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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14
From w Washington.

Congress thus far has shown an unusual dis
position 10 attend to business and give the
manufacturing political capital "rest' Elk.
cept the dirty movement by Cameron in the
Senate, 10y which all expression by that body
of respect to the memory Of Horace Greeley
was prevented, no exhibition of polical big.
otry or brutality has thus lar occurred in either
house.
The house generously and magnanimously
refused 10 allow Gen. Banks to resign the
craftsmanship Of the committee on foreign at.
fairs and intlmated 20 other Greeley radicals
holding similar positions that they would not
be disturbed.
The Senate for some time has been flooded
with temperance petitions. AS most of these
petitions refer to the importation of liquors
they were usually referred to the finance com.
mittec. But on Tuesday that committee
asked to be relieved of the "rubbish,n upon
which somewhat humorous debate ensued
AS to the proper disposition of the matter, the
result beng that the petitions are hereafter
to be sent nowhere.
There are said to dc 80 contested election
cases on the House docket. The custom OF
the house heretofore having been always tc
allow the defeated contestant mileage and q
years salary, the business has become profita
bic and q nuisance.
The House did good job on Tuesday IL
promptly passing Internal Revenue Commits.
sioner. Douglas bill abolishing the office o
U. S. Assessor. 1t Is feared, however, tina
the pressure brought upon the Senate by the
horde of officials who will loose their places
il the bill passes, will defeat it IN the Senate.
There was "ileid day. in the house OF
Wednesday over the Soldiers Homestead bin
The object of the bill is to do away with tin
present requirement that the soldier must re
side certain length OF time on his "home
stead" before he can get title, and to cnabl
the soldier to sell his land warrant in tn
old way. In the COURSE Of the debate tn
"Grand Army" was alluded to, and Spcer,
democrat from Pa, denounced i. AS u poltica
organization. Townsend said that was b,
cause all the soldiers were republicans and tn
democrats rebel sympathlzers. Mason, OF Ind
Il democrat and Brig Gen in the late wa,
hereupon rushed TO the front and denouncet
Townsend rs "iar." Other dcmotra,
backed him mp, and for II time 1t locked MS
there might be a general fight, but order wa
at length restored, apologies made, and til
turbulent sea Gained down.
The smiling Cotax it is said will resign III
vice presidency on the 1st OF January to AZ
celt the chair editorial of the New York 7r
JuRc.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14
FROM MARSEILLES.

MARsEILLEs Disc. 18th, 1872.
The Town Trustees met on Saturday evening
at W. A. Moreys Office, and adjourned to Satur-
day, Dec. l4.h, without action.
Mr.. Plllng, ST., is rapidly recovering from his
recent TALL.
Mr.. Churcher, AN employee OF Pitts' Sons, is
building an addition to his house, on Bluff st.
The County Superintendent will examine the
teachers OF the school on the bluff on Saturday,
December 18th.
The stock advertised for sale of tho Land and
Water Power Company has been sold to Bird
Bickford, OF Ottawa, and Rodoric Clark, OF
Marseilles.
The Great Western Telegraph Office located
ia Towles store will be closed until the first of
March
The oyster supper given by tho Congregation
al Sunday School, at the residence OF Isaac IN.
derhill, Esq. was quite we'll attended, and We
believe moderately successful.
Our citizens are DESTROYS that tho Town Trus.
tees should appoint good policeman fer West
Marseilcs, m last Saturday night fully illustra.
ted the necessity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14
ss::@:s= s ss GRADER.
The State Fair.

As the La Sale County Agricultural Board
will meet in ;his city next week, tor the cleo
ticn of officers aud arranging its general pro-
grammc Of business for the coming year, the
time has come for considering the question
Shall La Sale county have the State Fair for
the next Two years?
We are Informed that it will take about $5,-
600 TO place the grounds In proper condition
for again holding the state fair, and this the
county board must obgGte itself to raise.
Now as the County Society ia already in debt
some $4,000 and while the state lair is held
at Ottawa has no means ut raising cent to
meet its obhgations,it will hardly he expected
of its ofce7s that they will take of their own
motion, any steps to bring back the state fair.
So far as the people of Ottawa generally are
concerned, the same Indifference If not aver
sion seems to prevail. 1t is therefore simmer
ed down to about this: that if the hotel and sa-
loon keepers OF Ottawa and the farmers, stock
men and artisans of the county, and the rail-
road companies, who are supposed to he the
only classes really benefited by having the
state fair come here, desire to have it for the
next two years, they must bestir themselves
at once to raise the necessary funds The state
board is unquestionably under obligation to
give Us the fair for the next two years, and
will % 50, if VIC Insist on it and meet all the
requirements. We state how the matter
stands. 1t is for those interested TO act.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14

