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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27
PRISON AUTHORIZATION.

We are in receipt of an address from an as
ISOLATION which had its inception at a meet
ing OF the Y. NJ. c. A. at Bloomington in Oc-
tober last, and which has for its object sys'
tematic visitation of the prisons of this stt'
with view TO the amelioration of the con-
dition of their unfortunate occupants The
following is the substance of the address:
We extend an invitation to all persons ire
spectivc of religious or political opinion, in
or out of official station, whose attention has
been called to the present condition of our
state and county prisons, and who are inter.
ested for any reason in the well-being of soci-
ety. including the criminal as well as the non.
criminal class, to express their sympathy
with and desire to cooperate with the move
ment about to be inauguratcd,
similar associations, IN other states, have
been eminently successful in awakening pub
lie interest and developing an enlightened
public sentiment The National Prison Asso-
citation, under the patronage Of the l. S. Gov
ernment OF which the Hon. Horatio Seymour
is President, whose next annual congress Is
to be held in st. Louis in May, 1874, has above
all others attracted the notice Of the country.
We are convinced that the time has arrived
for Illinois to join in the general movement
in the direction of reform
The evils especially complained of are: the
imposition OF inadequate or of excessive sen
fences; the ineiiieiency, expense and evil in
tluence of confinement in idleness, without
seclusion, in the county jails; the want Of
proper classification of prisoners the i'm
proper and unjust confinement of witnesses;
the lack of safeguards accompanying the par
doning power; the universal and indiscrimi-
nate distrust of discharged prisoners the
errors, inconsistencies and absurdities of the
criminal law; and the needless and expensive
delays in the administration Of Justice
Against these evils it is proposed to enlist
the united and earnest efforts of all who are
sensible Of their existence The precise form
and scope of the association to be organized
cannot be stated, until it is ascertained of
whom it is TO be composed, and what NAV
prove to be the will of the body. But it may
be said generally that its work will consist in
the visitation of prisons, the collation. Of Grim
inal statistics, the care Of discharged convictc
and the enlghtment OF the public through
the press and from the rOstrum upon all top
les connected with crime, the criminal class
criminal law, the administration Of Justice
and the management and discipline of the
prisons.
The cooperation in this movement Of all
editors, teachers, clergymen, lawyers, physi-
clans, judges, sherifts and other county Off
GERS and Of all others in any walk or calling,
Of either sex, is invited; and all persons dis
posed to cooperate actively are requested to
forward their name and address to the CORES
pOnding secretary Of the committee, Miss
Lottie Moore, Springfield, Illinois.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27
A CRY FOR BREAD!

A concourse of ten thousand unemployed
workingmen of Chicago met at 10th street
Turner Hall last Sunday afternoon to devise
ways and means to provide bread for the win
ter. Speeches were made in German, French
and English, all the speakers indulging in
strong if not incorporate language. THE
workingmen must rise in their might" said
one of the speakers "and assert their rights
They had too long rested quietly under the
iron heel of oppression, receiving less care
than even the brutes, and it was time for them
to organize. Standing by each other, with
hands and hearts united, they could break
down the barriers of caste and show the
bloated aristocracy that the laborers had some
rights which they were bourd to respect"
The result of the meeting was, the drafting Of
a memorial to the city council, making of
that body the following demands
1. Work for all who have no work and are
able to work, with sufficient wages.
2. Aid in money or provisions for the suf-
tcring people, out of the treasury.
3. All disbursements to be made by com
mittee appointed by worklngmen, for the pur-
pose of fair dispeRsation.
! 4. In case of insufficient cash in the treasu-
ry, the credit of the city shall be resortcd to.
A committee was named to present the me-
mortal to the council, and the meeting re-
solved in body to accompany the commit
tee to the city hall on Monday evening, when
the council would meet
AT ~ o'clock on Monday evening the peo-
pie began to assemble around the city hall.
The evening was cold and the number not
over five or six thousand--chiefly Germans
and Scandinavians; and though as they stood
in the cold awaiting the action of the council
within, they were addressed by one or two
violent, hot-headcd men-among them son
Of President Lincoln-they conducted them.
selves with the utmost decorum
The action Of the council was brief and to
the point. The city itself has no money. The
Gage deialcation has left the treasury without
a dollar. And the city has no power to Dor
row money What could it do, therefore, to
satisfy the cry of 10000 men and their tami.
lies for bread? The Chicago Relief and Aid
Society, organized after the great fire, is still
in existence and Is understood to have about
100000 in its hands. The council resolved
to make an appeal to this society A com.
mittee of five was appointed to wait upon the
officers of the society and with them organize
a system to afford relief wherever it is immc
diate'y needed, and meantime the council or
the county commissioners must devise means
to continue the reliet if the Relief Society
runs dry. And thus the matter for the pres
ent rests
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

