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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
BKSJAMIN LINDY AND THE l' XL) Kit
t.KOIND KAlUtOAU.
Mr. Lundy Comes to Illinois. His Paper
at iMirell, Iai Salle Co. His Ilium and
l)Mth. Decline ami Death of "The Gen
ius (f Lihcrty." Other Reminiscences,
COMING TO ILLINOIS.
In July, Mr. Lumly left PhiliuiH
pLiu for I'uttiuin county, in thin 8ttp, On
Lis way he funned the nc'iuuintunce ot n
younir woimm of lVunylvanin, a member
of the Society of r'rlt'iulH, wlMi whom he
contracted a matrimonial engagement
While on this journey, ho wrote to his
friends that his health wits excellent ami
that he felt happy In being clear of a crowd
ed city. Reaching his deHtlnatlon, the
"(Quaker Settlement." near Magnolia, on
Sept. 10, he wrote: "1 am here at last
among my children. This Is emphatically
one of the best and most beautiful coun
tries I have ever seen." lie afterwards,
on the same day, attended an antl slavery
convention at Hennepin, composed of In
telligent men and woman. It pawed an
unanimous resolution to encourage the cir
culation of the Genius, (which paper he
proposed to revive and publish at Henne
pin,) and a large number of subscriptions
were Immediately obtained.
II E ESTABLISHES HIS PAPKIl AT IXIWBLI..
Having been disappointed in several at
tempts to purchase a press and an outfit at
Hennepin, where he desired to settle, he
received a proposition from some of the
inhabitants of Lowell, In La Halle county,
to establish his paper there; and, accept
ing their offer, he went to that place in the
winter of 18118-9, accompanied by bis son
Charles, his other children following In the
spring. In a latter dated Feb. IjO, Ml!), he
says: "1 have purchased a printing ollke,
and established It at a new town culled
Lowell ; but we have no postolllce yet, and
the (J. If. E. will be published a while at
Hennepin. 1 have found great difficulty in
getting my printing done, but am now pre
pared to go on legularly as soon as I receive
paper, for which I have sent to St. Louis."
Lundy uullt a house and got up a printing
office ut Lowell, and in the spring pur.
chased a tract of land about four miles dis
tant. His paper was irregularly printed
for want of funds and help, he having tor a
portion of the time no other assistants than
his two sons, one of whom most of the time
had to look after the farm.
HIS FIVE MONTHS' ILLNESS AND DEATH.
During those early times malarial fevers
and ague were very prevalent all over this
section of the country, and new-comers
were sure to become the victims of some
one of these ailments. Mr. Lundy was no
exception to the rule. Early In August he
was attacked by malarial fever, but rallied,
and tried to work again for a few days,
grew worse, and then better, and then
worse, and so on wresdlng with his foe
from week to week, till Feb. 21st, 1830,
when he was in his office and wrote a note
to Ms children, stating that "he had been
quite unwell, but was now better." In the
afternoon of the same day he was seized
with severe pains and retired to the house
of Mr. Beeley, an old and honored citizen
of Lowell, lie grew rapidly worse, until
10 o'clock In the evening, and then became
much easier, but this was merely the calm
before the final 6torm. Being told by his
physician that "the end was probably ap
proachlnir," he replied that "1 feel much
better I feel as If I were in Paradise."
At 11 o'clock on the night of Feb. 22d, he
passed away. His remains, attended by a
large concourse of relatives and friends,
were removed to the house of Lis son In
law, Isaac Griffith, near Magnolia, and on
the next day were removed and Interred in
the Friends' cemetery, on the bank or
Oaek. in Putnam county, In the
presence of hundreds of mouners, for peo
ple attended from far and near to pay their
last respects to the memory of this dlntln-
gulshed champion of universal emanclpa
tlon. Thus terminated the earthly career
of one of the most self-sacrificing and In-
defatlgable reformers this country ha9 ever
produced. Having resolved, twenty-three
years before his death, to devote his life
and energies to the relief of the suffering
slave and the freedom, of the colored peo
ple from bondage, he nobly and heroically
kept that pledge, and, so far as was In his
power, redeemed his promise, persevering
to the end, undlscouraged by difficulties,
not dismayed by obstacles nor appalled by
the magnitude of the herculean task before
hlmt
DKCLINK AND DEATH OF THE "GENUS."
