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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23
DEATH OF JOHN GREEN.

There are few of the older settlers of lllt
nois, IN any part Of the state, but at some day
knew John Green, of Dayton, IN this county
1t becomes our painful task to chronicle his
death at his home in Dayton, on Sunday last,
and his burial on Tuesday, at the advanced
age of 81 years.
Mr.. Green emigrated to Illinois from New
ark, Ohio, in 1928 or 1899, and having the
whole state before him to choose from, select
'eo a splendid water power on Fox river,
about four miles above Ottawa, as the spot
that looked most promising to him Of all
otbers Here as early as 1880 he erected n
saw mill, and few years later grist mill,
and for years that mill--tha 'old Pioneer
made the -four for the settlers Of CIRCLE Of
300 miles in diameter ~ q later dale an
other mill was added and then wooden fac
tory which was subsequently enlarged so
that it is now one of the most extensive in
the west,
Mr.. Green, at an earlier day in the history
of northern Illinois, was not only proml-
nent man in the way of social and business
relations and in point of wealth, but welded
wide political influence, and was largely
courted as well as advised WITH by all our
politicians, such as Douglas, Wentworth,
Ford, &c, but though not lacking in the re-
quisltc education OF ability, never would ac-
cept Office of any kind himself. A democrat
of the most rigid Jackson school, he carried
the same stern honesty that marked his poll
tics into all the other relations of life, and
was a man whose word was his bond, and
whose promise was as good as the best mans
note OF late years his complicated business
affairs were managed entirely by his sons,
and little was seen or heard Of the venerable
patriarch; but to snch as liked to chat about
the earlier scenes and events in this region,
a quiet afternoon with Father Green was
treat not soon forgotten. He was buried near
his old home in Dayton, and his funeral was
the largest that had ever taken place in the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23
THEEax RIVERv. R.R. BOND CASES.

1t is evident he swindled people along the
line Of the Fox River Valley Railroad, who
voted their bonds for stock in the road of
which they were robbed, in now resisting the
payment of those bonds, have no mercy to
expect from the Judges of the I. S. Court in
Chicago Last week we mentioned that Judge
Drummond refused even to hear argument in
their behalf and decided against them IN Ian
guase that nearly amounted to insult; and
since then another case, involving the valid
ity of the same bonds, has been decided
against the towns by Judge Blodget', also OF
the L. S. District Court.
The defense set up against paying tie bonds
in both cases was that the law under which
they were issued had never passed the iegis-
lature, and Judge Blodgei decides the defense
inadmissible, holding that where a munici.
pality has gone on and acted under statute
which has been duly published by Legislative
authority among the printed laws of the
State, and has treated it as a valid law by the
issuing of bonds which have subseQr -,,,,
come into the hands of innocent pu,rhnspr.
for value the municipality is estopped Tro,s
asserting that the law had no, been y'ry
passed,
The theory that in order 20 make = law ir
Illinois ii must pass the Legislature in due
form, and that without such passage no bill
can become a law, is thus cvs,hrown b,
the dic!um of Judge Blodge, Anybody
according TO this decision, ga make law i
he can get it published s?iong the statutes
and give the people the false impression tha
it was regularly passed. This may be Judge
Blodgctts opinion, but is it common sense
AS the Chicago Tones says, in its common
on this decision, show could the municipal
ity act under statute when the legislator,
had passed no statute? or how can statute
be duly published by Legislative authority,
where there is no such statute? The only pos
Illinois can come into existence as statut,
in some other way than by an aot Of the leg
islative body. What that otEer way ls-
whether 1t be by an act of the speaker of tn,
lative clerk, or by an act Of some scalawa!
railroad attorney, or by the dietum of an eX
railroad attorney oE the bench of fedora
court Judge Blodgott neglects to state. Blu
his novel decision makes one thing clear
namely, that there must be somewhere il
Illinois statute mandatory that is not In
state legislature"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23
ARKANSAS.

