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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19
THE SUPERVISORS.

We give in another column the official pro.
lcccdngs of the Board Of Supervisors now in
session at Ottawa up TO Wednesday evening.
The minutes thus given, however do not
touch the important matter before the Board
and which is not yet disposed Of This matter
is the oycrhauling Of the assessment books OF
the various towns, and cquaizing" the as.
scssmcnts. In this process the Board are con.
stantly running against Inconsistencies, cru
dities and injuSticcs of the new assessment
law. The taxing of crcdits-morgagcs &c,
and the matter of deductions for Indebtedness
have been found "A decided puzzler to most OF
the assessors, and there has been any amount
of laundering The matter ofrailrOad taxing is
an outrage. While the farmers put in their
lands at full cash value the railroads. which
the officers swear have cost S45 900 Il mile
and pay 10 per cent dividends on that
amount, are put in at $4,000 to $4,000 mile,
and the law does not allow the Board to touch
them. The warehouscman is taxed for other
peoples grain in his warehouse, and the real
owner of the grain is also taxed, Then how
is the Board to cqualizc grain in the crib or
barn? The farmer lists horses, cows, sheep,
pigs, &c, his grain comes in under the head
of Other Articles" One farmer is assessed
$4,000 on "othcr articles" of which 81 800
may be for corn at 10 cents a bushel; another
farmer is assessed $4,000 for other articles, of
of which $500 may be for corn at 20 cents
bushel; but how is the Board to separate the
corn from the rest of the "othcr articles" as
no corn, Eye, oats or any other grain is men.
toned?
The law is full of such absurditics and the
work of equalization, on the whole, is little
better than guess work
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19
GRANT FOR A THIRD TIME.

| Most rural and unSophiSticated radicals
| laugh when told that Grant is setting his
stakes for third term. Why not? Gran
desires to proong the existence Of the rcpub
| lican party, and without him how much o.
the party is left? The strength OF the repub
4ican party is immensely oyer-estmated. /
never had, at any election, an honest majority
of the whole country ON its side Its success
last fall was sheer accident. 1t was tho
happy combination OF treasury thieves ano
ballot box suffers at the OCTOBER election II
pennsylvania alone mat elected Traht iao
there been an honest vote at tllat election, ano
ii"d ilarranit (aS ne would nave peeh by ar
honest elec'lohJ peeh ocu.cn @o'ooo VoteS
"i"H' anu 'lc "IIo'c iri'uo'''"N parry "ouIo
'aso 0ieu 'i'en anu '''''''
inc elcclioh OF iiorl"n'' SaVeo cameron
E'"hs' bu'lcr' casey Lc'l' All" inc "lolc cor
ruptloh crew, ol winch ufah' was 'he center
sn"'' an" iii"lnS'"y, nc Is 'ii"' s''ii' remove
nun an" "ic P"'! i"''s W P'o''s' II Is 'huS
'i'"' 'iio PioloNS"'i''' Vi ''0 poii'ic"l cA'S'
cnce Vi "rah' oo'"IH' 'onilhcrclal 'alue
rnpapie Oh conlpu'"'',i III uoiiars ana cents
"i'hou' MIN INC S"i"i siaooers nave no
,"S,a'nins prop l,o 10 'heii iicau' lie iop,
'''" 'oi ''ieii III tiieii s'eai' anu
s'' 'no oisse'' p,i. MS ie'noiiiiia'ioi' 'here'
'o'0' 0'un'' i,''i'o'' ''"i W congressman
"''no' nc "iSo 'iio ohiy living republican
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

There was an incident at hanging bee al
suffolk, Va, ON Friday Of last week that wa,
somewhat unusual The subject OF The law.
high penalty was Il negro, and the execution
took place in public. The crowd was So erea
That another negro, To get a good sight, perch
ed himself in the top OF Il ncighboring tree
~ the drop fell, the negro in the tree ais,
fell, and il the gentleman at the end of ia,
rope had his neck broken, 50 had the other
beating him 10 minutes in the final gasp
such incidents" sagcly remarks a CORES
pendent describing the scene, tend to recon
ellie M ~ capital punishment"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

Ii IS not generally known that the two L.
5. senators Of Illinois, Logan and Oglesby,
with other gentlemen, are joint owners of a
piece Of swamp land on the Calumet river,
abouttwelyc miles from Chicago, upon which
the federal government has already spent
some 100000 by way Of "improying the
harbor of Chicogo." This Calumet scheme
Is an individual enterprise but by virtue of
the chief owners being United States senator's,
and through their influence, the federal gov
eminent annually appropriates large sums of
the peoples money to drain and improve this
land OF individuals, and which does not benc.
hit the public farthing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