After the demise of lU founder, the
"Genius" had a precarious existence. Mr.
Eastman, the young gentleman who had
assisted Mr. Lundy in conducting It during
his fatal illness, carried It on for a time,
but It languished. Then Mr. Hooper W ar
ren, of Henry, a very able writer and an
"original abolitionist." came in as editor,
and for a while it brightened up consider
ably. Besides Mr. Warren's keen and well
composed productions, it contained speech
es, sermons and letters, contributed by the
foremost literary talent in the Nation, on
the anti-slavery side. But with no local
advertising, without county, State or other
official patronage, and no advertising, de
spite the unceasing efforts of its publish
er?, it proved not only a failure financially,
but too great a burden upon Its few sup
porters, and at the end of the year, In 1840,
Mr. Warren retired from Its management,
and Mr. Eastman took It to Chicago. Like
a dying candle, It had sputtered, loomed
up, grew dim, brightened and waned to a
faint luminous speck, and flickered out;
and Its type and material were absorbed In
the Chicago Republican, the forerunner
and predecessor of the great Chicago Tri
bune of today.
OTHER PROMINENT ABOLITIONISTS.
I'p to 1840 abolitionism had not become
the central Idea of any political party. It
had been a stray sentiment here and there,
mixed up with other philanthropic Ideas,
and was a pet theory of a few radical re
formers here and there. But spread by
such men as Lundy, Garrison and Whittier,
It had grown wonderfully, and was aug
menting amazingly, at the date mentioned,
and the Liberty party was formed with
James (3. Uirney at its head, as a presiden
tial candidate. While he was beaten by un
overwhelming vote, this election discovered
abolitionists in nearly every precinct in the
North and sonic In the Smith. They
formed the nucleus of the abolition party
which subsequently carried several States,
and In turn, the abolitionists becamo the
heart and brain of the republican party,
and It carried the Union! Prominent abol
itionists sprung up everywhere in the
North, and Illinois had her full share,
among whom were Owen Lovejoy, Warren
Hooper, J. H. Bryant, John H. Henderson,
Samuel II. Davis, and a host of others. La
Salle county had Elmer Baldwin, John
Iossack, Christopher Champlin, Levi Kel-
sey, Samuel It. Lewis, and many more big
and little guns In the abolition army.
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
It will not be necessary to go back far
for the causes which led to the organization
of this remarkable mode of conveyance.
Its route led from the South to Canada
from a land of slavery to a land of free
dom. Its conductors were white men, its
passengers were fugitive slaves, Its stations
were the dwellings of northern philanthro
pists, its operations were nocturnal, and it
had no schedules of fares nor freights, nor
any stated time for the arrival or departure
of Its trains! The several compromises with
the South had resulted in a fugitive slave-
law ; an act of congress intended to pre
vent the slave from shaking off his bonds,
and making it a penalty, severe and humb
ling, for any white man to interfere in any
way with Its execution. It was revolting to
abolitionist tastes, and seemed so inhu
man in Its requirements that they would
not obey, but defied Its operation, and
hence the railroad, which seemed to have
no headquarters, no depots, no officers, no
visible track, or any of the necessary para
phanalla of a railway, and was therefore
called, by Its friends, "The Underground
Hallroad," by Its enemies, the slave-hold.
ers, "Those d d Abolitionists 1" It was so
secret, and yet so defiant ; so Insolent, and
still so successful, that It aroused the in
dignation and tury of the South. The Su
preme Court ot the United States had de
cided the obnoxious law to be constitu
tional. The abolitionists decided that It
wasn't, and acted accordingly.
