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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-26
From MarseiiIes.

NNsEIllEs, Sept %,
During Tie Ihicdgo Exposition the fare to
Chicago and return, including admittance 10
Exposition, will be $50, on every Friday,
( with privilege Of returning the same day or
on the next
Mr. James Rollo, of this village, has COM
pletcd his job on Coycl creeks |. is one of
the best pieces OF bridge work in this county
Mr., Rollo always docs IN honc>tiob
Ground has been broken in Allen for the
Chicago x Illinois River X. H., and the line
is located further south in order to meet the
wishes Of the people by having the depot and
consequent village built on the school sec.
uon. The township trustees Of Allen have
always had level heads keeping their school
section, improving it by good hedge fences,
and now securing still greater rents by this
last railroad improvement The results here
totorc from the section have paid nearly all Of
their current schoo. expenses,
The postot1ice building and contents, in.
Guiding the urbane postmaster, were moved
las, week to the cast side of Main street, ON
the north edge of the railroads right of way
The change is IN excellent one and meets The
warm approval OF nearly all its patrons
Mccain and Ebcrsol will doubtless move
their shops 10 Maine street.
AIR. : " Wood who has been visiting
here returns to Caney, Montgomery county,
Kansas, next Monday Mr.. Marston, the
druggist also goes with INN TO independence
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October Monthlies.


for October opens with an important article "n
the Cause. IT Infant Mortality in Cities and con
Gain, also, The Mysteries Of DruGop1ihy; Hy-
Mciicorum; Our American Girl
Popular Physiology, with illustrations; Ecn'iI'-
tiou; \ Dy~pcptic Appetite; Graham Flour
again,, Fine Flour; How to Keep Fruits Fresh,
with practical directions; The Food question :
Eo-t aud sleep; Lie tndcr Ground; The C"h0l
Curse. The Doctors on Alcohol; with The iNi"r-
nation contained in the Talks with Correspond
cnt, and Voices from the People, making up an
excellent number OF this useful and popular
magazine. Twenty cents 4 copy, or s!.e9 u E'''''
: 4 WELLS, Publisher, SO Broadway \. !.
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sec any oUrllcrous quartz have taken the
gold reports with alargc grain of allowance :"
Again, THE character OF the men who talked
up the expedition, urging The Government to
explore the Black Hills, would lead any one
to mlstruSI their statements, These men were
miners and adventures who profess 10
be practical miners but who have alway,
lived on and proiited by excitement They
we're stothJobbers, who probably own extinct
claims now in different parts Of the country,
and who wish 10 profit out Of this expedition.
The reporters accompanying be expedition
derived all their information concerning the
reported gold discoveries from these men and
50 did Gen. Custer"
What was the object Of this Custer cyDcd-
ton any how? II was conceived and urged
by these men ",.ockjobbcrs, &c, to Get M
an excitement and u rush of cmigrants over
the Northern Pacific Railroad TO Bismarck
Was that II: Gen. Custer made the march
without orders from Washington, and thoucb
It cost the government a round sum Of mon
cy il has had no other resllt than to ret up
4 vicious excitement that threatens TO end in
4 lOhg traG Of disasters.
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"Ten years ago says the Scranton, I'aoJ
Times, "Gov. Curtin served the state for So
600 year, and Abraham Lincoln, as lprcsi.
dent received $4,000 q year in currency
worth about 40 cents on the dollar. Now
Hartranit and Grant receive for Il great deal
$4,000 respectively, il II currency worth
double that Of ten years ago. ON the other
hand, the miner, who ten years ago could
easily make s. a day, is now glad to get -,
and most Of the time has no work at all, and
yet he is compelled 10 pay his share Of the
enormous salaries ard fees HAT are paid Ia
public officers"
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STATE INSTITUTION FOE TuE BlINu.-Ihc
new building a jacksonville. erected in place
Of the one burned down alcw years ago, Is
completed, and will b. open FOR the reception
Of pupils October 9h. Children are received
as pupils al The age Of 10 years; and are
furnished board, washing and tuition br the
State. Persons above school age can be al
mittcd 10 learn "A trade upon the same con
ditions a. pupils With The facilities afforded
BY the new building, there Is supposed to be
room for all who make proper application
information in regard 10 which can be ab-
iained by Addressing ~ ". Phillips. iAc -.
peFin,endeHf
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The Chicago Trijut reporter in speaking
sf the two delegations nom La Sale county
To the Morris con -rcsSlonal convention last
week, say 'auc represented imitation and the
other hard money" This i aAgscuSe. Both
delegations were appointed by meetings
tina; had unqualinrJly endorsed The Meteor
mick or hard money platform. The only dit
ference between them was, jht; one delcga.
ton was IN favor oi, AMI the other was in
strucicl 10 oppose the nomination OF third
candidate for congress. The appoin,msnI
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-26

