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the disturbance, but w:.s roughly handled and
forced to leave, followed By tho oeer guzzlers to
WriEh1s corner, where ho was vickealv assa:iltnt
by them. Officer Stoltz ran to his assistance,
and vas compelled to ire several sho;s. Dur
ng this time 11alloy was beaten go badly that he
was carried to Wr1eht's drugstore i'll an almost
Eenselesa condition. Several Of the roughs are
known to the police, who, it is understood. will
effect their arrest il the warrants that have teen
Issued Nro not served by the Coastable. The
cit; is sadly in neod of more justice.
PERSONAL.
AIR. d. l.. Gage, OF Winuetka gentleman
who unfortunately is a de.f mute, spent por-
tion Of the week in this city.
il. II. Look, who has been On 3 visit to the
Sonsh and:West, returned home the fore part OF
tho week.
Mr. C. C. Parks is still lying quite i'll at his
residence.
The Rev. Mr. Wrenn, Of Highland Park, will
occupy the pulpit OF tho Baptist Church this
morning and evening.
Elder ". Collius ia a. present confined to his
home On account OF illness.
William, AlcClel!and, EsJ., Of El Paso, ILL.,, is
visiting bis sister, Mrs A. L. Yard. Of this city.
SCRAPS.
The alarm Of FIRE on eoction-dar was prompt
~ responded to by our Fire Department, which,
alter pulling its engines through the mud, learn
Cd that chimney Was burning out. Tie
boys weto 30 disguEiod that they allowed the
!" corporation blscking" to remain on their boots
during tho remainder OF the day.
Tha spring term of tho Circuit Court will open
Tomorrow. Considerable business ia understood
to he oil the docket.
The new City Council will probably hold thelr
first meeting tomorrow evening" IL lively time
may be looked for.
II Is understood that several sa]oon-keepers
will be brought up for trial at this term Of the
circuit Court for violation uf the Liquor law.
Work On the new hotal will probably begin to-
Sharp tricks in political circlcs are everywhere
pernesrated, hut the sharpest one yet contrived
in this ciry was the one BY whieh our new Police
Magistrate was elected Inst Monday.
The ladies' Of the Congregational Church will
on no2t Tuesday evening give u sociabe at the
residence Of aid. Porter On Grand avenue,
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al Of whom are decidedly musical. Tho pro
gr2mme for last Tuesday evening was veil car
r1ed out tho ladies' performing with more than
usual lnerit. Part first consisted OF p;ano solo
oy Ats. Horton, followed by Z vocal duet be-
tween Hiss Carrie Lyon and Miss Mary Case :
iossfumenta! solo. Miss Jennie Montgomery !;
song, Aias Mary Conwen. During the inte:mis-.
s1on fefteetments we're served.
,x There wore present Mr. aud AIrs. Fred Smith.
NE NJ. ana Nrs. William Orens, Mr. and hrs.
teresel, 3fr- and Mrs. Lyon. Nj. sod Mrs
Rodgers, Alr. aud Mrs Horton, Mas Eare Davis
MISE Carrie Wood, aud Miss Hattie sIoutgomery.
The Unity church social at Mr, Lounbgrds
Thursday evening passed. Oh yerv niesssntiv
At N1s. FaEnum's Thursday alteruoon tbe
ladies OF tho Baptis: denomination i,el1 - sazo1
ing society," Gentlemen wero invited to tas. snd
n delightful evening followed
The residents Of the Parl. will be u1@.sa3 r.
learn that Gen. George Washington and is3y
will hold grand reception and leseo in the mar
lors Of the Congregational Church THURSDAY
evening. Refreshments will be served Mt an
carly hour. AL are invited.
PERSONALS.
Gen. Catterson and wife OF Washington, D.
c., at present visiting the family of Col Hodges,
aze expecting to make permanent home in tho
Park
Air. A. J. Bell has gone to Baltimore to spend
several days.
The Hon. G. F. Foster, while. On his way to
New York. made flying visit to his daughter,
HRS. II. D. CarAle, in Wheeling. ". Ia
Hiss Msbol Buchanan, Of Chicago, has been
the gnest Of her aister, Mira Speucer, during
the past week.
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They are shipping apples from Grand Rapids
to Rotterdam, Holland. They pack thdm so that
they won't Rotterdam bit On tho HAs.-Detrou
.Erenin2 Netos.
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Democratic County Convention.