TUB RAILWAY 8TATI0N8
were scattered along at convenient points,
from neighborhood to neighborhood, from
the house of one sympathizer to that of
another, all along the line, from Kentucky
or Missouri to Chicago, and thence by
schooners around the lakes, or across Mich
igan by other lines to Canada. Underground
railroad agents, disguised as peddlers, iten
erant preachers, horse-buyers, fortune
tellers, book agents, and perhaps lightning
rod agents, went through the South, giving
"pointers" to the negroes, who soon be
came well posted, but only as to the first
station across the Ohio or Mississippi river
In Illinois. Once across the line and In
the hands of a conductor, the fugitive's
main care was to keep out of sight of In
qulsltive strarigerB who might bo his
master or the officers in pursuit. Generally,
when on the railroad track, he was safe,
for It took a keen detective to outwit the
conductors of that famous line. The ne
groes were not long in finding out all they
needed to know about the road. Mr. Sam
uel 11 Lewis, In an article on this subject
published In 1880, mentions an Illustration
He says: "I heard a colored man once give
a description of it (the railroad) in 1848
when at one of the river towns. It was on
raising the first telegraph lines that the
people had ever seen. A great crowd had
collected to witness the raising of the poles
Some wag conceived the idea of having a
colored man make a speech, and they
mounted him on a box for that purpose,
He was a bow-legged, uncouth negro whose
appearance was comic in the extreme, and
who when on the plantation had acquired
a reputation as a 'funn fellow,' and de
lighted In his supposed ability in the di
rection of 'making fun for the white folks.'
Swinging his disproportionately long arms
and making the most absurdly Inappropr!
ate jestlculations, he said : 'i)e white folks
tlnk dey done gone done a big thing whey
dey done made de telegraph, but 'taint no
circumstance to de undergrou' railroad
Way down souf we jls grease a nlgga an'
start blm on de track, an' he goes zip, and
come out in Canady a free man I" The
roars of laughter which followed stamped
the speech as a success.
NEGRO ANDY'S TRIP.
Mr. Lewis relates the experience cf
"Andy," a colored man, who took a passage
on this road : He had been sold from Ken
tucky Into Georgia, and made up bis mind
to run away. He started, traveling at night
only, across the States of Tennessee and
Kentucky, hiding In cane-breaks or other
friendly and yet uncomfortable retreats
during the day, and living upon corn which
he roasted, using persimmons as a dessert.
Arriving at the Ohio river he stole a boat
and crossed. Finding himself in a free
State, he traveled in the daytime, and was
never Interrupted but once, when he
promptly told that be was going to Spring
field, 111., to get work, where he had some
colored friends. His questioner was satis
fied and Andy went on, reaching the capi-
tol, where be found some colored people
who sheltered and protected him. He was
sent on afterwards to Dr. Dyer, in Chicago,
who soon placed Andy safe across the bor
der among the "Cauucks."
THE ROAD THROUGH MARSHALL COUNTY.
The general line of this peculiar railway
was from Springfield, where It branched
n several directions to the south and south
west, coming north through Dillon's settle
ment, Washington Grove, Peoria, Crow
Creek, and thence on across La Salle Co.
towards Chicago. Another branch ran
from Peoria west of the Illinois river, to
Lawn Kidge, Marshall county; thence to
Princeton, liureau county, and on to Lake
Michigan. Among the great workers and
managers of the line In Marshall county
were Kev. Mr. Dickey, the father of the
late Judge Dickev; Hev. Mr. Cook, father
f Hon. B. C. Cook, James and Samuel
Work, Wm. Lewis, Nathaniel Smith, and
others whose names we do not now recall.
Lawn Kidge, a small village, In the south
west corner of Marshall county, was a noted
"abolitionist hot-bed," commencing from
her very birth, and of course became a
well-known station on the"U. It. It."
ANECDOTES OF FUGITIVE NEGROES.
The first fugitive man and brother who
passed through that place on his road to
liberty was brought by Dr. Cutler, of
Vlncevllle, under a feather-bed In a wagon,
breathing through an auger hole in the
bottom of the box ! The next was a colored
man who had been se closely pursued that
he jumped out of the wagon on which he
was riding and hid under a bridge near a
clump of hazel bushes. The slave-hunters
spent a couple of hours in thoroughly
tramping down every foot of the brush, in
vain, and yet the object of their search wa9
"scrooched down," in plain sight, or would
have been, had his face and clothing not
been the same color as the surroundings
under the bridge. They didn't get him.
