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THE WIDOW.

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IT.
iit hide me away in the widowcr's heart,
y no is TINS left alone in the worlds buev mart:
ne shall nut thus mUan+ OF IN solitude roam
70 fnd kind lady to welcome him home:
rur lnia Tedf widow Of just th:rty-three,
y ith lace and 4 form just pleasant to sce
heart hrimnin. full OF good temper anL fun,
a h1ce little Ao''.e, amt sweet little son
70 say, friendly TE1nrSE- how happy I'd be
70 cheer the lone heart, il the face could see:
70 @ vail the dear widuwer one friendly kiss:
CA1CAGo, Aug. 70. j,sA
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TO EXCHANGE.

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TO EACHASGE-Ek2UiTl Ct kx2 n COTTAGE AND TWO
lots ou "ents Sast " otaLe Nth Other
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al' y. D1aS' ~ ooulh a1ei.st.
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~: nHsiness Ut t property
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TO EXCHANGE.

$500 - - ~ VOEnpTF IN Ey.
h.n ~ f1rn,imre nr hausehnlI goods Adires.
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Observation-Disclosures 2 ACRES AT IRVING;
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rcqfdence: lfeLt tncumbrapce. j. S. WOLFE, 15a
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~ n good b1cks or one u TWO houses. hfS11 ~
TTCTaECF-C1FAR lots on HOUSES AND
r. otc ~ avttx r. h,tstoee ,nrk a1dress II,
Trbuus @ ot;ceq M ea'''' - ''s'''~S
TxcHASgE-FoF FURNITURE, ETC. ELEGANT
e III paintings, handsomely framed. room Il. 157
LaSallest.
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n 1efor az az or a5d for Chicago prop
erty. OHOES.' l46 Deafpofn.st.
NOR EXCHANGE-BY J. II. Keller, 1863 CLARK
st.-Ciear residence lots Inside the city and some
Wahashsas and Sfxtieth It,, su0xl70 feet, part pay
lnR1ovsut iauscs r. nai a}l parts o} the city.
ats or nssi '"o s0o'
tciaarl near Rlue Island for improved prop
erIy' Svaefe' 'e'cA'' Ae"' ''''' 'S''@4
"a acrcs tmnroyed near Palatine
~ acres s. timber; balance improved t 1arse
orchard good house nam. ana stamny r. n and lru ~
ill., ~ miles east Of st. Louts on vandaa t:ail;
road is me milk or STOCK 161h' $40 pe1 ac'e' os sooo
improved city property. t,,s
splendid farm OF 3 acres ~ e. sooo uu!iu
tnes anu ne accommodatons tor cattle Is one Of .ae
finest stock farms In Iowa. FOR Sooa business
IMPROVED farm Of 100 ECO acres near Despla'n,s !:
near EhepOa. ILL.,, business prop"
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29
TOPPING BANKS,

The Cook county Savings Institute, at Chr
Cago, closed It's doors last Saturday, to the
infinite alarm and disgust of several hundred
poor people who had made 1t the depository
Of their small savings Mahlon ID. Ogden
the President Of the concern, publishes a
statement, TO the effect that the deposits
amount to $4,000 and the assets to $780, 600
and he ventures the opinion that ultimately
The depositors will meet with no loss But
meantime who is to buy bread for the poor
dsposi'ors while waiting for the assets to
realize:
Another and bigger failure was that of the
City National Bank of Chicago on Monday.
The bank did large business with the lum,
Oermen, and attributes its misfortune in part
TO the distressed condition just now of that
interest There ar. rumors that It's officers
used its funds rather freely in hazardous spec
ulations. Its liabilities are over IA million,
with assets that must fall considerably shor,
of realizing that amount
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29
THE BLAINE BADNESS.

