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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

The newspapers are joking Delano merci
lessly over the claim in his letter of resigna.
ton to Grant that he was compelled to resign
the secretaryship of the interior on account
of the exhaustive labors" OF the position.
How Delano allowed tie labors Aforesaid 10
Exhaust" him is shown by the fact that dur
ing the four years he neld the office he was
away from his post just two years, one month
and seventeen days. The big city dailies
treat Delano's boast with demoniacal mock.
cry, and very plainly Intimate that his boast
ed fidelity exists nowhere else than in his
own vigorous imagination.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

MENDOZA RAcEs.-Commencing on the
2ist insi., Mendoza proposes TO have four
or five days siege OF the finest stallion races
ever setn in the west. The various premi-
ums or prizes offered exceed 5000 in amount,
besides which gold and diamond medal is
To I've given to the winner of The highest prize.
This medal is described as an exquisite piece
of workmanship. II measures three and a
half inches in diameter, Is quarter of an
inch thick, weighs about half pound, and
is made OF IS carat gold. The upper surface
contains a fac simiie of the tro,ting wonder
Sprague, in Jlsss-relieoo, surroun by dead
wreath of laurel aud oak in alto. reliero. the
petals Of the laurel and acorns of the oak
being set with diamonds. The reverse side
Is left blank for the name of the winner and
his owner, the date of the race, etc. Hun
dreds of the most noted stations in the conn
try have already been entered.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09
A HIDEOUs CRIME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Another hdeous crime resembling that
noticed in the FREE TRADRR last week as oc-
curing near Bclliontane, Ohio occurred on
Monday near Pembroke, New Hampshire.
handsome, intelligent, Interesting young
lady OF II years, named Josie Longmaid,
daughter of highly respectable citizen OF
Suncook, had left home in the morning for
school, having a mile 10 walk, part OF the way
through wood, to the Pembroke Academy.
Not returning in the afternoon, when IL also
became known that she had not appeared at
school that day, her family became alarmed,
and search was made for her by securing the
woods. AT s O'Clock In the evening the body
was found in the wood half mile from the
road, in clump of bushes, wi b the head en-
tlrely severed from the body The ground
and leaves for quite space around were STAIN
ed with blood. The clothing of the poor girl
were torn into shreds and her Undertaking
torn aud stained with blooj.. Her person
showed that she had been brutally ravished.
A few feet from the body was the hat, neatly
trimmed with flowers, which the rdered
girl had worn. The lining ON the right'sid
at the back had two large stains of blood
which seem to indicate that che had been
struck and wounded on the head. The head
was not found until next day, when it was dis.
covered ia the same wood, some distance from
the body, rolled up in the girls waterproof
The autopsy showed ? wound on the head
on each side some inches in length and cut
on the top. Three bones OF the right hand
were broken as If the hand had been struck
when vainly attempting to ward off blow.
On the right cheek there was q welldefined
imprint of q bootheel of medium size. There
was also cut on her cheek just in front of
the left ear that was probably made by some
sharp instrument. The head was cut of
clearly as If cut by large, sharp instrument.
The spinal column was severed between the
first and second vertebrae. 1t was the unani-
nous opinion Of the physicians that decapi.
tation was performed or begun before the girl
was dead.
Suspicion as to the perpetrator of this foul
crime rests on several. A young man named
William Drew has been arrested. He Is 90
years Of age, of dissolutc habits and gave
conflicting accounts of his Whereabouts on
the day of the murder A negro named
Charles Woods has also been arrested on sus.
piciOn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

