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Ottawa, III.. July i. 17.
Current Events.
The window glass making season
throughout the rtmiitry this week, ami Ue
factories nr now taking the summer rest.
Th sciisi'ti has been a very prosperous one,
not v itlit.irnliM strikes la the building in
dutii.'s. Tin only labor trouble in the
Industry was a strike uf teasers Kt l'itts
burijli, Hfttle l by iirbltratbin. Tli w.nk
wit will lnilil nucnnveiitloD thl.t year, iml
h!I matters In cimnci tion with the wu;rt
sc ilf fur 1 - 7 will be nettlei by the wm;e
((immitti'ps of tlm workers and of tlie
mimtifai tun-M. Th diuainU or 'be mix
ermiml teaser for Ini-rniseil pay re cn
sblereil i crtuiii at Pittsburgh, ami it Is re
iMiitt'd that the wane w;ale will embiKly,
when presenteil to the nianufiiHiwers, a
uuinber ot lulvunces In certain grades rtf
jluss. The content for President ('line's
jMsitlnn U quite animated. Amontr the
coritehtantM are .lames K. Schllrker and
James Campbell, ot 1'ilUburjfli, Simon
Urirn", of Strentnr. Ill , and V. L. Snyu'er,
of Coiiotti.ta, N. V.
The vote on the Dew constitution of the
K. of L., Indicates that It lias beeu adopted
by ubout u three fourths vote. Several
liiipurtiint i haBeH are made, especially In
j;lvinR theexerutlve board ptccIuhIv? piwer
to nettle all Htrikes nod disputes. bis Is
an advance; but on the other band, it U
not creditable that nn analysis of the vote
should show that uearJy half of tlx? local
assemblies that opinwed the adoption of
the new constitution did so on account of
Miction i-'i, which reuds: "No lucal or
otlmr assembly or number Bhall directly
or Indirectly ,lve, Hell or have any ale,
beer or Intoxicating liquors of any kind, at
any meeting, party, salable, ball, picnic,
or entertainment whatever appertaining to
the. order. Any member found guilty ol
violating t Lis law shall be suspended not
less than six months, or expelled. No
line shall be Imposed for this offense. Any
local or other assembly so oiTeudlng nhall
be suspended during the pleasure of the
general executive board, or shall have Its
charter revoked by said board." The ar
ticle upon co operation was adopted unan
imouHly, Jt Is ijuito long, and provides
sor the creation and disbursement of a
fund to aid cooperation enterprises. K ich
local assembly Is required to collect and
deposit aeuni not let tlian Scents a iihuj.Ii
for every member In gsal standing. The
money Is to be Invested by the cooperallva
board, and profits are to be divided equally
lietween the general assembly, the cooper
ative fund, -and the workmen who create
the prolit.
Tlie bricklayers of Chicago have foriiWHl
a new union embracing the code of prin
ciples of tlie Master Masons' Association,
declaring strikes, &c, as evils to bo avuid
ed. The arbitration committee shall have
full power to adjust all grievances and
niake a written award altera joint meeting
with the arbitration committee of the Mas
1er Masons' association. This committee
shall have power to determine for the year
all working rules, including the minimum
rate of wages per tiour for all competent
mechanics, and for all overtime and Sun
day wo'k.
A national couveuf.lon of amalgamated
buildiog trade councUs Is in session at Chi
cago this week, to organize a National
Uuilding Trades Council, the objects of
which are to assist in the organization of
the journeymen workws of the building
trades, and the federation of such trade or
ganl.atioiw Into bulldiBg trade councils
and central bodies iu each locality of the
I tilted States; to create a bond of unity
between tlw wai:e-workl$r builders, and
to aid, by counsel and siipjsirt all legiti
mate efforts made for the betterment of
the condition of members of tlie building
trades.
