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Current Events.
PuNlfl attention is again centering on
Washington and the last, andsholt, session
if the present r. inures which begins next
week, tn continue until the fourth of Much
next. No intimation lias yet been made of
the recoinineiiihttiims the president will
make In his forth.-owing message, for ad
Vance copies have not yet come to the
bands of the newspaper correspondents.
Mill tie lej.oit, ol the heads of smce of
the departments have appeared ; and it is
expected the coii'ioller if the currency
VU1 lliake s..me M'"getioll. f:.r the alwelid
Ilieut of the !mt!"trtl banking laws lri-eI
on HU.L''"tioii made to him by bankets
tbroiighoiir th" fouiitiy. Some reforms In
the method ' of e lb-ding the ( li-li'iu-. t v
CllUe Ilia Ii'i(h.t;M I c expected trom the
trcnsuty dep-irtmeiit, while the wnctary
ofthenavy will a-k authority foni con
ress to ( nahle him to reorganize that de
partment with a view to bringing about a
more thorough system ol accountability, a
system Mr. Whitney has already curried
out as far a-, ids limited powers will admit.
His plan is ehelally believed to lie not
only practicable hut In every way desirable.
The ngiiciilt'iral department will also ask
lor further means in aid of the expel linen
tal .station, which promise to le of lusting
benefit to the agricultural interests, and for
some leg d enactment which tJiall enable
the proper authorities to deal ontisfac torily
with that growing menace to the stock In
terests plero pneumonia. 7'he feeling
Is that the last named subject w ill receive
prompt l'.tteation.
It Is tulJ Senator L'diuuals Is again
fdiarpeuiug bis spear and putting himself
in training for another tilt wlfh the presi
dent, bimiUr to that which amused the
country so much last winter. Senator Ed
munds as th modern Don (Quixote attack
in the windmill is a highly amusing
frhow for th- g illery gods, the race of w hieh
In Vaj-liii:;''on has as keen to: appreciation
of good fua and red tire tt those of the
llowerv.
It was atuounced that Msrs. Lawler
and Murphy of Iowa would wait on the
president ou Tuesday to ask Mm to give,
the Ilennepla Can d a send off In his mes
sage ; but they failed to materialize,. Con
gressman I'lmib not having arrived In
Washington iifc jet, it is feared that great
business will if-'t be mentioned. His ab
sence, too, no iloubt accounts fir the apathy
everywhere apparent among cxingressiiieii
already at VViuhitigtoii in regard to the
fcubject lIow"er the friends of the meas
ure axe by no ik'eans disheartened. The
report of the cu&imittee appointed to ex
amine the mib'wt is ready and fffiould be
printed by this tii::e so as to be ia the bauds
of couv"ess whet It meets, fur the iude
peh.en il u rte canal Ik Ast on the
Calendar of unllnM'ed husineaa.
That canals are xiA dead or behind the
times as means of Uerstate trauvportation
is amply shown by tie accomplishment wf
the Erie canal thin year; though i must be
admitted the lllinoih.l M ichigaij.'.anal lias
not held her own by considerable Uk Is year,
a goodly part of grain properly toiiyge for
the canal having gone, iiito Chicago by rail
or taut by rail via Laui'ewood, .loliet and
Seneca. The ia ie cacal dosed Pec. 1st,
giing this y.r l."i days of navigation,
somewhat boe the avtv, age. The tonago
in w.a. I.T.J.'.UOO; iu jnsij, aboiiti.'.")!),.
.Mid; a en in of ;'o.uuo fcns, with au ad
vance of rates, ullowing '.lie boatmen a
;iofit lor the tirv. time io several years.
The canal h.iviu besides Lcen exception
ally well managed ;io bicakkhaveojcuired
.so tint the L ,atuieu are muiL' encouraged,
the caf-'alr.' Iri.-uds iu ne couWent, and tli'
outlook for th? ( anal lirightur than it lias
bem lor yearn. Tlie expense iif maintaiii
anc Iiuk been about 700,000, id it Is not
unlikely tliat ax the canals are free, con
eih.s w ill be asked to assist in nuintaiuing
thenv, u the touage ner it cowje more
from other t-tuteg than from isen' 'i oik.