1t was hoped this extraordinary body which
hitherto had won the reputation of being the
lrost sublime body Of ounces ever got togeth
el, would be able, at its last session, to rid
itself of some of the ridicule and odlum which
its predecessors had brought upon It, We
judge, however, by the following glance at
some of its work, which we find in the Chi
cago Journal, that they are still the objects OF
the foot Kellers amazing forbearance:
Let Macoupn county be taken as an illus
tratlOn--a county not surpassed in the State
for agriculture, and certainly as good as any
in its district. Its member has secured her
equalization at $3.50 per acre, while Madi-
son and st. Clair counties, In the same dis.
trict, are placed at $24 81 and 1924 per acre,
respectively.
Ia the Grlndy county district, also, we find
that Grundy cOunty-which has member,
is averaged at 1854 per acre, while VIZ
county, Immediately to the east, eroans under
an average assessment OF her lands at seq SO
per acre; Kendall county, on the north, under
500 per acre, and La Sale, on the west, under
$2320 per acre.
In Kankakee county, likewisC==the home
of the chairman OF the land committee-thc
land is equalized at $1l7O per acre, while in
Iroquois 1t stands at S145Oi IN Ford, at $14..
So; III Livingston, $l5.70$ in Marshal $l5.-
"a, and IN WoodfOrd *l601-ihe increase
gradually increasing, though in the same dis
trict, as the counties are located further from
the members couaty.
In McHenry one of the richest agricultur
al counties In northern Illinois, the people
will have to pay taxes for 1916 on an equal
lied valuation Of $l2 0S per acre, but in Kane,
a county in the same district, and immediate.
ly adjoining McHenry, the people are taxed
on a valuation of $23 per acre. 1t is need
less to say that the member of the district
comes from McHenry county.
Such illustrations as the above prevail all
through the State, from north to south, and
there is no excuse for il.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09
THE DEBTOR CLASS.

The usual plea made IN favor of further di.
luting a currency already II per CEN below
par is that justice to thedebtor class demands
it. tits years since greenbacks were cheap,
er than they are today. AS few debts are old.
er than that. what right have the debtor class,
who incurred debts when greenbacks were
worm 90 cents on tho dollar, to demand that
they shall be allowed to pay their debts in
greenbscks worth less than SO cents on the
dollarY
Who are the debtor class anyhow? Are
they the poor tien-the farmers, mechanics
and producers generally? Go to the banks
in Ottawa and you will find deposited there a
quarter of a million of dollars Who are the
depositors? The rich merchants, money
lenders and nabobs of Ottawa? Not much
Two-thirds of these deposits belong TO far.
mers, Go 10 the Savings banks, We have
but one in Ottawa, with perhaps $4,000 on
deposit.not a dollar of which belongs to a
wealthy man. In all the United States the
Savings banks have on deposit about 81, coo
100000. Dilute the currency so as to bring
greenbacks down TO IS cents on the dollar
and $l00,0OO0O0 of this sum, every dollar of
which belongs to the poor people, is sunk
stolen from them to help the debtor class"
There are in this county three millions of Ia
borers, -journ, ymen mechanics, artisans,
&c, to wLota their employers owe from $40
To $500 rach-in all perhaps $500 600, OO0
Dilute The currency 25 per cent and these
rcople-all more or less poor--lose, are rob-
bed of S75,000,00o by that act--to help the
"debtor class" Who are the debtor class
anyhow? In Chicago they are such poor men
as Potter Palmer, II. ii. Honore, J. Y. Scam.
mon, and that whole brood of real estate
sharks, board of trade scxlpers, commission
men, &c, &c. Are the poor Savings banks
depositofs, journey,nen machinis,s, tailors,
slocmakers, &c, &c, 30 be robbed to help
such CLASSY Let as hear no more about d.
luting the currency to help the debtor class
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

II turns otas everybody anticipated. The
negotiations for the purchase of the Black
Hills from lie Indians have failed and the
commissioners are on their way home. The
Indian rings, hsf,breeds and legions of other
karpies thSt hatg around the Indians and
rob them Of morethan half they get from The
government, saw il the Black Hills a chance
for 50 zig haul that they put up the price
To tee times what the commissioners dared TO
osr. The government will never bring the
p,dians TO reasonable terms until II banishes
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

