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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02
An Abscondins County omctal

We refrained last week, in tho hope that they
might be exaggerated, from noticing tho rumor,
with which the air WAS filled. of the rascalities.
defaloations, swiudliugs and final "lishtins
OUT Of George S. Wedgewood, late school
superintendent of THE county. Elected two
years ago. chiefly through the influence of the
school teachers of this county, whose favor he
had apparently gained by his evident compe.
tency as . teacher, and his pleasant, free and
easy bearing, he entered upon the duties of his
Office with great activity, and at first promised
to be an exceptionally successful officer. The
temptations of the position, however, were too
much for him. From sxtravsgant habits, such
as horse racing, billiards. wine and women, he
rapidly run into dishonesty and crime and his
bondsmen having, some four weeks ago, given
notice Of their withdrawal as such, his affairs
reached their climax, when exposure became in.
evitabls and safety osuld only be found in flight
Previous to Ascending, however, no sought TO
make the needful "raise" to carry him suf.
fcient distance. Stepping into bank he would
say: The school funds in my hands
are deposited in the - Bank at Peru. or or.
tawa, or whatever place it was most convenient
to name, and want $500 Immediately to nav
the school treasurer from such and such q town.
and then he would ask the cashier to pay q check
for the amount on the bank named. In this way,
the bank at Mszseilles was robbed Of 5000, the
First National Bank at Ottawa of 5000: the
National City Bank of Ottawa of 5000; Bowen's
Bank at Mendoza of 5000, and a bank IN Chi.
cago, II is said, of $780, while dozens of ndivid-
uals have been swindled of smaller sums. To
this species CT swindling it is also said he has
added the crime Of forgery, the name of Phil.
Conln, of LaSalle, having been nnwarrantly
used that way.
Wedgewood, IN ASCENDING. leaves in destitu.
ton and distress, u young wife and pair of twin
children. The last seen of him he was in Detroit,
on his way to Canada.
Hew seriously the county school funds have
suffered by bis rascality is still unknown, bu,
will doubtless be revealed to the Board of Super.
visors who are convened in special meeting on
the 9TH to overhaul the matter.
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M EN- orial Window.

Mrs. Wallace. widow Of Gen W. III. l.. Wal.
lace, who was killed at the battle OF Shiloh.
after sojourn Of some three years in Europe,
where her chief care was the education OF an
adopted daughter, returned to this city last
week, receiving cordial greeting from her
numerous friends.
She brings with her, to be placed in the
new Episcopal church in this city, u memo
rial window, as u tribute TO the life and ser
vices Of her Slain husband. The work was
executed 10y the Royal artist at Dresden, un.
der Mrs. WIS personal SUPERVISOR, ami Us a
work Of art is no less brilliant, IN execution.
than it is appropriate and expressive in
design,
We copy tho following description OF the
window from Thursdays Eepvil;caa
At the uppe: or exir6me end OF the window, in
what msy be called It's gothic top, is u small cross
enclrcled By twigs. Below, and occupying fully
one third Of its length is the figure of the savior
with the words Grave, where is thy victory
above the head Below this figure Is the large liz.
IRE Of an angel with the worcs in large letters
underneath ''ln Memoram William Harvey
Lamb Wallace The lower sect:on-lcss than
One.isnrth OF the window-contains four principal
scenes, representing three periods in the lie OF
the General: FIRST, ON the lett Is "A log cabin his
birth place. Above 1t Is a scroll with the words
BrIgadIer General OF the United States Nolun-
teers. Born at uTbgna, Ohio, July $ lS2l" The
picture OF u well furnished library illustrates his
student lite, ever which is given the date and
manner OF his death IN the sentence, Fell NOR.
tally wounded al the battle OF Shiloh, April 9th :;
died tour days later at Savannah, Tenn, April 10,
1867" In the center of this section is figure of
Justice, with sword and and scales.
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Vote for Heseler.

