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Current Events.
The repuldican bta'. cenrentinn of 111
Inois noiuinate J John H. Tanner fur treas
urer and liicharil Kawur i? f.r ujierin
tendent of public instrut rion. The plat
iirm opposes the ownersLip of land by
alien?, iftvor9 pritectia for Anierican la"
bor, ur'es the abolition of contract prison
labor, arraigns the federal administration
for fuiiing to kee; its pierces, snd exprs
estb hoie that tie Irish race will secure
tome rule,
A terrible earthquake at CharIitOD on
Tuesday evening has been followed by nine
of less force. 1 ne principal nusmess port
ion of the city was destroyed by tie shock
and the Immediate outbreak of fire. It Is
believed that sixty lives were sacrificed.
The churches of iL Michael and St. Philip
anJ the city hall are among the buildings
rained. Most of the citizens fpent the
night in the ftreetB or park9. Over one
hundred residences anu stores were crn
sumed.causineahs of fVXXi.OUO. The
neighboring town of Sumaierville was also
nearly destroy ea.
The new silver cer.iticates are now m far
tnder way that it possible to describe tbeni
Thevwlllallbe irreenbaiks. and, on this.
account, a little hard to dit:nguih from
the national bank notes. The "Is" will
have a picture of Martha Wa-!iini:ton, the
'Js" that ot Gen. Hancock, the "10n" Vice
President Hendricks, and the ".Is" will
probably have the portrait ! S'liuuel .1.
Tilden. There is a preat demand from all
parts of the country for the and ":,"
as people are tired of carrying silver.
Missouri republicans noir.itrif', the
followin;: ticket : For Supr-Miie .1 ul,, .J .
U. I'raveu?, of Kan-as City; h:ipt. of Jn
t-truction, M. F. UuTler, ot Alexioi; l'.nil
ral L'ommisfioner, W. .S. Craw ford, of
JetTerson county.
The nrtiinetits in the Hell telephone
KUit at Columbia, O , will be-In Sept. il(
atid the government's case will be present
?A by Messrs. Thunnan, Lowery and
Chandler.
Thomas V. Muniiin, of f.o'iNi an, t! e
new miuistei to Mexico, in ,")0 ye n.- ol ,o:e,
was n lieutenant colonel in the coni'eiier
ate t-erviceand lm been chief justice of
the supreme court of LouiMan . lie
strongly resHinbles the late balinon I'.
Chase.
Kxperts sent out by the Louisiana board
of health investigated the s;. kneM pie
vailing at I'.ik'.xi, Mississippi, and pro
n niiiced it yellow lever. '1 wo persons
tiled on Sunday, ami seveu p.itieiit.s are
fryiivalcscent.
The republicuns of Indl iua have nomin
ated H. S. Hob'Mtson for lieiitenan' povern
or, (JharleH 1.. (JrilBti for secretary of state,
and Uruce tlarr for auditor. The resolu
Uons favor the maintenance o the princi
pl of jirotection, while appinviiiff til' the
reduction and readjustment of the tariff as
circumstances may require. A resolution
of sympathy for the Charlestou sufferers
was passed, with a pledge of material con
tributions in their behalf.
The acting secretary of the treasury has
issued a circular calling the attention of
all officers and employes of (lie department
to the president's order warning federal
officials against interference in politics.
A cousiueraiiie nunmeroi humus repuii
Means, who oppose the prohibition political
movement, but are hostile to the saloon,
held a confeietice In Chicago on Thursday
and adopted resolutions asking the party
O'plwe itself in open Inutility to the or
ganized power of the liquor selling inter
est.
Bonds are coming in rapidly for re
detnption under the voiuntaiy c all of last
Monday. Only three days have elapsed,
hud yet $iib!,0'M had been redeemed up t,i
noon Fil lay. It Is believed that nearly, if
not quite, tlO.fMHI.IHK) will be teieivet! lor
redemption before the 10th .f the month.
It is now definitely announced at the treas
ury departmeut that liefore Sept 1, Isim;
there will not be a single ;j per cent bond
left uncalled, it is tiiought that this is
pretty generally known by the financiers
who hold the ttonds, and they hre sending
them In for redeiuptieu wherever they are
able to make investments.