The Oranges OF Northwestern Missouri.
Eastern Kansas and Southern Nebraska were
4 council in - Joseph, No, On TUESDAY.
and sdopi@d the platform Il the Illinois Far.
rsrs' Association. They also aided two res
buttons, setting forth determined opposition
10 special l-gislliion- aud 4emAn6.uz q Uni.
fora Cutreary, On The ground that they were
a0~ OBLIGED to sell their grain on gold basis,
nd IL buy thelr supplies on basis OF depreci
ased paper money On t4e sane day the
oranges # New Hsmpshire cane together
4ad formed q state association.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

An OPINION WORTH HAvING.-Thirty.ti five
years ago Thomas H. Benton, "Old Bullion, -
as he was called, says the Boston Joutua1,
delivered a speech upon finances in the Uni.
ted States Senate, in the course of which he
made some remarks which sound very much
like the utteranccs OF to-day. One passage
was as follows:
Lone Of the highest functions Of money is
to measure valuey. That Is = function which
paper cannotperiOrm. The measure of values
must itself possess intrinsic value, and must
itself be free from sudden or material vari,
tons Of value. 1t must have a uniform ard
universal value. As well might YOU atfe!n.
to make measure Of lengths out of d.
which has no length; a measure of weig.
out OF that which has no weight; measur
OF quantity out of that which has no capacity
to hold any quantity, as to endeavor to make
a measure out of that which has no intrinsic
value. The precious metals alone can consti.
tute measure OF values; paper money can
measure the value of nothing, not even of
itself; lis own value Is ctcrnaliy measured 10y
It's reaction-by lis convcrtibiity-intD
specie
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27
t volunteer rufiians in Cuba.

The Ottawa Republican is in distress. The
proceedings of the State Farmers Association
at Decatur are not all to its taste. This thing
of taking formal leave of "all former political
ties and associations" Is a most daring and
unwarranted procedure. What right, for in.
stance, had Armstrong and Hart to vote on
such question at all in the name of the far
mcrs Of La Sale county! They were elected,
says the RePHbyical, by meeting of the coun.
ty association at which less than u dozen of
members were present Very likely; but
if 100 members had been present, would better
or different men have been elected? The at
tendance ot the county meeting was thin
simply because it was understood that these
gentlemen would be the delegates.
Then tue platform itself is rot pleasing.
The RepVbNada dare not say Sc, but the Chi
cegO JoRyBal hurts out its meaning when it
says, the plato is nothing but straight
out dcmoa.,tic cumeuL The Republican,
also inlima IT,. the convention was under
the control a. guidance OF political dema
gogueS," schel i'm. TO overthrow the Repub
lican party. The latter clause is a pretty
strong thing 10 say Of such prominent repub.
licans as Hart, Smith, Flag, Hoo;on, Boone,
&c, though there is too much reason to be
lieye il is strictly true. Yes, former promi-
nent republicans leaders were the sole "politi-
cal demagogUcs" who had the guidance OF
this convention, aud thcir guidance was such
that the republican organs are terribly alarm
ed. They see the handwriting on the wall;
they quake with fear and resort to ritupera-
ton and denunciation,-and cry 'demagogues
j; won't do. The people are awake. They
are not to be frightened from their purpose
10 overthrow acorruPt DISCRIMINATION 10y the
imsy accusation of being boilers The
grah1erS and cnrrGpEoniS.s may Is well make .
up their minds at once that thci- days are
numbered
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27
From Seneca.

