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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

The Age is pleased to see the Aurora Her
aid every week give its readers some good
logical articles on the ruinous effects to the
industrial classes of paying high rates of In
terest If this was done by every press In
the country, there would be less mortgages
given and more cancelled than there are now.
Let the people once be convinced of the great
evil usury is doing them, and they would in
a great degree stop money borrowing at ten
per cent. interest. There are but few farmers
In Kane or any other county, that can pay,
from farm of 100 acres, interest ut the rate
of ten per cent, on $4,000 and support fam
lily of five persons. and pay taxes and come
out even. In majority of instances such
farmers are working for the man that holds
the mortgages, and not for their families, and
the mortgages after reapng the fruits of the
best years of their lives take the farms-IR.
dustridi Age.
Homilies Of the above kind are always In
order, and their subject matter could with
equal propriety embrace the extravaganza of
buying pianos, spending money ON music les
sons, fancy horses, S25 bonnets, tlne silks,
French brcadcloths, morocco boots, or eating
sardincs and oysters, while hog and harmony
are so much cheaper la all these matters
there is doubtless much foolish waste and
Extravaganza, but the prudent man at least
guages his outlay by his ability to pay; and
we reckon about the same rule governs the
nan of sense in borrowing money. fla man
is unable to pay ten per cent. for the use OF
money he is fool to borrow it; at the same
time, when there is demand enough for mon
ley to absorb all there is to loan at ten per
cent lenders cannot be expected to take less.
Corn at a dollar bushel is exufbitautly
high, but the man Is u fool who asks The farm
ers 10 take less if they can get the dollar.
The Age wants TO cheaper money by making
1t "plentier is, by reducing its par
chasing power, diluting it, making Il so
sbundandant that nobody can afford TO pay
more than three or four per cent for its use.
The thing is probably practicable SO il is
practicable TO mix corn with sand or gravel
stones as to depreciate il so per cent in val
ne, but upon the whole, win it psyg
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Gov Anes, the man of the "bloody shirt
has totally failed in his effort to inaugurate
a war of races at Friar's Point, in Mississippi
His henchman sheriff Brown, was so badly
scared by the determined attitude of the
whites under Chalmers, that he came down
like SCOTS squirrel, and even alarms Ames
with fears that Brown may peach on him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Who can explain this phenomenon? What
is mind that can thus be passed like the cleo
trio fluid, along "A common wire! Would
that John A. Logan, who was able TO master
the great financial problem by two weeks
study, could be induced to concentrate his
great mental powers on this subject for Il day
or two,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Bullinger and Baker, two leaders in the
famous Williamson county vendetta, by
which the people of that county had been
kept in fear of their lives for several years
past, have been tried and sentenced to the
penitentiary for 81 years. AS the other prln
cipal leaders of the gang have given leg bail
it is hoped the people of that corner in Egyp,
will hereafter have peace.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Macon, Missouri, Is at present excited over
the discovery of gold diggings In that vicni-
ty. The diggings are in some volcanic hills
about 20 miles northwest of Macon, ~ miles
from the st. Louis, Kansas City and North
ern Railroad and about 100 miles west OF
Quincy, III. The hills are covered with pros
pecters, most of whom, with the rudest i'm.
plements and without experience, make fair
woupc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Gen. Bartlett having declined to accept the
democratic nomination for Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, the democratic com
mittee of that state met on Wednesday and
rendered the nomination TO John Quincy
Adams, son Of Charles Francis Adams, and
he has accepted It.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

AS Coleman, Of Pa, refuses to accept the
Interior Department at Washington, it was
supposed one object of Grants recent visi, to
Chicago was to coax J. Y. Scammon to &C.
cept the place But it seems Scammon could
not be cOaxed. Is 1t not little curious that
in his hard search for fit man to succeed
Columbus Delano the name of Frank Cor
win has not occurred to the Presidents
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

on Friday of last week by mass of slate an'
coal weighing at least two thousand pounus'
falling upon him. On the same day ayou"s
man named Thomas Teasdale, coal MINER
was run over and killed on the Chicago, re-
kin 81 s. w. railroad about mile from
Strpotnr
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Robert Dale Owen has been discharged
from the Indiana Hospital for the Insane en-
tirely restored Mr. Owen now returns to
his old home at New Harmony where he will
continue for time TO rest from all mental
labor In letter announcing his restoration
he talks rather petulently about his conhne
ment, and intima,es that there was no neces'
sify for it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

