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Ottawn, 111., May 3. 1K86.
ANNOUNCKMKNTS.
w.fiiiiitlniri7.tMl to uiiiKHincc t tint Jl. T. OII.MKLT
will be a candidate for JmlRi' of tin-Circuit Court nftli.'
Nluth Judicial t in-nit. at the diction t In- liclil
Mouilay, the 11 rut day of Jun lsss.
Wc arc autlmrUi'd to announce OLOKOK W. M'H'I
of Bureau county, a a candidate for rc-eli-cMmi to the
office of JudRf of the Circuit Court for the Ninth Judi
cial Circuit, com powd of Hureau, LaSUionini ami
Hill counties, at the election Monday. June mi, isto,
The Hu. JOSIAII McltOHERTS autliorlea us to an
nouuee liU name in a candidate for re-election to the
office uf Judtfo of tlie Ninth Judicial Circuit, ut the.
coming June election.
We arc authorized to announce It'tVAI. K. HAUHKH,
of Joliet, M a candidate for Juilire for the Ninth Judl
cial Circuit, at the next Judicial election.
The Week.
Foreign.
The close of the week (to the 2'2d Inst.)
shows a decided revival of the war feeling
in England. Gladstone In Parliament on
Thursday admitted the failure of England's
efforts to pacify the arrogant Muscovite.
It is no secret that tlio Czar has entirely
rejected the draft of an agreement which
had been framed in London and sent to
St. Petersburg for approval. The Czar In
sists that there, can ho no settlement of the
Afghan boundary that dues not give Pus
hh Maruchak and the Zulfikar pass, the
ate to Herat. The Timet says "it is more
than a hitch in the negotiations; we are
s -t back to February ng.'tln, tlie sitiiatioii
lluvlng only changed to our disadvantage."
Stocks have seriously declined, and the
war preparations on both sides are procee
din with lenewed vigor.
The new I'nited States Minister Phelps
formally presented his credentials and was
introduced to the Queen on Wednesday,
and has accepted an invitation to attend
the Mayor's banquet June 3d, when doubt
less he will address his first speech to
English ears.
A report on Thursday that the cholera
li id broken out in England is ofliciully de
nied. It has reappeared, however, at Mar
sellles, und at several points in Spain.
Kit I'M Kel.clli.in.
The rebellion in northern Canada, so far
us Kiel and his half-breeds are concerned,
may be regarded as at an end. Kiel him
self was captured on Saturday by three
scouts w ithin a mile and a half of Batouche,
and seemed to be completely broken in
spirit. He denies that he was the instiga
tor or chief of the uprising, but says it was
concocted by prominent men in the Prince
Albert settlement, who Invited him over
from Montana. He is now either crazy or
feigns madness, and seems harrowed with
fear that lie will either be hanged or shot,
though the Canadian government appears
to be at a great loss to dispose of him. The
Kngllsh part of the population Insist on his
B military trial and execution, while the
French Canadians threaten trouble if be is
not lightly dealt with. His madness Is gen
et ally belUved to be feigned, though it is
rather expected that the end will bo his
consignment to a lunatic asylum. The
balf-breeds are surrendering in large num.
ersto Middleton, and nil except the lead
ers, on giving up their arms, are released
nod sent home.
West of Uatouche, however, and west
and north of Hattleford, the attitude of the
Indians is more threatening and serious
than ever. The train captured by Pound
maker's ban I", reported last week, w as more
IniK)rtant than was then supposed. It In
cluded 21 ox and 10 horse teams, and of
the 20 odd teamsters taken prisoners the
fate Is still unknown. The Indians are so
elated by tills success, that Poundmaker
and Great Heat 's bands have united and are
said to muster l.'JOIflvell armed warriors,
and other bands north of the Saskatchewan
are understood to be ready to unite with
them, having commenced plundering the
settlers and all the posts of the Hudson
Hay Company. Gen. Middleton, who Is at
Prince Albert, has been ordered to proceed
to Hattleford, and after concentrating all
his forces there, to proceed without delay
to crush the Indians.
I.cUlutii re.