La Sale county may just as well be repre-
as 10y a slow-go, moping old iogy. Hcgeler
is not only a man OF education end refine
ment-a man Of brains and powerful a
business man of whom the state has reason to
be proud. The man who lin few years, com
menclng on q capital of 4 few thousand dol
lars, has built up an institution like the La
Sale Zinc Works, shows capacity enough TO
fill any office in the state with honor to him
self and advantage to the people. On the
other hand, Baldwin has been member Of the
legislature tor several sessions, and if lie ever
amounted to any more there than cyphe-,
nobody heard of it. The only notable thing
We ever heard of his gaining distinction from,
was his magnificent management Of the tinan-
ces of the Farm Ridge Union Store Bout
well, by enormous taxation, and the payment
Of 100 cents On the dollar, has succeeded in
effecting a gradual reduction of the national
debt, but by the brilliant tinanciering of Bald,
win, the more the stockholders OF the Farm
Ridge r. L. have contributed towards paying
off the debts of the concern, the more they
find themselves IN debt! The truth is, Mr..
Baldwin is notorious incompetent ii no worse,
and beyond keeping tolerably sharp lookout
for the interests of Z. Baldwin, La Sale coun-
ty might rs well be represented in the state
senate by tobacconist's wooden Indian.
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The Ottawa "damphoor' who, last July,
sent such glowing dispatches TO the Chicago
Times about the strength of the st.aight.out
democratic bolt in this county, and then sud
denly subsidized, he's come to life again. In
the Times Of Monday he gravely informs the
readers of that subsidized Greeley sheet that
"O'Conor will make strong show here at the
coming election If the O'Conor ticket gets
over dozen of votes IN this county next
Tuesday, we have just that many more fool,
among Us than we believe the county to pos
scss.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

The exodus Of the French people from Al
SAGE and Lorraine, since those il,iated pro-
vlnces have passed under the dominion of
Germany, Is one Of the most touching and
remarkable occurrences in history. The i'm
pulse to emgrae can arise solely from pat
riotism that is more sentimental than practi-
cal, for it is hardly supposablc that the gov
eminent OF Germany will be more oppressive
these provinces.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

The sudden return OF minister WashburN
from France causes some commotlon IN radi-
Cal circles. Washbuin made capital enough
by his .udlcious conduct as our representa-,
tive in France dunng the dincul. and trying
period Of the Fmuco.Germon war, to- be just
now somewhat formidable man politically.
He denies that he expects to take the place OF
Secretary Fish, should Grant be reelected
and indeed denies that he has any cabinet
aspirations whatever. All watch makes it the
more alarming tor Oglcsby, whose aspirations
t, be the successor of Trumbul in the u. s
Senate 1t is confidently stated Washburr
threatens Ia nip in the bud.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

The wife Of Horace Greeley, after y lingcr.
ing and painful illness, breathcd her last at
O'Clock on Thursday morning. She had been
an Invalid for many years and had Travelled
agreat deal IN late years in hope Of regalning
her health by change Of climate. Her death is
severe shock to Mr.. Greeley, who was Il de.
voted husband, and attended her bedside
with u"'iring consistency during her last ill.
ness. Mrs Greeley leaves three daughters
who will grace her memory.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

The Missouri RepujLican, like the Chicago
Tribune, has changed its form from Il folio TO
quarto, thai is, from four to eight pages,
the present form of the FREE TRADER. The
Repsb'ica@ also appears in dress OF new type
throughout, and is printed on y Bullock press
The latter is no improvement on the Hoe
press, 80 far rs cearncss OF impression is con.
ccrned, bat has the advantage of printing
both sides at the same time. The Repetition,
is one OF the strongest and ablcot journals IN
the country.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

lie Grand Byington, noted Iowa political
dead-beat, and the only delegate from that
state to the Louisville Blanton Duncan fraud,
indignantly denies that he is paid $4,000 by
the Grant party for acting as ''chief organic.
er'of the Blanton Duncan party for the north.
west. man engaged in Byington's bust.
ness would DO mean enough to take the $780,.
600 (Which his own father.in-law says he re-
ceived) and yet deny 1t under oath.
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Corwin INDICATED LEHMAN to the
Rescue!