~ togshaucwed in cur last, President
Grant finally, on Friday of last week, deter
mined to put IN end TO the Arkansas mud
die, by deciding in favor of GOV. Baxter lie
did this on the strength of n document pre-
pared by Attorney General Williams, reciling
the facts of the case involved in the
gubernatOrial controversy in Arkansas,
and arriving at the conclusion that Baxter
was the rightful Governor. The President
was compelled to make decision, because
both the Legislature and the two governors in
Arkansas had called upon him for aid to
suppress an instruction in the state, and had
to decide to which governor he should scad
the aid Having decided in favor OF Baxter
he at once issued proclamation, briefly re-
citing the fact. as detailed by the Attorney
General, then recognizing Baxter as the law
! full governor and ordering the dispersion of
"all turbulent and disordcriy persons" in Ar
misunderstanding Brooks and his militia
within ten days, on pain in case of rcfu-
sal, of being scattered by federal bayonets.
The proclamation was forthwith telegraph
ed TO Arkansas, where il created the widest
excitement, the Bakeries at once crowding
the streets of Little Rock, yelling at the top
of their voices, throwing their hats in the
air, and rushing from point to point
.proclaiming the joyous news. Brooks and his
coherts, on the other hand, remained sullenly
behind their banicadcs around the State
House until the 18th, when they quietly left
for pats unknown.
The decision 0: the President to recognize
Baxter, whose custer by Brooks was really
the work of the Arkansas congressional del
eeation in congress, who had fallen out with
Baxter because they could no longer use him
for corrupt purposes caused good deal OF
CONSERVATION among those WORTHLESS, Clay
ton said angrily that the supporters OF BROOKS
would not stand it, and on being asked what
they would do, intimated that an inyestiga'
ton of Arkansas affairs by congress would
be secured, when the frauds by which Baxter
was declared elected would be 50 clearly re-
vealed that his removal from the office would
be inevitable. II is evident that the triumph
of Baxter is an advantage gained by the de.
mocracy Of that state, and that if he is now
permitted quietly to serve out his term, re-
publicanism can never again clt fOothold
there
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23
CHEAP TRANSFORMATION SOLVED

Inc Yorkvllle Record gives, in the letter
OF a correspondent from Oswego, an account
of q machine invented by Mr. W. II. Farley,
Of the latter place, which the writer agrees
with Mr.. f. in regarding as completely solv-
ing the vexed problem of cheap transports
ton. The machine consists, in a word, OF a
grain elevator laid horizontally instead OF
perpendlcularlY In which the belt runs on
puleys placed at its side instead Of beneath.
Thus the same side of the belt is always up
permost If it proves practical invention,
"HorizOntal Conyeyor" will be laid between
Chicago and New York. The belt will be
made Of wire cable, an inch and a half thick,
running on iron or wooden pulleys four feet
above the ground and sixteen feet apart The
cable will support steel plates, on which will
be placed the ears with carrying capacl-
ty of two bushels OF grain EACH Stationary
engines ten miles apart, will supply the NO
tive power Such belt would move, il is
calculated, about four miles an hour, and
could carry 100000 bushels OF grain Oh each
trip at cost rot over 10 cents per bushel.
Mr. Farley IS q skilled mechanic. His plan
has been endorsed, the letter says, by J. II. b.
I.atrubc of Baltimore, by Geo III. Prindle, OF
Washington, and Ivy other noted engineers,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The Joliet papers, although most of them
have not hesltated TO hint that their great
rolling mills involved iolerably massive
swindle, manifest painful irritation when pa
pers away from there repeat their stories
The scandal they regard AS purely home
affair, not to be repeated outside Of household
circles. For the great outside world they
have another story, which, as given by the
Republican, we copy for what 1t is W worth, and
which reads as follows:
We are assured by gentleman conversant
with the situation, that if the plans that are
proposed are cOnsummated, that $650,000 can
be commanded at once as q working capital
for the company, and that the mills will start
speedily. He says the company has large or
ders for rail from the Grand Trunk and other
first class roads. It's to be hoped that the
favorable reports with which the streets are
filed is not all meaningless talk.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23
We mpptioa Il as an item of news, the in

We mention Il as an item of news, the sin
snIarl.y Of which, We are sure, will give II
prompt circulation in all the newspapers OF
the country. We get it from tho Aurora Her.