Now that the senatorial squabble lias
ended, the Illinois legislature seems dls
posed to address Itself to the business of
law making, end up its work speedily and
adjourn, as there is no possibility of keep
ing the members together over a week or
two longer, no matter how pressing may
be the necessity for their presence.
Of course no serious legislative business
could be attempted before Thursday, for
although the senatorial squabble ended on
Tuesday, it took all day Wednesday to
eaablo the republicans to get over the
" Kattenjtvnmer" of Tuesday night's Jubila
tion. The first business to which both houses
addressed themselves on resuming work
wis sensibly and naturally the appropria
tion bills, as little harm can result from
the failure of all other legislation after the
passage of these. Among the unusual Items
already passed upon in the appropriations
by the senate is one of $:1,000, inserted
oa the motion of Senator Duncan, to pay
Alexander Bruce $31,000 for claims arising
out of the construction of the Copperas
Creek dam ; another of 10,000 to be at the
disposal of the state board of health in case
C'aolera should make its appearance ; ami
another of $100,000 to suppress pleura
pneumonia, and to pay for cattle necessary
to be killed In so doing.
The senate on Wednesday passed Whit
ing's bill, Imposing a tax of 3 per cent, on
the gross earnings of all telegraph compa
nies la the state ; and the house passed a
bill for the appointment by each county
where necessary, of commissioners for the
gUppreaaloo of Canada thistles, to be paid
by the townships in which such work Is
found necessary.
A resolution offered in the house on
Tlnirmlnv to iidiourii sine die June 1 lth
j
was promptly voted down.
Mlr'lliiiii'tt.
In the appeal case of M t kin and Julia
L'lier, the Chicago election conspirators
Judges Harlan and Gresham were unable
to agree, either as to the question of the
Jurisdiction of the I'uited States district
court or that of the proceedings on "In
fr.rmntinn " The case now cues to the
United States supreme court at Washing
ton, where itj'will probably be argued In
October. Meantime the defendants are
required to renew their bail fr ?"0,0O0
each.
The .steamship Isere sailed from Rouen.
France, for New York on Thursday, hav-
ing on board Uartholdl's statue of "Liberty
Enlighteniiijr the World." Meantime
100,000 are still peeileil to c plete tlie
pedestal in New York bay upon which the
statue Is to be erected, and the country Is
being actively plied with begging circulars
to contribute the money.
w
In a (Ire at Cincinnati on Thursday sev
enteen persons were killed either uy jum-
nitiL' from uiiiicr storv windows or peri.-h-
ing In the flumes. Many of the victims
were women and girls, who were employed
In u plinting oillco.
The lumber region of northern Michigan
Is being fearfully desolated by forest lues.
At Oscado and Lakeside (in the vicinity of
Muskegon) on Sunday, over 10,000,000 feet
of lumber, worth $20 per 1,000 feet, was
destroyed. All over Hrowu, Shawano and
Oconto counties, west of Green Ray, fires
are raging, and not only vast numbers of
logs, trees, fences, A:c, are being destroyed,
but many villages are being burned. Graff
ville, McRride, Farwell, &c.,are among tlie
villages desolated, and hundreds of fami
lies are left without shelter.
Ex-U. 3. Secretary of State Frederick T.
Frellnghuysen died at his hoineat Newark,
New Jersey, on the 20th inst., after a long
and painful illness, brought on by overwork
while at the head of the State Department
under President Arthur.
An Austrian quarryman was found in a
freight car at Joliet on Wednesday morn
ing with his nose and lips cut off and his
to'iguo hanging by a few shreds of llesli.
The man Is dying und the mutilation is
supposed to bo tlie work of srtlkers.
JUDICIAL ELECTION.
The election of tlie three judges for the
Sit la judicial circuit takes place one week
from next Monday. Five candidates are
In the field, to wit: Josiah McRoberts,
George W. Stipp, and Charles Hlanchard,
the present incumbents, and Hiram T.
