, of which the bead.
Charles Uossogc, recently died, has been
bought out for $1,000,000 by Carson, I'irle
& Co.. and merged in the nntmmoth estab
lishment of the latter.
A good deed never goes without recom
pense) Cincinnati in January sent $1,500
to Germany for the relief of tue sufferer?
by the January floods on the hhine ami
Danube ' Last' week Cincinnati received
$1,000 from Germany as a first installment
of aid for tho Ohio valley eufl'erers.
During the administration. Of President
Lincoln there was no otHcial in Washing
ton more capable in bi9 plr.ee, efficient and
jiopular than the sumptuous, gcuial, gay
.nd festive Ward Lamon, marshal of the
District ol Columbia, lie was a Spring
Celd man, an old time personal friend of
Old Abe's, who seldom In sich cases made
h mistake about putting the right man in
the right place. But after Lincoln's death
Ward went out of favor with the new re
gime and out of ofllco, and the last we heard
of bun afterwards was that he wan engaged
in writing a biography ol the martyred
President. But it take other qualities
than geniality and sumptuousness to make
a successful biographer, and Ward Beems
to have realt.ed this, for his literary ven
tare remains unfinished. Meantime, atter
a disappearance ot 18 years from the pub
he gsxe, he turns up as a recent appointee
to the pobtmastership of Denver. The
leading Denver republican paper appear
to be dissatisfied with the appointment
una sbji, "If the Colorado delegation en
dorsad his petlticn it has been guilty of
prwfl Ingratitude, . and ingratitude is al
ways a political mistake." When that
editor gets better acquainted with Ward
and plays a few game of MUwrda with
lutn, he will think better ot Uio new pwt-
mastwr. ' -
Lieutenant Commander Uorringe, of the
L. 8. Jvavy, bag resigned aad bla rcsigna
lion hat beta accepted under rather extra-
ordinary circumstances. A. few weeks ago
he made a upeeck at a muetlng In New
York city in favor of tree ships. There
upon BiSlee Chawller, Arthur's Secretary
ol lue .Navy ana chairman of the Iteptib
lican National Oorumlltw, addressed iLt
(forrioge note informing him that it 4ad
beea Meigetied" in such a form that lie
thoegbt proper officially U call the atten-
tlon of Oie oflloor to the "suggestion" that
theollloer had expressed opinions the ex
predion f which had -been "purchased"
by some foreigeer or eomo corporation
Tohh Ll. (jorrau'e rroniptly responded
decy nig that tWt- was any ground fr the
"safigestron" and reseuting it as an, insult,
at ttoeisawe time tenderitg his 'rwiinifttion
to t!ie president and asking for an investi
gatHio prchmiaarv to its accejitancc. The
lTesidout applKsHu the fiecrotary to know
it tbere was grotiod iop aiyy charire ajrtmsl
the naval officer la question. Mr.t:handler
retpands 4!iat he knowc of no charge
ag&nsst hiw that wquires a bo iuvestiga
tod nothkgon We in1 hi department or
nuuituiy utaure aim in ay stiapt) to war
rant the charge which' he ttcverthelbHi did
officially make Against the character of the
officer in quc6tiou; jet, ils aid olticer iad
replkxl iatiiot tarfij to a very ininhing
note from Uie 'Secretary, Je (Chandlen
thonght his P'Blgnaruiii ouglt to be ac.ii t.
ed; and the PreslUeat aceepied h
W hencver a clergyman, or cable ,f . ler
gymen,ndeavortomix up business mat
tera with their calling, there is a loud rail
for the serviccK of a guardian aad poliee
man a guardian to control tkeir jjou--juents
aud an officer to ooiujh.1 obedience.
rue case of Di.hop I'urcell.of Cincinnati,
is a aa illustration of the danger of rn
trusting the handling of large nim (. well
meaning but utterly incapable hand; und
now we have from Lawrence, Mas..., wioth
er case, where half a dozen of i:,iaan
Catholic clergymen organized an insiuc
tlon,' or bank, to receive on depoi.it the sav
ings of the parishioners or the ihurch.
