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DEATH OF ROBERT DALE OWEN.

Robert Dale Owen died last Sunday, June
Gath, at his summer cottage on Lake George,
N. Y, aged &c years. He was born in 1901
at Lanark, Scotland, and was the son Of the
celebrated Robert Owen, wealthy cotton
manufacturer of that place, but who became
more prominently known for his efforts in
behalf of labor reform. To carry out his
theories, in 1923 he bought New Harmony,
on the Wabash river in Indiana, place set.
tied by German communists. few years
later, after perfecting his education, Robert
Dale followed his father to America and for
time was ut the head of the New Harmony
community, which, however in 1927, col.
lapsed. In 1929 Owen and the famous Fanny
Wright started the Free Enquirer in New
York, paper IN which they advocated com
munistic ideas, free thought free marriage or
easy divorce, aboitOnism, and kindred ideas,
most of which are worn threadbare by this
time, but were startling and unpopular
then. Afterwards Mr. Owen edited the New
York DailySeatiaeI, and IN 1885 he returned
to New Harmony, and soon afterwards was
elected by the democrats to the Indiana leg,
Islature, and in 1913, by the same party he
was elected TO congress, where he served,
four years, and introduced and had the bill
passed organizing the Smithsonian Insti.
tute. In 1853 President Pierce sent him as
charge and afterwards minister to Naples,
where he remained until 1858. On returning
to this country he became interested in the!
doctrines of the spirituallsls, and clung toI
the deluslon until his death, IN spite Of the
dlsreputable Katie King imposture, IN which
he cut SO humilating figure. He was the
author of many able articles In the AtldHttcI
NOaMiy, Of q number OF books, such as "A
Treatise on The Personality of God aud the
Authenticity of the Bible" "Pocahontas, "
"Ilints on Public Architecture" The
Wrong Of Slavery, &c. For while after
the Katie King exposure he was afflicted
with mental alteration, but recovered, and
up TO the hour of his death continued in the
full possession of his mental faculties. IeI
was twice married, having been divorced
from his first wife. The second one he had
within a year. He leaves two grown
nm sons
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

Senator Conkling, of New York, has gone
on six weeks jaunt 10 Europe. At ban.
quet given him on the vessel lie sailed in by
his friends II was noted that neither in the
toas,s OF speeches word was SAID about
President Hayes. 1t is positively affirmed
that Conkling is opposed to- the administra-
ton, but instead of following Blaine IN a
crusade in behalf Of the bloody shirt, his op.
position will take the direction OF proposing
legislation providing for a judicial review
and investigation of disputed electoral re.
turns. The court he proposes will he presid.
ed over by the Chief Justice of the t. S, with
q jury consisting of IL Chief justices of state
supreme courts. The court will be authOriz-
ed to take cognizance of Mr.. Hayes's case rs
well as any case that may arise III future.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

Time was, when gathering Of the politi
clans at the White Sulphur Springs in Vlr
glnia meant something and when delicate In
Iigues were there conducted and importan
matters of state settled. The announcement
that lot of southern democratic congress
men propose to gether there about the end o.
July this year looks like an effort to revive
tie old prestige Of the locality. The gather
ing will be sufficient to draw to it the differ
ent candidates for the speakership, but has
an opposite effect In the case Of Mr.. Hayes
Who has changed his determination to visit
The springs this summer, but will be repre-.
sen,ed there BY Stanley Mathews or Con.
gresham Foster.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30
THE NARBLEHEAp SMOKE.

The little manufacturing town of Maible.
head, ON the coast twelve or fifteen miles norlL
of Boston, had fearful scorch early on Mon.
day morning In the rear Of the Marblehead
hotel there was an unoccupied stable, in which
on Sunday night the pious Narbleheaders
had been entertained by cock and dog fights,
and the persons engaged in this refined and
intellectual everything in Massachusetts Is
intellectually amusement are supposed 10
have wound up the entertainment by the ex.
citing tableau OF setting the building on fire.
The town being built entirely OF wood, the
flames getting fairly under headway, tore
through The center Of the town with iTresisii-
bic energy. The chief occupation Of the peo.
pie is shoe-makiDg; and OF lis 30 shoe factor
les, 80 were swept away in all hour, Includ.
ing 40 dwelling houses, and few stores aHd
other shops The loss Is estimated at half n
million. The worst of it is that over 1860
employees Of the shoe factories are thrown out
Of work and are most OF them left in a desii.
tute condition. The town has from six 10
eight thousand inhAbItsnts, and is one OF the
queerest looking places in the country. Iu
, streets are a great curiosity. The strike OF
The sienite and queenstone on which the town
rests Is In a northwestern and southwestern
direction, and the ,hickly-setiled portion Of
the town Is made up Of six or seven of these
ridges, with intervening valleys. The street.
follow these valleys and ridge. In places
the fronts Of the houses are q thln yenecrlng
several stories high, on the face Of the great
hedges, while al the back there is one story
on top Of the ridge. At other places this or
der is reversed, and the stories lessen toward
The fropf. The cross streets dodge the minor
hedges. ~ the main streets iC.lO~ The msjoT
one-.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

