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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-31

III the counsel Of the ministry,N il was
that he was found among these i&lcws, he
s'ralgh'enS himself NJ with his usual super
cilious air. and with great deal of apparent
knowledge, claims that he Is running this
thing. (mcaning the church, and of course
IN his own interco,? This is the kind of
man that is running on the republican ticket
LOT STATE senator. We have reference 10 DR..
}. c. Corbus, of Mendoza. To illustrate how
he will sell his own personal friends we have
only to refer to the time when the question
was up for removing the postoffce in Men
dota from Washington Street to Main. DIR.
D. l. CORPUS was pretending to be at work for
his friends on Washington street to keen the
postoilice; in the meantime the parties who
were trying To get the Office moved to Main
street found out that DR.. J. C.. Corbus was
the main man against them. They also
found out that he could be bought for about
fifty dollars to work secretly for them, The
result was the postoilicc was removed 10
Main street. This can be substantlatcd bv as
good republican citizens" as there are in
Mendoza. If any one has any doubts about
this, call on l.. r. Curtiss, of Mendoza, and
he will furnish the proofs positive
Do you want this kind of a man to repre
sent you in the legislature of this state.
What will n man not do If he will sell his
own personal friends? 1t looks Il great deal
as though, when that man comes into the leg
lslatlve halls of our state to represent us, you
will see written all over HIM in raised letters,
"F'Or safe! For Saie!"
But there is one consolation left, provided
we believe that all men that are sent to the
Legislature can be bought; it will be much
cheaper to send such men as Dr. J. c. Cor
bus, for the less these railroad corporations
have to pay for diem just so much less will
be the rates of tariff on the railroads So if
any ofyou expect that your Legislators will be
bought up by these corporations, send Dr. j.
c. Corbus by all means, for the cheaper the
man the cheaper the tide on the roads; for it
Is bound to come out of us hardy sons Of toll
in the end. II. c. GIBBs.
Mendoza, Oct. o.
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The Strcator .KOHiior, the editor orwhich has
always been consistent republican, and un.
I'll recently held the postoflice at Srcator,
refuses TO support Corbus because he believes
him not only an unfit man, but because he
got his nomination by trickery and fraud.
This is what he says:
In common with many others, we consid.
cred Mr.. Baldwin fairly entitled to the nom.
nation; and more, we thought at the con.
vention, and still are of the opinion, that he
received II. There was some chicanery we
have no hopes of iathoming that nominated
the DR., and we hold rs good sound Republi-
can doctrine the right of every man To Judge
for himself if candidate nominated in a
questionable manner is the right kind OF ma
terial to present by our party, if we hope 70
keep it pure and worthy of support Person
ally, we belieTe Mr.. Plumb TO be 50 far above
such a charge that if there were no other
claims 10 be urged in his behalf we could not
change our position. Desiring and laboring
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Our lovely county Jail was visited on Mon
day by Mr.. Wines, secretary of the State
Board of Charities, who is gathering inform
alton and statistics to be Incorporated in the
next report Of the board to the Legislature
Mr.. Wines was SO pleased with the beauty
and elegance! OF cur accommodations for
criminals, that he was unable TO complete his
survey OF ITS gorgeousness in one day, and ex
poets to return again next Thursday, proba
bly, to get detailed plan of it, or a photo
graph perhaps. As the Board of Superyis
ors will then be in session, an effort will BE-
made 10 have Mr.. Wines address a meeting
at the court house on Thursday evening, ant
give the result of his observations in that de
lictable quarter and elsewhere
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AN OPPORTUNITY.

