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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-23

THE SPENCER INVESTIGATES was COR
tinued this morning by the examination of
Hal. II. Hunter, who concluded his testimo-
by, which was merely corroborative of his
evidence OF Yesterday. The pext witness
was Jackson Morgan, (colored,) WHO testified
that he was The body servant OF Francis
WIdmer, late collector OF internal revenue,
who died ten months after the election OF
Spencer with yellow fever; that about ii or
II days before Widmer was taken sick, be
was arrested by Special Agent LutZ a. q
defaulter; that Widmer separated his pTi-
vate and public papers before his sickness.
Gen. Morgan here stated that he expected 10
prove that Spencer borrowed Winners
money, knowing that he was defaulter,
or that the money was public money. Mr.,
Mayer, OF counsel for Spencer, objected to
this queS ton, and stated that the object of
Gen Morgan was attained by making this
assertion, that The legislative committee OF
Alabama had thoroughly sifted this mat
ter; that the committee were all political
opponents OF Sptn cer, and that he defei
Gen. Morgan to point e. one Scintilla of evil
oence which would sustain his assertion.
Cen Morgan arose 10 reply, when Senator
Morton said 30 pzrsoUaiitIes would be per-
United, ard allowed Gen. Morgan TO ask the
witness the question tending to show the
borrowing OF money from Widmer by Spen-
Ger. The witness replied that he did not
BROW anything OF the so called transaction.
John CtRkip, keeper of a colored saloon In
Montgomery, testified that he had seen Sem
atOT Jones, OF Lowndes, with three one hun
dItd dollar bills in his hand about the time
81 The election that he had credited at his
her one VIM. V. Turner, a colored member
OF IRE legislature who.told him he was treat
ing on Spen GERS account; witness afterw ards
took the bill TO Spencer, who said that under
the circumstances he would pay the bill, al
though he bad never authorized Turner TO
have IL charged TO him; he refused to pay
another bill contracted by Turner. however.
The witness denied saying that he Intended
10 swear strong against Spencer" because
he wouldn't pay Turner's bill.
Frederick HOlGe, county treasurer OF Mont
xuha
committee adjourned until 10 O'Clock TO NOR
low morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-23
TIE WHITE xu,kratrs

The bridge Of the GOrut Va hin ton
branch road az Whitehell, y. n waS b.Owls
SIX inches out OF line ~ the 90 le MOBday
night, rendering tue passage OF trains over
IL Impossible. No tfa.1s OF 1 Partlan A
and Ogdensburg railrDud passed u rough TIE
White Mountain nots.l Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-23

AT Augusta, ale, JOiI.haE Lsiuen res &
ing oD HCspit Il street Was Killed dur ng The
gale TUESDAY forenoon Toy hih barn doc,
slamming upon him and la turing hi
skull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-23

YIN. " u r. BUhI, TIE BO9Jln exp. NJ,
while settling his quarterly accounts at tine
Post Office department the other day, intro
duced AnionS h's --.,cars sOEoe claims against
the government for expenses iucurred
amounting in all to nearly sis 900 TIE
cialms were al! old, some running back four
o. i've years, one being a claim against the
government for rebuilding the Old South
uTch three wears ago. The claims were
rrnmnflv diSHllnWed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
UNJUST DENOMINATION,

Al meeting of La Sale County Grange
No. 81, held in Ottawa, September !, 1876,
the following resolutions were passed:
WHEREAS, The Illinois and Michigan ca
nal belongs TO the State of Illinois, lor the
whole people thereby and the earnings OF
said Canal, above the necessary Improve
ments and running expenses, are paid into
the State Treasury, or applied to the improve
ment of the rivers of said State; and.
WHEREAS, Certain Railroads have been
and are, discriminating against the Canal, a,
certain stations on the Railroads. by charg
ing higher rates for conveying freight Of all
classes, for shorter distances, from stations
not in competition with said Canal, than they
do from stations on the Canal, or in competi
ton with the same; and,
WHEREAS, The Legislature has passed an
act TO prevent eXtOrtion and unjust discrlm
ination in the rates charged for transporta
ton of passengers and freights on Railroads
IN this State; and to punish the same for VIC
lation Thereof; and created board of Rail
road and Warehouse Commissioners to en-
force this law; and.
WHEREAS, The Fox River Branch of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad sets
the law and the Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioners at defiance, as is shown by
the following freight tariffs of said road
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23