KtifjeuHivv repairs and nlurgenunts of
Jim ks will be. made this wiiter to fitLilltate
next cai't bmim-ati.
The fcituation In Ireland ii of court tlie
absorldny tojiic in Kuglish jxilitics.Htid the
(luebtlou is fast approaching a climax,
when eitlier the goernwient will have it
give up Its repressive measuren ir euforce
them at the point of the bayonet. The
Fjieech of .John Morley htut done uurli to
fctrengtben the pobitlon of th tenant, and
as It is being widely distributed will have
an Important an! far reaching effect in en
lightening English and Scotch voters who
Lave leen grossly Ignorant lu tlie main of
the real status ot affairs in Ireland. He
places the responsibility of the conllict be
tween landlord and teuant on the govern
ment, and In no place calls In question tlie
Land League or any of Its acts, and shows
that tbe liberals can be and are still In full
sympathy with the tenants. Mr. M or ley's
speech baa been supplemented in its ef
ect, by tbe tlpcJsJoD vf Archbishop Walbh
to back tbe League In its present cam
paign, which will be followed by the sup
port of the clergy In all parts of the I-'-land,
who havo heretofore held aloof.
There are therefore signs of a weakening
on the part of the government In Its pro
gramme, and calls lor police and military
aid against tenants are more freely tie
cllned than has been the case or the expec
tation. Notwithstanding the fact is vigorously
denied ny those interested In tbe matter,
there Is nevertheless a pretty lively "ru
inor" that the soft coal mine operators of
Pennsylvania and Ohio are about to imi
tate the example of the monopolists of the
hard coal production of the east, who by a
combination and "pooling of IsMiies" have
managed to squeeze an enormous sum out
of consumers by advancing raUus in autha
cite coai, without, however, giving the
miner any advantage of the gouge. The
scheme of the soft coal operators, as the
"rumoi" has it, is to make an excuse of the
scarcity of cars to advance rates 30 cents
per ton in one lump, and if there isn't too
big a row kicked up to put on 'J cents per
ton additional alter .January 1st, and so on
as loic,' as the buyer will stand it. Two
p'Hils are to be formed, one in Ohio with
headquarters at Cleveland, and tbe other
wit 1 olli e at liiilf do. And along with tin
rise in price is to come a rise in freight
rates. These f ids are of course- denied ny
the operators, yet the fact remains that
pi Ices h iv.' stiff vie 1 up and on Wilmiiig
ton an I Indiana hi k cod an advance has
been 111 ide. Saould the Contemplated
pools he I'm me, and pllc.es of Ohio co i
a IV meed, that ad.'alM'e will be followed by
a corresponding advance in Illinois soft
coals. It only ne,.'s a beginning east to
force the advance nil over the west.
A movement ima been started in New
VorK to erect a monument over the grave
of Kx president Arthur it Albany. On the
day follow inn lv (H)0 in cash w as raised,
which it is intended will be iucreased to
$100,000, when designs will be asked for
The fact is interesting just now that Miss
Tod, half sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
was appointed by Mr. Arthur postmistress
of Cyntliiana, Ky., and her term will ex
pire next week. An effort Is being made
to have her reappointed, tbe only other ap
plicant being me Levi Patterson, of an
other tow n near by, who being a cousin to
Mre. Lincoln wants to have the office pass
to him, and thereby start on its rounds
through the family.
A DISTINCTION WITH A DIFFERENCE,
Democratic papers are making a frantic
eirort to excuse the rreshlent Tor restoring
District Attorney Hentpn and refusing to
restore Stone. The difference in the case
is that Hentoti made democratic speeches
and Stone republican speeches. That and
nothing more. Ott,uii liqmhliean.