An exhaustive rejiort from Consul Gen
eral Alden, at Itome, xm the emigration
of Italians, made in compliance with de
partment wstruct'u'UH, has been received
by the secretary of state. The majority of
emigrants are drawn from the rural dis
trictitj being fatiu iaboiera, shepherds aud
They tarely carry moie tuani
: ,.,,..1,. ,ir and their
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Mii i in many insoiiiees ii mis in-i-ii i.
il,. ,t tliis Mini, lie llillilir iMaire. mone
has l.-i-ti raised !.y bums at the rate nf 50
to 7.3 per cent interest, to lie repaid innn
iii.,.ii.ftivo eainiiiirs In America. "1 Hin
,ti-tie,l " Mr. Al l-ii writes, "tlmt there
i. .iiikTiti. in t,i the I'nited States of the
chronic tau)ers or iusarie persons either
fi tin this tiistrirt vr oilier portions m w
Uim' l.mi: iin.l also no assisted emigration
Tue'laree. number of Italians who have
to. .n,l what is lor tm lu .rrative employ
i... -in lti the I'nifH States have In the past
ivv yt-r grt'nti; influenced the direction
ot emigration tMin itny.
IntliH Hon of Commons Lord Hun
,!.uh i.liun lilll has asked precedence for
ti,-su ,(ily hills, sud Mr Parnell moved to
hi. i fiiH motion by a stuteiueui uiai"iue
n. UV I r measurers u niiwiiiiimo iuc
w,'i-ki.,. ., jt; n ,,f the people of Ireland is so
lll'ISHII H. Ill
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j . ti.-f the ) one declines to Hurrende
i -.uut'(li ,( (iovernineut the usual facilities en
j e, i.y members of the IIou80."
CONQULSBlONAL CONVENTION.
I he demon uiic congressional cmventlon
will tie held at Joliet, on Wednesday, 8epf,
2'.' I, tt I o'clock. La Salle county is en
itlel to IX delegate, Will 12, (Jrundy 4
Ken-I ill 2 and Du I'ajre 3.
T11U VJI'UKi' DUTY.
Lpon the 1 Ith of September the repub
l.i.ai.s of the ei, lb congressional district
will meet in convention in thlscity to name
a candidate for representative in the lower
house of congress. That Mr. Plumb, the
..i.-'iit Incur! '',. w!'l air'iln be named
(i.r the place is a foregone conclusion
is probable that he will be nominated by
acclamation and that when presented to the
convention he will thank the members for
the " unexix-cted honor" conferred upon
him.
Mr. Plumb's nomination cannot now be
prevented, but Lis election can. This is
the responsibility that the republican con
vention will place upon the voters of this
district. Ileyoud all question, Mr. Pluml
ought not longer to be kept in ollice. In
no sense la he a fit or a safe man to legis
late for the country. In politics he is tils
tinctively a representative of money. The
position he to-day occupies as the leader of
the republican party of this district is due
entirely to the fact that he Is a rich man
Mr. Plumb's abilities without the aid of
unlimited financial backing would never
have obtained official place for him. Were
it not for the tact that he Is a rich man, the
very men whoto-uay do him servile obedi.
ence would pass by on the other side. Mr,
Plumb's power Is in his bank account, not
In bis brains.
The good people of this district Irrespec
tive of party affiliations owe it to them
selves to see to it that they are no longer
misrepresented at the seat of the national
government They owe It to themselves
to prove to their neighbors that this district
is not a purely commercial one in the mat
ter of selecting congressmen; that there
are bounds beyond w hich the most flagrant
corruptionists shall not be allowed to go.
If the young men of the counties of La
Salle, Kendall, Grundy, Will and Du Page
would but study the character and methods
of Ralph Plumb they would hesitate along
while before giving him support. They
might reverence his three score and ten
yeai but they would turn away in disgust
from his acts and his demagogical utter
ances. Mr. Plumb has no fixed political princi
ples. Ills ideas politically are as vague ;is
his religious ones. He is to-day nominally
a republican because he hasthe mastery of
the republican organization. Tomorrow
he would desert republicanism if it no
longer pointed the way to his success. To
ill men he is all things, and for the sake of
reU'mirg place is willing to sacrifice his,
party and bis meniN. It will 1m- civdita
to the voters of the dlstrb t to defeat Mr
Plumb at the p'dls. It will be discreuita
ble to them if he is re-elected.