w. W. Gilman, Esq, of Mendoza, who was
member OF the Board Of Supervisors of this
county in 1861 with Franklin Corwin, and
co-Operated with that gentleman in all the
movements IN regard to furnishing relief to
soldiers families, finds in the general censure
that has fallen on Frank Corwln in the mat
ter of placing soldiers families on a level with
paupers, his own toes so seriously trodden up,
on, that he utters loud screen of pain both
in his own behalf and in commisseration for
poor Corwin, with whom he can well sympa.
thise, knowing how it is himself. Glman's
story is a plain and simple one. In the loyal
Board of Supervisors of lSGl-3, which we find
on closer investigation stood about 1G demo-
Gratis to 20 RAIDS, the first movement towards
firing the patriotic heart Of our people to en-
list in the war Of the rebellion, was to utter
al assurance to all married men that if they
enlisted Their families would be taken care of
by the county. In pursuance Of this promise
the Board gave unlimited authority to the
Supervisors to furnish relief to soldiers fami-
lies in their respective towns nd Hitum. It
seems according to the Ottawa RepuLlic0n,
that one democrat on the board had the tenn.
erty to raise his voice against this loose and
QuiXotic proposition, bat his opposition, was
called treason. and he was threatened with
being pi'c!led out OF the window. Those
were lickli,h times, and many a democrat
smothertd his honest emotions to avoid the
ruian charge "t treason and ''disloyalty."
We'll, the plan worked as the one auClacious
democrat referred to had predicted. When
the bills for the relief of soldiers families in
the various towns came II, they were simply
stunning. The Bank Of England itself would
have been swamped By such extravaganza.
Then came the famous Gilman Corwin re-
port, blaming the soldiers for depending On
counties at home to support their families and
wasting their own wages IN rlotous living in
the camps, and tits report was followed by
the resolution winch Gilman swears he drew
and offered himself, but does aot deny that
Corwin approved and voted for. TO deal it out
Ieliet in future to soldiers families rs if they
were paUpcrs.
We are perfectly willing that this "v.ndicQ.
ton of Franklin Corwin" shall 20 for all it is
worth. Though weak to righteousness, 1t Is
not on that account the less crcditabc to the
heart of Mr. Gilman, whose generous impul.
ses would prompt HIM to kick a man for tor.
turing Il rat or Il rGttlesnakc But while it
proves W. W. Gilman aJig-hcarted, generous
fellow-one .wh" surprises no one ny the an,
n"unccment that the is a Greeley man-wc
must ne permitted TO say, with all Difference,
that he utterly fails to improve the case OF Mr..
CorWin.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

Patrick Byrnc, Of La Sale, who has been
announced as an independent candidate for
Sheriff, we are authorized to say, is not can.
didate for that Office, and desires no one to
vote for him, but will himself support Mr..
Blake, the regular democratic candidate, and
asks ms friends to do the same. This Is no
less ,haE we expected irom Dr. Byrne, who
has always been straightforward democrat
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

Commissioner Davenport, to whom the "a
dical managers at Washington have assigned
the dirty work of enforcing the congressional
election force bin in New York city, is doing
capital work for the liberals, by the brutality
with which he is putting that lovely enact.
ment into effect. To deter peacefully dispcs.
ed, decent people from registering, he sends
his ruiians to their houses to ask impeltneut
and insulting questions OF the women as to
the qualifications of the male members OF the
family rs voters. When the bluckguarts are
kicked out, Davenport issues promp,,orders
to have the indignant husband or brother ar.
rested. All New York is in terment of in
dignation on the!suhect, and the "force blr'
and its authors are held proportionatcly IN
contempt.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

RoUGH oN MUHTY.-Murty M55i4r;y. well
known N the denizea- OF Ottawa. and recently
are-ident OF Blackstone, Livingston county, has
UNEXPECTEDLY got into du7arce vile lie was
proven guilty. on an Indictment, OF having sold
Mtrty-oas gl,--o- Of liquor contrary 70 the form
of the new liquor law in -uch case made and
provided, The Cour. in thai atstemiou- county
concluded TIA It the offenca IL .olliu, single
glass Of prog. and especially such - Hur,y kept,
could only be punished by not less than ten days
imprisonment. AID the Court further argued
ii the selling Of Que glass OF sod corn" is
worth ten d.y. in jail, thit,y.one glasses mus,
thirty-one times greater. thirty.oae multi
pied by tea produces 3l0 therefore Murty was
sent up FOR MfCe hnHdred and ten dayS OF
course Murtyls not happy, bat there he is in
the Pontiac jill performing -uadry imaginary
games of checkers " with his nose
Suppose Some Of GU. Ott.wI l.yericks were
to be chuckei under tho Cour. House ten days
for each g.as, they have sol1 since the new law
became "binin-,' when would their little
terms expire Echo answers: Not until
week after ;he millennium, or there ,bout.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

The complete registration of New York and
Brooklyn foots up 1900 less than the regis.
tra.ion of Philadelphia at the late election
though the population of the latter city Is
100000 less than of New York and Brooklyn.
Cameron is such an honest man.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