Democrats, conservatives and all other voters
Of La Sale county, irrespective of past political
associations, desiring to cooperate with the
democratic party in its present efforts and OBJ
iects, are invited to meet at their usual places OF
holding such meetings, on Saturday, August
Doth, 1876 to appoint delegates to county con-
yention to be held at Ottawa on Wednesday,
August Goth, 1876 for the purpose OF nomina-
ting candidates for the Legislature and county
officers and and appointing delegates to the con
gressional convention.
Towns will be entitled TO representation in
said convention on the basis OF one delegate for
each town and one delegate for each 100 dem.
ocratic votes, and fraction over 100 democratic
votes cast at the last state election, as follows:
Adams 2, Allen 9, Brookfeld 2, Bruce Q, Day
ton 2, Deer Park 2, Dimmck =, Eagle =, Earl .,
Eden 2, Farm Ridge 2, Fall River z, Freedom =,
Grand Rapids 9, Groveland 2, Hope 2, La sale 3,
Manlius g. Mendoza 4, Meriden 2 Miller =, Mis-
sion 9, Worthwhile 2, Ophir 2, Usage 2, Ottawa 3,
Otter Creek 9, Peru 4, Rlchland 2 Rutland 2, Sc
rena 2, South Ottawa 2, Troy Grove 2, Utica 2,
Vermilion =, Wallace 2, Waltham2.
WM. OsNAN,
j. w. BRowN,
NICHOLAS DUNCAN,
PETER DoNLEvY,
ALEX. VAUGHEY,
j. G. CAMPBELL,
l.. W. BREWER,
Committee.
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CULLOM

We are in receipt of "yaller kiver" pam
phlet of sixteen pages detailing the persona
and political career of Shelby NJ. CullOm, The
republican nominee for Governor. A con
siderable proportion of the document is de
voted to his ancestry, from which 1t woulc
appear that Mr.. Cullom has descended
from quite respectable parentage, and, a
Stephen A. Douglas once SAID to Joe Duncan
who claimed descent from the Duncans Of
Scotland-"a hell of descent 1t Isl" Hav
ing been born "a poor farmer boy" his mean:
of education were limited, having picked VI
what little he got in that way during two
years study at Mount Morris Seminary. AT
forwards be studied law in the office of Stu
art & Edwards, at Springfield, and then be
came a politician. He was elected to the II
lnois legislature, and then to Congress, bu
there appears to be little to say about HI;
career in either body, except that while IL
congress he devoted himself mainly 10 the
great work Of extirpating that relic of bar
barism, polygamy in Utah. in which his
mighty efforts, however, appear TO have been
singuarly unsuccessful, as the aforesaid "rel
ic" is about as rampant as ever. There are
however, in Mr. Cullom's composition evi
IDENTITY elements Of success somewhere. From
poor farmer boy" he has, on no greater
pay than the per diem of an Illinois legisa
tor and salary of congressman, been ena
bled in ten or twelve years to accumulate 8
large fortune, SO that he is to-day the Presi
dent and to large extent owner of nation
al bank, with $25O000 capital; but precisely
how much, fanny, the Harper defalcation and
the stealings of the Pekin whisky ring, tC
which Bluford Wilson more than intimate:
Cullon stood in suspiciously intimate rela
TONS had to do with his sudden accession
to wealth, the pamphlet; before US fails &c
divulge. 1t must have been considerable
however, if SO good republican as Bluford
Wilson is to be relied upon; tor he seems &c
think that instead of suing Harper's sureties
for the 100000 he stole from the national
treasury, a surer way to get the money would
be TO commence suit against Cullom's bank
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-08-12

There was shocking tragedy in Chicago
on Monday evening. In the city council
that afternoon an anonymous communication
had been read accusing Mrs. Sullivan of
being the head and front OF conspiracy TO
procure the ruin Of the Chicago free school
system in favor of the Roman Catholics
This Mrs. Sullivan is lady of some note,
,oeing well known, by her maiden name Of
Margaret Buchanan, as an able contributor
to several Chicago papers. Her husband,
Mr.. Alexander Sullivan, is writer of some
talent also, engaged on the Inter.Ocean. MIR.
Sullivan hearing the communication read in
the council became enragsd and demanding
the authorship, ascertained that it had been
written by Francis Hanford, principal of the
North Side High School. He went home,
told Mrs. Sullivan, and with her and his
younger brother started out in a carriage.
Reaching MIR. Hanford's house, he alighted
and was soon in an alteration with that gen..
tleman-the result of which was that Sulli-.
van shot HanfOrd, Injuring him so that DEATH
followed in half an hour Sullivan was ar.
rested, and is now in confinement. The.
provocatlon seems to have been wholly in
sufficient to justify Mr.. SullIvan's extravaganza
rage and excitement, and 1t is likely to go,
hard with him.
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SILVER.
waging