The Earl Gazette says Earl is so iull of peo.
pie that house cannot be rented 1t must be a
lively town. One of her papers comes to us
with of the pages printed in Chicago, and
the other can get out but half sheet That's
business!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

President Edwards is to preach for the
Congregationalists of Princeton, at a salary
OF $1,000. Salvation is too cheap in that
town to be good
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

The Lecture season at the Rock River Sem.
mary will be begun by Theodore Tilton.
w here Will it end?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

The great stallion race, advertised to take
place at Mendoza next week, is Off But four
stations had been entered up 10 the time OF
closing the books
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

The post office at Wedron, in this county.
has been discontinued, and the mail matter
directed to that office will be sent to DAYTON.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16
Afgllaniatan,

A small war cloud looms up in the East.
A Times dispatch from Berlin says, small
Russian force has been sent to karateghin,
which the English claim is in Afghan terri.
tory, which is under English protection.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16
BEAUTIES OF THE TARIFF.

The best way to come to an actual reailz'
ing sense of the beauties of the system oil
spolistion known as protective tariff 10 to
look into the details of an every day example
of how it works in practice.
Doubtless they make good enough cloths
for most folks to wear IN America; but now
and then, for wedding and other high occa'
sons. young America wants something nj
Ger even than Harris cassimeres or Middlesex
brosdcloths. So the enterprising clothing
house Of Flske & BEEN, of Ottawa, being ire,
Quently importuned to make suits of real En-
Rllsh broadcloth, you know, and making 1t
religion never to represent their goods to be
anything but what they really are, concluded
themselves to impart some real English
cloths direct from London, that there might
be no dispute about their being the genuine
article. They forwarded their order to the
noted house of "Bartrum, Harvey d Co., H.,
12 & 10 :Gershom st. West, +. c., London"
and the small bill they purchased amounted
to els It's, which, reduced to dollars and
cents, amounted to $57050. This was the
cost of the goods in London, boxed and ready
to ship.
Now begins the robbery. The first buz-
zard that makes his appearance is the Aneri-
can consul OF London, who for heaven knows
what reason, lays his paws on the box and
demands 12s 18d consul fees" Then i, goes
to Mcpherson, Ross g. Co., skipping and
T.o,.o,.o o.pts ~ iuorpooJ hv whrm IL Is
put on the road to New York. Their char
ges are moderate: For entering goods at
custom house. Is. 3D.. for carriage, Is; bill
OF lading, 2s.; postage, Cd; attending to ship.
ment, is. Gd-total, rs. 3D., or about $500
Now the box, safely stored in the hull Of
the good steamer Britannia, is on its way to
New York 1t arrives and falls in due course
into the hands of the Western Transportation
Company. They pay the ocean freights and
charges, thus far $S.ll, also "custom fees,
81; carriage 81; "our charges" $l-total,
Sill; and then the package Is ready for
shipment to Chicago, where it arrives in due
course ain bond" with $3.50 more added
for freight, bringing total cost of freight
handling and consul" and "custom house
fees" (450 up to $l44l.
But here the robbery begins in earnest. Our
little package ofgoods originally costingS510-
so, with $l44l charges added to lay 1t down
safely in Chicago, Is now subjected to the
skinning process OF the custom house. The
duties are carefully figured up, and then the
bill for extras stands as follows;
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Peru wants to have a Y. NJ G. A. Let her
have one by all mcans,-no place needs one
more.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16
Independent Reform Nominations
For Country Treasurer,
SAMUEL w. RAYMOND.
For County Surveyor,
John GRAY.
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
ct any post office In the country:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. 1913
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