"MR- ATLAS."
There Is something unique about the ef
forts of Mr. Fornof of the Streator Fnc
7t'. to create a strong public opinion fav
orable to the senatorial candidacy of the
ex reverend ex prohibitionist ever dem
agogical present Plumb republican, John
II. Shay. Mr. Fornof's antics place him on
a par with the celebrated monkey of the
late Artemus Ward, and of him might be
expressed the phrase applied by the great
humorist to his animal: "He is a very
amoosin little cuss." Mr. Fornof ls"ninoos
in" If not brilliant. He Is enthusiastic in
his advocacy of Mr. Shay, If not sensible.
.Mr. Fornof says that the candidacy of
Mr. Shay is "absx lutely necessary for the1!
success of the republican party this fall."
Poor, old party; how humiliating to think
that its safety depends entirely upon one
man, and that one, a man who became a re-
publican ouly at the behest of Col. Plumb!
On every side old party men must yield to
Mr. Shay, not because of Mr. Shay, but be
cause Mr. Plumb wills it so. Mr. Mayo
nius-t step aside for Mr. Shay Mr. Cherry
must bow In deference, and even Walter
Keeves must keep in the back ground.
Never in the history of party politics
w as there such a condition of things In tills
county. The ' grand, old party" resting on
the shoulders of Mi. Shay Is a sight for
both "gods and men." Atlas, of old, Imre
the weight of the world upon his broad
bark, and envious of the fame gathered to
the ancient by his feat, Mr. Fornot Is anx
ious that Mr. .Nb ay shall play a similar role.
Mr. Fornof's Idea Is a gixnl me, and Mr.
tdiay's heroism is sublime. How grand a
theme to contemplate upon! Hereafter, in
the world's history, old Mr. Atlas and Mr.
Shay will ever be spoken of together both
heroic In their endeavors and splendid in
their strength. The people of La Salle
county, and especially that portion who be
lieve in the tenets of republicanism, may
'plume themselves upon the fact that the
Medern Atlas is one of their fellow men
This magnificent laboring man fruu Sliea
tor, wlio never did manual labor; this ah
sorber of other men's ideas; this hero u
Mr. Foruof and creation of Mr. Plumb-
thls Modern Atlas will accept the homage
of a gruteful people.
ONE THINQ NEEDFUL
The thought uppermost in the mind of
every democrat in Lh Salle county Is to de
vise ways and means to Insure a demo
cratic victory in November next. That the
county Is democratic does not admit of
doubt. Even the strongest republican w 111
concede as much, and only under certain
clrcuuistauces does the opposition hope to
baffle democratic success.
Viewing with complalsancy the struggle
now going on for place on the democratic
ticket, republicans argue themselves into
the belief that the democratic convention
will be an Inharmonious gathering, aud
cordial and united action after the delegates
return to their homes an impossibility. On
this, and this alone, they build their hoje
of success. There is no one of them who
believes that the democrats cannot carry
the county if a strong ticket is placed in
the field.
To name such a ticket Is the duty that
will be imposed uKin the delegates who
will come together in the convention
There must be no nominating from a de
sire to compliment or through sympathy
The men named must bo named because
they are tit men for the places for which
named, and because they can be elected.
They must be men who are strong In every
poition of the county and who will com
mand a united democratic support. The
democracy of La Salle county cannot ullord
to experiment this fall. There is too much
ut stake to permit of risks. Complimentary
voting in a convention does well enough
when a party's majority Is overwhelming;
but it does not do where the majority is
less than one thousand. Sympathetic sup
port is admirable at times, but just at pres.
ent is not one of the times to indulge in it.
The Fkke Tkadkk does not believe that
the convention w ill act otherwise than pru-
lently. It believes that the democracy
will elect every man named by the demc-
c atic convention. It cautions discretion
aad asks that nothing be done hastily. Let
the denuxTHtic voters listen to the dictates
o'Alieh- soundest judgment when they 9e
lecrthe mvn w ho shall represent them, and
then let the delegates be equally wise.
