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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19
A NAUSEOUs EXHIBITION.

| We publish on our second page to-day a
very silly communication 'front.'. w. Browne,
of Earlyille, osensibly to elucidatc THE
Meaning of the Late Elections, but in reality
intended for very different purpose, Our
readers will naturally ask why we lntlict
on them such nauseous twattle? In the or.
binary course, we admit, it ought to go into
the waste basket; but there are times when
publishers find the only means adequately 10
punish impertinence afflicted with the cdcoe-
ties sci1beadi to consist in giving it full rope.
One object of 3lr. Browne seems to be to
smuggle into the FREE TRADER, under the
pretence of interpreting the popular voice in
the late elections, a bit of swash in favor Of the
rag money swindle. The people, he says, in
1860, had large sums due them, Qhey were all
bankers and capitalists then, we presume
which the present bankers and capitalists
(who must have been the debtor class orpoor
devils them in 1868, &c, by getting congress
to flood the country with debascd paper
money circulation, were enabled to pay TO
the people, in rags worth from 30 to 80 cts,
on the dollars. Thus the people became poor
and in turn had to borrow this deprecated
paper Of the suddenly enriched poor devils,
giving them notes payable in legal tender,
Now these notes which the poor people gave
are becoming due, and the Gin 1863, &C. sud
denly enriched poor devils now want to bring
about specie payment to compel the poor
people to pay their notes in gold or its equiv.
alent. E'rqo, reasons the aStute Mr.. Browne,
we, must have a cheap, debased legal tender
paper currency now to enable the people to
pay their debts. OF course we cannot be ex-
peced to undertake seriously to confute such
drivel.
AS to the lease IN point" which Mr.. Browne
cites, the dragging forth OF which is the whole
pith of his little mancuvre, were his statement
of it true, it would be an unfortunate illustra-
ton; but we have right to know vastly
more about it than Mr.. Browne does, rs he
will concede, and we can only say that Il Is
such complete perversion and trayeste of
the real facts, that were the whole object and
conception of the thing not so conspicuously
idiotic, il might be lndictable as libelUus.
We dismiss the business as too trivial and con,
temptibe to deserve further remark.
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ia the same way have also been traced to
this boy Pomeroy.
The defense at his trial, which came oil
last week, was based, first, on his youth, the
boy being still under Is years Of age; and
secondly, on his insanity. The circumstan
ces of the case were certainly remarkable
Before he was three years old he was very
sickly. and was not expected to live for long
time AT years old he exhibited remarkable
characteristics; he was discovered on one oc
casion inhicting cruelties on cat, and there
were many instances where he showed pccul.
lar traits of character 1t had been the en-.
deavor of his mother TO bring him up prop.
erly, and aside from the peculiarities exhib-
tied he was a good boy, In August, 1871, he
was very sick with pneumonia, since which
time he had acted strangely, and seemed to
delight in human suffering. He admitted
himself that he was unable to contol his
feelings, and tina. no child would be safe in
his hands.
Notwithstanding these indications Of in.
sanity, however, the jury, after a lengthy
trial, found the boy guilty of murder in the
first degree, and the probabilities are, wheth.
er insane or not, this monster will be put out
of the way of committing more murders.
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LYNCH LAW IN IOWA.

