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VERY pERsoSAL.--We cut the following from
the stree locals of the Chicago Times OF Tuesday
MIR. f. GoodeD, who had the alteration with
DR.. Beebe and damaged the lattcrs phisognomy,
was before Justice SHmnerield at the South
side police court yesterday afternoon but owing
to the absence Of the complainant the case a.
dismissed
This we venture to affirm is the first appear
ance in all his life OF L. L. Goodell on any stage
in the role of nasal ornamenter or eyebrow dee
orator, his preeminently amable characteristics
utterly uniting him for that line OF perfor
nance. The unavoidable inference Of all who
know him is that the Doctor" on whom he oper
a.ed must be pestilent BLACKBOARD and got no
more than he deserved.
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SCIENTIFIC BALIOoNING.-Threc French
scientific gentlemen made an ascent in bal.
loon from La Villctie, near Paris, on the 18th
ult, "for purely scientific purpose" The
greatest altitude attained was 5000 metres, or
over miles, but the result was fatal 10 two
of the philosophers, and nearly so to the
third At and altitude of less than miles
two of the trio had already become nsensi.
BILE At last the third, Tissandier, also became
insensible. Then he became conscious and
knew that the balloon was rapidly descend
ing. His companions were huddled together
lie shook them, but 1t was not possible to
awaken them to consciousness. Their faces
were black and their mouths were covered
with blood and slime. The balloon was
rapidly nearing the earth. Tissandier threw
out two bags of ballast; by great effort he
grasped his knife and cut loose the anchor.
Then came Il terrific shock rs the balloon
struck the earth, and the sickness Of dozen
deaths passed over his heart as the anchor
did not hold, but fell away. The balloon, by
turns, glided and jumped, and the bodies of
Crocc and Sivel were hurled from side to
side. 1t was supreme moment of peril.
Two dead, and the survivor little better than
those two. With the spirit of life strong yet
in him and with one last grand effort upon
which all depended he managed TO seize the
rope of the escape valve. lie pulled il and
the air rushed In in a volume. The balloon
crashed and swung wildly up against a tree.
and at four o'clock Tissandier scrambled
from the car, the only survivor of that terri
Bile aerial exploring party. Croce and Sivel
were stone dead
What the particular scientific problem the
gentlemen proposed TO solve at such risk is
not clearly stated. yet whatever II was, the
question recurs, did II pay
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EUROPEAN MARKET.