There has been no further butchery by the
hostile Nez Perces IN Idaho and no fighting
with the troops; but their chief Joseph has
taken up strong position on Salmon river
some such position as that OF the Modocs
ia the lava beds-trom which his parties can
sally out and DO great deal OF harm 10 the
settlers without much danger Of being pun.
ished by any but much larger government
force than can DO gathered there for several
months. The settlers feel anything but com
Portable over the prospect
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

1t is said the Rev. Morgan Dix, on recently
introducing clerical friend, described him,
in deprecating tone, as "a clergyman, but
nevertheless most worthy man" This was
doubtless regarded at the time as a capital
joke, but really it Is getting so that the for.
mula threatens to become a sober necessity.
To say nothing of the Rev Mr. McGhee, who
has just escaped the halter to be lodged in the
peniten,iary, we can hardly open paper in
which we do not find other cases to indicate
singular decentralization that seems to have
broken out among the clergy, An exchange
we have just opened gives these cases The
Rev. Francis A. Jeter, of the NJ Z. Church at
Roa.okc. WooCiord County, has just turned
up q black sheep He had entered into an
engagement to be married to an estimabe
young lady In Logan county, when the truth
came 70 light that he had wife and six chill
dren in Indiana, whom he had left in a suffer.
ing condition and utterly neglected.
A Missouri clergy man is asked to vacate
The pulpit just because he has three wives
living, and is suspected of having poisoned
the fourth Church congregations are becom.
ing so particular that after awhile a clergy.
man will not be permitted to have any world.
ly enjoyment at ali.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

The confession Of the Mormon Lee who
was executed for completely in the Mountain
Meadow massacre, it is said duplicates Brig
Tam Young SO directly In that atrocly, and
has opened the way to such convincing evi.
Gepce of his guilt, tia; Young is about to be
arrested and Brought to trial for the crime.
AS Young, however, is determined TO resist
arrest, in which he will be backed by all his
followers, it has been decided at Washington
10 send more troops to Utsh to aid the civil
authorities At least such is the interpreta.
ton given to the order from Washington to
Gen. Sheridan to that effect.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

The FREE TRADER must, surely, be mista-
ken in saying that Gov. Cullum went 10
Washington, and, among other things, de.
manded that the consolidated pension agency
should remain at Springfield, and tina,
Hayes at once came down" 1t appears that
the agency is to be at Chicago In charge OF
Miss Sweet-Ottdscd Republican,.
Nevertheless Jesse Moore swears that lie
has as strong documents from Hayes as Miss
Sweet can possibly have that the Office is to
go to Springfield, and he thinks Miss Sweet
has been imposed upon. Pom honor, il. looks as
il Jesse and Miss Sweet are in fair way be-
tween them 10 make the sanity Hayes out
4 liar. Well IL seems there are even metho'
dis,s that will lie. Cullum is a methodist
you KNOW, as we'll rs Hayes
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

Oae Of the most shocking crimes on rec
ord was committed at Gore, near Logan, o.,
lRst Saturday. There noted rufians, suspect
ing that wel.to'do farmer named John Vel.
don had money in his house, went there and
murdered In succession Mr.. Weldon, his wild.
owed sister, Mrs. McClung and Miss Nancy
Hite, daughter of Mrs McClung,-al in the
most brutal manner. The rufilans got just
eleven dollars, and having been arrested, will
doubtless swing for the crime.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

4 strange mortality has broken out among
The fish Of the Delaware river in Pennsylva.
MA, They are dying by thousands, and the
eddies and shores at low tide emit an intoera.
Die stencil from the decaying carcasses. The
superstition is tina, the phenomenon is connect.
ed with the temperance of the seventeen
year locus,s, as like mortality among the
fish Of the Delaware occurred with the ap.
pesrance Of the locus,s in 1860 This theory
Is strengthened by the fact that in many
fish examined locust is found.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

Streator, though a city" is governed by a
Board of Trustees. Recently the Board" in.
vited the various publishers OF the "city" to
put in bids tor the city printing. Three bids
were presented, but all happened to be alike
However, the Pioneer man adroitly addressed
his bid 10 the Honorable Mayor and Alder
men Of the city of Sirestor." while the others
CEhappily addressed the dignitaries only as
trustees" and SO the Pioneer, though much
The poorest paper of the lot, bore off the cher
~ Nothing like little soft soap.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