Gilbert, of this county, and Royal K. Ear
lier, of Will. Of these candidates, two, to
wit, McRoberts and lilanchard, are classed
as republicans, and the others -Stipp, Gil
bert and Rarber as democrats. The clas
sification is subject to various modifications,
but It Is not worth while to stop anil note
them.
Our readers will bear witness that the
Fkkic Thadick has maintained throughout
that in this election politics should be ig
nored, and that tlie candidates should be
tried alone by their merits. The office Is
one with which politics should have no
connection. A judge with a strong pollti
cal bias could not help but allow it to have
a pernicious Influence on his decisions In
cases coming before him involving politi
cal questions. The framers of our consti
tution placed tills election In June, far
away from the date of the ordinary politi
cal elections, with the sole design of re
moving it as far as possible from politics.
Yet a cry comes to us from Joliet that
the democrats, who are said to have three
candidates, are striving to make the elec
tion a political contest, aiming, witli a ma
jority of 1000 against them, to elect their
three candidates over the two republican
candidates! The cry Is one ot "stop thief"
purely, and is raised In furtherance of a
scheme that is well known to have keen
concocted In Joliet, prompted probably by
and in imitation of the still hunt that was
made so successful In the 31th representa
tive district, to pass the word quietly
among the republicans to vote "solid" for
McRoberts and Rlanchard, and let the tie
mm rats divide their votes between both de
mocrats and republicans or vote for the three
democratic candidates straight, the repul
licans in either case having Immensely the
advantage.
Rut the "game" can not be made to work,
at least in this county. It would hurt Rlan
chard, who expects to get a good many
democratic votes, while the republicans
about here are so impressed with the
idea we are unable to say on what grounds
that Judge McRolierts was considerable
of a mugwump during the last presidential
contest, that they will certaluly not vote
for him solely on political ground. The
long and short of it Is, Gilbert and Rlan
chard are personally popular here and w ill
get a large vote without regard to party on
purely personal grounds. The other can
didates will come In for their share of the
remaining votes on their merits. The vote
at best promises to be light, though we
hoje tlie people will sufficiently appreciate
the importance of the election to give it
more than their usual attention.
As to our home candidates, In whom we
confess we feel the deeper Interest, the
iJttaita liqmbliean having taken occasion
to pass a high eulog'.um upon Mr. Rlan
chard and ignore Mr. Gilbert, we may be
excused for saying In behalf of the latter
that on the score of experience on the
bench h has the advantage of Mr. Blan-
chard, w hile on the score of thorough ed
ucation, close appl'.catlan, hard stud, men
tal force and vigor, he will not suffer, all
must agree, by a comparison with any of
his opponents, it is but justice to Mr. Gil
bel t to say that the entire bar recognize:
him as possessed of an exceptionally tine
judicial mind, and no one acquainted with
him makes the least question that ifelei ted
he will make one of the best judges this
circuit has ever bad.
L0OAN WINS.
The history of the culmination of the
senatorial squabble In the Illinois legisla
ture can be given In tew words. The dan
apparently adopted by the Democrats last
week to deprive the Republicans of the ad
vantage they had gained by the trick of
Weaver's election, by keeping the joint
convention In continuous session so that
Weaver could not be admitted to his seat,
was abandoned on Friday, and Weaver, on
motion of a Dcmwrat, admitted and sworn
in. Tlie two parties tlieu agreed to a truce
until Tuesday of this week, when a final
effort should be made to end the squabble
without further delay.
Tuesday both parties were on hand to a
man, the Republicans exultant and conn-
lent in their assured majority of two on
oint ballot, and the Democrats, in a minor
ity of two, naturally depressed. Yet there
was a faint hope that, on account of th
persistant opposition several Republicm
members had shown to their party nomi
nee, that at least Logan might yet be de
feated, and that tlie successful man, though
not u Democrat, might owe his election to
Democratic votes. Tho first ballot, how
ever, dissipated all such hopes. Every Re
publican vote was cast for Lcgan! 103
just enough to elect him, and although the
Democrats offered to vote for Charles R.
Farwell and one or two other Republicans,
not a Logan vote could bo shaken, and
finally the Democrats having concentrated
their vote on Lambert Tree, the result was
announced by Speaker Haines, declaring
John A. Logan elected.
