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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06
LOGAN'S GREAT SPEECH.

| lhe minor republican newspapers of the
Country" mostly edited by postmasters and
internal revenue collectors, have been in eX-
stacies for several weeks past over Logan's
Great Speech" in the senate IN defence of
Grant and kelloggs management of the
Louisiana abomination, AS none of those
papers, however, publish The speech, or give
one any idea of its matter or manner. the FOL
lowing from the New York Tribune, describ.
ing how he event it, on that great occasion,
may be of interest in this connection:
Pranced there in upon the arena of the
great debate, like a trick mule in a circus,
or a spawned nightmare upon the track of a
beautiful dream-LOgan, Of Illinois There
was q vision of mustacheS, eyebrows, and
hair, piled on each other in arches; large
brandishing of arms, pose, and a stridulous
war.whoop: as much as thouEhsa picture Of
the Deertield massacre had stepped out from
the pages of our early history, Logan took
! the American Senate by ITS large, capaciOus
ear. And then he went for his mother tongue.
He smote it right and left, hip and thigh, and
showed no mercy. Swinging the great broad.
AK of his logic high in air, he turned it ere it
fell, and with the hammer sile struck the
language of sixty millions Of people fairly in
the face, and mashed it beyond recognition.
Under his stroke the floor of the American
Senate was spattered with the remnants of a
once proud vocabulary, and messengers,
doorkGepefs, and pages were covered from
head to foot with the spray. In the fearful
two hours that followed the first roar of his
Grafton, all the parts of speech were routed
and put to flight. There were orphaned
adjectives and widowed Louns, bachelor
verbs driven to polygamy, and polygamous
verbs left lonely, conjunctions discovered,
propositions scattered, adyerbs disheveled
and distorted, and syntaX flung into wild dis.
order. It was q great day for Logan.
He set his teeth into the language as the
untamed tiger of the jungles takes between
his mouth and paw the wearing apparel of
the wayfarer, and the ripping Of ii was heard
through all the forest depths. 1t reverbe.
rated 10 the other end of the capital, and
sluggish representatives lifted up their ears
and listened to the roar with terrified awe
Some started for the scene; but upon being
told the cause of the disturbance in the briei
communication, "Logan's up turned back,
with full assurance that they could hear from
that end of the capital all that was worth
hearing. So for two hours Logan swung his
beautiful arms over the heads of the senate
like the boom of a government derrick, while
his chin churncd the language like a Spite
driver in heavy sea, and the batfed report
ers made wild plunges with their pencils to
gather M his regurgitatons for the printer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

The special convention of the Episcopa
church OF iha diocese Of Illinois, which ne
at Chicago on Wednesday, ON Thu: sday elec!
n. the Rev. DR.. James DE Kovcn, warden o
Racine college, bishop of the diocese of Hi
nois, in place of Bishop Whitehouse, deceas
ed. The only opposing candidate was DR.
Leeds, of Baltimore. There were five ballots
on each of which majority of the clergy
votoosa tor De Koven, the vote standing SO tC
%; but on the arst four ballots the iaity re
fused to confirm, the VOC standing about 3;
noes to 80 ayes. On the fifth ballot, howev
or, the vote of the laity stood 81 for De KCver
to % against him, upon which De Koven was
declared duly elected
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

The Beecher.Tilton trial in Brooklyn drag
its slow length along and continues to fill the
big city journals with its daily installmen
of nastiness. After stubbon contest between
the opposing counsel, Tilton was on Mon
day allowed TIC testify in his own behalf and
TO tell the melancholy tale Of the ruin of his
wife aud his own unavailing efforts 10 conceal
her shame. He has occupied the time since
then in winding off mis- story, which, how.
ever, differs in no material point from his
statements heretofore published on the same
subject, Probably the most revolving part of
the whole case was that touched on Wednes.
day, when Tilton related the points OF an In.
teryiew held between him and Beecher for
the purpose of determining the parentage of
little Ralph TIlion 1t is not possible, says
the Tribune, to conceive anything more dis.
gushing, yet number of ladies sat through it
all and appeared to enjoy the recital; as
much cannot be SAID ofany of the men pres.
ent
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06
SINGULAR PERYERsITY.

