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A DISGUsTED MONITOR.
have won

Ever faithful true to its party, 10 these ten
years, has stood the Streator Monitor, wheth
er in good or evil report, whether to back up
Credit Mobilier thieves or the whisky ring
the monitions of that sheet have ever been tC
stick to the party But even the dociity
party swashbucklers and drillmasters of this
district commanded its editor
to support p. &. Hayes. us thy servant q
dog that he should do this thing!" implicitly
responds the aroused Monitor.
1--WE do not know of any reason why we
should" says the indignant editor:
What has Mr.. Hayes done that should com
mend him to our support We are aware OF
the fact that very many good men in both
parties claim certain code of political NOR
ais BINDS US to stand by the party nomina'
tons. To this, we say that King Caucus is
too rapidly already destroying and sapping
the foundations OF honest American politics
To have taken from US by any such process
the privilege of choosing between two men
running for any office, Is thing we are not
quite ready To agree TO. We propose to
choose between HIM and our present mem
Der, Alexander Campbell. and if our judg-
ment says Mr.. Campbell will and can serve
the people better than Gen. Hayes can, then
you must excuse us if we do not shout for
Mr.. Hayes.
In the first place Mr.. Campbell has won
the name of an Independent by his bold and
hostility TO the demands OF
the money power of the Eastern States and OF
Europe and of Canada. lie has sdded lusre
To his reputation by refusing to caucus with
any party. Mr.. Campbell has shown himself
to be cousummate debater, by the manner
In which he replied to Gen. Garfield when
Garfield defended the decentralization of sill
yer. That speech alone ought TO commend
Mr.. Campbell TO the good will OF the Ameri'
can people.
Such a man we like.
What has Mr.. c. done that is wrong
what more, or better, has Mr.. Hayes done
Why make changer Mr.. Campbell stands
well with the laboring classes wherever
known. Mr.. Hayes has no standing at all
except that he belongs to the Republican
party.
What does this stampede of the Monitor
amount to' 1t amounts TO this,-that S,rea
tor, which is usually deba,able ground be
tween the democrats aud republicans. will
give Campbell 800 majority. That's all.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

SO full and exhaustive was Judge SinnCts
exposure of the campaign talsehood started
by the New York Times in regard to Gov
Tilden making false income return in 1868
that the Times itself is compelled to correc,
its mlsstatments. But while making this en-
forced admission, the Times finds fault with
Tilden for refusing to make any income re-
turn after 1868, but allowing the assessor to
guess at it. In reference 10 this complaint
against Tilden the Boston Herald, a conser
vstive republican paper, says:
Mr.. Alpheus Hardy's reputation as mer
chant and Christian seems never to have
been furnished by the fact that he has pre-.
ferred that the assessors should guess the
amount of his income rather than give in his
own schedule under oath and that most high
toned of all the apostles Of reform, Wendell
Phillips, has not scrupled to withhold from
the tax levying officials the amount of his in
come and the sources whence 1t was derived.
Even our own honorable and upright chief
magistrate, Governor Rice, has thought pro-
per to follow Mr.. Tildens example and re.
frain from making any leturn OF personal
estate and income.
The truth is, the income tax law was such
a crude and incomprehensible tumble that
few high minded, conscientious men, after
1868, cared to swear that any return they
could n axe under 1t was compliance with
the law, and therefore let the assessor, IN
strict compliance with the law, guess at their
incomes
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

L. s. Tyler Secretary of the American AL
lance, writes to the New York Times as fol.
lows:
81 wish TO correct some Of the mistakes in
the letter which was published in the World,
Sun, etc, on Wednesday, as coming from
Gov. Hayes Secretary
al Governor Hayes never was a member
of the American Alliance.
80 lie never saw the constitution or by
laws of the organization.
"3 No committee of this order ever, at any
time, called on him, either at Columbus, Phlla-
delphia, or any other place, for any purpose"
Norris Herald.
This L. S. Tyler, Secretary, &c, On the
publication of Hayes letter last August ac-
ceptng the nomination of the Alliance and
expressing sympathy" with its objects, was
promptly removed for his carelessness in al
lowing the letter TO get into tie newspapers,
upon which he Immediately sailed for Eu-
rope where he still remains. The above let
ter, purporting to have been written by him,
is proved to be a forgery, and the Republican
National Committee, of which Zach. Chan
dler is the head, is proved to have committed
this base and deliberate forgery, aud their ly.
ing organ, the New York Times, was base
enough 10 promulgGte il.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