Merrmop, the democratic candidate las.
August for Governor of North CAROLYN, Inn,
who was cheated out of his election, has Jus.
been elected to the United States Senate sror,
that state by the vote of the radicals and a
few Unaffected democrats, the democratic can.
Gus nominee for the Senatorship having been
axGoy. Vance. 1t is said that Merrmop oh.
tanned this vote of the radicals through bar.
gain by which he agreed motto contest the cleo.
ton Of the radical governor, whom he could
easily have ousted by proving his election TO
have been fraudulent
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14

THE FIRE FIHND.-The famous Fifth Ave.
nue. Hotel in New York City narrowly esc.ped
total destruction by fire ON Tuesday evening
About II o'clock ct night 1t was discovered
that the west wing, which it appears was built
of wood, was on fire, the flames issuing from
an uncccupied room ON the third floor. The
greatest excitement and confusion followed,
but eventually the dre was brought under
control, but not until ELEVEN PERSONS,
chiefly servants. whose sleeping place was in
the attic Of this wing, had persisted in the
flames. The damage to the hotel amounts to
about $4,000. The cause of the fire is not
definitely known.
The tslsgraphic account mentions an
incident as follows: A guest who had or.
rived at about the time the fire was breaking
out, and before the alarm, was assigned \
room on the third floor. On gong there he
found the room on fire. He returned to the
clerk, and objected to the room, because it
was on fire. The affable clerk "regretted the
occurrence, especially as that was the only
raeant room in the hotelv'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14
Condition of the South.

" is certain that although the South, by it:
heavy vote in favor the reelection Of Presi
dent Grant, in the face of the wrongs it had
suffered at the hands OF his administration
showed magnanimlty aud generous conf
dence that was truly marvellous, they are
doomed to grievous disappointment. The
Washington administration, since the cleo.
ton, has certainly shown nosigns of q "lst up
in its harsh treatment of the South. A mel.
ancholy illustration of this is afforded in the
present sad condition of at least four of the
Southern States, Alabama, louisiana, South
Carolina and Arkansas.
OF South Carolina we have spoken else
wnere. In Alabama the people, by q fair and
decisive majority, cast their vote in favor Of
conservatism and legislature IN both branch
es of the legislature:in which the conservatives
had Il fair and undisputed majority. Yet tS
radical members refused to meet with the con.
servatlves, organized separate legislature Of
their own, admitting enough defeated candi-
dates, without the pretense OF even bogus
certificate of election, to form quorum, and
are thus proceeding with the legislative busl-
ness of the state, electing a U. s. Senator, &C.,
holding possession OF the state governmentby
military force under orders from Washington,
while the rightful and honestly elected legis-
laturc is prevented from meeting 10y the *.
trsneous and illegal violence.
In Louisiana the same game was played
only good deal worse and more OF it. There,
not only the honestly and fairly elected con-
servative legislature is ousted by L. s. militia.
ry force, but U. s. Judge is found corrupt
enough to lend his aid by which even the
Governor and State officers are ousted.
And in Arkansas, to keep the government
in the hands Of corrupt radical ring, fifty
thousand conservative votes are illegally dis.
franchised, every form of either state or tede-
raj law is trodden under foot, and the entire
state given over to be pundered and its PEG.
pie worried and tortured by ruthless mob
of white hyena carpet baggers and a deml.
savage niger mob disgracing the nation by
bearing the uniform and trappings and follow
ing their buccaneering trade in the name Of L.
S. soldiers acting by authority from Washing.
ton
Two Legislatures IN Alabama, Two legisla-
lures with threatened out break in Loulsi.
ana, an unintel,gible condition of things In
Florida, hell in South Carolina, and q foul
and fraudulent despotism in Arkansas-ara
certainly disagreeable and dishssrtening in
dicatons thus far of that era of universal tran.
guilty that was promised as the result of the
reelection Of President Grant.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14
The Louisiana Middle.

