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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23
SUPREME COURT CONSOLIDATION

Except a few Chicago papers, there is not
paper in this judicial grand division but
has expressed itself aversc to the proposed
consolidation Of the Supreme Court, at Spng.
field The movement has It's origin in purely
selfish motives, first, on the part Of Spring
field ITSELF and secondly on the part of a
bevy of Chicago lawyers who hope to attain
an enormous special practice in that line, at
the expense of local or country practition.
ers, as they are styled. The leading argu.
ment with other Chicago lawyers outside of
the special ring in favor of consolidation is,
that 1t would give them three or four terms
of the court year, instead Of but one or two,
which they have by the present system.
That is an argument directly opposed to the
other argument relied upon in favor of con.
solidation, that it would lessen the labors OF
the court Give Chicago three terms year
instead of one, and the number of her cases
would be doubled forthwith. Now, while an
appeal from the lower court must await q
year or two before it can come to decision
in the supreme court, the lower courts take
some pains to make correct decisions TO
avoid the necessity of an appeal; but with a
term of The Supreme Court every two or three
months, nearly every case would be 'sloshed
over by the lower courts tor the reason that
an appeal would he regarded as inevitable at
all events.
What other arguments have been offered
in favor of consolidation are So conclusively
answered by an intelligent lawyer in the
Chicago Times of Jan. 9th, that we copy
without further remark;
The project proposed of concentrating tho
sessions of the supreme court at one place
would give no relief, and would work some
Inconvenience. The time lost by the ludg yes
in travelling from one court TO another
amounts TO little, and furnishes recreation
from labor, conducive 10 health and vigor
ous thought At the present salaries The
judges cannot afford TO remove their home:
and BALD residences al the judicial centre
Such a change of the courts would be like
the turning over of n patient under fever
Ii is change, but brings no relief. tits quit,
convenience "a liGigInts and 10 the member:
| Of the bar TO Have the court within theii
reach.
Z Ii the sessions ofihc court be- changed, ant
j all the business of the court he required Il
be done at one place-,ha, place ought not b'
+ ChicagoNr Springfield. Tho supreme coul
ought 10 be- held AT some place where it vii
not be lost from the sigh, of the people IN ;
I great commercial or political centre.
Our court thus far has ever had the conf
dcnce OF the public A. 10 the purity OF 1t
judges. keeu il away from the surrounding
Of great commercial Interests and away from
the murkey waters Of political strife, and III
court will not only continue pure, but III
community will ever BE- able TO see its purity
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

That rascally democratic Governor OF Ar.
kansas. whom Tie powers ut Washington con.
Guided 10 let alone after srndry attempts 60
helioggizc that state, is practcing a kind OF
intimidation that would DO to try in Louis.
ana. Some days ago q document was for.
warded - Washington signed by 100 cSsrl
diers Of the union army complaining to
Aitorney General Williams of all sorts of
eC,ragcs and in'imidatIons by the "el rebels, =
ana asking io' troops. Gov. Garland hap
pened 10 get hold OF the docdment, and what
does this wicked copperhead governor do :
lie sends sheriff, with competent posse TO
hun; OF these 400 ex union soldiers and
BY subpenas compel them 10 go before grand
Jury and tell who 4; was that iniimIdatcd
ihem or threatened them with such horrors,
hat they may be promptly punished. Strange
60 say, the 100 ex-uni)n soidiers. instead
of promptly appearing and entering their
complaints, are skulklng away IN corners to
dodge these subpenas, and thus far not one
had ventured 20 swear to the document he 20
bravely signed Cor use Ia Attorney General
wiijams's outrage nil.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

The most comical literature Of the day is
that which we find In the "minor republican
Journals" in laudation of John A. Logan The
j diet San, Tor instance:
When matters of the gravcst and grandest
Importance are under consideration, the PEG.
pie OF the United States listen to no man in the
republic with more profound attention than
to John \. Logan. Logan is a lion in cri-
sis. He has demonstrated it more than once,
In the field, on the forum and on the floor of
the senate.
Considering how conspicuous failure Lo.
gan was as military man, and that, during
a critical period Of the war, he loafed for six
months around Washington with sore head
and further, as u member of the L. 5. senate
his hopeless ignorance and grotesque use OF
the Queens English have made him the
laughing stock of his compeers if not of the
whole country, the above sort of pufTery be
comes exceedingly funny.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