AS in the case of Bristow, II is to be I'M
dcrstood that ii is not the democratic party
or press that is responsible for this stink that
mas been raised about Mr.. Blaine pocketng
$64, 900 of the credit mobilier pitch. 1t was
Morton's henchman, j. G. Harrison, of Indi.
annapolis, who started the ugly Story and he
sticks TO il with pcTtenacity that indicates
his faith in It's truth. The story is in brief
this: In 1865, on the recommendation of
Blaine, Mr.. Hager, of Maine, bought lot
of Fort Smith and Arkansas Railroad bonds.
They proved TO be worthless or nearly SO, and
Blaine generously agreed to take them off
his hands and refund 10 Mr.. Hagar his mon
ey. Afterwards these bonds got into the
treasury of the Pacific Railroad Company as
security for loan OF S64, QUO to Mr.. Blaine, and
they are there yet. Nobody pretends that this
was an ordinary business transaction. The Pa
ciic Railroad Company had NO earthly use for
the Arkansas railroad bonds, and had no
money TO lend on such or any other security
There is but one possible inference, and that
is, that the $4,000 were paid over TO benefit
somebody by substantial gift The only
question left. it would seem, is what did
Blaine do with the money! On Tuesday he
undertook, In a speech In the house, to solve
the various conundrums which the Harrison
story has raised, but the effort was hardly
satisfactory. lie admits dealing in Arkan-
sas stock, but denies that he got any money
of the L. Z. railroad company on pledge
OF tina, stock OF in any other way. This
leaves it as merely question of veraci'y be
tween Blaine aud Harrison. Meantime the
TACT remains, that Blame went into congress
poor, and although he claims that he lost
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29
THE CENTENNIAL.

The people of many western cities are al
ready moving, and Ottawa may as well JOIN
in, to get up "a rousing home celebration OF
the Centennial 4th OF July, and then get ready
tor q big home fair in September, for at the
proposed railroad fares and the multitudln
Gus eXtortions Philadelphia stands cooked
and Irimed" to let off upon her visitors, very
few western people, except the small class
who are rich, can seriously contemplate
spending the 4th in Philadelphia or visit to
the centennial show. Pennsylvania, New
York and New Jersey are welcome 10 full
monopoly Of that fun, for all we care "oui
west" The numerous chromos and other
pictures with which the railroads, hotel
keepers and Other centennial spectators are
plying the west just now, give US such per
feet views of the whole scene, softened and
gloritied as they are by the s.ereoscope, that
we don't want to see the reality, for fear OF
spelling the illusion, at least not at pres
ent prices. In word, the railroad mo-
nopolies may as well understand, once for
ALL that if they calculate on a big rush OF
travel from the west at the rates as now fix.
ed, they Will be woefully disappointed
There will not one go from Illinois at those
rates where ten would go were the fares say
half the ordinary rates-tickets good for GO
days from Chicago and return-for $50 in.
stead of $50, and the tickets must include the
privilege of lay over Of a day or even q
week on the way.
Even our western military companies,
which are usually fired by double pro.
portion of patriotism. prefer 10 display their
feathers and toggery at home. In response
to an inquiry from the Pennsylvania militia
~ authorities, the adjutsnt general of Hi
nois reports that, under the rates Of travel as
now arranged, he can give no encouragement
that any Of the uniformed military compa.
MES of this state will appear at Philadelphia.
1t is all right. Enough boys and girls from
over in Jersey, down in Delaware, and up in
Chester and Montgomery counties can go to
Philadelphia afoot, carrying their shoes in
their hands and haversacks Of provisions at
their sides, to fill the centennial grounds any
day, with the harples and spectators that
will be anchored there permanently, and
what business has decent granger from I'LL
nols in a jam like that, TO have his Sunday
coat torn and his pockets picked? Better
stay at home and spend your dimes at home
4th Of July and fair.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29
WASHBURNE.