The Itept.'liin is unnecessarily hyper
bolical in using the word "frantic" in ref
erence to the course of certain democratic
papers in junitying the action of Presi
dent Cleveland in restoring District Attor
uey iSeuton ai:d refusing to restore Dis
ttict Attorney Sfone, both having been
guilty of tlie aine i ir.-nse, towit, making
political speei lies. .Not hi iii.' "frantic," or
at all vb.leii .-labored isn led, or, so Inr
as we have been able to see, has been re
sorled to to justify the President in tlie
premise-, for a simple statement of the
fact, that the muo made speeches in sup
Mirt, and the other in opposition to tlie ad
ministration of the President, ought to be
sulllcient. Mr. Cleveland was elected as
representative of certain great principles,
and to carry out certain important meas
ures. While be does not ask, nor w ill per
mit, persons holding positions in tlie pub
lic service to neglect their official duties to
make speeches and spend the time the
country payH tho;.n for lu doing political
"work" to support the administration
whom the people have placed in power, he
has the right at Jeast to ask that tho.e
whom he has appointed to office shall treat
his administration with a friendly spirit,
and not be guilty ;f the gross Indeceny of
mounting the stump and delivering violent
harangues iigaim.t the administration.
During tlie civil w a:' the administration of
President Lincoln, to whom the counri v
looked to put dow n the rebellion, tolerated
"copperheads" and Southern sympathizers
in the North as long as they kept quiet
and behaved themselves, but how long
would such have been allowed to bold of
fice if they hnI been guilty of the indecen
cy of haranguing tlie ptiople in opposition
to the measures of the administration ! So
President Cleveland w as elected to accom
plish certain ends of vital public Import
nce not, perhaps, as Important as the
suppressing of a great relxxllion, luit still of
gr.at importance and he would be no
mare justilled in retaining a violent, red
mouthed opponent of the measures of his
administration iu office, than IVesident
Lincoln would have been to keep a noisy
red-uunitiied blatherskite copperhead in
office.
The jvturns of the vote by local assem
blies of tbe Amalgamated Iron and Steel
Workers Association ou the question of
uuitiug wUh the Knights of Labor are
reaching Pittsburgh this week. No an
noimceinent has as yet been made of their
Import, but the expectation Is the proixihl
tlon to give up their district organization
will bo defeated. Htill the men themtelve
are In sympathy with the Knights, and bo
far as poudble w ill nek to organize in liotb
unions, so as to both keep their own dis
tinct order and at the same time derive the
benefits of membership with the Knights.
The new contract for forward Intr the
English mails U America went Into effect
on the 1st, which, it is believed, will vastly
Improve the service.
LABOR NOTES.
Glim L'lotrrr' TrouhU. United l.ahor
Party Cull for Special Aiwemnmt
K. of L. Various Items.
A Philadelphia telegram of the 1st Inst,
says that an important feature lias entered
into the controversy between tlie glass
manufacturers and blowers over the aboli
tion of tlie apprenticeship pystem. Mon
day night meetings of the local associa
tions were held In Clayton, Millvllle, Sa
lem, Woodbury, Wllllaiustown and Class
bitfo, Pa., when it was decided that they
would not strike, as ordered by the execu
tive board of district 11 'J, Ixuightsof Labor
but would surrender their charters. The
respective charters of six assemblies were
sent to tbe general headquarters in this
city yesterday, and it is stated that these
assemblies propone forming a new associa
tion, and in the future, they say, they will
not allow any one to work iu a New Jersey
factory who has violated tlie agreements
made at the compromise settlement lat
month with employers. On the other hand,
the officers of District Assembly 100 de
dale these blowers, nuillbeiing between
"iiiO Kiid DUO, will 'ie ostracised and black
listed by all members of the league in
g'Hul standing, and w ill not lie allowed to
weak outside of tlie limits of their town.
