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The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08
THE GLORIOUS ELEVENTH.

There is no doubt great truth in the com.
mon remark, that while we have many pre-.
tended histories of the great rebellion, tie
history of the war of the rebellion in this
country is not written, and will not be until
at least fifty years hence, when all the bitter.
ness, rankings and preiudces of the present
generation have passed away This consid-
Grafton attaches all the greater value, how
ever, as material for the future historian, to
the memorials, sketches and recollections Of
the war that are being gathered and embodied
in the proceedings Of the various army corps,
brigade or reglmental reunions that are now
being held from time to time in different parts
of the country. At these gatherings the &C
tors themselves tell their story, and detail cir.
cumstances and places and dates with pre-.
clsion that can be looked for in no general
history.
As possessing much value of this Sort as
we'll as of much deeper immediate interest to
the members ofthe Eleventh Illinois regiment
and their relatives and friends, the proceed
ings OF the late reunion Of that regiment al
Ottawa, with the accompanying history OF the
regiment and sketches Of Its principal Off
GERS, has been prepared and is offered TO the
public. 1t forms q pamphlet of rs octave
pages, neatly printed on heavy tinted paper,
and embraces all the proceedings Of the late
reunion at Ottawa, the speeches in full of
Mr.. Blanchard, Gems. Oglesby, Logan and
Atkins, and the substance of various other
speeches, with the toasts, &c, at the banquet
Also, a brief history of the regiment, names
of all its officers. and sketches of Its four
colonies, Wallace, Ransom, Nevius, ard
Coates, with q lis, Of the surviving members
who attended the reunion. The matter was
prepared with great care and no little taste
and skill by H. NJ. Parker, Esq, one of the
surviving members Of the regiment who st-
tended the reunion, and as he depends nam
ly on sales of II 10 reimburse the expense of
printing, the price has been placed at 80 cts
a copy. Orders for single copies, or any NUN
Der, will he filled at the Bookstore of Osman
& Hspeman, Ottawa, o. on application to ii.
NJ Parker, Esq, Blissf@ld, Michigan.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08
A MENDOZA SCANDAL.

The Chicago Courier works UP highly
sensational article over bit of domestic scan
dal which had occupied the sewing and bar
room circles of Mendoza good many months
past. In the article Of the Courier, as IN
mos of the literature of that sort, the amount
of grain is enormously disproportioned to the
amount of chaf The upshot of the story 49,
that there lived near Mendoza wealthy far
mer who had a handsome daughter. She
was courted, and her affections were wen by
q starchy jewelry store clerk in MENDOZA
named Charles Scherzer. But as the young
man was poor the cruel "parient" sternly ve-
.oed his aspirations TO his daughters hand.
On the contrary, he favored the pretenslons
of a wealthy old gent in the neighborhood,
the half owner of big brewry-an "Auld
Robin Gray of fellow, named Gruby. BY
iint OF coaxing ant driving the girl was In
duced to marry the old buffer. Meantime
Mr.. Scherzer had moved to La Sale and pros
pered, becoming partner in large Jewelry
establishment, and still retaining his ascen.
dancy over the heart of Mrs. Gruby, often
visited her at The house of her husband. No
objection was made to these visits until they
became suspiciously frequent, when they
we're objected TO. Thereapon Mrs. G.. made
up for the absence Of her adorer at her own
home by paying him frequent visits at La
Sale; and there, according to all accounts,
their conduct was-well, very improper.
Finally, on one OF Scherzers visits to Mendo'
Ia, the husband WAS convinced of the truth of
his worst fears by getting a peep through
the halfopened stats of window blind at the
guilty pair in the wifes own bed room. He
took no action in the matter, but sad and DIS
heartencd. he finally took suddenly sick
and as suddenly died, and three weeks later
Mrs. Gruby married scherzer. This added
intensity ,o:the previous suspicious, and the
body Of Mr.. Gruby. after being buried a
month, was exhumed and the stomach sen,
to DIR. Blaney, in Chicago, for analysis, to
discover whether the death of Mr.. Gruby
may not have been expedited by dose Of
"cold p'ison."
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