The silver question, even more than green
backs, seems TO stagger our congressional
fnapclers. The soft or "cheap" money men,
finding silver worth from TO per cent. less
than greenbacks, have suddenly grown wild
to declare silver legal tender for all debts,
public and private, being even willing to de-
sert the rag baby in its behalf The hard
money men, on the other hand, staggered at
the failure of their favorite metal" incline
reluctantly in favor of dispensing with silver
entirely as a legal tender except in small
sums as a subsidiary coin; hoping, however,
meantime that something may turn up to
bring up silver once more 10 It's old standard.
The subject Is beset with many difficulties,
There is one effect, however, that would at
tend declaring silver IN any sum legal ten
der at this time, which the cheap money men
seem to overlook, AS the depreciation of
green backs below the gold standard at once
banished gold and silver from circulation
and drove them out of the country fourteen
years ago, so to make silver now legal ten
der in all sums, without increasing the weight
of the dollar or fractions Of the dollar, would
again Danish all gold and degrade the green.
back and national bank bill 10 It's level, and
this country, in few years, would become
the settled victim of the silver nuisance, the
rest o.; the world taking our gold as rapidly
as our mines produce it (at the rate of S75,-
Co., 900 year and overlooking us with sill
yer, which to them has become an intolera-
bic nuisance. And there would be the wide
difference and ever recurring rise and fall in
foreign exchange that made the greenback
such an expensive luxury, especially during
the war.
Congress has put off the question for the
present by authorizing the appointment of a
commission, TO consist of three senators, three
representatives and three experts TO be ap-
pointed by the president, who are 10 inves,i-
gate and report upon the subject at the next
session.
There is certainly one way in which the
whole silver difficulty could be settled TO the
advantage, one would think, of all the world !;
and that would be by the L. 5. and the lead.
ing powers Europe putting their heads to-
geiher and agreeing upon an International
coin unit, taking the gold and silver of
France, for instance, as the standard, and all
agreeing to make both gold and silver legal
tender In all sums at the French standards of
weight and fineness in all countries. This
would settle the difficulty effectually, and in
a practical, common sense and cosmopolitan
way
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CONGRESS-.

While awaiting the action of the confer
ence committees on the dlsagreements be
tween the house and senate on one or two
remaining appropriation bills, the two
houses have for the better part of the week
been converted into political debating clubs
discussing the merits OF the various candi
dates for the presidency. On Thursday, how
ever, the conference committees announced
their agreement on the river and harbor and
civil and diplomatic appropriation bills and
as these have by this time been passed there
is no reason why congress may not adjourn
to-day.
On the currency question the action OF the
house has been in accordance with the letters
o. Tilden and Hendricks. The date clause
in the resumption act fixing January lst
1879, as the day 10 resume, has been repealed
by the house, though of course the senate
does not concur and the repeal is not con.
summated. The house also passed resolu
ton authorizing the appointment OF com
mission TO investigate the silver and kindred
financial questions, and report next winter
This the senate has concurred in, so thatit ID
pretty generally conceded that the inaic:al
issue is now practically eliminated from the
political canvass The republicans will
shake the bloody shir, and the democratswill
urge questions of reform.
The senate refuses TO set on the bill passed
by the house 10 compel the Pacific railroads
to pay the principal and interest ofthe bonds
loaned them by the government. Itls diff.
cul, TO understand, except upon the assump
ton Of some sort of partnership IN the steal
why the senate refuses TO cOnsummate this
much needed legislation. 1t involves loss
of $50, 100000, and the country will hold
them responsible.
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MORE REFoM WITHIN TIE PARTY.-GraRt
has reappointed Clapp superintendent OF pub
lie printing at Washington, and of course the
senate will confirm him. A committee of
congress, composed of democrats and repub-
licans, who fully investigated his case, unan-
imously reported him thief, and specified
the following points Of rascallty upon which
he is entitled to the continued favor and con-
fidence of Grant and the republican leaders
in the senate:
|. That the cost and charges of the work
done for congress and the executive depart
mepts are exOrbitant and greatly in excess of
what the same could be done for by private
parties.
2. That the government printing office Is
conducted in an incompetent manner.
8. That the cost of publishing TIE Congress
stopdl Record is incorrectly reported.
4. That the amount of work done for the
departments is excessive and should be hmi-
ted by law.
5. That the general management of the con-
Cressionsl printer Of his office is extravagant
to a degree that would bankrupt any private
establishment in the country.
G. That he has drawn money from the Uni
ted States treasury on false vouchers.
T. That he has detained and used govern
ment moneys contrary TO law.
s. That money belonging TO the United
States has been deposited in bank in viola
ton nj law.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL BEAR GARDEN.


