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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

CRAZr-PRoBABLY.--A despatch was rcceiv.
ed by the Mayor, on Wednesday, from Mendoza,
stating that young nan, named Alonzo Mitchell,
had stopped AT hotel in that city on Tuesday
evening, registered his name and gone TO bed.
Next morning at o'elock, with nothing on but
coat and pants, he had jumped out of second
story window, and taken to the woods. The
young man had left n his room y considerable
sum of money, as also couple of guns and other
property. Letters in his pocket were addressed
to him at Ottawa. The despatch enquired it he
had friends here He was pursued, but with
what result We are not Informed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07
Time for Electing congressman.

Probably the fact is not generally known
that congress, at its last session, passed an act
changing the time for electlng congressman,
to the second Tuesday in October--all the
states voting on the same day. The following
is the act
BE ii enacted by tie Senate and House Of ReD-
resenttises Of the United States Of America IN
Congress assembled, that the electors Of president
and vice president shall be appointed in each
state on the second Tuesday in October in the
year of which they are to be appointed, and the
representatives in congress shall be elected in
each state on the second Tuesday of October pre-.
ceding the session, to which they are elected :
and 30 much of the law relative to the election
of president and vice president of the United
States and declaring the officer who shall act as
president in case of vacancies in the office, both
of president and vice president, approved March
18th, 1893, and of the act to establish uniform
time for holding elections for electors of presi-
dent and vice president in all the states of the
union, approved January %. 1S45, as is incon.
sistent with this act, is hereby repealed.
In accordinance with the above. and in or
der to save the expense of second election
in November, it is probable that the constitu-
tlonal convention will provide that our state
elections shall hereafter be held on the second
Tuesday Of October.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07
The TAYLOR Cane.

The Mendoza thief who gave his name as Tay.
lor is found to have better claim to tina, OF Tim.
berlake. The CiTOntcle says that the couple
robbed poor deaf and blind woman in Aurora,
with whom they had boarded.-Ouana Re.
publtcdH
Mr.. Taylor requests us 70 say that the above is
totally and absolutely false in every particular.
He solemuly asseverates that his name never was
Timberlake and that he never was at Aurora
but one day in his life never boarded at Aurora,
AID never Sole from or robbed from any woman
deaf, dumb or otherwise.
Mrs. Taylor solemnly declares she never was
within twenty-five miles Of Aurora, to her
knowledge.
In this connection, il looks hard 20 us that an
intelligent, amiable, educated and sensitive wo-
man should be retained in horrid prison cell,
where she is obliged to keep with her her inno-
cent little child. and to be thrown daily in the
company trough 5harac,ers-such as mus. neces-
sarily get into jail; aud especially in her case.
when she is held on a charge which could only
apply to him.
In justice TO Officer Palmer, il mus, be said,
tina. the rat hole OF Jail is kept clearly as
possible.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

BEN, THE LUGGAGE Boy. By H. Alger, If.
Loring. 3l9 Washington ST., Boston. Western
News Co., Chicago.
Alger has thrown a halo around the "Street
Professionals" of New York City. Their lives.
adventures, and ultimate good fortunes. have en-.
listed the tympathies of thousands of RAIDERS.
Who is there that does not personally know
"The Boot.Black-Dick," "The Match Raw
Mark" "The News Boy-Rough and Ready
and soon WILL "The Luggage Boy-Ben.n or.
Is the New Workers called him, "The Baggage
Smasher," the name given to those bows who
hang around steamboat landings and railroad
depots. getting their precarious living by carry
ing vaiises and parcels for travellers.
MARION BERKLEY. A Story for Girls. Bv Tan.
"a Caxton. Illustrated. Loring, $40 Wash.
ington ST., Boston. Western News Comnanv
Chicago.
The book gives as very life.like picture Of
the interior of fashionable boarding school for
young girls. 1t is full of genuine humor and
pathos, of freshness and sparkling vivacity. The
girls pass before US in their every day attire.
nesses. 1t is book that can be read both with
amusement and proht as well by the girls them
selves their parents and teachers.
BRAINARD's MUSICAL WORLDS. Brainard &
Sons, Cleveland, Ohio. 81 per annum; single
copies 10 cents.
The May number of this musical monthly is
on our table, filed, as usual, with beautiful
music and new and entertaining reading. Each
number contains from three TO six pieces of
new music. besides musical stories, sketches.
hints, &c
THE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKER ].
W. Mcintyre. No. South 9th st., ST. Louis.
$3.50 year.
An excellent manual for parents, teachers, and
all others interested in the Sunday school work.
All above books and publications for sale at
the bookstore of Osm.n II Hapenan.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