It was folly to expect any other result.
Sittig, upon whose opposition to Logan
some reliance was placed, it Is to be remem
bered had said a month ago when his vote
alone was needed to elect Logan he should
have it, and it was tolly to expect a weak
man like Ruger, though elected as an inde
pendent Republican from a strong Demo
cratic district, to stand up alone against the
united will of the party.
The defeat of Logan, after the party (no
matter by what means) hud secured an un
questionable majority of two on joint ballot,
was no more to be expected than would
have been the defeat of Douglas in lNoS,
after his memorable contest with Lincoln,
for in the legislature that then re-elected
him, the Democrats had but two majority
on joint ballot, yet after the legislature met
no serious effort was even thought of to
defeat Douglas's election.
The Democrats " fooled away " their on
ly chance of success in the early sta.'es of
the contest when the parties were still at
a tieby failing to cast tlieir united vote
for Morrison. He had been the choice of
the party by an overwhelming majority;
the vote showed that there whs no other
Democrat In the state that stood so high in
the confidence of the party, and the " kick
ers" had no right to ask him to be with
drawn until ho had uepeatedly secured the
party's united vote. Then if he couldn't
be elected it was right he should be w ith
drawn; but even when too late in the day
lie did get that united vote, and was then
withdrawn, the sequel showed that no
other Democrat could do better.
At the same time it is folly for Demo
crats to blame each other or reproach them
selves on account of the unfortunate elec
tion of Weaver in the 31th district. That
was an accident that might just as easily
have happened in the case of senator
Griggs, who received by 250 votes in a dis
trict of 8,000 votes, while Leeper, in a dis
trict of tho same size, received oOO votes.
All there is to say about Weaver, and
through him the ultimate triumph of Lo
gan, is that it was the result of an " exces
sively mean, dishonest and dirty trick."
It is true, as the Time suggests,
"there was perhaps no excuse for the
sleepy Inaction of the Thirty-fourth district
Democrats, who allowed the enemy to steal
the district In the face of a Democrat ma
jority of over 2,000 votes; but the district
was none the less stolen. It was not cap
tured In fair fight, but obtained by process
precisely similar, in every moral light to
that which gives a burglar possession of a
sleepy citizen's watch. General Logan goes
back to his senatorial seat in Washington
deeply marked with the infamy of this
fraud for a fraud it was, and is, as Infam
ous in its essence as any case of ballot-box
stuffing that has appeared this year, here
or elsewhere. The fact that the Thirty
fourth district Democrats neglected to
guard their stable door does not relieve
those who stole the horse of the crime of
robbery."
Rut whatever stain the " fraud " may be
upon lagan's escutcheon In the eyes of
Democrats or honest men generally, It will
be no reproach to him In the eyes of his
party. On the contrary, all over tlie coun
try his election will be hulled as a great
personal victory, and It will give him such
a pratige as cannot fall to raise him to great
prominence lor the party leadership In the
presidential contest of ISiW.
But while there is rejoicing In the party
at home as well as abroad over the result,
and there Is even to be a big banquet and
drunk this evening In Chicago on account
of It, In view of the blotch referred to, It is
not such a free, full, honest and hearty
jubilation as would have " waked the ech
oes" among the Democracy If Morrison
had been elected. That vould have been
a victory to beast of the first Democrat
from Illinois sent to the United States Sen
ate in 25 years, and he such a Democrat,
too, upon whom It would have been no ie
proach to let fall the mantel of Douglas or
glorious old Dick Richardson. Though the
Democrats of Illinois painted many a town
red over the election of Cleveland, the red
would have been almost deepened tocrim.
son if Morrison had been elected, and tlie
hue would have been made to cover the
whole state!
An Interesting suit was decided, lately
in the United States Circuit Court at
Cleveland. Two Chicago brokers sued a
speculator of that city for $32,000, claimed
to be due on pork and lard bought in May
1SsJ3, for August delivery. The produce
was sold August 1, without Instructions, at
a loss of $32,000. The brokers sued to re
cover that amount. Ine speculator an
swered that he had paid the firm $19,000,
And that It was a gambling deal. The jury
awarded him $22,000.