The FIRE FIEND-Thc best portion of the
thriving city Of Grand Rapids, Michigan,
was destroyed by fire on the 18th inst. The
fire broke out in the barn belonging to the
Bridge Street House, communicating to the
hotel which was large brick structure, and
was soon envcloped in flames, and notwith.
standing the iremen were promptly on hand,
the fire rapidly spread in all directions and
was beyond control, consuming everything
IN It's way from Bridge street to Trowbridge,
and from Canal to Division, except the build
ingS fronting south on Bridge street and west
on Canal street About twenty acres of
ground were burned over Two hundred
buildings were consumed, and the loss can
not be less than 100000 1t is impossible to
give the amount Of insurance, but il will ap-
proNmatc 10 100000
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

All the radical papers are publishing with
great delight the following:
\ very important statement will soon be
published, showing that the proceed, of the
famous s 200 check to IS G. or bearer -
were not received by Hon. SCHUYLER ColfaX
The statement will be the testimony of a gen.
tlcman who saw Cakes Ames present that
check in person al the office of the Sergeant
alarms and receive the money for it. This
gentleman has long been absent in Europc,
and was not until recently aware Of the i'm
porlancc Of his testimony.
This is too thin ColfaN denied At first
having bought any Credit MObiler stock. and
afterwards owned up to paying 1886 to Amcs
Tor such stock hc said he had got $1,000 from
comparative stranger rs 4 present, and af
forwards owned up To having frequently re
cc!Ncd $1,000 presents from the same STRANGER
who proved To be government contractor.
ne Naid he was poor man, and vet his de.
post account in the bank at Wa,hipgton
where he did his business exceeded S,0OOo0
IA year and now, with these presentations
proved On him, he tries to iasten one Of his
lies on AmcS after he is dead though he
could prove no lie on Amcs while living
The more COiaX lets that matter alone the
less it will stink.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

Vanderbilt has been elected president of
the Michigan Southern & Lake Shore Rail
road He is also president of the New York
Central, the Hudson River and the Harlem
roads, and his "intcrest" controls the Chicago
& Northwestern and the Union Pacific rail
roads. The Vanderbilt and Tom Scott inter
ests, in their rivalry for railroad ownership,
have now secured the control of nearly all
the great railway lines in the country, and
either of them has in his hands more power
for good or i'll than the most despotic mon.
arch in Europe. Should the two unite, as
they doubtless will when it becomes their in.
tcre.t to do so, either Vanderbilt or Scott
as president would take upon himself the adj
ditiOnal functions of President of the United
States as trifling incumberancc worth occu-
pying about one pigeon-holc.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

For year or two past charges have IRE.
quently been made, both 10y communications
in the Ottawa papers and cditorlally and
otherwise in papers at Earlyillc and as often
denied, that III. ;. Signor, school treasurer OF
the town Of Earl for the last twelve years, was
a heavy dci-uitcr The local quarrel over
this question became so hot that its discus.
sion in the streets often led to iistic cncoun.
tiers. The darkncs, surrounding the case has
finally been cleared up. \ competent com.
mittee has examined the matter thoroughly,
and bring out Signor dciaulter to the
amount Of $2s2S9s Signor's bondsmcn are
good and VIII have 10 pony up - the amount
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

The mystery surrounding the murder OF
Charles Goodrich wealthy citizen of Brook
Ign, n. Y, in March last, is apparently being
cleared up. \ girl known as Kate Stoddard
but with sundry aliases, and whose real name
is said TO be Lizzie King was known to bay,
been in the house with Goodrich about the
time of the murder, but had strangely disap
peared Immediately afterwards. This girl
was accidently met last week on the street by
a woman who knew her and informed an Off
Ger, who arrested her The girl confesses
having committed the murder, and saws she
did it all for love That She had for some
time been Goodrichs mistress, bat tina, he
had engaged himself to be married TO a Miss
Palm, and therefore wished 10 cast her off,
She could not leave him In the evening
having armed herself with his revolver. She
knclt 10 him, sitting in chair, and HAVING
plead with him in vain, she shot him dead
lodging three bullets in his head She then
washed the body and laid It out and remain
cd with it some 3G hours, then went over IA
New ork on an crrand, intending To return
out on The way back found by the cry Of the
h'"Nh"yN that the murder had been discover.
ed She then found her boarding place a
l'" blocks away, and had been living there
quietly ever since, maintaining herself with
h'f needle. In partial confirmation of her
story "oodrich's watch, chain. finger ring
sea- ana pocket book with so in money. were
FOUND III her POSSESSION. There is s,ill. how.
ever much mystery about the case. The
woman is clearly insane Beside. there va,
a Spaniard named Ro,co mixed up with the
case, well known To have been on iEriuai.
terms with Kate Stoddarl, or whatever her
name i, yet She utterly denies all knowledge
of this Spaniard', present whereabouts, on
even that she ever knew him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