Tlie " United Labor Party" of Chicago
by its committee of 21 has adopted a plan
of organization. Any member in good
standing of any labor orgaiiiz. iti hi is eligi
ble to membership, on taking a pledge re
nouncing connection with all of tlie old
parties, and that he w ill submit to tUe au
thoritiesof theunited lain r party, and unions
may unite with this party, if desired, by
agreeing thereto at a meeting called for
tlie purpose. When the political organiza
tion of tlie labor assemblies is effect ed,
delegates shall be sent to a meeting to lie
held late lu the month, when n central or
ganization will be effected. The principles
propounded as the basis of the patty are
substantially those of Mr. Henry George
in regard to land and as the theory of wages.
Mr. V. ft. Dixon, tlie labor ni"in her elect of
the next Springfield house, refused to serve
as one of the vice presidents, as tlie prin
ciples enunciated were, as he said, "too
radical."
Grand Master workman Powderlyof tlie
K. of L. has issued a circular letter calling
for an assessment of 2't cts. on each mem
ber of the order, payable by Dec. 20, or by
installments by Feb. 20, to be known as a
"special defense assessment" It iscailed for
In view of numerous lock-outs of Knights
by employers.
Tbe reverend father superior of tlie
Oblat fathers of Montreal last Sunday
preached a sermon against the Knights of
Labor, ridiculing tbe idea of the Kuiglits
being a mutual benefit society, saying the
officers alone were benefitted; and at the
same time announced that "no Knight of
Labor will Ik? allowed to participate iu the
Sacraments."
Indications point to a general strike of
coal miuers in the Voungstown or Mahon
ing Valley district. The rate paid is 5.1 cts.
and tlie miners asked an advance of 10 cts.,
which was refused. Already over 1,000
men have quit work. Another long lock
out Is expected.
FKOM WASHINGTON.
The Siih'tition Army Meeting of Cungrtss
Vurrisun The Mc.state.
EDITORIAL COItUKSrONPE.im.
Wariiinuton, I). C, Nov. 3, 1881. Wash-
ing on a rainy day is worse even than Otta
wa. It certainly seeius worse, for the rain
is cold and comes dow n in snub an insinu
ating manner as to make one wish it would
desist altogether or else pour. Forlunately
fur (hose who are compelled to be out in it,
ilio city is rigidly clean, and as a result,
there is no danger of being obliged lo walk
in mud and Mep.
This morning I started out to see if I
could not find something weiili while writ
ing of, but soon meeting whh a boislrous
hand of "Silvaiionisis," dressed in the trap.
pingH of "glorious war," I neither heard nor
saw anything at all out of the ordinary. .lust
at present the Salvation Army is liuMing
high carnival in Wellington. General
Booth, the commander iu chief of all the
farces of the Army, is litre from London,
toi l in honor of the event a general onslaugh
is being made on the devil. If his sainnic
majesty is at all fearful of noi e, lie cannot
hope to long face the vigorous hand of en
tliusiasts who each evening parade Pennsyl
vania Avenue, shouting their thanks for be
ing free from the "buudage of sin,' and
warning others to "forsake their evil ways
and turn unto the Lord.'' General Booth
will remain with them for sometime, and
the fight airainst the king of darkness will
be waged unceasiugly. When he arrived on
Saturday evening a great band met him at
the depot, and in a body they marched with
military precision to a hall where the exer
cises in honor of the event were held. The
men are all comparatively young men and
the women far from elderly. Kude and un
couth in their manners, not overly choice
in tbeir language, coarse in their illustra
tions, they yet are earnest and sincere in
their work to promote the cause of Chris
tianity. Possibly they are over-enthusiasts
who do some injury, but I believe that here
and there they accomplish somethingof good.
I do not like their methods, but I believe in
their honesty. I do not like any religious
system that consists largely of boisterous
demonstrations on the si ret t, mid yet 1
doubt not but that many people have been
led to better morality and more Christian
like lives by being attracted by just such
performances ixi General iioolU's followers
indulge iu.
