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iOiTOhUL COMMENT.
A "1, ,,bili8fi4'r l l'r' Ve ","rt'
prions at Wir-hlngcm than the tilery one
orti.atof oust del crises who fchiiU be
feB,r.leU HS uf tlltt IHiTtf WCl.il llUlVltl.UCH
tle wlv-n of wnit the wives ol
members of thecal ? ll.-i.-t .Me they
Live nil sto-sUbout ou the n" footing
bu th- pu:-f -t ff the law i.I-m:I-S tl..'
succession to tu- presidency Ininmihersof
the cabinet, in o. f the tlentli -f Ml.
,, President ami Vice ITe.iN.-iiT, mis 11:1.1
the effect or mat ng "a K'i" " 'll' H
yawns and will r.ot I... l.rU!o.I. The wife
of one Hutnr b is Hi1.4j1eM.nl that the Pres
Went issue 11 proi liim iti"n settling. In un
authoratlve way, the mutter; hut hh yet
the chief executive has refused to become
embroiled in the controversy. It Is of the
greatest Importance to the nation at large
whether the cabinet ladies can 011 uie m-u
atorlal ladles or cUe rri, and the nation
ounbt not to he kept in susp.ne. Then,
tHi, tbe present uncertainty 1b provocative
f a great deal of unnecessary clamof ana
bid blood. All sorts of retaliatory mens
m have been suggested and threatened
by both sides, but as yet no blood has beeu
abed. If the President is persistent InhU
determination not to become a party to the
war, congress might thrust Itself Into the
midst of the fray and pass an Rtt that
would put an end to the matter. CongTcaa
la generally willing to pass acts that are
about as relative to the public g.x! an thU
question of Bocial predence Is.
It is gratifying to the pulllc at large
that the fight which seemed to be on with
Kngland when Senator Ingalls made bis
eech In the senate two weeks since U
now decidedly IT. Even the warriors at
"Washington are In a pacific state of mind,
and not one Word Is to be beard about a
ilraft beinj ordered. It is doubtful If any
legislative body In the world has so many
peace fighters In It as has the United States
ienate. The fierceness displayed by them
when they can smell the battle from afar
Is something terrible. It takes such a bold
upon the average member that he cannot
restrain himself frotntalkhg. To be sure,
be dees not fight but he does talk. He
talks loud and long. He fights with bis
tongue as fiercely as any knight of old ever
fought with spear and mace. There is
much that Is praiseworthy In all this. It Is
a mode of warfare utterly free from dan
ger. It requires neither surgeon or hospl
taL The only attendant necessary U a
"temperance" restauranteur who keeps on
band some heating loaverage such as selt
zer, appolonarls water, and the like. When
the honorable senator is enthused by such
Ore-creating liquid he talks war In a way
that shows him bloodthirsty to the moat
Intense degree. However, there Is one
very esbential thing that these warriors
Wave lack, and that Is fighting qualltios
when a fight Is actually on hand. At such
time their whole theory of war Is changed,
and Instead of mingling In the fray they
follow the injunction
He who fights and runs away
Will live to fight another day ;
Itut he who is In battle slain,
Will never live to light again.
.
It hi a singular thing, and one worthy of
comment, that in the senate of the United
States after March 4th there will Iw but
one farmer Senator elect Reagan of Texas.
What makes this more noticeable Is the
fact that there are In this country some
thing over 7,(500,000 persons engaged iuag
ricultural pnrsults a number greater by
far than In any other branch of Industry.
The senate Is the resort now ot corporation
lawyers and millionaire merchants who
have Individual ends to promote. Senator
Reagan will feel very lonesome wheu he
gets up to deliver an address in behalf of
some measure promotive of the good of the
farmer. It Is to be hoped that he will be
able to at least obtain a respectful hearing,
even If unable ever to secure the parage
of a measure he may advocate.
