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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-28


S,TAI' Il - T. lLIsINpIS. la SALE Co.'S
y IN The circuit count thereof 20 OctOJr Tern" -. 1876
IN CbIUcsTV.
William Moore, IT,. r.. Louisa L. Msorc.
Il appearing from affidavit file in the office or the
clerk OF said court that said defendant Loulsa L. Moore
not pdent OF said state and said complainant having
nled her bill complaint In said court the chancery
side thereof on 18th day OF september A'd herein
and summons having been Issued thereon according Ia
law.
Notice therefore hereby given to said defendant Lousa
l. Moore that unless shall personally be and appear be
court at said term thereof TO be held he Court
HOUSE Ia Ottawa In said county on the second Monday o
October next 1876 when and where sad summonsis re-
turnahe and plead demnr or except 10 said Dill
the same will he confessed agalhst you aud The
CHARLES II. HOOK, CLERK.
VI. 7. MoLoSEY. Solicitor. sepD+w
EINAI. SIST'|ELE;Ns r. NI'.-ksrArg Oh
all interested In said estate That The undersigned
Administrator, with cory Of viii annexed OF the state oil
said Abhe Gsow Ceessed will appear before The COM
IS Court county of La Sale and state Of Illinois al
the County court House Ottawa in said county on Non
day the twentieth DAY of November 1876 for the pur
rendering account Of hs proceedings IN the ad
mtnistraon of said estate for the final settlement.
Dated az ottawa this jth dAy OF October 1876,
CHARLES l.. HOFFMAN,
ATrysr. H. A. MCCAIEB. Administrator, &c.
CIeik County CsuIt La Sale Co.. III. oct7 ~
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NOTICE.

We beg leave to In
form the public that
the Arm OF Watson d
son from this date Is
changed. and hereafter
will be known as Wat
sou, Walbridge IL Co..
lealers In lumber and
building material, also
wholesale and retail
contracting, &C. with
4 variety of the best
pumps. brass cylinders
and piping for deep
wells. In continuation
ofthe former business,
ilso manufacturers OF
the noted Lowry Wind
Moter for pumping
Having Increased our
facilities with the best
improved iron & wood
machinery In the mar
let, and having first.
lass mechanics, shall
iereafter be e.abledto
.epair your Broken
Machines and do job
ling Work with des-
jatch and reasonable
rates. give US a call.
n ALBRlDGE & co.
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$50 REWARD.

Stolen from the underlined az the Koek Island depot
The arrival % TIE tran a. - O'Clock thursday morning 81
with medium s'z-t -Ct cain o. lr- So ffe uatch
the make n. Joseph johnson. Liverpool No. rs. On
the inside VI the enaved the % Daniel Blake
The above vii be pad for Of The watch
or Tor Information where obtained Affres1
! sept s-smos DANIEL BLAKE. OTTAWA Ins.
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Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the Stockholders Of the Mendoza
Paxton and Danyie T. r. Co will be held ~ the once OF
the company In the city OF Danvile, Nsrmol county.
IN tuesday oct %. lSs for the purpose OF slectinE >
Board Of Directors 20 serve for the year and for
the transaction OF such other business may regu-
lafly before the meeting. OSCAR p. HAADN,
sept, q, ist6.-yL4w Sec. N. Z. & ID. T. Il. Co.
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FOR GENTlEMEN:Iiet,er Case,.
Leather Goods, at osmAn Hspemsn's, IS La sale 81
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While we guarantee as Good Work as
any city jobbers, we challenge compar-
son of Prices withi any other establish
LantS
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M. T. MOLONEY.

Nicholson & SNOW, Attorneys.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17
Local Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS

LITTLE LOCALS:
To-day is st. Ratrick Daytime TO sow
cabbage seed.
Strawberries from the South are selling
in New York at from 81 to 81 50 a quart.
MIR. Amos Gilbert has been re,appointcd
magistrate for the 81 district of Hartford
county, and confirmed by the Senate
Mr.. Geo. A, Heuislers public sale, near
the Hickory, has been postponed, on account
of the weather. until Wednesday, March
GOTH
Save Your Oak Bark--In these hard
times farmers should turn everything to ac-
count. 1t will pay to save your black oak
bark, cure and sell it to Mr.. B. Glpin Smith,
near Conowingo. Sec his advertisement
MIR. J. Bcal Watkins, living near Bald
win, Baltimore county, last week made ap.
plication to the Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany in Hartford county, for damages sus-
tanned by n slight fire which occurred at his
house on the 4lh of February last.
There was partial eclipse of the moon
on the night of the 9th The shadow cover
ed less than one third the moons surface
There will be mn annular eclipse of the sun
on the Goth instant, visible here from p
nj. till sunset.
j. J. Turner & Co.. of AZ Pratt street,
Baltimore, again offer their wdlknown Elk.
celsior and Ammoniated Bone Supcrphos-
plate to our farmers. This is IN old and
reliable firm and their fertilizers are APPROX
ed by practical and experienced farmers.
-Havre dc Grace Items.-Busincss at the
Marine Railway is quite brisk.
Our fishermen are about prepared to
enter ontheir spring campaign.
Water has been let in the Tide Water
Canal and it isnow open to navigation RE
publican.
The large barn and shedding of Edwin
Harris, near Rising Sun, Cecil county, Md,
were destroyed by fire on Monday morning.
Twenty-Five OF thirty head of cattle, horses
and mules, persisted in the fire. A large
quantity of hay, straw, farm machinery, &c,
was also destroyed
The young thoroughbred horse, Mary
land Eclipse, raised and owned by David w.
Sherzer, of Shawan, Baltimore county, died
on the 18th instant, Of lung fever. This horse
took the first premium at The Hartford Coun-
ty Fair in October last. He was valued at
81 ,000 that sum having been offered by
Robert Bonner, of the New York Ledger.--
T0arSontoacn Journal
MIR. John L. Carly informs Us that he
has successfully cured chickens of cholera
by giving each one affected II tablespoonful
of whisky, and keeping it penned up for
day or two. This remedy was published in
The A1gis last summer Is there not danger
however, that chickens may contract,a taste
for the stimulant and sham sickness in order
to get a drink
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17
Good Prospects,.

The impression seems to be gaining
ground throughout the country that the
coming spring and summer will witness Il
marked revival of business and manufnc.
lures from the depression which, since the
autumn of 1878, has weighed more or less
heavily upon them. The newspapers cs-
pecially devoted TO commerce and trade arc
noticcably confident that the hard times are
ending and that there are better days in store
in the near future. The Boston journal OF
Commerce gives six reasons for this belief
that are clear and forcble. They are first,
that California. and Nevada, in 1876 will
produce $100,000000, and in 1877 fifty mil
lions more Of gold; second that the excess
of exports over imports is constantly grow
ing, and for the fiscal year ending in June
will be increased to $70,00000O; third, that
the Centennial visitors will spend an amount
of money-probably not less than 100000
O0O fourth, that the people are fast liqui-
dating their debts, and that is the corner
stone of prospcrity fifth, the institution of
economical living; and sixth, that the over
whelming crops of the year will yield an i'm
mense return i'll money. 1t is also the cxpe-
ricnce in most of the trade centres that mcr-
chants are becoming more hopeful, and that
business is recovering from disorganizalion
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17
The Cost of Corrupt Government.

The price which the people pay for the
maintenance of the government under Radi-
cal rule is truly startling if the figures given
below even approximate correctness. The
nefarious practices of the magnates at Wash
ington cease to be mere matters of wonder
and speculation to be considered in an alb
stract and moral point Of view only. They
more nearly concern our material prosperity
and more disastrously affect our well being fl.
nancially than the people are aware of The
New York Bulletin gives the following
statement which partially discloses what we
are paying for the luxury Of being governed
by Radical rulers:
AFTER allowing for the inevitable addition
TO the taxes arising from war expenditures,
it may be safely estimated that for the last
ten years the taxes, including all kinds, have
been swelled by corrupt political influences
at the rate of $250,000,000 year If this
estimate be correct we have paid within one
decade s., 800 900, 000-an amount sufficient
to eXtinguish the whole national debt and
equal to four years net earnings of thena-
tion-as the penalty of tolerating political
corruption"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17
Our Public Roads.