A Territorial Constitutional Convention
Is now in session at Salt Lake, the mem
hi-ru of which are Mormons, tbe member
of Congress, Caiae, being chairman. In
Lis ipeecli to the convention he outlined
the work of the convention, and intimated
that the constitution to be adopted would
Kaf iafy the nation as to the objection that
hitherto prevented tike admission of L tali
to the fiilon it is generally understood
the constitution will contain a clause for
ever prohibiting polygamy, and will also
provide for Minority refiresentatlon. So
far tlieUentiles have declined to have any
tiling to do with this Statehood moveiueut,
aud the more pronounced oou-Mormotis
are actively opuoulng the nclieine, but many
conservative Gentiles say that while they
have little faith la the success of the plan
they would welcome Statehood as being
the quickest and easiest way ot settling the
troublous Mormon problem, and tiring
peace ai d h.dustrtal prosperity to the long
uisiui oeii territory.
Ex-Renator Van Wyck has addressed an-
otner letter to the secretary of the Interior
Inviting his attention to certain audacious
land prabs perpetrated by the St. Joseph
nil western and tlie iiurllngton & Alia
aiurl railroads. The former corporation
he charges with securing patents to UVHM)
acres ot land, on the pretense that they
would build a certain line of road, fur
whlcb, as a matter of fact, they never even
wroae ground. Ihey gobbled the land
however, and m! it to aettlers, atd no ef.
fort has ever been made by the government
to force restitution. Mr Van Wyck urges
that proceedings be instituted against the
conuuny, to recover the value of this land,
and that rlmllar proceedtngs be brought
siralnstthe Hurllngton As Missouri to coin,
pel the proration ot 24MK) acres, which
he accuse It of steallnir from the public
domain. If the ex Senator states the facts
accurately, the government certainly should
be able to llnd a remedy against the ofMid
Ing corporations, and proceedings should
be takeu la the matter without delay.
Friday last witnessed a great excitement
In Wall street, which developed Into a de.
elded panic before the day was over, grow
ing out of the nervous feeling cn"wmt;nt
uiN.n the failure of the Cincln.ntl r b.elity
bank, and the rumors of local failures. 1 1 e
banks called loans Ma large extent, send
log monev up rapidly to a rate equal to
nearly 1M ler ceut. per annum. I hen
came a break of 4' per cent, on Manhat
un railway k. wiucu nunug
fell i If lb' ,. (JouId'B Wo. 1'aciric lei 11
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iioliit-, ami other stocks from 5 M 7
i. Tiiun uiiih a rumor that .lav (too.
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wns dead, followed bv another that Held
was In trouble, which et the street wild.
There were no considerable failures; but
It now transpires that Gould and Sage net
...it to pluck Field, and did It In gaal sty e.
To anticipate any serious financial panic,
the Treasury ordered the payment of July
Interest checks, releasing a lare amount
of money and giving relief.
The little real of Kalakana Is In a furl
..us state of excitement over a threatened
ifiMiin ctlnn by the Chinese and Germans
liuth of villus Interests have been seme
what Inter Med with by the government
.s the royal army has only HOD men, and
the C.ilnee till III her over UO.OINI.a few lueH
r.niM upset the established order of things.
The I-laiids have somewhat of a local In
terest to I.a Salle county people old sol
diers who remember Mr. Charley Dickey,
f.iimerlyof Ottawa, now. and t..r several
yeais In business on Hie Islands.
It being evident that the coercion bill is
bound to pass and become a law, motions
l.uve been made to i.rovlde that Its opera
tioti iiiuv be suspended by an order in
council; but this was rejected. I hen a
motion was offered by Mr. Money restrict
ing its duration to three years. It was the
thst time, he said, tiiai any governiiiein
bud had the sVameful couragetoprop. se
perpe:ual coercion. Iu any exceptional
mutilation of civil rights, parttcuhrly In
so grave and serious a mutilation as the
present bill contemplated, the governiiiein
ought to be com ladled, fiom time to time,
at tolerable slnat inteivals, to examine
whether the circumstance s still jus'ilid
he existence of such exceptional legisla
tion. This was the lirst government tinti
had cast to the winds the old fashioned re
gard for the liberty of the subject and the
doctorin that exceptional legislation
should riot last one day longer than circum
stances demand The bin turneo into or
fenses acts which were not now condid.-red
IIm ouoted returns of agiaiiun
crime, and urged that the figures showed
time was the smallest hissioiu neces
sity for the bill. He protested against a
permanence which Imolesa permaueuceof
the evils against which the bill was direct
ed, lie was supported by Gladstone and
others); nevertheless this motion also failed
hy a voteoi ifluto iw.