The army Ofthc | s. as the arbiicr ofknot.
ty legal questions Of local Significance, has
found appropriate work at NIcksburg The
negro sheriff Crosby having resigned, the ST..
pevisoEs ordered u new election, whcreupon
one fIanasan VAS elected. Gov Ames, how
ever, claimed that Crosby having resigned
under durcss, was still the legal sheriff, and
when flanagan, lsc new sheriff, went 20 Viclls
burg and took possession of the Office. GOV
Ames called ON Sheridan for a file ii L. 5
Dragons, who being furnished, IA Monday
speedily drove Flanagan out .. tie Office snd
re-ins,alled the fugitive Crosby This was Of
course a muri ,mpler way to DO the bushes.
than TO await Oh 'isiOn by tic coarts
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

The utter diabolism of Louisiana Kel
loggis shown in proclamation he has just
issued demanding return TO him Of all
arms belonging TO the state held by indiytdu-
ais. This is an exact repetition Of the out.
rage that provoked the September outbreak.
Then Kellogg, under pretence of hunting for
arms belonging to the state sent his ira in
bands among the white eaguers, who never
had any state arms, To take from them arms
they were reported to have received from the
north. The plan evidently now Is, when con
gress shall again have refused TO interfere in the
affairs of Louisiana and turned that unfortun.
ate people over TO the tender mcrcies of Sher.
idan and Kellogg, to send out the radical
train bands TO rob the whites of their arms
bought by their own money and which no
law can deprive a freeman of the right to own
and bear in time Of peace. The attempt they
hope will again provoke resistance, and then
the opportunity of Sheridan and Kellogg will
have come. The conservatives will be crush.
ed by the military power and Kellogg and
his harples will revel in the brutality of un.
checked license to plumber and crush
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23
FARMERS ASSOCIATION.

/ The Illinois state Farmers Association
met at Springfield on Tuesday and adjourned
on Thursday evening.
We have pretty full telegraph reports of til,
proceeding IN the Chicago dalics
The Association was called 10 order by lis
president, Mr.. Flagg, who made short
speech, congratulating the Association on the
interest the movement continued TO elicit. a
committee ON credentials was appointed and
reported 1876 delegates present, representing
about Al Counties
Mr. Smith, the Secretary, read Il long re.
port, in which he says there are about 900
oranges and as many farmers associations in
the state, with an average membership OF
about 10000. Financially, the association
is bankrupt the entire receipts of the year be.
ing but 81 ,Gj,.j1, all OF which has been eX.
pended, leaving the salaries Of the officers
amounting to $4,000, unpaid. The state pur,
chasing agency has been failure, the clubs
paying no regard to it.
A committee was appointed to visit the
Railroad Commissioners and Gov Beverldge
to enquire into the reason of their neglect to
enforce the railroad law with more vigor,
and to urge the plan adopted by Gov. Taylor,
of Wisconsin, of demanding obedience TO the
law by proclamation.
Most of the afternoon of the first days ses.
sion was taken up by a lengthy address from T.
II. Allen, master of the Missouri State Grange,
on:the distinctive features Of the Grange.
4 resolution endorsing the action of the
Independent members of the legislature was
adopted and inviting them to take seats in
the convention.
An Invitation from Gov. Beveridgc was
read and accepted 10 attend reception al the
executive mansion in the evening, and the
days proceedings closed with the reading of
a paper by Prof. c. c. Buell., on the relations
of labor and capital, which proved to be q
chapter Of political economy containing his
idea that stable currency WAS tke basis Of
poverty for the producing classes.
On Wednesday morning the convention re-
sumcd its session at 0 O'Clock The first res
olution adopted was one cOmplimenting Gov
Beycridge and his wife for appearing at the
reception last evening in plain, neat and
ATTIRE
Then J. 4. BryaAt Of Princeton, read q
paper upon The Powers OF the Government
IL was an argument against the Dartmouth
college dogma of the inviolabillty of corpora
ton charters
In the afternoon, Mr.. Smith made a speech
in favor of the Pennsylvania system of rails
ing revenue by licence instead OF taxing real
estate and personal property. Mr.. Washburn
combattcd his views, and then u running de-
bate followed, at he close of which Mr.
Smith resolution went the way Of some 20
others offered thus far,--to the committee on
resolutions
Nj VI. G. Fitzpatrick then read lengthy
paper III favor of free trade, which occupied
the time until evening.
The evening session was occupied by W
{. tlagg in lecture on The manner Of pro.
noting the interests Of the grange and clIb,'
and speech by Mr. Richard Trevelllck, OF
Detroit, ON the condition of the workingmen
On Thursday the Association adopted
some 20 odd resolutions, which we shall try
20 publish in our next
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

