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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-04-01

PEPPER, SALT AND SPICE.

Our friend Vaughey, Of Seneca, acknowledges
the receipt of valuable present from st. Patrick
himself, ON the evening Of 'St Patricks day in
the morning." 1t weighs - lbs. Its first words
were, "Lst's take take drink, " concluding that
observation with "Here's luck, (which the
same" we wish unto him 1T is related OF
Mayor Jones thusly: He had been at Morris
trying the case which resulted in q verdict in
favor of woman and against the city OF Ottawa
&S,3O0 damages for falling through bad side
walk. The Mayor was coming down Columbus
street, thinking of the disastrous verdict to the
city, when lady in front Of him stumbled and
fell. Rushing to her assistance and picking her
up, he wiped the perspirstion from his brow and
sorrowfully remarked, There goes $500 more
damages against the city,. Our nsishbor, the
postmaster, hath dog, and that ssescious ami
NAL is sooner dog,-hed sooner jump out
through Smith & Rising's French plate door
glass than to go out through an open door-$7
and costs, besides numerous ''cussins." go. The
we'll known deputy sheriff, who has his hair cut
curly. lately came from Chicago with feroeious
meat hound, purchased without regard to q.
pense. He weighs s or. and serves the double
purpose of Q rat sxtsrminStor and . burglar
alarm. In figuring the matter over, we find
ourselves bewildersd at the number of gentlemen
Who comprise the present common council. 9
were pledged 70 Alden for city marshal. IA for
Foster, II for Harris, Is for Smith, for Bosser.
man and IA for Meyer, all for the same Office,
making ssvsnty.twO, and Ok Bow prairie to hear
from Since the $500 verdict for injuries 10
woman in falling upon defective sidewalk
was rendered, it is reported, that men all over
the city are sending their wives ont to hunt up
bad walks to fall upon. This is An admirable
strstsgem as il involves not only the prospective
$4,000 damages, bat . release from marriage
arrangements of much more profitable and
binding nature than plain divorce 80. We have
letter from a would b school teacher who
spells "Besmus" in this absurd fashion, "Beaem-
eioaesee" 80. There is boy at the starch factory,
who in one day drove 5000 aails. He 10 only
beaten BY tho boy whs drove 30 nillisas Of
black birds out OF . patch OF buokwAsst enc
afternoon.
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Illinois Legislature.

The legislature spent Friday and Saturday
OF last week in visiting Peoria, where they had
a big spree, the hospitality of the Pesrians
being perfectly overwhelming. On Monday,
so many members were still affected with
Katsenjamner that no quorum was present in
either house and legislative business was not
resumed until Tuesday. One of the first bills
considered that morning was one to remove
the seat of government to Peoria, that city to
save the state harmless of expense on account
of the removal, and the law to be submitted
to vote of the people. The bill was ordered
to second reading by a vote of some IS to 46.
Springfield is aefuUy scared.
The senate and the house have come to an
understanding or compromise on the railroad
fare bills, and bill embracing the sliding
scale principle has passed both houses
A sort of compromise has also been agreed
upon which it is said insures the passage of
the appropriation to continue the work on the
Illinois river dam at Henry.
Both houses, to the indignation of the Gov
ernor, have passed the Quincy bond bill over
his veto.
The senate has passed resolution to ad-
'ourn on the 9th Of April and meet again on
the 18th of November. The house is ex-
pected to concur in the resolution
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Not Satisfied.

The Ottawa Republican founders through
column OF rigmar0le about the brief contrast
we presented last week between republican
and democratic rule in our city government,
and without pretending to controvert single
statement We made, processes itself mot quite
satisfied" with our figures, and asks us to 60 in
to the subject in detail. twill be'n apttime to
do so when the ''facts in the rough" We have
given are osntroverted. We will only add
the additional fact sin the rough" as showing
the natural instincts frepublicanism, always
cropping out when it obtains rule, that during
the year of its reign in Ottawa it paid two of
its republican officers more for salaries than
was paid by the last democratic council to the
whole nine or ten city officers.
AS to the part the senior editor of this pa
per, as member Of the city council during
that happy reign Of republicanism, bore in its
extIavagant appropriations, he can only say,
that it is "baby plea" which majorties only
resort to in desperate cases, when they at
temptto saddle their sins on the minority. "The
Alderman from the 5th,' however, can truth
fully plead, that he opposed the appropriation
for the iron fence until the people should have
had an opportunity to say whether it should
be built or not, by voting for or against loan
to pay for it. On all other questions of sex
travagance" during that year, he is willing the
Republican shall search the record of his votes.
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MALICIOUS AIscHIE5.-Lass Tuesday evening
some vsgabonds, unknown, cut off wire clothes
line, and tied it across the street. In the even.
ing young lady, returning from the Baptist
church concert, while going at brisk pace ran
against the wire, IN the dark, and was thrown
down and badly hurt.
Efforts should be made to trace out the perpe-
traitors Of this outrage and severe punishment
melted out to them.
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Township Election.