The institution was organized in 1870, and
t-ioce then its depo;U increiied until they
retched an image of $VW,000. The money.
like thut in charge of Hlsbop Purcell, was
largely invented In the erection of new
cburrbr.fi Hnd sustaining other cburcii en
trrprUes, until Ht last the depositors be
came uneasy and made a "run," most of
them being poor female operatives in the
Lawrcucit factories. It wan soon discov
ered tb.it the institution watt sadly short o'
cash, nud a slight investigation showed nn
indebtedness ol some $700,000, with less
than 100,000 worth of assets. At St. Ma
ry's church lat Sunday the Kcv. K. U. ile
Knery, bead of the savings institution, said
"the society's indebtedness was between
$400,000 and $500,000, but with the re
ceipts from the orders in three churches
and two chapels in Lawreuce and Methu
eu, and with extraordinary efforts, ho hop
ed to meet their financial obligations in a
i'$w years." Rather poor consolation.
THAT DEADLOCK.
It U somewhat difficult to get ut the
"true inwardness" of the deadlock over
which the Illinois legislature wasted two
or threo weeks of the session, but which,
wu are happy to learn, was finally broken
on 'Wednesday. It looked, at this distance,
without explanation, as hard to justity, on
the purl of the democrats, the wastu of so
much time over a mere preliminary mo
tion oil tuu high license question, when
there wouid be abuudant opportunity litre
alter to defeat the bill by such tnctlcs
should one ever approach a decisive Mage
in the proceedings. On watching the
business for a win k, however, we begin to
"wool" the situation more clearly ana un
derstand what the democrats are after and
why they are ubundantly justified in their
action. The whole is a sharp game on the!
part of tho republicans to gain a political
advantage- on the temperance question, in
which the democrat arc determined they
r-hall not succeed. It is to be premised
lhat while there are perhaps half a dor.cn
of democrats in the legislature who, in
obedience to the will of ihoif conr,tIluants,
will vote for a big!, license bi'.l niue-tenlhs
of the republicans are in the same boat ; yi t
the rcpublicans.uniling their position on the
prohibition question last fall to have beeu
a failure, now attempt, under another
name, to unload tho whole thing on the
democratic party by getting votes from
that side of tho houf'e In favor of their
ptesesl measure, while an equal number
of republicans vote agatnst it, so '.hey can
claim that their scheme, from the bngin
nlng, wasn't partisan. Hut the democrats
see the point, und will no,', vote tor dfiy.
thing In thut direction that is presented to
them by the republicans, but will ntfncr
use every known parliamentary mran to
defeat their game.
ILMN0IB LEOIBLATBBE.
The deadlock in the house, which, had
continued over two weeks, was finally
broken on Wednesday, and in the cunplest
way possible. Oa the meeting of the
house in the morning, instead of taking
up the pending motion, Mwtrison's, to lay
Haines's appeal on the table, the House
granted unanimous leave to several mem
bers to introduce bills, and thereupon,
without further Ado, the floodgates were
opened, and all the members unloaded
their desks ot the bills they bad been wait
tagsoloag to introduce; and warn this
order bad been gone through witfi, the
house by unanimous consent too up the
next order, bills on their ecoed reading,
and so, ignoring the deadlock, proceeded
in tho usual way. Finally the tigh license
quection forced Itself into notice on the ap
pearance of Foster's bill (somewhat differ
oat from the Harper bill) on its 6econd
reading, and this was referred to the li
cense committee, by a vote of 08 to 0T, and
as 'the license committee is known to be
opposed to high llceuso and will smother
the measure, this is really the long sought
test vote on the question, aod shows that
the house is opposed tr. the measure,
which may thus lie rep;ardo4 as dead fr
the session .
Itoth houses have appointed vomruiUtKS
to visit the Ohio river and look into the
condition f the sutteroi by (he flovl,
meantime putting a bill u its passage ap
propriating $10,009 for tie relief of Shaw
ncetown, and $10AH) for the Braidu-ond
sufferers.
the senate ou Wednesday passed the
bdl to permit shertfi's to take bail in Win
tune, when court in not actually In session
Clark's bill to require municipalitien cy
ery two years to submit the question of li
cense or uo license to a vote of the ic)ile
was deles ted lit tlietnuaie iy a vote of IS
to 17.
Senator Archer's reauk tioii to amend
the constitution so to give the governor
power to veto items in appropriation bills
passed the senate by a two- tb irds vote.
The governor on Wednesday sent to the
senate his appointment of Hailroad and
Warehouse Commissioners, naming Will
iam X. Hrainard, of Chicago; F.dward V.