When John A. Logan makes that promised
speech at Ottawa, we should like to have him
tell us what he thinks of old John Brown, one
of the deified heroes of his party. In 1850
while In congress, he talked Of him pleasantly
as follows:
what further DO these gentlemen of the
North, who are talking here SO much, and
Boosting in reference to their constitutional
obligations? | ask you TO tell me In refer
ence to this Harper's Ferry foray OF John
Brown? In Illinois, in the state from winch
Icame-in CLicago-there was a sympathiz-
ing meeting held IN favor of John Brown,
and ministers of God, or pretended ministers
of God, attended the meeting and passed reso-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

The republicans had a monster demon
stration at Mendoza last week, John A. Lo
gan, p. C. hayes, &C., being among the
speakers. The meeting, however, was nearly
a failure. \ dispatch to the Chicago papers
says:
There was respectable attendance, though
not as large as was anticipated. A BILE eff
fort at a street demonstration proved a iall
ure. Mr.. Crooker's speech, towards the close
of the evening, into which he introduced sew
eral witty anecdotes, reused the audience to
a consciousness that the meeting was about
over, and dispelled the sleepy gloom that pre-.
vailed throughout the evening.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

Is there state in this Tilden column about
which there can be possible doubt? On the
other hand, is Hayes sure Of all the states in
his column-South Carolina Illinois, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and
Michigan for instance! No reasonable man
can glance at these columns, but must see
that the battle Is over and Tilden and Reform
have won
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

Somehow Long John Weutworths politi.
cal ventures. Of late years, don't pan out as
they used TO. He wants desperately to 60
hack to. congress, and TO give him claim on
tie party for support he recently hired hall
and abused Tilden to the full capacity Of his
lungs for two hours. The result Of "this ere
little maneuvrc'' was that John captured a
nomination for the state board of equaliza
iionl That and nothing more.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14
COL. A. B. SMEDLEY.

Past Master of the Iowa State Grange and
now Lecturer of the National Grange, will
address the people of Ottawa at the Court
House on Monday evening, Oct. 10TH Mr.
Smedley is an able and eloquent speaker,
and will deliver speech eminently worth
listening to- Let him have full housed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14
'oTrA VA FREE DER SATURDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1876.

is a question which Charles Francis Adams
thus answers IN his letter to the Ohio Demo
cratic executive committee:
mo wonder that all the ferocity of the
wolves and tigers who feed upon the ofal of
the public CRIB should be vented on him.
Their passion only goes to prove the justice
of their fears; the very fact Of their virulence
should be, IN the mind of calm observers, the
most convincing proof of the wisd ON of the
chOlCen
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

The trouble about the Rockford, Rock Is
land and ST. Louis Railroad, which was re
Gently sold at auction under mortgage to It's
German creditors, has ended in the purchase
of the road by the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Company. y good thing for The road
whatever it may be for its late stockholders
and creditors.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14
THAT AWKWARD SQUAD"

AS with their utmost efforts il had been
found impossible, by the Grant followers in
Ottawa, to buy or coax a dozen of genuine
soldiers TO attend the big so.called soldiers
reunion summoned by Morton e. Co. to
meet at Indianapolis four weeks ago in the
interest Of whsky-thieving and thlrd.term-
ism, so 1t was douby narrowing TO them to
see, on few hours notice, large company
OF veterans promptly at hand last week to at
tend gathering at indianapolis n honor of
Democracy, Tilden and Reform There was,
in the estimation of creature like Cullen,
no way to parry such a stubborn and unpleas.
ant fact, except to abuse and villify the sol.
diers and call them sham soldiers and dead
beats. Accordingly in last weeks Ottawa
Republican that line of tactics was adopted.
With shameless indecency and mendacity
the forty or fifty veterans who took the cars
at Ottawa for Indianapolis were characterized
as "a disgrace to the name of soldiers" an
awkward squad Of men and boys, of whom
not one:ftM had ever smeled POWDER" who
had borrowed their discharge papers," &C.,
&c. Now there Is no use In stopping to BAN
dy words with this BLACKBOARD, but to show
who it Is that he thus maligns, we give list
of such names as we have been able hastily
to gather of the dead BEATS who constituted
this awkward squad" that went TO Indiana
polls to disgrace the name of soldiers"
Most Of these names are familiar to all our
citizens, and will be recognized as belonging
to some of our most respectable business men,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