The next state election takes place in Col.
orado, occurring October Sd, one week before
the election in Ohio and Indiana. 1t is the
first election after the admission of Colorado
into the Union, and involves the choice of
governor. congressman, Legislature, &c, and
As there is no law providing for the choice Of
presidential electors the three electors of that
state will have 10 be chosen by the legislature,
so that the election on the Sd will really open
the presidential ball by deciding whether Til
den or Hayes Is TO have the state. While a
territory, with slight exceptions, Colorado
has been republican, though the Tilden men
are not without hope of carrying it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23

There is another nasty s,ory out IN refer
ence to the gushing hero of the night shirt
Theodore TIlton. On his way in the cars
from Albany to New York. in the night, a
week ago, he was caught in sleeping car in
bed with another mans wife. The injured
husband, it appears, had gone up the road
from New York half way to Albany to meet
his wife, and on boarding the train, sought
her in the sleeping car, intending to take her
by surprise. "Phanzy his phelnx,' when,
on approaching her bed, he found stretched
out by her side the form OF the tall gusher
from Gotham" Naturally the husband be-
came excited and dealt Tilton fearful blow
in the face, and was otherwise proceeding to
chaw him up, when brakeman interfered
and got him out Of the car. Tilton's excuse
afterwards given was that he had been drunk
and very sleepy, and having an upper berth
in the same apartment, had dropped into the
wrong bed and the woman protested that
she had slept SO soundly as to have been un
conscious of the intrusion. The explanation,
though rather thin on both sides, seems to
have satisfied the husband, tor on reaching
New York he walked off with his wife, the
two apparently on the most amlcable terms
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
THE INDIANS,

The campaign against the Indians IN Mon
tana has ended and apparently IN al lnglori
Gus failure. With some 5000 cavalry, artil
lery and infantry, Crook and Terry secured
the whole country from the Big Horn 10 Ida
ho, and north of the Yellowstone to the Mis-
souri,, the troops encoun,ering untold prjya
tons and suffering, but finding no Indians
The column has apparently been disbanded
returning plece-meal TO the various forts
along the Missouri, Yellowstone, &c, for TIT
winter Meantime, new that the pursuit o
Sitting Bull and his cutthroats has apparent
ly ceased, the Sioux are beginning to return
In squads to sue for peace-and government
rations during the winter In this way Xii
Eagle, with about $50, came In at Standing
Rock on the 10Th and surrendered; and nego
tlations are gong on at Red Cloud agency
for the surrender OF other bands. Another
band sent messenger to Cheyenne, offering
to surrender, but before an answer could have
reached them "a report came that some OF
Crooks troops had found the camp and exter
minated its entire population. If this proves
true, it is the only instance where hostile
Sioux band has been encountered by the
troops since the Custer massacre. The pres
ent policy of the government seems to be, that
as rapidly as these bands come in and sur
render, instead of overlooking their treachery
and quietly feeding them during the winter,
as heretofore, their rngleaders are to be
punished-perhaps shetland the rest sen,
off to distant reservations. OF course, after
the occurrences of the summer, the govern.
ment will have no scruple in disregarding
the claim of the Sioux to the Black Hills.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
A WARNING.

The Springfield State hegister is losing its
patience and getting mad, and gives warning
as follows:
Bob lngersolls lying, abusive speech at
New York, the other day, appears to be great
y 10 The taste of the republicans of this state
among other things, he said that an 1874 ev-
cry democrat who had musket was a rebel,
anu every rebel withouta musket was demo.
Graf" This sort of viluperation and abuse IS
very easy, and if 1t is to be continued, the
uemocratic editors and orators of this state
Will we are sure, accept the issue gladly, and,
sPeaklhg Tor the State Register only, more
man Im; gladly The republican state ticket of
, nm,nois Is made up of men tainted with the
w.; mots. frauds of the whisky ring and the dirt
h hes. TICKS OF the pententiary ring men who
na'e signed fraudulent vouchers, and who
Me suspected OF completely In fraudulent
contracts: Some of lis Candidates are sus.
pecleu OF cotton robberies, Others are known
~ ~ caShiered officers of the army, while the
STATE central committee is almost wholly com.
posed OF ringsters. We personally dislike
extremely the use Of personal abuse, but
LOT pnlltical purposes no weapon can be more
eHective than the truthful record of republi.
can public men In Illinois, and we saw again.
we snail be more than glad of any excuse TO-
give lhese records to the public.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
Queer conduct that for Comprehend"
W. Ii. HALL.