The Streator MouitOr says with much
tuthiulncss and force, La Sale county has
an opportunity TO secure a competent, clear
headed man for State Senator, by electing Mr.
Fawcct Plumb TO that position. We state
this not because Mr.. Plumb is special ia.
vorite of ours; we state it because it is the
truth. Mr.. Plumb was an active and influ
entail opponent Of ours three years and a
half ago, and his opposition was of substan
tial account, rs We have reason to know. But
he was manly opponent He took no mean
advantage, and We recognized then, as we dc
now, that there could never be doubt where
TO find him, on any question. Looking fair
ly ard squarcly at the necessity of securing
good men for legislative positions, we cannot
help regarding the election of Mr. Plumb as
a most desirable event for La Sale county
He has the ability TO originate useful public
measures; knows just when he has some
thing to say, and how TO say it, La Sale
county would be so represented by Mr.
Plumb, that the press of the State weuld be
compelled 10 recognize that strong man
had been chosen, and that the second largest
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HON. CHARLES CARROLL,

The Opposition tickets in this county have
been printed both with the name of Davit
Gore and that of Charles Carroll upon then
for State Treasurer half and half OF
each. There are reasons, however, why Mr.
Carroll should be preferred by the opposition
of this county, He is better qualified for the
Office, and is more popular than Mr.. Gore
1t is significant that Mr.. Gore is not support
ed even by the opposition papers of his own
county. Throughout Central and Southern
Illinois the opposition is almost unanimous
in supporting Carroll 1t seems beyond ques
ton that the only way not to throw away our
votes is to vote for Charles Carroll for State
Treasurer.
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PAWCET BLUMB. ESQ.

Voters of La Sale county are reminded
that in no single instance has there been
charge made against Plumb of dishonesty
political trickcry, chronic otfice.seekng, o
of selling his friends for money. He ha
gone forward in an open, free and frank man
ner, and removed from the minds Of all will
whom he has met any and every prejudic,
that existed against him as being an unfit per
son TO represent the reform ticket
On the other hand DR.. Corbus has beer
charged, through the press of the county
with everything, from Knownothlngism tc
selling his influence for small considera
ton.
At home the Doctor is in bad odor; while
on the other hand, Plumb at his home stands
high.
In these days, when we are looking for men
who will not sell out, these items affecting
personal character are Of great significance.
Whether the Republican party be right OF
wrong in its position on any question at is
sue, is of very little consequence to the pco
pie of this county, if it cannot present to the
voters an honest man. The charge made in
communication from Mendoza today throws
dark cloud of suspicion over the Republi
can candidate for the senatorship, as to his
| being the man TO trust in 50 responsible pc
sitlon as the one he is now seeking
Ia discussing the relative merits of the
candidates, the Republican, of this week mus
tiers only six lines of favorable comment.
The manner in which the Doctor has me
the charge of being Knownothng is no
worthy of a man of his standing. Some ont
else is employed to explain or deny for kim.
When question is asked OF Plumb, of an,
kind or character concerning him, in an,
way affecting his fitness for office, It is forth
with met in frank, candid and honest way.
i Let the voters OF this county Judge from
some of these indications which is the hon
est man, and which the one that had better b
permitted TO remain at home.
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Low BLACKGUARDISM.