MORE LYNCHING.-Here is the fourth case
of lynching We have had to chronicle in Hi
nois within the last four weeks.
On Friday night, April 18th, Mr.. Thomas
Pigg and family were bound by robbers at
his residence, near Odin, Marion County, Ill.,,
and robbed of nearly five hundred dollars.
The robbers escaped with their booty. 1t
seems they belonged to gang that have
troubled the neighborhood for some time
On the Wednesday following one of the gang
was arrested Mt Odin, and under threats of
lynching he disclosed the name of Hank
Rogers as his chief, noted gambler in Odn,
who WAS accordingly arrested, and taken to
Salem to JUL. In the night a crowd surround
ed the Jail, and demanded the keys. CARR
gan, the sheriff, refused them. They then
battered the doors with sledge hammer, and
took the prisoner. The sheriff summoned
what aid he could and pursued. He found
him hanging two miles from Salem, cut him
down, and fastened back to procure surgical
aid. On returning he found the ;ynchers had
been back and shot the prisoner through the
brain. He brought the dead body back to
Salem. Rogers was u young man without
family.
The sheriff says the men were not disguised,
aud hr ran recognize most Of them. Great
excitement prevails, though the deceased has
no symps'hisers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

The stockholders of the Ottawa Il Fox River
Valley R. r. held their annual meeting in this
city on Tuesday, and reelected the old board OF
Directors, as follows:
Hon. w. Bushnell, Hon. W. S. Streator' haipn
Plumb, L. B. Judson, John w. Chapman, SAM
uel NJ. Rowe, Jacob P. Black John q. Nsttinger'
A. E. Tyler, D. F. Cameron.
Immediately after the election the Board met
and elected the following officers:
Hon, w. Bushnell, President; Jno W. Chap
man. Vice President; Ralph Plumb. Treasurer;
D. F. Cameron. Secretary.
Il was ststed at the meeting that, besides all
the iron for the road from StreAtor to Ottawa,
two engines for the road have been purchased.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

Recently q meeting Of prominent radical
editors, leaders, &C., was held in Washington
to take look at the political situation. They
seem to have come to the conclusion that
Grant was q dead failure, that the radical
party must die if it is kept tied to the coat
tail of Grant, the bank and bOndmOngers and
the high tariff msnopolsts; and that the
only salvation for the country was either the
organization of party within the radical
party to purify its platform by repudiating
the principle and practice which makes the
radical party at present a mere machine in
the hands of the bankers and tariff monopo-
lists, and striking out for free trade and low
taxes; or joining hands with the democratic
party, which would more directly accomplish
the same end.
The editor of the Ottawa Republican, who
innocently supposed everything continued
lovely and serene in the radical camp, though
any man with half an eye open can see that
the concern is rotten to the core and rapidly
approaching dissolution, pulls his eyes open
as wide as saucers as he reads these ominous
"new party" indications from Washington,
mixed up with which, to his dis,nay or graft
fication, it is hard to tell which, he finds the
name of the Hon. B c. Cook, of this district,
and wonderingly inquiries g What does it
mean 2" After wasting column in obtuscated
speculation on the subject, the editor fairly
gives it up, and generously offers the use of
his columns to those gentlemen to answer
the question for themselves "What they
mean by such action!" Of course such men
as the editors of the Springfield Republican,
New York Times, Eren'ng Post, Cincinnati
Commercial, &C., &C., will jump at this liberal
offer, and for the next month we. can expect
to see the columns of the great Ottawa Re
pudlicon filled with the objurgatory disquisi-
tons of " those gentlemen in response to the
generous offer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

Attorney General Bushnell, il the case raised
by A. A. Fisher, E.q., Of this city, and some
other. Of like nature referred TO him W Gov.
Palmer, after mature consideration, decides that
no person can ut the same time hold the Office OF
police magistrate and justice Of the peace. This
decision renders void the election Of q. LeAveas
and Jane. Graham, Esqs., ~ justices = our
town election in April, and in their stead elects
the two next highest candidates, A. A. Fisher
and Thomas Larkin, ~ whom, We understand
the Governor has issued commissions.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07
Constitutional Convention.