And now the Ku-KluX have broken ont II
Iowa. But the victim is white man, Whici
makes difference.
Three months ago man haMeu ho"ar'
murdered man named johnson, near De'
MONIES, Iowa, under circumstances OF pccul
lar atrocity Howard had his trial last week
and though ably defended, was found guilt,
of murder in the first degree. But Iowa ha
abolished capital punishment, and the onl,
punishment that could be mcted out to How
ard was Imprisonment for life. While TIT
Judge was passing sentence upon i'm, III
laughed in the Judges face ard was fount
to have struggled revolver into the cour
room with which he boosted that he had IN
tended to shoot the Judge Besides, his at
torneys had applied for an appeal to the su
preme Court, and anyhow Howard boosted
that he could dig his way out of the peni'en
tiary in six months. All these things, true OF
reported, greatly excited the people OF Des
Moines, and accordingly, at o'clock last
Tuesday morning, (the morning alter his sen
tcnce) some 500 men, with their faces black
ened, surrounded the Jail, overpowered and
bound the jailor hand and foot, and TOOK the
keys, and then overpowered In the same man
ner the deputy sheriff and the special guard
of five men who had been retained by the
court to guard the prisoner. Unlocking the
doors, they found their way to Towards cell,
where he was in bed with his wife, the latter
being now under indictment as accessory to
the murder The woman, seeing them com
ing, threw herself over the heart and her
arms about the neck of her husband but she
was soon thrown of, and rope thrown about
Towards neck, when he was Immediately
crked out of bed, SIX or eight vigllantes lead
ing him with the rope. At the door, some 20
more took hold of the rope, and he was drag
ged, with no clothing on but his undershirt,
through the hall, down the steps, and out
through the courthouse yard, the Jail being in
the basement of the courthouse and hung at
a amp.post at one of the gates The whole
hing did not occupy Is minutes. They stay
I'd about the body about five minutes, when
hey separated. The night was very dark,
md they were soon out of sight When The
policemen reached the body, life was extinct
1t is supposed that the chief actors in this
tragedy were the members Of three anti.horsc-
hicf societies in Des Moines county. AT all
events, it shows that whatever the humanita-
rams may think about capital punishment,
he popular mind Is nor y:' educated up to-
hat point, at least ia Iowa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

Geo. Alfred Townsend, the Cath" of the
Chicago I'rtJuae, has resigned his position as
Washington correspondent Of that journal
and accepts position on the editorial staff
Of the New York Hemd.
Townsend, as Il writer, was pungent As a
hornet, witty, forcible and clear but Is said
10 be unprincipled and 8" It's a pity he drinks
However, drunk or sober, he had too much
selfrespect, after all the brilliant things hC
had written against the corrupt repul llcaI
leaders, TO flop over with the Tribune and IN
say them lie made one or two attempts
like that most nauseous eulogy on Grant {
week or two ago-bu, evidently there wa
no whisky strong enough to settle his slOm
ach after such m Effort, and George Alfrc,
naturally accepts more congcnial employ
ment On the Herold
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STATE FAIR.

Pursuau' Ia call published IN last week
FREE TRADER,a meeting was held at the court
house yesterday afternoon to. consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of trying 10 secure the location
Of the State Fair in this city for the years
1915 and 1876
Ransom Palmer president, and Asa HoI
man secretary.
Remarks regarding the benefits of securing
the fair were made by Messrs. Medley, Levi
ard others Whereupon a committee, con
sisting of L. c. Lewis, Vim. Reddick and VIM
Neeley was appointed to confer with the pun
chasers of the fair grounds and ascertain tn
feeling Of our people in regard to raising In
necessary funds, and report al an adjournc
meeting to be held Saturday, the 2Gth inst
a; ] o'clock r. ".
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

ILLINOIS FINANCEs.-According 10 the
State Auditors report, just submitted to Gov
Beveridge, the total debt OF the State of Hi
nois, on the 1st Of January, will be ST. go.
1j OF which about 100000 will be paid In
January next, leaving the debt after that 81,
423,970, over million OF which will fall due
and be paid in 1877, when our state may bt
said to be entirely out of debt.
There is however, it is proper to remark
N this connection, (lest we should feel "stuck
up about our state finances,) a registered
railroad Indebtedness of about $l5,000,000
and about $35 100000 of other municipal in
debtedness in the state TO be taken into &C
count, which makes the sum total Of $1,000,
600 \ good statistician states that taking
localities, which include, say, Congressional
Districts, that it will be surprising to learI
that this amount is almost equitably distribu
ted according to population throughout th'
State II was upon this theory that a bill
was introduced iHto the last legislature, by
the provisions of which it was intended tina
The State should assume the Indebtedness o
its municipalities. The bill met with som,
favor, and it will not be surprising if it come:
up again this winter
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HOME MATTERS.