That class Of our people (happily theIl
number is rapidly decreasing in the west
who still cling TO the exploded notion that
the country is benefited by Systematically
taxing Peter to enrich Paul, have been in the
constant habit of undertaking the importance
Of the foreign market for western grain, and
preaching to our people the necessity of tax
ing themselves heavily to build up home
market. In spite, however, of this grinding
taxation TO which, under this plea, our people
have submitted these many years, the Wanted
home market has steadily grown more apoc.
ryphal, while the foreign market, under all
the discOuragements of ruinous tariff, has
amazingly increased. The following is from
the n. Y, Eoeatng Post:
Nothing is more astonishing in American
commerce than the quantity of breadstutfs
sent to Europe. Great Britain increased her
imports from the equivalent OF 25,s4S, 800
bushels of wheat in 1865, to 3G906,l15 bush.
els in 1870, and 49,2G6,470 bushels in 1874
OF the importations of wheat and flour into
Great Britain for the three years of 1864, 1865
and 1866, the United States furnished only
III per cent, and in 1871, 1872 and 1873 near.
y SO per cent The u. s. proportion in
1872 was Al per cent. Of the whole lmpOrta
ton of wheat or little less than % per cent
OF flour; but IN 1874 there was an increase OF
55l9 per cent Of wheat and nearly SO per
cent, of -four.
The product ofthis gram, entirely from the
west, and which IN 1874 amounted to over
s3O0oo,0o0 of gold or its equivalent, was
brought back to us in manufactured goods
upon which an average tariff of 40 per cent
was levied, Thus yard of broadcloth, for
instance, which in England cost $40O, by
the time it reached the west cost 5000. Or
the western farmer may have received his pay
ultimately in calico manufactured in Massa
chusetts, at 10 cts. yard, but which, in Eng.
land he could have got for 7 cts Now ia the
light OF these facts, and there is no evading
the absolute truth of their bearing in this
way, what difference would it have made to
the western farmer, if he had been taxed out
right $l2,OO0,OOO IN gold, or about 45 cts per
bushel on his wheat before shipping 1t, if he
then could have received goods in pay with
out this additional tariff levy UPON them OF
40 per cent? Are Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin
and Minnesota, upon whom mainly this tax
falls sufficiently Interested IN the success OF
the eastern cotton mills and blast furnaces, to
justify their paying them this annual tribute
We grumble at paying two millions taxes a
year in Illinois to support our local and
state governments, but are pay ing six millions
a year out of our grain alone to protect
eastern manufacturers. Does it pay?
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KENTUCKY DENoCRACY-The Democrats
of Kentucky held their state convention last
week and nom mated Col. James McCreary
for Governor, John c. Underwood, of Bowl.
ing Green, for lieutenant governor; Tho.. f.
Moss, oil Paducah, for attorney general: ID.
Howard Smith, for auditor, AMI j. W. Tate
for treasurer.
The following report of the committee ON
resolutions was unanimously adopted:
We hold it 10 be absolutely essential to the
preservation of the liberties of the citizens
that the several states shall be maintained in
all their right, dignity, and equality, and the
most complete and reliable administrators of
their own domestic concerns. and surest bul.
warks against antirepublican tendencies.
Every attempt on the part of the federal gov.
eminent TO exercise power, not delegated by
the constitution, or in a manner not therein
prescribed, is 4 usurpaiIon, demanding the
instant and unqualified condemnation of a
people jealous If their liberties, and we hold
that any unconstitutional interference by the
government with the local officers of any
state, To any extent or on any pretense what
ever, sho1ld be 2; once repudisted and con-
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HOW Is THISi

1t Is notorious that the business of the Hi
nois canal has been steadily falling Off for
the past tour or five years Formerly heavy
groceries from the south were transported by
the canal, and even heavy merchandise from
the East These were, however, successfully
taken from the canal by the railroads, until
latterly the business of the canal was almost
wholly confined to the transportation OF
grain, lumber, coal, stone and sand. Now
even these are threatened to be gobbled up
by the railroads. Why's The Joliet Sun I'M
dertakes to expound the conundrum by de-
claring the whole cause to be TOO high tolls"
For instance
The tolls on boat load OF lumber from
Chicago - La Sale are 500; the tolls on q
barrel of salt are the same as on barrel of
sugar; the tolls on ordinary merchandise are
5 mills per 100 per mile or Az cts. from
Chicago to La Sale, which is nearly half the
entire freight charge of the railroads; and
the tolls on grain, lumber, &c, are such as
must eventually, in the present rapid decline
in railroad freights, drive them TO the rail
roads.
The Sun says further:
Last year the Chicago, ST. Louis and Hi
nols River Transportation Company-atter
inducing the canal commissioners TO reduce
the toll on ordinary merchandise from five
to two mills per mile, put on regular line of
boats. The railroads at that time were charg-
ting twenty, thirty and forty cents freight per
hundred pounds between Chicago and Joliet.
The Transportation Company charged ~
cents. The boats began to win back the bust
ness to the canal. The line paid handsome
revenue to the state.
The railroads,,reduoed their tariff tn 10 cents.
The boats held the business
The railroads came down To 10 cents The
commissioners would not cooperate with the
Transportation line by reducing tolls. The
tolls were such that the line could not afford
10 carry for less than II cents The railroads
took the business. The company withdrew
tina boats. The state thereby lost n reveaue
of from eight 10 ten thousand dollars last
year. Then the railroads raised their tariffs.
The canal commissioners are admitted TO
be shrewd, sensible men, and thoroughly in
earnest in their purpose to make the canal
yield the highest benefit il is capable of to
the people But there IS n higher benefit TO |
the people than that 10 be derived from a
large revenue. Though the cana! may no
more than pay running expenses 1t is of i'm
meRse benefit to the people of more than half
the state as regulator of railroad freights
1t ought TO be made that TO the fullest extent
II the railroads can csrry general merchan-
disc for 10 els from Chicago to La Sale, let
the canal tolls be so reduced as to enable the
boats to carry for o cts. II the railroads car
~ corn for cts let the tolls be reduced 10 y
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15