The soldiers at Indianapolis sent a shot
right through the bulls eye when they declar.
ed "that the assumption that the union was
saved by party and not by the whole people,
irrespective of party, is false, slanderous, and
unpatriotic; that It discredits the living and
dishonors the dead, and we solemnly renounce
the assumption
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

Dir. james Henry, of Pontiac, H., Peter
Cooper statesman. is plying us with a series
Of circular letters in which he is laboring to
demolish "this fraud called the constitution
and the declaration of independence" We
were not aware before that Cooperlsm ran in
ihat direction.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

Says the Mendoza Mons "Uncle Johnny
Hoffman, farmer living 3 miles east of Men
dota, has been having some bad luck lie
lost within three days last week, seven head
Of fine young cattle, with what Mr.. Whitney,
the Veterinary Surgeon of Meriden, says is
the black leg"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

The savage spirit with which the republi-
cans assail Gov. Tilden. recognized even by
themselves IA few months ago as one of the
ablest and boldest reformers, and one of the
most upright men in the country, is one ofthe
most discreditable phases in this canvass.
Why they should thus defame anG assail him
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

The democrats Of st. Joseph, Mo-, had a
Tilden meeting the other night, and during
the speaking a voice was heard to cry out
"Hurrah for JEFF Davis!" The fellow was
knocked down and taken from the crowd.
The next morning one Of Grants postal clerks
had black eye and SCARED cheek
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

IL Is amusing TO see an old knownolhing
try to keep his face straight when he says
Hayes was not and is not know-nothing be
cause he says so. When the whole republi-
can party wss merged into that Infamous
organization which appealed TO the prejudi.
ces of the na,ive-born population, who ever
heard one of them confess 20 heing member :
PifLsbnrqh Post
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

IL admit" says Jerry Black, 1.-THE posses
sion by Hayes of that negative honesty which
it is a disgrace to want, but that will enable
him no more TO stem the torrent of republi.
can corruption than to swim against the cur
rent of Niagara. HIS whole history shows
that he would not even make an effort TO do
So He has been most happily called man
cf tried subServiency.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

Mr.. Jay Gould, the Omaha Herald says,
authorizes the statement that the Union Pacl.
&c Railroad Company will build railroad
10 the Black Hills next year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

There were others, whose names we have
been unable to secure. or course, there were
some civilians In the company at Indianapo-
lis, but not one of them, either on the way or
there, pretended TO be a soldier or at any
time marched In line with the soldiers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