CHoLERA.-Thc cholera has nearly disaP
pcarcd. There were but two deaths a; Gin
cinnati on Tuesday, and none at Memphis OF
Nashville Two cases are reported ut Peoria
two at Cleveland, three at Paducah, and hall
a dozen at the peniteutiary at Columbus
Ohio.
During its brief reign some of the interior
towns in Tennessee suffered fearlully. Among
them the most notable was Greenville, the
home of eN-Prcsident Johnson, "old Andy
himself having had a hard tuSScl with the
beast. The town has about 5000 inhabitants
and is beautifully located among the noun
tainS. Half the Inhabitants fed on the break
ing out of the disease, and of the 1900 that re.
manned unc-siVrh, OF 2j0, died inside Of two
weeks
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19
STATE FAIR PREMIUM LIST.

We have received the premium list for tn,
2lSt State Fair of Illinois, which takes place
at Peoria, commencing September Is The
list is much larger this year, and the induce
ments offered exceed those of any previou.
season. Among the specialties are premium,
for encouraging the cultivation of artificial
groves in the state, and there are also extra
inducements as regards field crops, farms
nurseries, fruits, essays, etc, to which the
agricultural board call special attention, and
in which are full and explicit instructions as
to what is required of the persons making
the entries. Entries for all the departments
can be made on the fair grounds Sept Is, or
any time previous by addressing the Secre-
tary, \. NJ. Garland, at Springfield.
La Sale county is given the cold shoulder
decidedly in the selection of the awarding
committees. G. W. Armstrong is on the com
mittee on sheep, c. II. Gilman on textile IA
brics of flax, and Mr.. Medley on flowers Lit
tie counties like Woodford have places on
fifteen or twenty committees. After the treat
ment this county has received from the State
Board, the gentlemen probably thought the
attendance from this region might not be OPP
prcssive.
The railroads give the usual one and one
fifth passenger rates and pay back freight on
articles that have been exhibited
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

One OF Grants recent appointments To a
mail agency in the south is Mai Elias Griss.
void, confederate officer, under whom the
notorious Wirz was Il sergeant and obeycd his
orders while in charge of the Union prisoners
at AnderSonville. The Savannah Republican
says: IF Wirz deserved hanging, Griswold
should have been hung drawn and quarter
ed, for il was obeying his brutal orders that
constituted Wins guilt"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19
WHERE WE STAND.

! The following from the Illinois state Req
tster should relieve those editors whom an
inScoutabc Providence permits to conduct
the miner radical newspapers of the country
OF vast amount of wOrriment over the oucS
ton Of the organization of a new party"
There is no need whatever of fussing or belly.
aching about it a day longer The new
party was fully organized and equipped
months ago, and this, which we copy from
the state Register is exactly its programme
and mode of procedure:
| The Register IS in favor Of any nominations
made by any body of men, called democrats
or by any other name, who are opposcd 10
the salary steal, railroad extortion. corpora
ton monopolics of all Hints, and in favor of
tree trade and equal rights to all and special
privileges to none. This is our platform and
The Heg'Ster will only support candidates who
stand on it.
There is no room, of course, on such a
platform, for those who act with, support or
apologize for the Credit Mobilcr or back sal.
airy thieves like Grant, Butler, Cameron, Col.
lax, Nc; nor for those who, although pretend
ing 10 denOunCc railroad eXtortions and mo.
nopolies, uphold the bank and tariff monopo-
lies and robbcries; as is the case with all
who adhere to the organization of the rcpub.
Iican party, The platform is only for those
therefore, who are anti-tarit, antirairoad
and anti.bank monopolists, and who oppose
Credit Moblier back salaries and land grabs.
oHtStdc OF the republican organization. That
is our party. We care nothing about the
name Wherever we find those principles
inscribed on the banner, and the banner in
honest hands, we jtae the procession.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

President Grant has done graceful thing
10 filling The vacancy in the Covington post
office, caused by the death of his father by
The appointment Of Mr.. : : Farwcll H. post
mistress. The lady had for some time been
.di,'harging The duties of the Office A. Assist
ant She 4 the widow of gun. boat pilot
who distinguished himself in the advance on
For, Doncl-on The appointment gives On
.ira satisfaction in Coyington.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

can he made at much less cost than by any
other process,-at Il cost, indeed, but a tritic
above iron,-there can be no limit 10 the de
mand for such rails in the next 90 years, and
the business can owe failure only to man
agement so wretchcd as to be conceivable on.
" of lunatCs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