THE REUNION OF THE 18th REGMEST.--ln
reference to the proposed reunion OF the llth
Regiment at Ottawa on the 9th inst, we find
the following interesting paragraph in the
Adrian (Mich.) Times:
The local interest that attaches to the proposed
reunion arises from the fact that this county
possesses one of the remaining representatives
of the decimated ranks Of this glorious hghtihg
regiment. II. NJ. Parker, Of Blissfeid, was u
member of company A, which went gu. VIII
the country first called for aid, fulI nu'iuIco
strong, and whose survivors came OUT at te us
Of the Terrible wears OF struggle with scarcely
one fourth of their original numoer ,clnanin X
II is estimated by the first Captain, ten L. u.
Atkins, that less than that NUMBER now suisi,s'
No regiment ever achieved q hVolcl leeoiu'
When mustered out at the event OF peace, com
nany A ,vas in command of its fourth captain,
and Tho regimant with its fourth colonel, tnree
of these having laid down their ilNes hSa'lhS LOT
the old flag At the battle Of DohelS9E, Seventy
W. 81 tho brave boys were gathered from the
az vi ~, ,aceiyed soldiers burial in single
,,raya Pittsburg Landing followed, when the
SSi.hos, oticer eft in Mr. Parker's company,
nt,ad only ur 20 ith sergeant. But haruer
AiS ,,,t was In store for reduced at one time
% "nIy two hundred, all told, the regiment was
oonsoiidated with another, whose ofhcers, with
-, fe,v exceptions were subsequently dismissed
from the service for disloyalty. Inc ola corps,
howeyer maintained Its integrity throughout,
IA The coming occasion will be the first re-un-
;an Of those remaining from its broken ranks.
Cen. T.. J. Cglcsby is to deliver the address: and
60 Tilson recite a poem. We hope Lenawee's
Commemorative Of the old 18th will be enabledto
erect his remaining comrades, when the occa-
s,on comes. and again 20 over in sentiment and
story the scenes and incidents OF its stormy days.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16
ItAly
China.

The threatened rupture between England
and China has blown over. An edict has ap
peared IN the Gazette, at Pekin, enjoining the
proper treatment of foreigners. The Inpor.
tant points that the English minister de-
mands however, including the punishment
of the Margary murderers, are still in abey-
ance The prospects are not now so favor.
able for an ultimate settlement.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Warranted winter wheat -four $3.50 per hun.
dred pounds, at Woods Eagle Mills.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Charles knighten, working IN one of the
coal mines at Streator, was crushed 10 Jelly
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16

Have You seen the new lot Of hollow-ware just
received a, O. Trask's? There are many new
patterns, and all very pretty. tits conceded that
Trask has the largest and finest assortment OF
casters ever brought to the city. Ask TO see his
silvsr-placed knives. Be sure and call on him.
he Is selling his goods at retail at wholesale
prices,-usyer better opportunity to buy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-09

ri, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the
Senators from the Eastern and South
ea.tern States, including prominently
and specially Senators Johnston, of
Virginia Ransom, of North Carolina; !;
Robertson, of South Carolina !; Cor
don, Of Georgia; Goldthwaite, Of Ala
bama Alcorn, of Mississippi; Coop
er, Of Tennessee; Dorsey, of Arkan-
sas, and Stephenson, of Kentucky,
and many leading Southern Congress
men are waiting to insure this modifi-
cation of Senator Scott's bill which
would unite the entire system of rail-
way east of the Mississippi, and make
it essentially a Southern Pacific rail-
road. The measure thus modified
possesses great strength, not only as
a matter OF comfy and justice in view
of the liberal aid given to the Union
and other Pacific roads by the gov
ern,nent, but is further favored by
Northern Congressman as
an important and practical measure
for the relief and reconstruction of
the impoverished States of the South.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-09

years. The four brothers and the
niece living here are, therefore, the
sole heirs to that three million estate
Across the Atlantic. Let us see five
into three millions goes six hundred
thousand times. No Irish dividend
about that. 1t is grand cash, and
should serve t. keep green the men,
ory Of the good old woman for a long
time. Two of the California brothers
passed Palisade yesterday on their
way for London, to file their claim to
the estate. Our Eureka friends who
have so suddenly become rich have
hitherto been unfortunate in the ex-
treme. Since in Eureka they have
been once burnt out and once flooded,
losing every dime they possessed in
both instances. Being frugal and in
dustrious they have struggled with
fate's stern DEGREES, maintaining un-
der the most trying circumstances a
measure Of cheerfnlness seldom en-
countered here below.-Eureka Sen
tinel. .
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-09