SENECA, DEC. 81, 1873.
~ IN election held for officers Of st. Pat
rex $ branch No. ., of the z b. T.. Seneca.
Illinois, at Emerald Hall on 2lst inst. Ii.
following officers were elected for the ens,-
ing term:
Alex. Vaughey, President; Thos Morrisscy.
Vice President; John Higgins, Recordinu
Secretary; f. J. Degnan, Financial Secretary
and Treasurer; John Kelly, Marshal; Hugh
McCarn, Assistant Marshal; I. H. Fgar.
Librarian: Michael Reardon, Denis Coleman
aud John Mahailey, Stewards; Michael
Mcnamara, Messenger; Thomas Morr!s.y
J X Besse and J. MahaiIey, Delegates.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

Mrs. Workman, the Woodford county muir.
lderess, has been acquitted. She is the wo-
man whose husband is Methodist preacher
She became jealous Of widow lady, mem
Der of brother Workman'S church, and killed
her-at all events, the widow lady, who ap-
pears to have been an honest, virtuous woman,
was found murdered, and all the cirCumstan-
ces pointed to Mrs. Workman as the guilty
one But the woman was stark mad, and her
acquittal was probably on that ground. When
the verdict of mot guilty" was rendered, and
the woman made to understand it, she raised
her lank, tall form, emaciated to skeleton,
her eyes wild with excitement, stretching out
her bony hand, and exclaimed "Glory to
God! Glory to God Glory hallelujah
Hallelujah to the blessed Lord, Blessed be
Jesus, my Saviour God be praised God
bless my attorneys. 1 am poor, but have a
Father, and he is rich! God bless the officers
and jailer for their kindness! God bless
them. Bless Jesus. He has BENNY Saviour
since 1851, and he is with me yet" And so
she kept on, waving her arms, while the
voice of the sheriff IN the adjoining court was
lost in the scene that followed. The greatest
excitement and sympathy was manifested,
the jurymen and many of the audience she'd
ding tears. The remarks of the counsel for
the defence brought tears to more than one
eye. The prisoner was led from the room by
her husband
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

NATIONAL GRANGE.-The Executive Com
millec Of the National Grange was in session
at Washington during the last week The
telegraph gives the following brief notice OF
It:
The Executive Committee of the National
Grange have Just adjourned after weeks
session here. The organization has raised
100000 during the year, has paid lis debts
md has surplus $4,000, ofwhich 100000
nave been invested in government bonds On
saturday Che number of applications received
io7 authority to establish new oranges reach
eI one hundred, the most received on any
one oay, Applications Row come chiefly
rom lAc Eastern, Middle, and Southern
States
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

The women Of Earlville held a ma, meet.
ing last week to consider the subject Of taxa.
ton. After good deal ~ talk, resolution
was adopted II the effect that whereas our
toreiaihers decided in no to fight. bleed and
die rather than endure taxation without rep
reseniation, therefore We, their descendants,
do nov commemorate the spirit of their
deeds by declaring publicly that taxation
without representation is as much tyranny
aoc as il was 6e..'
The women having had their say The turn
Of the boys under 81 comes next.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

A Few LEAKs.-WhIle Secretary Richard.
son is calling for more taxation, before it is
voted by congress, had he not better answe-
few conundrums:
Why should the Indian bureau, with
apid decrease in the number of Indian.
have cost in 1929 $s0G1, 129, while in 1sG
With greenbacls worth from 81 to 80 cen
on the dollar, it cost but S2,629,9gGg
Why should the executive department til
year cost Sl7,0o00OO more than it did in 1856
in the hottest OF the rebellion!
Why should the government cost $lS 10000
more this year than last?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