The total cost Of the Thirteenth Congress
Itob"r { Winthrop, speaker was For per
diem 81 senator and representatives, $1jS..
ii6 mileage. SjIj.1s7 That was after the
Thirteenth CungIcsS bad done all It, work
The Forty 'hifi Congress, before 4, had be-.
gun to 10 its work, will have cost $20ls so
L salaries Of members paid % date
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

The capitalists of Earlyillc have organized
a joint stock company with capital Of some
$4,000 and engaged in the Manufacture of
wagons, Plows, harrow, and other agricu,u.
raj implements
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

y !. stewart must feel poor hi, season
On balancing his books for the pa,t wear 4,
appears that hc only made trif,c less than
800 by filming his cash boys tor pccping out
Of the windows during business hour,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19

Clear Greek Precinct, 10 miles north of
Cairo, in Alexander county, has had big
cholera scare. Ten eases occurred there sud.
denly, upon which half the population fed
prcciriiA;cly, leaving the grain standing in
the fell There ha> been nocholera q, Cairo
~ anywhere else in the vicinity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-19


great advantage tor the Silicon rail is
claimed in lis unsurpassed strength when sub.
jected TO frost BY the fracture of awhccl on
The Erie road one very cold night last winter
H. il passed over section of Bcssemcr rails
y rails were broken in line, while in passing
over a section of silicon rails not one was in
iured.
Other advantages are claimed for the sill
con steel over any other, from the fact of its
containing 80 much silicon and so little car
bon. 1t will, for that reason, sustain high.
cr degree Of heat, as carbon is combustihlc
and burns OFT leaving nothing but iron, while
silicon is indestructble by fire, and the steel
retains Its quality no matter how often or how
highly heated. And il is a flux of itself, and
can be welded on itself, or on to iron or steel
without a fiux, which can be done with no
other steel which has yet been made, and &C
counts, 10 some extent, for the superior cheap
ess at which rails can be made by this pro
IS over any other.
here is, therefore, nothing experimental
!. It the proposed works AT Ottawa. The
n hey will make have stood every needed
~ the fact being concelei that they
The sun., 1873-12-17

are held to a strict account for the man
ncr In which they perform the duty, wo
haV0 substituted punishment Ivy parents
who are ignorant of the nature of the
offence and the extent of the discipline re-
qulrcd, aul who in many cases punish
with extreme severity. In one instance a
father came to school when sent for, and
ON complaint being made of his boy,
promptly knocked him down with blow
of his cleuchcd fist. Other equally ex-
trcmc cases might bo cited; but IL will
be evident to all that home punishment is
often more severe than that administered
by the teachers, whilo the occasions
for it are more numerous, anl
the results less satisfactory. Boys
will fail to respect teachers who
cannot govern rs well rs teach them; (;
and teachers who must spend IL large por-
tion of their time in discipliuing their
Glasses will fail to give satisfactory instruc-
ton.
We believe tine prohibition OF the rod
has wholly failed to accomplish what was
expected of IL, and that u due regard for
discipline, morality, progress, and human
ity in the schools should cau'c the prompt
repeal Of IL bylaw which has wrought so
much mischi
The sun., 1873-12-17

~ have seen the wicked IN great power, and
.prraaus hYsui Ice green oaJ 'ree' jtt ne passed
away, Au. To- Dee vas uut'
"I,a, Sought am and he could not be found
PSALMS, tNANll,, 80. 81,
1oNs , TOR or ne san.
StR. let me asa attention to some lessons Of
history;
l. NAPOLEON Ill, tie bastard. In great power In
France lie ran away 10 England and died 10 exile
"uuWt pit unhpuored. and unsung"
II. He sent Macmillan to Mexico who after a bri ief
period as Emperor, was shotl
Iii. Csrlotta, his beautiful wife, now in lunatic
sylum IN Germany.
". Gen Bazline. who led the French troops. has
been degraded from his rank traitor and con.
demnod 10 be shot. His sentence is eommuted to
twenty years imprisonment because MacMahon turned
soft.
Providence thus breaches TO President Grant and his
Cabinet g. the Senate OF the United states who
represented the honor, learning and patriotism Of
Amerc,, but degraded that It Is supposed they
vii confirm Williams for Ihlef Justice
The House OF Representatives.. IN whose walls hAvs
echoed the voices OF John Randolph and John quincy
Adams think that they appoint Blaine for Speaker
Blaine thinks ne can safely appoint Dawes and othe
Credit Mobher folks on his committees II nothing
had happened.
Let President Grant let the Senate let the House OF
Representatives beware ho~rhey seek TO cover up the
rascaLty of ANYBODY. high or low.
Let Judge Poland beware how he attempts TO apply
tie gag and stihe investigation. They shall all be as
chat before the wind. S. b. Il.
The sun., 1873-12-17