Lewis, of La Salle county; and Charles T.
Strattsn, of Jefferson county. There will
be no sf-rioiis opposition to their confirma
tion.
A putty well uutheutieated report eoints
by way of Washington that the lintlsh
Government has demanded the extradition
ol P. .1. Sheridan, a reporter on the New
Vork liu'ti World, and that Secretary
k retinghuseu has i..siicd the ueeessaiy
warrant in compliance with the Hntish
demand. The charge against Sheridan is
that his name appears in the list of mem.
bcr of the Jrimi luvicibks," to whom
the planning and execution of the murder
of Lord Frederick Cavendish und Mr.
Huike In I 'ho uu Park in May last tslaid.
It is not pretended thut Mr. Sheridan was
at w within ttui tuousand miles of Dub
lin at the time of tho outrage, or that ht
atieudcd single meeting at which the
murlr wa prop.od ot discussed. If
iMr. Frelinghuyseu has agreed to surren
der him underuch circumstances he has
committed an outrage that will overwhelm
him with a torrent of popular uidlguation.
liven if Mr. Sheridan bad been indicted as
one or the seven dirtctiy connected with
the murder his surrender would not be
justifiable except on positive proof of his
guilt. Hut on the vague charge of a bare
possibility U" having assented to the mur-
der, his surrender should be out ot tho
question. On such charge Irishmen
enough in the United States could be ar
rested to fill every jail in Fngland, Ireland
and Scotland. The, United States has nev
er, any more than England herself, been iu
the habit of delivering up political offend
ers who havo sought refuge within her
borders, and if Mr. Frellnghuysen, in his
habitual superserviceableness to accommo
date the ltrltish government, has consented
to nurh a violation of our precedents and
traditions as the surrender of Sheridan
would involve, he will soon find luniuelf
in very hot water.
THE PIBU BANK.
The First National Hank of Peru raised
to do business ns a tank last Saturday, its
charter having expired and no new char
ter having been secured. Consequently it
goes into liquidation. I he bank is abr.ud
nntly able to meet all Us liabilities, so that
nobody will be the Iwr'on nccount of it
winding up.- Meantime, the La Salle Na
tional Hank has opened an oilice in Peru
arid will attend to whatever little banking
business the outlying hamlet of Peru may
hare occasion for.
The bank bail been in existence twenty
years, with l. J. Jircwsier, president,
antlK. V. Sutherland, cashier, both gentle
men of the highest integrity.
In regard to current rumors touching'
the solvency of tho bank, it is sutllcient to
say that :iu investigation into its condition
by proper parties since Siturday shows it;,
financial affairs quite satisfactory to all in.
tercstod. The closing was due to a luisap
nrehension of the hanking laws, the ofti-
cers of tins bank, like thoie of several
Others throughou! liu"; country, thinking
their charter ra for twenty years from its
dale, which would Ivive extended it to
May, whereas it expired in twenty years
from the passage of the- law, or Feb. 24.
A knowledge of the true cor.dilion came
to them too late to perfect a renrgania-
tion. Hence the necessity to close twt lue' long and -Hi wutc, i. one vfirtwa. Helena is
date named, l.ut Saturday. On the C'lstfjou higher ground anl the people, have
three days prior u statement rv.s rendered hopes of averting overtlow. Tbe gevrrn
to the comptroller, which iu substance mieut levess at Plum's Point have been
gave the-e facts: Liabilities to nepositors, j washed away. At Memphis the river on
$101,000, which covered about all its debts
outside the capital stock. Its assets were:
Hills receivable, upon tirst-chifs security,
(exclusive of the DeSteiger Judgment of
$10,001)) $12.-,(H)0; cash items ou hand,
$'10,000; real estate at a low valuation,
$20,000, or a total of $17r,000. Of the
DeSteiger matter at least ouc-fourth is se
cured tjy responsioir parties, anu tne
whole by a first lien upon the w orks at Ln
Salle which cost over $140,000. Throngh
some apparent informalities, Kh:ch have
since been explained to the department, an
extension of the old chatter was refused.
It will now be necessary to settle up the
affairs of tbe old bank before any steps
can be taken V) institute a new one, and
this will consume about three months, aa
some of the bills receivable run ninety
days.