a,f. Geo Meredith, Of that most fortunate
city, which will now, in connection with his
lame, be gratuitousr advertised all over the
world, was the purchaser Of ticket in the
lste Kentucky lottery, and dyer prtze' Not
oniy that, but one day last week he got the
money It is true, the prize was small-only
s375-bui George was elated, and when the
news 90; abroad his friends gathered around
him, and plainly limited TO George that it
would be in order ito set 'em up George
did 80. He set EN- up" several times and
then he did so some more. Late in the even.
ing one ofhl friends as he was staggering
home, was heard TO remark, opeMeredith' II
lrawap-izeeyerydayn week"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The following, from the Des Moines (lowaj
Leadcr suggests u parallel that could be spun
out indefinitely. Twenty years ago-when
the country was on the eve of the Nebraska
excitement and the Democratic party was SO
strong that Gen. Shields said "our greatest
danger is our strength, what contrast
between the country that day aud today!
This from the LtGdsr:
WHO'S peeH here since rs po,a gone n'-1hc
poor fellow to whom this pathetic inquiry is
attributed, says an old Democrat could
scarcely have been more shocked than the
Democrats are at the changes wrought during
their twenty years absense, The nation was
free from deht; now it is measured 10y thous
ands of millions. Such thing rs direct tax
alton had never been heard of; now it is q
virtuous day that reveals nothing of the sort
Our commerce was upon every sea, with q
fair prospect Of exceeding every nation Of
the world; now it is limited 10 a small coast
! ing trade Then we had Il government o.
law, now Of party necessity We had men il
Office; We find blockhcaGS, thieves ant
itrickstcrs now.
Verify, who's been here since we've beer
! gomez
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The Hon. Elmer Baldwin, of La Sale
county, and 1T present State Senator from
that district, is the only person who has thus
far been mentioned as n candidate for State
Superintendent Of Public Instruction. He is
well qualified for the position, and is wei
KNOWN throughout the State as a friend 10
observation-disclosures Hcro6 # .1dc
That may have been true week ago, but
it is certainly not true now. The Blooming.
ton Pd4tGgrdpa of the l4th inst. has double
loaded leader strongly urging upon the rcpub.
: hcan convention To meet at Springfield in
June the nomination for that Office OF Aaron
Cove, Of Normal, editor of the Illinois Srlool
Muster. Mr. Cove is we'll known ~ teacher
in this cosniy, where lac laugh; school until
his patriotic ardor took him into the Union
army during the rebellion, after which he
was placed at the head of the public schools
Of Normal. lie j yet young man." says
the Photograph, d" is acquainted with our
school, and their needs, and has had actual
and successful experience in the details OF
school work" These are essential thing,
which We fear cannJ, be Faithfully Affirmed
] o. w Baldwin.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The PRIZES at the Hippodromc show on
Tuesday were offered in good faith and hon.
cs,.y won. The bonnet, given TO the hand
soonest young lady, was won by Miss Mary
Rattery, of this city, against ten contestants
1t was beautiful bonnet, manufactured by
Mrs, OMeara, of the Opera House millinery
store, and was well worth $50.
The prize for the handsomest baby was
taken by Mrs Casey, Of Farm Ridge, against
ten contestants, and the entire audience that
saw the babies endorsed the award Of thC
committee
The manager of the show WAS greatly dis
I appointed that there were no specimens 81
patch work presented for the SO sewing
machine He offered to give the prize for /;
single specimen though not larger than his
hand
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Wash. Bushnell, of Ottawa, whilom attorney
general, would Like to be q liberal republican
candidate, but it is probable the antl-adminis
tration candidate Will be some one more dis
tinctvely associated with the industrial!
classes. This district also ought 10 be carried
by the opposition if private feuds do not in
tcrfcre This district will, if the financial
contest continues, be known as one of the
hard'money districts Of Illinois.