Hurnell Is now recognized to be a very
sick man, and will have to withdraw from
Parliament at least for some time.
PROi'. BOY ESSEN ON IMMIGRATION.
That there are real dangers to American
Institutions In the unrestricted Immigra
tion to the Vnlted States, can haruMy, in
the light of the anarchist riot of 188ii and
the undeniably rapid growth of socialistic
Ideas In the great cities, be denied ; yet
there seem to be few who have the temer
ity to call attention to them. The subject
is taken up, however, with a vigorous pen
by Prof. Jl. ll.lloyessen, himself an Immi
grant, in the July Furnn, In which some
of the dangers are succinctly and churly
pointed out, and a'so by that very conser
vative journal, iru1strcet's, which, as usual,
presents the figures of the case, showing
that in 10 the foreign-boni population
was about Ul.l per cent, of the whole, and
In 1ST0 It was over 1.1. 4 per cent., while in
lbHO It was Yi 'i per cent. The arguments
presented by these articles against unre
sd ictcd Immigration here are about as fol
lows:
The Idea that the foreign element Is ta
ken up and absorbed by the native popula
tion is the popular notion, and the usual
answer to objections to unrestricted immi
gration: but the dally experience and ob
servation of iiieu clearly shows that this is
not true iu fact, but rather that the ten
dency, as iioyessen says, of Immigrants to
form communities aiming themselves Is
more pronounced at this time than at any
other period of our history. It can not be
said that they are to be blamed for this,
the, perhaps, natural result of the ties of a
common blood and a common birth-place;
but the fact remains that this association is
of such a degree of exclusiveness us to de
lay If It Joes not, Indeed, prevent Ameri
canization a consummation certain classes
of Immigrants seek to prevent entirely
rather than to hasten.
Our immigrants come from Kngland,
Ireland, Germany, Norway, Sweden,
Spain, Portugal, Switzerland ; and lately
Italy, Hussia, Hungary, aud Bohemia, have
turned their Hood gates upon us, from
whence Issue forth the discontented hordes
who are but the van guards of still greater
hordes of Slavs aud Magyars yet to follow;
a combination of elements that none can
expect can soon if at all become a homoge
neous, harmonious body of citizens. "The
quality generally of our later Immigrant
population," says JiradtretV, "Is distinct
ly lower than that of earlier date; and
such being the case, It is of ImiMirtance
that we should not endeavor to assimilate
such portions as are vicious or criminal, or
defective or dependent. Such an endeavor
enn have no other effect than to lower the
grade of our civilization "
These people come here to better their
condition, otherw ise they would not come
So long as tbey do Improve their con
ditlonthev feel kindly toward our lustltu.
tlons; but too many find out that the brigVt
tales of America and the ease with which
people grow rich here, told by the fire
sides of the would-be emigrants in the old
world, are far, very far, from the truth as
they actually find It. Prof. Hoye-sen says:
"Among the many with whom I have
talked, of recent years, the sentliiieiit was
not uncommon that If a man woikedas
hard la Norway and Sweden as he U
obliged to In the L ulled States, Ii would
be quite as well off, and have a very niach
more agreeable life than. lie ever could
hoM for here, when he must always feel
himself a stranger," and this Is doubtless
irue of all other Immigrants from whatever
country they may have come. The buoyant,
enthusiastic feeling for American institu
tions has sadly diminished; arid In Its
plsce has arisen a sullen Indifference in re
gard to all political questions which no not
directly effect their pockets ; an 1 as dlsap
jH.lntinetit deeenH with growing age the
country Is held responsible for their mis
fortunes. The next step is socialism and
anarchism : a step reluctantly taken, per
haps, by some; quickly by the Slavs and
Magyars, in whom It Is, as it were, a urt
of the blood born aud bred in them be.
lore they come here ; ami though as yet
few In numbers they have already
played a not Inconsiderable rh In the an
archist demonstrations and labor troubles
of the West.