GREELEY ON TILDEN.-Horace Greely's
opinion of Mr.. Tilden is expressed in the fol
lowing extract from a letter from the former
to the latter, Oct. 90, 1869:
"Sir: You and l are growing old. We
came here young from the country, and have
lived and struggled side by side for forty
years. We have participated ardently on diff.
ferent sides. You were the pupil and the
protege of Martin Van Buren, and Sias
Wright; l disciple and follower of Henry
Clay. But this will say for you, that am
confident you have never sought to enrich
yourself by politics at the expense of the
public-,hat whatever of wealth you may
have acquired or enjoyed was earned at your
profession as lawyer, and that your instincts
and your influence, partisanship apart, have
generally been ielt on the side of economy IN
public expenditures and uprightness in the
conduct of public affairs"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23

VIM. J. Fort, now on a visit east, writ.s us
that while in New York he was intormes on
reliable authority that there was no dpubI
Mr.. Tilden's income amounted, during one
year oil the war, TO quarter of a milliOo OF
dollars, and yet at no time did he return more
than $l2,000.-LacOn Home Journal.
Then VIM. j. Fort lies foolishly and ienor
antly. Tilden never made but one income
return, when he gave IN his taxable income
at S7,lls. After that, inaccordsnce withthe
income law, he let the L. S. assessor estimate
his income according TO his own sweet will
Tilden paying no further attention to it han
To psy the tax when the collector came aroind
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
From MarseiIIes.
MARsELLEs, Sept. 2lst, 1876.

MAkSELLES, sept 2lSt, 1876.
Yesterday was the day selected by the re-
publicans of this place for their grand blow
oat, pole raising, etc The pole, which is
about 100 feet high, is surmounted with a
gilt ball, beneath which a streamer bearing
the names of Hayes and what's his-name"
floats out on the breeze The momentous
question, allow to get up the pole" had been
agitating the minds o: the leading republl-
cans for some time, and when it was found
no man in the party possessed sufficient gen.
Jus TO place the poleIin position, the "Whayes
and Wheeler" Club found themselves much
in the position of the man who had purchased
the elephant. Finally Eb. Barber staunch
Tilden and Hendricks man, was induced to
undertake the job and at a rather late hour
yesterday afternoon arrived upon the grounds
(nearly opposite the depoD which had been
selected as the site for the "pole raising"
About seventy five persons, including demo
Gratis, republicans, men, women and children
the latter being largly in the majority as
sembled to witness the operation, which was
satisfactorily and expedltiously performed
under the able directions of Mr.. Barber
In the evening meeting was held in Occi.
dental Hall, where p. c. Hayes-the man
who has been selected as the next victim TO
be beaten by the Hon. Alexander Campbell
in the Sth district; "Col." Scheidham, and
Judge" Hopkins proceeded to rehssh old
worn out speeches to limited audience,
about half of whom were democrats, induced
by curiosity to attend The speakers all took
the old worn out text, preached the old worn
out sermons and repeated the same old, stale
jokes. The war, of course, was the burden
of their theme, and the bloody shirt was
"slung" around in manner highly satisfac-
tory to the speakers at least. The republican
party, and republicans generally, were as
faultess as angels, aud the democrats were
the cause, not only of the war, but of every evil
with which this country has been afflicted
for the last one hundred years. These dis
gusting misrepresentation were at last
brought to q close, the meeting broke up, and
all sensible people retired to their homes, dis
gusted with the speakers, the speeches, the
republican party, and with themselves for at
tending the meeting. SHOOTING STICK.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
(uttinr Steel with Soft Iron.