Personal friendship, sentimentalism and
compliment must all be cast aside, and can
didates must lie named who are strong per
sonally and who will gather strength tothe
party. II the democratic convention Is
guided by sound sense and Is more practi
cal than theoretic, the republican party
need not be put to the unnecessary trouble
f holding a convention.
Jivor Montgomery seems to be getting
into deeper and deeper water In his senato
rial aspirations, for we find that his editor
neighbors of the republican camp, where
in Jivor now trains, have opened their guns
pon him. A Sycamore paper says :
There is a man in Sandwich who says J.
vor Montgomery tel l him before the elec
tion In lSsi-i and "after he had commenced
to move" that he "was not going to lose his
vote In La Salle countv," where he had
been at work for and was in tke pay of
Kalph Plumb, lie was holding his resi-
lence there uutU alter election on purpose
i vote there.
To which the Yorkville llfunl adds:
Our people believe !n the puritv of the
ballot box. No convention c.iti eer iieike 1
the lit ronl support a man for office who
is cast an lfleril vote, at .wing it to be
illegal at the time.
What n pity Jhor moved. With "-ui h a
cord, lie would have ma le a candidate
after the Plumb ringsters' own heart. Pro.
Shnv should congratulate himself. Alter
all, w hat a queer lot or li!i have been com
ing to the surface in republican circles of
late hereabouts since Plumb became the
boss, l.'gh! it it must give the old origi
nals the heart-burn !
Elsewhere will be found the announce
ment of Mr. Thomas H MacKinlay of Ot
tawa, who lias determined to become a can
didate for the office ot county judge of La
Salle comity. Mr. MacKinlay has long
been a resident of Ottawa and is well
known to the people here. He is a gradu
ate of Yale College of the class of I8li(i.
In 1MQ7 he studied law with O.O. Gray and
in iH8 was admitted to practice, he is at
present senior member of the firm of Mac
Kinlay ii Leland. Mr. MarKinloy has al
ways acted with the democratic party and
Is a firm believer in democratic principles.
For several years he has been a member of
the city council, discharging his duty with
ability and fidelity. He lias never asked
any office at the hands of his party. Dur
ing the campaign of 1SS1 he was president
of the Cleveland and Hendricks Club of
Ottawa.
Hint llreH.II'iil ' Court lloiiso King."
What a blessed thing It Is for the dear,
deluded people, that in every community
there are numbers of brave and generous
small statesmen of the cross roads and
street forner type ever ready to tackle and
solve all jxilitical questions! What mon
strolls loads nre thus lifted from the shoul
ders of the voters! What a spectacle would
there be of humped or broken bat ked and
heart wire citizens were it not for these
mighty Clays, Websters, Douglases, and
many equally great unknowns, who raise
their clarion voices at the curbstones, in
the saloons, at street corners aud on the
highways and byways of La Salle county.
These orators are all men of vast ability
as they will tell you themselves or, If you
doubt them, they can prove It by each
other! They are possessed occasionally Of
enormous Ideas, many of them a size or
two larger than the beads that are forced
to contain them. They are forced to give
j vent to them or their heads would swell
and burst. Hence they vant talk. Thev
talk to themselves; talk to each other; talk
to the lamp-posts; talK to everything, nn
especially to anyone who w ill listen. It I
the delight of the small statesman to cor
ner up some Innocent citi.en and tell him
how badly he Is down-trodden, robbed
murdered, hanged, drawn and quartered by
the scheming politicians of the "other
side." The ouly preventive of the victim's
being talked blind, deaf, dumb and Into In
sanity is the appearance on the scene of an
orator of the same kidney, but f opjHislte
politics. Then U Illustrated the old phllo
soplcal problem of "an Irreslstable body
meeting an Immovable bxly," with the
answer that the third body, the inno
cent citizen, If still alive and not too far
gone Into Imbecility, may escape. The
favorite horror of these small statesmen, to
din Into the ears of their victims, Is the
"court house ring." The speaker catches
his hearer by the coat-button, points toward
the stone edifice In which sundry demo
crat hold public offices, shrugs his should
ers, makes a grim mace like that of the last
giiH of a man dying of hydrophobia or
lockjtw, and hoarsely whispers the fearful
words: Court hnie ring !" He thus leaves
his listener to imagine some awful calamity
like a "rye fcouse," "meal tub," or "gun
Kiwder plot."