Kpeaklng of Senator Reagan calls to
mlud the misfortune that overtook him In
Ohe house, a month since, when a vote was
taken on calling up the Morrison tariff
measure. It was called up somewhat ear
lier than expected, ami when Reagan's
name was culled no response was heard. It
was called a second time, and still no n.
uponse. The tariff reformers at once Instl
tuted a search for the missing man, ami at
last found him aklng a bath. n beiug
Informed of what was going on he attempt
ed to dress In time to reach the assembly
rooin before It was too late, but it was no
use. He forgot to dry himself before try
ing to get into his shirt, and as a result his
shirt stuck. He then called for a blanket
to wrap himself In, but none was to be had.
Finally be got half into his clothes and
appeared on the scene, but It was too late
the roll had been called, and Reagan's
undemocratic ac tion bad cost him his vote.
. "
Cassell's Saturday Journal, an Kngllsb
publication, has been gathering up uentl
ment in Kngland as to w ho is the greatest
of living men. The result of the Inquiry
Is aa follows :
Gladstone 32,544
Bismarck : ,' 15
Tennyson 2t,04
K. De Lesseps IH.TTH
Geo. Wolseley 17"2
Marquis of Salisbury 17.5WJ
Voo Moltke i;,HW
John Bright 13,741
Lord Randolph Churchill 13,11"
John Kuskln 12,331
Henry Irving 10,500
II. M.Stanley 10,141
It will be noticed that the name of no
Am erk u appears on the lint, evidencing
, fact that Americans do not stand very
Mgn In an Englishman's estimation. Mr
Gladstone deserves of right to stand at the
head of the list. He Is not onlv a great
man, hut be is as well a Just and good one
The ChlcR','" .W. always entcrprMm,'
Is just now Interesting H-elf ""v
.nentt . induce the ..-turn of the hu m t.
,he wealing of knee-breeches. Jut w h
..K b a s.-h--me should he taken up In th.
midst of a very .-old winter Is hard to ex
plain; but still the effort Is meeting with
many' .issuances of mccess, ui.d -h.doM
long -ve expect to we the youth of the lan.l
tripping ab. ut w ith their trousers curtailed
Kt the knee. As yet we have seen no won!
from tbe young men of Ottawa; but tlo-v
are generally in the advance, and prolmbl)
will join In giving the gl ",k ' I"'-''
forwaid. We can conceive of but one ills
advantage In the return to the old s'yle and
that Is, young men slightly bowed In the
legs or a tiiile knock-kneed would hardly
appear to n g )o 1 an advantage as they do
aow. At present such a slight irregularity
cannot always he detected ; but let a young
man, who i not un Apollo In Hppei.rance,
put on a pair of abrevla'ed pantaloons, and
everyone in the city will know ju-t what
bis hbape U.
Mr Randall does riot seem to make w ry
great progress in his attempts to force an
undemocratic tariff reform measure ujxui
the house. Even the republicans are un
willing ami the democrats will have none
of It. There Is something so absurd In re
moving the tariir tax on whisky and tobac
co and levying It on un Innumerable num.
ber of necessities that It seems strange any
public man should propose such a measure
When the necessities are cheapened by
the the removal of the unnecessary tax
now placed upon them It will be time
enough for removing the tax ontne unnec
essary. At the present rates, wblsky and
tobacco are quite cheap enough for all
practical purposes, ami quite readily
enough obtained.
' '
Apriio, of the controversy betwefen
Mr. Randall and Speaker Carlisle on the
former's proposed tariff measure, the fol
lowing "comedy of congress," taken from
the Milwaukee Journal, Is remarkably
good:
ACT I.
Mr. Randall "I want to reform the tariff;
have 1 your eye, Mr. Speaker r"
Speaker Carlisle "You have not."
act n.
Mr. Randall-'Then, damme! Ml black
it."
The republicans of the Indiana legisla
ture, who tried to elect a senator with ut
a minority of the members of that body,
have filed a protest in the United States
senate agalnBt tho recognition of Senator
elect Turple, democrat. The trouble with
Turpie In the eyes of the republicans Is
thst be was elected by a majority, and not
by a minority. The legislature of Indiana
Is composed of 150 members. Senator
Turple received of the 150 seventy six
votes a suUklent number, it would seem,
to convince any sane mau that ho was
eltx.ted. Senator Harrison received but
seventy-four-two less than Turple, and
two less than a majority of the whole num
ber. Rut then, the United States senate Is
republican, and the republicans of Indiana
seem to feel that through some magic
their brethren there w ill be able to make
Senator Harrison's seventy-four vfites read
seventy six, and Senator Turple's seventy
six read seventy four.