Accidental shooting" is what the
White League papers report to be the
verdict Of Il colored coroner's jury in
the case of II negro in the tenth ward,
who was riddled with bullets while
standing in his own door by eight Or
ten young men who happened to be
pas sing on Christmas. One Of the au-
thors of the accident blandly remarked,
/" there Us that id niger now; boys
let's go for him." A brisk fire was
opened upon the house aud its inmates
during which the accidental shooting,
of the owner took place. But this has
been balanced by the result of another
coroDer's inquest. One citizen as
saulted another with u cane. A des-
perate conflict took place, in which
most unfortunately the assailant was
killed. The inquest resulted in an
affidavit against the survivor of willful
murder. The police magistrate, how
ever, dismissed the charge in less than
five minutes after he had heard the
the testimony. Thus it will be seen
that there is plenty of justice in New
Orleans, though it needs distributing
around a little more evenly.-N. o.
Republican.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-09
The SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILHOAn

THESoUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Texas or Southern Pacific rail-
road, embracing the Texas and Allan
tic Pacific in combination, as appears
by the pending bill introduced by Sen
ator Scott, of Pennsylvania, and also
from the map of the company showing
the route of the road, finds connection
in the main line from Shreveport
enthusiastically to New Orleans, and
from Springfield, Missouri, on the
Atlantic and Pacific, via st. Louis to
the Northeast aud North. There is
NO connection provided for in the
present bill or programme with rail-
road centres Of the Virginias, Carroll
mas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Tennessee and Kentucky. To meet
this defect in the route, connection
is proposed from Springfield, Missou-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-09
IT. il pratifving tn know

1t is gratifying to know that Presi-
dent Grant understands the import
ance of comprehensive and efficient
levee system. He saw enough Of the
wild will of Mississippi's tide while
besieging Vicksburg to give him .
good deal of practical instruction on
the subject. In levee matters State
lines must be ignored, and jurisdic-
ton sufficiently comprehensive to
embrace the great river in its entire
ty, from its sources to its outlet, must
be invoked, or no real security is at
tainabie. It is really to be hoped that
q wise application Of Federal resour-
ces and authority will be brought to
the solution Of our levee problem
Concor1ia Eagle.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-09
The Wheel Of Fortune.

There was never q more complete
exemplifcation of the truth Of the
a.lage that it is q ''long lane that had
no turn" At least such, We take it,
to have been the feelings of !, certain
Eureka family when q brief telegram
yesterday informed them of the death
Of an only aunt in London. The rela-
tives here, however, are two genera
tions removed, and can not, therefore
don many weeds, no matter how in
consolable their grief. In the case
under notice the healthy condition Of
the bank account of the dear departed
ought to operate as q powerful as
suager. A three million estate ought
to exercise comforting effect: 1t most
assuredly would, were we the chief
mourner. Well, to hurry on with our
story, the old aunt, widow lady,
died in London, seized and possessed
of three millions in lands and money.
Her husband, who was very wealthy
at the time, departed this life many
wears ago. The old lady hung on,
like rich people generally do who
have poor relations. But she has
finally gone to rest. Peace to her
ashes. She had four brothers all of
whom have been residents Of the Pa
cific coast since the early days Of gold
mining in California. Two of them
live in San Diego, and the other two
in one Of the COW counties of our neigh
boring State. All of the brothers are
unmarried save one, and he has but a
single issue, . married daughter, who
has reeided in Eureka for the last three
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-09
The Charley Ross Kidnappers.