The owners Of canal boat. doing business
on the Illinois 4 Michigan canal and on tie
Illinois river, have formed an association to
Protective Association The object Of this
organization i to sustain and support such
rates of freight as may make the business Of
transportation on said canal and river reason
ably and iustly rcmnneratiyeN
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The State Register says: "Ihcrc is no
doubt the farmers have been greatly injured
by the class Legislation Of the republican par.
ty, but they have hecn no more injured than
have the miners or mechanics, and none of
these have been So greatly oppressed as the
laborers. The farmers viii find Their relief
when the other producing classes find theirs,
in the defeat of the republican party at the
polls"
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STATE FAIR.

The state iair closed at Peoria or Saturday
last, and is SAID t. have been n tremendous
success" ",hc best far ever Lcld' Nc. II
happens, however, that the receipts were but
gu 900 against $2s,00O at Ottawa two years
ago, which was, financially nj least, the most
successful fair that was ever held under the
au-picc, of the State Society.
La S,llc county was not very numrrouoly
represented at the lair; hut whenever con-
tcNtant from this county appeared lac carried
on the ribbons. Mr. !. G. Hruncr took two
first premium, on hi, thoroughbred horse
"Ealllc;" T.. G. Lewis took a first premium on
two year old roadster mare; ana WI Nicely
beat all competitor, on Essex hogs, hi, pre-
mium> ON hogs alone aggrcgu,ng SEQ. Had
he exhibited IN, cattle, his premiums would
have made q serious inroad ON The gross re-
ccipi, He MS finally houoryl by being
elected a member of the State Board. 70 po-
sltiou for which he /, admirably Fitted
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NEW l"rE The New York Wo,HcIaim>
that The Stale VIII be- c1rricd by the Demo
Gratis by 5000 majority We presume the
World i not flr wrong Is the State WAS only
given two years ago 10 lAc Republicans tcm
pocarily 10 rebuha Tammany ~ soon as
that society wa, purecd itself or it, ra,cal>
the troub', WIS healed, aud la>jycar the State
went Democratic by a moderate majority.
Now the corruption oi the llaycmcyor gov
crnmcn, in the great city, and the nomination
Of Tildcn, who smoked out the Tammany
robbers and landed their chief in the pcni-
Tertiary. will no doubt increase the Demo
cratic majority fully ~ 10 the 'Ior'Fs figures.
The State convention which nominated Til
den for Governor placed him upon the follow
ing solid platform.
4 Gold and silver The only legal tender.
AMI no currency incouycrtiblc with coin.
p. Steady steps toward specie payments,
and no step backward
~. Honest payment OF ~" public debt IN
coin AMI tlr Sacred pres !raiiom Of public
faith
e E.ronu, reform. federal taxation for
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The st. Charles Gymng6r flung this unkind
cut at Judge Parks just before election
Judge Parks says he has future before
him He would stand better chance Of
reaching it if he hadn't thrown 50 dcylish
many futures behind him.
Parks was a democrat who abandoned the
democratic party, and Cody, who beat him,
was one who did not. 4 plain case Of rctri.
butive justice
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THE REECEEK SCANDAL AGAIN.

