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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15
THE INDIANS.

There Is no news of importance from the
seat of war IN Montana this week. The
strangest thing is that nothing ID heard from
Gen Crook, VINO could not have been at the
time over fifty miles from the scene OF Gus
ters disaster It's true, there was a rumor
at Omaha on Tuesday that Crook had had
an encounter with the Indians and been kill
ed but there has been nothing to ConGrm or
even give probability to the report. Sitting
Bull, after his victory, went in an opposite
direction from Crook, and an encounter with
him is improbable. Gen. Sheridan telegraph,
ed the war department on Wednesday that
there was not the slightest foundation for the
rumor OF disaster to Crook. He has daily
communication by telegraph with Fort Fet,
terman, where courcrs from Crook arrive
every day.
The dispatches from the Yellowstone since
the Custer disaster are quite volumlnous, but
are mostly occupied with details of occur
rences before and at that encounter. An In.
dian who was with Sitting Bull in the fight
says nine bands, IN numbers more than he
could count, engaged Custer, and lost more
men than he, the Cncapapas alone losing 100
killed, and they were but a small portion VI
those engaged. Among the killed were Crazy
Horse and Black Moon, one OF the principal
hostile chiefs. The latter is first, Crazy Horse
second and Sitting Bull third in rank and
influence
While most of the friendly Indians are
gathering on the reservations, there is much
uneasiness among them, and there is no tell.
ing how soon even the most trusted may
light out and join the hostiles. The best
judgment Of officers of the army and frontier
men generally seems TO be, that we are in tor
a big Indian war, and that the more prompt
and vigorous The government is IN prescott
ing it the sooner it will be over and the less
it will cost IN blood and treasure. The cam
paign, at the least, must now 60 on until the
Sioux are brought to full realization of the
power of the whites. "Let them understand"
as the Chicago Times says, "for this 1t must
come to-that they have absolutely no rights
and that we will observe treaties with them
only so long as it may suit our convenience
When this gets to be the position of the In.
dians, when they thoroughly understand this,
they Will then appreciate their position, and
adapt themselves TO the necessities of the
situation"
Gen. Sheridan has been busy dnring the
week sending re-inforcements to the front,
bat is averse to accepting the aid of volun.
teers, of whom regiments by the dozen are
rendered from all quarters, being satisfied
that the regular army Is itself abundantly
able 10 take care Of the Indians.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

Mr., Steward, our tavorite candidate for
Governor, will, we are sure, be the leading
candidate for that position before the next
State convention. While in Springfield last
week, we mixed In with men from all parts
Of the state, and found the sentiment 10 he
strongly in favor of indorslng Mr.. Steward
The balance of the ticket we cannot say so
much about, but heard no positive opposition
TO any OF them. Let US have unanimty in
this matter and our word for it the entire
ticket will be successful next November
WO0df6rd Sentinel.
The democrats Of this region, who know
Mr.. Steward and all about him, are ready and
anxious TO indorse his nomination as well as
that OF Mr.. Hlse, and probably the entire In
dependent Ticket But before they do so,
they will want assurances from the Indepeh-
dents that will not make 1t a one-sided bar
gain. Both the great parties of the country,
IN their national conventions, having equally
rejected the soft money ideas of the indepen-
dents, that party have no show except in the
state, congressional and local elections. In
these the democrats of Illinois are willing TO
give them fair chance in proportion to
their strength, but that will certainly only be
done on condition that the Independents
show themselves friends of reform and hon
est government, and don't play into the hands
OF the whisky ringsters and corruptlonists
by adherlng to their separate organization
and Peter Cooper nonsense.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