BASE BALL.-The famous Chicago White
Stocking base ballists went down TO ST. LOUIS
last week to show the denizens in that region
how the great national game was played by
professionals. To make the exhibition a sue
cess, an amateur club of st. Louis consented
10 play with them. To the smazement of the
Chicagoans the st. Louis fellows handled the
bat and ball as if they had seen such things
before. In fact, after little practice, it look.
cd AS if Chicago must actually exert them.
selves little TO win. Further along it began
" look still more serious In TACT, Chicago
must do her best 10 win. Worse aud worse
presently il became doubtful whether, even
by doing their best, the Chicagoans could
win. They now got on their high mettle-
made herculesn exertions; still the prospect
grew no better, and, TO make long story
short, Chicago sustained just seventeen con-
secutiye beautiful whitewashings' The score
a; the end of the game stood 10 for ST. Louis
for Chicago.
The Chicago club did little better next
day, escaping with few less whitewashings,
and making score Of 3 against 4. The
White Stockings have returned TO Chicago
and their start on their professional tour has
been deferred for few weeks
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ToRNADo.-The slight gust we had on Mon
day, accompanied with little rain, was but
the outer edge of furious tornado that ragged
in portions of Northern Ohio. A Toledo dis
patch of May 10th says;
A terribly destructive tornado passed over
this section of the state early this morning.
The storm was intense and the lightning ter
rife. AT Green Springs, Seneca county, o,
ID frame buildings were blown down and
three persons killed. At Titfin many build
lngs were unroofed. AtUpper Sandusky the
damage to property was equal to that at Green
Springs. The loss at the first named place
is estimated 10 be $4,000, and in the other
two places 10 at least $4,000.
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demned by all classes Of every section of the
union, as all such acts tend directly to the
destruction Of our federal system, and the
despoti3m.
Col McCreary was "A stout union man dur.
ing the rebellion and is liberal, progressive
democrat. The dispatches say, "In his speech
accepting the nomination, he gave utterancc
to the most advanced and liberal sentiments,
indicating that his administration will be in
the interes. Of education, national develop
ment, and suppression of disorder and law.
les sneSS ~
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THE SOLDIERS REUNION AT CHICAGO.

Yesterdays Chicago papers are almost en-
tirely occupied with details OF the grand sol
diers' reunion, which, after SO much advertis
ing, blowing and striking, took place at Chi
cago on Wednesday. All the soldiers ami
cX.soldiers IN the Union, whether former IN.
ionists or rebels, who are now willing to raj
ly under the flag of the Union, were invited
to attend this reunion To further insure a
large attendance, the day fixed for the re. us.
ion was the same day that had been fixed for
tue annual national meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Yet with all these
favorable concomitants, we judge, after pa.
tiently wadng through about dozen eel
umns Of description, that the mum Der of sol.
diers actually in attendance was rather dis.
appointing. Great care is apparently taken
nowhere to give any statement or estimate of
the number, Bat as all that marched in the
procession passed given point IN less than
half an hour, il is easy TO guess that the mum.
Der did not exceed two or three thousand.
However, if the soldiers were not there in
very formidable numbers, there was an i'm.
mense throng 10 see them. The multitudes
that lined the streets to see the procession is
variously put down at 100000 to 2jO, 900 peo
pie, including boys and women
Another notable feature was the strange
absence of Major and Brigader Generals.
Gov. Beverage was there and Gov. Hart
rant, of Pa, and ex Gov Plnchback of Lou.
isiana: with our Illinois Generals Harlow.
IIurlbut, Carr, Julius White and a few 9th.
ers. But there was no Gen Sherman, Gen.
Hancock, Gen. Burnside, Gen. Grant-even
Gen. John A. Logan was not taere-not a
single Major General from anywhere TWAS
a reunion OF the boys tAemselves-the
subordinates and high privates almost exclu.
sively; and we venture 10 say it was no less
enjoyable on that account 1t ended with A
grand military ball and promenade concert,
which were we'll attended by citizens of Chi.
cago, though most of the boys" themselves
preferred the less pretentious amusements of
the billiard rooms and theatres.
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A La Sale dispatch to the Chicago papers