When it was announced that Gen. Grant
had declined to interfere in the row IN Loulsl.
ana, between the liberals and the custom
house or radical ring with which that state is
cursed, the people were ready to accord to
Grant the praise due him as conscientious
public official declining to interfere for the
advantage OF his party. Subsequent events
however, seem to place the matter in a differ
ent light, and to show that the "new leat-
which Grant was said to have turned over is
the same old dirty page, soilcd with his well
kIown thumb marks.
Coy. Warmoth, heading the liberals or
"fusionisls," casued the vote of the State to
be counted, revealing majority for Greeley
and the liberal state officers OF n fraction over
seven thousand votes. The custom house or
Grant faction had ordained that, bv throw.
ing out the vote of half dozen parishes and
part of the returns from the city of New Or
leans, Grant would DC counted IN. Warmoth
had possession of the State government and
issued certificates of election to the liberal of.
ncer3 eject ana 10 the liberal electors. kel.
logg, leading the custom house ring, applied
to the L. 5. Circuit Court, Grants creature,
fora quo warranto,whlch was promptly issued.
Grants office holders were adjudged in ana the
liberals out, and the United States marshal
ordered to take possession OF the Mechanic.
Institute building, the present State House
With two companies of L. $. Artillery, he now
holds possession of and runs the State govern
ment. Since then, several bodies of troop.
have arrived there, and it is understood that
ten thousand troops are to be concentrated at
New Orleans by order OF the war department,
Here IL n sample of free government, IN a
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14

The New York SIN relates how the notori.
ous Josephine Mansfield succeeded il getting
rid OF her illgottcn gains. When she appeared
in Paris some weeks ago she had with her
about $37 900 in money. This she deposited
with Bowlcs Bros, the banking firm which
recently failed for SO large an amount When
the failure Of the house was announced she
wrung her hands in grief and declared she
was ruined. 1t is not probable that she will
recover dollar. This will bequite consoling
Ia many Of the friends OF Fisk.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14
FROM LELAND.
SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

'"'i'SS haiLhOAD ACCIDENT.
woman named Harris met with a yery
serious accident at the railroad depot at this
place few evenings ago She had arrived
on the $50 passenger train, which was behind
time' and stopped scarcely long enough to
take of the baggage for this place.
Mrs. Harris was stepping off the car closely
following her husband, each carrying a child.
waen the train started up, causing her to miss
the PLATFORM and jerking her under the train.
so that her left foot was Gu, off above tbs
ankle. Her husband and Mr.. Barne, heard
her scream a d sprang forward, catching and
pulling her out just in time to save her from
being crushed by the next car as she now Law
stretched across the rail- AS It was, her other
foot was caught and badly crushed She was
taken into the passenger house, where she
still lies in care Of Mrs Brown, wifi. of the
agent, In critical condition
Two other children were still in the Car. and
the train was tagged to stop long enough to
get them off.
1t appears that the husband OF the unfortu
nate woman, Mr.. Harris, had lately purchased
the Worrel farm, few miles west of Leland.
and had brought his family from their former
home in Juniata county Pa, to move on the
farm
The accident was unquestion ably caused by
the company, who will be called upon to foot
round bill in consequence. Mr. Hawkins
came down from Aurora the next day 70 in
quire into the circumstances. and gave a.sur.
ances that The company would settle the mat
ter without difficulty.
ELECTION
At the corporation election on the 9TH inst,
l.. c. Bull, Thomas Walsh. !. c. Smith, J.C.
Jacobsen, a. Potter and r. +. Rolf. were
elected trustees, AMI J. l. Montgomery, clerk.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
DR.. e. j. Monroe has moved his headquar-
tiers to his new office on the corner Of Main
street and Railroad Avenue
Mitchell Waldcr, long resident. Of this
town, was buried yesterday. \ large con-
course ef citizens followed his remains TO their
last resting place.
A. D. Shepherd has opened new billiard
hall in the basement of bis large hotel build
Ing, and has u large run Of custom"
II. Erb, grocer has gone to Chicago, leav-
ing his wife and daughter to attend his bust
ness here.
ID. Evans has manufactured several car
| riages, made some wagons and run large
farm, together with other business, with most
excellent success during the past season.
Thomas Barnes, our landlord, is the best
hunter and mark.man in northern La Sale
county, and can ''wax" those Ottawa hunters
mentioned by your Absurd Beemus all holler.
j. B. Clark has succeeded Blood Il Bartlett
IN the drug store, and has fitted it up IN
splendid style.
jim Blake, that unfortunate and reckless
young man (O living in Serena, paid &c per
10. for 500 live hogs on the 10Th ult., and has
already contracted several car loads at the
same price, ozdelivery on or before January
18th, at his option.
NJ. Daley, The hardware man Of Leland, who
undertook bankruptcy as a means of paying
up, has left town and is now in "bia' in the
village Of Waterman, De Kalb county.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14
Future of the Democratic Party.