Aside from the objectionable political
heresies of certain classes of Immigrants
there Is according to both AV.orV. ' and
the Professor, a menace to the American
working man in the "unexpended surplus"
In the labor market, which Is being in
creased by immigration. V.i..'says:
"The facts relative to the distribution of
foreign Immigrant jMipulation, showing as
they do that the pressure of competition
from tills source is felt mainly by our own
Industrial imputation, explain one aspect of
tlie demand for tlie restriction of immigra
tion. This is a brauch of the question
which, although it has been somew hat dis
cussed already, Is likely to be still fuither
and more thoroughly discussed in tne near
future.'' It would require the full capacity
of tlie country to assimilate the Influx
were the present quality of the character
of that arriving here years ago; but as its
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quality is poorer man iormeny, uie ten
dency, sa)8 Jloyessen, of this surplus is
now to enlarge the rauks and intensity the
bitterness of the socialistic organ! itions.
Kvery steamer unloading tlie herd of
Pules, Bohemians, Hungarians, etc., re-en
forces the ranks of the socialists, aud pre
pares a way for revolution in the future;
for "socialism Is the political name of dis
content, and revolution Is dlsconteut re en
enforced by hunger. All the lower strata
of society," says Pro?, Iioyessen, "and par
ticularly the immigrated M.rtion of it, are,
at present, hungry, not necessarily for food,
but for the good things of life w hich are
beyond their reach. They no longer ac
cept poverty and ill.luck as the inscrtable
decree of providence; norj do they regard
the present social order as unchangeable.
A large portion hate all who are better off
than themselves, and are ludelatlgably ac
tive In tpreading this hatejamong all those
w hose lot resemble their own."
When, then, ssys the Professor, these
men shall have found force enough to
make a showing, there are politicians anx
ious enough for their suffrages to profess
a sympathy for them aud promise legisla
tion in their Interests; later on, It may
come. Now, therefore, Is the time to deal
with this problem, before the acute form
has been reached and a possible resort to
force thrust upon the American people.
It is better, says the Protesor, to "ptevent
fortlgn mischief makers from arriving
than to kill them after their arrival." Aud
In thus exercising a regret ot selection,
the I' ulted States would only lie following
the precedent made by tlie European
countries themselves who now not only dis
courage immigration, but in some cases
absolutely prohibit it; at the hhiiio time
sending to America at their own expense
the Incorrigables aud the dependents who
are to them dead weights, and who are so
distinctly recornized as such on their arri
val here.
Dr. McGlynn, the apostle of Henry
George, was in Chicago last week and on
Saturday night gave a lecture at Central
Music Hall, entitled "The Cross of the
New Crusade." The lecture was an ex
position of the Henry George notion of
the.cause ot the present social lnequall
i m
t'es which he proposes to cure by a confis
cation of the land. Dr. McGlynn said :
Our remedy, then, for the Injustice that
now exists Is simply without disturbing
possession, to appropriate through the ex
Istlng forms of taxation to the common
treasury tlie full rental value, and thus we
shall maintain the absolute equality of
men in the general bounties of iSature,
while not disturbing the necessity perpet
ual iKissesslon without which great im
provements and a high civilization would
be im possible.
A great many of those w ho undertake to
oppose this doctrine or ours strangely ig
nor. misconceive, and misrepresent what
we are chietlv aiming ut. They seem to
think we are tulking a'l-mt agrlcul
tural lauds. We are talking about those a
little, but much more atxmt lands that are
not agricultural. We are talking about
mining lands. We are talking about wa
ter nowers. We are talking chiefly about
city lands. We are talking about the lands
that have the greatest selling value, and
therefore have the greatest unearned in
crement and the greatest corresponding
rental value But it is not the
land of Dakota we want. It Is the land of
New York the land of Chicago, the land
of the cities, the land that has the highest
rental value.