The last weeks political discussions in
Congress show very clearly the drift the stump
discussions are to take during the present po-
litical contest, The democrats arraigned the
republican party for It's extravaganza and
corruptions and demanded reform; and the
republicans abused Tilden and fourished
the bloody shirt To judge by the outcome,
however, neither abuse of Tilden or the
bloody shirt worked exactly to suit the lead
ers. Some of the more II derate republican
speakers, like Judge Hoar, Dawes and others
could see no justice or propriety in this
wholesale abuse Of Tilden, and others con-
fessed their disgust of the bloody shirt dodge.
The fact that outrages had wholly ceased in
the southern states as soon as they came un-
der democratic control, and occurred only in
states controlled by the carpet baggers, was
point the bloody shirt brigade strove in vain
to explain and account for. Why should
these outrs ges occur only in South Carolina
and Louisiana? and why, in states under
democratic control, like Georgia, North Car
DINA, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, &C., should
there be perfect peace and accord between
the blacks and whites? AS Mr.. Hooker, of
Miss, said with great truth and force: "Are
the white men of the south fools, to harrass
and breed discomfort among the population
upon whom they are so wholly dependent fer
labor? Did the gentlemen on the republican
side think there was no common feeling
of humanity IN the south? If that were so
the mere question Of interest would forbid
the southern men taking their shot guns and
shooting colored men down. 1t was SANDER
on both races. If they were left alone, as IN
Alabama and Georgia, the relations Of the
two races would adjust themselves on just
foundation Any party which undertook to
use one race for the oppression of the other
was guilty of an inhumanity fouler and more
stlgmatizing than any which were committed
IN any southern community. [Applause.l
The coloreu men were beginning to find who
were their friends, and they had helped to roll
up democratic majority of 10000 in Ala
bama. There was no friend of the colored
race truer or more honest than their old
masters"
The result of the Alabama election show
ing that at least one third of the negro vote
of that state must have been cast tor the dem
ocraic candidates. is sumner TO the bloody
shirt brigade and fills them with the widest
alarm lest even the South Carolina negroes
may do the same thing and thus effectually
and forever stop that most efficient piece of
electionerlng machinery, the southern out
rage mill,
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generally of grasping dishonesty and thiev
ery. There is no decency or sense IN this
One word from a man like Park Goodwin
republican editor and leader as he is, is
enough to outweigh al such slang Says
Park Goodwin:
ain all the relations of life Tllden is purity
itself. At the same time he has always been
a public-spirited citizel,"
And the New York Times said of him, less
than Two wears ago. 1.-THE voters ought 10
esteem it an honor and privilege TO elect
Samuel J. Tilden. He has shown himself a
gallant conscientious and efficient foe to
corruption We appeal to every voter to sup
port him, because he is an HONEST MAN"
How can this country expect honest and
able men to take office when men Of such
preeminent ability, purity of character and
unreasonable fitness are to be made the OBJ.
iects of such unstinted, malignant and most
unmerited obloquy as thousand foulmouth-
ed stump speakers and debauched public
press are now heapng on Samuel j. Tilden
II is on account of the indecency of the thing
mainly that we protest.; and not that il will
damage Tiden's chances Of election. Gen.
Jackson, during his entire career, was abus.
ed even with greater malignity than Tilden
is but it never cost him vote. 1t is in the
scapdalous befoulment of our politics which
it involves that the great evil lies.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-08-12

The Boston Post declares Gov. Hayes
letter of acceptance satire upon his hackers.
II illustrates the Republican idea of reform
within the party in its utmost absurdity
While Grant is organizing the Hayes cam
palgn by turning out every Official who has
worked for reform and by reinstating the
whisky ring, Gov. Hayes proclaims that this
is all in the interest of the thorough, radical
and complete reform" in office holding which
he will bring in. IL is arrant nonsense Tor
him to promise, if elected, TO overthrow the
very system on which he nov leans for sup
por,. No one supposes he could do II if he
would: and Morton and Cameron and Conk-
ling, who nominated him, laugh at his as
sumption of virtuous strength.
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ELECTIONS.