The cXcitements of the late presidential
election have been over long enough to enable
one to speculate upon It's results with some
thing like phlosophc cslmness. That result,
it is now clear, demonstrates the somewhat
Illuminating fact, that it Is not the party with
the best cause or even the party having the
most votes, that always wins in ar election
contest. Regarding the radicals or support
ers of Grant rs one party, and the democrats
and liberals as the other party, the figures
show incontestably that the numerically strong
or party was the party beaten in the late con.
test And it results tat in election contests
as IN liohting battles. If is not numbers that
win, but organization, discipline, drill The
number of Votes poed a. the late presidential
election WA, in round figures, G,9590 900. OF
these were cast
Whites Tor Hreelcy.. j, 100 900
Whites Tor Grant. ................3,00 0, 900
White majority for Greeley. ........ 100000
=---
Negroes Tor Grant. ............... $4,000
Avg o-S i' 'iStitN OUUUO
Negro majority for Grant. ........ 100000
Deduct white ma jorlty tor Greeley. 100000
Grants total majority. 100000
Yet no one at all posted doubts that at least
100000 OF democratic votes We're not pOllCd
at the late election. This Is easily demonstra.
ted. In New York l2O,IOO less votes were
poiIcu tor Greeley than were pollcd for Hotf.
man year ago, yet the radical vote showed
no increase. In Pennsylvania Greeley received
100000 less votes than were cast tor Bucka
lew, yet Grants vote was below that of Hnr.
tranit. In Illinois the democrats unquestiona.
bic fell 10000 short of polling their full vote.
And so III all the states the effect of the liberal
defeat III Pennsylvania at the October election
was to deter from % to so per cent OF the
democratic voters from going to the polls in
November; while the threatening proportions
the liberal movement assumed in the begin.
ing OF the contest had thoroughly alarmed the
radicals and caused nearly every man o: them
to vote.
Under this state OF facts, the question Is Ger.
tainly not difficult one what is or should be
the future OF the democratic partys Having
polied 100000 Of votes for an unpopular can.
dida'e for the Presidency, and being able to
poll 100000 Of votes for popular caudi.
date, while the opposition on Il full muster OF
their strength could poll but 300, OOO,-it is
Jolly to talk Of the democratic party as dead
a party IN the majority by 5000 votes must
be conceded to have about it good many eIe.
ments OF genuine vitality, and to be able to
give and take pretty severe blows
Whether the future of the democratic party
therefore, shall be one Of continued defeat O,
triumph-whether it shall be ignominious O,
glonons-rests with the party itself. What i,
needs IS organization, drill, discipline. pun
ned 10y twelve years of defeat and advcrsi,v
purged Il ITS hascr clements, nothing but II,
own criminal folly can prevent such mart,
from ultimately and as surely as day follow,
night from attaining power and holding !,
with firm hand.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14

Edwin Forrest, the great tragedlan died
at Philadelphia on Thursday, in the 9th year
ofhis age. llc had been So years upon the
stage.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-07-04