Bv the appropriation of tlie land through
the "form of taxes we shall obtain nearly
evervthinir we are striving for. This rem
edy may seem ridiculously simple, but all
Lrreat truths are wonderfully simple. All
the great laws of nature are simple, and so
with this social law. it Is one or tne siui
plest and yet one of the most elllclent rem
edles.
In answer to the George theory, Frof. W
T. Harris, in the July Fvrutn, makes i
computation of the amount that would ac
crue to each person in case the rentals
were given to the whole body of the peo
ple. 1 he assessment of 190 gave the val
ue Qfl'J'i million dollars. Allowing it to be
10,000 millions and place the rent at t per
cent, which Is perhaps a fair figure, and
the amount to he dUlded would amount to
about year per 'capita! Two cents a
day added to the poor man's income would
hardly bring ease and comfort to say noth
ing of Innocent luxury; and by a further
computation of incomes It appears that the
ground rent which the New Crusade want
tn appropriate la only one eighteenth of
an average per capita Income of f 141. If
this Infinitesimal Increase of Income could
give anything like the Immense results
claimed by George et ai, surely that end
might be approximated hy just a small
grain of economy. The truth Is, the suf
ferer from low wagea Is not Mr. George's
friend, the wage workers of the cities, hut
the farm hands, who get the lowest wages
paid to labor; while the farms, should
George's theories be adopted, would at the
same time be found to bear the burden of
a high land tax that would destroy them
The "Ixmdlers" are having a hard time
of it throughout the country. Following
quick upon the conviction of those delect
able statesmen Mc.Garlgle and McDonald
In Chicago, comes the conviction of Jake
Sharp In New York, the jury being out
only 13 minutes, the penalty in his case be
ing not more than 10 year9 In the peniten
tiary and $."),000 fine. The jury, In consid
eration of his age and poor health, recom
mended mercy. Sharp's crime was bribery
a heinous effense, since it is one that If
successful removes every guard the public
has; and the punishment should be severe
And now In Chicago the great "Omnibus"
ludlctmtnt Is on trial wherein the great
mass of county robbers will face justice.
These trials are all very well. It Is to be
hoped that every thief will meet his fate;
but would it not be still better t, in some
way, stop the leaks at the outset and thus
avoid expensive trials. In our ow n county,
both the expense of trials and the expense
of ferreting out irregularities in county
llices would have been obviated had the
committees of the Board in the past done
their full duty to the people who sent them
i Ottawa to look after their business
There has not been a fact brought to light
that could not have been discovered at least
twice in any year since the irregularities
began had systematic and business like set
tlements been made with county otllcers In
the past. Twice a year committees have
rejmrted these books as "correct," the
Board Lai approved their findings aud tlie
officials' acts, aud now comes the statement
that all has been wrong, and that robbery
has been going on for years. Grant that
this be true, whose fault has it been
Could not the same facts been learned a
year ago, or two years, or three years ago
as well as now Most certainly they could.
And what Is more, in the MUHgan case,
every Item complained of 89 robbery was
down in black and white, passed through a
committee's hands and was audited by the
Board I It Is true Doc Norton and the Free
Tradeh complained of some of Milllgan's
bills, yet they were pild, and no one found
special fault with them ! By their method
of settlement officers have been tempted to
Irregularities and to exhorbitant charges,
and neither the Board or the people have a
right to find fault now that the results of
shlftlessnesa on the part of the Board ap
pears to have grown its legitimate fruit.
What great cities, and counties governed
as is this county, need Is an infusion of busi-
ness methods into municipal affairs If it
can be had ; the election to the local offices
of business men and not any one who feels
like running. The whole feeling of the
people as to local otlices should change,
but enly hard knocks will change it, prob
ably. It is the local office?, supervisor, as
sessor, highway commissioner, &c, that
affects the pocket, affects good morals,
pood roids. and stops boodlerism. If the
people will not take the trouble to run gcod
men for their oflices and vote for them,
there ought to lie no complaint if their own
servants rob them. Such, for Instance, as
the exhibition made by Ottawa in electing
Bartels a justice of the peace ought not to
hive takpn place. We are not throwing
stones at Bartels we want him to have a
fair trial on his merits; but being under in
dictment he ought not to have run for the
office, and ought not to have been elected.