Gen Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna died in
the City of Mexico June 2sth, 1876, aged "a
years. He had been conspicuous actor IN
Mexican history since 1890, heading dozen
revolutions and being in turn general IN chief
president and dictator about half the time
from 1924 10 1854. Being finally expelled
from Mexico in 1866 he came to the U. s.,
and lived in New York until two years ago
when he returned to the City of Mexico and
lived there unostenta,iously until his death.
lie was a man of more than average ability
and few men have lived more eventful life
or one attended with more ups and downs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

lfTilden should be elected President, his
right bower" John Morrissey, would prob.
ably be Secretary of State. How would that
be for reform "-RddicaL paper
Well, Grant has done worse things than
that, though there is no likelihood that Nor.
rissey will ever get seat in Tilden's cabinet.
But the worst we ever heard said against him
is that he CANDLES, but that he is more motto.
rious in that way than Sohenck whom Grant
made minister to England or Chas. b. Far.
well, whom he made U. S. Treasurer, or John
A. Logan, or o. p. Morton, his chief hackers
and supporters in the u S. Senate, we do not
know Morrssey has been in Congress, but
we never heard of his dealing In credit mo-
bilier stock, like so many prominent repub.
licans; or voting for all the extraordinary
Pacific railroad grabs, like Hayes and Wheel.
er. lie has held other Offices, but we never
heard of his selling sutlerships, like Bel.
KNAPP, or robbing the government through the
custom house, like Casey and Murphy; or
through public contracts, like Boss Shepherd
and Robson; or through whisky rings, like
Babcock, Mckee, Mcdonald Avery, BinC
ham, &c, &c, all Grants particular friends,
and whom he has already begun TO pardon
out of the pcnitentiary. No, Morrisscy is not
that kind OF man-not as bad as that. Yet
democratic morality and sense of decency
and propriety is of so much higher grade
than that which prevails among the republl-
cans that there need not be the least fear that
Morrissey will either get seat in Tilden's
cabinet first or even tenth class foreign mis-.
sion, or any other prominent position where
he can disgrace the country by his poker play.
ing or gambling propensities, though he may
still be so much above tae best of Grants
friends as no, TO be, or likely TO become, n
,bipfI
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

The intensity ofthe heat at the east las, week
exceeded anything known in that direction
ioT years. In New York, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Philadelphia, &c, the ordinary range
Of the thermometer at midday was from 100 to
lOj in the shade At Philadelphia, on Sun
day, Gov. iartranft, while walking on Broad
street, was sun-struck and tell on the side
walk. He was carried into a neighboring
house and cared for, but il was not until mex
morning that he had recovered strength
enough to reach home. Unfortunately thu
governor was not on his way to church at tn,
time and did not sink down on the steps OF
church, but then, as the Cincinnati Conven
ton is over with, ii didn't make much differ
ence
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

There was q ferocious lynching case at
New Richmond, Ohio, ION the Ohio river,
20 miles above Cincinnati,) en- the Sth inst.
A scoundrel named Dick Mangrum had on
two successive Gays come into town, and
pretending that he lived two miles out and
that his wife had recently been confined, had
hired each day young girl at high wages
to DO housework, and walking off with the
girls towards his pretended home, when he
got them into the woods had brutally out
ragged them and then killed the first and left
second one, as he supposed, dead, but who
revived, return ed home, and related what had
occurred. The wretch was arrested, and the,
extent Of his wickedness becoming known,
the enraged populace took him out OF Jail,
hanged HIM, and then tying stones to his
body, cast him into the river
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15
THE GERMANS,

Carl Schurz is thus far the only prominent
German liberal who supports Hayes. Schurz
got 81 ,0OU each tor nine speeches he made in
favor OF Hayes year ago when he ran for
Governor of Ohio against Allen, and it Is
fairly presumable that he has similar reasons
for supporting Hayes now.
Other prominent German liberals are rang.
ing themselves promptly on the side OF Tilden
and reform. Col. Edward Juessen, brother
in-lUw of Schurz, and Chas. Leib, of Chicago,
have already declared themselves and spoken
heartily for Tilden; SO have Mr. Hassaurek
and Judge Stallo, of Cincinnati, both former
prominent republican leaders; ana Coy.
Kprner, of Belleville, H., has issued ring
ing appeal in favor of Tilden and reform in
the Stern des JVesteRs, of Belleville.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