The congressional committee which was
sent 10 New Orleans to Investigate with the
purpose of making up report which, instead
of being so direct and crushing in its con
dcmnation of Grant and Kellogg as the late
report was, should in some sort palliate their
atrocious management Of Louisiana affairs,
continue TO encounter numerous singularly
perverse and impracticablc witnesses. here
is 4 specimen. Mr.. a. Hale, (colsrcd), OF
shreveport, was sworn and testified
Believes the late clcetlsh ~ have been a
fair one. The way in which the savings
hank was managed made a great many col.
orcd men Democrats. Voted with the Goa
servative party in order 10 secure good gov
eminent Witness was disguised with the
claims of Radical speakers who pretended
that all the negroes would again be reduced
to slavery, and trying 10 control their votes
/ in that way. Witness had been slaYc. His
place was that of confidential servant, and ke
could not well say that his condition now
was much better than il was before the war
That. Judging as il had Jared with him, tn,
colorcd men who behaved themselves at al
were treated like whites. All the threats
made by whites 10 discharge could not bav,
been carried cut and did not affect the col
ored men, because everybody knew the plant
crs were Obliged to have hands till January u
ret out the crops. The coloTed people IN th'
| parish were not afraid OF any trouble about oh
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06
NEWS ITEMS,

Senator Carl Schurz will deliver a lecture
al La Sale on Friday evening, April 30th.
The Methodist church, seating 1000 people,
has been procured for the occasion. If a
special train cogld be started from Ottawa
about or G15 o'clock on that evening, we
have no doubt many of our citizens would be
glad to avail themselves ofthe opportunity to
hear the great orator,
The Chicago 7rj6nae speaks of dyspephc
angles of vision and rheumatic dithyram-
bics" Such flights of fancy, however, are
somewhat colicky.
At Morrison in this state, some time ago,
a man by the name of Fred Mitchell was shot
in saloon 10 a drunken row, and lately his
wife brought suit against a saloon keeper for
selling him whisky, and obtained 81 500 for
her deceased husband. This was probably
more that he was worth living.
At Paxton, young girl, daughter Of Ben
jamin Sullivan, while skating on the ice, last
Saturday, fell with terrible force, causing
death to ensue within short time
idea that the negroes killed in the south, lost
their lives on account of their devotion TO
Republican principles is a little hard on the
Republican party, inasmuch as most of the
blacks were strung up for robbery, murder,
rape or some other crime.
A boy at Lancaster, Pa, week ago, broke
his arm By "a final great effort to throw a
snowfall over church tower. Bystanders
say his arm cracked like pistol.
1t is estimated that three months Will be
consumed by the Brooklyn Court in dispos.
ing of the Beecher.Tilton scandal case. A
special act of the legislature had 10 be passed
To enable the cour, to hold so long contin.
uous term. The most disheartening circum.
stance 10 contemplate in the same connection
is, that the daily papers will be filled with
the filthy details OF The TRIAL for that length OF
time.
i On Friday of last week, near La Sale
Charlie. Strout, youth of IS years, step-son
of John W. Edmonls, met with very pain.
full accider,. While being lowered into a
well he was digging, the rope broke, preci
pi,atinc The young man 10 the bottom, as
lance of nearly 40 feet. lie sustained com
pound fracture of ks leg below the knee.
4 fire at Princeton last Sunday morning
destroyed the dwelling house of W. ". Fer
ris, the family narrowly escaping, in desha
billie. from the burning bnildIng. Loss abor'
sc %. insurance. $4,000. The fire resulted
from a defective fac.
: After The announce nent of the election OF
/, ANDY johnson on the streets OF Nashville
last seek, the following conversation was
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

The democrats and Reformers in the Wis
consin legislature on Monday effected union
with the independent republicans, and on
Wednesday "laid:out" the noted Long Branch
hero and salary grabber, Matt Carpenter, by
electing Angus Cameron, of La Crosse, to the
L. S. Senate in his place. Cameron is ma
tive of CALEDONIA, N. Y, and is vouched for
by the La Crosse papers as man of marked
ability and of unblemished reputation. He
had always been quite as decided republi,
can as Carpenter
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06
ANOTHER RAILROAD BOND DECISION

Among the opinions Of the Supreme Codr
of this state recently filed with the clerk Of
the Northern Grand Division is that IN the
case Of WilIer ct al. VS.. G0odpia The points
involved in this case are almost precisely the
same as in the case in which the court re
leased Ottawa from all legal liability to pay
its $4,000 bonds issued to the Fox River
Valley Railroad. This case involved another
batch of local bonds issued to the same road
under the same law, In the Ottawa case the
decision was that the bonds were illegal be
cause the law under which they were issued
had never passed the legislature In the pres
ent case, it was maintained that the Ottawa
case was but poorly tried and the bondholde-s
desired another hearing. Tae decision, how
ever is the same. The court decide, not only
that the bonds are vodablc, but we're utterly
void from the beginning This decision rem.
derS valulcss the bonds as owned by citizens
of Illinois. Men, however, who are not resi-
dents of Illinois, have their remedy IN the L
s. Courts, and have thus far found, al least in
the |. 5. Court at Chicago, adilcrcnt ruling
to obtain, so that the case cannot be rcgardc,
as ended until a decision is obtained from III,
Supreme Court of the L. S. in which the OF
tawa case is now pending.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