" uCu Ill hltCA ' cars luC StTttugG anu
romantic story Of the abduction of
Charley Ross is told, together with
the tragic fate of those who stole him
from his home, the search for the lit
tie fellow, and his supposed where
abouts in many different places, the
cruel aud infamous aspersions thrown
out against the sorrow stricken fam
lily, the overwhelming grief of the
parents Of the boy, their slcepless
nights, and the tremendous strain up
on their nervous systems, which have
well nigh brought both father and
mother to deaths door-the whole
train Of circumstances connected with
the affair, willifind few parallels outside
Of the annals OF fiction. A touching,
strange, and startling scene in con-
nection with tht case was developed
in New York on Tuesday. The dead
bodies Of the two burglars, Mosher
and Douglass, were taken to the
Brooklyn morgue for Identification,
and Walter Ross, the elder brother
of Charley, who was in company with
the latter when stolen, visited this
temporary resting place of the dead
in company with his two uncles.
No one WAS allowed to converse
with him, and while he was in Sup
erinteudent's Office the greatest care
was exercised by the attendants to
prevent the little fellow being spoken
to by the reporters. The reason for
this, as given afterward, was that MI.
Walling was anxious that the boy
should see the dead bodies of Mosher
and Douglas before any one could
speak to him about what had taken
placo~a Bay Ridge. en- Monday The
bodies had been slowed away in
vault the night before, and the first
one brought out was that of Mosl,e.,
the man who, according to Walters
sccount, wore goggles when he and
his companion in the buggy took him
and his little brother away. The
moment the body was brought out
Walter exclaimed, " Why, that's the
man who gave Inc candy in the bug
81 !" When questioned as to how
he recognized him SO easily, he said:
(" remember him by his nose l
never saw a nose like that before l
saw him that day" Callahan, tho
gardener, who had also seen the two
men in the buggy the day they stole
poor Charley, recognized the body of
Mosher as that of one of the men who
were in the buggy.
How this sad case will terminate is,
of course, shrouded in mystery, yet
the police authorities of New York
aud Philadelphia are hopeful that the
little fellow is alive, and will be
found in short while. God grant
that it may be Washington
Chronicle.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-09
The New Finance Bill.

The Albany Euening Journal, in dis
cussiug the Sherman finance bill very
clearly aud briefly states tho merits
of the measure as follows:
IL. 1t is a distinct pledge of re-
sumption and commits the Republican
party aud the Government unquali.
tiedly to that policy.
!. eli. 1t puts an end to the danger
Of initiation aud of any further debase-
ment Of the currency.
"III. 1t defines the restoration of
Il sound currency us the settled, steady
object Of the government, and confiics
it to IL friendly Administration which
will carefully study every needed pre-
paratiOn, il the present means are not
adequate, to mark it an assured sue
cess.
"IV. 1t produces no sudden and
violent shock to business interests
naming period for resumption suf-
ficicutly remote tO give ample warm
ing and to avoid severe disturbance,
thus conciliating the favor and sup
port Of that large class who would
oppose any precipit;.te action. ys
~. 1t recognizes, as the true poll
icy o., the county, the withdrawal of
the greenl,acks and the establishment
Of free bank issues on II specie basis
as our national cnrrency-th,s max
ing the burden Of resumption easier
for the Government and throwing it
upon the banks.
"Vr. 1t gets rid ofo dirty, mutt
lated, aud debasel shinplasters, and
if successful in keeping in circula-
ton tile silver iss.,cd IN their place,
It once mor1 familf5flxes TIE reUpf6a
with the ust. Of coin, and makes u good
preparatory step fo: general resump-
ton.
"VII. fit should prove difficult in
the experiment to keep silver af1oat,
on account Of it's superior value, if
the tendency should be to hoard it or
export it-tl,en it would afford IL prac-
tic;ll lesson III the principles Of cur
rency aud would do more to djffuse IL
correct understanding Of the real es-
senti,.ls of resumption than all the
abstract discussion of economic truths.
"VlII. In short, the measure faces
the country squarely towards resu,n,-
ton, aud puts to practical test the
proposed methods Of reaching it. The
pledge is given, and, if the means arr,
inadequate, others will be provided.