After all, it is perhaps not out of dace in
General Booth to make a charge on the devil
just at this time, for on Monday next con
gress will convene and the city will again be
in the hands of the nation's law makers. A
little purifying of the city before the distiu.
guished gentlemen who constitute that au
gust body gather together will do no harm,
it is very probable that these men will not
affect Iho morals of Washington, but they
will pro' ihly do little or no good for the
public good of the people.
Tho session ends the fourth day of March.
The Christians vacation occur shortly after
the session opeus, and the chances are that
the only thing that will be dono will be the
passing of the several appropriation bills.
The chances are all against any reform tariff
legislation. If the democrats in the house
should succeed in passing the Morrison
Hewitt measure, the republican majority in
the senate would refuse to concur ami the
oppressive tariff tax would continuo undi
minished. Tonight Mr. Morrison arrives,
and tomorrow Speaker Carlisle. They will
probably agrte on some plan of uclion, but
it is hard fir them to accomplish anything
when a solid republican front (excepting tlie
representatives from Minnesota; confronts
them backel and aided by Mr. Kan lall and
the renegade deiuornts who acknowledge
fealty to him and his unholy cause. As
some olio expressed it at the Iroquois l!iiri
ipiet, "the democratic parly and the cause
suffered more by Mr, Uau bill's re-election
than by .Mr. Morrison's defeat, bad as that
was." Mr. Ran lail is to all intents and
purposes a republican, an I the sooner dem
ocrats so regard him the sooner will they
be able to bring their party to some defi
nite and intelligent position on the rven.
ue question.
The l'resideni is now nan at. work upon
his message and is in daily conference with
uieinl.ers of the cabinet. What recommen
dations lie will make to congress cannot be
ascertained, but it is pretty certain that he
will take up with some vigor the question
tion of revenue reform. He believes that
the tariff tax as it ii now imposed is bur
densome in the extreme and as unjust as
it is burdensome. He is not a free trader,
and lie is not a protectionist. He believes
that the government has no right to impose
taxes beyond tlie needs of the government,
and that the taxes so Imposed should be
adjusted iu such a manner as to be equal
as far as equality is possible.
Such a stand taken by 1'rcsidedt Cleve
land will materially strengthen the adminis
tration in both East and West. Even in
Pennsylvania there is a growing opposition
to the further niaiutainance of the tax sys
tem that found its origin in tho exigencies
of a great civil war. If tlie people could In
some way be brought to look upon this whole
tariff question as a business question rather
than a political one there would be but
little difficulty in the solving of it. It really
is not a political problem or at least not a
partisan one, and the solution of it will be
not in parti-an methods but through the
exercise of bu-iness .uininon sense. It is
the shei rc.-t nonsense to say the imposition
of high taxes tend to make any people rich,
but this is the position, in plain English,
ttliat the advocates of the present system
of revenue maintain and vig' rously contend
for. ISccau.-e Mr. Morrison, Mr. Ilurd and
others stood up for the opposing doctrine
they were defeated by the very people whose
prosperity depends largely upon the reduc
'ion of taxation to the very lowest point.
Their defeat was not creditable to the intelli
gence of the voters of their districts.
I trust that in every campaign from this
time out democrats will havo (he courage of
their convictions strong enough to enable
them to make their campaigns squarely up
on the issue of a reform of the revenue sys
tem of this country. It is an issue that com
mends itself to the good sense of the people;
it is an i-sue that presents the practical side
of a great question, and it is one that is lion
est and right. Jamis II. Eckkls.
A VVonilcrfu I mid 'e rniitiK'iit Cure.
1)a v kn con r, .lime :$d, l88t.
Mits. Ph. Kkck: 1 wish to add to my state,
ment of 187s, how complete my cure of con
sumption was. It lias been over eight years
since you cured me, all during this time I
have uot bken a dose of medicine and have
been able to do laborious work at the quarry
ever since. I have heard lately that there
is a report in the city that I was dead and
buried; this surprised me greatly, as I never
was so strong in all my life. My trouble was
the very last stage of consumption, having
night sweats, chills, high fever, hard cough
raising heavy green matter, in large quanti
ties, bloated verj much, no appetite to eat,
very weak and confined to my bed. All
these symptoms have disappeared with no
return. All my friends thought I couldn't
live, but you promised to cure me if I would
mind you which I did, and a complete cure
is my reward, which I am very thankful for.