Gov. Powers writes to the Grant committee at
Washington that Grant will carry Mississlp-
pi by $40, 600" The $ mark is his own, and
indicates probably that the 10000 negro votes
needed to give Grant that state will cost about
q dollar a head.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

Some of the Grant leaders Of this county
are down on Joe. Hart, one of the republican
nominees for representative. They say he does
the cause damage wherever he visits and wish
he would stay at home. Tom - says he
is as great ana indictable nuisance m the
Ottawa Tanners.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

A pretty well authenticated report comes
across the waters by the cable, that coal has
been found in Ireland-a seam 10 feet thick,
near the river Suite. Such discovery might
be the turning point in the long lane OF mis-
fortune in which that beautiful but i'll gov.
erned island has 50 long been plodding.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

Let no republican vote tor Daniel Blake's
re election to The sheriiialty. Arthur Nc
Intyre is in every way qualified, and viii TN
qucstionably make . better officer. -Ottaoca
Republican.
Any republican who is afraid Of Bill Cul.
lens whlplash will let himself be frightened
from doing as he peas>s about that.
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The Chicago Post Printing Company has
gone INTO Observation-Disclosures 100000,
and nothing to pay. A little paper bill oi
some $4,000 WIS the feather that broke the
camel back.
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FOR PRESIDENT,
HORACE GREELEY.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
3. GRAFT BROWN.
REFORM STATE TICKET.

For GOVERNOR,
GUSTAVUS KGRNER,
ofst. Cl4ir County.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
GEN. JOHN c. BLACK,
ofChampalsn County.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
EDWARD RUMMELL,
OfPeoria County.
FOR AUDITOR,
DANIEL O'HARA,
or Cook County,
FOR TREASURER,
CHARLES 4, LANPHlER,
Ofssngamon County.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
JOHN V. EUSTACE,
OfLee County.
CLERK SUPREME COURT, NORTHERN DIVISION
L. SMITH,
OfCook County.
o. CONGRESS,
G. b, A. PARKS,
Will County,
iFoR safe BOARD OF CIVILIZATION,
J. D. ROGERS,
OIL, Sale Co.
COUNTY TICKET.
FOR SENATOR
z. C. HEGELER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,,
G. W. ARMSTRONG,
WIN. COGSWELL.
FOR SHERIFF,
DANIEL BLAKE.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK,
J. IYOR MONTGOMERY.
FOR nEt0RDER
=. II. r. THOMAS.
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY,
J. W. DUNCAN.
FOR COROOER,
DIR. J. IT. FINLEY.
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vYNTrpn erATEs PASSPORT BUREAU.-OFF1CTAL
rassporfs tsucd 10 citizens travelling abroad by
C. wfLLAARTH United States Court House 81 Chambers
street
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COURT or GENERAL SESSIONS.
An Alleged Hotel THIEF ON Trial.

Before Recorder uackett.
Mr.. Fellows yesterday moved on the case OF Will
liam J. Barclay alias Bailey, who IL win be remem-
bered was convicted few days since OF stealing In
the Grand Hotel but for whom his counsel, Mr.
Howe, obtained q new trial Considerable time
was spent In procuring jury, the counsel having
put numerous questions to the jurors respecting
their impartiality. some OF the gentlemen tried
the accused the other day. and although they
believed the prisoner guilty upon the evidence ad
duced then they could give an impartial verdict
the second trial. This was In response to ques-
ton put by the Recorder, according to the Prov
sons Of the new jury law passed BY the last Legs-
Mr.. Howe excepted to his Honor's ruling for the
purpose OF testing the constltutonalty OF the act
who occupies suit OF rooms at the Grand Hotel
testified that on the morning Of the l1th OF this
month he was awakened by his wife; jumped out OF
bed and saw the prisoner making his exit from the
parlOr door; diamond stud, worth 500 and a
pOcketbook containing SIS, were removed from the
bureau OF the bedroom, and atcr the robbery was
discovered the property was found by q servant in
Mrs. Jennie Morren gave an interesting narrative
of the Occurrences. stating that on the morning in
question she was lying on tire bed apparently
asleep, when she saw the prisoner open the folding
doors which separate the parlor from the bedroom,
and then go the bureau. He put his right hand on
Mr.. Aorrell's pocketbook, and with his left ne
bureau. She sprang from the bed with the In.
tention OF locking the door leading from the paror
70 the man, out FOUND tn0t tne Key mad been placed
on the outside As she could not lock IT, she put her
with her left hand the prisoner came towards her,
and she took hold OF his clothing with her right
hand. AL this time she shouted for her husband to
come who sprang suddenly nom the bed ana, In
his haste get to her. he fell at the folding DOORS
which were about one-third open. Before he
reached her the prisoner had succeeded In wrench
Ing her hand rom the door knob and Mr.. Morren
reached her In time to the prisoners back az he
went down the nall He followed the prisoner,
who was brought back TO the room In few minutes,
and fully identified by her. This was I'VE minutes
past seven In the morning.
Mr. Howe was particular In bringing ont the fact
that Mr.. Morrill, had exclusive control OF tho rooma
and although the objection to the indictment was
not made the superstition is that before the Is
finished he win claim that there IL fatal naw In
the indictment. tsaNFa
At this juncture the Recorder directed the Court
10 be adjourned till Monday, when the trial viii be
resumed. Mtn
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SUPERIOR COURT SPECIAL TERM.
COURT or COMMON pleAs-spscnl TERM.