The roads have settled, since the frost came
out, but the most used thoroughfares have
been left in very unpleasant condition for
travel. Chuck holes abound and considera-
BILE labor will be required to put the roads
in good order Work upon them should be
commenced without delay. From the nature
of our soil and climate, we must expect bad
roads for at least five months of the year,
but if repairs were made as early in the
spring as possible, We might have COM
Portable and pleasant roads during the re-
mainder of the year. The public are at least
entitled to this consideration for the taxes
they pay.
We are still of the opinion that to have
good roads, through the summer at least the
contract system of road mendng, as practic-
ed in Cecil York and other ncighboriDg
counties, would be found better than the
present one. Under the present system, the
appropriation upon the roads is spent during
the spring and summer, and frequently after
it is exhausted protracted rainy spell will
undo nearly all that has been done, and the
roads, growing worse and worse as winter
approaches, finally become very sloughs of
dcspond to the unfortunate traveller compcll-
ell to use them. If the repairing of roads
were given out by contract it would be to
The advantage of the contractor to overhaul
them after every rain, clear out the side
drains, and see that no slight wash is suffer-
ed to grow into deep hole or gully. With
such constant supervision and attention the
same amount of money now expanded would
ensure better roads, while the contractor
would be well paid for his work and trouble
The County Commissioners have the
power, we believe, to adopt this system on
any or an of our public roads. We suggest
that they give it trial on the road leading
from Bel Air TO Edgewood and Magnolia.
This is one of the most public thoroughfares
in the county, and it is frequently rendered
almost impossible by the constant passage
over it of heavily laden wagons. The money
appropriated fails to keep it in good condi-
ton, so that if responsible men will under
take its repair for the same amount now
spent upon it, the public would be ben eft
ted.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17
A Party Disaster.

The Republican papers and leaders are do
ing their utmost TO make the people believe
that the recent astounding revelations Of
rascality at Washington are national dis
grace" and not a disaster TO their party. 1t
is indeed national disgrace, and one for
which the people of this country hold the Re-
publican party alone responsible.
On this subject the Baltimore Gazette says:
"The Republican party has been in power
for fifteen years, and did nothing to ferret
out its corruptions. What was done last
Congress was done by the independent press
and the ex-republican press in spite Of re-
publican attempts TO cover up and defend the
corruptions. 1t was the people that put
Smiler ColfaX, Ben Butler, and Zach Chan
dler, and Matt Carpenter out of Office. 1t
was the party that put old Zach back into
office. The Democratic house has been in
session only three months, and ithas already
done more TO cleanse the country of rascals,
than all the years that the Republicans have
been in power We utterly refuse to accept
this thin and gauzy preteuse that this is n
national disgrace. Every honest man in
the country will say for himself that lie is
not dishonored by it, The only dishonor
lies with the party that hushed it up so long,
and that still strives to hush it up. All peO-
pie outside of the administration party can
say, at is none of our funeral" and let those
weep over the national disgrace" who still
ale fighting to make that national disgrace
last four years longer"
1t was the Republican party that gave us
four years more of Grantism, after the crimes
against self government which the first four
years brought forth Even now its leaders
are striving to cover up and hide the enor-
nifty of Belknap's guilt, for the sake of pre-
serving Grantsm. The Republican party is
hopelessy bound TO Graniism, and it and
Grant must go down together.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17

FUNDING THE School DEBT.-NIr. Van
divers bill to fund the school debt of Hartford
county authorizes the issuing ofcounty bonds
to an amount not exceeding $25 900, in sums
of not less than 500 nor more than 81 900,
bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually, ana redeema-
bic and payable in ten years. The bonds are
to be negotiated at not less than par and the
proceeds to be applied to the payment of the
school debt that existed on the 1st January,
1876. The bill further provides that one
tenth Of the bonds shall be redeemed each
year, until the. whole. amount is paid The
bonds are to be exempt from taxation
The school debt must of course be paid,
but the taxpayers will shoulder it with ex-
tremc reluctance If it were possible for the
school commissioners by strict economy to
pay the debt in installments, would it not be
better for them to fund it upon the basis of
the school fund.- Such n measure might
not be constitutional, but if it is, it would be
more acceptable to the taxpayers .than the
, issuing ofcounty bonds. Any board ofcoun-
ty commissioners who might be elected
would assist the school commissioners TO pay
the debt, but, as we have remarked, the levy
ing OF taxes to pay county bonds would be
regarded by the people very much as II man
looks upon the payment ola promissory note
which in an unlucky hour he has endorsed
for friend
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17