That the promises of politicians are too
otten made to be "eonorea in the breach"
than in the observance is a well attested
fact, Hon. 31. Cleary, democratic repre
sentative from Livingston county, is a re
former of the most pronounced type. Dur
ing the campaign he protested against the
corrupt railroad pass system, and, it is said,
pledged his word ot honor not to take any
such favors from railroad corporations.
And yet he trcvels back and forth on free
passes ! Wonder if any other democratic
representatives do likewise. OrrVrxvr He-
pvbliran.
It seems tk.it Mr. Cleary, who is an Ot
tawa boy and was raised here, when, some
years ago, be moved into Livingston coun
ty and prospered, left behind eome envi
ons sneak who is galled by his success in
life, and vents his bile in the above dirty
fliag. Now, we have the best authority
for saying that it is utterly untrue that Mr.
Cleary, during the campaign last fall,
made anv such pletlje "of his word of
honor" or otherwise as above indicated;
and furtherif it be true that he "travels back
and forth on free passes" between his home
aad Springfield, about which we know and
care nothing, he does no more than is done
by every republican in the present leglsla-
ture, nr was 6penly charged and not denied
on the floor of the house not over a week
ago.
llK.vi:ri Can ai.. For some occult
reason, which to the friends of the Henne
pin canal remains a mystery, no report ofj
the survey of that work made last summer
could be rendered to the Secretary of War
until on the eve of the adjournment of
congress; and even now the report is only
partial. The engineers decide in favor of
what they call the "Marals d'Osier route,"
from a point near (Julnry to Meredosia.Ci
miles with :1 locks, cost $.1,8 1117 J0.
Another rente surveyed is called the "Wa
tertown rjute," througti Hancock and
Schuyler counties, same length but more
locks and costing $i,20V,i$4. The route
from Hock Island to Hennepin, 7.1 mile
long w'ltu a mile feeder and M.l locksi
they say will cost $C,fi72,W0.4, though it
is pr'bable a generous contractor may I
iuduced to throw off the 4U cents
IVir iho
enlargement of the Illinois and Mii higsn!1" u,m 1,18 wn,co w 80OTC ,v
i,'J2K.fllf is estimated. f Slralton is the defeated repuhhran can-
- jdidate for State Superintendent of Public
Wisconsin, like Illinois, sold out her Instruction, aud while no doubt competent
government land grants for railroads to!
private companies, Ktipu'atini? lor a percen
tage on the grosM earnings of the railroads
when built. The result of "lhat nr little
maneuver'' for lb present year, ia record
to one of the railroads, is thus summed up
by the JUiUcuy -f.-; j , . j
Tho Chicago, Milwaukee' A, St. Paul
company reports to the state treasurer of
Wisconsin its earnings iu that state alone
during the fiscal year 1882, to have been
$7,7a7,RV against $7,Hil,5'j2 for 181. The
license fee of i per cent, on the gross earn
ings amounts tor the year lsy, to $309.r15..
61, while for the year 1881 it was $181,714.
87. So the state of Wisconsin has reason
to feel satisfied with the contributions of
this company to its treasury.
THE flOODS.
Cairo has had a hard battle of over two
weeks to keep the city above water and
thus far has triumphed. Thursday of last
week the highest point was supposed to
have been revched when the water touched
52 ft. above low water mark, a foot above
the top of the levees, which had been rais
to meet the, exigency by 'bulkheads,'"
;i the water then began very slowly to re
cede. Cn Saturday, however, the waters
again commenced rising, and by Sunday
night touched 32 ft. 3 inches. On Monday
the river was at a stand, and ince then has
been slowly falling.
The experience ol Mound City has been
about that of Cairo. The city is an Wand
with eight miles to the nearest land, and
on Sunday sent to Cairo l'or'2.000 sandbags
as the only men.t keep their levees
above water.
At Shawneetown the river, ns at Cairo,
rose five feet highur than was ever before
kcown, aud though now tailing the town
is in a pitiable condition. The highest
ground is 11 fee under wnter and the aver
age depth in the r-trects is 13 ft. The people
are wholly cut oil from outside communi
cation by wagon. Tail or telegraph,
und only an occasional steamer ventures
near them. The poorer people had no
thing when the waters rose, and have
been maintained by generous citirens ot
means until Ihcy can uo longer bear the
burden. 1"0 houses have been wrecked or
carried off. and the rest arc tenantablc In
the upper stories only, where people, white
land black, are Indiscriminately huddlbd
togelhcr.