Seriously, this story of a "court house
ring" among the democratic officeholders
of this county Is extensively circulated by
republican office-seekers and their suppott-
ers, and is believed by a few unthinking
persons. Nothing could be more absurd
or further from the truth, and for several
goxl and sufficient reasons: What could
be gained by a combination of the differ
ent officials seeking a renominution (and
that is what we suppose Is meant by the
term "ring,") to organize as a body to sup
port each other? Nothing, for they would
be obliged to take the Held as a body and
fight all outside candidates In their party.
This "ring," then, would be as one man,
and evory outside candidate for any office,
and his friends and his friend's friends
would be In duty boxind to oppose every
man In the supposed "ring!" There are
candidates in every corner of the county
for some office or other, and they would all
combine and make the little imaginary
'court house ring" pray for some hiding
place, even though as small as a gimlet
hole! The truth Is the same with candi
dates, before the nomination, as with the
old proverb, "Every tub must stand on its
own bottom." Every candidate must look
out exclusively for number one. But there
is another difficulty against the way of the
supposed "ring;" there are certainly two,
and possibly three, candidates In the court
house for the sherivalty. How can they
be united In a ring ? They are all in the
most deadly earnest as to their candidacy,
and are as far apart as the poles. The dis
tance between each of them is as great as
that which separates them from their re
publican opponents. To say that they are
a pait of any ring Is preposterous non
sense. The truth is, as Is well known at '
the county seat, that instead of that warmth
of friendship between some of these offic
ers, which would be necessary to their
union In any "ring," the reverse has been
the case, and at times this feeling has
dropped far below zero and congealed int ,
a mere icy civility. They couldn't have
been formed into a "ring" with a club or
a shot-gun, nor by the most eloquent persu
asion. And there is ifi'.I another reason
that there ;s i,o "ring:" the candidates are
not fools nor inailineti; they know such a
scheme, even if they were on the very
sweetest of social terms, would be suici i il.
Let the public be assured ttiat there Iris
been no ring, there is none, tmr will thme
b. J. G. AiiM-lKoN,;.
The races at Mendota so far have been
well attended ami satisfactory, exhibitions
of speed having been given each day. On
Thursday the attendance was immense.
The unfinished trot of the '10 class of the
day before was concluded. ISutler's '.Ot
tawa) Da.shaw won 2d money, and is enti
tled to 1st, as it is claimed that the w inner
of that prize is a "ringer," with a record
of "51. In the three minute ta.ee Harry
Jones' Compeer, of this city, won Kt prize.
The exhibition of colts got by Alroy, at
traded by Mr. Smith's prize, produced
Ii!) as tine young horses, colts and lillies as
ever were assembled in one lot.
The races throughout are a pronounced
success, both financially and as tin exhibi
tion of gox! horse and excellence of
speed.
Why is It that all of the saloons in the
central part of the city have to be closed
up ou Sunday, while all of the saloons
little outside the center are allowed ti
keep open all day of a Sunday, taking in
more money for drinks than ou any othe'
day of the week? (llnhe.
That reminds us of the old controversy
over the question, "Why Is it that a fish
placed in a pall of water full to the btitn
will not cause the water to oveiflow the
pail?" The savauts argued lor some
months before someone suggested it would
be interesting to try the exerliiieut. The
111-.!'? should give us official verification of
the fact before it annoys us for reasons
Kb
The law requires the board of stipends
ors to apiint judges add clerks of election
at each of their July meeting. Failing
In that duty then, they may meet In spe
cial session In August; omitting it. the
judges and clerks of the previous year
hold over until their successors are select
ed and have qualified. The board did
not chose new election offienrs in July
last, uor did they meet In August, conse
quently the officers who conducted the
elec lions In the different precincts last year
will hold over and preside at the fall election.
Tno Qodsiper.
I'rliiett Lucifer,
AN i:i'IT.l ll.