TIE BEST BORDER Book YET OUT.-Thc Pub
fishing House of J. c. McCurdy & Co., have
lately brought out sour Western Border, One
Hundred Years Ago." by Charles Mcknight,
author of "Simon Girty" and cold Fort Du-
quesnc.' 1t is a large, elegant, wei. Imprinted,
supcrbly bound and beautiful illustrated oc-
tayo, of nearly eight hundred pages, filled with
the stirring deeds and thrilling adventures of
the dread-naught old Bordercrs-such daunless
worthless as Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, IIar-
rod, McColloch, Mcclellan, the Pocs, the Zanes
and the Wctzels. 1t contains the very cream of
all the rare old Border Chronicles, together with
vast amount Of fresh and original matter, the
whole work embracing strange and thrilling
narratives Of daring deeds, desperate conflicts,
exciting adventures, touching captivitics, and
is claimed to be tho best, fullest, most complete
and most reliable portrayal of Border life,
struggle and adventure ever yet published
"Our Western Border has the unmistakable
flavor of the soil and the free air of the wilder
ness about it. 1t is square, honest, and cX.
haustiyc work, without any of the usual pad
ding. Although sold for IS, it is equal in cX-
tent of contents to the ordinary book of So, and
is meeting with remarkable popular favor 1t
is most warmly endorsed by leading diyines and
historians: Gen. Bicrce, of Ohio, says that "a
minister may rs well be without Il Bible, as his.
torian without Our Western Border" Judge
Neech, Historian, says, "lts possessor will be
saved the purchase of a score of books, most of
which are out Of print many of them rs pre-
ciousas Skyline leaves" Judge White asserts,
"Thc work ought to be in every household"
The Philadelphia Press says, "Chas. Mcknight
is doing for the west what Cooper did for New
York, but the pictures of the former have un-
doubleday less of the glamour of romance, and
more truth of historic painting. Sold only by
Agents" Address, j. G. McCurdy IL co.,
Philadelphia, Pa, Cincinnati, o., Chicago, ILL.,,
OF st. Louis, Mo.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17
The Legislature.
SENATE.

Leave has been granted to Mr.. Stevens,
of Baltimore city, to introduce bill TO au-
thorlze the commissioners of Hartford county
to adjust and pay the claim of Edward Pain
ter, deceased, for taxes paid in error
The Senate bin 10 repeal and reenact,
with amendments, section /, chapter 439,
acts of 1874, entitled can act to regulate the
issuing of licenses for the sale of spirituous
and fcrmented liquors in this State" so us to
exempt Hartford county from the provisions
OF said act, was read n first time last Satur
day.
The bill to authorize the Town Com.
missioners of Bel Air TO collect certain mo-
ney deposited number of years ago by the
street commissioners, in the bank of Bnti-
more, was passed
The House bin to appropriate So 600 fol
II new hay and live stock scales in Baltimore
in place of the present Eastern Hay Scales
passed the House last Saturday
The bill TO refund to Miss Rachel Will
son State taxes paid in error WAS passed on
Tuesday night.
The bill 10 authorize the Register of Win:
to complete the index Of guardians accounts
in his office was also passed.
Also, the bill To pay the Sheriff of Har
ford c,nn'y 40 cents II day for boarding
prisoners.
The liquor license bill prepared by the
Hartford delegation was read second time
and ordered to he cngrosscd for third read
ing
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17
Along the Line.
Delta. pA March IL

DELTA, PA, March 49, 1876.
MIR. EDITOR: The prospect of cooling
drinks indicated in our last, has vanished
before the "balmy, etc )" and we are again
enjoying delightful weather. every remark
able weather." is an essential part of the
greeting between friends, and farmers are
vigorously pushing forward their spring
work.
DEATH OF AN EsTIMABLE LADY.
Mrs. Jane Ramsay, wife of Reht :. Ram
say, Esq, of this place, died on Saturday,
10Th inst, after lingering Illness. She was
widely known and cS' ccmcd for her aminble
qualities, and her loss will be deeply felt.
LICENSE.
Were il not for the recollection of the vcx-
aiious and expensive litigations through
which the people of Hartford have passed
during the last year, in their efforts to sup
press the illegal traffic in liquor, we would
extend to her our congratulations on the
prospect of another years "No Liccnsc."-
But the lesson OF the past year seems to be,
that the temptation to pander to depravcd
appelites is too powerful for the virtue of
those whose support has heretofore been de-
rived from that source.
THE CENTENNIAL
is beginning to engage large share of the
attention of our people. Everybody and his
WHO expect 10 aItcnu, ana The ways and
means is the subject of many a family coun-
Gil. 1t is remarked that many friendly let
tiers are finding their way to city cousins
and acquaintance whose existence the wri-
tiers had heretofore ignored, but whose wei
fare has now suddenly become objects of
| lively s0liCitudc.
SERIOUS AFFRAY.
On Friday last an affray occurred at Peach
Bottom which mayresult in the death of one
OF the parties concerned. The particulars,
so far as furnished us, were these: A fvud
OF long standing existed between VIM. A.
Lee and Jacob Olmstcd, both river men, and
on the occasion mentioned Lee approached
Olmsted, who was chopping wood, and com
menced to use abusive language, threatening
to whip him. While Olmsted was off his
guard his assailant struck him, knocking him
down. Selling his axe Olmstcd arose and
striking Lee first with the blunt part and
afterwards with the blade twice, he inflicted
three severe wounds which will probably
terminate fatally. Lee was intoxicated Mt
the time.
TIE REVIVAL
which for several weeks has been in progress
in this vicinity still continues, 147 having
been converted The meetings have been
moved from Statewide Church to Peach Bot
tom, where they are held in warehouse be-
longing TO Mr.. j. Q. A. McConkcy. The
interest continues unabatcd. ALPHA.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17
BUSINESS NOTICES.