\ La Sale dispatch to the Chicago papers
on Monday gives this narration:
Two young men, named James Moran and
VIM. Corvin, aged respectively about 10 aud
% years, being suspected of having stolen CT
gars and tobacco in their possession, and
which were reported stolen from freight-car
on the Rock Island road, were pursued by
James Murtha, constable, last evening He
captured Corvln, but Moran fled, hotly pur.
sued, and jumping into the Steamboat Cut
swan across. On gaming the opposite bank
he started across the river bottoms to escape
the officer and his assistant, who were close
behind. Moran took to the river and when
halfway across suddenly sank, and was
drowned. His body his not yet been recov-
erred
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15

The labor strikes in the Pennsylvania coal
regions are assuming magnitude in grade
and results that is giving them historical i'm.
por'ance. In one way, at least, they illus
irate the danger TO those that raise storm
tha, they will have TO reap thu whirlwind
These strik' in their inception, few years
ago, were largely fomen,ed by the coal com
panies themselves TO stop production and af.
ford an excuse for putting up the price of
coal. But latterly they have apparently be
come q chronic infatsation of the miners
themselves, and in their consequences threat
en- TO paialyse for years, if not in grea,
measure to destroy, the great coal interests OF
Pennsylvania. A writer who appears to have
studied the question thoroughly, gives US the
following, among other startling statistics:
In the anthracite coal regions where are
900, 600 invested, 10000 people are
thrown out Of employment. by the strike,
while In the state at large not less than $500
100000 invested capital is useless for the time.
The working zen are actually losing 800
600 per day, more than enough 10 equip and
ration the Standing army of the entire nation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15

The Boston Post, which for many years
past, under the arrangement OF Col Chas G
Greene had been the leading democratic organ
Of New England, was sold last week to Hon.
+. ID. Winslow, of Newton, Mass, for $500,
900. AS the purchaser is radical rcpubli-
can, the probabilities are that the politics OF
the paper will be changed, and for the first
time in quarter of century the "comforta.
bly, e1iguous democratic party of Msssachu.
se.ts" will cease to draw inspiration from and
swear by the Boston Post.
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EVERY SEVEN YEARS. Psychologists say, the
human body is entirely changed and renewed
Ever moment Of our lives every part Of our bod.
les is wearing ont and being built up anew of
fresh matter. This work is accomplished by the
blood which goes through every part. But II
the blood becomes weak or yitiated, and does
not perform lis work properly, the system is ac-
tualiy poisoned by the worn out m after clogging
the vital organs instead Of leaving the body.
For dyspepsia, biliousnes, kidney, skin and liver
trouble, feyers and all diseasesarisng from vita
ted blood, DR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA BirTERs
are = sovereign remedy apr24iw.
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FOREIGN NEM.
England.

The usual humdrum of parliamentary pro
ceedings was somewhat relieved on the Sth
by pretty sharp debate in the commons, in
which Gladstone warmly attacked the bud
get, contending that the conservatives had ex
pended 100000 more in their first year than
it took to run the last year Of the liberals
Sir Stafford Northcote replied warmly, main
Tuning that the figures of the budget showed
decrease, and indicated reduction of the
public debt at the rate Of IS, 100000 year
The steamship Cadiz was lost near Brest
France, while on her trip from Lisbon, Por
tugal, to London, on the 9Th, and sixteen per
sons were drowned.
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Another of the Story libel suits has been
tiled. This was the case Of ". T. Butter VS..
". r. Storey, and the libel consisted in call
ing the complainant, who is limb of the
law, "shyster." The jury gave him $500
damages, which is said to be the largest fee
he ever got. In the case of Miss Early, who
was awarded $4,000, the plaintiff agreed to
take $4,000, but Storey preferred TO take the
chances of an appeal to the supreme court.
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Wednesdays Washington dispatches max