The reader will bear in mind the mUmmotll
irwclry establishment Of O. Trask. We are able
to announce the arrival OF another large invoice
of jewclry Of all kinds and Of all Qualities, max.
inc the stock as complete to-day as at any time
during the season. There is n new, ranciful and
unique smokers set, silver which is simply cle-
CANT In card stands there arc many new de-
signs which, if possible, are more attractive than
any heretofore exhibited. In hollow ware there
are several articles in new patterns which eclipse
all others yet offered to the public. No house
in the country can exhibit finer or larger stock
of silver ware or jcwelry than that Of O. Trask
The prices at which these goods are sold bring
them within the means Of almost every family in
Ottawa For instance, when we called there
yesterday, IL silver set Of eight pieces had just
been sold for-wcll, we will not give the figures
but will say, at price far below Chicago prices
Everything else is in like proportion. Buy a
substantial token Of your love for holiday pres
ent at this house ana you will never regret II.
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TOM SCOTS ROAD.

The Texas Pacific Railroad, which was
started as the counterpoisc of Jay Cookies
Northern Pacific Railroad, and received a
like donation of alternate sections Of public
lands for 90 miles on each side Of it, is not
disposed, like tile Northern Pacific, TO give
up the ghost under its crushing load OF debt
and contract ring entanglements, but under
the leadership of Col. Tom Scott, its presi'
dent, will make adetermined effort in the pres
ent congress to be resurrected into new and
active being. Col. Scott although bankrupt.
ed himself by the enterprise, still clings to it
with determination to "win or die that
speaks well for his faith in its ultimate sue.
cess.
The St. Louis RepHJticda, IN spite OF the
odor of rascality that has, by the abominable
credit mobilicr and construction ring steals
been thrown around all these Pacific land
grab railroad enterprises, vigorously cspous.
es the cause of the Texas Pacific. The road
has recently united its fortunes with the great
atlantic and Pacific" enterprise the two to
meet near the Tooth parallel in Northern Tex
as, and thence on single track to run to the
Pacific. The two roads together have already
an aggregate of 700 miles of railroad built,
and own some 100000 600 acres of government
land The project of Tom Scott now is, to
relinquish to the government 30,000,00O acres
of this land, and in consideration of this and
other valuable securities, he asks the govern
ment To guarantee the interest on the bonds to
be issued for the completion of the road 1t
is not, he maintains, a subsidy, but simply
an endorsement where the endorser is fully
secured against loss. The guarantee is only
asked as the road is completed in twenty. mile
sections, and the security will consist in the
land relinquishcd, in first lien upon the
road, its rolling stock and appurtcnances, and
in the transportation Of mails, troops and
military stores.
The st. Louis RtpujiicdH maintains that
while the offer is iair one. and will in every
event save the government from ever being
involved in dollars expense on its account,
the road is of such vast importance to the de.
vclOpment of the west, that Scots =" little
bill" ought to receive the support of every
western congressman. 1.-THE West" it adds,
lis strong enough to take care of its own in
terests, and If the congressman from the West
asd Southwest will act together IN this mat.
ter, the present session will witness the in
auguration of a measure fraught with meal.
culablc good To the whole country. 1t is a
measure, too, that will benefit labor more
than capitalize poor far more than the rich.
IL TACT, 1t Is poor mans enterprise, one that
will tend directly To cheaper food and in.
crease the rewards of labor all over the
world -
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

THE Boy BUrcHER-Our readers are
doubtless acquainted with the case of tine boy
Pomeroy, at Boston, who six months ago vas
arrested for the murder of boy named Nil
Ian, child scarcely four years old, and who,
on subsequent investigation, was found to
have murdered three or four other children.
The boy seems TO have had a fiendish rage
for blood, decoying li,ilc children into lone
places, where with sharp knife or pointed in.
slrumcnj, be would torture them To death.
with no other motive than to CRAFTY his iiend
ish instincts The boy MILAN he had met on
the Dorchester road end cOaxed into "a lone,
maEshy place, where the child was subsequent
ly found with fifteen stabs upon him, his throa
cut and hands badly laccrated II was ais
found tina, he had murdered child named
Katie Curran, under circumstances Of equa
brutality, and other children found murdered
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