We will publish business notices in this
column, not displayed, for s cents per line
for the first insertion, and cents per line
for each subsequent insertion-seven words
to count line. No advertisement inser-
ted as above unless prepaid.
eay"F For Rent, the Dwelling House on Main
street, Bel Air, formerly occupied by Mrs.
Caroline llarryman. mh17
az situation Wantcd-By practical Miller
| Best references given. Apply to VIM V. Wright
Clermont Mills, Hartford Co., Md. mh17-5t
~ Early Rose Potatoes for sale. IA. Bay,
Cooptown. mhI7 Al
sag"An Aldemcy Cow and Calf three weeks
old. This Office. mbl7-2l%
sg" For Sale or Rcnt.-Dwcling, Store House
and 20 Acres of Land for sale or rent Wheel
wright Shop for rent. Two Horses and Mule
for sale on 10 months credit. b. Minnick,
| hickory. mhl1
.5Y For Salc.-Thrcc Hundred bushels of
Black Oats and Fifty bushels of White Noun
tain Oats for seed John Mitchell, near Havrc
dc Grace, Md. mh17-2t
~" For Sale.-A Sporting Rifle, in good or,
der. Apply at this Office. mhl7
~" Notice.-All persons indebted to the nm
dcrsgned are requested to settle their accounts
on or before the 10th of April next After that
date all unsettled accounts will be placed in the
hands of an officer for collection. John O.
| Stcans. mhlO-2t
l+s Wantcd.-A man who understands IT, to
lay 100 perch of Usage Orange for fence have
| Usage Sets for sale cheap. Address &. w. Ken
| ley liopcwcll Roads, Hartford Co., Md. milo ct
| r-9yN For Sale ChcuD-Full blood Jersey Rull
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17

The appropriation bills reported by
Congressman Randall in the House of Rep.
resentatives show q reduction of nearly six.
teen millions of dollars from the adminstra.
ton estimates. With the reduction of the
amount to be expended and the breaking-up
of the corruption and wholesale population
that have been going on under the Admins.
tration of Grant, the people Of this country
have good reason to rejoice over the selec-
ton of Democratic Congress in the full OF
1874.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17
A Step in the Right Direction.

MR. EDITOR: have learned from reading
your valuable paper that the Board of School
Commissioners Of Hartford county have in
augurated their management of the Public
Schools by raising the salary of Prof Baird,
from nine hundred to one thousand dollars.
Now, this is a step in the right direction, pro.
vided they extend their liberality to the other
teachers of the county, which do not doubt
they intend to do without delay; for it would
be objectionable partiality to make an excep-
tion in favor of any one teacher. How much
more commendablc is such course of policy,
than the abortivc efforts of their predecessors,
in endeavoring to reduce the pittance the teach
crs receive, under the false pretext of economy,
paying the school debt, &c?
The teachers will find out who are their friends
JUSTICE
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-17

The Republican party is evidently very
sick, and like sick persons in general, very
repentant. On Tuesday, in one ofits spasms
Of remorse the U. S. Senate voted TO cut down
the salary of the President from $4,000 TO
$4,000 year. 1t is TO be hoped the meas
ure will also pass the House. The President
will scarcely refuse TO sign and make it a
law He must realize by this time that the
amount of the Presidents salary will be no
personal concern TO him after the 4lh Of
March, 1877.