Il ~OU0oBOuO001
The article on counties was finally disposed of
On the Goth inst As it now stands, before .
county scat can Ike removed. the new location
must have been fixed by Law, and then vote of
a majority Of all the registered voters is neccs-
sary to effect removal. Counties with les
than $4,000 inhabitants, are to select once
every four years county judge, county clerk,
circuit clerk, and recorder; and once every
two years sheriff, coroner, and one or more
masters in chancery. In counties of less than
10000 inhabitants the same officers are to be
elected, except that the circuit clerk Is ox-oai-
clio recorder. The pay of all county officers
shall be fixed by law, and shall be uniform
throughout the state.
The next article taken up was the Bill Of
Rights, which was finished on Saturday. The
only provisions differing from the present bill
of rights are, one giving the legislature power
to abolish grand juries, and another fixing a
new principle in the matter of settling for
damages to private property taken for public
use, as for railroads, street purposes, &c.
On Wednesday the article on "Revenue"
was disposed Of The first sections prohibit
the Legislature forever from releasing the Cen
trail Railroad from the payment Of per cent.
of its gross earnings into the State Treasury.
In other respects, no material change from the
present constitutional provisions was made.
Section 10, which forbade the Appropriation
of any tax collected from a particular locality
to any other than general state purposes, and
was thus intended to put a quietus to what
the Chicago papers call the grab law" Of
the legislature-the law which allows certain
portions OF the state tax to be withheld in
towns that have issues railroad bondd to Pay
the interest on those bouds-was again
stricken out. So the grab law" is to remain
in fOecc.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07
At LOggerIlcads.

The City Council OF Ottawa and the Board of
Education are at loggerheads about the amount
of taxes to be levied for the support Of schools
for the current year. A special act of the legis-
lature required the City Council last year to
levy a tax of $4,000 to support the schools, and
$14, 600 to pay the Indebtedness of the school
board; but to pay the Indebtedness, instead of
naming the sum, directed mills to be levied,
and fearing that would not be enough, provided
for mills more this year, to make up any de-
tciency that might remain. The City Council
last year levied 10 mills for school purposes in
all, which yielded the required $4,000 to run
the schools and $l4,6e0 to pay Indebtedness, and
supposed the matter was done with. But now
come the Board of Education and demand that,
although the five mills levied last year to pay
Indebtedness yielded $4,000 more than enough,
yet the other mills to run the schools fell short
some $4,000, and they demand not only that
such deficiency be made up, but also that the
other mills mentioned in the act of 1869, to pay
the Indebtedness due March &c. 1869, shall also be
levied in 1870, though the council gave them in
1869 $4,000 more than they needed to pay that in.
debtedness. The council, under the circum.
stances, concluded that they had not the power
to levy the taxes demanded, and told the Board
OF Education so, whereupon that body employed
counsel, and on Thursday morning entered
motion in the County Court for mandlmus on
the City Counc,l, to compel them to levey the
tax demanded.
The Board of Education, by their annual state.
ment published in March, reported an actual in.
debtedness of some $4,000. Their report also
showed that the schools during last year, exclu.
sive of expenses for extraordinary repairs, had
been run for less than $4,000. At most then,
with $4,000 for the present year, by taxation,
the board, whose revenue would thus be about
$4,000, could not be two or three thousand dol.
lars in debt at the end Of the current year. The
taxation they demand. however, would give
them nine Or ten thousand dollars to meet this
deficit.
This, it il true, is a view of the case a. it oc.
ours TO member Of the City Council. We
should Ike to see the matter elucidxted by one
of the finsnciers Of the board. AT all events, it
looks to us ridiculous for the city to go to law
with the city and incur heavy expense in that
way, when, If the council and the board should
meet together and talk the matter over amicably,
the difficulty between the two osght to be q
matter of easy accommodation. Such propo.
sition wss suggested, We understand, by the
Mayer, but the proceeding in the court on
Thursday indicates that the Board Of Education
decline the friendly overture.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

An IpEA.-An experienced gardener tells US
that II squash vine. are allowed to grow two or
three feet in length aud the Oh |. are then buried,
the souashes raised on the portion OF the vine
between the hill and the part Of the vine buried
will be seedless. OF course the vine will grow
On beyond the covered part, but the squsshes on
the further end will be full of seed az usual. He
has not tried the experiment on melons, but
thinks It would work in tho same way.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

The Supreme Court OF lllnoi, hn. rec.u,,y
decided that widow, upon ,cnouncinu the
provisions made for her in the will q, her
husband, after the payment of the debts. is
emitted to one third of the personal estate.
and the fact that the husband lett children
does not affect the right of the widow in this
respeCt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

Those innooents Of Serena, who went abroad
" Dayton to ash with seine, and were ca,oled
out Of lot of ash by couple oilswyers,) Who
promised never To all,-but did tell.-it is said
are now rsportisg tAat they can buy any lawyer
in Ottawa tor string Of Ashd
We doa't, believe Il. SANDERS are thick now.
s-dsys.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

Mrs. Stanton is rapidly acquiring the habits
necessary to perfect American politician, in
proof whereof she informs us, IN recent let.
ter from Iowa, that being disappointed in
catching a train she went back to the hotel
sin \ good state of mind to say damn it,"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

At hotel in Troy, few days since George
Francis Train registered himself after this
fashion: George Francis Train, presidential
lecture course OF 1000 nights, on his way to
the White House lie was somcwhn, am,y.
ed to find few minutes afterwards that som.
one had changed the white" to "Mad.n
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

Alex Brace. who did the stone work for the
Railroad bridge II Ottsws Last summer, and also
for the bridge At Peru, has taken the contract TO
bsild the piers Of the railroad bridge Ut Henry.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

A San Francisco paper decline. to publish the
particulars OF three murders, as there VA.
nothing novel or original abou, the modes Of
death"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-07

Travellers cay the great want Of Salt Lahs
Uty 10 good tAilors.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-01-19
1LKADHR CARDS.