The annual township elections in ceunues
under township organization take place next
Tuesday Some Of the Offices to be filed are
important and the fees worth striving for In
this town 1t seems to be tacit!y agreed 70
make no party nominations and the election
will be A scrub race. So far as We know, the
following are the only candidates in the heid
1t this writing:
SVrelTisoy-Iohn B. RE, s. W. Cheever.
list. Sg}rcisor-ChNs. Delano.
.is>cs>oI,-Arthur Lockwood, A. Is. Smith.
CoH,ttgy-Geo. W. Alden, Ed. Bolman, p.
RYAN. 7. w. Rowe, John Matthias, Thomas
Rartnn
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FROM WASHINGTON.
San DOMINGO.


Monday was II historic day in the L. S. Sem
alto. Senator Sumner, after some skillful ma.
noeuvring, succeeded in getting, on Friday of
last week, series Of resolutions before the sen.
ate denunoi.tory of the of the navy, by Gen
Grant, to intimidate u neighboring republic
(hayti) with which the U. s. were AZ peace );
and ON Monday he obtained the floor and made
bis long threatened speech against the Presi-
dents San Domingo policy. Never before in
the history OF the senate, not even during the
impeachment excitement, had there bssn such
| rush to the senate. After eyery nook and cor
ner was filed over five thousand people, it is
| said, were turned away unable to obtain admis.
| sion. The speech was most scathing one, con-
fined exclusively to the unconstitutional act OF
the President in making war on d neiyhboriug
republic, the proof consisting of indisputabls
documentary evidence, and the csrollary being,
that the President had committed crimes ten
| Thousand times more deserving of impeachment
than any committed by Andraw Johnson, and
! that ie was tho very cLiet Of the kuklux.
1t had been the intention OF the friend, OF the
Pre-iden. to make no reply to Sumner, but TO let
the excitement die with the speech but tbs in
dictment was 50 severe that they dared not do
this, and Morton and Howe made replies, the
former In en- apologize and dcprecatory ven and
the latter denouncing Sumner and reading him
out of the republican party. This WAS just
proVocation enough to bring Senator Shucz to his
feet, who svstained Sumner in five hours
speech, which was even more telling and incis-
i've than that OF Sumner himself. The friends of
the President could stand this no longer and at
the end Of Shurz's speech forced Il vote on a mo.
ton to lay the resolutions IN the table. Only
four republican senator's had the nerve to vote
! against this motion-Samner, Shur2, P.ttec.
son and R1bertson-while half "A dozen of others,
! like Logan, Wilson, &c, run The resolutions
were tabled by 80 to 1G
ECELUX BILL.
! In obedience TO the commend OF the President,
! both houses now at work on n kuklux bill,
| the leading features o' which are, 10 give the
federal courts jurisdicton Of all clAsses Of crime
IN the south; 70 require jnrc- 20 take the tast
oath; TO give tho President power at viii 10 rus.
pond the writ u hijc2g corpDS 10 authorize the
President 10 send the military into any state
without being u-kcd Wy ia governor or lcRi,la-
nature; and to try prisoners axcnsed u kuklu1'
Ism by military commission.
The San Domingo commissioners are in Wash.
'ny'on, and their report was u be presented
yesterday.
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HARDwARE.-We see enormous quantities of
new hardware unloading at the store of John
Aanlsy Il Co., and are assured their present
stock is the heaviest kept by any single estab.
lishment west Of Chicago. Manley's is about
the pioneer establishment of La Sale county,
has been landmark" Of Ottawa since 1899,
and for thirty years under tho control of it's
present proprietor During all that time no
business house in the country has borne more
un'ullsd reputation or been more noted for rigid.
~ upright, honorable, liberal and manly dealing
with its customers. SEQ new advertisement
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seemed to have prejudice against Baptist do
ings Ut had probably been immersed in cold
water some cold morning recently. and this
seemed good chance 70 'iaw baok."l The con-
cert was . success, and netted handsome sum
for the Sunday School Library.
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THE ORGAN CONCERT, At the new Cougregs.
tisnal Church on Friday evening OF last week,
WAS attended BY some six hundred Of our citi.
zens, and gave universal satisfaction. Miss
Kingman and Mr.. Evans brought out the full
capabilities Of tho new organ, which WAS shown
to Be an instrument Of great compass, power,
fulness and faultlessless Of tone. Miss Blood,
Of Chicago, charmed the audience by her splen.
did solo singing, and Miss Hard, Of Aurora,
pleased we'll enough to be repeatedly en-.
nuoh better than the duet Of Mrs Hull and Mr..
Geodridys who, being only Ottawa folks, how.
ever, were not encored. The concert vas no less
. suecess muncally than financially. ,hs ne.
proceeds being about 1925.
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I. y. IA number Of members OF Odd
Fellows Lodge 800 got Up ball at Willis last
Tu.sday svsai.s.. Forty couples danced. vii.
iiI' band played, and everything WAS ksrscs
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TEACHERS 1NsTITUTE-The La Sale Coun.
ty Teachers Institute held session at the High
School building in this city, commencing on
Monday and closing at Aoon yesterday. We
had taken copieus notes Of their proceedings,
but are compelled to omit the report for want Of
space. About hundred teachers were present
from all parts Of the county. and the session was
both pleasant and profitable. We shall try to
find space for full report in our next
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-04-01