A careful study of the habits of this pest TO the
orchard will establish the following facts, which,
ifpromptly and vigorously acted upon, can hardly
fail to secure exemption, to a great extent, from
its attacks. 1t seldom attacks strong, healthy
trees but prefers those that, from being recently
transplanted, or from neglect, have become weak
or stunted. Where trees are trained with tall.
naked trunks exposed to the ,rching rays of
the sun, the bark becomes thickened and COM
paratively inert, and especially when the tree
leans so as to receive the direct rays of the sun
during theshottest part Of the day. This furnishes
an inviting field for the operation of the borer.
producing what commonly called sun scalds, "
but which.a closer examination will invariably
show to be the work of this insect.
After a careful study of all the remedies pro-
posed, as also the habits of the enemy, wOuld
| recommend the following as the most effectual:
Mix soap and water to the consistency of paint,
and into this throw any refuse tDbacco that can
he procured; let it soak for a few days. steep
for an hour or two over fire. and when cool. ap-
ply with brush To the trunk and larger limbs of
the tree; and repeat the same as often as it may
he washed off by drenching rains, till about the
first Of July. After which, for that year there is
no danger. Keep an eye constantly on the watch
for the intruder, and when his pathway can lie
discovered, kill him by running wire after him
and plugging mp his hole with soap.
A wide, lOw-spreadng top that will completely
shade the entire trunk. is almost sure preven-
tive, and if the ground can be kept quite wet for
two feet around the tc-e during most Of May and
june it is nearly Observation-Disclosures Journal
of .41riculfure.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-07-04
AsefnI aud Curious.



Tfeoe0eas e ReRsooo va Eoaues
There are some 6bssrvstions in the London
Lancet which might be studied with advantage
by police eonstables. Referring to case which
lately occurred in New York, in which death
speedily followed the extraction of teeth after an
Intellectual endeavOr to administer nitrous oxide
gas, the LAsset maintains that had the patient,
who had tainted from terror, been laid Hat ON the
floor instead Of being kept m an upright position,
she would probably have recovered in q few min
utes; aud II then points ont the danger OF treat
ing syucope by erect posture, instancing the case
OF q poor woman who lately tainted on an English
race-course, and having been placed by police
man in . sitting posture, Was only saved from
death by the accident of doctor happening to
pass by at the moment and laying her down until
she recovered. The public, says the Pail Nall
Gazette, is often moved to slight display Of in
dignatiOn when some one who has committed the
offense Of being taken i'll in the street is put to
death in police cell but when il is remembered
that many Of our police cOIstables were, perhaps,
agricultural labOrers n few weeks before they
were called upon to do duty in the street, and
are as ignorant of the proper method of dealing
with eases of syneope as they are OF Hebrew, the
wonder Is that any insenabe person who falls
into their hands ever survives police treatment.
Even the more intelligent members of the force,
who are not in the habit Of jumping at the con-
clusion that every insensible person ''smells of
spirits and must be drunk, and therefore nse
their hest exertions to restore concousness in no
vindictive spirit, almost invariably prop their
patient mp against pillar, letter-box, or door
step. having dragged him or her, as the case may
he, to that support with the assistance Of the
bystanders.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-07-04
Wet and Dry Bathing.

If any one in these days will exercise in tn,
open air so that each day he WILL perspire mod
erately, and if he will wear thin undergarments
none at all. and sleep in cold room, the filnc
tons of the skin will suffer little OF no impedi
ment if water is withheld for months.
Indeed, bathing is not the only way in Which
its heaithfnl action can be maintained by those
living under the condition at present existing
Dry friction over the whole surface of the body
once a day, or once in two days, is often of more
service than the application of water. The reply
of the centenaran to the inquiry. to what habit OF
life he attributed his good health and extreme
longevity, that he believed it due to "rubbing
himself all over with a cob every night, is
significant of an important truth.
IT invalids and persons of low vitality would
nsedIy friction and DIR. Franklins air bath, every
day for a considerable period. we are confident
they would often be greatly benefited Clean
illness is next to godlness, no doubt and proper
and judcious use of water is to he commended /:
but human beings are not amphibious. Nature
indicates that the functions of the skin should be
kept in order mainly by muscular exercise, by ex-
citing natural perspiration by labor; and delicious
as is the bath, and healthfnl. under proper regu-
latOn it il no substitute for that exercise of the
body without which all the functions become
Nichols FTreside Science.