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The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

The strange item comes from abroad, that
a building firm in Manchester England, have
sent to this country for two or three hundred
skilled carpenters, guaranteeing permanent
employment and wages at the rate OF about
a dollar and half day. A hundred ana
fifty masons went from New York TO Man.
chester last year, in response to a similar in
vitation, and II Is said only half dozen of
them have returned. This movement is Ger.
talnly a remarkable eccentriclty Of the labor
market, ana is probably without a parallel
since the first colonization of America.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28


Estate Of John Oleson, deceased. Final re-
port approved.
Estate Of Balthaser Hopmeyer, deceased. Fl.
nal report approved aud estate declared settled
Estate Of Nathan Hardy, deceased. Final re.
port approved and estate declared settled.
Estate Of Joseph Ayres, deceased. Report ap.
proved and order Of distribution made.
Estate OF John VI Higgins. VIII proven and
admittcd to probate
Estate Of Frances CRUDE. Order iOr notice for
final settlement for second Monday 10 ScpteH.
hcr next.
vlviny partner, of the latc urm of RyhuTS N Coz
20 have au appraiser appointed 10 appraisc the
c0p-gtnersAip property.
C1userya,orsh.p OF salmon Price. Decree to
sclI real estate.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

II seems strange that the Chicago Times
should persist in maintaining that the appel.
late colrt bill tailed to pass the Illinois egis-
la,ure. when all the record" it produces on
the subject shows that it is the circuit and
not the appellate bill 10 which the difficulty
attaches. Is the Times so lily informed as 20
be under the impression that the two bills
are onpg
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

field correspondent ofthe Chicago Inter Ocean
that after the full completion of the state In
stitution for feebe-minded children at LIN
coin, $4,000 of the appropriation for the build
iug remain unexpended There is something
about this so exceptional as to call for expla
nation. 1t looks as il the commissioners who
had the matter in charge must have been
lpmocratS
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

PHYSICIANS, ATTEyTIo%.-A statute Of the
last legislature Of Illinois, in force since the
lst of July, requires every physician 10 re-
cord at the county clerks office every death
and birth where he was employed, under
penalty Of SO for fsiiure to comply with
the law
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

Bob Ingersolrs infdel lectures in San
Francisco were not as well received as he ap
pears to have anticipated. He offered to give
the Het proceeds, which amounted 10 some
$500, TO the charitable institutions of that city
,ut no such institution was found that was
'SillIng to take the money.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28
THE COZ STS.


Since our last report the following cases have
been disposed Of:
THE CRIMINAL DOCKET.
33 The People etc vs Cyrus W. Keller. En-
bezz.ement. Continued by agreement.
5 same VS. Moritz Georgia, Selling liquor
without liceuce. Plea o! guilty on five counts.
Sentenced TO ten days Imprisonment in the
county jail and 500 fine.
d Same VS. Wm Allen. Selling liquor w!tA-
out license. Mol pros.
% Same vs. TAos shelton. Appeal. New trial
denied.
80 Same VS. Jos HEon. Larceny Plead gull
IT, Three years in the pcnitcntiary; one day in
solitary confinement balance at hard labor
LAW DOCKET.
s. Nicholas Sheppard n Co rs chas Wing
AID Annallne E Reed. &ssumpsit Judgment
for plaintiff for S277C6 aud costs.
IS Jacob CAristman VS. James Lcck. Appeal.
Dismissed.
SO Henry Dcincr Us Jas T Cunningham. Ap.
peal. Dismissed. Judgment for $50 for delay
and costs.
0S Grover * Baker Sewing Macaiae Co VS.
Frank King Appeal. Dismissed.
100 a j Goodier VS. Levi sprad.ing. Appeal
On trial.
l73 Luranua Carter vs. arthur McIn;re. Re
plevn. Dismissed by plaintiff.
4;3 Guilford Edgcrton VS. Dyson Miller. AS
sumpsit. judgment for plaintiff for $L9l24S.
| 81 John Furguson VS. Orlando y Smith. Ejec;
ment. New trial denied.
| ION I Goodicr vs. Levi SrraGling. Appeal
Verdict for plaintiff damages, ss9c0,
1893 Amos Robertson VS. Levi Yerks. Appeal
| Finding for plaintiff by court $3.50.
2SS II q Ryon VS. JAS f Wilson ct al Appea
from county court Dismissed 10y plaintiff.
Az L Perkins, Of Gridley X Perkins, etc We Ja
| Leek. Defendant deiaulted. Damages assessed
/ by court at 81, ,!0269.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