WRIST BRoKEN.-Last Tuesday a man was
driving load of hay over crossing of the O.
o. Il F. R. V. R. R., north Of the town, when the
wagon ran into rut, washed out by spring
opened BY the railroad company, and was over
turned, the man breaking his wrist IN tho fall
Fortunately this was beyond the city limits,
hence Ottawa escapes another $4,000 and costs
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If the Ottawa Republican had been retained
by large fee to assist certain parties to OBJ
tain excessive damages against the city for an
assumed injury, it could net advocate the
wrong with more tact than it displays IN
Thursdays issue in its comments on the Swee-
ley trial. The democracy are Osten.,bly the
object of attack, but who would seriously
think So from reading the following:
Saving Mt the spigot aud wasting at the buug
hole" j. a Democratic custom wherever tho party
is in power. ECONOMY" is a cateh.wora. cried
10 deceive the unwary and unrehecting, and to
divert attention from extravaganza outlays and
! needless appropriations.
! Democratic Ottawa is a fine illustration OF this
Democratic rule Always Democratic, overwhsl
, ,ninuly Democratic, and partisan in its Demo
oraoy, its means have been squandered, its reve.
uues turned into illegtimate channels and its
/ increasing wants neglected, while the town has
! acquired III odious name IA badly governed,
heavily taxed and miserably sidewalked place.
We are now reaping the uMpslatable fruits of
this beautiful system OF Democratic economy in
heavy damage and prospective law suits
Republicans of Ottawa, is this true and will
YOU. for mere party considerations, permit the
publication of false statements like these. so
damaging both to the name of our city and
y0ur own interests Who can expect II capt.
talst, after reading and believing the article
in tho Republican, to engage in manufacturing
on our water power when constructedf II
such calumnious statements in regard to our
selves are permitted to be published in cur
city papers, which are expected to speak IA
yorAby Of us, rs the truth would warrant,
who can calculate the damage We shall sui
fsrf X.
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State Capitol.

A meeting Of the citizens OF Ottawa WA held
OF tho Supreme Court rooms, At this place, on
Friday lAst, in reference 10 call relative 70 the
proposed removal Of the State Capitol from
Springfield to Peoria. Lorenzo Leland was
elected chairman. and J. G. Armstrong s.oy.
The following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Rtssleed, That this meeting heartily approves
the movement inausurated by the city OF Poor. =,
Tor the removal OF the capitol OF our great Stat.
to 70 eligible and beautiful a locate. II. ,h.,
proposed to be furnished by the city o. P.or.
Be il further resolced That we extend to citi.
xsAs aud authorities OF our sister city our sym.
patty and best wishes for their Jealous efforts
md their proposed liberality which promises TO
provide suitable site for the State Capitol with
out increasing taxation or diminishing State
funds.
DO ii further resolosd, That in the opinion OF
the citizens OF Ottawa, here assembled, Spring.
field j. not and that Peoria il the proper place
tor the State Capital; that the former ia mac.
oessible, end tho latter accessible; and that the
former boasts neither of nstsral or artificial at
fractions in it, location and that the latter pos
sssses oil the natural advantages required for
the seat OF govsrnmsnnsnt for the State.
BE Il fiahtcr resolved, That the Senators and
Representatives OF the County Of La Sale be re.
qsestsd 70 use their best endeavors to second
the citizsns of Peoria County in securing the
proposed change.
ResoIped, That these resolutions b tslegraphed
10 the Mayor Of Peoris, and that copy thereof
DO published In the papers Of this city.
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the overthrow of both the Versailles and the
revolutionary government, and the restoration
OF Napoleon and Imperialism.
The New York herald., 1871-11-09
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS IN JERSEY.