The Devlin Judgment Against the City.
Before Judge IOew.
Charles Devlin vs. The Mayor, &c.--In this suit,
the particulars OF which have been fully given In
the HERALD, and which 1t will be remembered
oTiginated In suit connected with work on the
Streets under direction OF the old Street Depart
ment, the Judge has made an order vacatiDg the
Judgment against the city. The Judgment was for
446O,OO0. t
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u -
The General Transatlantic Company's Mali steamships
between New York and Havre, calling at Brcst
The splendid this vorite route tho Con-
tinen will sail from pier % North River foliowss
=
r. LAURENT Lemare SATURDAY, June IS
WASHINGTON, Roussnn ........... Saturday, June -
VILE DE PARIS surmont Saturday July Il
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NOR NORFOLK, CITY POINT AND RICHMOND
IL The Old Dominion Steamship Company will despatch,
pier North River their elegant side wheel steamship
OLD DOMINION for Norfolk City Point and Richm9nd,
SATURDAY. Nav rs at r. NJ giving through bills OF ladng
to all points South ana Southwest Through passenger
tickets issued To all points. Accommodations unqualified
Apply at pier 81 nc the general Office Isl Greenwich
street corner oil Dcy street
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COURT o. APPEALS cAlEMDAs.

f-F ALBANY, NJ ", May "a, 1872.
The following fs the Court OF Appeals day calen-
Oar for May 27-Nos. 81, 32 s2l 32d a2s, ago, 331,
kR1 4..E
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Norway and Denmark ut reduced rates.
Tickets be bought here at moderate rates by per-
sons wishing to send for their friends.
Trough bills lading given ON shipments OF goods TO
Havre and Antwerp.
Drafts issued at lowest rates
For further information apply at the company's ONCE.
JOHN u. DALE, Agent,
Is Broadway, New York.
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Price ofpassage In gold dncludin2 winc)
TO BREsT Or HAvRE,.

Excursion Tickets at reduced rates.
These steamers do not carry Storage passengers
American travellers going to returning from the 90
tnent OF Europe by taking the steamers Of this line
both transit by English railway and the disconiorts
crossing the Channel, besides saving Time trouble ~
eNp'"'o GRnRGR MACKENZIE AGENT "a Hrnadxax
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POLITICAL.

DoLITICAL PRINTING or EVERY DESCRIPTION
done TO short notice by the Metropolitan Printing rs
tahlishment corner q Broadway aud Ann street Noe
Yorx.
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

4 LBANY AND TROY BY DAY LINE BOATS o. vIB-
"A BARD and DANIEL DREW, commencing May H.
Leave vestry pier at $3.50 A. NJ aud Thirty fourth
street at As landing ut fonker Tarrytown and Nyack
Thy terry boat Pong hkeepsie Rhinebeck Tvo Catsktll
and Hudson
Trip tickets to Cozzeps West Point Cornw all and New
burg returning same day, 81
Connecting for all points West and North.
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old ESTABLISHED ALBANY AND TROY LINE
~ Of steamers landing at Catskfii from Pier "A H.,
daily Saturdays excepted FARE " cents; half state
Vanderbilt and Connecticut connecting with railroads
all stations West and North will leave att r. u
Freight ut reduced rates.