INDISCRIMINATE PENSIONS.
It Is to be hoped that the President will
veto the general pension bill w hich is now
Ixifore him awaiting approval. It is a
measure that has not been asked fur by the
soldiers of the couutry, nor is it one they
would ask for. Senatoi lilalne, of New
Hampshire, who never manifested any
over weening Interest In the soldier of the
country during the war, prepared the meas
ure and presented it to the senate as a piece
of demagoguery, sure and simple, and the
very audacity of the act made Its passage
a.ssured. In the house it met with quite as
cordial a reception aud almost without dis
cussion It was carried. If the bill becomes
a law through the approval ot President
Cleveland, at least one hundred millions of
dollars will be required yearly to meet its
provisions a sum taken in connection w ith
the amount already set apart for pensions
leyond what the soldiery have any right to
expect or the people to expend.
It can hardly 1 said that the government
has not already dealt generously with those
who served the country In its Most trying
hour. The penslous for the deserving are
now ample enough to meet every legltl
mate call that can be made ufMin the treas
ury without Senator Maine's "grab all"
measure.
The trouble w ith all these later day pen
sion bills Is that they are Introduced by
senators and members, and forced to a pas
sage for purely political reasons, rather
than for any donhe to aid the soldiers of
the country. Somehow the politicians of
the couutry have made themselves believe
that the way to obtain the soldiers' votes is
to buy them, aud that, too, through the ap
parent act of generosity. Just how far this
kind of disguised bribery affect their vote
we are unable to say, but we believe that
the soldiers are not to be caught with such
chaff. The tendency cf an Indiscriminate
pensioning system Is towards pauperization
and it is neither just nor right that the
soldiery of the country should be placed
upon such a level.
TAEirr REFORM, SO. 6.
Another sophism by which the tariff Is
maintained is " that diversified Industries
are necessary to the prosperity of a country."
This leads to the conclusion that without
diversified Industries there can be no
national profjserlty, and also to the more
sophistical conclusion that " without a pro
.ection tariff a country can uot have diver-
illed industries."
It Is very d tlicult to conceive of a large
country In which " diversified IndiMii.-"
do not exist, bee use (,f the ooinciry laws
of demand fiixi supply. 1 specially is this
true of a oii:iMy like our own, wh.-r-tle-'e
Is so wide a rn.ge of clinia'e, s-il and nat
ural resources. Our fiirmlng must ! ill
versified. The north and toe south c.mn
try cannot grow the same crops (,lr
necessities of dally life call for a greit
variety of occupations. The lr-e trader
claims that if government will keep hands
off, and not interfere with business, accord
ing tithe familiar maxim, "the best gov
erHHient Is that which governs least." the
l,unes sense of the public will lead them
to develop all kinds of Industries that will
pay, and to avoid all that will not pay.
That diversified Industrie-, in the protec
tlonlst sense, are not necessary to the pros
perity of a country, U shown ay the devel
opment of Venice, from a little cluster of
barren Wands, to he a great power in Ru
ropean politics by m-ans of commerce
alone. Relgium, In like manner, became
the richest, In proportion, of all the coun
tries ot Kurope, by manufactures alone;
and these, t m, of only a few articles. Hol
land dejveuded for years upon commerce
and fisheries. Connecticut Is sai l to have
a greater diversity of Industries than any
other state; docs it prosper more than Illi
nois, with comparatively few ?
Let no one say, by w ly cf reply to this,
that the conditions In Illinois are different
from those In Connecticut. For In that
case the sophism becomes eviuehL It is
not, after all. a question of Industries, but
of conditions. Diversify of Industries may
or, may not be a good thing, according
to conditions. It would be Just as wise lor
Illinois to seek to make all Its cotton and
woolen goods, as fer Connecticut to try to
raise all Its own wheat and pork.
