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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-01-21
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ENT NOTICE.-srATE OF
"A ILLINOIS, La SALE COUNTY ss-Cncua Court of said
C5nrig. FtbrMiy 7slm \. d. ISL.
William II. ". Cushman doing business by the firm
and style of Ottawa Machine Shops and Foundry. James
b. Drake iNIc,Hep'.
Public notice is hereby given ia the said James Drake
OF La Sale Co Circuit Court dated the cath day of Dec D.
1870. the suit of the said william H. w. Cushman. and
against the estate OF the said James Drake for the
three hundred and ortvN dollars and three cents directed
executed:
Now therefore unless you the said James b. Drake shall!
personally he and appear before the La Sale County Circuit
Court before the the holden
the Court House the city Of Ottawa the Monday
OF February ISL give special bail and plead
plaintiffs action, Judgment will be entered against and
IN favor OF the said William H. W. Cushman, and much
the property attached I've sufficient to satisfy the said
Judgment and costs will lie sold to satisfy the same.
CHARLES II. HOOK, Clerk
CAMERON GILLIAN, Plaintiffs Attorneys. JAM
ENGAGEMENTS OTICE.--sTATE OF
n ILLINOIS, la SALE COUNTY, ss.La Sale County Cir.
cut court, Ftbflmrg I1 ~ a. D. ISL.
Herm AschHler and Simon Alschucr. partners. doing
business by the and styl. of Aschuer Co.. James
b. Drake.-iN0chDeW.
Public notice is hereby given the said James h. Drake
that writ of attachment issued the Office clerk
of the La Sale County Circuit Court dated the 2,h day Of
and against the estate of the said James Drake sum
OF hundred and seventyne dollars and ninety cents d.
rected to the sheriff of La Sale county which said writ has
been returned executed;
personally be and appear before the said La Sale County Cir
cult Court before thu first day of thereof be
holden AZ the Court House In the city of ottawa the first
Monday OF February ISL give special bail and plead
the said plaintiffs action Judgment will he entered against
and In favor of the said Aschuer Co., and much
the property attached he sufficient satisfy the said
judment and costs will bs sold TO satisfy the same
CHARLES II. HOOK, Clerk
CIR Wait taae
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-01-21
@e0ical.
TO PHYSICIANS.

TO PHYSICIANS.
TO PHYSICIANS,
NEW YORK. August 18th 1853.
or CONfUCND ATTRACT BTCIII. The Component psrts
are BGCHL. LONG LEAP, Ci,BEBS. JUMPER BERRLES
MODE or observation-disclosures in Juniper Berries
O Glstla0n 10 orm tine gin Cubsbs xtrActed by dis
with spirits obtained from Juniper Berries
little sugar Is used, and small proportion spirit.
more palatabe than any now in
Buchu as prepared by Druggists, is of dark color. II is
s, s active prlncipc leaving dark and glutinous
uoB Mine Is the color OF Ingredients Tine Buchu my pre-
pauon predoianaes the SMALLEST quantity other
ingredients are added 20 trmentatoR upon nspec
uoh VIII DC found not 10 be Tlncture, Pharua
coppa nor Is Syrupand therefore be used In
where fever or Inflammation exists In this yen
knowledge OF the ingredients and The mode preparation
Hoping that you viii favor 1t with trial. and that upon in
spsctlon u VIII meet with your appreciation,
With a feeling OF profound confidence.
am, very respectfully,
- H. T. HELMBOLD,
Chemist and Druggist Of - years experience.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-01-21

CAuTIoN.-An exchange says: "Persons
better have Il care about the golden syrup
they buy and eat upon their buck wheat cakes
Much that goes by that name does not con
tain particle of sugar, but is compound Of
oil OF vitrol and starch 1t is one of the most
successful tricks of the day to make this vile
compound. A New Orleans chemist says that
the best test is to drop teaspoontul of the
syrup into wine glass of rain water. and
then drop in little fannie acid. If it is the
manufactured article you have wine glass OF
black ink Our grocers would do well to test
their stock in advance OF their customers"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-01-21

NONE ARE GENUINE unless done up Ia
steel engraved wrapper with fac.slnaile Of
my Chemical Warehouse, ana signed
IL. r. lKLMBOLD.
Novnber Sui, Hle.-ly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
How the New York Frauds Look
Abroad.