I will willingly answer any further inquiries
into my case. Address,
KxnoLrurs Hoffman.
154 W. Brady St.
Endorsed by E. W. Brady, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Moore. 515 Brady street, Adam F.
Stafenblel, American Express Company,
Mrs. Alice Whislcr, 1215 Perry street.
I will give $'.,000 if the above is not
correct. Jibs. Ub. Kck.
A few years ago one of Davenport's
doctor, in an attempt to destroy the force
of Mrs. P. Keek's testimonials, told me that
she was publishing the statement of a man
who was dead and buried, bavins reierence
to the above Kudolphus Hoflmsn, whereas
he is now strong and working every day in
a stone quarry. r.. w. uaiDT.
The doctor will favor Ottawa wun a twu
Dec. 15, office at tae Clifton House.
Special Holiday Display
D. Mess, the old reliable jeweler, finding
himself crowded for room, has enlarged his
store, removing some partitions in the rear,
and now has one of the largest stores in Ot
tawa in which to display his immense stock
of Holiday gifts and novelitics. His stock
is unquestionably the largest Ami most virinl
he has ever shown, and embraces some very
choice and suitable holiday anil wedding
presents besides a full line of solid silver
and plated ware, solid gold and silver
watches, sparkling diamonds of tlie purest
water, gold headed canes, pens and pencils,
opera glasses, &c, So. His purchases this
season were made with especial care as to
the excellence of the goods, and only the
latest novelties were bought, and he now has
a bewildering assortment of the choicest
goods in which to make your selections. He
feels justified in the claim that an inspection
and comparison of his goods will command
your trade. Don't forget the place,
l. Hkss.
C'.'3 La Salle St.
Conf union of Tongues.
This is a niovel title ol a still more novel
form of entertainment, given for the first tinie,
iu this city, on last Tuesday evening at the
residence of Mr. S. S. Scott in East Ottaw a. Tlie
programme included vocal and instrumental
music, and recitations in many languages, 10
distinct ones and two dialects, or variations
of tlie English, being named on the pro
gramme actually perloriued. Notwithstand
ing to a maj ority ull the foreign and dead
languages were "all Greek," still Hie oppor
tunity fur some comparison was there which
was interesting. It would be impossible to re
view the programme; but we must say the
Chaucer English by Miss llanos and the
modern English by Miss Heed, sounded as
charming as the liquid French or Italian.
Parlors are poor places for recitations; their
furniture, draperies, portieres and pictures
are all against effective reading, yet in spite
of all these things, the reading by Miss
r'anuie Reed was eminently successful, and
the gem of the programme. Naturally, ii
being her first appearance since her return
from Boston, the interest centered upon her.
The selection, "The Iloyal Princess' was
perhaps more elaborate than a more expe
rienced reader, knowing the difficulties of
of the place, would have chosen; but it was
a superb piece in any place, and was effect
ively given. Her presence is attractive and
winning; her voice light but penetrating, and
her gestures exceptionally graceful and full
of expression, evidencing a deep knowledge
and thorough appreciation of the principles
of that greatest of the masters of art expres
sion, Delsarte. Miss Reed is dramatic to a
degree, and truly artistic in her conceptions
and method '; with fitting surroundings she
would be strong, powerful, and we trust the
day may soom come when she shall be heard
from a stage that shall give her powers and
her art an epportunity.