AS the national platform OF the rag-money
party, if such party shall appear next yeaE'
will doubtless be written in the Office of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, the following extract
from one of its latest utterances on the cur
rency question is interesting;
"The people of Ohio have now better cur
rency without specie basis than they ever
had with It, The specie basis Is fraud III
was always fraud There is no such thing
as a money basis. Money is money. II Is
money il wants nothing behind il TO redeem
il. If it is not money, It should not oe az,
lowed TO circulate. Greenbacks are legaf
tender for all debts and all taxes save custom
House duties. The decline or the increase IN
Tho ya,ne of cold doesn't affect domestic
nrices-doesn't affect the value OF green
back at all. Gold lntrinsically is worth
nothing. The government stamp upon pa,
per, leather, or anything else, IS Jus' as goo''
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08
The people of Anna, Union county, ILL.,, are

The people of Anna, Union county, ILL.,, are
indignantly excited against Mir. Kempter, the
man who got the contract for building the
south wing of the State Insane Asylam Of
that place. The appropriation is about
100000, we believe, and all the hotel, board
ing house, and store keepers, as well as car
penters, bricklayers, plasterers and other me
chanics, expected to get rich from the expen
diture of so vast a sum in SO small town.
But the contractor gave all q sore disappoint-
ment by bringing his own mechanics with HIM
from Chicago, opening his own dry goods
and grocery store, and boarding his men in a
shanty erected and carried on bv himself.
There Is some talk among the indignant
population of mobbing the contractor.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08
INTEREST.

The interest on the National debt of the
United States is S!03,000,000 year. Before
the war that was about the principal What
tax is that? 1t is more than twenty dollars
upon every voter III the country, if we take
the Ohio election as a test. In little over
twenty years we pay as much as the princi-
pal. But still the principal remains. What
a terrible cancer is interest!
The above, from the Cincinnati Enquirer
is pOlntedly suggestive of the fate OF Ameri
can Industries, unless some relief in the mat
ter of interest is speedily attained. Add tc
this the interest on State, railroad, and other
bonds, and on the private Indebtedness OF the
country, and we reach an annual aggregate OF
interest which will average over fifty dollars
for every man, woman and child IN the ma.
tior, and an average of something over four
hundred dollars for every producer The
producers, of course, have their burden to
bear, and when it is considered that the an
nual interest of this country exceeds its an
nual increase of wealth, 1t must be plain to
any one that it is only a matter of time when
production will be crushed out and the coun-
try become bankrupt. There can be no mis-
understanding about the matter, and men who
oppose an effort to reduce the rate OF interest
are simply human ghouls preying upon the
dustrial Age.
Nothing ,s easier than to string words to-
gether like the above, yet there IS quite q
coterie of politicians, and they are not with
out degree of proSperIty, whose sole stock
in trade is such fanfaronade. Mrs. Wood.
hull can declaim for hours IN the same way
against the vices of society at the same time
that she is stepped in them herself up to her
ears. Why not ascend occasionalls to the
plane Of common sense and make just one
practical suggestion as TO how the evils con.
nected with the subject of interest may be
avoided! In itself the payment of interest is
certainly no evil. A man has an opportunity
by the payment of one thousand dollars OF
ready money to purchase property that is
certain 10 be worth two thousand to him IN less
than year. He can afford to pay 20 pei
cent. interest for the money, and by the oper
alton both borrower and,lender are benefited
Such opportunities are always occurring, and
IT would be hea,henish stupidity to punish
borrower or lender IN such cases. But another
man, who thinks he sees an equally good
chance TO double his money, mortgages his
house to raise it, and the venture proving un
fortunate, is ruined. Now will some of oul
"reformers' have the goodness to explain.tc
us how law is to be framed that will at the
same time avert the latter mans 's"misfortune'
and yet deal out exact justice TO the othel
men? Now don't bury us in a wordy swash
but give us, in a few pithy, comprehensive
Ineligible sentences, your plan.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

The first of January was celebrated with
great spirit IN most of the larger cities like
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago,
ST. Louis, &c, by the ringing of bells, firing
of cannon, proiuse display Of flags, &c, NOT
only because il ushered in the centennial
year, but because il was the one hundrei,h
anniversary Of the adoption. by the continent
al army. of the stars and stripes as our nation.
al emblem. Forever float that standard
sheeiv' A, Philadelphia the enthusiasm was
probably greater than anywhere else. A dis
patch dated at l o'c'ock A. n. says: "Ches.
nut street is thronged by surging crowd OF
cheering people. The ris full of the clang-
ing of bells and firing of cannon, and the sky
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