| 1t is very provoking, this Withdrawal o
Washburne from the gubernatorial canvas!
in this state, just as it was growing interest
| ing. Joe Medlll and Russell Jones had Sc
up the pins beautifully for him. BeveIidge
was to be killed off lncontnently-even il
nominated the Tribune and its following de
clared they would not support him; and they
had settled the hash for Culom so that he
hardly amounted to respectable opposition
And when all was thus lovely with the goose
altitudulum,' as the festive Joyce void say
comes that narrowing dispatch from Wash
burn, saying 81 am compelled to decline alb
solutely to be a candidate for Governor,
without word of explanation.
thought with Jones and the Tribune that the
simple mention of his name would be enough
to secure his nomination, and was disguised
at the formidable opposition that rose up
against him, out of the ground as it were.
Then there were ugly stories limited at, that,
had Washburn remained on the track, might
even have made him the subject of an odous
investigation There was that Galena Gus
tom house and marine Hospital, built on lots
sold by Washburn to the government for
twenty times their worth. Said buildings
cost the government some $250,00J, and while
customs enough were never collected to pay
the janitor of the custom house, the hospital
in six years had but one patient, and finally
the building was sold to the Roman Catholic
church tor $500. That would be an ugly
thing 10 investigate. Then Washburn got
enormously rich while in congress, and Hor-
ace White, as clerk of his committee, got very
rich. Investigations in that direction might
prove very dsagreeable. 1t is pity these
storie go, out before his nomination. Fairly
on the track, he would have been lovely
man for the newspapers TO fight.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29

| The Srreator .HOHitor, now that Cutler
looms up so magniGnent as a candidate fol
congress, falls into the desperate and discre
liable habit Of day towards all prominent can
candidates for any position from President
down, of smutting him. Thus it says all his de
camalion in favor of none but the best and
purest men tor office" is spoken "in the Pick
wIckian sense" and "at the present writing
we can sum up the position of the Republican
in this wise:
|. Opposed tn "crookedneSs,' because we
can only carry the district, and state by hav-
Ing pure men put IN nomination.
?. If we carry the Legislature, salary
crabber" Logan, is its candidate for L. 5.
Senator.
3. Ii will throw virtue TO the dogs, and
support men guilty of all kinds of crooked
ness" In the name OF the party.
This is the feast the Republican is spread
ing for US, and party generally. It's SAVIOR is
not inviting"
What would the Monitor haves II none
but the "best and purest men, are allowed to
run for congress in this district, what would
be Cullen's chance.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29

Poor Babcock is, tguratively speaking
clean down at the heels. Since his indict
ment by Washington Court for completely
in the safe burglary business, he seems tt
ington court-among the half dozen of which
congressman Blackburn says there is not one
but Is clustered and scanned with corrup
ton, should have found courage to Indict
Babcock, shows that Grant, Shepherd and
all the local rings have soured on and dropped
him In spite of his narrow escape at St
Louis, poor Bah seems still destined to wind
up his brilliant career IN a penitentiary.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29

One Of the ice boats of Husc LOOMS d Co.
OF Peru, in this county, the Dictator" which
with two bdrges in tow, had loaded with ice
at Dubuque and was coming down the Mis-
sissippi river last week, got tangled with the
railroad bridge at Hannibal and was demol.
ished. One of the barges was raised from the
water in such way that 1t actually lifted a
span of the bridge from the piers and dropped
it into the river, thus also crlppling the great
men were lost by the accident besides the boat,
barges ice, &c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29