In its RESUME, after going over the state dis.
trict by district, it gives but one district
lIurlbut's-as certain for the republicans
next fall. -Four are put down as doubtful,
and eleven are given to the farmers or work
ingmcn. Mons rcrrouSi
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Gilbert Suiphen, formerly OF Earivlile, IN
this county, some years ago, married young
girl at Freedom named Shutters, and after
wards moved TO Burlington, Iowa. \ week
ago Su,phen brought the body of his wife
back to Freedom for burial. The account he
gave of the death OF his wife was that She
was acting in home theatrical performance,
in the course of which 4 young man in the
play snaps "A pistol at her. In this case, the
pistol happened to be loaded, and when it
was snapped, exploded, the charge entering
Mrs. Sutphen's forehead, killing her almost
instantly. The telegraph account OF the al
fair IN the Chicago papers, however, hints at
suspicious of foul play and the yoang man,
whose name Is not given, has been arrested.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

ton to sui, the East. These things have been
winkcd at in flush times, hut there is now an
lnquiring spirit mnni,esting itself in the ny
risultUraI district Ji the West concerning
the justice Of u policy which makes the gov.
crnmcnt the servant 0. the East and the OBJ
pressor of the West
But when the farmers talk of sending men
to Congress to look after their interests, there
is q hue and cry raised about "dabbling in
the dirty pool Of politics" What makes poll
tics dirty? Just such men as Summons, the
Onondago Salt Works through McCarty, and
other men securing seats in Congress aad the
Legislature to secure themselves exclusive
privileges in banking, manufacturing, buy
ing lands and mining.--W Sentinel.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23
OUR ROYAL WEDDING.

Thursday witnessed the first marriage in
the Presidential family that ever took place
ia the white house at Washington. Miss
Nellie Wrenshall Grant, and Mr.. Algernon
Charles Frederick Sartoris, Of Wars Ash
Esqse, Litchfeld, England, were the parties
unTtrd in the holy bonds, &c. Workmen had
been occupied for two days previously, dec.
orating the White House for the occasion.
Abcat 200 invited guests were present, but
ameng them was no newspaper man-no Bo-
heu.ian was allowed to darken The threshold
of che presidential mansion on that day, and
the reporters were driven to all sorts Of STRAIT
cgy to get information. The marine band,
in white and scarlet, made the music; DR..
Tiffany, of the Metropolitan Methodist
Church, performed the ceremony; the pres
ents were gorgeous and enormous, but no re,
porter got sight of them or list the bride
and bridesmaids were gorgeously attrcd and
beautiful as hours, and so on, but there was
no Jenkins to harrow up our feelings by tlcs-
cribing. The President alone shed tears at
losing his Nellie, NE mothee Seeming cheer.
full through e all anI Nellie herself the most
careless and Indifferent. Bah cock acted as
chief chamberlain, and probably got drunk,
for it is said he disguised the whole house.
hold by his ovcrofliciousness and rudencss.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The Sheridan Temperxnte Union is papcr
which, in addition 10 its vigorous @ advoca-
cy OF the Great temperance reform, also with
&c, Nlgor and incisive intelligence! dis.
eusses the great financial problems of the day,
and proudly arrays itself on the side Of the
nfaticnists. Says that astounding oracle:
"If the court knows herself, and she thinks
she does" the grangers would like to have
the government issue money FOR the poor man
as we'll as the rich. If the people could get
grcenbacks from the government instead OF
the banker, We coUld buy our own bonds at
par, or at least FOR small per cent.
The banker takes his bonds to the govern
ment, and to the extent of 80 cents On the dol
lar gets paper money for them, leaving the
bonds as security for the redemption of the
paper. Any granger" poor man. or any
other man, who is lucky enough 20 own gov
iernment bonds, can do the same thing. But
| the idea of this Sheridan wiseacrc is that as
unfortunately the grangers, poor men, and
people generally don't happen to own any
bonds, the government ought to issue to then
as a free gift thousand million or so o.
greenbacks and then they too can buy
bonds, and like the bankers, exchange them
for more paper That is just the dam
phool"idca that half the intlationsts have
of the matter If the government should
| issue few hundred millions of green
backs their idea is that they would bC
handed over directly to the people =, The
west as a free gift, i, being utterly inc"&pre
hensible to your average infiationists, that IN
week after their issue, all these greenbHck:
would be gathered in Wall street, and tina
the west could no more get hold of them with
out paying for them all they are worth thar
she can now get hold of hundred million o.