All tte indications' on the Mississippi
below Cairo p'unt to a greater overflow
than even that of last year. On the west
side of the river, all the way from l.iird's
Tofat to Helena, thoeouri'ly trom tho Mis
sissippi and St. Francis VireT, 2o0 miles
Thursday had reached 34 feet and was
still rising, w ita the levees as far as Vicks-
burg intact. In Louisiana the levee is al
ready biokeu at three points. The Illa-
wara crevasse, a mile long, has overflowed
manv plantations. Half the open land on
the west side of Madison Parish is corercd
Ashton cravasse, above Providence, is do
ing serious damage in East Carroll. There
is a general belief all over the state that
Louisiana is destined to be afflicted with
another overflow no less severe than that
of last year.
CO NO BESS.
The expiring days of congress are cbar
acterized by the usual rush to get through
the appropriation bills and the usual un
conscionable steals with which they are
loaded, as not one member in ten knows
what the bills contain he is voting for.
Tbe senate tariff bill, which the iron and
woolen lobby determined to defeat, it was
feared would be concurred in by the houne
if brought to a square vote, and an ingeni.
ous dodge had to be resorted to to avert
such an outcome. The plan adopted was
to amend the rules so as to refer the bill
without a vote on it to a conference com
mittee of live members from each house,
the rule assuming such reference to involve
a non concurrence by the house. The demo
crats fought this monstrous trick for fifteen
hours, but wort; finally beaten by the rigor
of the republican caucus rule. As the
house "rule" also included a questioning
of the power of the senate to originate
tariff legislation, when the conference af
terwards met, Kayard and Heck, twoot the
members on the part ot the senate, refused
to act with the house committee, maintain
ing that the house "rule" so tied their
hands that there could be no free confer-
ence and withdrew, whereupon Mahone
and McDill were appointed in their places.
Whether the conference will be able te
patch up such a bill as both houses can
agree to remains the great problem, the
chances being decidedly against it.
Senator Davis has notified the senate
that he wili resign his position as Presi
dent to-day, and it is understood that Ed.
tnonds will he elected in his place.
The senate on Wednesday decided to
postpone tbe consideration of the Mexican
commercial treaty until " December.
Among th5 notable bills left unreported by
the House Committee on Military affairs
are those for the retirement of Gen. Grant
and for the relief of Fltz John Porter.
bahkoad commissioners.
The long agony is over: Gov. Hamilton
has appointed tbe Kallroad and Warehouse
Commissioners, the lucky candidates being
William II. Kramard of Chicago, h'dward
C. Lcww of La fSnlIe county, aud Charlej
T. Stratum ot Jefferson. Bralnard is a pro
minent iwembiT of the Chicago Boarrt of
Trade aud was canal commissioner under
G'ov. Beveriilgc. The only objection msIe
enough, is indebted for his appointment
solely to sympathy on account of his defeat
last fall. The southern end of tho state,
however, w hi' h was abort unanimous for
Jjolunson, is in a ferment oter it, And U is
admitted that the Governor has put his
foot into it.
Tho appointment t Ed. Lewis seems to
givo tatifaction all around and his con fir.
matiou by the senato will be unanimous.
He is a very capable man and was put for
ward as a representative of the agricultural
interests as well as a well posted lawyer.
He was endorsed by the executive com.
mittee ot the State Grange and by the
State Hoard of Agriculture, of which he
rco-ntly became a member. "He is not,"
says the Tribune correspondent correctly,
" a railroad man nor an anti-railroad man.
He is believed to possess ability and a
mind of his own, and, so far as can be
learned, there are no objections to bis con
firmation. What is more, bo is generally
regarded as the brains and backbone of the
new commission."
Ikki.a.nd Accounts from the district of
Gweedore, County Donegal, in the north
western part of Ireland, indicate the con
dition ns mostdistressing. Tbe medical offi
cer of the district reports the children
much emaciated in consequence of a scar
city of diet, and the general use of seaweed
as their principal meal. Siok persons are
in almost every house, owing'to a want of
food. A Wednesday's dispatch from
Loughrta snys: "The distress among the
people here Is alarming. Crowds are be
sieging the houses of the priests clamoring
for food. The Town Commissioners have
been hurriedly convened to take measures
toward relieving the wants of the people."
l ho election in County Dublin to fill the
seat in tho Commons made vucant by the
death of Colonel Taylor, Conservative, re
sulted in the return of Colonel King Har
mon, Conservative.