State elections were held on Monday in
Kentucky and Alabama. In Kentucky the
election was only for local officers, except in
the Louisville congressional district, where
a congressman was elected to I'll vacancy,
Henry Watterson, of the COurier-Journdt
was elected almost without opposition. All
over the state the returns indicate large demo.
cratic gains on last year. In Alabama the
democrats elect their governor by $4,000 ma
joriiy, against 60Oo two years ago, aud OF
course the democrats have large majorities
in both branches of the legislature. Large
numbers OF negroes voted with the demo
Gratis, and election day was as quiet and or
DERBY as New England Sunday.
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J. NJ. Dalzell-somewhat notorious under
the soubrquet of private Dalzell''-as
Chairman of the National Executive Com
mittee Soldiers National Reunion" writes
an insulting letter to Gov. Tilden, inviting
him to attend the National Soldiers and
Sailors Reunion at Caldwell, Ohio, Sept. 9th
and viudicate himself as "the author OF the
famous anti-war plank IN the Chicago plat
form of 1864" and as the 'aider. and abettor
of the resistance TO the government in New
York about that time" If there is such a
National Executive Committee AS this
black guard pretends to represent, they owe
it to themselves to kick him out and apollo
glse to Gov. Tilden for the insult. Otherwise
certainly neither Gov. Tilden or any other
man with the instincts of gentleman can
be expected to take notice Of such a scoun
drely committee bodily any more than oil
their filthy mouthpiece.
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One Of the outrages about which the re
publicans are disguised with the democratic
majority IN Congress was the exposure Of the
rsscality of Venezuela Orth, of Indiana
thereby forcing that trusted and most active
and competent republican leader off the tick
ct as q candidate tor Governor. II is feared
that the democrats In congress, by the same
outrageous system of unearthing thieves, will
also yet force Shelby Cullom off the track
for Governor, by showing his connection
with the Harper defalcation and PeKin wins
ky ring. II is about conceded that the proc
is abundant, If Bluford Wilson can be per
suaded 10 tell what he knows.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-08-12

The Democrats in Congress on Thursday
gave the bloody shirt rather fatal rent by
adopting with great unanimity the following
resolutions
Resolred, BY the house, that all attempts
by force, terrorism, intimidation or otherwise,
to interfere with the rights of citizens, is con-
demned, and the guilty parties should receive
condign and effectual punishment"
The vote on the resolution was 1873 yeas to
is nays-,he latter being made up of south
ern conservatives and carpet baggers.
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The lame Of p. II. Byrne, the present able
and efficient City Marshal Of La Sale, will
be presented to the Democratic Convention
Of this county on the Both inst for nom
ination for Sheriff. Mr.. Byrne is exception
ally well qualified for the position, and IL
character and standing, both as an officer ant
citizen, above reprosch. 1t would give vi
great pleasure to support his election should
he receive the nomination, which would b
one eminen;ly ft 10 be made.
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Isaac II. Bredenburgh is candidate ioi
nomination by the democratic convention oil
,hi, county for the office of sheriff. Mr. r
was for several years jsilor of this county
and during tina, time II is certain there were
neither lice or bugs in the Jail, nor was the
health of the prisoners impaired or in the
least danger; and whether new jail is built
or not, Mr.. Fredenburgh, if elected sheriff, is
willing to be put under bonds TO keep the
iail IN a clean and healthy condition, so that
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The radical papers are jubIlant because Che
Chicago lsfaat,zeffzng has come out for Cul
lom for Governor. The StddtsseittEg is Hes
Ing's paper, and Hesing was one Of the king
Of the Illinois whisky ring, with Dan Mum
Smith, Harper. Wesierman and hosts more
OF CulIoms peculiar Springfield friends and
boon companions or course the Stddtset
,ua1 Is tor Cnllom.
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The democrats of Grundy county held
their convention last week and nominated j.
IS. T. Scoville for circuit clerk, Richard
Hughes for sheriff, Amos Clover for repre-
sentative. and L. A Armstrong for states at
torney. The convention also instructed for
p. A. Armstrong for Congress.