The London Telegraph of the 9th
says editorially in regard to the al
legged frauds in the New York city
government
We have been accustomed to i'm
pute the greatest political and So
cial corruptions of Europe to the one
man rule governments of Russia and
France, but neither of these old
world despotisms can hold a candle
as regards corruption and dishonesty
to the brawny young Republican
giant across the Atlantic. The
strength of TammaHy Hall and its
hampions is so great that the chance
of its being brought to book aud pun
ishment is extremely problematical !;
but the whole of the municipal COR
rupton in America is directly trace
able to one deep-seated ulcer that is
eating out the heart fthe American
body polite. The fathers of the
constitution, as it is the custom of
our kinsmen to dub Washington JEFF
ferson, Alexander Hamilton, and
their contemporaries, were well
aware that if once the judiciary of
the United States became elective,
or, in other words, corrupt, the ex-
pertinent of Republican institution
upon the new continent would prove
failure. The terrible dish onesty
of American municipalities could
never exist if Tammany Hall, the
Erie swindle, as Mr.. Adams terms it.
and the other rings had not their
judges in their pay. Tho formida'
BILE and rapid growth of the NUM-
cipal Indebtedness in New York will
probably coerce the taxpayers into
some early steps for their own pro
lection. Meanwhile, speaking in the
spirit of hearty good will, we adjur,
them to cleanse the ermine of Their
Judges, and thus get rid of corrup
ton, which unless speedily checked
will prove she ruin of the common
wealth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
Correspondence of the HERALD
A New Item in History.

Mr.. Cover On reading the Lon
don Ne,os of juno %, came across
the following item in the proceedings
OF the British Parliament, the facts
of which | do not remember to have
ever learned from any Of our record
ed history:
THE HEIRS OF WILLIAM PENN.
Ma. Anderson asked the Chancellor of
the Exchsquer who We're the parties now in
receipt OF 4,000l. year pension granted in
1870 to the heirs of William Penn; whether
he was satisfied that the ground on which il
was granted were such as to make it a fair
and Legitimate perpetual burden on the people
OF this country, and whether it was not pos
slble to arrange some hint to ITS duration.
The CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer in re-
ply TO the first question, said the name of the
present representative of William Penn was
William Stewart. The family of Penn were
the possessors of considerable property in the
state of Pennsylvania. II was estimated by
the Commissioners at the close of the Ameri-
can war TO be worth 00,000l., and il was lost
In consequence of their adherence to the
mother country. In 1890 Mr. Pitt proposed
as an inadequate compensation for that
loss, that pension of 4,000l. year should
be granted The sense of the House was in
favor of 5,000l., but Mr.. Pitt and Mr.. Fox
assented to the proposal of 4,0G0l., and it was
declared by the Act of Parliament under
which the pension was granted, that il should
be considered in the nature of real property,
and subject to all the incidents of real proper
ty In regard TO settlement. The pension had
since been removed from the Consolidated
Fund and placed on the estimates but he
was ofoplnion that under the circumstances,
after an enjoyment of 80 years, an alteration
could not be made with any regard to public
iath. II might be wise and prudent thing
to consider whether some arrangement could
not be made " it'll the heirs of William Penn
TO purchase the pension, and he would give
ms attention to that question.
The facts stated remind me that
the British Government is 10 the
habit of taking considerate care Of
It's loyal citizens when despOiled of
by rebel parties.
WISCONSIN, ABROAD.
mi
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

The cities Of New York, Phila-
delphia and Brooklyn maintain the
same relative rank as to population
that they did in 1860. There has
been considerable shifting of places,
however, among those that now con-
stitute the remainder of the twenty
foremost cities of the Union.
During the last decade st. Louis
has assembled the scale from the
eighth to the fourth.
Chicago, in q similar proportion,
changes from the nineth to the fifth.
Baltimore, which in 1860 was the
fourth, retrogradcs to the sixth.
Boston pnrsnes tho same direction,
from the fifth to the seventh.
Cincinnati retires step from the
seventh to the eighth.
New Orleans falls back from the
sixth to the nineth.
San Francisco, taking a noble for>
ward leap, vaults from the fifteenth
to the tenth.
Buffalo lags behind from the tenth
to the eleventh.
Washington takes a stride from
the fourteenth to the twelfth.
Newark, New Jerseys thriving
metropolis, drops, nevertheless, from
the eleventh to the thirteenth.
Louisville, twelfth in rank in 1860,
is assigned to the fourteenth.
Cleveland, four steps forward,
mounts from the nineteenth to the
fifteenth.
Pittsburgh alone retains the same
relative rank now as then, the six
teenth.
Jersey City rises from the twentieth
to the Importance of the seventeenth
Detroit recedes from the seven
teenth to the eighteenth.
Milwaukee from the eighteenth to
nineteenth.
Albany, which was, ten years ago,
the thirteenth, now takes the old
place of Jersey City. the twentieth
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
Our Governors and their Portraits.