Whether innocent or guilty of the charge
made against him, the step was impolitic on
his part and unwise on the part of those
who elected him. No man ought to be
elected to any office under like conditions
under any possible circumstances. It Is a
bad precedent, and lowers the dignity that
ought to go with every public office, no
matter how insignificant. It is a step back
ward instead of lorward as should be the
case.
The almost certain renomlnation of
G rover Cleveland In 188 for the preslden
cy by the democratic party Is causing the
republicans a great deal ot wretchedness
at present and will continue to do so until
the Ides of November, 18H. The great
success of Cleveland's administration can
not he questioned. The reform of the civ
il service Is rapidly assuming a permanent
form ; the business Interests of the country
have been prosperous to a high degree ; the
perennial warfare upon the South has come
to an end, and that section of the country
since the return of political quiet has pros
pered In an unparalleled manner-exhibited
an Industrial growth and development that
has never before been witnessed in this or
perhaps any other country; the restoration
of unearned public lands to th puonc
domain and the opening to settlement of
the so called indemnity lands has been of
Incalculable value to the great West. In
short, the administration of public affairs
has Iwen made UDon a purely business
basis and in a t usinesa like way. These
are facts that cannot be deuled hy reason
sl.le men ; and It Is refreshing to see a man
like Congressman Pay son of the JYntiac
district ojieuly acknowledging it. To a
Star reporter, on Wednesday, Mr. Payaon
arid :
Mr. Cleveland has tried honestly to
give the country an honest, business ad
ministration, and I do not hesitate to say
so wherever 1 go. Sum up all the defects
In his administration, and you are fairly
obliged to acknowledge tUl. It will not
do for our folk to underrate his strength.
He Is a strong and formidable opponent.
The democrats are imund to renominate
him, and he will make It hot for any can
didate we nominate.
On the other hand what do the republh
cans offer the people ? Sherman or Blaine.
Kemembering Blaine's past record and
Sherman's recent utterances, is there any.
thing aoout either of these men to com
mend tbem to the people ? Fighting anew
old battles, resurrecting pullcles settled by
the highest tribunal So years ago. The
"bourbons" have emigrated to Ohio aud
Maine.
The A that Curried the Idol.
A political party, honored for the issue it
carries, is apt to overdraw its own import
ance, until, separated from longer service
for the Issue, It Is driven Into deserved de
feat. I remember an old fabU which well
Illustrates this point. The master of an ass
was employed to take an idol from the shop
of the sculptor to the temple In which it
was to stand. For the purpose of convey
ance, It was placed on the back of the don
key and carried through the principal
streets. Discovering that all the people
prostrated themselves In lowly reverence as
he went along, the animal soon supposed
that they were doing obeisance to him. So
he pricked up bis ears and nourished his
tail with pride. The Idol once delivered,
the man mounted and rode home ; but not
being pleased at what had beeu paid him
for the job, he made his jackass feel the
force of his cudgel. Besides, the poor
beast brayed his disappointment on finding
tliht the folks took not now the slightest
notice as he passed. If he had not been an
ass, he might have inferred, that it was to
the Idol, and not to himself, that the Jiom
age had been paid. It was to the grand
emergency, and not to the party which car
ried the same, that so much honor was
given ; but when that party laid aside Its
mission and represented no longer any 1
sue to be carried, the party very naturally
found Itself iu the predicament of that
donkey. I have no malice toward the re
publican party in relating that old fable
I think -Ksop told It. If so, it lias a healthy
flavor of antiquity as well as a good mod
ern application. Daniel B. '1 1 unev.
Peru, Illinois.