DEATH OF OE0R0E C CAMPBELL.
Though It had been ku wn to his many j
friends here for several years that George
C. Campbell was broken down In health,
the news of his death fin Friday of last
week came as a shock, tlie end not being
supposed to be so near. His more serious
illness commenced about four years ago in
the form of a dyspepsia, manifestly caused
by overwork, and though after spending a
year or more in travel and recreation he
seemed much Improved, on resuming
work, the body was too weak to respond to
thu mental strain upon it, and again suc
cumbed. Geo. C. Campbell was born at Auburn,
N. Y., May 3d, 1S33. In 13.) his parents
moved to Illinois, and the years of his ear
lier youth w ere spent in this state. He was
sent back to New York to school, and at
about the age of 20 graduated at Hamilton
College. He adopted civil engineering us
a profession, and was thus engaged until
about 1858, when he returned to Illinois,
and entered the office of Glover & Cook
(Mr. Cook being ills uncle) as a law stu
dent, and applied himself with such assi
(tuity that in a little over a year he was ad
mitted to the bar and in less than three
years became a member of the firm, so
widely known as that of Glover, Cook &
Campbell. The firm was placed In charge
of the law business of the Chicago tfc Rock
Island railroad and other roads in this vi
cinity, and Mr. Campbell developed such
proficiency in this branch of the business)
that in 180!) he was appointed Solicitor
General for the C. R. I. & P. Railroad, a
position which he held four or tive years,
holding a like position, during part of the
time, n tlie Fort Wayne road, taking up
his residence meantime in Chicago.
While the pay was princely, however, the
work was dangerously onerous and on the
retirement of Judge Lawrence from the
bench, in 1874, Mr. Campbell gave up his
railroad positions and the law firm of Law-,
rence, Winston & Campbell was formed.
In tlie following year Mr. Winston with
drew from the tirm and a son of Judge
Lawrence taking his place, the firm name
became Lawrence, Campbell & Lawrence
and continued so uutil the death of Judge
Lawrence, In 1882, when the firm became
Campbell & Lawrence and so remained.
About 1808 Mr. Campbell was married
to Julia, only daughter of lion. J. O. Glo
ver, and she survives him with two daugh
ters, now young ladles.
Mr. Campbell was a man of warm feel
ings, strong attachments and true and ear
nest in his friendships.
In spite of his great personal popularity,
however, and the possession of all the ele
ments of success in that direction, he never
seemed to have any taste or inclination for
politics. Though decided enough in his
views, in spito of his readiness, fluency and
sprlghtliness as a speaker, we have no re-
collection of ever hearing him make a po-
litical speech. He was a lawyer, whose
soul was absorbed In his profession, and to
whom, at his high standard, it was politics
religion all to him he needeu to ht
him for good citizenship here and for a
meet Inheritance in the world to come.
The year 185 promises to be a nota
ble for a general shortness of the wheat
crop throughout the country, as 1884 was for
its general abundance. Of the outlook in
Illinois we have spoken heretofote. Re
ports gathered at Topeka from 35 counties
in western Iowa, 40 couuties in eastern Ne
braska, 50 counties in western Missouri,
and (18 counties In Kansas, which comprise
a solid territory of 400 miles north and
south, and 300 miles east and west, and
which embraces the larger portion of the
wheat belt of the west, and numbers 205
counties In all, show that the wheat pros
pect in the counties of Iowa and Missouri
is GO per cent. lelow the crop of last year,
in Nebraska 60 per cent., and in Kansas 58
per cent, below.
The Canadians are debating what they
shall do w ith Riel, the rebel, now that they
have captured him. The eeneral dlsposi
tion is that thev should mane a better use
of him than we made of Jeff Davis. Chi
ciujo Journal.