Madison Correspondence Of the La Crosse Leader.
The portraits of the Governors of
Wisconsin, as displayed in the His
torical and Executive Rooms of the
Capital, are interesting souvenirs of
the past. OF tho Governors them
selves the most conspicuous in his
tory are the first pair, Dodge and
Doty. God never made two men of
mark and merit who were more diff
ferent in their qualities Of manhood.
Dodge was a brave. blunt, honest
man of the frontier, whose frown was
dreaded by the mean men of any par
ty. Doty was polished man from
the Empire State, with the blandish
ments, adrOitness and duplicity of
the politician, whose smiles were "le.
gal tender" until disappointment re-
vealed his heartlessness. | have of,
ten thought it would be pleasure to
write up the Governors of Wisconsin.
Taiimadge, at one time, stood very
high in New York but as Governor
of Wisconsin he seemed to be of lit
tie account. OF Dewey, Barstow,
Bashford, Randall. Harvey, Lewis
and Solomon, nothing remarkable
can be cited, except that Barstow's
administration was characterized by
corruption Bashford was weak /;
Randall sought to build up personal
party instead of the Republican par
ty. He only wanted one plank in
the PLATFORM Resolved, that Aleck
Randall is sound on the goose" AS
time progressed Governor Farwel's
name is mentioned with increasing
respect as one of the best of Wicon-
sins Governors. Next to the honor
ed named Of Governor Dodge will
stand that of Gov. Fairchild, the only
man who has held the Office for six
years, and the only Governor against
whom neither friend nor foe could
raise an objection. In this order of
relative excellence the Governors
should stand thus-Dodge, Fairchild,
Farwell, Dewey, Solomon, Doty,
Randall, Harvey, Lewis, Tallmadge,
Bashford and Barstow. The man
who was recently nominated by the
Republicans of Wisconsin for Gov
ernor will take a high place on the
roll of Wisconsin Governors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
July Q. ls7.
A Voice from the Country Favoring
the Galena and Muscoda Railroad
Correspondence OF the Galsna Gazette
GRANT County, Sent. 7. 1871

GRANT COUNTY, Sept. Z 1871.
EDITOR GAZETTE As verybody
in this section is talking railroad, and
each individual has some scheme bet
ter than all others, that will give him
or her all the railroad facilities need
ed, we pray you let US give vent to
our feelings through the columns of
the Gazette
In common with all others who
study their own interest, and have
the good of the common wealth at
heart, we want railroad. We not
only want it, but are in need of
road and must nave it. We want a
road that will do our business with
dispatch, and for the lowest possible
price. In order to secure these ben
Gifts, do we want road that
costs $50, 900 per mile to build and
equip, or one that costs only SIS, 900?
One that costs 20 per cent. of it's
gross receipts to run, or one that can
be operated for 40 per cent?
One that has twice as much ca
pacity as business, or one that has
Just capacity enough? One that
carries ten tons of dead weight
for every two and one-half tons of
freight, or one that carries two and
one half tons of freight for each ton
of dead weight ? To our mind there
can be but one view taken of this
matter, therefore We go for the mar
row gauge as being the cheapest to
build and operate, and having suffi-
cient capacity to do all the business
must Of necessity be the very
thing we want. We will not discuss
it's ability to meet the wants of the
shipping public, IS that question has
been settled long since by the abIest
railway men in the country.
All intelligent persons admit that
the present four feet, eight and one
half inch gauge cost too much to
build, and has too much capacity for
now country. Would it not be
quite as economical to build mar
row gauge first, and when the traffic
would warrant, increase it by build
ing wide gauge or double track p
The day of big land grants for the
construction of western roads has
gone by. We must bald with our
own means such roads as our bust,
ness requires. Yours truly,
JEFFERSON"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
The Lost Democracy,