TAe Yorkville Nesrs, what with its funny
pictures and Peter Cooper editorials, is in a
prosperous way to become the leading hu.
norous paper of the country. Its recent edi.
torial headed peter Cooper Will be Elected"
beats anything We have ever seen in Nasty.
What can be more irrisistibly comical than
this:
Great mass meetings are being held all
over the country in favor Of the Independent
candidates and principles, and before mex,
November arrives the West will be almost
solid for greenbacks and the Independent
candidates.
, Nothing but the bulletins of George Fran
CTS Train as presidential candidate. four
years ago can anywhere approach the Ters'
editorials in their preiernstural sbsurdiiy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

That most supsrfuous appendage of our
state government machinery, the board OF
railroad and warehouse commissioners, has
been heard from tor the first time in year
They met at Springfield on Saturday by sum.
mons of Gov Beveridge, and on his order re-
moved F. I. Dubois from the Secretaryship
OF the board and appointed Jas G.. Paddock,
Of Kankakee, in his place. Dubois, 1t seems,
had opposed the nomination of Beveridge for
Governor, hence the republican idea of civil
service reform demanded his decapitation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

The biggest tizzle of the presidential cam.
paign thus far was the Hayes & Wheeler
ratification meeting at Chicago last Saturday
evening. Immense preparations had been
made, and among other speakers to address
the meeting Bristow, Carl Schurz, Bob In
gersoll, Morton and Conklng were promised.
Of course neither appeared or thought of do
ing so, and the only speakers were whisky
ring Cullom and the great whisky thief de-
fender T. A. Siorrs. OF the 10000 voters OF
Chicago not over 5000 were present.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

The Democrats of Chicago had rousing
ratification meeting at McCormick's Hall ON
Friday evening of last week. The hall was
packed, and among the speakers were Ex.
Senator Doolittle, Mr.. Coolbaugh, T. \. MGR.
an, John Forsythe and 5. C. Judd. The fol.
lowing resolution was unanimously adopted
Resolced, That we, the democracy of Chica.
90, hereby reaftirm oGr confidence in the St
LOUIS platform and pledge ourselves 10 lis
support and our utmost endeavors 10 secure
the election OF Samuel j. Tilden and Thomas
A. Hendricks as president and vice president
of the United States.
Adjourned with three cheers for the nom
inees.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

At the election for Mayor in Chicago on
Tuesday Monroe Heath was the successful
candidate, beating the rival candidates Nc
Grath and Kimball, by nine or ten thousand
votes. The Times denounces Heath as a sec
OHd edition of Colvin, and thinks the city
will be no better off for the change.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

The radical papers are stunned and dumb
founded at the fact that when Dan O'IIara,
the late democratic city treasurer of Chicago,
retired from Office, his accounts were found
correct to The last penny, aud he had no,
stolen as much as dime. Such case among
retiring republican officials has not been
known since Grant became president.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

Castle Garden, the once popular place OF
amusement in New York, where Jenny Lind
made her first appearance IN this country,
but of late years used by the commissioners
of emigration as u collecting place for all
emigranis arriving at New York, was de.
stroyed by fire last Sunday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

On we are no longer responsible for
Grant," say the republicans when reminded
that Grant has again taken the whisky ring to
his bosom; Hayes is very different man.
We are for Hayes"
Nevertheless howl of rage goes up from
the united radical press Of Joliet, and from
half dozen correspondents to Chicago radi
cal sheets, against Col. Juessen becauseiin his
4;h Of July Grafton at Joliet he alluded incl
den,ally TO Grant and his whisky ring.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

Another head Drops Clark, special inter
nal revenue agent at San Francisco, has had
his Official head taken off by order of Presi'
dent Grant. Cause, too much zeal IN prose
cutting "our friends" the whisky ring. As
Henry Clay once SAID of John Tyler, D
il, how he hicks emu
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