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mechanics, &C.:
glitter III on the left side; sometimes the
rises ia, is felt under tie shoulder blade, ;
lay into it frequently extends to the top
lobe on the shoulder, and is sometimes
= p Tn no,e. taken for rheumatism in the
my, and The stomach rs affected with los,
coon be appetite and sickness; the Dowe,
nent be- general are costive, sometimes a!
raise native with lax the head is trout
}, q. crowd mVS with pain, accompanied with c
from be. heavy sensation in the back !
er long There is generally considerable
Govern. ofmemory, accompanied witha 7
loIt any any full sensation of having left unt
p pc something which ought to have
ing but a done. A slight, dry cough is Sc
the high times an attendant. The pa
.ent at ,t the complains ofweariness and deDl
Iins o away ,ss he is easily startled his feet are
II, sheets s or burning, and he complains
liers from prickly sensation of the SKIN
surface of spirits are low; and although,
g roughly satisfied that exercise woulo DC
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WILLIAM T. CooLBAuGH, OF Cook County.
WILLIAM j. ALLEN, Of Jackson County.
BY DISTRICTS;
1st District-THcMAs HoYNE.
I'D 5. 5. HAYES.
Sd " -ARNo Voss.
4th THOMAS B. COULTER.
9Th W. c. GREEN.
9Th " JAMES S. ECKELs.
7th /" GEORGE B. MARTIN.
Sth &C. W. BULLOCK.
9th L W. JAMES.
10th j. W. DAVIDSON.
18th Z" W. G.. EWING.
10Th " CHARLES A. KEYEs,
18th &C. A. ROBERTS.
14th 4" %. b. FICKLIy.
18th " R. y. BISHOP.
10th. 4" j. j. PHILLIPS.
nth &C. A. WALKER.
18th j. P. JOHNSON.
18th I" j. NJ. CREBs.
FOR GOVERNOR:
LEWIS STEWARD,
OF Kendall COUNTY.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
ARCHIBALD A. GLENN,
OF BROWN COUNTY.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE;
S. Y. THORNTON,
OF FULTON COUNTY.
FOR AUDITOR OF STATE:
JOHN HISE.
OF COOK COUNTY.
FOR STATE TREASURER:
GEORGE GUNDLACH,
OF CLINTON COUNTY.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL:
EDMUND LYNCH,
or LOGAN COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS:
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.
FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION,
j. G. ELwOOD.
COUNTY TICKET.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
GEO. W. ARMSTRONG.
CHARLES L. HOFFMAN.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK
CHARLES II. r. THOMAS.
FOR RECORDER:
WILLIAM l.. GIBSON,
PoR COUNTY ATTORNEY:
Z. j. WALL.
FOR SHERIFF:
CHARLES A. FERGUSON.
FOR CORONER:
RR. q. w. REYNOLDS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14
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. 81. 10
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
~- FOR PRESIDENT:
SAMUEL j. TILDEN,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
OF INDIANA,
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

AT LARGE:
WILLIAM T. CooLBAuGH, Of Cook County.
WILLIAM j. ALLEN, OF Jackson County,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

FOR CONGRESS:
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.
FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION;
J. G. ELWOOD.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-11

Mr.. Carl Schurz was called upon at his
residence by reporter, who, having re
Gently seen some paragraphs attributed to
Mr.. Schurz quoted by the papers, thought
that gentleman might be willing to give
him for publication his views on the
present condition of national politics in
general and on the prospects of the coming
presidential election in particular. Mr.
Schurz replied that he did not know what
newspaper paragraphs were attributed to
him, but it must in every case have been a
mistake, as he had not written single
word for any newspaper since. his father S
death, about seven weeks ago, having been
able only to carry on the most necessary
correspondence with his friends. He did
not appear willing to express any opinion
on the political situation at length, observ-
ing merely that he thought the candidate
most clearly Unidentified with the cause
of pure government and practical reform
would have the strongest popular support
and that if the American people had al
heart the good name of the Re
public and the stability of theil
institutions, they would readily see
that under present circumstances they
could not afford to elect a man to the
presidency whose name was not. at home
and abroad, recognized as true embodi
ment of the reform cause. N TTrtbune
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-11
DISHONEST BANK TELLER.
He Absconds With Portion of the Stolen
Money.

New YORK, April ll.-John Seal, one
of the tellers of the Security Savings
Bank, has been discovered to be a de.
faulter to the amount of $4,000, The
bank is being wound up by receiver anG
the discovery was made through the
settlement of depositors' accounts for pay
ment of dividend. Seal has been EN-
ployed in the bank since 1872 and hi.
frauds continued Systematically through
all this time. When the discrepancie.
were discovered in the bank, but before
suspicion of him had arisen, he finished
up by taking $500 more aud absc1ndeG
with that sum, and about 81 200 belougin.
to parties not connected with the bank.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-11
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
SoHENCK's PULMoNIC SYRUP,
SCHBNCK's SEA WEED Tonic,