This is the gentlcst term with which we cal
characterize the filthy abuse which the Otis
!, wa ReDRJlicaH this week heaps upon MI
Ferguson, the Independent candidate 70
, Sheriff The following is the language il
which over half a column Of purely menda
clous blackguardism in this weeks RepuJl,
can closes: He (Mr. Ferguson has eve
been known as rough and rowdy, and ha
been repeatedly fined for assaulting his fellow
men" This is as false as it is dastardy, ant
the Republican, would not have dared to uttel
| it except in its last issue before the election
when it knew contradiction could not ge
to lis readers,
We have known Mr., Ferguson since hi.
boyhood and know he is not & drinking man
in any fair sense OF the word. 1t is true, ne is
not Temperance man like Corbus, Corwin
and Cullen, who make speeches at temper
ancc meetings, ana then drink beer or some
thing stronger in the saloons "to bamboozlC
the Germans" Mr.. Ferguson makes no
sanclimonious pre,cnses TO temperance in that
way, but when he has occasion to take q
glass of beer, wine or even whisky, takes It
in an open, manly way, and not like cow
ardy sneak behind a green blind or In dark
corner at midnight But we defy the RepuJ.
HcdR to prove that he was ever seen drunk
or that he kept liquor in his house, or drinks
any liquor habitually, or as often as once a
month He is a sober, steady man, hard
working, industrious farmer, and so highly
respected by his neighbors that every demo
crat and lhrce-fourths Of the republicans Of
his town will vote for him. That he is
rowdyish, quarelSOme man is statement to
which every voter in the town of Freedom
gives the lie, though it is possible that he
may, (as who has not . have had fisticutf in
his day, and possibly lawsuit about it, But
while the world is full of as unprinci-
Piled libelers as tbs editor of the Republican
and his contributors, it is hard to see how a
decent man Of spirit can avoid occasionally
giving such rubbish kick or knocking a.
few of them down.
Mr.. Ferguson is not only in every respect
A sober, steady, reliable and honorable citizen,
Du: he is an intelligent man. He can write a
better hand, spell better and write III better
grammar than the editor of the Republican,
could when he quit raising cabbages and po-
atoes in the town OF Adams and came to
Ottawa, as green as one of his greenest cab.
,ages to become chronic candidate for
heritf; and he will make better sheriff than
julien ever made. We undertake at least to
ret any amount of names on NJ. Fcrguson's
,onds to that effect.
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This Is how Corbus now sings it, in hi
electioneering tour among the farmers;
o take me by my heels, my friend,
And shake me in the air,
! That all the world may comprehend
There's hay seed in my hair,
Lay by this smooth plug hat OF mine,
| And give me in its stead
Another with its crown smashed Tor caycd I'M
| To fit an honest head.
These boots, that like a miners shine,
No longer will wear;
But on those bantam shanks Of mine
I'll don stoga pair.
love the farmers, every one
| I've told them DER and DER
And yet, caHdidly allow,
| love myself much more.
A farmers life always loved,
But o. the sad turmoil,
Meath sultry suns, with spade and hoe,
These precious hands to soil.
Twere pity that such hands as mine
Should brown and callouS be,
And so I've learned to till my farm
BY prory as you see.
love the farmers and their wives,
And yet, own, it's queer,
love them more than e'er before
When lection time draws near.
And il | ever do retire
From business of the nation,
I'll 90 to the Northern swamps and ply
The farmers occupatirn.
And this is the song he sung week ago as
he and McCalcb perambulated through OF
tawa among the beer saloons TO fix up" the
German vote:
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A WORD ABOUT MR.. sPICER.

When, three or for weeks ago, we admit
ted a communication from a respectable cit
lien of the town of Manlius, signing himself
at" criticising the conduct Of Mr.. Spicer as
Trustee Of Schools Of that town, we o fer
ed Mr.. s. the use Of our columns to reply
He preferred, however, 10 make his reply
through the Ottawa Republican. Mr.. T. re
newed his attack. Now, Mr.. Spicer, not
choosing to avail himself of the Ottawa Re
publican 10 make second reply, sends us a
column article to close the case. Under the
circumstances we must decline to publish it.
Mr.. at" opened the case and is entitled to
the close. Mr. Spicer had his opportunity
TO reply in Thursdays Republican,, but pre-.
ferred TO put it off for Saturdays FREE IRA
DER, so as to get the close unfairly against
Mr.. T. There is no reason or justice in our
giving him this advantage.
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Misunderstanding.

The subject of mind-reading has received
decided impulse from the experiments of
scientific men in New Haven. Mr.. j. X.
Brown, who gave exhibitions in this city
some time since, was subjected 10 severe test
by a half dozen of Professors. The result
was such as to establish mind reading firmly
as one of the remarkable manifestations of
the age. Mr. Brown spelled words readily
which were thought Of by different gentle
men, and read sentences written on black
board in another room, when the further pre-
caution was taken of blindfolding his eyes.
He also, without hesitation, led gentlemen
through several rooms TO one in which a
small article had been hidden, and found the
exact spot of concealment without difficulty
1t is possible, now, since mind,reading has
been stamped as genuine manifestation of
a hitherto hidden power, that 1t may be
studied to an unpleasant extentby the inquis-
Tive. The principal aim Ofthe average man
is to hide his thoughts instead Of revealing
them.
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Where IS DR.. Corbus ?-,Styeator Monitor.