After all this owning ana running big rail.
roads must be pleasant business. If the
managers charge high enough for frelghts 10
make the roads pay the grangers organize a
rad on them. Ifthey lower the frelghts and
the business ceases 70 pay, their employees
destroy the roads. In any case the "soulless
corporation Is the scspegoat.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

% The Board Of Trustees Of schools, Township
-, Range /, IS James and Jan" kenworthy
Foreclosure. Masters report Of sale approved.
l4l Benjamin Covell vs. Benz FShotweli. Fore
closure. Decree for $3i3 20.
1j4 X d Lyman vs. Carrie Cass ct al. Fore
closure. Report Of sale approved.
= Joshua Collins ct al VS. VIM Sylvester ct al
Order for dismissal set aside and judgment va
Gated.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

We have thus hastily referred to only few
of the most notable incidents attending this
mo- remarkable movement 1t is not to be
inferred, however, that the commotion Is con
fined only to the few leading railroads we
have named, or 10 the cities of Baltimore
Pittsburg, Reading and Chicago. New York
Philadelphia, Boston, Albany, Buffalo, Cleve
land-ln short every railroad city from Name
to California and from Canada south as far as
Atlanta Is IN the same state of COM
motion, of mob domination, of railroad block
ade ana of unsettled feeling among all heI
operatives in large manufacturing establish
ments as prevail in Chicago, Pittsburg, NC
The mob has asserted It's supremacy in every
direction, and for the time the law is helpless
nerveless, and compelled 10 succumb
The immediate cause Of the strike was re
,uction of 10 per cent, in the wages of fire
men and brakemen on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad The Pennsylvania Central
had made a similar reduction in June, aad
similar reductions on the Erie, New York
Central and perhaps half the roads in the
country had been made, running along from
Msy 10 July. The strike is now not in al
cases to have the old rates restored, but ir
some cases tor less time, IN others for more
time, and in hundreds Of cases the men really
have no defined notion OF what they want, ol
that they want anything. They strike be
cause they are compelled to do so by others
Like hundred other popular trenzies tha
have at one time or other seized upon nation:
and carried them into the widest tollies Sc
this madness has broke loose and will run 1T
course-it may be in one month or six months
but 1t will run its course, and then the mac
leaders and participants in it will wake VI
as from nights debauch or hdeous dream
and realizing with amazement The folly t
which they were driven will have the poo
satisfaction left them Of contemplating tn
ruin and misery they have wrought,-then
selves being the chief suffers
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

Sturnph, at the Court House, IS s:umpinG
about the place in high giee this last day or two
twin S;umphs AZ h.s place, yOu know. Pretty
good Tor prairie town.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

CuILuEEy'- IEEA,rEE-A case for pens, pen
els sponge. &c. with rule attached. for sale al
O-mlu q Hapemaus. Every school hoy a1t
girl should have one.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

There WIS a little sport At the Fair Grounds
one day tu.s week by the boys owning fast hors-
e- Tom Thornr's animal took three of the
I've heats; best time, a.l,. The Ls-sc ls only
seven years old.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