When some one afterwards told Sam his
eyes and teeth "might have given him
away," he chuckled and said : "Marser, I
was powerful keerful to keep my eyeB and
mouf shet and only breaved (breathed)
once a minute, and then dreff ul easy, kase
they mought a smelled my bref!" This
poor fellow was so scared that he remained
a day and night under that bridge, until
driven out by hunger and thirst, before
veuturlng abroad. When he did, he wan
dered away from the sliiht of possibly
passing slave-hunters, and finally brought
up at a friendly house where his physical
wants were cheerfully provided by a kind
woman, who, though a democrat and law
abiding, as she told the writer of this, still
"she wan't a-gwlne to see a poor human
critter starve, law or no law!" The good
old lady was mistaken as to the meaning of
the statute. Its enemies and Its friends had
mlsrepresanted its purposes for opposite
reasons, the abolitionists to magnify Its
inhumanity, and the slaveholders to
frighten the negroes. It provided a pen
alty for harboring "fugitive" slaves, or
"from labor," as It termed them. This pro
vision was not in the sense that escaped
negroes might not be fed and sheltered,
but that they must not be harbored or hid
den, to defeat the law.
Two fugitives arrived at the Lawn Ridge
station one evening ; one was a minister of
the Baptist church and the other a member
of his flock ! The "Deacons" were probably
on the way. A man and his wife and five
children, once arrived, securely boxed up
and marked "provisions!" "Station agents,"
i. e., the dwellings of persons in sympathy
with the cause, always kept cooked meats
and other eatables ready for these travelers
and were ever ready to entertain their col
ored friends, and never failed to open their
doors when the proper signal of "the line"
was given. This signal cr open sesame
was only known to the "conductors." A
stranger's knock was Instantly known, and
the colored guests were quickly secreted
before the door was opened.
A DEMOCRAT'S JOKE.
Deacon Smith, the manager of the line I
at Lawn Ridge, had a brother who was a
democrat. He slyly helped the runaways
to food and clothing, but objected to the
violation of the law in running the fugi
tives off. He was somewhat of a wag,
withal, and on one occasion "put up a job"
on his abolitionist brother. A crowd of
colored people had arrived the previous
evening, and. It being the Sabbath, on
which day the Deacon's division of the road
did not operate, that worthy gentleman had
organized his passengers Into a congrega
tion, and was giving them an amateur ser
mon. The Irreverent joker, arrayed In
slave-driver's costume, suddenly entered
the room and, producing a roll of paper,
began to read in a loud voice: "In the
name of the people but before the sen
tence was ended, every colored brother and
sister had emptied themselves out of the
windows and back doors, and they were
streaking it" for the corn-field! The Dea
con was wrathy beyond expression, and
spent most of the afternoon in hunting up
his frightened flock!
THE JOKE PAID HACK.
On one occasion the Deacon's carryall
had broken down, and, as a fresh Invoice of
chattels had arrived and It was necessary to
send them forward that night, without
leave, he hitched on to a rusty old vehicle
belonging to his democratic brother. The
next day, in a crowd, the Deacon boasted
of having used his brother's rig to haul off
fugitive slaves, and added : "That was the
best use a democrat's wagon had ever been
put to." The crowd laughed and the dem
ocratic citizen was furious, and, going
home, relieved his feelings by smashing
the wagon into "smithereens, declaring it
should carry no more niggers!" To be
continued. J. G. A.
Do not throw away your hard earned
cash for every new cough syrup, when that
standard remedy for coughs, Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup, is 23 cents.
"Hurrah!" said a little girl, "I'm not to
be kept in because of that horrid neural
gia. My mamma has bought a bottle of
Salvation Oil."
Full many of us editors have wasted
quarts ot sympathy and written obituary
notices fer naught. Remenyi, who was re
ported drowned off the coast of Madagas
car, has been discovered, alive and kicking
and fiddling with his accustomed enthusi
asm away down in Rio Janeiro, Brazil.
Long may he fiddle!
Literary Notes.
The question whether the wheat of Man
itoba can be transported through Hudson's
Bay direct to Liverpool Is of serious mo
ment to this country as well as to Canada.
On this subject, In The American Mnqaziuc
for February, J. Macdonald Oxley will
throw whatever light recent exploring
expeditions can ailord, aided by illustra
tions and details of existence in a region
where mercury freezes solid.