THE notwithstanding to the report of the
Trustees Of the Illinois Asylum for the Blind,
now being printed for presentation to the
legislature in January, there are now in at
tendance in the asylum iQ7 pupils, which is
larger number than ever before attending u,
the same time. OF this number ffty.four arc
new ones. Twenty-one more permits were
granted, but the Superintendent is recalling
them for the reason there Is no room to nc.
commodate them The cost per capita per
annum is not given, but SCI 800 is asked for
current expenses There was paid for sala.
ries during the past year. $12,315SO, and for
provisions, $ll, 49.99 Ii is believed that il
a kitchen, engine.room, and diningroom is
added the capacity Of the house would be ia.
creased to $50 pupils. This can be done, ac.
cording to plans already secured, for $23sO0.
Whether tins shall be done the legislature is
left to Judge. Students residents of Illinois
are provided with board, washing, tuition,
etc. at the expense of the state, and clothing
and travelling expenses by parents and friends
If troubled with any physical or mental in
capacity, students will not be admitted.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

,rary, entailed additional expenses. But il
must be remembered with all this that Bona
my Price says Kelley is 4 lunatic,
jewell.
The much talked Of opposition to the con
tirmation Of Postmaster General Jewell, ilz
zled out in the executive session on Tuesday
when he was confirmed with little or no Oh
position. The senators who had failed in
getting certain poStpmasters and mail agent,
appointed did not make much of a fight
TIE vICKSBURG WAR.
In the house on Monday Mr.. Mckee offer
ed resolution for the appointment Of a Sc
lect committee of five 10 proceed to Vicks
burg and investigate ana report all the fact.
relative to the recent troubles in that state
The resolution was adopted.
THE HENNEPIN CANAL.
John c. Dore, of Chicago. and Joseph J
Utley, of Dixon, who have been there in the
interest of the Rock Island 4 Hennepin canal
BILL left Washington the 10th. All that can
be done for this canal scheme before the holi
days has been accomplished. The house
committee on railroads and canals have
agreed to report the bill favorably to the
house There was but one dissenting vote
and the committee was nearly full.
KING KALAKAUA.
The King of the Sandwich Islands arrived
at Washington on Saturday hut was taken
down with so bad q cold that he was unable
to receive any visitors until Wednesday, when
the President and cabinet ministers called up
on HIM, accompanied by Gen Sherman. The
President and Mrs. Grant intend to give Inn
a grand reception at the White House one
evening this week, for which cards Will be
iSSOpd
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

BIsHOP OF lowA.-lhe Rev. DR.. Potter, ol
Grace church, New York, was unable to see
the divine hand in the call TO surrender his
comfortable $4,000 salary and pleasant sur
roundingS as pastor Of The most fashionable
church in New York city, and accept The
bishopric of Iowa with hard work at $4,000 a
year. SO he declined the election of The Iowa
Episcopal convention, who thereupon elect
ed Rev. W. r. Huntington, OF Worcester
Mass. Nj. H., though nearly as comfortably
situated at Worcester as DIR. Potter is in New
York, is less clear as TO his duty in the case,
and responded to the Iowa convention by so
far accepting their call, at Leaf, that lac prom
Uses 20 pay them visit and make trial o
the work. -
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

Lloyd, the famous map man, who made all the
maps for General Grant and the Union army,
certificates of which he published, has Just in
vented way of getting a relief plate from steel
so as to print LoydS Map Of American Cont
nent-showing from ocean to ocean--on one en-
tire sheet of bank note paper, 4O25O inches large
on Lightning press, and coored, sized and var
nished for the wall SO as to stand washing and
mailing anywhere in the world for p cents, or
unvarnished for 10 cents. This map shows the
whole United States and Territories in a group
from surveys to 1875 with million places on it.
such as towns, cities villages, mountains lakes
rivers, streams, gold mines railway stations &c
The map should be in every house. Send .,
cents to the Lloyd Map Company, Philadelphia
and you will get copy by return mail
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19
PnrNs OF TIE FARM Ayp FInEsIpr.-By Engen

POEMS OF THE FARM AND FREsIDr-By Eugene
j. Hall, author of Stories Of Winter Night;
Footprints in the Snow, &c. Jansen NcClurg
IL Co, Chicago.
Scraps of Mr.. Halls poems are familiar 20
most newspaper readers, FOR they have had
wide circulation in the rounds of the press,
and have been universally admired. The pup
fishers have gathered them into volume Of
about 100 pages, printed in exquisite style, hnlsf
ing of with rich bindings, 80 as to make the
volume an admirable one for holiday present
We know Of no gift, in small, inexpensive way
that 10 person Of literary taste would be more
acceptable.
For sale by Osman Il Hapcman
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