Inc legislature GfNgS HlOA@ fHtHcf slowly
with It's business, Speaker IIaines frally gol
hiShousc committees iived up last Saturday,
after announcing whtCA both houses virtu.
ally adjourned to the following Tuesday, al
though even on Tuesday the senate was still
without quorum. The house committees
rs arranged by the speaker, are quite salts
factory 10 the democrats and independents,
who get The best positions, while the rcpubli-
cans grnmble. Some of the leading chair
mansaips are rs follows
On Corporations Merritt, dem.
On Raliroads-Armstrong. dem.
On Narchouccs- Christie, ind.
On Commerce. Jack, ind.
On Financc-N iehoff, dem.
On Apr, priaiions-C onkrlte, dem.
On Prnitcniary-- Marsh, independent
On Municipal Afinirs-Hise democrat
On Rcvennc-Cummings, democrat
On Canal and River lmprOvements-Dunn
OF Cook, democrat.
Neither Hoffman or Spiccr, OF this county,
gets a craftsmanship, but Hofman's name APP
pears on three committees and Spicer's on
three.
The only bill thUs TAR that 5 in a fair way
Oh Il speedy passage Is ,,"' O senator Amt
zen, to refund taxes paid IN 1878 under the
s'"p law NC o"I enc N"''' "A''"7 "eo'oeo
the levy Illegal
Among the many bills already introduced
We notice the following by Mr.. Plumb:
D''' ~ "'ii0''' 'oe' 49, o. ''e "o' ''''o'i
ing cities and villages
D'i' - "'HV"" He'' ~ '""P' LIZ o' III"
VI h"S' az"
inc ""JeC' Vi 'l0 'o'nef o'-' Is = prevent
VI 'io'' Io' "'V' ''"' o''' - 'eN''"s
It's minus 10 TWO m'''S square lo' purposes Oh
."A"''ol' without Io"S'"l Oh MAJORITY o. '"e
'"i',' y" 'e'S H'"'nS within '''' 'V''''''! :
"N" " '"1 ''h'i " Il" NC ptE cent "A.cA II
Sha!l DC la"lUI l0F """"cFeIs OF road ana
"'Iusc iunus u charge
senator IasIe mas mace h!@se.' Fo!cHious
ny PiopoSlns oi!i 1oF II" SUBMISSION OF
conS"'uuoh"i anne nNh'eh' recognizing couN.
ties so as 10 make - ont OF the present 49,
INC fio"s8 on o".".u@y, NeeuiHS az asst
al. guessing e'e'A >"'-"AtIy eicHieu MIS-.
c1'l'e ~ springer o. the 4oEkVl!!e Aces, TO
mat once Nailie VIII 90 more WORK man
nan dozen Oh 'he ma'eiuooish 'hatN"s hereto
lore uSualiy he'a 'h"' po"lu'n'
ne mouse mas 'Euc'e0 d committee 10 IN
,es''s"'' ''l' s'a'e nouse BUSINESS III ""Ic"
''''c Is s",u - nave o''ii s"iie p'e''y sH"Ip
S''"i'"s' N' ''''.''ii'''' nav "s y'' only
co'iiiaenoeu "oiN' o"l SUING interesting Ue'el-
opnieh's an" "n'O'p''eu'
Heie - i!io'e'|cn' Va 'oo' WIN very
!a'i 'i"'h'9e0i succesS, 'o0NLhS 90 " change
III 'No iii"Nnei VI '"A"'ion ~ Is propose" 10
!"i9' 'l.' so"''"I i.'en"' " 'icenSe Iees ana
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23
nur Public Schools.