SCHENCK's MANDRAKE Pills.
Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
Consumption.
Frequently medicines that will stop cough will
occasion the death of the patient; they lock up the
liver, stop the circulation of the blood, hemorrhage
follows, and in acthey clog the action of the very
organs that caused the cough,
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia arc the causes
of Two thirds of the Cases OF Consumption. Many
persons complain of dull pain in the side, con-
stipation coated tongue, pain in the shoulderbade
feelings OF drowsiness and restlessness, the food
lying heavily on the stomach, accompanied with
acidity and belching up Of wind
These symptoms usually originated from disor.
dered condition of the stomachior a torpid liver.
Persons so affected, II they take one or two heavy
colds, and il the congh in these be suddenly
checked, will find the stomach and liver ciogged
remaining torpid and inactive, and almost before
they are aware the lungs are mass of sores, and
liberated the result of which is death.
Schencks Pulmonic Syrup is an expectorant which
does not contain opium or anything calculated &c
check cough Suddenly.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the food
mikes with the gastric juices of the stomach aids
digestion and creates o ravenous appetite
When the bowels are costiye, skin sallow, or tht
symptom otherwise of q bilious tendency ,Schenckh
Mandrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared only by
j. H. SCHENCK & SoN
NE corner Sixth and Arch. SITS. Phila.
And are for sale by all druggists and dealers
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-11
CHICAGO WHISKY CASES.
WARD SHOWS UP AND GIVES BAIL
The Frysingsr Case Gone to the Jury.

CHICAGO, April ll.-In the U. S. court
this morning Hon. j. ID. Ward appeared
and plead not guilty of the charges against
him for whisky frauds and gave bail in
$4,000,
Philip Wadsworth ex-collector of in
ternal revenue also plead not guilty.
Mr.. Boutell for the government con-
cluded his argument in the Frysinger and
Severns case and the Judge, with brief
charge, gave the case to the jury with in-
structions to deliver sealed verdict.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-11

JUST THE WEATHER FOR Young
Ducks, but very bad for consumptives
and people predisposed to pulmonary
weaknesses; to all such the spring season
is very trying, and great care should be
taken to keep the body dry and warm, aud
all irritations of the throat and bronchial
tubes allayed at once. The soothing prop
critics of Goes Cough Balsam render it
the consumptlve's best friend, while all
recent cases very readily yield to its cura-
tive power. 1t is pleasant, safe, sure and
cheap.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-11
A. r. STEWART.
His Funeral to be on Thursday,

New YORK, April 1.-THE Post says
the funeral services of the late A. I. Stew.
art, take place at st. Marks church,
Thursday morning next, Bishop Potter Of
fciating. The following gentlemen will
act as pail bearers: Ex-Governor Dix,
Ex-Governor Morgan, Judge Henry E.
Dawes, Judge Noah Davies, Chief Justice
@. p. DAILY, Charles II. Russell, Robert L.
Stuart, Royal Phelps, j acob D. Vermilyea
VIM. Libbick, VIM. Nj. Evarts, Pete,
Cooper, Stephen Wray and Francis Cot
tenett.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-11

EARTH CLOSETS. The Wakefield earth
closet is said to be the great blessing of
the 18th century by those who are SO for
tunate as to possess enc. They are not in
tended for invalids alone, many a family
in robust health use them in preference to
vile privy with obnoxious odors enough to
knock strong man down, much less a
weak woman. The secret of their emitting
no odor lies in the fact that the earth with
which the vessel is filled is deodorizeI
and destroys at once all offensive odors
They are portable, and coming into genera
use. In the sick room they are an indis
pensable article of furniture. Dubuqa.
| Herald.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-11
Rodman Avenue Switch.

The Moline Plow Co.. has at last sac
cee5ed in getting permission from the city
to lay a switch on Rodman avenue, contr-
ary to the wishes of large majority of
our citizens. The fact that the council
voted : ayes to l nay, on the passage of
the ordinance, does not indicate the senti
ment of the public, as it is well known
that the eloquence of Mr. Lobdell, and
his woeful picturings of the result of a
refusal to grant the right of way. accomp-
lished the work handsomely for the Plow
Co. During the debate Mr.. Lobdell be-
came quite excited and in long harrauguc
depicted the utter dependence of Moline
and bow utterly impossible it would be for
the citizens to live or the community to
exist without the Moline Plow Co. Then
Alderman Grantz was bullied by Lobdell
because he (Lobdell could nci force OF
JrO,obeat Grantz into an acceptance of the
views of the switch advocates. Tue whole
affair was an act in direct opposition to the
wishes of the people. A switch along
Main street would be acceptable 20 the
community, except perhaps Deere & Co.,
VIII oppose it on grounds Of self interest
| Alderman Grantz deserves credit for the
! plncky manner in which he has oplnsed
this measure irom its inception, and his
course will Mt 81 unappre>iat al the polls.