If It is better for Illinois to raise the
wheat, and for Connecticut to make the
cotton and woolen goods, the free trader Is
in the right w hen he says It Is better fur
each couutry to produce or manufacture
what It Is best adapted to, and to put no arti
ficial barriers between the producer and
consumer.
Under the working of our present tariff,
some of our Industries are crushed out en
tirely. Our ship building has become al
moBt nothing. Our manufacture of heavy
machinery has been largely diminished.
Our shipment of wooden wares from Maine
has greatly fallen off because of the tariff
on lumber. Maine manufacturers of
wooden wares have moved their works to
the Canadian provinces, because they can
get their lumber there without duty. All
our Industries in brass and copper are ham
pered because of the tariff on copper. The
falling ff of our export in clocks is a single
Instance In point. Our export of plows,
reapers, and threshing machines is ham
pered because of the cost of Iron. We used
to ship portable engines to many parts of
the globe. We are almost out of the mar
ket now, because of the cost of Iron. In
trying to build up our " home market," we
have largely cut ourselves out of the mar
kets of the world.
With a fair field the American mechanic
can beat the world, lie Is better educated,
and more Inventive aud adaptive. In fact,
the extra amount which he produces, as
compared with the average European op
erative, nearly makes up for any apparent
difference in wages. The American gets
more money, but he does more work. This
Is emphatically shown In the Cotton Spin
ners' report, already mentioned. American
workmanship is constantly seeking Im
proved means for doing worn, and our
Industries are diversified as much as they
can well bear. A new industry is of little
worth unless it supplys a new want, or In
troduces us to new customers. If there is
a new want the Yankee can be trusted to
see It and meet it as soon as anybody. If
our new industry Is to compete with those
who are before us In the field, we must
have a chance to reach their other custo
mer.". As long ago as IHTO a prominent political
economist f our couutry, w ho is a moder
ate protectionist, said, "the cause of strikes
and lock outs and the stagnation of manu
facturing Industries, Is principally this:
We have already developed our manufac
tures to such an extent that we can province
a year's supply in six months' time. What
we want Is more consumers, and not more
pnxlucers."
It would seem to an unprejudiced ob
server that one of the best ways to encour
age manufactures would bo to take off all
the duties on raw material. Twice as many
persons are working upon iron as are em
ployed In making Iron. Rolling mills,
boiler factories, foundries of all kinds,
sewer and gas pipe manufacturers, makers
of nails, screw?, tacks, carpenters' tools,
cutlery, fire-arms, links, hardware of all
kinds, all who make machinery of any
kind, are Interested In cheap Iron. The
men who work at different kinds of brass
and copper work are ten times as nume.ous
as the men wh are producing copper.
Higher cost means less consumption. Our
tariff operates against our own manufac
tures in many ways.
To encourage wool growing we put a tax
on Imported wool of from 28 to 119 per
cent.; to encourage wool manufacturers,
we tax all Imported woolen goods from 40
per cetit on the cheapest, to 91 per cent,
on the dearest. The average imported
wool pays a duty of 60 per cent
Does It not seem as if American manu
factures would be promoted by making
wool free?
Does It not seem that If the woolen man
ufacturer could get his wool free, the aver
age consumer could save something on his
clothing bills
A gentleman of Chicago who visited
Kngland, last year, said, "1 saved enough'
.... it... ..l.,il,,u u lili l, I, uii'lit to iihv mv'
1.(1 lie- " ii. .s -,s."' - i"v J
fare to RnjM'iml."
If we need m.re"Jlversifld industries,''
trust to the creation nnd Invention and ex
ecutive genius of th American to star
'them and to make money out of them
I, l..iui..i' li.t l.i.d 11 1 1 utire t 1 obtain his
material i.u 1 uuil.it without government
Interference. II. L. H.
Mr. James docs not yet answer the ques
.1 .. v.. ! nr. it
Hon uppenoeo, 10 .io. . n. n.
In the list urtlcle of Mr. R liwissl,
phrase "John, a M Ussulman,"- should have
read "HVo'i a Mussulman I)i )
A ritOThCTIOMST'd REPLY, No. 5.