There was quite AZ eXcitementl in Ottawa Cen
ter on yesterday afternoon. AGos-a yaller one
with blooGsLot eyes, and troth!ng at the
mouth, walked into Eette's wagon shop. 1t look
ed as though it had been on Il strike. John
Vette Jr., seized heavy stick and threw it at the
intruder, upon which it beat Tasty retreat oLt.
side the door, where /. took position from
which il could be neither coaXed or driven. John
happened 10 think of his revolver, and Fastening
to the house soon relnrned with the shooter.
Taking n deadly aim, he pulled the trigger.
Bang! went the revolver, and as the smoke clear
ed away there stood the dog, still untouched
Again, and again, and again, and again, and
again, and again was the 6o0d'y missile hurled
at the canine, and he silil agowled and frothed
but nary yelp did lie give. Then "Cal.' c. tried
lis skill and on the third tria! wrecked the
bark" Mad or not, the dog is dead.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28
Mlrrir0.

on the 18Th inst In South ottawa. by II, Dicken lq
Mr GEORE II. GREEN 10 Miss ELIZABETH RoBLh'
ON the 10Th inst at the Galloway House by hrthur L2SS
wood Esq MIR EDWARD PLOWMAN. Of Strea,or, iiI
IA Miss ARAH t. MILES, of Maiden, Bureau county H.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

AT GAINESVILLE, Ohio, the strikers are in pos.
session, and the man anufacturing establishments
are suspended.
In indianapolis the r. r. employees have
Quit work, and the Union track is Closed.
This stops all traffic. The authorities have
taken advantage and sworn in several hun.
dreds of r. r. men as special policemen, to
protect property.
At Fort Wayne, the striking train men in
duced about 1000 shop men TO stop work No
violence, but the men say all the employees of
the city factories must join them.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

H4ines' Township Organization at Osman {
HaTCmaus.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28
France,

The chief topic OF the press is the order OF
the day issued by President McMahon to the
soldiers at the review on Sunday last The
point of 1t is, that the Marshal promises, un'
der all circumstances, to maintain his present
position "to the end" The general luea was,
that if, IN the approaching election, the Re-
publlcans are triumphant, Mcmahon would
resign and allow Thiers to take his place. II
is inferred from this order that he will not do
So This, the Republicans insist, is equiva
lent to threatening coup d'etat in case Of de-
feat at the elections, and that means civil war
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28
ANNOUNCEMENTS,


We are authorized TO announce the name of GEORGE
W. sTlPP of Bureau county. ms an Independent Vandi'
date lor Judge of the Ninth ud cia Circuit at the coming
August election.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

There have been no freight trains over either
Of the railroads a: Ottawa since Monday, but our
merchants receive small packages from Chicago
IS usua! by express and heavier articles come
by the canal A. an the f!s!ghiiug business
with the east Is cut OF, however, merchants are
getting uneasy about their fall stock, which is
usually bought I'M the eastern cities.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28
If YOU WANT

To r-ta- yor-sarf have al the Patent Medicines "a;
-. b. J.. GhIGCs
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28
Nem ADVERTISEMENTS.
DISSOLUTION.

The Arm of Hamilton ilard is this day dissolved By
mutual consent. Mr.. Hamilton vii continue The business
and collect all debts and AL liabilities OF sa1 hr
u,tawa III Inlv If lSii ANDREW HAMILTON.
iniIi-W JOHN HILLlARD.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

Our readers seem TO have taken our advice not
20 bake this hot weather Il We JgGse from tie
rap!d.iy with which bread, buns, rolls, &c AZ
Roberts BIOS disappear. They are sad by all
their customers 70 De the lest bakers in tac city.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28
RYE SEMINARY.

select school ior Y1Ia. Ladies ari Ni,-es. Loca-
fDu attractive. hfatufu and convenient 20 NeN loI :
c'y Tns lest advantages Afforded lu s ihe - u aal
ornamental branches Oi education 4Le tenn VIA So-
Tas-irr5s Mi.s 5. ,. LIFE, Eye, y. \.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

The mor.uary record for May and June in this
city has been published showing 10 deaths ir
the two months, 10 of which were from scarlet
fever. Ten oftLe 10 were between and years
OF age; and II were males; II native born.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