Two locomotives attached TO passenger trains ran
into each other near tho ,epot ar Trenton, on the
Bordentown branch at four O'Clock yesterday after
noon The cowcatchers were demolished, and
there was great conservation among the passen-
gers Fortunately, however, no person was injured.
Trains were delayed for long time at the depot.
An engine and tender attached to o freight train
ran or the railroad near Frankfort Yesterday morn
ing. The tram the road, VIA KenslnRt0n, for
a truck laden with rails that had been left standing
on the line The engine badly broken, the tender
twisted the track, and one freight car badly
injured. One oil the railroad bars on the truck was
forced through the front OF the engine and passc0
along to the re box. Trains were delayed fully two
hours In consequence OF the blocking OF the road
but fortunately no train attendant was injured.
The New York herald., 1871-11-09

81 800 The loss on stock w reach a, 800: insured
for 81 500 IN the New Amsterdam Peoples and Relief
insurance Companies. The loss on w0rkmen's tools
Ii more than six thousand dollars on which there ID
no insurance. The building Is completely gutted
scarcely anything OF value having been saved. tina
loss would have been much greater were 1t not tnar
the propretOrs were carrying light stock Of manu-
featuring materials, the season being dun.
INDIGNATION OF THE FIREMEN.
A HERALD reporter visited some OF the enginB
houses during the day, ana the flremen seem most
indignant at the conduct OF the Inspector OF Build
ings IN pr0nouncing such structures SAFE Some went
so far AZ to say that In case any OF the sufferers died
ne should be Indicted for manslaughter and all are
agreed that, in case fire breaks out IN a similar
building, they Will abandon IL TO Its fale as they do
not choose risk their lives TO save the property Of
men who are too miserly TO erect substantial act0-
ries. IL will be rec0llected that about fourteen
months ago new factory In process OF construction
In the same block by Mr.. Hale, the owner OF this
one, was blown down, with fatal results Having
reconstructed the factory, he recently removed
TO 1t and rented the one where this later horror
occurred TO Deilman h Funk who were manulac-
turing for him under contract
The New York herald., 1871-11-09
Mics; second district, Albert Badeau. and TIL ird
district James w. Hustled.
THE NEW JERSEY ELECTION.

The Jersey True BIucs wild with Joy
Parker's Majority About Five thousand
Lesson to the r Politicians- Radicals Seek.
Ing Consolation In the Legislature.
The contest over In Jersey, which decided on
Tuesday that the State should be the Lode star Of
the Northern democracy. has produced results
which. to the politician, are OF most
remarkable character. Less than week
ago the republican leaders felt certain
Of carrying the State for Walsh by small majority,
and the shrewdest democratic calculators could
only figure out majority for Parker OF five or six
hundred. On Tuesday, however the people figured
on the matter at the polls, knocked all the maor-
ties pro or con OF the professionals into cooked mats
and gave Joel Parker the State by about 5000 ma
jority. The democrats make 1t out at about $500
and she republicans c0ncede him 1850. The whole
story OF the election Is simply this-The republicans
with all the odds In their favor the political
tidal wave surging forward for their benefit,
saw 1t to place in nomination Mr.. Cornelius Walsh,
q man entirely new In politics, who at one bound
aspired first 10 be United States Senator and then
Governor, and whose notorious unpopularity from
the very outset was proclaimed by radical prints
anu freely admitted IN the nominating convention.
Perhaps the most extraordinary feature OF the
election was the turn affairs toof In
NEWARK AND ESSEX COUNTY.
Newark which one year ago gave All immensely
popular republican, George A. Halsey, nearly three
thousand three hundred majority, and three weeks
ago the republican candidate for Mayor, Mr.. RcOrd,
Parker the very handsome compliment OF over
eight hundred majority. The county, notOrOusy
RADICAL gives MIN nearly five hundred. Out OF the
nine AEsemblymen elected tile democrats are GER
It also claimed by the republicans. BOtn parties
claim 1t by only two majority. Colonel PacKwell's
majority, as near as can be figured, Is about two
hundred. The republicans concede him lSe.
The New York herald., 1871-11-09
TELEGRAPHIo NEWS ITEMS.