Where is DR.. Corbus ?-,Styedt0r Monitor.
The last we saw of Dr. Corbus he was in
Ottawa, and had just finished a lengthy in
terview with the head centers of the Ottawa
Crusaders and Temperance League, having
perfectly convinced them that he was the best
temperance man on the track on either tick
ct; and as the next consistent and logical
step, he was on the way, under the care Of g
competent guide, to visit the lager beer sa
looms to satisfy the Germans that he could
drink beer with any of them, and was exact
ly the man for them TO elect to repeal the
Reddick law. We are assured by several who
saw him at different saloons in the evening
that he drank beer with good deal les,
grimace than was TO be expected of mar
who has fought the beer sellers with so mucl
energy tor the last ten years in Mendoza, ant
that he treated with liberality that was real
ly reckless.
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TO THE VOTERS OF SALE CO.

Would you be willing 10 cast your votes al
the coming election for man that would
sell his OWE personal friends for dollars and
cents? VIII YOU vote for man that Is Meth
er one thing or the other! Will you vote fol
a man who will not pay the poor laboring
man for his labor, even down to the poor
drayHan, who has done him good and faith,
full services viii you vote for a man that
pretends to be an ardent supporter OF the
Christian religion, but is privately found TO
be an iniidel, and when asked, on being found
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From MarseilIes.

MARsEILLEs, Oct 80.
DIED.-On the 22d in Brookteld Mrs.
Harvey Gregory.
by Rev. w. L. Lowry, Mr.. d. H. Slagle, post
master IN this place and Miss Hattie E. Jack
ett of Codwater.
The County Sunday School Convention is
in session here today.
Potatoes are being shipped here from Iowa
and New York.
Some Of the farmers have been hauling
water from town a distance of four miles.
A union of effort is needed among the farm
owners to bore an experimental artesian well
on the North Prairie, ard also one on the
South Prairie. Let few such men as the
Shavers, Nchol, Peddcord and the Brun-
dages take hold of the enterprise aad make
a success of it. The assistant state geologist
expressed an opinion favorable to flowing
well.
The showers Of Tuesday night and the
warm days since, are making the grass start
as in spring
The Illinois keeps up its regular flow, and
the mills have full head and water is run
ming over the dam.
Young Brothers have put up substantial
awning in front of their store.
Mr.. Mulgy who sold his so in Fall River
to Mr. Vogel, has purchased TIA acres four
miles north of Plano, Kendall Co. II is his
old home. We are sorry to lose such men.
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VI. /. CoNFEEENcE.-We copy the following
from the .N,ahresterH Cirisi,am Idcocsi,, in re-
gard to the excellent conference pictures Of Mr.
Bowman Of this city
During the session Of the Rock River Confer
ence, William L. Bowman, artist, Ottawa, Ills,
obtained very fine group-photograpk of the en-
tire conference. 1t Is certainly the finest and
best defined picture Of the kind we have ever
seen. Ihe many who have friends in the BODY.
as well as all the members, will want a copy. l,
will prove .atisflctory every way
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-31
4 Pleasant Wedding.

That was an exceedingly pleasant gathering
on Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr..
& Mrs Newton Ward, in the town Of Rutland,
to witness the nuptials Of their daughter Libbie
with Mr.. Harry T. Lewis, son of Lewis Lewis,
ESQ., one Of our wealthiest and most respected
citizens Mr.. Ward and family having lived for
several years in Ottawa, of course the family
have numerous friends and acquaintance here
and the party was therefore made up OF large
sprinkling of Ottawa's best society as well as
Of numerous invited guests from the town of
Rutland, Marseilles &c. The officiating clergy
man was the Rev. Z. Coleman, Of Chicago, who
in former years had been their hOnored pastor,
and by whom the bride had been baptised. We
are not Jenkins enough TO undertake to describe
costumes and fummery of that sort, but were
assured by ladies who understood such things
that the dress of the bride was superb and
faultless and she certainly looked as beautiful
as any bride we had ever seen. Mr.. Lewis, II
is enough to say, was in dress admitted to be
correct. But aside from the dis
play, and endless enjoyment of social inter-
course, there wss one part of the entertainment
OF which we can speak intelligently-we mean
the supper, which was certainly splendid and
quite peerless in its way. The company had an
exceedingly jolly time until about the sober
hour of midnight, when, with many warm and
earnest wishes for the future happiness Of the
young couple and kindly adieus to the honore1
host and hostess. the company parted.
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for the building up ofNlc republican party,
we know of no way 10 more etlectually ac-
compish i, than w administering through
the ballOt-bON, VIXEN necessary, rebuke to
corrupt devices and political jugglery.
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Nofiee tn Jurors