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THE REECHEK SCANDAL AGAIN.
The BeechcrTilton scandal has rot q new
lease Of life from the issue. by Tiltop. Of A
long s,atemcn, in reply to the report Of the
Plymouth church investigating committee.
The statement fills % columns Of the ordi,
nary sized daily papers, and in book form
would make pamphlet Of 100 pages. Mr.
Triton goes over the whole ground, and, 50
far as he is capable Of Il, c1hauss the sui
jcct.
He begin. By showing the warm personal
friendship that existed between himself and
Beecher from their first acquaintance in 1868,
down to the date Of Mrs. Tilton's confession,
July 8, 1870. the object being to show the
ta!sity of Mrs Tilton'5 and the committees
charge that for the last ten years he had
cherished toward Mr. Becchcr "a heated and
malicious mind" lie mex. shows, by sim.
lar documentary evidence the harmony and
affection that existed between himself and
wife from their marriage down to the same
fatal confession, in the face Of the commit
tees assertion that "thc last ten year, had
been years OF sorrow TO Mr.. Tillon filled
with stings and pains"
lie then relates in detail the circumstance,
attending Mrs Tllton's confession. She had
in June, 1870, gone to the country. ard on the
evening of July Sd returned home uncXpccG
eddy but in robust health. She was warmly
received by her husband and thrn bc,or, re.
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revenue only; no government partnership
with protected nonOpolcs.
-. Opposition to pa,eraalism and stump.
tuarv laws
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M Icarn Milh raln Lrnm ID Slllc Ia III,

We learn with pain from Ia sale that oHc
Of her Oldest and most honorcd citizens, Nor
RS Ncu>,alr, E.q, died in tina, city on Mon
day, OF pncumon.a. Nr y had been u
promiucn, citizen ot la sale lor the las, ~
YEAR, haG filled many local offices and ,crv-
cd the town for some wears on the Board of
Supervisors with noted ability and fidelity
He was a mln of some means, and oi pub
Inc spirited, open hearted, gcncrou, nature
\ host OF warm personal friends lament hi,
sudden demise.
In this connection, The following r,>olu-
lions, reported by Mr.. Gallagher. chairman
Of The committee appointed Tor the purpose,
were adopted Tuesday afternoon 10y the Board
of supervisors:
WHEREAS, Morris Ncu,'ad;. member ol
this Board from the town az Ia sale. ha> dc.
parted this life; and
WurEr,-, IT. proper .or Us 10 pause and
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Senator Booth, of California, in late
speech, said: The word of II member of q
Grange should be sterling in every uausac
ton, and pass current as the coin Of the
realm, Not ouly his field but his life should
be mad: fruitful By his association. His
presence at home should be an atmosphere
ofpeace, and his influence among his neigh
bors as fragrant as an orchard in bloom"
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THE FALL RIVER DISASTER.

THE FALL RIVER DISASTER.
The manufacturing lords OF Massachusetts,
during the last few months, have been brought
TO a terrible accountability for their reckless
disregard Of the comm0ncst precautions for
safety of human life in their construction OF
dams. reservoirs, mill races and manutuctur.
inc buildings The fearful Mill creek and
other disasters of that class arcAstill fresh in
memory resulting in the death of hundreds
Of operatives; and now we have, at Fall Riv.
or, fearful holocust by the burning of a
large cotton mill and the roasting alive Of
some % helpless operatives
The disaster occurred last Saturday morn.
ing. About O'Clock, soon after the 700
operatives had assembled in the various de.
partmcnts of Granite Cotton Mill No /, and
the huge machinery had been put in motion,
above the din arose the alarming cry Of fire.
Dense volumes of smoke were seen pouring
out Of the windows Of the sixth story, where
were 100 operative. Dozens OF meh and women
were seen with hand engines and buckets at.
tempting 10 cNinguish the fire, but without
avail. The fire was around the only stairway
that led to this top story, 50 that all exit was
cut of, and no effective aid could be render.
ed by the COO operatives below. The fire de
partmcut was finally aroused, but came so
slowly, and worked So nelllciently, that no
effective aid could be rendered by them, and
the result was, that the only escape for the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-26

The democratic majority in North Carolina
is 1852. As u singular coincidence il may
be mentioned that there arc 10 outragcs, and
no war Of races there
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BAH :