The Wenona Under is greatly exercised be.
cause Senator Plumb, of this county, has been
placed upon the senate committee on rail
roads. Ire President of the senate, in max.
ing up the committee, probably selected such
men as he supposed knew something about
railroads, but who, nevertheless, had no heavy
pecuniary interest in such property. In that
light, Mr. Plumb strikes us as a very proper
man. He declared frequently before the
election that he had not one cents personal
interest in railroads, and that, as senator, HI
should heartily support the existing legisla
ton Of the state in regard TO railroads, and OF
such pledges our people voted for him
When he violates those pledges, ani as head
of the senate railroad committee is found
working in The interest of the monopolists
then. and not until then, il strikes us, will be
The proper time TO 'go for him, and then the
FgEE TRADER will be as little disposed to
spsre him as the Under is.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

OFFICERs.-The following officers were
elected at the recent meeting of the State Far.
Flagg, President; S. NJ Smith Secretary; and
]. II. Pckerell, Treasurer. Vice.Presidents
were elected from each county. The constitu
ton was amcndedprovding for one Vice Pres
ldent from each county instead of each Con
gressiOnal District. Each delegate Ia tho
State Convention must pay So, and others
upon payment of the same amount may bC
admitted
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

overheard between oolorel man and broth
er" and colored sister; W. n
brudder-Lordy, Massa Joarson dun gone
and got lected, and well all be put back in
de bondage again
Slster-Bress de Lord, I'm glad on it.
a package was received at the dead.,etter
once saturday, containing half dozen
snakes, four of which were alive and fully
sensible OF their existence, They are of the
copperhead species, in a tin box, and were de
tanned at The New York postofice en- route
tor Germany for insuificiency of postage.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

The Illinois State Register comes to US in a
new dress and enlarged FORM looking boil
handsome and ctytied The Register, under
its present management, is one of the leading
democratic journals of the west, taking rank
with the Cincinnati Enquirer and Louisville
Journal on the score of ability, and main
tanning much less heterodex democracy
II deserves full democratic confidence and q
liberal support
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

Nevada mining is encounterng some
strange experiences. At depth of 200C
feet, in the famous Comstock Lode the tenn
peralure Of the atmosphere is rs degrees and
the water 1901 degrces The deeper they go
the hotter the air and water; but as the heat
increases the miners become Injured to it SC
that they expect TO keep on until the water is
steam and the big banana" resolves Itself
into "a lake of molten silver
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

The National Grange of the Patrons of IIus
band met at Charleston, S. c., on Tuesday
the delegates being welcomed by the citizens
with many friendly demonstrations. Abou,
600 of the order are present The proceed
ings being mainly conducted in secret, the
telegraph reports are necessarily brief
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

CREDITS

The above is an exact copy ola statement
OF the receipts and disbursements ogthc treas
urer's office, duly sworn to, made by the Treas.
urer on the LIST day of December, 1874, and
handed to the chairman Of the Board of Su.
pervisors, as required by law. The statement
is not repeated by the committee to settle
with the treasurer in their report, because a
settlement of most of these commissions had
been made with the treasurer in September,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

The keen scented editor Of tie RepublIcdn
has discovered a mares nest in supposed
omission of County Treasurer Raymond to
report to the late session of the Board of Su
pervisors the amount of his fees and emolu
ments during the past year. 1.-THE editor had
been half as anxious 10 tell the truth as he
was to find fault with the treasurer he might
have found in the hands of the chairman OF
the Board the following statement;
STATEMENT Of Commissions aHl lees ,ecsireR 81 = "
hdWaond County Ne1YTey, tOg he gear ,Hdidg Decs0,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

People who have procured their excursion
tickets over The Illinois Central railroad 70
New Orleans and back with the view OF wit
Messing the Mardi-gras foolishness may as
we'll return them and ge, their money back.
as the carnival will this year be clspenses
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

All subscriptions to be paid in advance.
Remittances may be made through money
order or registered letter.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named, postage prepaid
The offer is open to old subscribers or new
at any post office in the country:
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THE TREASURY.