In the election for Parliament lor Port-
arlittgton, H. A. French Brewster, Conser
vative, received seventy votes; Mtync,
Nationalist, fifty-seven.
HOME MATTERS.
rersonol Mr(,01i
Cu.'Mi.-S.Chair;rttln o Deer I'aik, i
about to niQVota brownlcy, lowu.
JrM. Jgme tirlfiith left on Monday for
Mlunenpults.
FVniHfis. yio. Forbes, Fiske A Bcem's mis-
slouary, U home this week.
No. Mr. M. Flaherty Is not going to re
move his residence to Ottawa 83 stated.
S1.F.11. Frsuk 8l.eri home from the great
west this week, visiting relatives and friends.
Paintbk. The Hon. Pster Painter, of Ohio,
was this week the guest of Mr. W. J. Neely.
FitANk. A. Frank has gone on his annual
pilgrimage to the eastern clothing markets.
Joux. Our former townsman, John Sho
bert, now of Marsbslltowii, la., was iu town
this week.
Ii.i.. Mrs. Wm. K. Milligun has been very
ill this week, but is much better at last re
ports. Taylor. Circuit Clerk Taylor has been on
the elek list for several days this week, but
we are pleased to say is better.
Mrs. John Mathies, an old resident of this
city, died on Monday of luog fever. The
funeral took place on Thursday.
Armstrong. 0. G. Armstrong aud wife,
of this city, have beeu called to Champaign,
by the death of Mrs. Armstrong's grand
mother. Died. Mrs. D. C. Prlehard. a daughter of
I Mr. Justus Harris, died at Darlington, Wis.,
on Saturday. The body was brought to Ot
tawa for burial.
West. Mrs. E. C. Allen and Mrs. Kdlth
Jordan are about to make a visit to Denver
as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Furst, of
tbe Windsor Hotel.
III. Mr. Corner, of South Ottawa, who
hat been confined to his house for the past
two months by sickness, was able to be ont
on Wednesday for the first time.
Strbator. George N. Cash and Job
Flannlgan, of Streator, were in this city o
Wednesday, shaking hands with their old
Ottawa friends.
WEcrt. W. W. Arnold, late warden at the
county house, now living in Iowa, has been
in town for the past week. To him and his
family there is no place- equal to Ottawa.
Sha ait. Marseilles JltgMtr: "Mr. Kph.
riain Sharer, Esq., met with a serious acci
dent one day last week. He broke through
an ice crust, falling and tearing loose a ten
don above tiis knee cap, and will probably be
a cripple for the balanee of his life."
0,1'ins. William (Julnn, for several years
a salesman in A. Lynch's dry goods depart
mcnt, has abandoned mercantile pursuits
and none to Livingston county, where he baa
a large and valuable stock farm. Ottawa
will miss his genial countenance and regret
his departure.
Visit. Mrs. John O'.Marit, of Kinsman,
and her cousin, Miss Jennie Ryan, of Itau
sow, who have been in this city several days
visiting re'atlves and friends, were joined
company by -Mr. James O'Marn and escorted
home hy way of Strator, all liuvhiff had a
very pleasant visit.
Oeo. Streator Fn I'mat: "tieore 15
Medell, who l'is been eonneetod with the
shoe department of I), lleenan & Co. fur
several years, has opened a boot unit shoe
store In Ottawa in company with Joseph Me
(Tallin. Mr. Medell has made many friends
in Streator, who are loth to seo him leave,
hut wish him success in his new business
venture."
rn.i.M-s. C. I), f'hillips aud family, of F.ust
Ottawa, have returned from their Florida
trip. C'al brines a a specimen of the tropi-
cat irutts of tliat nrlcctatilc ellmatn a live
vounir alllcator two feet In lentrth. This lit
tie pet of tho havou has a smile for all who
attempt to cues its ace bv an examination
of tne teetu.