Free Traders charge that protection does
violence to the natural rlgl t of every man
to trade where he may find it most advan
tageous to himself.; Rut Is this so? Is this
a natural right T In the state of mittire
there Is no trade. Trade is conventional,
not natural. It roots back Into, and grews
out of treaties ami law ; which themselves
are the prodvii t of civlliitlm, not nature.'
Trade is permitted ui.der such rules, and
controlled by su. h regulations as commun
ities conceive to be most beneficial to the
general w hole. Does J rotectlon secure
this end? If it does, that it does violence
even to natural right cuts no figure. I have
the natural right to go naked. It is not
only my natural right, but it Is my natural
condition; and the law which forbids me
to walk abroad iu civilized society, w ithout
first being deceutly clad, doe violence to
my natural rights, and to yours. What
then? Why, It is evident that a condition
of highest social good Is not always a mere
enlargement of natural rights. True, the
highest good ot all is best secured by
guarding the rights of each, not the natuial
but the conventional rights, which view
chiefly the end the civilized social state.1
Ia my last communication, I compared
the manufacturing states with the non
manufacturing, and asserted that the same
rule holds good between the manufacturing
and non-manufacturing cities of the same
state. Manufacturing is essential to the
thrift, prosperity, and healthy growth of
cities; the universal effort to secure manu
facturing by the towns and cities of our
state is a recognition of this obvious truth.
Go Into the far west; a town arises upon
the prairie. It prospers and grows upon
surrounding trade. Lots are surveyed and
platted, and held at fabulous figures; build
ing is rushing; trade is booming; all is
life, and push and prosperity. Rut soon
other towns spring up around ; its trade is
cut off; buil-ing ceases; stagnation suc
ceeds to enterprise ; the town is already too
large for a surrounding trade that Is con
tinually diminishing ; property shrinks in
value; lots which sold lor $30.00, now sell
for .10c a front foot. And collapse Is written
across the face of the place. Tnereafter it
grows nothing but free trade and moss.
Ask of Its residents the reason, and the
universal reply Is, " we have no manufac
turing." Ry and by, a successful manufac
turing Industry is established there. The
spirit of enterprise begets enterprise.
Other establishments arise beside It. Pros
perity again returns; former values are re
stored and attach to all kinds of property.
Now it is a real prosperity, based upon
manufacturing ; It has come to stay not a
fictitious prosperity, based upon trade, that
comes to go. Tne value ot all kinds of
property within reach of its influence are
increased. And this Is the value of manu
facturlng; art-milting value; a stimulating
value; a leaven of national life and nation
al prosperity that nothing else can give,
compared with which the theory that you
have " the natural right to buy where you
can buy the cheapest, and sell where you
can sell for most" burns as burns the
taper In the full blaze of the sun.
The trade of Chicago is, apparently, nat
ural. It is colossal; but the growth of
Chicago, even, Is due much nine to her
manufactures than to her trade. Her two
hundred and lilty millions of annually
manufactured products represent more of
life, and thrift, and vitality, than does all
the trade that passes through a dozen cities
of her size. And this in turn arouses
thrift, and emulation, and enterprise every
where, adds value to all the property w ithin
and without the city, to railroads, to other
manufacturing centers, to every thing
creates a national wealth, beside which the
mere temporary profits given by protection
to the manufacturer absolutely disappear
It Is this reuniting wealth wealth that is
created in the hands of others, that is be
.stowed upon the community at lare; this
national prosperity, that results from pro
t ection and renders it so valuable, so nec
essary, so essential.
The bonus given by towns to secure
manufacturing, Is some such Inducement
as protection gives to secure manufacturing
in the nation at large. All towns, and
cities, and nations, are indebted to protec
tion for their manufactures. America,
France, Relgium, Holland, Germany, and
even England herself, all reached indus
trial prosperity through protection. Kng
land protected her manufacturing until
her manufacturers themselves discovered
that she could levy more tribute upon the
nations through free trade protected her
self until her manufacturers became
wealthy, and with their abundance of raw
material and cheap labor, demanded free
trail e. But she reached her present Indus
trial supremacy, as did the rest, through a
system of judicious protection, and then,
and not till then, she, like Young Ambition,
kicked the ladder down by which she did
ascend.