In cn-lo quies he is jtnne,
Who on (be gnU warr'd long ng.,;
O requiesciii! Fairies strow
Poor Goblin's grave, nor loitp thereon!
Great Lucifer, the Wily On-,
Who lies on earth now lies below;
Nay, suini or sinner, sigh not so,
His death's the true eirenikou.
Mepliislo thus the moderns dub
1 1 i f ii who was once Heche!, ub
Here lies who was himself a lie!
For he by Terror was begot,
Vet never was and now is not
Griui shadow of a shade gone by.
Siimurl WaddithjUm.
The following is one of the lyrics in "The
Maid and the Moonshiner," the now f jen
by Solomon and lloyt. It is sung by the
lieutenant of the uioonshining hand:
A college is an institute of wonderful utiliiy,
A sort of penitentiary of great respectability,
where, when a boy has retched the age at
which he's iiuen.lurable,
He's Bent to stay till the years go by and
time has made him curable.
These nice young men that l.eie you see are
only college students,
From home away they're sent to slay ns a
move of family t,rtideiioe.
Their teachers for a coiit,!v of voirs iiavc
stood their work of riot,
And have now agreed that they really ac 1
a spell ot peace and quiet;
But for turning them loose they seek eT.
and ttiusly do ai.ohjue:
They've sent us away, they choose to say
MOONSHl.NIHS:
To the mountains to geologiie.
LiKt tknant:
And some professors sent along to supervise
the "cuappy" lot;
And woe is me! alackaJay! to me fell that
unhappy lot.
It would seem that ofier all it pays to be
a humorist. Eugene Field, of the Chicago
Daily S(u r, has been investigating the finan
cial status of American humorists, and gives
as a result the following:
'Joel Chandler Harris fi.OOo.OOO
Mark Twain 1,200,000
Eli Perkins 150,000
George W. Peck .30,000
Edgar William Nye 100,000
Charles B. Lewis 100,000
E. P. Bailey (Danbury Xeu-f). . . 75.000
Kobcrt J. Burdette. r.0,000
"The rest of the humoroui writers, with
perhaps two or three exceptions, have to
struggle along on salaries. Of the verse
writers, James Whitcomb Riley is said to
make the most money each year, but he
saves very little. His income from his pen
work and his lectures is estimated at Ji-
000. Col. John A. Cockerill of the New York
World is the biggest salariel managing editor
in the country, but Mr. Joseph B. McCullagh
of the St. Louis GrJit-Dimoerat is the rich
est."
It is evident from the following letter, re
cently receive ! at the Patent Office, Wash
ington, from a man living in Dakota, that
Dakota people think very deeply on the
question of official corruption: "I rc-peet 1
luiiy request vnu lu inform me what it might
c.,st to take out letters patent mi a new ,l:s-
:overv of a valuable, safe, sure an 1 infallible I
cure for official corruption, so much ne-led v'' 10 ,h" -':"1'-i'" rii-'io11-at
i.reent. Mv medicine I !,v i.rern-e 1 in ! V.t.v.-Van Buren We,ks, Esq., returned
- i - -1 -,
a 'i,,ui I form, but sectnitiuly there is no de- I
la in I. I now prep ire it dry in lorin e
ier that can be , lu -ted mi the floor
press or lei't in the dck i.f the tn
fected wiill that 'Hie m i! i ly, e.itii
vitals of our beoived count t v. In :l
Moiues land stej,j, l.'jij o.io j,.-,-, . ;
f ow
con-
I
the
Des
ci .... 1... i. ,,.
t,, i
be lomM'jiiii'-cd I v a co,. i a 1 1 i ee seio1 e I ill -
iieoibated in sfur idi .ruber, .;a''eries chaired, j
d,,'irs closed, and builied :u ope a -cir.te j
t in. 11, I .11 y nic'lifliie IS nee i.o:., ;
mineral subsumce. It i potent ami pungent, I
being first extracted by ilinr mischievous -i
potato-bup. 1 take equal pans of liie !; 1 !
si-ell aud oi i ii e re i nug same iaiiioy in
embryo stale and forward it free
of nil,'1
charge on application."
.