The Davenport rottOnBess, in which Grant
is so uncomfor,ably mixed up is the least
complicated Of any of the numerous steals
uncovered at Washington tins winter. Da'
venport was Supervisor OF elections IN New
York City under the enforcement act which
the Supreme Court recently declared uncon-
stitutional. Congress had appropriated S5O,OO
to put the law in force, and this sum having
been expended, Davenport wanted more mon
ey to carry out, at the presidential election
in 1872, what he called a system OF reglstTa
ton in New York City that would enable
him, with his marshals and bayonets under
the enforcement act, to prevent fraudulent
voting. His registration was utterly useless,
because the state had provided Tor a registra-
ton of its own, more reliable and thorough,
and all the names having been printed, copy
could have been procured by Davenport with
ont cost Nevertheless Davenport wanted
$4,000 to carry out his own system, and there
being no money lawfully appropriated Tor
that purpose or available, Grant ordered VII
liams and Alderman to steal il out Of the
contingent fund of the department ofJuStice.
1t was, in a word, robblng the money box IN
der pretense of protecting the ballot box. But
the nub of the story is, what has become o.
Davenports costly registration? Including
other appropriations, his salary and that oil
his assistants, Davenport's registration cost
the government about $4,000, and yet he Is
unable to produce apage or leaf OF the mighty
volume he compiled at such an enormous ex
pense The unavoidable inference Is, that
instead of using the money in making the
superfuous registration as claimed, 1t was
corruptly used to promote Grants election.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29

reason, that The state ought to find honest
employment for every convict who is rcleas
ed, thus taking from him al excuse for re
turning to his evil ways. VIII not some
power work this reformation? It would as.
suredly accomplish great good.
II we had space we should like to say
much more of what we saw and heard at
this great prison, which is second only to
that at Sing Sing. But We must desst First,
however, We desire 10 express our best
thanks for the attentions shown US and our
little party of four, by the prison authorities,
and especially to Majors McLaughrey and
Taylor, and Mrs. Judson.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.

The following Ia the text of the call, as is.
sued by the state committee In session last
week at Springfield. for a Democratic State
Convention 20 be held on the pod of June
We omit the list Of counties with representa-.
ton of each, It being sufficient TO state that
La Sale county is entitled 10 delegates The
total number of delegates is 1893
10 tie Democracy Of lNinOis:
The democratic state central committee, by
virtue Of the authority vested in 1t by the
democratic state convention of 1874, hereby
gives notice that there will be held at Spring
field, on Thursday, the 22d day of June, A. ID
1876, al IL O'Clock NJ, a state convention for
the purpose Of selecting delegates to the ma
tional democratic convention, TO he held al
ST. Louis, on the 9th day of June, 1876, fol
the nomination of candidates for the presi
dency and vice presidency Of the United
States.
Democratic, conservative and other citizens
OF Illinois, irrespective of past political as
sociatlons, desiring TO cooperate with the
democratic party in IFS present efforts ard oh
lec,s, are cordially invited TO join in sending
delegates TO the stale convention.
The several counties of the state will be
entitled 10 one delegate for every 800 votes
and one delegate Tor every traction oil 2JC
thereof, based on the vote for superintendent
OF public instruction at the election of 1874
Ii is also provided by resolution of the cen
trail committee, that where the county con
yentions have been held, or it is deemed in ex
Incident TO call separate convention TO senC
delegates to the said state convention, tina
the county democratic central committees o
sucb county or counties, be authorized TO &c
ject and give credentials 10 their delegates Il
said convention.
VIM Brown, Chairman.
Ell. hERgITT, Sec'y.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29

Our statement week or two ago, that the
fremont House and other leading hotels in
Chicago had reduced their rates to $3.50 and
So a day, was an error into which we were
led by mlsprint, we presume in Chicago
dispatch. The leading Chicago hotels still
cling to their extortionate rates, from which,
however, they must soon be driven by the
vastly improved fare and growing competition
of the second and third class hotels.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29

Pursuant TO 4 recommendation embodied
in a resolution of congress adopted IN March
last, Gov. Beveridge, of Ill, has ssued pro.
clamation urging that in ever county or
municipality Of the state localhistories, as
complete and accurate as possible, shall be
prepared to be read in the pubic gatherings
on the coming Fourth Of July, and Of which
copies shall be filed in the ofli.es of county
clerks and in the library of congress. The
object is to pu; into recorded form the i'm
mense mass of historical facts r'la,ing 10 the
early settlement and developnen; Of the
country, especially in the western states,
which have never hitherto been put in writ
ioC, and the knowledge Of which is confn.
ed 10 individuals, by whose death these pri
mary materials for the history q the country
might be irretrievably lost
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29