Secretary Brstow says the treasury is IN
condition that eXcites the most serious appre.
hension, and increased taxation is inevitable,
His suggestion that party feeling should be
ignored and main attention given to the best
method of increasing the revenue is not re.
garded by his associates with favor. Grants
little tariff blll'' has not yet been signed,
and Bristow's revenue bill is being dOctored
by the committee of ways and means under
Grants dictation
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-06

The novel explanation is given Of the dis.
position of the senate committee on elections
to report in favor of seating Pinchback, that
unless they do so, the ochre.tinted aspirant
will peach" on the republican leaders and
tell all he knows about Grant, Kellogg, Ca
sew, &c, in the Louisiana business.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-06-07
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENT.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
NOTICE No. All.

TT y. LAND OFFlcE, CARSON CITY,
". Nevada, NAY >. ls,a-Sotite 10 hereby
given that the Capital Gold and Silver Mining
Company, . corporation organized AID existing
under and by virtue of the laws of the state oi
Nevada, having IT. po-toriec address and pun'
elpsi plsc. of business al DOLL Ilill, Nevada,
has, BY R }. batter, it, AGENT and q stack.
holder therein, this day made application fOf
patent for two thousand l2.uol linear n,t OF
The Capital Lode. bearing gold and silver. called
claim. situate In the told IInl Mining District,
Storey county, stats of Nevada, the same ct
tending two thousand G,0Jl i-et In q north
westerly direction from the location notice
(Po-t No. ~ along the line of Said ledge, vein
or lode. aud embracing The same. win all ITS
dips. rpar- and angles, with surface ground
two hundred CsDl feet In width, and described
Ia the plat and neld notes On die In my ofnec
~ follow-.t TO Wit:
Bs,inuln. al po-t No. 1. located ON westerly
slope about loco feet castcTly OF Ptclac mill,
AMI whence Mount Davidson bears north II
degrees west. Alta -ian north D. degrees west,
Jasticc h"i-tiny works North - degrees west.
Paciic mill -oith 70 degrees wet. and ~hcnc.
also tho quarter section corner Gu the soath
line of scclion o, Towuship IL north, iiancc II
east, bears south tOA degrees west 60 feet.
aud running IRON said fO-t No. l. nrst eout-c.
north SJA degrees east 81 feet TO fo-t No. Q;
thence, second course. north ~ desr'e- west
a.OOO feet w fo-t No. 8: thence, third course,
south sDx degrees west 81 lcci To Po-t No. q;
thence. foarth eJar-e. south ~ degrees eat
400 feet To- Post No. I, point Of beginning.
containing . II. iOD acres.
Courses and bearings expressed from true
meridian. Magnetic VARIATION. IGN degrees
east.
The name. 90 the adjoining claimants mn the
same or other hides are unknown. the nearcst
being the AHA silver Mining Company's claim
or BOT, No. g, ON the west 49,.
mav he fouad In Hook n. ple q. of the GOlt
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-06-07
APPLICATION FOR PATENT,
NOTICE. No. a,s.
q. =. sar,r, N.-. iai and los.