The Ottawa Mpub!ir,p, maundcr, through
nearly three columns Of scnsclcss mondacity,
draw and slu,h, The only point Of which
seems TO be an attempt to prove the FREE
TRADER inconsistent in ohjcctn@ to the
nomination Of Alex. Campbell by the Re
form" Convention at Morris, on the ground
of his papcrmoncy hcrcsics and afterwards
in the Ottawa mass convention Of the "Oppo-
sition," err hard money party, opposing the
nomination OF third man against Campbell
and CorWin,
The howl OF thi, Myl5iioH ,wa-hbuchlcr
proceeds from the fact that ne and his radical
allies had counted heavily on the nomination
Ola third candidate by the Liberal Oppoei
ton party in this district rs q mean, to in
sure the election of torwn, and were sadly
DISAPPOINTED in the turn taken hy the con
ycntion. While il was cyidcn, enough thai
Mr., Campbell and his peculiar paper money
thcorc, found no favor in that body 1t be.
came also very apparent that Mr.. t"rwin and
las outrageous paper money hcrcsicS and en-,
dOrscmcnt of all the mOnstrous COrruptiOnS
of the Grant third term party found much
Tess favor N that body Il also became
equally apparent that the convention was not
composed of Blanton duncan fools, who
were 50 intellectually muddIcd and bclJggcd
as TO lss unable to make, between two evils,
choice Of the lesser ryIl; and that therefore
most naturally, when they found the choice
narrowed down between Corwin and Camp
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The republican platform Of Ohio declares
that intoXlcation should be disqualification
for holding Office
This is supposed to be an attempt TO head
off Grants third term aspirations
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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:
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All subscriptions TO be paid in advance
Remittances may be made through money
order or registered letter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29
NENTAUR LINIMENTS.

There is pain which the Centaur Liniments will
lameness which they will This is strong Ian
guage but it is true. They have produced
of rheumatism, neuralgia lock-jaw, palsy, sprains
swellings -caked breasts, sealds. burns, saltrheum
ache, &C, upon the human frame, and
strains, SPAWN, gals, &c, upon animals in year
than have all other pretended remedies the world
began. They -irritant. all-healing pain
BELIEVERS Crippes throw away their crutches the lame
walk. poisonous bites rendered harmless, and
the wounded are healed without scar. The recipe
is published around each bottle. They sell arti-
Gle ever before Sold and they sell because they do just
what they pretend TO do Those who suffer from
rheumatism pain swelling deserve suffer they
will not use Centaur Liniment, white wrapper, More
including frozen limbs chronic rheumatism, govt
running tumors, &c, have been received. We will
send circular containing certificates tine recipe &c
traits TO any requesting 1t one bottle Of the
yellow wrapper Centaur Liniment is worth one hun
dred dollars spawned sweenied horses and mules
or for screw-worm in sheep Stock owners these
liniments are your attention. No family should
be without them. White wrapper tor family use;
Yellow wrapper for animals. Sold by all Druggists
Fifty per bottle; large bottle. s10o j ROSE
Co. So Broadway. New York
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

iican party to promote and increase a
sound public sentiment in aid of the on
forcement of this and all laws. and to that
end should insist on honesty. integrity and
fee
The following gentlemen were reported
as having been by the several town con-
ventions elected as town committees for
the next two years:
barre.H: 0. Reed, Chas. Wheaton, VIII
Der Tilden.
Wheelock, VIM. Chandler, j. E. Ben
jamin.
Cabot-M. 2. Wallace, n. K Abbott, t.
III. Lance.
Calais-W- P. Slayton, S. S. Macomber,
S. II. Foster.
Duxbury-Milon Wilson, Isaiah Huntley,
E. w. Huntley.
East Montpelier-W G.. Nye, Stephen
Arms, A. j. HOLSTER
Fayston-D. s. Stoddard, S. j. Dana. II.
q. Campbell.
Marshfeld-D. NJ. Perkins, Geo. Shepard,
Mark Mears, A. T. Colburn. Geo. A..
Putnam.
Middlesex-Wm. Chaplin, c. c. Putnam
Jr., J. II. Holden, c. c. Eaton, C. H.
Holden.
Montpelier-Jas. S. Peck, j. w. Brock,
Ii. A. Huse.
Moretown-Geo. NJ. Fletcher, l. D. Rob
inson, Alvin Pierce.
Northfeld-Frank Plumley, K. A. Greene,
c. ID. Williams, j. w. Gould James
Morse, c. a. Curtis, A. R. Savage.
Plainfeld-D. B. Smith, C. T. BatcheIder,
I. G.. Reed.
Roxbury-Albert Averill, Clark Flint. f.
Crane, o. BOyce, Sylvester Tracy
Waitsfield-R. j. Gleason, 7. j. Green,
w. 4. Jones.
Wmren-Philander Riford, H. b Parker,
G. NJ. Bragg.
Waterbury-W. P. Dillingham;, E. A.
Newcomb, Geo. ~ Greeley, John Sea-
bury, Daniel Woodward, r. j. Barber
Woodbury-O. d. Town, A S. Wheatley,
Thomas Harvey, II. c. Wells, Geo. NJ.
Daniels.
| Worcester-D. ID. Field, A. Il. Hancock,
II. 5. johnson.
The business for which the Convention
had assembled having been accomplished,
on motion voted to adjourn sine die.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