In view of this fact, what force is there
in the statement, that the natural right of
ime one to traae where he pleases Is inter
fered with ? or that large profits are tem
porarily made by manfacturers ? I may
admit all admit the wont that can be
charged; and then will set over against it
the national prosperity that result from
protection, and demand with confidence
the decision of a practical people.
Hakdkn A. James.
In one brancn of lndustrjOttawa Is de
ficient where It by no means ought to be;
to-w it, dairy products. It Is often very til 1 -ficult
to get good gilt edged butter In this
market. No one thinks of eating "Ottawa
olieese," In Northern Illinois they make
something In this matter, but In Central
Illinois the corn goes now chiefly Into
whisky and not Into milk, butter and
cheese. It show s a difference In matter of
taste and of population. In Utica, New
York, the c heeso output for 1877 brought
l,4;il,!!l ; for 178 It brought 1,080,1)22..
.m, a little morn than eight cents a pound.
At Little Falls the result for 1S77 was
fl,ir51,0i:i.70; for 1S78. 1.481,017.71. The
two places turned out in 1878, ;1(J,000,000
pounds, which brought 3,11 7,!);i(i 2o. This
cheese Is largely boxed, and the product
requires near half a million of boxes. It
is safe to say that a large part of tills pro.
duct of our farms Is lavishly fed out and
no inconsl leruble part wasted. We Imiort
our cheese and are happy to pet a gxxl ar
ticle at fifteen cents a pound.
THK ('OMITS.
Circuit Court.
.m:E IJl.ANCHAltD.
Chun "fry: Hicker vs Iserman etal.de-
cree of sale of premises; Zinc City Rulld
ing Assn vs Ilardt, decree made; Thomp
son vs Thompson et al, referred to master;
Reardsley vs McDowell et al, master's re.
port approved; Wolfe vs Longton et al,
mortgage foreclosed, judgment against de
fendant for $1,412 16; Martha A Walker
et al vs K V Southerland et al, bill dls
missed without prejudice, and leave to re
instate case, on paying costs; Amelia 8 K
May et al vs Hiram Jackson et al, set for
hearing on tho 19th of Feb; Est of E 8
Chapman v Eugene Perot et al, master's
report approved.
Late: John P Tllden vs A J Reddlck,
dismissed by plaintiff ; First Nat'l Bank of
Ottawa vs Wilsons and Wiley, stricken
from trial docket ; Divld Kelly, vs same,
same ardor ; Chas T Nash et al vs J R and
Win Dutters, confession, f3.020.21 ; A C
Smith et al vs B II Levy, leave to file count
In trover; Pat Murtaugh vs City of La
Salle, dismissed by Dlasntlfl; It Wolfe vs
August Schafer, right of property in pltf ;
dismissal by agreement.
Oriminal: Lewia Nelson, indicted for
rape; jury failed to agree; August Wo-
brack, evidence heard on Saturday last,
verdict not guilty; Hugh Farrally, two
cases alleged forgery, continued ; Fred
Johnson, charged with embezzlement, ver
dict not guilty ; Stephen Harris, appeal on
criminal charge, two cBses, dismissed ;
Mat Rink and two others, appeal, criminal
charges, fined SI and costs; W II Foster,
perjury, Indictment quashed ; Dolph Stark,
larceny, continued to county court ; Alvin
Black and James Johnson, recognicences
stricken from docket; O II Barrows, appeal
changed to county court.
County Court.
.II1m;K snydek.
This court has not been overcrowded
with business this week. The only case
was that of Dolph Starke, who plead guilty
of larceny and was fined f 25 and sent to
jail for one day.
MAKHIAI1ES.
T T ajtnri.rarntti anil k'nttfl If mo
John Wylle and Lena R Mitchell.
C Schmlth and Mary Ferdlg.
Win Myers and Hattle Bobbins.
John Stuart and Marion Ilobinson.
John F White and Belle Swords.
Geo Potrowski and Adwaga Yaukowska.
Holland F Davis and Dora Plowman.
Fred J Dornbush and Catherine Debold.
Vm Rlcter and Katie Maus.
1) A Conde and Alice L Strobll.
Jos Shmitz ami Anna Damrn.