Wednesdays Washington dispatches make
two positive statements, which may be called
important if true The first Is that Secrc
tary Fish will certainly retire from the cabi
net on the Both of June; and the second Is
that Secretary Robson will be compelled 10
pay back into the treasury the 81, 00O,00 he
lent to the London house Of Cook, McCul.
loch & Co, secured by doubly mortgaged
railroad iron, to save that house from gong
down in the panic Of 1873.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15

The long fight between the st. LOUIS Globe
and the Democrat, each claiming to be the
only true organ Of radicalism in that quarter,
has ended in the Globe buying out the Demo-
erut. The two papers are now to be consoli.
dated and published under the name Of the
Globe Democrat
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China.

China has engaged the exconfedera'e Gen
Ripley to construct extensive works for the
defence of the coast and principal rivers OF
that country. Gen. Ripley will sail for the
east in a few days.
The American Methodist chapel at Quick
arg near Shanghai was destroyed by a mob
of Cinnamon on the 9Th inst. The Chinese
authorities have offered ample reparation for
the Outrage
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15

The Illinois Central and Chicago and AL.
ton railroads have finally succumbed to the
universal demand for lower passenger rates
southwark, and have made q reduction of
about 10 per cent on southern fares all round
Thus the fare to New Orleans is reduced from
1913 to s28; to Vicksburg from $25 to SEQ,
and so on. Compared to fares eastward,
these are still 20 per cent too high
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La Sale is county Of large towns. Otta
wa has nearly ten thousand, La Sale about
dota four thousand, Streator five thousand
Earlvile two thousand, Marseilles fifteen
hundred, and Sheridan, Seneca, Tonica and
others a thousand each
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a cent, if Unnecessary, to enable the boats to car.
ny for cts. The canal has, in the last TWEEN.
ty years, been worth many millions in the
way Of Keeping down freights and fares to
the people ofthe whole canal and river region
They can afford to keep It up though it
should cost them 100000 year above its
receipts, solely rs regulator of freights,
which should be made lis chief end and aim.
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John G. Breckenridge is dying. He is sui.
ferlng from a wound received during the
war, and few days ago submitted to dan
gerous surgical operation. from which, a
Wednesdays dispatch says, he is sinking SO
rapidly that his death may be expected at
apy moment
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15

Osman Hapeman have just received from
New York fine stock OF window shades, embra-
cling Hollands, Opaques, and the latest patterns
in oil shades. They also keep a we'll assorted
stock Of window fixtures, tassels, cornice, loops
p icture cord, and nails
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15

Doctors Disagree AS 10 the treatment of all dis.
eases, from the mildest ailment TO the deadiest
epidemic, but thu fact that the CALIFORNIA WIN.
EGAR BIrrERs is conquering Insadies which
have defed the skill Of the best physicians
is of little consequence. While Dyspepsia,
Govt, Rheumatism, Urinary Complaints, Bill.
iousncss, Nervous Dehilitics, and all disor-
ders not organic, are ohlirerated by this match.
less vegetable tonic and alternative, who cares for
opinions
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The city council of Sterling has passed an or.
Ginance prohibiting the opening of barber shops
on Sunday Go little further, gentlemen, and
prevent your business men from shaving on
week esys, for II is bRrberous business any
how
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15

In the long list of congressman entitled to
back pay uader the salary grab law, the only
one who has never taken steps to collect the
amount due him is said TO be CONGRESSMAN
Hay, 0f Illinois.
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Jake Christman IS making a specially OF the
Toledo trunk. He sells lots Of them, cheaper
than any other house, and yet m,kes profit or
them
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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:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. $3.l5
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France.

The French national assembly met on
Tuesday. No event of importance has thus
far attended the resumption Of the session.
Some of the French journals treat the re
ports of the alarmists about war with Ger
many as unfounded, and others consider them
greatly exaggerated. All are confident that
tina car Is in favor of peace
The Count d'Harcourt, now the representa-
tive of France at Vienna has been appointed
ambassador at London, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Count de Jarnac.
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All subscriptions TO be paid in advance.
Remittances may be made through money
order or registered letter.
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II. 2. Clark, painter, Is Madison 81.