The republicans were afraid to hang
Jeff Davis because the same treasonable
dot-trine on which he acted was preached
by Wendell PhlUips, Ranks, ami half the
republican leaders of the day, and the same
law that would have hanged Jeff Davis
would have hanged the rest of them. But
Riel expects to escape by the insanity
dodge, and many a republican leader, about
18CS, would have felt relieved If the same
plea could have been put tn for Jeff Davis.
The Supreme Court of Missouri decides
that a rule by a achool teacher governing
the conduct of scholars on their way to and
from school In such matters as are proper
subjects of government on the school
grounds Is a reasonable' rule and may pro
perly be InTorced by the ordinary punish
ment. The case before it was where the
infraction had occured miles from the
school house. Such u construction of the
school laws of this state would be decided
ly erroneous. The teacher Is, strictly speak
Ing, In loto pa rent is only whilo the pupils
are under his jurisdiction, which ceases
when they have left the school yard. lie
cannot punish them for offences commit
ted near their homes. That is the parent's
duty.
Cor Dowd.vi.i.. The Pekln Time has
the following:
Hon. W. T. Do wham,, editor of the Pe
oria Ikmoernt, will probably be appointed
consul to Klo Janeiro. He deserves recog
nition at the hands of the administration,
for during the many years of defeat the
deiiKKTatic party passed through, he was a
stauncu advocate ot Its principles and
worked for the party with all the strength
that was in him. We hope he will be ap
pointed. He is well fitted for the place,
lie has been the kind of a democratic edi
tor that never bolts the ticket.
Rio is an important point and a consul
ate there should rank next in importance
to Liverpool and London. At least we
hope nothing of a lower grade will be offer
ed to Mr Dowdall, who is as deserving of
a first class nppointmeut as almost any oth
er democrat in Illinois. His ability is of
tlie hihett order, he has always wielded a
wide aod healthy influence In the demo
cratic counsels of the state, and us an hon
est and hard worker for the party's success
has ever been found true and reliable.
In a speech, full of witty sallies, made n
few days ago, in London, at a farewell din
tier given by Gen. Merritt, who has just been
superseded as consul to Louden by the ap
pointment of ex Gov. Waller, of Conn.
Minister Lowell gave his republican
friends a very decided shoj k by announc
ing himself a mugwump, and declaring
that if he had been at h une last Novem
ber he should have voted for President
Cleveland, adding, in the words of Job,
' Though he slay me, yet will I trust in
him."
Rhainakd's Musical Would. We are
always pleased to receive this popular lllus
tinted monthly; it is bright, readable, and
contains S Miie very fine nui-ic. The May
number is very interesting, b th in litera
ture and music, and we commend the
World to all who like music, and wish to
keep informed concerning the art. Tlie
music in this number isLina Darling, song
and chorus, by Rosabel ; Cricket Waltz, by
Mack ; Once Again Schottische, by Klnkel ;
Sleep, Sacred Dust of Noble Dead, decora
tion hymn by Murray ; and To-day this Hal
lowed Place we Seek, decoration hymn, by
Murray. The subscription price is $1.50
per annum; single copy, 25 cts. S. Rraln
ard's Sons, Chicago, 111.
General Russell Thayer has received
orders from the United States government
to build an immense balhxin for the Ord-
uance Board of the United States army.
It will be the largest ever constructed, and
will cost nearly $10,000. It will be used
by the Signal Service Department of the
army.
Mrs. Grant says the happiest time of her
life was when the general was living at
Galena on a salary of $40 a month. Mrs
Logan says the happiest time of her life
was when John A. Logan was elected U. S.
Senator last Tuesday.
The Impression in the Michigan fruit
region is that there will be hardly half a
crop of anything this year, and that peach
es will be virtually a failure. A fair crop
of peaches is anticipated in Southern Il
linois. The crop of wiuter wheat in this sec
tion of Northern Illinois will be very poor,
as compared with that of some seasons
Tlie winter and early spring were too se
vere. M uch ot the crop on the high ground
was killed. That on the lower ground did
not suffer so much. It will probably be
not much more than a half crop.