There is evident in this country a Ivvivina
interest in those Christian Holy Days which
IN the earlier days OF the church were SO
strictly observed Most notable among these
are Christmas, to commemorate The nativity
Of the Savior, and East cr, to commcm.
Orale HIS resurrection from the dead. The
Christmas season, duriag tn q middle and ear.
lier ages lasted two or three weeks, generally
beginning with the nativity on the 2Jth of
December, and ending with the Epiphany,
or Twelfth Night" Jan. Oh, and during
this time very little work was done except to
engage IN religious obsGrvanCcs or in was
saI' or social amusement and enjoyment
We are far from that in this material, utili-
tartan age, nut as we are rapidly growing out
OF our earlier puritanism, so we are losing the
irrational horror and contempt of holy DAYS
that the purianical reaction engendered.
In this city most of the shops and business
places except such rs dealt in special holi-
day goods we've closed, and there wcr" rolig-
ious services in the Episcopal and ,man
Catholic churches, both of which had cspcc-
ial decorations for the occasion. The Epis-
copal church was quite deliberately decorated
with cyergrecns, with special altar decora-
tons in diamond C,otn. Conspicuous among
the decorations were two large tablets. one
on each side Of the Chancel upon which
| were wrought in letters of drbOr vita leaves.
! Tue entire Apostles Creed. BolI At the
CHRISTMAS eve services and the services on
christmas morning, iLerc were large concre
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

IN connection with the recent haS,y cx.
peho'iure OF fi00o,OOO by the Navy Depart
meh' 10 get lew iron steamers and monitor,
ahoai' Gle following from the St Louis H.
p"oiied" IS instructive reading:
Iour months ago the Navy Department;
ordered a sale OF "useless material at Mound
Olly' Illinois. Among the useless material
were 'hree turreted monitors, two of them
bc oanduSky and Marietta-ncw and no,
qulte completed. the third had seen some
service. The three were sold to house in
this city Ion $4,000. The Sandusky and
Marietta alone cost S500OOO. Ii this IS econ.
only, then in Heavens name let us have mo-
more of il. These three monitors, IN case We
have war, would he worth their original
cost ten times over. They might protect New
Orleans-they have been sold for the price oil
old iron.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

The democrats of Manchester, 4 H.,
hitherto strong republican city, last week
elected their candidate tor mayor bya hand
some majority. The explanation is, that
Manchester being il manufacturing town, the
operatives heretofore voted as instructed by
their masters; bat since the panic, most of
the operatives having been discharged, voted
rs they pleased
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

AcQurrTED-Wn Clark, the local of the
Strea,9r Free Press, who got - unreasonably
into trouble for making a report Of the recent
StreatGr prize fight, has had his preliminary
trial at Pontiac and been acquitted, the pros
ecutor failing utterly in his proof that VIII,
WAS there at all,
BY the way, the FIRE. Press comes to Us this
week enlarged to q seven column folio, and
both side. aade UP at Notwithstanding the
dishwatery patent inside. The Free Press is
a sprightly, Juicy paper, ard shows business
all over.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

The Lancaster penn Express does not con
zeal its feelings as a republican in ,he follow
Jag paragraph: We 90 not know whether
the Senate will have time 10 inquire into the
ways and means used by John J. Paterson,
Of Juniata county, in this state, who fills the
cup Of South Cardinals woe 20 overlooking
by unlawfully occupying one of the seats in
the United States Senate as senator from that
state. Pomeroy and Caldwell were forced TO
leave ana If this representative Of a class OF
men who scourge the South worse than all
the years Of war is allowed u occupy qui
city an openly purchased seat, it will be u
blistering shame to that body that will cling
to it worse than the shir. of Nessus. The
republican party can no longer keep these
Jonahs on board. There are storms brewing,
and no time should be lost in pitching this
incubus on decent men overheard"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

The srm Of republican achievements, after
sixteen Years of unlimited control. is debt.
taxation and panic. :" No party" says the
ST. Paul rtoaeer had such opportunities,
and 80 >hameiuly violated public cent,
dence.' With abundant crops all our indus.
tries active, our mines yielding their treasure
aad our forests their products more liberally
than ever before, in an instant every interest
is stricken dswn and every industry nara
lyzed RadiC&lism has eliminated. co,,j
dcnce is destroyed, and business men po
longer dare trust each other. Dcralcatinns
embezIements, breaches Of trust, suspension,
and unfaithiulness generally mark the time
The nest egg Of Grantism has Matched, ant
She people can now see the product.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

Right has tTiumphed in California. Gov.
Booth, the anti-monopoly candidate, has been
elected TO the Senate for the long term, and
Hager, democrat, for the short term. The
election of both is triumph over the Rail
roads, which had for the last few years held
that state ia its iron grip as closely as ever
New Jersey was held
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