Presi lent Grants trumpery, at the auction
s,le on his stock farm near ST. Louis on Fri
d,y Of last week, brought such discouraging
prices that the president has hardly been able
to sober up since. Young IIambleton,
yeas old, a stallion, was knocked down for
500 A fine double team sold for $3.50 said
TO hive been bid in for the President. The
trotthg mare Bessie Knox, for which the
President paid $1,000, brought 5000. Anoth
err troting mare, Belle Of St. Joe, was bid in
for G0eral Grant for 1000. The mare Ficks
burg, idden by General Grant at Vicksburg,
was Knocked down FOR $50. About dozen
brood hares, mostly ,horoughbreds, sold from
Si5 to 80. The thoroughbred mare Flora,
4 yearsold; sold for 1885,. A Frolic well.
bred yesling brought 1902 The mare La
Idy Morgn one of team for which the Pres.
ident pai' $500, brought only S425O The
stallion Gaymore, formerly known as Peace
maker, wa knocked down for $4,000, unde'-
stood to hare been bid in Tor Ges. Grant
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

The Ottawa FREE TRADER has been ex.
aiming the Democratic platform of Ohio and
Pennsylvania on the currency question, and
finds that, like that Of the La Lalle County
platform Of the same party on which the FREE
TRADER stands, they mean indefinite Initiation.
-Ottdua Republican.
The FREE TRADER found nothing of the
kind, as the very next paragraph in the Re,
publican, where II copies from the FREE IRA.
DER, shows.
There is something certainly very notable
and curious about all these modern platforms.
close and critical examination of the Ohio
democratic and Ohio republican platfo' IN,
Of the Pennsylvania democratic and republi.
can platforms, and the platform Of both par.
ties in New York and Massach usetts, for that
matter, shows that the difference between all
of them on the financial question is absurjly
micrOscopical, All protest stoutly IN favor
Of d currency tina, shall be on par with gold,
and all protest with equal vehemence again st
any issue of paper money beyond the wants
OF trade" Is there sane man of any party
in the country that don't want paper money
enough 10 meet tue wants of trade ~
The republicans want the additional cur.
reucy, if needed, land the demand for new
national banks is neir measure Of tina, need
to consist of national bank bills tn Demo.
Gratis want less national bank paper and more
greenbacks. lf there is any other difference
between all these platforms, We fail 10 see 4,
The real imitation party is the Horace Day
". Is. Kelly faction, who advocate the bottom
less scheme Of i'redeemable paper iniercon
vcrtible with irredeemable s:65 government
bonds; but neither the democrats or republi
miles Of endorsing that nonsense.
The political excitement in Ohio arisei
from causes that lie deeper ,hsa the currenc,
question. The rc,tenrcss Of Granilsm Is q
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

A few weeks ago mention was maze OF
immense swarms of grasshoppers Passing
over this state in a southeastern direction, en-
tering.the state in the vacancy:of joe DIvess
and Carroll counties and passing out over
Vermilliou and Edgar counties. But where
d;d thew ulipbt? They mast have struck
Kentucky in the neighborhood of Louisville,
Int after crossing Illinois The newspapers gave
mn further trace of them. Did they lose
in the mountains Of Kentucky or
Virginia, or did they pass clear over into the
Atlantic?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09


