The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-03-16
Current News.

The Democratic National Committee met in
New York on Tuesday. II was decided not to
call a National Convention at present, but to urge
IN immediate and through reorganization of the
party throughout TIE country.
Thurlow Weed, the founder. and for nearly a
quarter of century, the conductor Of the lead.
ing organ OF the old Wing party. and an active
member of the Republican party since its organ.
cation, has finally cut loose from the Radicals.
and enrolled his name as member of the Man
hatten Club, Democratic organization in New
York
Two boys, at Belleville in this state, one 12
and the other Is years old, got into quarrel,
when one hit the other on the head with stone.
The boy that hit fell and in few minutes
expired. The singular part of it is, that the fatal
stone neither broke the skin or drew any blood.
Mr. ThOs. Basbee, with his son and daughter,
and Scott Wright. his son-n-law, felt Rockford
in February last In ROUTE for some point in Da.
cotah territory. A few days since the sad news
was received that they had all been frozen to
death while attempting to cross one Of the Iowa
prairies.
The Nevada Legislature adjourned on the 9Th.
The lieutenant governor, just before adjournment
stated that the state had that day been refused
credit for one hundred pounds of -four for the
state prisoners and that within twenty days they
would be- turned loose TO prevent starvation
lie thought the Legislature had brought no credit
upon itself or the state.
The Louisiana house of representatives concur.
red in the senate resolution appointing commit
tee to protest against the Sherman bill.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to assas-
sinate King Victor Emmanuel at Milan. on the
9th inst.
In making arrests for violation .of the excise
law, in New York city, il is found that liquor is
sold 70 females a; many Of the millinery estab-
lshmen,s.
The SYCAMORE REPUBLICAN says that farm.
-ers in De kalb county are hauling their wheat
70 CbicsSe-and bringing back lumber They
make good wages ar
In st. Paul negro "boy in blue slept on, in
the cold four nights withou. roof within one
square of where Tilton was lecturing on human.
ity and the elevation Of the IMAM and brother. ;,
At a late town meeting in Nantucket there
we're present 3,5 people over 20 years old. IS who
were so. and who were over 60
Nye, Of Navsda, SAYS that Blaisdel. the repre-.
sentative from that State, tapers the wrong way,
wearing number ten boots and number five hat
We gather from our exchanges that in Cen.
trail Illinois the prospect for an abundant crop
Of peaches the coming season. il considered BY
good judges very fsttering. There has been no
weather severe enough TO injure the buds to any
material extern.
The product oi gold and silver in California,
Oregon, Nevada and Washington, increased from
SB,OO0,0O0 in 1861 10 $7H00O, 900 in 1865. The
estimate for 1866 in these States. together with
idaho and Nevada, is $lO6, 100000.
y correspondent OF the Hartford Courant states
that that city has eight hundred grog shops and
forty thousand inhabi,ants-one grog shop to
every fifty inhabitants
Portland is announced AS almost entirely re-
putt ana the 'igor and perseverance OF it, people
IN 80 soon recovering from the effects of disas.
trous fire are worthy all praise
\ Buffalo paper has the following I'VE know
OF one enterpriseng Western representative who
bought twenty FIVE dollars worth of written elo.
Quence in aid OF railroad grant, and who crcu.
lated IT at home with such acceptance that he was
rewarded by credulous people with L. s. Sen.
ator-hip."
VIM NJ Lpringer. leading democratic law
yer of Springfield, in this state having refused to
pay his United States revenue tax the collector
seized his splendid residence and grounds at Oak
woods, and advertised them for sale. Mr. Springer
intends TO test the matter in tn. courts.
Gov. Oglesby has commissioned George F.
Wright, ESQ., an artist of Springfield, ILL.,. to paint
the two full-lenght portraits of Lincoln and
Douglas provided for by the last legislature.
Hon. W. \. Hacker, a prominent democratic
politician of Southern Illinois, who had been a
member OF the state senate President of the con.
-,itutional convention, DC, died at Cairo ON IN.
10th inst
\ negro made his appearance in East Machias,
Maine, the other day, and was quite curiosity
10 the people, many of whom never saw acolored
man before. The town. never having seen a ne
gro, Is OF course furiously abolition