OFFICE OF CIRCUIT COURT oP La SALE Co.,
OTTAWA, Oct. 81, 1874. !
Jurors who were summoned TO appear at ihii
court on Monday, Nov. Cd, are hereby notifeC
that they need not attend until "Wednesday
morning, the 4ih inst, at o'clock An.
BY order Of the court.
C. II. Hook, Circuit Clerk
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Our Clubbing.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named. The offer is open
to old subscribers or new at any post office
in the country:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. 50 90
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county in the state had elected to the Senate
Il gentleman who would dignity its dignity
and strengthen its power in the counsels OF
public men at Springfield.
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In addition to the evening class at the Tele-
graph Institute day class is receiving instruc-
tons. Apply early.
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All subscriptions to be paid in advance.
Remttanccs may be made through money
order or registered Letter.
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Signed.

Under this agreement purchased certain
lands ofthc trustees of the United States Bank
on the 81 day Of October 1S43-the terms of
sale being one-tnird cash. and the balance in
two equal annual payments paid the one
third in hand and took contract for q deed
on the payment of the remainder of the pur-
chase money. The said John McCahan made
the first of the deferred payments; but a short
time previous 10 the maturity OF the final
payment, | was notified by the Trustees OF
the L. S. Bank that, owing TO some objections
on the part of the said John McCahan TO
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-17
A Romance.

That the Bonapartes were not to roy
atty born seems evidenced by the OBJ
security of certain branches of the fami-
ly. London has for a year or so shell
tered one of the fallen branches of the
family-a "royal milliner and orr
own Baltimore contains another lit
tie old woman with feeble, lettering
frame, and a wizened, wrinkled face,
wigged and specialized. On the prom
enade the old lady uses her attendants
arm as support, and passes, apparent
ly without notice, the groups of takers
that stare or point her out to stranger.
If some of the more deterrent salute her,
she Strengthens for a moment, and re-
turns it with touch of the old grace
that wrought her fame and her misfor-
tune. She is not celebrity of to-day !;
her story stretches back full sixty years,
to the days when handsome pusillani-
nous exile married her on his own Ca
price, and repudiated her at the beck
of brother; for she is Madame Je-
rome Bonaparte, as she has always
proudly styled herself, once the wife,
now the widow of Jerome Bonaparte,
King of Westphalia. Beautiful, brill
liant and aristocratic, Miss Patterson
married him, then an unknown stran-
ger, against the wishes and counsel of all
her friends. She is now old and pecul-
lar. Her son Jerome, who never saw
his father, is dead, but his widow and
child-a third Jerome, with unmistaka-
BILE Bonaparte face-are living in Balti-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-17
A Strange Freak.

According to the Baltimore An,eri-
can, on Monday afternoon gentleman
of that city, while apparently laboring
under an alteration of mind, rushed
into the gallery of one Mosher, pho
tographer, and demanded to have his
picture taken. Mr.. Mosher was alb
sent, but his assistant, Mr.. Schweikert,
was about to make the necessary ar
rangements, when the man rushed out
of the front window, and jumping from
one awning slat to another, at the i'm
minent risk of falling to the ground,
he reached an adjoining house, where
he smashed in one of the second story
windows, and then turning round, ran
back to Mr. Mosher's place, and jump
ing N grabbed Mr.. Schweikert, ex-
claiming "I have just killed two men,
and now am going to kill you" He
struggled desperately to throw Mr..
Schweikert over the balusters of tie
stairs, bat as this was not part of the
photographers programme, he made a
determined resistance. The noise of
the breaking window had attracted &
crowd, and several persons rushed to
the assistance of Schweikert. The
maniac was secured, and, after a sharp
struggle, taken to the police station.
The maniacal spasm having gone by, he
promptly paid for the damages that had
been done, deposited his fine, and was
allowed to 60 about his business.