.Iabob Reese, of Pittsburg, Pa, had long
ndeavored TO construct a machine to cut
hardened cold steel. He accomplished ii at
length by means of saw of soft wrought
iron-merely circular disc-rotating at
high velocity. With low speed this would
not cut at all but when running about 5000
feet per minute the disc cut through steel
rapidly, giving out an immense cascade of
sparks 10 the operation. 1t was found on
examining the debris beneath the disc that
the particles of steel we're not simply rubbed
off. They were welded together In pyra-
mid like stalagmite or the snow circles on
the top of Mount Washington. Professor
Hendrick ascertained that real fusion had
taken place among the particles Of steel.
The disc is very little heated, but the steel is
actually melted and drops down. Yet the
bar on each sile of the cut is not heated
enough To draw the temper or or:dize the
metal. Solid bars of steal oftwo or three IN -
ches IN diameter are thus cut through in as
many minutes. The soft metal disc is about
AZ inches in diameter The naked hands
may he passed through the jet or stream o
flying sparks, during the operation, without
being burned, since the particles OF melted
metal are in the condition known as the
sphcroidal state.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23

A year or two ago it was discovered that a
number of valuable books had disappeared
from the Supreme Court library at Ottawa
One or tive parties were prosecuted for the
theil, but without effect; and though some
OF the books were recovered, others continued
missing. A few mornings ago the librarian
discovered five more of the missing books on
court house steps. "Whai! on the stepsr
Yes, they had evidently been left there in the
night 5y some conscIence-harrowed party,
ana the librarian identified them at sight
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23

The great cry of the Democratic party Is
reform, reform! Yet 1t would be difficult for
any one to point out in the history of the
Democratic party for the last twenty years an
instance where that party inaugurated or orig.
inally favored single reform, BY their
fruits, not their promises shall we know them
-Ogle County Free Press.
The only approach the party has made TO
getting into power in the last sixteen or
twenty years was, that it had control of the
lower house of congress during one session.
Thus imperfec,ly habiltated, however, it
managed to cut down the national expendi.
ture at the rate of $30,00O0O0 yea, and
would have increased the amount to fifty
millions year, but for the opposition of Ii
republican president and senate Then ii
did herculean work, by exposing frauds and
corruption, towards purifying the public ser
vice. About the only state in which the par,
~ had an opportunity to exhibit its adapta.
bility for reform was New York, in which,
in the course of two years, it broke up several
gigantic rings that had been robbing the
people, and reduced the state taxes from $15,
100000 to less than $S,OO0,000 year. "By
their fruits We shall know them" What do
you say to the "fruits?"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23

The attempt of the Chicago Journal Sian
derers of Lew Steward to backen him as a
copperhead and enemy of the soldiers during
the war; has signally failed. Capt. Hemmeng,
way, of Little Rock, Kendall county, who
joined II company raised tor the war in Stew.
ards neighborhood, publishes an affidavit in
which he says:
When we enlisted-there were five of us
Lew invited US down to his house, gave us q
stavlng good dinner, gave us five dollars
apiece in gold and told us to call on him any
time we needed help. / consider him the
best toward the poor man or soldier that ever
resided in this town.
And Lieut.. w. III. Hall adds the following
l was one of five spoken OF by Capt. Hem
mengway, and endorse all that he says-and
more, too. Lew offered US as much money
as We needed, but we only took IS apiece.
Lew paid for the whole company's dinner at
the Burke House, IN Chicago, on the same
trip. was lst Lieutenant in the Company
with Capt. Hemmengway. We were out four
years and seven NOTWITHSTANDING the whole
war-and were two of the three who returned
to this town. Lew was the only man who
turned cut to give us a reception. He took
us to his house and gave up big fat potpie,
and then sent US home with his team.
W. II. HALL.
Queer conduct that for a Comprehend"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23