Streator had a grand blow out on Monday
last, the occasion being a visit by the l'ekin
common council, who went there to see the
new stand pipe of the water works, the ma.
chinery of which was on that day fixed up
for tlie first time. The strangers were shown
about the city in a manner quite grand. The
hose was turned on, and the engineer "let
her go, Gallogher," and the water tlew in a
sublime stream. Then the Pekinites were
shown the glass works, the High School,
and several other minor sights, dined and
salt-watered at the IMumb House, &c . &c,
the whole entertainment winding up with a
Sae ngcrfest at the Armory. Here St Louis's
amber beverage flowed in a golden stream,
and above the dim of the chink of glasses
rose the "magnificent Toice" f the tcuor of
the occasion. It was a wet night, but the
Pekinites, cheered from the change from
Peoria booze to St. Louis beer, departed in
good form at midnight But in the midst of
all this "feast of reason and flow of soul"
there was a tragedy brewing; while the gal
lant Marshal Fredrick of Pekin southed the
fcBtive spirits in the Armory, Marshal Smith
of Streator, having downed his share of the
liquid refreatments, was cosily domiciled in
the "dove cot" of which his subordinate,
night watchman Jenkins, was the alleged
pater j'amtlia, where he eang the song of the
siren to the wife of Jenkins' bosom. Un
fortunately Jenkins, iu his rounds, stopped
at his own house, about two a. m. and knock
ed. The answer was a suspicious noise, tlie
wife kept him wailing; mi l when lie finally
entered the side door he found Lis superior
officer going out tlie front door, dressed as
for comfort at his own hearthstone on a hot
night in August. There was a struggle, an
escape by Smiih; and at 7 a. m. Tuesday
Mayor Ames had before him tlie resignation
of a marshal, who some hours 'ater shook
the dust of Streator from his feet, leaving
behind him a wife and mother disgraced and
dishonored, a once happy family broken up,
and a father sorrowing fur his worse than
motherless little ones.
Now we know all about the weather. For
the first time La Salle county (through the
enterprise of Dr. J. 0. Harris) is represented
in the state bulletin or meteorological report.
For October he reports from Ottawa: High-
est temperature, 82 degrees, on the 13th ;
lowest, 34 degrees, on the 30th ; range, 48
degrees ; greatest daily range, 31 degrees,
on the 31st; least daily, 7 degrees, on tbe
24th and 12fith. Total precipitation, 1.C0
inches, falling on three days, viz.: Hth,
19th and l!3d.
A few days ago the Ottawa Fres Trahkr
had the impudence to say Streator was fol
lowing the footsteps of that fossilized village
regarding a patrol wagon. We notice in the
Journal that the Ottawa wacn is not out
yet, while Streator has been th possessor
of hers for many weeks. Streatur Free rrett.
Nevertheless the fact is, Ottawi has bad
in daily use a police patrol w.tgon for at
least a year if not more. "There now, do
top."
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
JOIIX A NO MAKTU.l 1IOSS tCK.
Eightieth DirthJay A Scotch Domin t Que
bee Marriage ami Migration to the Slatet
Settle, at Ottawa in 18 P.I Polities
The Anti slavery Movement
in Illinois.
On Monday next, December Oth,. John
Hossack, if he lives, will welcome the eigh
tieth anniversary of his birth. That event
occured on his father's farm in Elgin, Scot
land. He was the oldest of twelve children,
half of whom still live. At the age of twelve
years, the family crossed the sea and landel
at Quebec. John had bad three winters
schooling and was initiated into the myster
ies of Assembly's catechism, and was piously
brought up In the Presbyterian way, in tha
established Kirk. His Dominie nevertheless,
often played cards all night of Saturdays
and went to bed drunk iu tho small hours
Sunday mornings, liut he would be at his
post at eleven to expound the gospel, though
sometimes excusing himself from second ser
vice ou accouut of "headache."
In Quebec ilieboy was at once apprenticed
at a store and beg in his life's work, to earn
ids bread, in the sweat of his brow. What
sort of boy he was suggests itself to us in the
line, "The child is father of ihe man."
On April ITi, 1 S3;i, he wooed, won and
wed Martha Lens, who came to Quebec in
181(5, when three years oil. Her father
having died the previous year, the mother
made her home wiih the daughter. After
live years of wedded life the fnuily started
lor the states, fie free institutions, prairie
farms, the growing towns ot tue new west.