Judge Wm. I). Kelley, the protectionist
leader In the House of Representatives,
has wrlten a plain statement of his views
of " How Protection Protects," which is
likely to be the protectionist platform for
the Presidential Campaign. It will ap
pear In the Forum for February. In the
same number Senator Cullom will have a
paper advocating the Governmental control
of the telegraph. Prof. John Tyndall
writes about "The Sky;" Dr. Austin Flint
about " The Mechanism of the Singing
Voice," and Darius Lyman about 'Impedi
ments to our Domestic Commerce."
District Agriculture.
Hon. E. C. Lewis the Vice President of
the Illinois Stato Board of Agriculture for
the Eighth Congressional District, has
completed arrangements for what promises
to be an interesting meeting for counties
of La Salle, Kendall, Grundy, Will and Du
Page.
The meeting will be held In Jollet, on
the 2nd and :5d of February, 1888. Mr.
Lewis has secured the best talent In the
State s speakers and all the procresslve
farmers and stockbreeders In the district
will make an earnest effort to attend the
meeting.
Arrangements are being made for low
railroad rates for all In attendance at the
meeting. We are assured of the complete
program for publication In our next Issue.
The results to be obtained from the hold
ing of such meetings may be briefly
summed up as follows:
They stimulate a pride and respect for
the buBlnessof farming and bring practical
and enterprising farmers together to dis
cuss matters of special Interest to all inter
ested in progressive agriculture. All in
attendance at such meetings have the ben
efit of the experience of the most success
f ul farmers and stock breeders in the State,
who generally attend these meetings in
large numbers.
By its mild, soothing and healing prop
erties, Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures
the worst case of nasal catarrh, also "cold
in the head," coryza, and catarrhal head
aches. 50 cents, by druggists.
KuHt I'tlca.
Utica, Jan. 14th, 1888. Nothing won
derfully new comes to our notice excepting
we have had a leap year sleigh ride, but
she could'nt drive unfortunately and we
were reminded of last year's experience
when we of cource did do the driving, and
that as best becomes our dignity.
That triple well so recently brought to a
close at Mr. Elmore Irwin's is Bald to be
what they exected "just so far and no far
ther" In depth. Its satisfactory, however.
Yes,. the straw is a "goner," and its attend,
ant "Common Metre" Is now taking his
ease.
Miss Carrie Rogers was in Ottawa a day
or so viJltlng friends last week. Our friends
believe in enjoying themselves occasion
ally. Who is to be the first to remind us that
It's leap year? Now don't all the vounsr
ladles open up In too fatterlng a valadlc
tory.
Miss Dora Is at home, and occasion so
made It appear by the manner in which
our professor gave vent to those oysters
last Sunday eve. For tt was Sliss Dora's
birthday and her frieuds were loud In their
grateful expressions on the occaslou
Thanks to our worthy school director's
appreciable comments on the condition of
our present term or school. Business
A call for a convention of supervisors
and county commissioners has been issued
to be held in Decatur, on Feb. 8. Amorjir
the advantages promised is a healthy dis
cussion on county government, and an at
tempt to obtain a uniform method.
I have used your Salvation Oil for crack
ed heels, mange and sand cracks with
horses, and it gives perfect satisfaction.
Chas. W. Lee,
414 W. Baltimore St., Balto., Md,
The cost of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is
only 25 cent. A bottle will convince all of
its excellence,
The City Sergeant ot Danville, Vt.
Mr. James Wood, the City Sergeant of
uanviiie, vi., is an old school Virginia
gentleman. His word is acknowledged to
be as good as his bond. If you want to
know how he stands, just write to the Gov
ernor of Virginia or any prominent State
official. Well, just read Mr. Wood's opln
ion on the best medicine to take in the
spring, and thousands of others verify this
opinion in an pans or our country :
Danville, Va., April 14, 1887.
Gentleman Last spring I required
blood purifier and system tonic. On Inquiry
of my druggist for such a medicine, he
recommended S. S. S. I took a short course
of it, and it proved a splendid medicine,
regard it as a splendid spring medicine.
Your truly, Jab. Wood.
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sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter
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laf action, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box For sale bv D. Lorriaux.
The Committee on Agriculture of the
Kentucky State Grange, at its annual ses
sion in December, presented the following,
which was adopted :
"Your Committee is fully persuaded that
the chief cause of the great depression of
the agricultural interests of the country are
due,
"First To the indifference and utter dis
regard of the National Government to this,
the leading industry of the country. This
is evidently tne absence or any ellort to
open, on equal terms, the markets of the
world to our constantly Increasing surplus.