There is certainly something suspicious In
the fact that the persons indicted in South
Carolina for completely In the Hamburg mas
sacre, over which we have heard such a
howl in the bloody shirt organs, can't get a
trial. The trial was set for the 10th inst, and
the accused were on hand, ready and anxious
for trial; but Gov. Chamberlain's attorney
general and the U. S. district attorney were not
ready and the trials were put off until Janu.
ary The pos,penement gives additional sig
nifcance to the declaration of Butler, who is
called the ring .leader of the massacre, dat il
allowed a fair trial, "he would prove that
Gov. Chamberlain had instigated the pro.
ceedings that ended in the massacre and was,
therefore, responsible for It," The govern
ment had stationed ten companies at Aiken
TO see that no negro witnesses were ovenawed
by the whites; the negro witnesses werepres.
ent in shoals; the judge of the court is car.
pet-bag republican; all the county officers
are republicans; the machinery for drawing
Jurors is IN their hands; and the juries il All
ken county, we are told, "are usually com
posed of more negroes than whites" And
yet Chamberlain is afraid to let the triil go
on. The only fair inference, as the st. louis
Republican suggests, is that the Hamburg
massacre, instead of being punished and dis
posed of, is to be nursed through the prcsi.
dental campaign for the benefit of Hayes
and Wheeler"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
The MARSHALL COUNTY DEMO

The MARSHALL COUNTY DEMOCRAT IS the
name of new democratic paper that comes
to US from Lacon, Ill. 1t is published by
Col. j. G. Ford, and is but the removal of the
Southern Shield, lately published by Mr. Ford
at Owensboro, Ky, to new locality with a
new name The paper Is very ably edited,
and jusnfies what the CourierJou,aas SAYS o f
MIR. Ford, who represented Davies County IN
the last Kentucky legislature, that "He is an
editor OF more than ordinary ability, and we
sincerely regret his loss to the press aud
state of Kentucky"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH.

Under the auspices OF the Centennial Elk.
position at Philadelphia arrangements were
made for an international rifle match, to
which all nations were invited to send
"teams," "a team consisting Of eight men, to
contest for the championship of the world.
The match was to take place at Creedmoor
on Long Island, opening September 18th, and
occupying two days. The distances to be FIR
ed were 800, go and 1000 yards. To realize
what shooting at such distances is, 1t must be
borne in mind that to the common eye at six
hundred yards away the head of mau looks
like small, round ball. AT 800 yards the
rings Of the targets are invisible, only the
bulls eye can be seen. AT 1000 yards the
bulls eye Is little gllstening speck.
Five teams entered the list, representing
Canada, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, and the
United States.
Each member of each team was allowed 30
shots. The highest score any team could
make was 5000. The shooting occupied 2
~ n
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23

H. NJ. Gallagher, of the Peru Herald, an.
nounces in that paper of Saturday, that he
has transferred the Herald TO Mr.. 5. Ellis.
worth, of the Lscon Home Journal, by whom
the paper will hereafter be published. As
the publication of the Home Journal is to be
continued, Mr.. Ellsworth thus becomes the
publisher of two papers, both weekly" The
transfer, we infer, Involves the change of the
republican paper.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
e:w-- No. cars shipped from July /,
5S3E 1875 to July /, 1876.

WHEREAS, The overcharges collected from
i've towns by the SAID Railroad from July /,
1875, to July l, 1876, taking Ottawa as basis,
and only on cars of corn ana oats, are as fol
lows; Milllngton, $l4567l; Sheridan, Sl417..
73; Serena, $242S.S5; Wedron, $229SS7
Grand Ridge, $55OS.54. Total, $13, l10.70;
Res0lred, That we respectfully enquire if
the Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
have been as faithful urgent and persistent
in instituting and prosecuting SUITS against
railroad companies for violating the laws, as
shown in the above discriminating schedule
OF rates. to a final decision
ResOlced, That it is the beliefof this Grange
that the Railroad named is discriminating
unjustly at the stations above cited, ia the VI
entity of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, in
open violation of the law, not only to the de.
triment of the people along said line OF rail.
road, but to the injury of the citizens OF the
whole State, by destroying the business OF
said Canal, and thereby robbing the State of
the revenue which should be derived from
tolls therefrom.
And as we are informed, the Commission
ers claim that they are tied hand and foot, I'm.
til decision in the cases now pending is
given by the higher Courts We therefore
urge that said cases and others that may arise
under the railroad laws of the State should
be prosecuted with vigor to an early and final.
decision, that the law may be INDICATED, and
the people relieved from this defiance and
these extortionate, oppressive and unjust bur
dens. Ordered published by vote of the
Grange. JOHN s. ARMSTRONG,
Chairman of Committee.