AWATERsroUT.-On of these phehoh1eha,
less rare In mountainous regions than IN The
low, fat prairie countries, occurred On the
lI,h ut. ar Los Cruces, in New Mexico. The
spout suddenly appeared mile back of
town, and before the people had t:tne to COM
preksud the danger, it was upon them
The tall dark columns composed of water
and dust approached with such velocity that
in less than ten n inutes from the time OF its
observance, and before $40 worth ofpersonal
property could be saved by any one of the in
mates, sixtythre houses had been hurled to
the ground. The streets were soon covered
to the depth of four nr FIVE feet with water,
and the current was of such great strength
that boulders of large size and corresponding
weight were carried away. Two hours after
a rain fell in torrents and continued several
hours. In all the wreck and ruin of falling
houses and rashing waters strange to say,
not single life was lost. On Sunday the en-
tire population were out repairing damage,
US much as possible in order that the home
less might be housed and cared for The
work was kept up on Monday, and eve rybody
began to look cheerful, when at 4 O'Clock
another waterspout made It's appearance, az
the exact spot at which its Predecessor was
first noticed, and came ON with equal celebrity
Sixteen houses fortunate enough TO escape
the previous visitation we're tumbled down
and their contents destroyed. This flood last
ed three hours. The damage done by these
floods will figure up $4,000 at the least CAL
culation. Four of the houses destroyed were
valued at from 5000 TO $4,000 each.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

San Francisco held high jubilee on Satur
day of last week over the resumption Of bus
mess by the Bank Of California. There wa'
big crowd around the bank all day, bands
of music were present, more money was dc
posted than was drawn out, thousands o
bottles of California via" were guzzled, snC
generally there was big tune. The banl
had suspended just dit eight days. nobody
had lost a cent By Il, and no panic had resul
led
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

The famous trotting mare American Girl
owaed by VIM. Lowell, of New York, and
worth $25, 900, fell dead in her tracks at Elmi
"a, N. Y, last week. She was 10 years old
and entered the race, as was supposed, in the
best possible condition. She had started in
the race calamity, leading at the first turn,
when all at once she gave out and staggering
forward an eighth of milo further, fell dead
at the quarter pole.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

Leland, who is about to open The Palace
Hotel IN San Francisco, said to be the finest
hotel in the world, has found an unexpected
use for the magnificent country palace of the
late Prince Ralston. He proposes to open II
as rural adjunct of his big hotel in town,
and has taken long lease of it tor that pur
pose. The palace" is 25 miles out of town
and Is reached by beautiful macadamized
road. as well as by railroad.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

The city school board of Chicago last week,
by unanimous vote, decided to Danish the
bible from tho public schools. Tha move
mcn,, which ia Cincinnati and other places
had formerly nearly led to rio'ous outbreaks,
caused not even a ripple in Chicago. "The
wickcdest city on the continent could vote
the bible out Of her churches and two'thrds
of her people wouldn't know that anything
uncommon had happened
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

ANOTHER HUGE DEFALcATIoN.-Ilis name
is Pinncy, and he was clerk Of the navy pay
master at San Francisco, and a very ac,iv
radical politician. lie gets away with The
trifling sum of one million of dollars.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

Railroads are getting so cheap that the
time NAV come when no we'll regulated man
can afford to be without one. The Chicago
Post and Mail instances the sale of one in
Michigan at auction the other day for thou
sand dollars. But as to the declaration OF
the same paper that there are some IN WIS
consin, where the Potter Law reigns, that are
glad to pay a man to take and operate them
we are not so certain. ...
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

A few weeks ago Mr.. John Hattenberg, near
Lisbon, while working around a corn shelter
on his place, had his coat sleeve caught in thu
cog wheels in such manner us TO draw hi.
arm in, resulting in tearing the flesh and mus
Gle off clean TO the bone above the elbow He
suffered greatly from the fearful laceratior
until finally modification came on and ter
minated his life last Wednesday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

The L. S Supreme Court has just rendered
a decision in the case Of Virginia L. Minor,
nc, VS.. Rees Hsppcrsett, taken up from Mis-
souri,, that women ate not entitled TO the cleo
tive franchise under the late amendments 10
the constitution OF the United States. The
court decide that le amendments have Nj
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

1t is pitiable exhibition of the exgencie;
of party drill to find the Joliet san, which
year ago enthusiastically endorsed all A
Campbell's paper money decisions, now talk
ing about him as "as crazy as ever on the
subject of national finance"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