The cellar orm froths at the mouth at
the election of Bartels, and in agony of
spirit cries out, "Whither are we drifting?
These stars represent the
fiery Indignation, etc.
Great God I Shall we go on
lnthUrut?? Shall we as a
people advertise to the world
that Ottawa Is a paradise
for corrupt politicians?" Now, thU from
the cellar U good. If the half the cellar
claims for Its organ's success were true,
we should venture to suggest that it Is. A
town that can stand the cellar, ought, how
ever, to be able tu weather the election of
a justice of the peace.
The past week ha9 been a notable one in
the fire record. On Tuesday morning the
great packing houses of the Chicago Pack
ing ii Provlalou Company were burned
causing a loss of over a million and a quart
er; and on the same day the town of Marsh-
field, Wis , a town of 3,000 people was en
tirely destroyed, lullict'ng a loss of over
:J,00,000, the greater part of which was
total, some little insurance was carried, the
rates in the lumber town being deemed too
high to be profitable under ordinary cir
cumstances.
We are not able to present our usual
number of the series on "Tariff Keform
this week, owing to the delay In getting
certain figures forming a part of the argu
ment. Though knowing generally the
facts "Bystander," In his purpose to have
all statements made verified absolutely
by the figures, prefers to withhold this
week's article until ihe figure lacking
shall have been received. It will nodoubt
appear next week.
A Surprise.
Freedom. 111 . June 2S.-On June lGth
Wm. Pool went to one of his neighbors to
pick strawberries, and on his return, about
2 o'clock p. m , was completely surprised to
see his residence thronged wltu his reia
tlves and friends, numbering about forty
five, who had been invited by hla children
to celebrate his sixty-fouitU birthday, and
the greatest surprise to him was to see his
son. II. J. Pool, and family, ot raxton, in
The afternoon was spent in social conver
sation, and about five o'clock the company
was invited to the dining room, where was
a large table loaded with all the luxuries
of the season, including some ot tue straw
berries he had been nicking, together with
Ice cream and lemonade. After all had
done justice to the Inner man, the company
presented him wltu an elegant easy cnaii
and foot rest, in which to rest in his de
cllnlng vear9. As the evening drew near
and after wishing him the return of many
more such anniversaries, the company de
parted for their homes, all feeling that they
had snent a pleasant afternoon. His entire
famllv. wlih the exception of one grand
s.in. was present on the occasion, there be
Ing three sons, one daughter and five
grandchildren. A oi est.
Mendota Bulletin: "We have nothing
new this week to comrauulcate about the
New Organ Factory, only to say that the
enterprise has not been abandoned, but
the committee are oniy awaiting tue m--tl..n
of certain capitalists who have made
partial propositions to take a literal shaae
of the stocK."
Messrs. Hoffman and Stevens have com
menced clearing up the ground for the new
elevator at Mertden.
THE CANAL
Abominable Comlltlou f Ihe Cuoal ami
fll.le-Cat."A I.avtlj laaat Com
lulaalon. Having beard, from time to time, oooiid-
erable complaint from various loutcei about
lb oooditioD of lha oanal and in deplorable
state of dilapidation, the Faca Tuuaa hai
this week taken pains to inquire into the
facta of the rase, and has found the facts to
bt much worse than expected. Tbe canal la
in simply a wretched condition, There has
teen no thorough dreJging done at this point
for many years. Doati get stuck in tbe mud
every little while, and tbe boatmen are com-
plaining Utterly of the ban ami tbe general
dilapidation of tbe ditch.
Wishing to get at the exact truth of the
matter, and without making any erroneous or
xaggerated statements, we talked with lev
eral gentlemeu of this city who are not in
terested parties any more than that ihey pat-
ronlie the canal by shipping over it. The
lone of the remarks of all was the tame:
that the canal is being allowed to run
ilown, while the Comulssiooers have a large
amount of money for political buncombe or
other purposes. Mr. Young, of tbe firm of
Young & Nash, one of tbe biggest lumber
firm i on tbe canal, said that tbe condition of
the canal was limply abominable.