The hook and ladder truck arrived on Sunday
last, having been brought from Chicago gratis
upon Alderman Shuler's canal boat 1t IS a
" beauty" being Of graceful build and is hand
somely painted in red and blue. The lc;icr.n. is
blue and gold. and the metal trimming uicklc-
plated. 1t will be drawn by hand; and TIE iUrui-
ture includes : ladderS-the lOnges: 10 feet, with
an extension Of - feet hooks and chains, :
leather buckets, G axes, lanterns, crpw-aa-s.
bat;crng ram, , shoyels, picks, : ladder sup
ports, hook pole, . service trumpets, ! head
light, alarm bell and two wrenches. The boys
have begun praruc.nc in the use Of the implc.
meats, and sooner or later will tear" things 90
eye-yb0dy's satisfaction.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

For County Cleric.
We announce ARTHUR LOCKWOOD candidate tof
! ~ frt,t
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28


man in whose word we have the most implicit
confidence, that he heard, but few days before
the coffin factory fire, woman talking with a
companion On the street, say that the poor pco.
pie were so poor and wretched that they were
getting to be desperate, and that there would he
u big fire in town before long. Whether it was
an accidental prophecy or statement founded
on knowledge of what others were planning our
informant Of course, could not pretend to say.
At least the factory was burned, and the burn
ing has all the ear marks of the inccndiary. 1t
is something we are loath to believe yet il is uu.
doubtedly true that in Ottawa and indeed most
of these western towns near the coal mines
there is very liberal sprnkling OF genuine Mol.
ly Maguires. The police have pointed them out
to us in Streator, and they are not hard to find
in Peru and La Sale; and not long ago & detec-
tive of thorough acquaintance with the men,
who was visiting the city pointed out to his host
a number OF them sitting on the court house
fence OF course one of our police officers un.
derstand that the "vag law" of the last legsla.
ture is now in force II is very full and Includes
in its enumeration of parties open to arrest, "up-
on sight" every conceivable class of tramps, ,yag.
abonds, and abandoned men and women. ] ex.
ccuted to the letter and in the spirit Of its fran
ers, the law is complete solution OF the whole
tramp question, for it consigns the tramp iud
vagabond to hard lapor for not less than FIVE
days nor more than SIX months, condition OF
things monstrously abhorrent to "ye poor old
tramp" Now then, these men, Molly Maguires
wicked men recognizing the banner of La Com
nune, desperate and unprlncipled men out d
work, are in this city, no doubt, as they are N
every city in the country. True, their number,
are small and there Is no danger Of riots but the,
are men Of the same class, men Of the same idea:
as are now prominent in the communstc mob
Of Chicago, Pittsburgh, Reading. and othe
places; and while there Is no danger of an out
break here, we do believe that unless In,
of a repetition of Saturday nights fire IN othe
parts Of the city and in other important manu-
factories. 1t cannot be too strongly urged upor
the police to be liberal in the number OF thei
arrests under this new vagrant act; and If H.,
police force is not sufficient, shut oil some OF th
public improvements"-that account Is grow
ing too large anyhow and at too rapid a rate
In addition, owners Of valuable manufactures
and other property would do we'll to increas,
their watchfulness. 1t is no new idea to remarl
that the great railroad riots have excited tn,
passions Of the rabble throughout the entir,
land, and shall we expect to escape? Ordinari
| ly Ottawa is one Of the soJercst best behave,
cities in the west and is free from a di,reputabl
class Of citizens, but nevertheless bad men az,
here, and need watching, especially at this tin,
, Of intense excitement.
, 1877-06-22
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Tho graduating exercises Of Kenwood Semi
nary will take p1ace at plymouth Churel. this
evening. A general invitation is extended.
W. II. Murray will lead n Gospel temperance
meeting this evening at Farwell HILL, antl ]. A.
Montgomery At the C!tnton Stscet tonQteRa-
tlonai Church.
AkDextcr Park this afternoon Al 1 p. m.
Miss Maud Oswall will commence her tiIo Of
80 miles IN twenty-sx hours. aud Will tcrml-
nato II A. G p. m. Tomorrow.
Tho regular monthly meeting OF tho Chicago
Chemical Soeiety will take place this eEentnR IN
the club. room Of the Sherman l1o,ifc at r. ~.
Prof. Lambert will addrrss tho meeting on tic
Chemistry Of Atoms, or tho Atomic Theory"
The trotting races which were to have come
of last Saturday at Central rark, under tho
tion, but which wtrn postponed on account cf
tic rain, will COME oil Tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock.
The Orcenbackers will meet at the fremont
House clubroons. Saturday afternoon ut
o'clock sharp to Near report from spcclnl
committee, nd0ps a constitution aud platform
Of principles, and transact other business per.
tasntng 10 reorganization.
Next Sunday, the last In June, IS annually set
spfea anc Ss 20 oesa
at Trinity, tho Rev. ". F. Crafts, PASTOR. BY
| Two temperance sermons, morning and evening,
md an afternoon temperance concert by The
Suuday.svhool.
A spccinl car has been secured for tho accom-
moslatIon Of those invited to tho luncl, party at
Marsa!awn LapoFte, 1ud'' 1l,c county place ,i o.
Michigan Southern Depot at half-past O'Clock
| IN The morning. Inquire for special car. Con.
| vcyanccs will meet tllc party At the depot at
| Laporto to taku them to tic place.
, 1877-06-22
Tho Now Fartll4 Of q Year.