Ruling of mn Impartial Judge in " gard to
the Qualifications oi II Juror-rhc Dcicnd-
ant careless aud Confident - The Jary
Warned and kept Together.
Henry w. Genet picked his teeth in the
oyer an | Tornlucr with the air of 4 man rather
Indifferent TO the pending proceedings. On the
little finger of his left hand sparklcd diamond
Of the purest water. The court room W.
crowded by politicians Of the Twenty-nrst Ward.
The Hon. Augustus Waterbury and VIM. A.
Beach appeared for Genet, and Wheeler ii. Peck
ham for the people, District Attorney Phelps
being detained from court by sickness. All day
was consumed in getting jury.
The Indictment alleges that Henry w Genet
procured Mavor Halls signature 10 warrant in
favor Of J. Mcbride Davidson for <I,sra, for
ironwork, Sc, furnished to the Ninth District
Court House, ny false representations that i
was a true bill. when, in fact, the material had
not been furnished.
Nearly all who were called for Jurors acknowl-
edged to prejudice against the defendant on
the ground that he had been connected with the
Tammany Ring, In the case OF one who testi-
fed to having an opinion that IL would require
evidence to remove, Judge Daniels said 81 am
not able to see how person can 20 into the jury
box and render n verdict without reg rd to pre-
yious bias or opinion, " his mind "a In con-
ditiOn to require evidence to remove his OPINION.
A Juror should deal with case untrammellcd
and uninhucnccd by bias or previous opinion
In reply to another question the juror said
=" have formed an otnlon In reference To- the
Harlem Court House frauds, and | would want
rebutting evidence before l can change that
opinion" Excused
The following are the names Of the jury:
samuel Baron. wors'cd. 50 Thomas street; Max
Ftans,, cigar. 30 M,st nroadw ~ iopcrt An .- ~.
engineer ~ Fnt Twcntl seventh street Jacob kdpp,
0udks. ~ Walker; Valentine SCHNEIDER, furniture. 81
sew Ruvery Andrew T. Anderson, a2 Brood ny
Louie Burclart uthicr. Col kghth avenue Archl ad
". wclcn mcrcnanti Frankln street. nar cs tos ri,
guns. 80 ChamDer- Nathan Hart, tW West tIgI'y.
tiHrd samuel Ross. ciotuor " White joan I, Dab.
cock, architect, 2,.1j THIRD avenue.
Judge Daniels said he regretted the necessity
which required tho jury to remain ia charge Of
officers, but In a case Of this kind. which had
been the subject of so much discussion and
newspaper publication, the proprictv Of keep
ing them together would be evident. IL was
their duty not to make the case sublro If
conversation or consultation, or e. allow any
one to converse about II In their presence.
Jurors should report To the Court ally per.ua at
TEMPTING to tauuer with them.
The sun., 1873-12-17
EXCITEMENT ~ rnE Nlrr Yam.
Plot TO BLOW Tp the Miuucsota-Arc the
Onicer- OF the Arapiles Irving to Re-
taiinte The -unken Barge,

Soon after the night workers wei, re-
=, =,
EeNed bYihe DAY men yesterday morning lh 'he
BROOKLYN Navy Yard discovery was made Of
,,,o t,r,.. Ls,s Of no,vder secreted in tho bolt
W '"-e NS-' W "
II the Minnesota, the nnest anu nearest COM
pleted war ship IN the repairer's hands. The
. ' 80
these kegs were hlled with their explosive con
tents gradually, hask by mask. and bcu- old,
a,,, i,h 80. ,,,,,.,r,,,.o 90 t,rJ ser,i., "a
anu WIN e'ei' "lFS""''V W '"'" 80 W. 10
capped particular notice. The Mnnesuta' 5
ne ircst nei,hbor is the Spanish frigate Areplles
g.. .t...t. 44.,.. ..,,..t,, -, ,,, sr,,t.-to a,
i'' ''"' ''o p'''0' N""s''" - '"S @' o.
Icing virtually Imprisoned should assume so
,toictt,,i form, 80 retaliation spetua sc,trrclv