J;1t,y, F,,s T1o,ltr:-I am 4 parent and pa,
some $40 Ia year taxes to support our pubii'
s.bools have two schOlOrs TO send. One O.
them goes shout four hours q day and the uthc
.iy. The former is unable 10 put in full tim.
hecausc the school IS 80 fill that room must D,
mad. for other scholars. In some Of the wards
children can 20 bat three hours say, there De
iny scholars enough 20 lill rooms in the m0rnn-
with one set, aud in the JtternOlI With another
do no. know how flr ills doubling UP process
extends, hu, | am told il is necessary IN scycr1
wards Beside all the other rooms are full 8.
OVERLOOKING. ard an iH2isputaL'5 necessity aas
arisen foT more room. What ca0 nr done, NJ
the school rcyeIu, Ou- city can raise under &.
isting laws i. | sm told. come S23,oJ1 o; NEiyr
/, now takes SltcDc to pay teachers sud jsuiior'
lcay Ing bus $4,000 for fuel, incdenta.s. repair
g. Il il evident there can bc no talk Of build
ing new school houses, uy adding wing or siorir-
to present buildings. Ii seems 10 me. the onIh
present possible feasible way out Of the titi -u,N
: Tor The Board TO rent some suitable room:
large enough - accommodate a couple h-ndrti
scholars, or to bus some building already erected
on long time and easy terms. Evidently some
thing should DC done. As now conducted ou'
system j working Partially and injustice. y
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

!he Teadc! is directed to the prospectus
Of the St Louis RepljitcaN in another column.
We have so often expressed our high apprc,
citation Of the Republican as the most ably
conducted journal Of the Mississippi Valley
that Nc need not repeat it. |, is thoroughly
independent in politics and never hest
tates To tell the whole truth, whether it
makes or unmakes irit | or foe
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

One George Ullery was lynched at Urbana,
Ohio, on Monday, far committing arape upon
a little girl, under peculiarly atrocious cir
cumstances. Forty disguised men went tc
the jai! at o'clock in the morning, took HIM
out and hung him to tree IN the court house
NnrI
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23
THE STATE GRANGE.

The Illinois State Grange, which met last
week at Springfield adjourned after three
DAYS session on Saturday. It's proceedings
our readers arc aware, were mostly in secret
but such portions rs are of public concern
ment have been published Among these We
find as especially worthy of note the very sen
sible report of its committee on Transporta
ton, which was unanimously adopted by the
Grange.
The ideas maintained by this report are
certainly not such as were the most popular,
a year or two ago, with the mass of the hay
seed politicians, as those engaged in the tar.
mers' movement were called; but they are
nevertheless the deductions of sound primer
pie and good sense. While the Grange, as
thus given voice by its committee, is willing
to let the Illinois railroad law have fair and
full trial, and would change none of its pro-
visions hastily, it freely admits its distrust OF
the efficacy of too much rcgulative Legislation,
and expresses its greater confidence In more
railway competition as safeguard against
cxtortion The Grange, therefore, advises the
encouragement in all Legitimate ways, of the
building of railroads; but it denies as among
these legitimate ways the voting of municip'
al subscriptions or the voting of the peoples
land or money By congress in aid of railroads.
ave are not prepared says the report, "to
recommend IA subsidy to any railroad, how
ever well guarded may be its provisions
against fraud, or grabs, or Credit hObiliers;
but if such can be built by private enterprise,
we welcome them as tending to supply more
and thus tending to reduce
frcights to the seaboard"
The views Of the Grange are equally sound
and conservative in regard to waterways.
While millions arc annually expended in
building harbors, light houses, &c, on the
Atlantic coast, the Grange regard the western
ivcrs and great interstate water courses as
'qually worthy of national regard. 1t asks
or no wastcful expenditures for n great trans
continental canal like the Cumberland river
md SAVANNAH, or James river and kanawha
project, but thinks the improvement OF the
{eokuk rapids, the digging Of the Hcnncpin
md Rock Island canal, and the opening of
he mouth Of the Mississippi are proper OBJ
ects of national aid and concernmen as much
IS the improvement Of any harbor or inlet on
he Atlantic coast.
The report sets forth the advantages of
hlpping grain by way of the Mississippi and
he Cult. 1t argues that If grain can be sent
rom California, Egypt, Chill, and Burmah
IN long ocean voyages, during some of which
he equator is crossed twice, ii ought to be
bile to resist the bad air OF the Lower Mis-
issippi.
Neither this report, or any resolution of the
range, that we can see, is dsfgurcd by any
on the subject of cheap paper
Money or other similar bosh, and on the whole,
he State Grange, by its published record, has
howp itsclfto be composed Of sober, sensible
,vclhcadcd, sound thinking men
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