THE NEW POSTAL CARD.-The post
office department have for some time con-
templated radical change in the design
and character of the postal card. and prep
arations are in progress which will insure
the change during the present quarter.
The present card Is printed from steel
plates furnished by the department. and
while they would have done good work
had the product been numbered by thou
sands instead of millions. as it is their
work has never been satisfactory, not Civ
inc uniform Impressions BY direction of
Third Assistant Postmaster-GeneralE f. w.
Barber, desi ms were recently submitted
for a new card, and determination has
been reached. subject. perhaps, to some
variations. Two plates We're submitted,
in eight different colors. The design which
is most f;lvorably received. and Will doubt
less be selected. retain the vionette nearly
rs on the old card, bat the words - United
States Postal Card will be printed in plain
letters, and there Is to be no scroll work
on the card. The direction. " Write the
direction only on this Side-the message
on the other, will be printed in white let
tiers on the narrow border. The ink will
be Il handsome aniline or black; the choice
is to be determined by the result of
thorough experiment. Bond stock will
continue to be used for the material of the
card, though the color will probably be
lighter; the price of the card and the con-
tract price at which the Morgan Envelope
Company furnish them will remain the
same. The expense of the change. by the
way, will be borne by the contractors. the
contract providing that they should make
such changes rs the department, from time
to time, should order. The new cards will
be ready. probably, in September. Circu
lars will be sent to every postmaster in the
Union notifying him of the change. and to
sell all old cards before ordering new, and
the manufacturers intend to have 20,000-
600 cards ready for the first rush of orders.
The demand for the present cards continues
increasing, and this quarters business will
exceed that of any preceding one.
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ponublican Union District Convention.

,Ea.ubican Union Convention, for the first Con-
- rlr,al District of Vermont, will be held at MID
..pr-Fy ~ WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF AUGUST
A at p o'clock N, for the purpose of nominating
iilate for representative to Congress, to be sup
--l bv the Republican freemen Of the District
--,. election the first Tuesday of September next
7-. r.oubcan Union voters of said District in
~ 20 be represented in the convention by their del
,- 70 he chosen in compliance with the resolution
..t by the District Convention holden at Middle
-- lll the 18th day of August, 1866. by which each
m j, entitled to one delegate. and additional del
.. FIR every one hundred and every fraction of one
.-al larger than fifty votes cast by said town for
... r.rubican Union candidate for Governor at the
--.. the year preceding the time for holding said
..-uti1u: the District Committee to prescribe the
...-. a # election Of such delegates
Two Delegates of the several towns i'll the District
81. Aa chosen at primary meetings called by the Re
..t-i.u Union Committees of the respective towns,
AMI must be provided with credentials signed by the
....-tta arcs of said meetings.
H \ SOLACE,
LOVELAND MUNSON, District
J. II. H AZLET0N, Committee
JAMES 5. PECK.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29
CALAIS CACCIS.

The Union Republican voters of the town of Calais
requested to meet at the Vssry of the Christian
Church in said town Saturday, August sth. at :
O'Clock p NJ to elect three delegates and substitutes
attend the Republican Convention which is to be hold
at Middlebury, the 18th day of August. A D. 1874
for the purpose of nominating candidate for Member
of Congress for the First Congressional District Of
Vermont. PER ORDER Town COMMITTEE.
Calais July %, 1874.
Lett ers UncaIIed for ut Montpelier Pest Office
July 9th. 1874.
Il To obtain these letters, persons give the
above date.
LADIEs.-Miss A. c. Brown, Miss II. II. Cauey, Miss
Dora Cardell. Mrs E. L. Carde Mary j. Currier, Miss
NJ. c. DOnahue, Eliza P. Fisher. Marion E. Goodnow,
Lucy Stearns, Hannah E Stewart, PAMELA Walker
GESTLEMEN.-Chas. F. Barrel J. l. Carpenter, Pc
ter George, Freeman Harvey, Abjah Herring, George
" C StnMell j i Mhealer