The President has appointed the Hon. Jas
n Tyner, of Indiana, Postmaster General in
place of Jewell, removed, and the senate
promptly confirmed the appointment Jewell
was removed for speaking too plainly of the
removal of Yaryan. 1t is also understood
that the President is about to remove four
other employees Of the treasury for being
TOO close friends of Bristow and Yaryan.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

Grant makes no important appointments or
removals without consulting Hayes, whe, IN
his letter of acceptance, cordially approves
the resolution OF the Cincinnati convention
endorsing Grants administration. What
would the election of Hayes be, then, but
third term Of Grant with another name?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

Don CaTlOs, The played OUT FTureHuuT 10 VHo
Spanish throne, with half dozen OF his prin.
clpal adherents accompanying him as staff,
vas at Washington on Saturday. They are
travelling through the country incognito, un-
leralded and unknown.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15
DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTED.

A meeting Of the Democratic Central Com
mittee of La Sale county will be held at the
office of Jones & Brewer, in Ottawa, on
Thursday, July Goth, at2 o'clock I'M
VIM. OsMAE, Chairman.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

The steamer ST. Clair was burned on Lake
Superior on Monday, with the loss of &c of
her passengers and crew Only five ofall on
board were saved.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

We are in receipt of the premium list of the
twentieth annual fair Of the Bureau county
agricultural society, 10 be held at Princeton,
commencing September 18Th, and Continuing
iye days
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

Pratt, too, has stepped down and out. Evil
IDENTIFY Gen. Grant has made up his mind, as
Mrs. Grant says he is an obstinate man. Pratt
wasn't very ferocious reformer, but ne
wasn't a thief, and that alone was enough TO
make him disagreeable TO Grant-Ch. Times.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-15

All subscriptions to be paid in advance.
Remittances may be made through none
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OUR CLUBBING.

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

TIE Teachers Institute and other
parties have been engaged in laborious
researches for instances Of Prof.
McKay's bad grammar. When pur-
sued VIII no purpose but mere fault
finding, this employment is unprofta-
BILE. Innumerable cases Of grammat-
ical construction occur where inaccu
racy is adjudged after painfully ex-
quisite trimming of tweedle-dum is
INDUCED to crafty the uncertainty
abstract demands of tweedle-dee
The SAM difficulty exists in orthogra-
raphy, wherein we have equalright to
relegate ofending authors to incompe-
tency arl ilhteracy as in the other.
But We are not Gould Browns nor
Noah Websters, and no one has the
right measure any one else's quail
fcations up to the standard of special
authorities. Why, even in the deli
cate and seemingly simple little bust
ness of pronunciation, some scholarly
people are not up with the text books
This was shown in the Institute few
days ago when the State Superintend-
ent of Public Education took the
wrong side in division upon the word
"ssutli:ce." We adduce this in justice
to Mr.. Mckay on the ground that it i:
hardly fair to expect everything from
a single individual in the wide anc
widening field Of letters. II, howev
er, he is responsible, as elsewhere
charged, for spelling the very common
and well-defned word, fare, fair,
there is nothing in This item to palliat'
an error SO insxcusable.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02
THE MINING JOURNAL.
FROSTBURG, MD, SEPT. 2, 1876.

In the matter of prices Of sites for
the new hotel it seems that our prop
erty-owners should be as liberal as pos
sible. 1t is not likely a fortune can be
made out of the enterprise at the start,
especially in the sale of a site. As a
mass our people are too astute to be
caught in this way, especially when
they can easily see how adjoining
properties and other surroundings are
to be SO much enhanced by the loca-
ton. We want liberality all around
in this matter; we want nothing left
by anybody for somebody else to do
or give I'VE want everybody to do his
1evel best" in whatever way he can.
We are all to be benefited, directly
and indirectly, else nobody would
give the movement support. We
must, also, make the best possible
showing for ourselves before soliciting
foreign aid; we must first attest our
own confidence in the scheme before
inviting that of strangers; in a word,
people in and out Of Frostburg expect
every man in Frostburg to do his
duty.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02
The KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.-Th,

The KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.-The
report of the Supreme Chancellor pres
ented at the recent sessions of the Su-
preme Lodge Of the World in Phila-
delphia contains all that has occurred
during the year of interest to the or
der. He says in regard to Maryland
after having read the report Of the
grand officer: Il can but congratulate
them on the financial condition of their
grand lodge. They report $4,000 in
their exchequer. This is noble rec
ord of their wisdom and prudence in
the management of their financial
affairs, and a worthy example for all
others to follow" The report of the
S. X. of R. and S. shows that there
are thirty -four grand lodges, with
1,525 subordinate lodges, containing
a membership of 1926 on December
81, 1875; of this number Maryland
6,770. The different grand
lodges have on hand, $ls,S9788, and
the subordinate lodges, $3.50, 259.57.
There was expended for relief of mem
bers, 1852, 529.4S; of this amount Ma
ryland expended $2l, 504.62. The to-
tai receipts was $sss,o62l4; $l,121.-
"a was expended for educating or
phans, and $7,l79 81 for reliet of wild
owed families.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

The GREAT Coal SALE.-At the
great coal sale of Tuesday in New York
five hundred thousand tons of Penn
sylvania coal were knocked down at
a tumble of from one to two dollars
per ton. It is said a general suspen-
sion of mining in the anthracite re-
gion will result.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

The BLACK FRIDAY IN Coal
Tuesday the expected tumble in prices
of coal took place. This tumble had
been discounted, but the decline was
veiy much sharper than was expected.
Crate coal fell nearly forty per cent.
and other Goals in like proportions.
The only road to a settlement of the
prices lay through this auction. The
values have so long been speculative
and unnaturally inflated that the only
way to return to healthy condition
was to come down to the solid bottom.
1t is believed, however, by those best
informed that the heavy decline in
prices in New York will not seriously
affect the prices of coal here, at least
for some time. The amount of coal
consumption in this city is compare
lively small; and the transactions have
been cautious for some time past, in
view of the very state of affairs which
we have now reached. 1t is not likely
that coal can be kept down to the low
rates of yesterdays sale ; for the coal
cannot be taken from the mines and
transported to market at such prices
The combination carried the prices to
an impossible height and the fall has
been correspondingly low. 1t is ex-
ceedingly probable that the prices
will begin to rise again almost imme-
diateIY.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

A GEORGIA theorist, who wishes to
increase the production of corn in the
South, proposes tax of 500 an acre
on every acre of cotton more than
five which may be raised by any
planter. .f
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

FLORIDA alligators are getting so
dainty about what they eat that when
baldheaded Northerner falls over
board the reptile sniff around him
and wait long time before taking
him in out of politics.-Detroit Free
Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

SOME one says that no matter how
warm it may be during the day, at
night it is too cool to sleep in the open
air without covers. And yet we no.
tice that those who olive out COM
plain of the heat as much as those who
don No75stoaUn Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

"As SOON as the novelty wears off
sententious]y observed Mr.. Bloggs,
"a man never wakes up baby for the
purpose of making it laugh
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

A DEBTOR severely questioned as
to the reason of his not paying just
debt, replied, Solomon was a very
wise man, and Samson a very strong
one, but neither of them could pay
his debts without money
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

WASN'T it rough on Ella, just as she
was telling Frederick at lunch how
her ethereal appetite was, to have the
cook bawl out, Say, will We have yer
pork and greens now, or wait till yer
feller's gomez
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

FIFTY PER CENT. FOR Your Work.
To any person who will bring us
Sa9ty- FiUe NeV Cash Subscribers to
the JOURNAL, we will give aaea0 Sew
ng Machine worth Sixty-Five dollars.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-09-02

The highest points in New York
city are Trinity steeple, the Western
Union Telegraph building, the tall
tower of the Tribune, the New Post
Office, and not least the taxes on real
estate. The height of a half-case do
nestle Sewing Machine just 3sa in
ches. 1t is not very tall affair COM
pared with those above mentioned,
but it looms up immensely in the es-
timation of those who use it.