GOV Beverdge having gone to Washington
to spend couple Of weeks, and Lieut. Gov
ernor Glenn being out Of the state, the duty ol
serving as fgure.head of the executive OF this
state falls upon the Hon. i. NJ. Haines,
speaker of the house, as the next in the order
of succession. It is said the railroad CON-
missioners are trembling in their boots in
view of the situation, fearing that Haines,
from his known hostility TO them, may avail
himself of his little brief authority to give
them the grand bounce.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

is lit by fireworks. AS the bells noted the
hour of twelve flag designated after the
original pattern was raised by the mayor
amid tremendous acclamation. The hring OF
a salute followed the raising OF the flag Pub
lie and private buildings were decorated with
flags and illuminated. the watch-night ser
vices in the Depot church were attended by
an immense audience, every foot OF space be-
ing occupied Mr. Sankey sang several Of
his popular hymns, and Mr.. Moody preached
an interesting sermon
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

The following refers to an item which we
picked up as waif floating on the newspa-
per wave. Of course so far as this paper is
concerned, we take pleasure in repairing any
wrong our copying the item may have done;
BROOKLYN, N. Y, jan 5th, 1876.
Editors Of Free Trader-Will you, in jus
tice, please give the enclosed cutting as
prominent place in your columns as you
did your mistatement of an untrue, unkind az
ticle in the N. Y Sune The latter paper was
obliged to publish this as an acknowledge
ment of the wrong done in lis previous issue.
After our term of subscription expires you
may discontinue the FREE TRADER to our
''0'' pss MRS J. u. p1rkrs.
MIR. CRIPPs EXPLAINS HIS DAUGHTERS IN
vEsTMENT IN Mr.. BEECHER's PAPER.
To the Editor Of the Sma-.Sir: In so far rs
my family are concerned, the statements OF
the Sun OF the 25th inst. are incorrect My
daughter, OF her own accord, desiring to help
Mr.. Beecher in supporting his paper, sent to
Mr.. Beecher and volunteered her subscription
to the stock of the Chrtstian Union Upon
inquiring of parties supposed TO know, /
learned that the investment might not pay
immediate dividends, and therefore l asker
for and received the money back. This wac
without my daughter knowledge or consent,
and she so little approved of my action that
she afterwards wrote to Mrs Beecher stating
that fact, and expressing her earnest desire 10
return the cash, and thus assist Nr Beechef,
as she had at first intended.
Very respectfully,
WILLIAM GRIPS.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

HdIPer's Weekly discaos its former love
for President Grant with ferocious emphasis.
II now insists that the republican party shall
not only rdle Grant himself out as possible
candidate next year, but all of the "Grani
Group" Few papers have skeen.r seen, Tor
the popular breeze than Harpers Weelly.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

Pekin, ILL.,, has a daily paper, the Bulletin,
published by w. II. Bates, 1t is six COL
umn paper, with plenty of reading matter,
and Its editorials full Of vivacity and spirit.
At that distance from any large city, small
daily paper in town of eight or ten thous-
and people, like Pekin, ought to be able to
live
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

The Hannibal (Mo) Clipper mentions the
notable fact that on December Goth, the
steamer Alexander Mitchell, first class pas
senger and freight packet, passed up the
Mississippi from ST. Louis to Keokuk.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

The Supreme Court Of this state met at
Springfield on Monday, Judge Scott, holding
the oldest commission, occupying the position
of chief justice. Judge Dickey was sworn
in and tsok his seat on the bench.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

Tne great fight in the West between certain !. 10.
,.eon1S, pnt some facts showing the cost OF
=, suafactnred articles Mccormick, one ot
the largest manufacturers of the West, iesu-
fes ia relation TO the cost oil many arucies
which he manufactured, asd tne price a. a.
which they were sold to the farmer. some OF
WI, WIZ or,;cies are here enumerated:
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

Dispatches from Utah state that at Alta
City, on the 3oth ult., the snow was l2 feet
deep on the level. The trains on the Central
Pacific we're 10 hours behind at Ogden.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

A couple Of convicts in the Ohio peniten-
tiary were detected The other day In manu-
featuring bogus nickels. A little son Of the
warden was inveigled into showing them
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

The State Board of Agriculture, Low in ses.
sion at Springfield, on Wednesday voted to
hold the next State Fair al Ottawa.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08
JUDICIAL ELECTION.