TT y. LAND OrYICH. CARSON CITY.
". Nevada. June ,, lsTs.-Lr.sl MOTTO. T.
hsrebv given that the Prospect todd and silver
Mining Company. duly established by the Law.
IL CALIFORNIA; twho-c rs-tonhce silrr-. 10 san
Francisco. Cslifornial anal claiming one thoa.
sAsi feet OF the ise vein. lpie nc mineral de-
po-it. bssrin: gold and silver, together with
surface ground, fosr hundr-,l feet In width.
lying and helng situate within the silver Star
Mining District. county 81 Storey, and Stat.
of Nevada. has made application o. the United
state- for = patent title for aid mi1ing claim,
which i- more fully de-cubee ~ io met.- and
bounds by the onicisl plat posted on the lain
aud on nle In the once of the l,rgi-tcro the
Carson United states Land onice, ~ follows.
to- wit:
Beginning n Post No. I, being the paint Of
location, situated on q -outherly slope abuut
Ian feet horiheriy RON Toll. ho1-e, ON the
Dayton roltrosi, and whence bears, the smoke
rtsek uf The Occidental MIL south q degrees
east: the smoke stack 10 the liurkcye hoistin.
works south u degrees east, -toseplpe ct lee.
cabin -outh lsde,rccs east; North Occidental
Compsny's -hsf hou.c north sSdcgrt-e min.
utes east. and running from -ald Post Ma. i
hrst course. south sss dc:rcc- east IA" rect 10
Post No. 2 whence bears the one guat.f
section corner on the south line OF section St
Township ~ north. ran,c ~ es-t. Moani
Disblo Meridian. south y drgrvcr east, distant
Ian feet; thence iron said fo-i M. y sec,
ond couf-c. south 2iS degrces west, er"srlsg
Township line at 5gO feet. i.nss iect 10 rn-t
No. 4 thence. third eour-e. north 6SS degrees
west tOO feet To ro-t Ma. Z. thence. ..ufth
coat-e. north aiS degrees east cro-.ing s"~.-
ship lin. st 5TI fcct, i.uu fcct :" fo-t No ?.
thence. anh course. south ess dserrs- ss-,
iD feet to ra.l No. l. the point OF be;innin;.
containing . ~ i0n acres.
hearings expressed frVm the true n'cndish'
Magnetic variation. LIN degrees es-t.
survey made Ia accord VITA the rts.'uc'
~hpcHiioa. hook u OF Pre- emptions and LoeA
tIoss. ps,s, .. storey County Records. q,
Labas and improvements consist OF q tnhnei
sxeecding Ave hundred dollars On value.
F.r further particulars aud description. ret
errnee 10 hereby made tn the rlst AND note ON
ais In Carson United states Land Once. and 10
aeld notes and plat posted uron the eialni
ADOLfiIus WAITE. Register.
srEruxs n. Pnu.Lirs, Attorney, San fr.n-
cisco, California. lesed
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-06-07
APPLICATIONS ron PATENT
q -. ssrvey No. t0l.
notice. NO. a,J

TT n LAND OFfiCE. CARSON CITY,
". Ncvsis. Nay ~. ISIS. Notice 10 hereby
given that u. a. Fowler, whose po-toriee adj
drc-- IL at Virginia city, Nevada, a. attorney
for and In bchaif of the co owners thereof. has
this dsy made application for U. =. patent 10
six hundrei C,.uD linear feet VI q certain lode
or vein % quartz sr other rock In place. b-ar-
Ing gold and silver. and knewn A. the com-tock
Lode and tho Mitchell Mimi. tompsny'- h,in.
In. claim. situate In the uold iil Mining Dis
trict. storey eoanty and state Of Nevada, the
sane extending slx hundred (eooI ieet In a
southslsterly direction from the location no
tic. uro-t No. - along the line 90 -aid lcige,
vein or lvde. and embracing the same, with all
u. dips. -purs anil anglc-, with -urtsc. ground
two hundred C,Vn feet In width, and described
Ne follow-. to Wit:
B..inning al Po-t No 1. located In Grizzly
Rtvine, ON the east eide % Gold Canyon, about
100 feet -oath oi the woclvillc Company's neg
shan. al tho fsot OF dump; thence running,
nr-t course. moth u degrrc- east iO feet To
Poet No. ., whence bears the -mokc-s'ack Of
N. woolville Company'r new hosting works
north G5a degrees west, fss stan on Mount
Davidson north II degrees a minutes west,
smoke stack of SnccOr NIL -oath W degrees
~ minutes west. Iam.dell Mil south II de-
gree. wet. thence frOm -aid Post No. ,, sec
ond course. south Is degrees east GU feet To
fost No .. thence, third course, south - de-
grees west 90 feet to Po-t No. I, whence bear.
the quarter section corner on the south line OF
section 5. Township IL north. kAnyc ~ east,
Mount DlAblo meridian, north 3iS degrees
~est. distant 1T feet: thence, fourth course.
north - de.rvc- wet doD feet to POst No. 5 '.
thence. ann eoar-e, north - degrees east ioO
feet Ia ro-t No. I. tho point VI beginning; con
tanning Q 81 .iOO acres.
Bcaring. expressed from true meridian. MAG.
netic vsristion. isS degrees east.
Improvements and labor consist OF two tun-
mel. exec~ding Ave hnndred dollars In value.
Survey made Ia accord with record Of locaiion.
rhis eisin 10 bolnded on the nsrth hy the
Ron n and keaiy Company's mining claim. IN,
nearest ON the west scin. the Noodslile Cota
psny'- claim ~ lot No, 81 the claimants on the
south and rlst arc unknown.
The location of this claim l. ~ record, and
NAV b. f"nnd In u ok y. p-g, so. of the Gold
IIil Minins H-coecs. KEEP, In the ONCE of the
Canhiy Recorder % s,occy county, ct virzihis
m,iss,S hpoLpIus WATT. I~,ey,,,.,.