" Hugh Conway," the author of "Dark
Days," " Calle 1 Rack," &c, Is dead. The
former was published in the Fiike Tkadek
recently In serial form. F. J. Fargus, the
despatch states, died at Monaco, of typhoid
fever, last Saturday.
A cyclone passed over a portion of south
western Kansas last week in which three
or four lives were lost and consiueranie
property destroyed. It struck, after its
strength was wasted, the camp of the Ok
lohonia binimers, upsetting their tents and
Injured, though not seriously, many persons.
Col. Hogeland, who has spent a week
here ia his praiseworthy efforts to better
the condition of the youths of the city and
make them grow up useful and honorable
young men, organized a Youths' Mutual
Improvement Association In this city, the
following being the officers: T. D. Catlln,
president; Mrs. McNeel, vice president;
II. A. Butler, secretary; II. F. Howard, as
sistant secretary ; W. J. Pattoa, correspond
ing secretary. The executive committee is
composed of Miss Lydia Straw n, Mrs. E. S.
Manchester, Mrs. D. Hapeman, Miss Addle
Jones, Mrs. S. W. Cheever, L. M. Chamber
lain, Thos. Brennan, A. Frank, E. Claus, T.
D. Catlln, John Yette, Judge Evans, Dan
iel Reltz, E. S. Sapp, Clarence Stewart,
Forrest Ilammon, David Krouse and
Stephen Arnold. The boys' committee Is
Thorn. Connor, Benj. Jones, and Luther
Johnson.
Last Saturday a La Salle Polander started
for Utlca on a freight train, and tells the
following story : Being asked for his tick
et and having only ten cents, he was taken
by the brakeman, who made him Jump off
while the train was In motion. In the fall
he broke his leg above the ankle. In pass-
Ing Utlca, a- note vu thrown off the .train
stating that t man had Jumped off the train
a mile west of that station. A section man
went back and brought the helpless and
unfortunate Individual to the Cement hotol
at Utlca. If his story is true that brake
man ought to bo bounced Instanter. The
road Is criminally liable for his injury and
should be a little more particular how men
are bounced off w hen their trains are going
even if tlie person is n Polander. A Pole
has some rights which these rich corpora
tions are bound to respect, and one of these
rights is that a man cannot be thrown oil
a train while In motion.
HOME MATTERS.
IVrMfMial.
Beuo. Miss Berg, of Chicago, In visiting
Mrs. B. Hess.
Lekov. Dr. Lcroy, of Streator, was In the
city Tuesday.
Lynch. Mrs. Andrew Lynch was iu Chi
cago last Wednesday.
Fini.en. County Clerk Finlen was in
Pooriu last Wednesday.
Seaman. Mayor L. S. Seaman, of Mcndo
ta, was In tho city yesterday.
Camehox. Dwight Cameron, of Chicago,
was in the city last Thursday.
Tkainoh. Dan Tniiiior arrived Lure from
Columbus, Nul., last Tuesday.
Williams. Allio Williams, of Creston, la.,
Is visiting relatives lit this city.
Bailey. John Bailey can be found in his
ild position iiuin at Kendall's.
Okatcu. Capt. T. C. Fullcrtiui will deliver
the Decoration Day oiutioti at Batavia.
Ci.Kt'.i;. Miss Frances Clegg has opened a
dress-making establishment in this city.
Lincoln. Ben. K. Lincoln left yesterday
on a business trip to Tuna, returning to-day.
KouitER. Kx-8uperv isor Lewis Kohrer, of
Northville, was in the city the fore part of
the week.
Hekiieut. Miss Katie Herbert has re
turned from a visit to her parents in Brook-
field.
Bi'l.L. E. F. Bull was in Springfield last
Tuesday and joined in the republican hurrah
there.
Bastien. Miss Pauline Ba-tieii has gone
on a visit to l'lirtiaiui, Oregon, lo spend me
summer.
SiiKuwooi). F. A. Sherwood, of the Opera
House, has been seriously ill for some ten
days past.
Bean. Mrs. W. W. Bean, wife of tlie .Von.
iVocniati, of Streator, is con vale.-ting after a
severe Illness.