President GRAFT had got as far West On hi:
overland trip last Sunday ms Salt Lake City
in Utah. He was met at Ogden by the Gov.
ernor Of Utah, by Brigham Young and host
of government as well as Mormon dlgnita
making a speech IN the big Mormon Taber
nacle on Sunday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

Ia SALE held her municipal election last
Tuesday, aud though politics cut no figure
In the fight, the contest over the mayoralty
was a close and animated one. Our old
friend Jimmy Duncan came GU, ahead, being
reelected by 81 majority, though he had +
w. haithiesson for M opponent. with the
whole force Of The zne zssrks Ia lack hr4.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

observer" the horse raised at Earlyile,
and now owned by Mr.. Jacobs, OF Kendall
county, ran for purse of 81 500 at Dayton,
Ohio, on Monday and won it, beating Fred
Hooper aod "Mollie Morris" Time 2 :S3;
.30I5; 2:211s.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

PUBLIC DEBT.-The public debt statement
for Oct. Ist. shows total national debt at that
date, less cash in treasury, $9,l22 4GG, 1926
Decrease during September, $3,342 ,562 Gold
in treasury, $87, S33,3i6.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

\ reporter of the Aurora Bedc5n, who at
tended the Kane county fair at Elgin last
week, says /, was the slimmest affair of the
kind he had ever seen.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

The village of streator is now lighted by
gas. As coal costs nothing there, and the
coke will pay for :nsriug The gas, the article
oueht TO be cheap ia that town.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

The IVtN County Courier, the organ OF the
Patrons of Husbandry and Industrial classes
generally OF that county, is unable to see the
perlinence or sense of committing the indus
trial classes, as political party or faction, to
the support of the financial delusions of the
splritualist lunatic Horace Day, or the high
tariff lunatic W.D. Kelly OF all schemes
to rob the industrial classes, and particularly
the Western farmers, a deprecated paper cir
culation has always proved the most effective.
The Courier hits the nail on The head in say
ing, "Instead of supporting specie contrac-
ton and high interest We are in favor of spe-
Gle expansion and low interest" The only
countries in the world where low interest
prevails are those dixie Germany, France
and EnglaHd) in which the specie basis is
steadily adhered to,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

- d as.
The Ward will case at Detroit is bringing
out some curious facts When Z. d. Ward
died, a year or so ago, he left fortune that
amounted to millions. but SO strangely dis.
posed of in his will as to leave most of his
nearest relatives out in the cold. The pres
ent proceeding Is TO break the will on the
ground that the man was not OF sound mind
when he made IT, The testimony thus tar
shows that for the last half dozen years of his
Ilite, Ward was largely Influenced in his bust
ness as well as all other matters by the adj
vice of spirits, and that he was indeed thor
oughly and to an insane degree under the
splritualistic delusion. He not only engaged
in large mining enterprises under spiritual
guidance, but made his will under such dc
tatlon, his medium, on that occasion, being
the noted Margaret (Kane) Fox The decis-
ion of the court will involve the point whe,h-
er man who yields himself up to such de-.
fusion can be called sane, aud, is thus ono Of
intense interest to that class of fatuists
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

The mystery Of the appointment to place
in the cabinet by President Grant of man
so utterly unknown in politics as George
Dawson Coleman, is partially cleared up.
A few mouths ago, when GRAFT passed
through Pennsylvania, he happened 10 stop
at lebanon and was entertained by Coleman.
The entertainment was so priucely, dnd Cole
man displayed such engaging social quail
ties and furthermore made Grant such a roy
al present of Holstein cattle, just imported.
that the President was completely cap,ivated.
OF course nothing but seat IN the cabinet
could adequately reward such princely hos
pitality. The case of Coleman is full of in
struction to thoughtful wealthy men who
have high political aspirations.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-09

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Independent Reform Nominations
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.,TrAwA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY OCTOBER 9, 1875.

or kills off the white rih.raff that hangs
around them