If the FREE TRADER will buckle in and
work for the adoption of Mr.. Myers plan
which the Age understands 1t to endorse-it
can do much good Industrial Age.
But the FREE TRADER don't endorse Mr.
Myers plan. 1t has only, thus far, endorsed
his unanswerable argument against the idiot
&c idea of the inAatlonists that we can have
sound currency without specie basis In
the same way the FREE TRADER heartily en-.
dorses Prof. ]. B. Turner, when he shows up
"fallacy" of the intlationists as follows:
But no nation can possibly wholly sunder
itself from the great worlds commerce, and
practical standards of value, and methods of
exchange And the volume or gross amount
of paper money, which it is possible to keep
aaoat at par, both of interest and of value, can
never be suddenly made greater than the
amount of gold that would have been used
In its place at the same time on the general
level of the worlds exchange; if more is
thrown out it must become idle, and incur
loss of use and interest, or 1t must depreciatc
in unit value, causing an unhealthy and dis
aStrous rise of nominal prices and all the
absurd speculations, and final overwhelming
debts that follow in their train though
gradually the habits of any people may come
at last to use a much larger per cent, OF either
gold or paper, than they have before been
wont to do; and thus restore the equilibrium.
But so long as paper Is lying idle in the
banks, and below par in gold, and people OF
common sense ought to infer that they have
at least got enough OF it, and cannot possibly
need or use any more, for any good end till
it begins again to move il exchange and rise
in value and even if equal in value to gold,
it should be arbitrarily increased only by
very slow degrees, if at all, and only with
the utmsst care and caution.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29
WASHINGTON.

| Congress is hard at work on the approprla
ton bills, which encounter great difficulties
in their passage through the two houses, rs
the house is bent on making heavy reduc
lions in expenditures, while the senate per.
sists in looping off every retrenchment and
raising the appropriations 10 last years stan.
dard The result will be that all the appro-
priation bills will finally be patched up IN
that den of corruption, the conference com
mittec.
The bill to transfer the charge of the In
dams from the Interior to the War Depart
ment, passed the House on the 2lst, under
the leadership of Mr.. Sparks, of Illinois, af
ter hot battle The debate on the bill had
lasted four weeks. Some of the leading
members of the house, known as the philan.
thropic wing, engineered the contest against
the change in the interest of what they called
the peace policy. However, it was pretty
well shown in all the debate that the peace
policy is policy of plumber and war of
determination.
We tinu the following among the proceed.
lngs on the Goth:
Mr.. Campbell Qll} introduced a bill for
commission of three persons, one of whom AZ
least shall be practically identified with the
laborng interests of the country, who shall
hold Office one year and who shall investigate
the subject of wages and hours of labor and
capital between the laborer and capitalists
and the social, educational and sanitary con.
dition of the laboring classes of the United
States, and how the same are affected by cX.
listing laws regarding commerce, finance and
currency. Referred.
The Belknap case gets along very slowly
On Tuesday Belknap put in his rejoinder TO
the replication OF the house managers, and
says he resigned with an understanding with
Hester Clymer that his resignation would
lead to stoppage of the proceedings, as he
claims that Clymer SAID that if Belknap
would not resign before noon upon the I'd of
March that he would move his impeachment.
The house managers think this point of Bel.
KNAPP fatal admission, as it proves what they
desire to show, that he resigned expressly TO
escape impeachment. The case was then
set for hearing On Thursday. On the latter
day the high court was recognized, when
Carpenter, one Of Belknap's counsel, surpris
ed the Senate and the House managers, by
making q motion to postpone the further
hearing of the case until next December. All
afternoon was spent in debating this motion,
which was finally overrule1 and the court
adjourned. Yesterday the court heard argu-
ment on the question of jurisdiction-wheth-
er Belknap can be impeached after the &C
ceptance by the President of his resignation.