The following is the official vote cast at
the special election in the Chicago district to
fill the vacancy created by the resignation OF
Hon. W K. McAllister:
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

Totals -......-....S SlcO 0lois
Which gives profit of s4s3 50 on $50 worth
of machinery. As we have taken the above
firrres from the sworn testimony Of McCor
mick himself. thev are entitled 10 iha fulles;
credcncc. The SNsa'ifc .iucriors, in an a.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08
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
ct any post Office in the country:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. .sS .I5
The New York herald., 1876-12-26
THE MASKED BURGLARS.

WHERE WATER POLICE PATROL is NEEDED.
1t is altogether unlikely that the rufnans who In.
vaded Ravcnswood last Saturday morning viii
show their faces tnorc again. They have heard
by this time that the inhabitants Of the villas that
the ridge OF Ravenswood to be prepared for
them hereafter. During tour the HERALD reporter
made OF the negnboorhood yesterday. he found that
all the occupants OF the Ravenswood villas were eager
to meet any marauder who might feel inclined to
pay them visit. Mr.. Combs, II is saId will bring
Calling gun to bear any suspicious looking
stranger that approaches his dwelling from the
river sido. All the people who have houses
along the East River and Sound by unanimous voice
declare in favor of having police patrol by boat
through the dark winter nights along the shore. The
HERALD reporter who yesterday visited Astoria dis
covered serious feeling Of alarm among the people
occupying houses by the shore, and II il believed
that they will hold meeting soon for the pur-
pose OF adopting measures looking to mutual defence
This premature, because preparations for defence
commenced Immediately after the publication OF the
article In the HRRALD relating to the msfortunes OF
Mr. Hitler whose house SO incontinenty broken
into all its treasury stolen. The idea OF preparing
any defence against burglars before entered the
heads OF the people who occupy the many handsome
20 annyoach honse on tho east aide Of
Vernon avenue near Mr.. Hlier's IL appeared to be
dwelling. the inmates Of which might be disposed to
something their security or Insecurity from
burglars The following literal conversation occurred =:
81 called, sir, TO know IT. on account of the late
OF OF burglars At Mr dillerR house,
you are disturbed?n
eyes sir, we are much disturbed"
''Have you. adopted aay precautions against like
occurrenccY'
1--WE have adopted this precautIon" and presently
the reporter edited by the Of heavy
navy revolver his head which, however, the genial
owner did not lhcn discharge, but rather invited his
questioner enter his house and maKe himself at
home
The fact M that great trcpidation prevails all along
the line OF the Ravenswood villas and the only proper
means to quiet this feeling is 70 have police patrol
nv boat
The New York herald., 1876-12-26
A MISSOURI CONVICT RECAPTURED.

From the Lebanon (Mo.l Anti Monopolist1
George w. Brownficd sent to the Pcnitentiary
from Phelps county few years ago. After about Two
months stay, day while work tho rock quarry
he Knocked down his guard and aed; Was pursued
some three miles, bu, made good his escape. He says
that in days and two nights he mado the trip on
foot from Jefferson City 10 his homo Dallas county,
100 miles and that he slept drring the time
had nothing 10 eat and furthermore, st had on his
prison garb He burned his striped sut when he got
home and invested himself with clothing similar 10
that OF which he had been dvested when he involuu-
tary joined brotherhood Of outlaws at Jefferson
Since then he has been spending the time roaming
over the country from his Dallas county home into
Texas ana elsewhere
Sncrlf Gooda hearing OF his escape, has been moro
than year the lookout Tor nim Learning that he
was again In Dallas county he went out TO his neigh
borhuod last week There he informed that
Brownneld went heavily armed and always had one or
more pistols under his pillow.
Late on Saturday night the 9th inst, Brownhcl
recogn zcd the voice oil neighbor calling on him ask
ing adnittance stating that he had been fox hunt
ing, was cold wanted TO warm The door
opened and, with the ncghbor Aforesaid, in walked
our indcfatgahic Shcrin, who quickly, ana without
ceremony then aud there secured hs prey--ano her
yeracason Of tho that wrongdoers escaped con-
vcts and such like ieows not sale any where in
Sheriff Goodaifs territory.
The New York herald., 1876-12-26
sTEINMETZs DOUBLE.