NEXT PREsIDENT-A writer in the st
Louis Republicans, dating from Springfield
ILL.,, presents, in we'll written communica
ton, the name of Hon. Sidney Breesc, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois, fol
the next presidency. Judge Breese is entire
ly too pure man and too devoid of the slight
est instinct of the demagoguc over to make a
popular presidential cadidatc.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

The Republican, the new administration
daily in New York city, established some
ten weeks ago TO rim out the Times has ex.
pred for want Of patronage. The entire re.
ceipts of the Office for the ten weeks, it is said,
were less than $4,000, while $4,000 were
spent on the concern.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

As demonstratiye of their intentions tC sue
ccssfully cater to the tastes of our citizens,
Messrs. Hull " Bartels are manufacturing, and
will offer for sale, new line of mnks sets, man
ufact4red with view Of being sold for holiday
presents. In both quality and makeup, they
are as fine lot Of furs as any could desire, and
we doubt not will all be purchased prior to
Christmas Let our citizens make a note of
this, and examine their stock before purchasing
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

GOLD! GOLD! GoLD.-Dickey IL Sons jewelry
emporium is just splendid, is what they all say.
1t is not surpassed by any establishment between
Chicago and St Louis. Their stock OF watches,
clocks, jewery and silver ware is complete, and
sold at the very lowest prices You can always
rely on getting the best, as they keep no cheap,
single plated goods. Persons in want of Christ
mas or New Years presents, can do no better
than to call at Dickey's
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19
KING KALAKAUA
FOREIGN NEWS.


The strife of the operatives in the jute mill.
at Dundee has ended in victory, the propri
etors having abandoned their intention to re
duce wages.
Parliament will re. assemble on the 9th o.
February
The Bishop Of London has prohibited Bish
OPP Colenso from preaching in his diocese.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19
From Washing ton.
GOOD BYE, KELLY.


Judge Kelly, the great Pennsylvania green.
back champion in congress, has been, gone
and done It," In a letter to an Indiana com
mlttec, which has unfortunately been pub.
lished, he says ifthe republican party endorse
Grant and Bristow's resumption scheme, he
shall "step down and out' of the party. This
is regarded at Washington as rank treason to
the party, and the Judge is looked upon ask
ance by the faithful as an outsider. The
Judge, in last Fridays debate justified the
fears of his late friends as to his "treasonable'
purpose by vigorously defending his green
back scheme, and was nobly backed up by
Ben Butler, who said the so-caled republican
party, as now constituted, consisted of "a
capitalist at the head and Niger at the tail,
with very little utilization between the head
and tail
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

IN MouRSING.-The Singer sewing machine
agency OF Ottawa, q sort of a concern on wheels
moving its agent and location in Ottawa about
once month, comes out in the Ottawa Repabli.
can in mourning because deal in Singer ma
chimes. sell the newest improved Singer and
get them bran new from New York and the
oh'ed0o office, No. Ill State ST., and the obscure
sub agents here know if my machines are bogus
or secondhand they are of the same make as
theirs and sold by them. As have been in the
business Mt Ottawa and vicinity about tourtecu
years, need no particular commentator, My
record and the machines speak for themselves.
don't expect to let up or die as yet, hence tn t
onc'horsc sub need not go into mourning or
my account. A. Foster.
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France.

At meeting of the deputies of the left or
Sunday, Mr., Oscar de Lafayette was formally
congratulated on tho faicring communlca
ton he mad recently received from the Uni
ted States,
The Car Of Russia has sent the order Of 81
Andrew to President Mcmahon, with friend
ly letter. The circumstance causes q g0ot
deal of comment
All efforts in the assembly to unite Tho
right and left ccnters having thus far failed
speedy dissolution is regarded as inevitable
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

The City Of Boston was visited on Tuesday
by disastrous confagratiOn Buildings to
the amount of nearly million of dollars
were destroyed The bulldogs, however
we're mainly small wooden structures, the
greatest loss cosisting IN throwing several
thousand men out of employment
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-19

Now that people are beginning to make their
plans for new houses next spring, while work,
lumber and other material are at the lowest fig
ure permit us to suggest, while looking around
for carpenter and builder that Mr.. Pope built
quite a number of the really fine buildings in
Ottawa