Caxeo. There was ijiite a caning allair at
.the residence of l.. r. Bull, Ksq., on rnday
tvenlng last. A number or friends liad gatli
ercd to congratulate Mr. Mason Hull on at
taining his 75th yea", and during the evening
Mr. Karnes, on uedaif of bis l r lends, present
ed him with a gold-headed cane. Trie old
gentleman was nonplussed, and his son had
to respond foi- tiini. A little whilo after
wards Mr. J.O. Natttnger, who bad also just
passed the 7'un tnue-sione on life s road,
was similarly tit,cd.
Hoi. L Salle Dtmtx-nit: "The following
ladies and genlletnnn from Ottawa attended
tho Masonie hop in this city last Thursday
evening: Miss May Orr, Miss Fannie Johns,
Miss Virginia Hook. Miss Annie Hatbeway,
Miss L. Hathbnn, Miss Klsie Trimble, Miss
L. Clarkson. Miss Julia Buehnell, Vnd K.
Hathewav. Clias. Honk, ('has. Irion. Geo.
Brown, Chas. Friee. Frank YenUer, Herman
Strawn, Horace Frle. Miss Nellie (tardner,
of I'rineetOD. aeeotcrif.cird tbe Ottawa
party."
You are from HENRY SEARS
shake:
liUtab-am Rejoice.
l or I oCer thr followiUK barwUne in Pocket CuUery :
1 Hindi: Knife
, 50 I
1.V
1 Bliule Lady Knife., .ttk '
1 ;; Mario Knlfi'..
i " nny't
i "
KIvb itylet.
1 " Fruit
n
...15c
...'JUi-
? illsdi! Horn' und LailUw' Knlvrt 7 itvlM
II "
3m.
Si-
flu
,
0i.-
av
4V-
St.-
She'll itud Pearl LftiliiV Knlven..
Mi'ii'f ami Boy' Knives-JO stylea.
" lurre "
" cl'.l'll li.-imlle "
' pearl " "
Fine l'e.,rl Halve, 2S, 40, 15, 50, CO, 70, 75, 90c. anil tl.f.i1
Mon'n S lthule Knlvm nhell. ebony, poeoa ami
tag handle., 4i, W, w, K. 70 and 7rt
A larae. Mock of Farmere- and Mechanic' Ijirje
Heavy Knlvt'H at cirreioniliiiK Ijw liner.
An el.'iijint ami complr-M line of Shell und I'nar)
llaudlud Knives uf the celebrated Henry Hear make.,
wiiti-h arc the very bent.
T).o Quiwr; H.uur takr the lead liun no equal.
K. Y. UKItitiS.
4
TO OBTAIN
GOOD BOOKS!
now offered by
L Y. GRIGGS.
Having d. 'voted my ualnt room to Knoka, I offer bur
Kalua never extended the peopl of La Salle county
lh nrlci'n mked ure H u ; the rciinlar Price or the
BiNikn. TLcats HiMik are not cuIIh, nccnnda, nor auc
tion (.toek, hut fresh, new itotMl. just from the pob
llaliers. and are ftint-elifn In every particular. To (rife
a list nnn prices would he ImposMlhle without gn at
p:ice. I "iinply defy competition. 1 Nell
Mrs. Holmes' Works for 98c.
Rev. E. P. Rowe's Works, 98c.
Pinkertoivs Works, $1.12.
May Agnes Fleming's Wks, $1.12
Ail $1.50 Books, 98, 86 & 74c.
All $1.25 Hooks, 74 & 6Sc.
All $1.00 Piooks, 54c.
Wood's $5.00 Nat. History, $2.9
Wood's 2.00 Nat. History, 1.55
Wood's 1.50 Nat. History, oiv
Wood's 75c Nat. History, 48c
7?; yhuAt Linrof Poetical Work efr
in Ottawa, at 98t- ;cr Vol.
A large ana well selected stock of fhlldren- Bouks
at JO to 40 ier cent, discount f) om regular price. J )u
vlte al! to Inspect my stock.
E. Y. GRIGGS.
ItT Hei inv Holiday fcjtoolc noon,
THE
mm
Has commenced at W.
II. HULL'S. We open
to-day (first of March)
our full line of CAR
PETS, which have been
coming in for the past
month from the manu
facturers, and we can
assure all our friends
that we have the most
Elegant Stock it has
ever been our pleas
ure to show. Gome and
see them, whether you
are going to buy or
not. Resp'y,
17. H. HULL.
P. S.-lt will be an ariUntage
to both you and ift 1o make
your selections early.
BABE
CHANGE