Baltimore IdH1tfjcun.
Docs my cue know how many new farms
year; how many iog-cabina liavo been built;
how inany ucrcs Of virgin soil plowcd up for tho
lrst tinct It IL not probable that any one does
know With eEnetuess, hut thcrc Is q little tahle
In tho report OF thu Secretary Of tho Interior,
presented tu CouErcss somu kltnc aEo. which
furntahGs tho material for an approximately
correct answer 10. these .questlous. Dur
there, wers taken up under sho Homestead
under tho Homestead law IL for actual
cutttvatou, and is generally taken IN lots Of
1G0 acres 1t wonltt appear, therefore. that
more than HOOD Aew fIrn8 Were commenced
last year. under tho Homestead Law aiuno. hut
tiSs 10 sot all. There wgEe snll during the year
Ul0, ,01l acres for cast, aid l37.0a0 Gres werc
nlluttcl on military land warrants. Il Ia 40
doubt true tllat portion Of tliese Sst acres
were bought or entered W Other tlan actual
Sctticrs, 6y spectators, Or BY pcFsous who tnado
Investments Ut this nature Tor future purpuSes.
1t wotlll hu falr to estimate, however, that one-
half uf Tho 175 B31 acres Wcru pufrl.asCu pr en-
torcd Tor the purpose OF imtnedtats settlement
or cultivation; mud this calculation would give
us 2,433 mora new farms ot l60 acrca each.
B1ux md Chippewa llall-brcel strip, anG G07 :
Dl acrcs taken up under tho TtInher-culture
law. Leaving these latter items out Of the cal:
eulat!on, wo have m aggregate uf about II, 40
new farms commenced during tho year. Thss
mcanA ", coo new homes In I've years from
now these 1850 larms, under good manage
mcnt, ought to produru annually come x, 0Oti.
DO0 bushels OF wheat. sUme ID, ,O00, ,0U buahelt
Of corn, a1lll sons luO,QO head Of cattle u
| swtne,-nakfug provisions more thau enough Il
| furnish meat nnd trcad Tor New York City for
whole year.
, 1877-06-22