ThomasJ Caldwell, accused OF committing . rape, was
killed yesterday In Giles county Tenn while cndeavorng 10
escape from the officers who had him under arrest
Marsh Renfo, of Maury county, Tenn, killed yester
day in difficulty with Nj. Weeks The latter WAS morally
wounded.
man named Cornelius Desmond, forty years Of age,
committed suicide in Boston yesterday afternoon BY hanging
himself TO cell door In the police station
Ellis NJ Leeds, Of Bridgeton, j. aged thirty while Eun<
the Uuion the West Jersey Railroad yes
terday staining with his hands crossed and chin resne
thereon, the gun discharged BY means unknown
killing him instantly.
Joshua L. Jones shot and killed bis father.insw, Jonn
STILL in San Francisco CALI last night the result OF quac
rel with his mothcrin-law
The right TO vote Of the veterans OF the Naon sss
Home DAYTON, three hundred " wnoso
were rejected al the October election Ii TO Dc tessa
coptested election Testimony In the cass vss Aoa
today
The New York herald., 1871-11-09
rmanic vote is as foIlows:-


Reform majority. .........................2 .25,O0l.
Tho Vote for Assistnnt Aldermen.
The vote for Assistant Aldermen so far as returns
have been received, stands as follows. few dis
tricts nave yet to be heard from. but 1t is not be-
leved that the vote will change the result indicated
In the table below
DistricE.
2-stacom. Tam, 4's7s; Slack ref, 726; Lanigan.
s-H SsIisn, ram, q, a7e7; Mulligan, Ind. ,.s44;
4-Galvin, Tam, 1872; Ward rep. es5; Carpenter,
5-Robnson, Tam, 1851; Wiser, ref, s,ls2; Ma
e-Healy, Tam. 2,l62; Blake. ref, l,los; Knight
7-rcrnune. rep, 1,Sis; Hampson, TAM, All; Hartt,
s-Kranes, ref, s,7o1; oden, Tam, 1,7Ss.
1880; Lynch, TIA.
1o-shark, ref, 0,sOs; Peacher, TAM, ssa; HoG.
11-pncKney' ai1; ~; rep. 2o2S Mulaan, Tam ss1.
l2-Costello, Tam 1904; Hahn, rep. 1890; jack
ls-wade, ref. 1922; Campbell, 1.lo2; Gregory,
1-Connor. rep, 2 5l5; Riley, Tam. 1928.
15--Result between Simpson, rep, and Little1eld
Tam, too close to determine as yet the win
ming candidate.
1e-Geise, ref, 4,see; CUNNINGHAM. Tam, 2, ,2be:
Wagner, AL; Crow, 2s7.
Garrv, DEM, 555; Cooper, 379.
19-McDonad. Tam, 54: Dawson, 377; Fuller 333.
2o-Schwartz, rel, 3,o77; Duffy, TAM, 2l54; Lyons,
21-Hali rep, 1.le7; Shelly. Com. Pol. Ref. 1910:
Mccarthy, TAM, 1877; McAuley, ind. 434: NC
Namara, ind, GIL; Roberts, Az; Stacom, 292.
The New York herald., 1871-11-09
RELIEF FOR WISCONSIN SUFFERERS.

The Sufferers by the wisconsin Fires Fully
Supplied with Clothing.
MADISON, Wis, Nov 8, 1871.
The following has been issued to-day by the Cow
ernor OF this State:-
=. lA1D MADISON, Wis, Nov. 8, 1871.
To THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES:
The Relief Committee inform me that the supply
OF clothing hand, In transit and ready for ship.
ment will be sufficient to meet the wants OF the suf
ferers by the fire in this State. No further contri-
buttons OF this kind will be needed now. Your
generosity has comfortably clothed the needy for
the winter. They would not tax your uberallty
longer than necessary, and gratefully thank
y on for your liberal and timely aid.
LUClUS fAlRCHlLD, Governor OF Wisconsin.
The New York herald., 1871-11-09

Second district. Q. Perry, republican, over
Third distrlct-uenry G. Murphy, democrat.
The ResnIt in westche.ter County.

As predicted in the HERALD OF yesterday, the
democracy OF Westchester county have suffered an
overwhelming defeat With the exception OF the
state ticket which was carried by q respectable
majority, the republicans elected their entire list OF
candidates, from County Judge down to the Super.
intendent OF the Poor. William Il. Robertson, the
republican candidate for State Senator
from the Ninth district, carried every town
In the county except Pelham, by ma
Jorities varying from seven hundred and fortyfve
downwards. Rockand and Putnam counties also
endorsed his claims, the former giving him 81
that his majority In the district William Cauld-
well Is not less than 5000. The county officers
elected are-Silas D. clifford, County Judge; Daniel
q. Briggs, District Attorney; Myron b. Sikman,
Justice OF sessions; Brenneck, Coroner, and
Kuester superintendent OF the Poor. the members
Of Assembly elect are-Flrst District William W.