currency that lies idle there anxiously waiting
for the west to came and get it, either IN eX
change for produce, or for well secured notes
ana mortgages at low rate of interest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23
woRK1NGmEN's MEETING AT srREAToR

A very large and earnest meeting of the
worklngmcn was held at Streator last Monday
to protest against the order recently promul
gated by supervising Architect Mullctt, al
Washington, virtually setting aside the eight
hour law of Congress, by extending the con
tract system TO all government works
The workingmcn gathered on the main bus
ness street of the city, and at 10 o'clock A. NJ
were organized into a procession which be
ing headed by brass band, marched, about
1000 in number, to a grove in the edge Of the
city, where the speaking took place, The
President of the Miners Association al Strea
tor presided, and opened the proceeding with
4 short speech, after which, in accordance
with previous invitation, }. w, Lavine, of OF
tawa, took the stand, and spoke for about
three hours, elICiting constant cheers and ap
plause as hc proceeded. Indeed, SO well was
the meeting pleased with his effort, that be
fore the meeting in the grove adjourned q
unanimous request was adopted that he ad
dress them again in the evening at Oriental
Hall, % request with which Mr.. L., after
much PERSUASION complied, making another
three hours's speech at the latter place.
Although we had friend on the ground
taxing notes, it would be impossible to give
even the brieIest synopsis Of speech which
in all occupied some six houfs and bristed
all through with shaippolnts 1t is needless
to say that Mr.. Supervising Architect Mullet
was handled without gloves and his high
handed proceeding in virtually repeating t
law Of congress properly characterized; bu
very naturally the speaker branched off upor
variety OF other topics of interest to III,
workingmen, among which his remarks upoI
land monopoly seemed to be received witt
especial favor, The public domain, which {
few years ago was sufficient to give every dc
serving workingman cheap home for gen
eratlons to come, had, by a wicked combina
ton of railroad mongers and capitalists be
came almost the entire property Of huge mo
nopolies which are now plundering labor b,
the wholesale Mr.. Lavinc also admrabl,
elucidated to the workingmen the hidden mo
tives and inevitable workings of the proposed
paper initiation, for which pretended friends o
the workingmen were clamoring, but whicl
could only lead TO their further robbery ant
degradation. We are glad that men of Mr.
Lavne's acuteness and intelligence, and cap
able Of exercising such wholesome infu
enee among tho H6lkingneh, are taking
pains to master this subject Of initiation an(
to explain to them the robbery and ruin o
the workingmen which it involves.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The Philadelphia Press recalls the fact that
when Ihaddeus Stevens passed through the
legislature bill for the purchase of six for
eign locomotives, Governor Ritner vetoed the
measure on the ground that II would inter
iere with the noble animal, the horse.-Er.
The bill, however, was passed over the Gov.
ornor's veto. The locomotives were for the
Columbia railroad, state road, upon which
few days before, bull belonging to far
mer named Slaymaker, had been killed b,
the only locomotive upon the road, the pass
age of which across Slaymaker's farm tn
bull contested. The night after the bill Ia
been passed over the Governors veto, il
friends had a jolliication supper at Wilson
hotel, and after the cloth was removed, th
first ard only toas, read was volunteer" b
John W. Forney, to this effect;
Joseph Ritner and slaymaker's bull--bou
opposed TO locomotives"
Ritner never opposed the purchase Of an
other locomotive.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The s. Louis DsDgrr0t says, when there
was wooden screw loose in Senator Sim.
mons Rhode Island screw factory. he went
to Washington and procured Tie passage OF
a law putting his screw factory ON paying
basis. When the owners of the Syracuse salt
works, Of New York, desired lift, they went
TO Congress ana procured the passage OF a
law enabling them tn make large profits.
And 50 it has been going tor years. Tariff
and taxation have been arranged at Washing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The Mendoza artesian well is still in pro-
gress and an object Of continued interest On
Friday of last week it had attained depth Of
1926 feet, and the determination is TO contn,
ne the punc;ure to the depth Of al least 20O0
feet The experiment Of tubing the well to
the depth of 800 feet was a failure. Instead
Of The water rising it actually sunk nine feet
and no pursua.iOn could bring i, up an inch
until the tubing was Withdrawn Even wa
ter poured into the top disappeared to 8 fee
below the ordinary level. Since the drill ha
entered new bed Of sand rock, however, n
depth Of 100 feet, the water has commcnc
ed rising, for the first time, and the contraC
tors are now quite confident Of getting
flowing well. The cost thus far has bee
about $500.