A H Smith and Mrs C Stlnson.
Thodore Rosier and Ullrlck Copplin.
F II W Tanck aud Maria Rrandenber
ger. Alex Slckingen and Emma Muhrlln.
Pat Mohan aud Lizzie Lawless.
W K Van Voorst and Kate O'Leary.
Peter John. son and Minnie Thede.
ft-rsonal.
Law. The new law firm of Dune 111,
OTonor. Oilbert anJ others, forming a nu
merous firm, have taken all the southern
rooms up stairs in the Futterer & Metigcr
block.
Fiski:. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Fiskc l. ft on
Wednesday last for California on a visit.
Mrs. Mrs. ('has. (J. Armstrong and child
re 11 are visiting relatives in this city.
Tiik. Therou Bushnell, of Minnesota, is
hire visiting his mother and sisters.
HnviiKiu. Jaa. Anderson has opened a
meat market iu the old Fbert building on
Main street, and C. J.Knoedier ha." purchased
I.ippert's shop, opposite.
Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Lincoln
have returned home from a short trip to
St. Paul.
Dis. The la firm of Cullcn & Jlitt has
been dissolved, Mr. Cullen going into the
office of D. B. Snow, Esq., while Mr. Ritt
retains the oflice of the old firm, in Futterer
& Mender's block.
Mova. Burt Barratt and family bave re
moved to Earlville, their future home.
Grifk. Supervisor Griffin is local mana
ger of the Fire Proof Construction Co.
Scott. Mr. S. S. Scott left the city on
Tuesday for Salina. Kansas, where the tank
ing house with which he is connected will
be opened today.
Gm.-Geo. Griffith, formerly of this city,
now in the land business at Har" City, Kan
sas, bu returned to his Ottawa home for a
few weeks.
Walter Carpenter of South Ottawa, while
hunting near the site of the Illinois river
dam, was tspeet yeateiday. He floaten
down to th bridge before It v rescued.
From Ransom-
Ransom. Feb. 10th. 1887 -John Minks.
of (JrariU Rapids, spent a week here lately,
visiring old friends.
Philip Oehelier has rented his f.irm, and
will have a public Hide, Feb l.Vh. Me has
some of the finest stock in Allen township
to dispose of, and the siJo wlll.no doubt,
be lirgely attended.
. 11. Conrad went to Chicago, last week,
with a car load of hogs Mid struck it rich,
is fir as the price was concerned
It. () McVicker has sold his farm of 100
icres to Mr Oordon for $5 200. We believe
Mr. McVicker contemplates moving to
Nebraska.
Owing to some unknown cause, the eo-
a-iyou please race, which took place In the
rink here, Tuesday night, between Geo.
Uirber, of Kinsimiii, tiud Geo. Olford, of
t ils place, was not just as advertised. They
walked one and a hair hours, (Jltord win
ning by two laps, having covered eight
miles and ninety feet in that time. 80
Ransom holds the persimmons.
The C. St. F. & C. now owns the Three
I, and is actively preparing foi the exten
sion and repairing of the old Pekln. They
have put in a new otllce preas and book,
case in the Ransom depot.
1 ae meeting 01 the literary society, Sat
urday evening, was w ell attended, and the
program was a fair one.
The dance given In the rink, Friday
nit: lit, was not as well attended as the band
dances usually are, perhaps on account of
their trying to have one the week berore.
Our dude would like to know If that
Urookfield Miss weut WestV
The O'Mara Bros, visited Oaklawn Farm,
at W ayne, III, laet week, and then Chicago,
from whence Tom went to his home, at
Colony, Kansas, while James returned to
Ransom.
Joe O'Leary has been holding down a
juror's chair and listening to the legal
lights of Ottawa.
rim Corbettand family, of Ottawa, spent
a few days at their old home, this week.
Now that spring is approaching, the
matrimonially Inclined are thinking of
bowing I efore Hymen's throne. . Three of
the jolllest girls around here will soon
change their names, and we are Inclined
to believe, if the Streator opera house at
tractions holds out, that a couple of out
young men will sxn call on Clerk Flnlen.
Don't ask for names. Bouttor.
From Galloway.