the RoIcistae, pointed ont that, like most mod
ern industries, brewing ia gradually being ton-
crntratctl into few hnn,ts, for, notwithstanding
the increased prottuetlo,,, there arc uut 80 tnnny
nrcwcrics nnw as there wcro four Years mo.
There hns been decline Of ~ per cent within
TINT period, from l5t5E in 1873t0 1D,N In 1870.
III 1911 tho total production nf llccT was, In
round Numbers, $50, ,UO, ,O00 gn1ions tho principal
figures helng a. fnllowa: 4lDnnU00 GALLONS
n North ucr1uany, 1il 600 nM GALLONS IN Id
vnria. ii, ,000, 100 GALLONS In WilrtcEburg, &,-
0oU.0N gallons In baden, and 5000. GU gallons
In Alaacc. Lorraine. Thla totnl, about 4,4Do 600
gallons moro than In tic prcvlous year, IL af-
rived at notwithstanding Tho ,llmfnutiun In
Southern Germany due to the large Wine crop,
IL having bccn remarked that when tho vino
crop is an abundant ouo in Germany there ts
less demand for beer. Owing to tho decline In
tho number Of brcwcrics, the average
annual production Ut each brewery now
in existence 3 nearly 20 per cent in
excess ol what It. WAS fur years ago; whtte,
With regard 10 the annunl consumption, II IL
calculated at nboI,t twenty GALLONS per head Of
the population in Germany proper, ~ against
untY nine gallons per lcni Ia Alsave-L Lorraine.
The consumption, 10 the greatest In .i}avaria,
being caunl to about fifty-scven Ea]lons per
head, and It Is from Bararia, too. that tho c1-
bort trac Is the Iargcstt amounting, ~ II does,
to 1l,00j,U 100 gallons year. Tho tax upon beer
rzotluced IN 1876 for The whole 6f tho German
Empire sum Of $i1 $40, ,9G5, as acnlnat $1t,.
7U5, $40 In 1874 and $l0,21D, 1856 in 1878.
, 1877-06-22
TIE CITY HALL.

Ltccnss receipts Herc about a. usual ycatcf-
day-S2U0.
Tho wntcr rents deposited with The City
Treasurer yesterday amounted to 1910.
Tho city yesterday paid out 81, 600 in interest
upon city certificates.
The Department Of Public Works will this
morning advertise for proposals for filling,
curbIng, and GradinE Astor street, from Division
10 Schiller strcct.
-Four now cases of scarlet favcr wcrc reported
ut tho Health Department yesterday, Seven
deaths lavu bccn recorded this week tl3rgcablc
10 tho scarlet seourse.
II llns been rurnorcd around tho City.1lall
that the btatt's Attorney was to enter noll0
pros. In tho caso OF Stunt. Hickey. Tho Muyor
saa at s sona u aSW No. tus
Either Sir. Hickey WINS MI right ~ he waa al
wrong. Ii all right. It was but Just to htu, that
tho public should know 1t, and IL all wrong, tho
public should know that too.
Oll-inspector Colo Is about to commence pro-
cce1iugs agalnst sogcrai oil.iealets for violating
upon barrels 0f oil. It ca,ne to his knowledge
that such changes, especially IN oils TINT had
been runIcHned for illuminating purposes
were constantly being made Quo iirm, Ahlgrea
linye been selling fur Illuminating purposes oil
marked loo deg, wliun tho Inspector found 1t to
be but llb deg, and 80 branded 1t. The brand
was changed elthrr by the grocery firm nauleti
above or by tho ofl-ilealers from whom the conf.
tnodity was bought by those groce1s, aud Il
| would appear that the change WIS nlnde by
the oil~dcalcrs, becauso It IL tho custom to sell
hack to this otl-mRnutactu1cFs, for % cents eacl
the barrels in which the oil has been shipped.
| Tho ol-lca1crs in this cass have offered 81. II
for each barrel. 20 that those barrels Should not
| 70 back to the manufacturers and the fraud bs
| discovered. but should bu gotten back by tho
dealer, who would erase the altered inspection
mark before letting tho barrel 20 again 10 tht
factory. aud thus destroy oil e7idtncGs Of guilt
Tllo penalty for the alteration of tho inspection
brnnl Ia q fms Of not less than $25 nor more
than 500. inspector Cole proposes, In justlc,
to h..uaclt md for the safety ot the public, u
prosecute vigorously 10 tho full o1tent Of th'
law, mud break up the fraudulent custom.