GETTING H0r.-1Ge conviction Of Tweed
and lngersoll has given the rest Of the New
York Tammany thieves such wholesome
dread Of the courts, that they are beginning
70 light out Harry Genet one .cf Tweed
best supports, has jus. made good his escape
after conviction, and on Saturday, when the
names Of half z dozen Others were called in
court they were E0a s,t
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

There was "a double murder on Christmas
day at a shooting match at Riga, Village
near Dodson, Ohio Two brothers quarreled
about loading a rife, upon which one Of them
gaised the rife and shot the Other. Then the
crowd took the murderer to a ncishbOring tree
md hanged him. The names OF the brothers
were JOHN and Henry Stone.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

The great iron bridge Of the Chicago, Al
ton d st. Louis Railroad crossing the MIS-
sissippi River at Louisiana, No, was COM
pleted and crossed by the FIRST locomotive on
Tuesday. The bridge is 2,052 feet IN length
and hes nine spans. The draw is 444 f. in
iength and is said to be the largest il the
worth
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

ATTEND TO THEN.-The following Illinoi,
members voted Tor the Butlcr-iIurbut fraud
in congress To perpetuate the back salary
grab:
Barrcrc Clements. Farwell, HPrlbut, Nc
Nulta, Rice, Ray and Ward-ull republicans
The following voted against il Burchard
Cannon, Corwin, Edc,, Ford, Hawlay, Knapp
Urrsisn, Martin and K0~risoa,-Dcmocrats
ia ilalic Robinson was absent
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

All the republican members of congress
from thi, state are said 10 be in favor OF the
repeal oi the salary law.-h0Hk,iAee Gas,ttS.
les, there was Iurlbut for instance VINO
acted the part Of monkey to Ben Batter and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27
The Illinois river is still clear Of ice and
few boats are running.

Our old friend Lon Rathburn, who has
been running job office at La Sale for a
year past, has commenced the publication of
a newspaper at that place called the La Sale
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f1ep0rttr.

The late Governor Yates left family con-
sistirg of wife and three children. The
oldest son is aSeut twenty-five years of age
and the youngest eleven or twelve. The
second child rs a daughter
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

The name Of Hon. L. T. Goodell is beiD-
prominently mentioned in connection with
the position OF member of the board of Publf..
Works, Mr.. McAyOy having declined 10 a.
cept ,he Mayors nomination. Mr.. Goode1I
IS first-ciasS man in every respect. and II
selected would be a faithful oilicer.-CKt,sr.
HAD
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

The Sandwich Gazette says savage boar
killed valuable mare owned by Gee Hicks
OF Little Indian Greek, few days since The
brute hsi annexed smaller stock before
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

The total Indebtedness of Bloomington
bonded and otherwise, is $221, 1856
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-02-13

SAVING HARD RocK-By means of re-
Gently invented and most ingenious saw, the
hardest varieties of rock may be cut into slabs
with the greatest ease and rapidity, the speed
of cutting being some ten to thirty times great
er than by any other means heretofore en-
ployed. This machine, called the reciprocating
diamond saw, will, it is claimed, make mar
rover kerf, produce an average better quality
of work, saw the material as thin as desired,
and all this for one-third of the power and cost
usually required. The cost of mon-setting
in this machine is stated to be less than for the
sand and iron necessary to do the same quanti-
ty of work by the old method; and in saving
marble this cost will, it is claimed, be wholly
covered by the value of the marble dust OBJ
tained. On granite and other rocks too hard
for the sand-sawing operation, and in wide
range of work done exclusively by hand, the
economy is still greater. The diamonds re-
main in long time, and any that come out
are caught in wire gauze sieve and can be
reset. The chief popularity of this mode of
of operation is making the diamonds cut one
way withdrawing them from contact
with the stone before the beginning of the re-
turn stroke. Without this provision the debris
is carried backward and forward within the
cut choking the blade, wearing away the
setting of the diamonds, and hindering them
from getting down properly to their work.
Besides this, when cutting both ways, the dia-
monds are struck or pressed, first one way and
then the other, and soon become loose.