In (treat Britain our cattle are slaughtered
In quarantine on the seaboard, depreciating
their value one per cent per pouud gross on
the flimsy pretext of pleuro pneumonia.
Our pork products are entirely excluded
from the markets of Germany and France
on the equally fallacious charge of trich
iniu, while the main products are admitted
when shipped from Great Britain. Our
wheat is met In the same countries by an
Import duty, yet no effort has been made to
remedy these evils. On the other hand,
the Government has made or attempted
treaties with every South and Central
American country in trying to build up a
market for our manufactories, sacrificing
as much as $40,000,000 of duty on sugar
from the Hawaain Islands for the poor
privilege of selling $40,000 worth ot manu
factures. The only remedy for this evil
would seem to be the constant demand of
the farmers for recognition, emphasized by
their votes and the agitation of the ques
tion by the press In the West and South."
How Intelligent Wonen Decide.
When the question has to be met as to
what is the best cure to adopt to secure a
cure, safe and agreeable remedy for those
organic diseases and weaknesses which
arlilct the female sex, there is but one wise
decision, viz., a course of self-treatment
with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It
is an unfailing specific for periodical pains,
misplacement, internal inllammatlon, and
all functional disorders that render the
lives of so many women miserable and
joyless. They who try it, praise it. Of
druggists.
New Importation of Home.
Just arrived In splendid condition, which
brings our stock up to about Two Hundred
Stalliont, nearly all of which are from 3 to
G years old, of choice breeding and high
est Individual merit. Our new Illustrated
catalogue is now ready, and will be cheer
fully sent free of charge to all applicants.
At the great American Horse Show held
at Chicneo in November, our stock won no
fewer than Twenty-eight Premiums, in
cluding First Prize for Clydesdale Stal
lions four year old or over. First, Third
and Fourth Prizes for English Shire
Stallions four years old or over. First,
Second Jand Fourth Prizes for English
Shire Stallions two years old. First Prize
for Cleveland Bay Stallions two years old.
First Prize for Pony Stallions, and Grand
Su-eevestakes Premium for Best Draft Stal
liont of Any Breed. Inspection of our stock
cordially Invited. Yours respectfully,
Galbraith Bkos.,
January 4, 1888. Janesvllle, Wisconsin.
"I recommend an enlargement of the
,, tict an no to Include within it the num
erous articles which yield Inconsiderable
revenue; a simpnncaiion oi me couupiea
and inconsistent schedule of duties upon
certain manufactures, cotton, iron and steel,
and a substantial reduction of the duties
upon those articles, and upon sugar, mo
lasses, silk, wool and woolen goods."
Now hold on there, Messrs. Republicans ;
don't go to belaboring the President for
this deliverance. It Is not his, but Is an ex
tract from one of President Arthur's annual
messaces to the congress of the United
States. President Arthur in his day was
considered a pretty good republican, gen
erally, and was esteemed as a patriot by
most members of his party.
Thn Pbbp. Trader lob rrintinc office is
now the largest in Ottawa ; and bas capacity
for more work ttian any iwo oiucea m iu
city. It guarantees satisfaction in any line
of work from a calling card to abound book;
and can pive special prices on catalogues
or work calling for large quantities. Jso ap
prentice or "blacksmithing" work done in
this office, the former being turned over to
our windy competitors and the latter to
iournevmcn in that line or nusmess.
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DRESSMAKER.
No. 900 West Jackson Street,
OTTAWA, ILL.
Gutting and Fitting in luUwt stylo. Prioon Boa.
Bonuuio ana enliBtaction guaraiiUMXl.
THOS. & HUGH COLWELL
MANUFACTURERS OT
SpsIi, Doors & Blinds
MOULDINGS,
Stair Kail Italusters, Newels,
Ac, Ac, Ac.
Rften In tttU'lr TirrsA Pint RiAllMni Pnmum
Loeki, Uingtt, ffaUt.hn& everything nectwsaay to com-
f'loU) a honse. We take contracts In any part of tils oi
he adjoining states. Parties contemplating billdlnf
would dv well to call on us and gut oar flgarca.