They reached Chicago in 1S-18, when that
city had but half the popnl aioa ( 'ttaw i has
now. Soon afier betook a contract for work
on I be Illinois . ml Michigan canal, making
his home at Lockport. hen the slate could
no longer get money to go ou with the work
he retired lo a farm. There for five years
he earned the bread for his growing family,
himself shipping from Chicago some of tho
first grain exported from that city. In these
years he hail experience iu ihe hardships of
(tie settlers of a new country. He was among
the pioneers, familiar wit'i very plaia
doings" indoors and at home, and with
rough and hard work without. The young
wife was a vigorous helper and is still to-day
his stay and staff, counselor and helper.
Whatever they may have lacked it was not
enterprise, economy, plain fare, industry,
self denials or hard work.
In 1819, they sought Ottawa for a perman
ent home. Here Mr. Hossack entered into
the lumber trade, with his family living
above his office in the old Edward's building
at the corner of La Salle and Clinton streets.
The lumber yard soon extended to the side
cut on both sides of the street; the business
grew; the making of doors, sash, shutters and
the like, brought customers from a wider
range of the country. He built cribs and
bought corn. His children in the mean time
getting more schooling possibly, in a single
year, than John had altogether, grew up in
numbers and strength, in brawn and brain.
Seven boys and four girls, a comfortable
house-full! In 1855, a daughter married
Caprou Richardson and Mr. Hossack about
1857 withdrew pretty much from his lumber
trade for grain buying, with Richardson as
partner. In 1856 through partiality of his
friends, and without his knowledge he
was put up as a candidate for governor of
Illinois and Dr. J. Stout as secretary of state.
The ticket had over 4,0(J0 votes, but, Uichard
Yates took the chair.
Hossack had been from the first a free
soiler and an anti slavery Aian. St aad
seeu enough of tyranny in the old world,
when a lad, and left his native land for a
home where men of toil would not be crushed
by property holders. The murder of Elijah
r. Lovejoy in Alton, in 1837, (after destruc
tion by the mob, of his printing presses)
first lighted the fires of indignation in his
heart and made him an intense and lifelong
antagonist to our slave holding system. He
ha l made this country his home and had the
vital interests of a family eutrusted to him.
He believed that he feared God and loved
his fellow men, but his warme-t sympathies
iu this business were with the oppressed, the
enslaved an I subject class. This made him
ready, when occasion culled for it, to open
his doors for a baker's dozen of fugitive
slaves at a time, and having ted and lodged
them, send them on to the next station.
Though not often having woik of this kind
on so lare a scale, it was well known that
he was ready for it and had the grace and
grit to do it and face the consequences like a
man. Trie sneaking slave liouud better keep
away from his warehouse
It eame about in 1859 an opto tuiiity of
interposing aid was presented in this city.
Jim Gray having run away from Mr. Phillips
in Missouri, was arrested and put in jail in
L'nion county, Illinois, under an unconstitu
tional enactment. A writ of habeas corpus
obtained from Judge Cat on of the Supreme
Court, commanded the jailor to produce Jim
in Ottawa, to inquire by what authority he
was held. On the way here Phillips, the .
master, obtained a warrant from the United
State's marshal authorizing him to take his
property home with him to Missouri. Judge
Caton as he was obliged to do, by his oath of
office, discharged Jim from his imprisonment
under state law, but allowed him to be held,
under the law of the United States. Ry the
aid and connivance of citizens, Jim broke
away, found a hack waiting at the court
house door, and weDt to Michigan as a wood
chopper. Alter a year a verdict was ren
dered against four aiders and abettors in
'his escape and John Hossack was fined 100
and ten days imprisonment. It is but just
lo say that Hon. John Wentwortb, mayor of
Chicago, paid out of his own purse the fine
and $1 ,800 the expenses of the trial. Others
also helped bear a part. After twenty-eix