D isdoiibtfiil whether there is another liniel
in Illinois of the same size as the Leland r.i
Springfield that can take care of as in any
guests and take care ot them so well. Tue
service is good and table most excellent.
Mr. Plumb's friends must not flatter them
selves that Monday's convention was their-i
tlirou.'li their superb maiiaaeiiient. Ii was
I r .
i simply theirs because no effort was neidc
i l,v Mr. Plumb's opponents lo org-uiiit the
' oonositiou toihem. A careful can van against '
Mr. Plumb in La Salle County would havej
beaten him. He obtained the county tic
cause the L'ullen people allowed it to go by j
default. !
Mr Plumb did not mention the Henne, ir.
Caual project in his speech before t he con-
vention. Two years since he had irrrat
.11 to ay about it ; iu fact, it was a bun.
ing question
Can it Ie riist ho m ?. vi
up !', hope of seeing
it built ? He should i
not work ihr people up to the point of be
lievingthat he is going to have the canal
built and then, in a time of trial. .-e.rt
tUetii Good Mr. I'lumb, please Ion", doit?
our whole hope center" iu you.
The return of Hon. Alfred OrendortT. of
Springfield, to the State Central Omurttee
by aceUinatton on Thursday, whs very com
plimenttry to Mr. tlrendorff and very wNe
on the part of the democrats. Mr. ren
Jorff is one of tbe younger democrats of ihe
tnte who is very high up in the party's
councils. He is thoroughly and eiueerely a
. t, Mel enjiy i ., a very
I'resi, tern' , -ih.'ui and
o'lorif is eughly
member , : I e Stale
.i 1 c'nai i nn i ( it, be
'ringing ii gue the
oelitical him among
is
ilemocra'ir 'legates
iug at Spring I when
g W. A reel chair.
lelega'ion o he con
tr ng i-i the sen i "demo
ice in the e,,,i,i'y, and
e a large slco e of tl
icratio conie i - in tht
ln oldest den. crat in
iie c, netitiou tit.d one of
I'vr -i-itig nut an incon
iii that bo.lyV li libera-
"Imbeciles" is w !uit the La Salle Rfpubli
.'t i call liieii who utjecl to suj port icg eor
ruptioiiisls f..r ,,!li,v. Well, t,o one 'who
knows" wool ( c,:! t'l editor of that paper
paper an iuiM-rUe in th it counei;r )'! . OMd-
I ii-i li ' ' in,
On. c ::io, no.v I'v Jove, tlu.t wont do,
di-n'iyei-uiiow. ! l,i Salle nn.n is in the
' S'vitu P'uv, an ! r .! may as well sjoei't
the inevitable, i-.t.'t be a mes-.l'-.-k, or
;l iy ti e g-o ly-jr dy ae. It's genteel and
respectable, nti I :' that sort of thing, but it
doesn't p.iy, an I .c-: !pi isn't ptqular with
the gaiij ,,f ex ri i ;yu Is and g. o. m.'s now
e.wiigin yoer y-.ru- n this ceitnty. Re
".::.! ei ' lie s.i 1 if the luilgw i;un.
1 ersonitl.
"eary IV'e: s, town e'erk Dim.
PlTl.
u..i, w.: i in i it: iwi on
ari.e upon the IV-lute Court.
Sciu-ji.. Geori'O Lynch, eon of A. Lynch,
has goiic to Niagai i, N. Y., to attend school
during t ho present year.
Iirll. Mr. ani Mrs. It. B. Bell have re
turned to Oitaw i after an extended trip up
the Mississippi river ani around the lakes.
Lynch. Miss Lou Lynch has returned
from her visit in Sterling, and Mr. Thcmas
Lynch from his trip to the sea shore.
Swift. Mr. E. C. Swift and family have
returned from the east,
Eliti i:n, The Democratic County Central
Committee electel John M. Welch, ,f La
Salle, Chairman; James II. Eckels, Secretary,
and S. E. Parr, Treasurer.
Ta. Mr. Harry S. Barton, of this city,
and Miss Myrtie Bowers, of Harrisburg,
Fa., who has been here for some months
visiting, left for Harrisbtirg on Tuesday. Mr.