OFFICE AND FACTORY,
La Salle Street. Ottawa.Ills.
OTTAWA POST OFFICK.
Arrival and Dkpabturb op Maim,
C, R. I. & P. n. K.
Eastern mall 11:10 a. m.
ABRIVM.
8:17 P.
Went mall 2:45 p. V.
11:IW A.
Nightman 8:00 p. M.
C. B. A o. K. IC
Southern mall 11:30 a. m.
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7:liS A.
Northern mail 3:U0 p. m.
Strtutor special 7:30 p. v.
Dekb Park, Vkrmii.uonvillk, Lowell
AND To.NM'A.
Tuesdays, Tlmrsdnvs, Fridays, 1:00 p. M. 12:00 M.
Office open at 7:00 a. m. Closes at 7:00 p. M.
Ulllce open buuuays from 111 to l o dork.
WM. OSMAN. P. M.
CMcago, Burlington and Quincy B. B
TIMK TAKE. IS,
April Int. 188.
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Freight trains carrying passengers leave Ottawa as
follows: For Paw Paw and Karl, 4.20 p.m. ; (or Strea
tor, 5.09 A. m., 5.05 p, M.,and 1000 a. M; for Aurora.
10.00 A. M.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Can, C B. A Q. Drawlaf
Room Cars, Horton's Reclining Chair Cars, and theC.
rao pl rtlnln Cars, bv this route. All informa
tion abont rate of fare, deeping car accommodation
and time table will be cheerfnlly given by applylag to
General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago.
H. B. Stunk,
Genera) Manager Chicago. GEO. B. ROB,
Agent at Ottawa.
Illinois Central Railroad.
nmvn NORTH. RHOM LA SALLK.
Pnui.no.pr 4:37 A.M.
Passenger 11:2 A. M.
Accommodation .:sr'
SVr.tffht 12:25 A.M.
Freight ?:)jA'"'
Freight 4:00 P.M.
Pnjuienffer 5:44 A. M
Pawnger 1;05 P. M,
Freight :30 A u.
Freight 9:40 A. M
Freight (goes no further) 18:45 P. M.
8. P. Moobb, W. ULIOHTnABT..
Ticket Agent Freight Agent
Chioago, Alton & St. Louis Bailroad
On and after May 9, 1H8, trains on the C. A A. R.
K. paw Jollet as follows:
ItOINO fOKTH.
K. C. and fit. h. Express 515 A M
Lightning Kxprens 5.50 A M
Jollet Accommodation 7.45 A M
Denver Express "
KxpressMall 5.80 PM
Going South.
Jt-rnrPM Mail 10.15 AM
Denver Express ? SPM
Jollet AccommodaUoB 6.85 P M
Lightning ExnreBs.... J0.9B P M
K. v. anu bu u txpress !. -
Lightning Express. Denver Express, and Kansas City
and St. Louis Express trains run dally; Express Man
and Jollet Accommodation run dally, except Sunday.
Kansas City and St, Louis Express going south runs
through without change of cars. Morning train to Bt.
liu,:. i.iu. rrx rhuir ears, and eveulBg train througn
sleepers to St. Louis and Springfield.
Ticket Agent C. A A. Railroad.
Chicago, Book Island and Faolfio Railroad.
NEW TIME TABLK.
Ooino Eabt.
, Kansas City Night Express 2.S5 A M
No.
4, umana a di. rui mio
14, Omaha Limited Express 5.2J a m
10, Peru Accommodation... 7.02 A M
12, Kansas City Express 8.20 A M
2, Omaha. St. Paul A Peoria Exp. & Mail. .11.28 A M
B .uL ulruAc anil IMiipjurn Accom.
3.56 PM
28,
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28,
7 02AM
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No. 3, Omaha A St. Paul Night Express 1.33 A M
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5, Kansas city and reona n igiu nprcio.. " - -7,
Chicago and Oskaloosa Accom... .......ll.
1, Omaha, St. Paul A Peoria Exp. A Mall.. 3.17 PM
11, Kansas City Express ' f'
9, Peru Accommodation J
13, Omaha Limited Exnress 10.01 P m
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Chicago t 5 p,m. daily (Sunday eep
:7VTCgirV:ween .Jollet and La
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