WHAT THE STARS TELL HIM AND WHAT THE
POLICE HAVE DONE FOR HIM.
julius Alvin wunschc, tailor, arrested ycstcr-
day at No 5 Cook street, williamsburg charged with
swindlrg and also for passing himself of as General
William q. steinmetz.
wunsche, 1t will bc remembered, somo months ago,
while pcrsonating General Stclnmetz, made the ac-
quaintance OF two named Schrieber and
Raiser After bringing this acquaintance to tho
women sent letters TO General Seinmcz threatening
that II he did not pay certain moneys to expose him.
Those letters reached Mrs Stcinmctz, ard the comp
cations arising thcrerom led tho and imprs
onnient OF the Schrieber and female
associate. Az their examination the inno-
ccncc Of the General clearly proven by
the testimony OF the prisoners, and they were dis
charged on the same evidence, they showing he was
not tho for whom the letters were intended
Wunschc, who resembles the General, was nj last ar.
rested identified the scoundrel and placed
under bonds answer, but jumped his bail and fled TO
Philadelphia
The next move was q suit against General stenmetz
by the Schrciber and Kaiser, for false i'm
prnonment damages claimed, SIC, OOOl This suit
tried and after the evidence all IN was thrown
out OF court. Then Wunsche, thinking the matter
Jew days Win his father al No. Cook street But
being home and having no work, Wunsche wanted
money be induced Mr. hcitzman, OF No. DIS Broad
way intrust him with two gold watches and chain
now coat by sharp practice from John Brockman,
OF No. 81 Graham avenue, started again
for Philadelphia, where no squandered
the money Returning yesterday to spend
arrested general holiday, no was seen and recog
nized by Ufncer Phillip Worth, VINO took HIM In charge.
Wunschc Is cheerful takes matters cooliy and says
that is not going 20 be punished at all as The stars
The New York herald., 1876-12-26

snd that any dsiniercslsa experts acquaintance
would do the same He pronounced most Of the rooms
merely stnlls, and said that architect who could
design and approve such building cuipable in
the extreme To support this view the facts stand
that The building has been found practically unten
antabe failing 10 pay even the interest the mort
cages, aud that II Is In the hands OF receiver,
appointed py the Mutual Life Insurance Company.
during the last year Is stated that three OF the few
tenants died OF dipnthera, and the statement would
not be wondered at by who examined the building.
Tho wretchcd position and material OF the pipes,
severely criticised TO the reporter by a practical
plumber Is demonstrated by the continual freezing
ana bursting which has been gong this winter.
The noors OF many rooms and the often
covered with water, which freezes almost
dismal interior single winding staircase Of Georgia
pine furnished the sole the different floors OF
the building that II this 10 take flrc near its
foot the escape Of the Of the upper stories
would be entirely cut on
EXPLANATION AFFECTING BRooKLyN DISASTERS
To ascertain whether the Fire Commissioners would
have sanctioned the erection of this building, dan
gerous one The reporter called upon Hugh McIaugh.
I'm, one Of the ,ioard. and was informed that the
powers OF the Board IN this matter were very limited
indeed; that Tor four years an attempt had been made
to obtain enlarged discretion, but so tar without
This seems very like practical admission that
unsafe building could be constructed spite Of
the existence of this Board. Further details
might easily be added tending TO establish
still more fully alleged facts which have
10 make the story sensational here IL is simple,
but there Is no desire TO insert anything that would
wantonly heighten tho force Of the charges. Tho
facts stated clearly possible, and the alleged
motives not even limited in this article. The
cusnton the intent and probable motives of Mr.
plant which has already been served upon him by tho
counsel Of the lady in question.