Mr. e. l.. Blanchard who last season IN
boring for water struek vein oil natural gas
has utilized the iluid bJ conveying IL INTO ms
house for light and heating purposes. 10y u
use he has dispensed with fuel altogether III
all parts Of the house, keeping an even TEN.
pcrature of90 degrees during The day, anu
reducing it ri 20 degrees at night his no
doEot must prove valuable acquisition II !,
holds opI-aud so confident is Mr.. Blanchard
of he beiuc inexhaustible that he would no;
take a thousand dollars for the well.-Ha.
fain N,,rS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

The Byron Mas says TIA, while yolRg
man was sinking an uld well near McIIenry
las, week, the sides cAved in and buried MN
sixty feet under the earth. His BODY was re-
covered amer forty-eighi hours digging
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

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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 TRAnER and Chicago Weekly Times S2 I5
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

n addition 10 the evening class u tie Ts'e-
graph Institute day class IS receiving iE-true
t.lus. Apply early.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

~. ig6 II grcts 20 perceive q manifestation
of illhumor IN the last Ottawa FREE TRADER
about the organization of TIE legislature.
Would the FREE TRADER have felt better if
Gullom had been elected Speaker, and Early
President of the SenG,o' IL 1t would, have
notthe FREE TRADER and the Tlt,.. Ocodn and
Journal come on the same platform g-E a9ps.
fricl Age.
The igc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23
Must have optics sharp, Tween,
TO see what never can bc seen -

The FREE TRADER il entirely satisfied with
the election of Haines to the speakership OF
the House. and of Glenn as President of the
senate, though in the division OF the spolls
between the democrats and independents il
may have looked a little Is IL the tail wag
gled hedog' The FEEE TRADER, however
is not conscious OF having either felt or ven
ted any "illhumor' ON the subject
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

The Illinois Press Association meets az
Springfield next week.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23

Warranted winter wheat Aour $500 per Aun
lrca pounds. a Woods Eagle MUS.
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The Steamer Australian.

During the September storm, which
proved so terribly disastrous all along the
Texas coast the West India and Pacific
Steamship Companys steamer Australian
was driven on shore near the mouth of San
Bernard river, forty miles south of Gal
weston, and it was believed that nothing
could prevent her becoming total wreck.
The wind drove her into shoal water, and
she settled deep in the sand, head on, where
there was only five or six feet of water.
After the storm an examination and sound
ings were made, and most men believed it
next to impossible to take her off, as it
would require an immense deal of dredging,
and an expenditure Of quite as much money
as the vessel was worth afloat A contract
was made with New York wreekIng COM
pany, and day before yesterday the Aus
tralian was. put to rights, and is now quite
ready to sail, having suffered very little in
jury. 1t is possible that she will come to
this port to repair.