Johns. Thomas Johns, of Kinslay, Kan
sas, formerly of Deer Park, arrived in this
city yesterday.
Mitchell. Miss Maggie Mitehcll.of Grand
Kiipitls, lias been paying her aunt, Mrs. Hall,
u visit this week.
AitMsritoNC Hon. Perry A. Armstrong, of
.Morris, attended the session of tlie Appellate
Court this week.
DoxAGinio. Lurry Donaghlio is making
his mark rapidly as city reporter for the
Streator Free rrvss.
Montuose. An account from Lincoln,
Neb., states that Mrs. J. E. Montrose, former
ly of this city, is dying.
Appointment. II. J. Logan is now the
Illinois river bridge superintendent, vice
S.'ott Barnard, resigned.
Sanders. Dr. Sunders was in attendance
at the meeting of the Allopathic physicians,
at Springfield, this week.
Bascom. Dr. II. M. Basco! was made
president of the State Homeopathic Associa
tion, at Peoria, lust Wednesday.
Kei.len hkkciF.k-Madden. Geo. A. Kellen
berjerand Charley Madden, if Mendota, paid
a political visit to this city last Sunday.
Riokdan. Miss Maggie Uiordan, daughter
of Deputy Sheriff Uiordan, is home. She
has lived in Streutor for the past three years.
Smith. A. B. Smith retched this week a
tine hunting dog from his sun in New York.
Look out for some tall shooting this summer.
Ohidley. The friends of Kalph Ciridley
will be pained to hear that he is lying very
low of a paralytic stroke at his home in Chi
cago. Meetino. Kevs. Whittlesey and Day and
T. D. Catlin will attend the annual meeting of
the State Congregational Association in Rock
ford, next week.
Coki.ey. Mrs. Corley and her little son
Guy, who were visiting relatives at Diuimick
station for the past two weeks, returned to
the Clifton.
Lark II. L. Lark, of Ilarrisburg. Ta., an
attorney of that city, Is hereon a few days'
visit to his sister, Mrs. S. S. Scott, on his way
home from California.
Dii. Dr. Chas. L. Ilawley, of Joliet, one of
the prominent young physicians of Will coun
ty, was the guest of his friend WiUard Gentle
man, Esi., last Sunday.
Graham. Will Graham left last night for
Chicago to meet his sister, Miss Kittie, who
was returning home from a six weeks' visit
to her sister at New Orleans.
Ci ri.ey. Jus. Curley, of St. Joseph, Mo.,
arrived here last Sunday on a visit to his
cousins, the Misses Montgomery, and was
present at the Leuhy-Skellcy wedding in La
Salle, Monday.
Bartels. Probate Clerk Bartels was sud
denly colled to Chicago last Wednesday by a
telegram which announced that his wife's
cousin, John Bnldwln, had dropped dead, of
paralysis, Tuesday night.
Bitters. Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Butters, me
Lida Shuler, returned from their bridal tour
Thursday night, and will be '-at home" to
their friends at Mrs. Lock wood's, on the cast
side, where they will reside.
"Dad." John Cassidy, of Lo Salle, of
Richards v. Richards notoriety, and the re
puted author of the article "Juror" lo the
GM, was in the city this weeW In the interest
of the Tirin City AVtm-J'niM.
Frost. Frank Frost, who for many years
had been on the city police force, but resign
ed a few months ago, was appointed on the
force recently and beiran hi duties last Tues
day night. He will be the west side guardian
of the night.
Madkkx. Will Madden, of La Salle, came
up Tuesday nij;ut last to take his Ottawa girl
o the circus, but not knowing that he would
appear on the sceue she had to fulfill a previ
ous engigement, and he was obliged to
" hoof " It alone to see Krao. This should
not have been thus.
Haslbt. MU B. Hanlcy, of Dimmick,
was one of the nitny attractions here last
Tuesday. The lady was on a shopping tour,
and her vUit was to brief that the P. I. man
of the Fkbb Trader did not get eveu a
gUmpse of her brbrnt face with its saucy,
j roguish amlle.
Kaksaswakd. Last Thursday Mr. and