The American Democracy always
had patriotic purpose until its
leaders supported and shielded the
rebellion. From that hour it's course
has been irresistibly downward
The moment it lost its patriotic i'm
pulse it lost its soul. Instead of
graphing with treason in 1860 and
1861, It's leaders sympathized with it,
Ever since, their great difficulty has
been to get rid of the poison which
from that day has incurably corrupt
ed their organization. The colossal
fraud of Tammany, the 18th of July
New York riots, the barbarities in
the South, the refusal to obey the
new constitutional amendments, the
continued reassurtion of the heresy
OF State rights-what are all these
but the cropping out Of the original
sin OF submission to rebellion ? 1t is
q homely axiom that "a house d.
vided against itself cannot stand. =
But here is a party not only divided
against itself, but nearly every mem.
Der of it is at VAR with himself or at
war with his brother Democratic
disintegration is the order Of the day
in nearly every county in Pennsyl-
vania liz York the internal strug-
gle is by Democrats against Demo
cratic corruption. 10 Chester the
internal struggle is by Democrats
against the Democratic new depart
ure. In Carbon the internal strng-
gle is by the Democrats against the
dictation ola few Democratic leaders
In Schuylkill the Internal struggle is
by Democrats against the attempt of
Democrats to continue the monopoly |
of the courts in partisan hands. In
almost every other Democrats |
stronghold these aud other inhu- /
enceh are rapidly gnawing at the |
vitals of the Democratic party -
Turn whore these men may, there is
no hope. For ten years past the citi-
dial of the Democracy was Tammany
Hall, whose fraudulent ma jorities
swallowed up the Republican forces
VI ANCW OIh DlAIc, anu WeIC SNCu
strong enough to absorb and obliter-
ate Republican Commonwealth like |
Connecticut and New Jersey. Now |
this citidel is tumbling to its found
atlons by it's own innate rottenness. |
1t is most bitterly assailed by the
Democrats themselves. If they turn
to the South, they find people sick
of reposing confidence in the Demo
cratic leaders of the North. If they
turn to the West, they realize that
every monument of Western pro
gross and prosperity has been erected
and consummated by Republicans,in
the face of Democratic opposition
So true is it that when the Democra-
cy lost it's patriotic pWpose, ten or
eleven years ago, and proffered itself
as the shield and support of the re-
belIion against the Government, it
lost its own sonl.-FOrney'S Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

and Ledbetter Hotel were the only
places of entertainment. East of
Wingville for ten miles there were
no farms opened directly on the
main road, if we except Parmaly's,
whose house was in beautiful grove
nearly half mile from the great
thoroughfare. Such men as Comfort,
Armfieid, Lincoln, and others had
settled on their prairie farms, and
were just beginning, as it were, a
new life in new and beautiful coun-
try. But my sheet is full. The SUBJ
ject will be resumed in due time.
Glorious.
MARYLAND Seutsmber % 1871
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

a@-A contract has been made be-
tween the Oshkosh and Mississippi
Railroad Company and the Milwau-
kee aud st. Paul, by which the sec
ton from Oshkosh to Ripon is to be
completed in sixty days and oper-
atsd by the latter company. The
grading is being rapidly completed,
the rails will be delivered from the
Milwaukee rolling mills, so that track
laying at Ripon can be commenced
by the 18th and pushed right along,
and the cars running by the last of
November. Freight and passenger
depots are located in Oshkosh. This
road gives a direct line from Milwau-
kee to Oshkosh, and the Northeast
ern says at will not be long be-
fore we shall have connection with
Madison, and by Northwest route
crossing the Wisconsin Central, with
Wausau aud Lake Superior. Tho
twenty miles of road just secured is
an important link in the chain OF
our eastern and southern oonnsc~
| tions."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
zRMS---S2.oO' PER YEAR.
s HE VOL. %, NO. IS.
One Chance Left.