Galloway, Feb. 2, l87. We failed to
mention In our last letter the departure of
George Fetzer and wife, to their future
home near Dana. Their pleasant face will
be missed very much at the "Old Home
stead." We also failed to mention the ar
rival of Mr. Joe Armstrong at Mr. Krlggs',
where he remained a few days. Be hast
lately received the agency of a book, and
is now busy canvassing this and surround
ing counties.
The surprise at O. W. Fetzr'8 was a
success. We all had a good time and a
nice supper.
The ladles of the library association
meet tonight to make arrangements for an
oyster supper.
We are sorry t hear thr.t Mrs. J. CoIIey
is quite sick.
Fred Woodward killed another fox Sat
urday morning. He was accompanied by
his sister. They report a very exciting
chase. The morning was so pleasant and
clear that the barking of the hounds could
be heard for miles up aud Jcwn the river.
Mr. Guenther is anticipating the conven
ience of having a station on the new rail
road. Ar?,T Chloe.
Gallow ay, Feb. 8. The beaatif ol snow
lias disappeared, and after lightning, thun
der and a heavy rain storm, we are at pres
ent enjoying a bright sunny afternoon.
The play'at the Seminary last Thursday
evening was attended by several from our
vicinity who were well pleaded with it.
Hark! As we sit musing, the merry jin
gle of wedding bells not far distant comes
floating to our ears.
Mr. Geo. Woodward, from Allen, is now
spending a few days visiting relatives and
old acquaintances In this neighborhood.
The wedding of William Myer's oldest
daughter, a week ago last Tuesday night,
was a grand affair. The bride wore a beau
tlful dress of maroon velvet
Mr. Nlckerson, our preot pedagogue,
who has served faithfully for the past year,
will be succeeded at the close of the term
by Miss Diehl.
Mr. Frank Schinzel has again rented
rooms of Mrs. William Patterson, and con
sequently will remain there this year.
The river Is very high trom the recent
rains and the ice, which Las broken up, is
fast disappearing. Aunt Chloe.
From Dayton.
Dayton, 111., Feb. 11th, 1S87. The lit
tie Fox became the raging Ohio during th
tbx)d of la.st Tuesday. Never since 1857
have we had such a heavy run of water and
ice. The ice commenced running Tuesday
morning, and run two hours; just before
noon it run two hours, and In the evening
It run five hours, making nine hours, run.
And contrary to the usual manner, the last
Ice running, Instead of beitij the lightest,
was the heaviest, some of it being two feet
thick. The fish shute was carried out, but
no damage was done to the dam. One of
the gates at the l.)ck3 was oroken, and the
feeder bank was washed nearly through
for quite a distance. The wster was so
high it ran over the locks and the anrround
log embankment. The trestle work of the
second spun of the new brldce was carried
away Monday night, and during the heavy
run of ice Tuesday evening, the stone were
all knocked out of the nones of the piers,
leaving them In a very battered condition
The water alongside of the piers was near
ly twenty feet deep. The paper mill lost
six hundred dollars worth of straw, which
Is quite a loss to them, as it is difficult to
replace it at this time of the year, on ac
count of the bad roads.
Mr. Uriah Miller, of Ottawa, and his two
nephews from Salt Lake City, Utah, visited
our town last week.
We understand there is to be a wedd.ng
in town next week. Will give particulars
next time.
The Progressive Euchre Club met at the
residence of O. W. Trumbo, last week, and
had a very enjoyable time.
Mr. James Green made a second con
signment of honey this week to Haven &
Green, commission merchants, at Port
Scott, Kansas.
Mr. S. Hlppard l building a residence
on bis land south of the paper mill.
The paper mill has been fitted up with
new calenders, and expected to start up this
week, but caniot do so on account of high
w&t?r
The rolls for the flour mill have act ar
rived yet, bnt the mill Is running on cotton
work right along. Occasional.
From Marseilles.
Marseili.iw, IU., Feb. 11th. 1887.-Mr.
Wm. Peace has moved the old shoe (hop
that stood between Wilson & Pelter'i fttre
and tbe canal, over toward the canal, and
w!U ne !t for a Hire house. A ware-boom
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