"Why, ii'i all mud a big frog pond," said
Mr. Young. "We can t get a boat anywhere
near our dock for the mud. We have to run
long timbers from the boat to shore, or else
drop our lumber into the water and float it
ashore. They won't spend a cent to help us
out. They g t some 51,400 a year from us
in tolls, and we think we are entitled to
some little consideration. Two years ago,
when the new Commissioners came into
office, we brought all our influence to tear
to get them to dreJge out the canal by our
yards. You see tbe water comes in here
from the feeder, right around this corner,
and It fills up the chaunel pretty fast. Well,
we urged that a dredge be sent here, an 1 so
they sent a little old cheap thing that they
had rigged up to save expense for labor, and
that little business got out here and went to
dipping up mud and putting it on the bank
of the canal, right where they dipped it out.
Of course that wouldn't do. Three or four
feet of mud isn't very good to haul lumber
over, and it would take two or three years
to become hard, so we went out and told
hem to letup ; that that wouldn't do. They
said that was the best they could do for us
and called the dreJge away, and they havn't
done anything since. It would have been a
very little more trouble and expense to load
the mud into mud-boats and dump it on low
ground somewhere."
Similar inquiries from other canal patrons
elicited similar replies. It is unquestion
ably a fact that the canal is in vry taa
shape. The side cut here at Ottawa is also
in a state of dilapidation. Tbe walls are
tumbling down, the bottom is full of mud.
and Is getting to be in a sorry plight al
together.
It is not only at Ottawa that evidences oi
the rapidly approaching filling up of the
canal, under the resent system of "repairs'
is to be seen. The dredge in use at Young
& Nasb's has been in U9e elsewhere. It dips
out the mud; deposits it on Ihe bank, from
which it runs lack into the canal again, fill
ing up the ditch in a new placet
If the Commissioners were aiming to dry
up tne oio alien, taey couiuu i uu it nwiri
than by the present system of supervision.
There is no lack of neeessary funds to make
the necessary repairs in a proper way, since
they now have in their treasury some $60,-
000 in addition to the amount appropnatea
by the state, $30,000 more. What is the
matter with them anyway? io they think
they can make in this way a record for econ
omical administration for political effect?
Or do they get "interest on balances,'' or
what is the matter anyhow?
Personal.
Pore Miss Emma Tope returned las
Saturday evening from a visit to Uockford
Hcqaiier. Mr. J. A. Rugaber and wife
are visiting friends in Dwight, 111.
Gkdney. Mrs. Gedney and daughter
Grace, of Ottawa, are the guests of Mrs. L.
Marks and family in Mendoln. i7i"to
Bulletin.
BiiAUT. Mr. A. P. Brady, of Ransom,
111 , made Ihe Fbek TnADER a call Thursday
la
Dat. Rev . W. F, Day received a tele.
gram last Mon day from his son Will, slating
that he had won the Kellogg prize at Am
herst college. This is quite an honor, ana
is regarded at Amherst as no small achive
ment. Will is expected home to-day.
Sack Miss Sage left last Tuesday for
Sheffield, Mass, where she will spend the
summer.
Foru. Mr. and Mrs. Chag. Ford have re
turned to Chicago.
Neabt. Mr. J. Neary of Wallace, is im
proving in health.
Yoi'NG. John Young, of the Etanston t'ni
versary, is In town.
Ryoji. Lawyer Ryon, of Streator has had
considerable business in Ottawa of late.
Canders. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Ganders
have returned from Iowa.
Straws. Miss Lyda Strawn is spending
the summer at Chautauqua.
J. E Porter has just received a carload of
buggie. Call and see them. They are
daisies.
Porter. Miss Eliza Torter left tor
Minnesota Thursday to spend lome time via
itiag friends.
McDocoall Mr. Duncan McDougall is
expected home Monday. He has been up
around the lakes.
Tatcuen. Miss Alice Patchen has gone
to Chicago to spend her summer's vacation.
Fla. Hon. Chas. Delano and fimily of
Florian are in the city on a visit to el I
friends.