Oh. A. B. HANNA, Physician and Surgeon. All;
calls promptly attended to. EIkader, Iowa. 500
D. W. CHASE NJ. D., Main and High
Streets, Ekader. 6s7
r. SNEDIGAR SONS. dealers in Hardwar.
stoves and Tinware. Agricultural Impl.ments
Crockery and GLASSWARE, Elkaa.r. est
". BALLER dealer in GeReral Merchandise.
Hardware, Drugs Vi edicines, Elkader. 6s7
I'd. BAYLEss d CO.. dealers in Drug. and McaI.
cines, Fancy Goods and Snndries, Elkader. 6s7
P. GARAGnTY, deale: in Harness. Saddles. Bri.
dles' &C. Cash Iaid tor Hides At highcs, mar kst
prices. Elkader. 6S7
PRICE COOK, Attorneys and Counsclors at Law
and Real Estate Agents. Elkader, Iowa.
Pay Taxes. Examine Titles and practice in tho
Courts Of the 10th Judicial District, and Supreme
Court Of Iowa.
st. WOODWARD, Attorney at Law, Elkader.
Iowa. 687
A. W. DAUGHERTY co, dealers in Dry 0oods
Groceries and General merchandise Highest Man
ket Prices paid for Produce, Elkader. Io.NS- 6SE
=. KALTENBACH, Watch Maker, dealer in Jewl-
cry, Clocks Watches, Dry Goods &s, Elkadsr, Iows,
DIR. J. W. STOUT. ONCE opposite A. ". Da,,rli.r.sv
Co.'S Store, Elkader, Iowa,
w. A. WHITNEY, dealer in IRON Hardware,
Stoves. Tinwars and Agricultural Tsols do, HIsxs-
der, Iowa.
YOUNG COOK, sstosucys at Law Once over
C. kyah's Store oppositrthe Boardnian House. Elka-
der Iowa, will practica in the 10th Judicial District
ana in the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa
special attention paid 60 collections OF all kinds
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-01-19

The Mississippi Legislature has rati-
fed the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments to the Constitution of the
United States. -. The lady principal of
a school, in her advertisement, mention
ed her lady assistant and the reputation
for teaching which she bears;" but the
printer accidentally omitted the word
which" 30 the advertisement went
forth commencing the lady's reputation
for teaching she bears" .....A letter
from Zanzibar, Africa, dated October
%, says letter had been received from
DR.. Livingstone, dated May 80 at which
time he was in good health and spirits,
and proposed travelling still further. $50.
The salary of the Treasurer of Pennsyl-
vania is only 100, yet the Governor
says ''there are but few men who have
held the Office, however poor they may
have been when they took charge of it,
who have not become rich."... The
population of Germany is now 38,3O2,-
900, of which the North Confederation
numbers 20 494 AIS, and the Southern
States S,sO7 ,529.
The number of emigrants that left
Switzerland for over the sea in 1868
numbered 9,752, of whom 1855 came
to America 49,. The elevated railway in
New York has thus far cost eight mil
lions. Canary birds sometimes lose
their voices. They can be restored by
giving peiec of plain ca e or bread
dipped in sherry wine .....In Michigan
they call an enterprising settler "rail-
road yes man, as he is pretty certain
to vote in favor of new railroads. ....
The uncounterfeitable new fifty cent
note has already been accurately count
erfeited :. =. The track of the Southern
Minnesota Railroad has been completed
to Wells
Kansas finished 821 miles of railroad
in 1862. Iowa has patented to rail
roads 6,655,1l5 acres of land. :. The
Lake Shore railroad will pay dividend
of four per cent. Feb. 1...... Work is
progressing on the Chattanooga railroad
between New Orleans and Mobile. /. -.
The prospects are good for the construc-
ton of a new line between Philadelphia
and New York. Schenectady is going
to build road to connect with the Sus-
quehanna and Albany road at Duanes-
burg. Thirty nine car loads Of iron
have arrived at Nebraska City for the
Midland Pacific railroad. .... Fifteen
miles Of the Davenport and St. Paul
railroad are nearly ready for the tics.
A new contract for Al miles, to Wyom-
ing has been let.
'None but the brave deserve the fair"-
and none but the brave can live without
some Of them.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-01-19
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