Burton expects to take a position in the big
steel works at Sleelton, near Harrislurg.
Day Rev. Warren F. Day and family re
turned to the city on Monday. The usual
services will be resumed next Sabbath, when
the time for the evening services will be
changed from 7:4-3 to 7:80.
Lcr.LLEv. J. L. Luellen, of Tarkersville,
a former resident of South Ottawa, Morris
county, Kas,, came back Saturday on a visit
t: bis friends and relatives.
Ykstzkh. Mr. F. M. Yentzerleft this city
lnt Wednesday for the Des Moines. Iowa,
State Fair, w here he will exhibit, some of J.
11. Porter's Hay Carriers, etc., and afterwards
he will visit Omaha and other points tu tLat
ri'r!
ion on a similar errand.
Sixi.ey. W. L. Scc'ey aril wife and child
irrived hone from Pe'usky, Mich., wiicre
' Mi' n!" "( cU la,u lu UC,,SU1S 1,1 a
, . , , . . , - - . l. - .1 .1 P
from J I'.iie.-towii, N. Y., where he has been
about seven week' in attendance upon his
wife an 1 cliU.I. who have been at that place
:r.,ut a year. Mrs W. is very il', remains
ti.tr", v. ie-iiy Uli ible to leave her tel. and
it is 1'o.ii-e i s. e viii never recover.
Ci r v o --W. ( '. i' i- en :-r. i!i well known
en ;. . ,
-'1'1
yesterday. Ih' leporls his business pros,
ooviiv;, an i il:e village flourishing like a
i .iron 1 . : y -h '''-el
j ii cuu Kici y. Ja1. .). I'ouiiierty leu on
j Thursday ia t to take up a position in Brti-
.. ... . L .. . 1 TV. .
n-'i's nrrrieu lura wurtri i i its i.
N i n t:-, Kit. Mr. ad Mrs. George M.
N inici;cr left I burs luy c e iing on au ex
1 i . .. r ,. i ..;.. l
- ""1" "'
CoitM i L. Miss Laura i omen tins return-
ed from
licr summer's visit at Columbus.
-Mrs. Bowen and daughter, Misa
i Ibio.
I low I.N
:"u ,ie, nre pmsts at i ho residence of J. 0.
Nattingtr. Mrs. Bo wen is a sister of Mrs.
Nat nnger.
Bmcii.-llon L. F. Beach, Mayor of Mor
ris, was in Ottawa yesterday.
I t. Misses Evans an i Belle Strawn have
pane to l.e.Mars, Iowa, to make Mis. Deut a
visit.
i-P.V. .J. Ne'e'y has pone to Lincoln,
Nile, io utieud the Breeders' Association
U'Ccting
Li'I.aM). 11 rs. Sherman l.einni, ani
daughter have returned irom Colorado.
Srtu.Er li. R. The charter of the Ottawa
lins arrive J. We are no v
j N tT.-Mr. George M. Nat.inger and bride
bave returned from their honey moon trip,
' iud after voting friends here a few days,
'will return west to grow r vh the coun-
ny.
as? r . - i" TV ...1...M.. i!n.
i;.K Hi:ur -.nssuiu.-ei,.u.-i.,.clu
cipal of th" Washington school, has returne I
from France, after a delightful trip.
Flint. The tliut woiks will resume work
i he last of next week or on the Monday fob
lowing,.
Cottle. The telegraph says the glass
manufacturers and the brewers at Pitts
burgh, have agreed to exclude foreign preea
bottles, and that all the wtstern green bot
tle factories will start up immediately.
1AT Mr. Barton, candidate for sheriff,
was in town yesterday en his tour of re
pairing his fence. He says: "The other can
didates for that office are so blame 1 breaky
frio'i I et tl .
marked I
iMiiii.b ..
!'''''''
I'etllr.il I '.,,,
can du Mine
highest i
l'.e ilei... rr...
The :,u s.,n
li I n v -ry ; r .
Hiey in i l "
man ot l tie ci
veniimi. Vr.
oral in point
l',,r many yeui
burden of t lie
county. He v. ,
point ef ye ir- in
fif nest act iv ,
- if.tb'.e inline .
tlUtl.