The New York Citi@en, edited by
the Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt, Dem
ocratic member of Congress, speaks
out in meeting as follows:
There is but ono chance for the
Democracy-one means Of escape
from the hopeless position in which
we are placed we must vindicate
the party's reputation for honesty.
We are drifting, we are driving head
long toward ruin and utter extinc-
ton. In two months our party will
have ceased to exist, unless some
thing is done to avert such fate
We have lost California, where there
was every possibility of success we
have lost Maine, where there was
little hope I'VE shall loose Ohio, of
course, and Pennsylvania and New
York. 1t seems that we shall lose
every state in the Union, unless, per-
haps, il be Delaware. Delaware
may stand alone to uphold our prin-
ciples and to sustain the party, but
the rest OF the Union will ere long
be arrayed against US, unless an Of
fort is made TO get rid of the load Of
disgrace which has been brought up
on US by the notorious swindles Of
the ring rulers Of Tammany Hail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
swSenator Trumbull. B. CIR,

sD~ Senator Trumbull, B. Gretz
Brown, of st. Louis, and the editor
of the Chicago Tribune, went to the
Republican State Convention at
Springfield to prevent the passage
of resolutions indorsing President
Grants Administration. But the
convention was too strongly Repub-
lican to carry out their wishes.
They came away wiser, if not bet
ter" men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

never vain, and only aspire to be
useful. Fame is often undeserved, but
when most deserved only claims hu-
manity, equality as its rank. Any
thing above is not his spere, anything
below is annoying. PAT LEVER.
Lancaster, August 4.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

E6r Gen. Grant has declined an
invitation from the Lieut.. Cover
nor of New Brunswick TO visit that
province at the opening of the Eu-
ropean and North American Rail-
way next month, on the ground that
no President of the United States
has ever left the country during his
term Of Office. This trifing barrier
of traditional etiquette might be
gracefully removed on the part OF
Canada by an immediate offer Of an
nexation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
Population of Cities.

The following table contains the
population Of each of the one hum
dred and thirty-four largest cities in
the United States. 1t shows all the
cities having population of ten
thousand and upwards
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
isr The woman suffragists have

iar The woman suffragists have
got lift from Judge Underwood,
United States District Judge for Vir-
ginia. The Judge writes in letter
that he is confident that the XIV
and XIV amendments together with
the enforcement act of May last,
have secured to all female citizens
equal tight to vote with males.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
r9-The charge of Chief Justice

B%The charge of Chief Justice
Mexican, of the United States Dis
trict Court of Utah, on Wednesday
to the Grand Jury, instructing them
to indict persons guilty of violating
any Of the laws of the land, includ-
ing bigamy or adultry-mcaning
polygamy-may be regarded as sig
nifying judicial action against the
many-wived Mormons, especially
when taken in connection with tho
fact that, when selecting the Grand
Jury, all polygamous Mormons were
rejected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
sss-Mr. Alex n Stenhens is anna.

ren;ly ofthe opinion that Mr.. VaIlan.
digham did not shoot himself mo-
ment too soon. In recent brief ed
itorial of three columns and over, he
demonstrates to his entire satisfac-
ton that the "key note" which was
sounded by Vallindigham in Ohio,
has lost California to the Democracy,
and is losing the other States as fast
as it is possible for them to depart.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

~ PHELPS, proprietor, Lancaster, Wis Having
furnished the three story brick hotel on the
old hotel corner prepared 20 accommodate guests
reasonably. Rooms well furnished and table we'll
provided. Ample stable accommodations. 22-30
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
ra~About $500 claims have been

S%About $500 claims have been
rendered by the Southern Claims
Commission, the aggregate amount
of the alleged damages sustained be-
ing upward of $4,000, 900 all owing
to seizures of supplies, cts, for Unit
ed States troops, belonging to those
claiming to have been Union men
during the late war. Evidence has
been taken in 600 cases, and decis-
ions ARR, ed at in $50 cases.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
s@Henrv Ward Reecber s.,

p~ Henry Ward Beecher says:
at will scarcely be denied that men
are superior to women, as men; and
that women are immeasurably supe-
rior to men, as women, while both
of them together are more than
match for either of them separately.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03
sorSenator Schurz speech in Nash

fas- Senator Schurz speech in Nash
vile ended in prolonged grumble
against the administration, as was to
be expected, and call for the forma-
ton of new third party. Consider
ing the effect of bis Chicago speech,
as demonstrated in the Illinois Con.
vention, the prospect of Republican
triumph in Tennessee, or at least a
reduced Democratic majority, is
greater than we dared hope before.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

n A. GATES, proprietor, Plattcville Wis. This
W new hotel Is situated on LIST Oak St, doors
south Of Main II Is newly furnished and fitted up in
hstclass style. Good Sample Room and Stabling at
tached Five minutes walk from the depot $3.50
per day. 22-23
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

"A poor penman on the Cincin-
natl Commercial says that "Greeley's
signature on the hotel register at
Chicago is described as resembling q
field of Norway oats after cyclone"