1t appears that Cullom, Oglesby, and the
ring managers who went to Washington to
bulldoze Hayes about the Illinois appoint.
ments and the consolidation of the four pen.
sion Offices cfthc stale into one at Springfield,
and thought thel had succeeded, left Wash
ington too soon. The day after they left, Miss
Ada Sweet got Secretary Schurz ana Con.
gresham Aldrich to 20 with her TO the Pres
ident aud by their united eloqucnce the work
of Cullom S Co, in less than half an hour,
was undope. They Satisfied the Presiden,
that three. fourth Of the pensioners 10 Illinois
live nearer Chicago than Springfield, and
that, besides, Miss Sweet,was really the only
agen, Ia the State who attended To tie Office
personally, all the rest having fsrmed it out
10 banks or other agents The President there
upon ordered the offices to be concentrated al
Chicago Instead of Springfield, and tha, Miss
Ada Sweet should be al the head of 1t and
not Cullom's man, the Ret Gen Jesse II
Moore. Besides, in spite Of tbe Baker. Blake
ly exposure which disguised the country
months ago, and the change OF aamlnistra
ton, and dawn OF civil service since then
Miss Sweet is still at work paying up III,
notes she gave as blackmailto James Blakeiy
to save herself from removal two years sgo
and she is pretty sure Of riAsaipg the Presi
dents sympathy a, leas until the las, ,hous
and of tina, debt is remdlsd from her sioul
ders.
Il
And worse still; having headed of ciiior
In this matter. an assault wss made on IN
Presidents promise 10 appcia, Phillips posi-
master at Springfield, and tina, also he wa
induced to reconsider. or course there vii
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

The Streator Pioneer is already getting un.
easy about the election for county officers to
take place next November, and regarding
tie hopelessness of all attempts to beat Mr.
Raymond heretofore for county treasurer,
thinks it has found the man the party hither.
10 so long has mourned and found him not"
IN the person of Mr. Isaac Ames, of that town.
!. MI Ames can do 'that air little thing"
he's no common man, you bet!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

Alton had a sensation last week IL the elope
ment Of "a promine, and hitherto highly re
spec,ed citizen" named Su,son with young
woman Of that city, leaving behind aim q
wife, a most es'Ima5ie lady, in the possession
tor her future support, Of the staggering sum
Of twenty cents
Springfield had similar sensation on
Saturday in The elopement, from near thai
city, Of the RIfe Of Mr. William shut, Il far
mer, with . hired man named Stewart.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

A sad aud fatal accident occurred at the
yermIlllon Coal Shat No. 3 al Srea,or on
Tuesday. resulting in the death Of u miser
named Andrew Buckuller lie was at work
In his room when large rock tell from the
roof, crushing The i.is ouI Of him almost in
s,anlly. Deceased VAS about 30 years Of age,
and leaves gre end oIe child.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30
CIVIL SERVICE RULES,

While nearly every notable appointment
President Hayes has thus fer made has borne
evidence on its face that it was dictated either
by party necessity, or intended as party re-
ward or us gage for future party services,
the sham of civil service reform is still so os-
,entatiously kept up as to excite general ridi.
cule. Who, in view of the recent appointment
of Comfy, Kasson. Phillips, &C., can read the
following hebdomadal PRONUNCIATION of Mr..
Hayes to his cabinet officers without a smile
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June
23-SIR: | desire 10 call your attention to
the following paragraph In u letter addressed
by me TO the secretary of the treasury on the
cOnduc, 10 be observed by officers of the gen.
cral government in relation 10 elections:
No officer should be required or permitted
10 take part in the management of political
organizations, caucuses, conventions or cleo
ION campaigns. Their right TO vote and TO
express their views on public questions, eth
er orally or through the press, Is not denied,
provided IL does not interfere with the dis
charge of their official duties. No assessment
for political purposes Of oScers or suborGin-
ates should be allowed
This rule is applicable TO every department
of the civil service. II should be understood
by every officer OF the general government
that he is expected TO conform his conduct TO
it, requirements. Very respectfully,
X. Il. HAYES.
There are said TO have been twenty-eight
Hayes oiice.holders in the reccn, republican
convention at Des MONIES, all working like
beavers for an endorsement of the Hayes
southern policy. How many Of them will be
removed for Violating the above rule, pro-
mulga,ed five days before that convention :
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

Tie annual report OF the directors of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
company has just been issued, and shows
that corporation, in spite Of the hard times,
70 be In healthy condition. The gross re
ceipis during the year ircm all sources were
ss,917 ,655G2, and the operating expenses
1888, 1884, leaving net earnings 1884,
z62Os. The company PAID lis stockholders
% per cen; In dividends during the year
besides taking care Of interest on lis debts
and have s43l. 4s2 81 len 10 swell the sur
plus. The company now controls 10;
miles Of railroad In Illinois sld Iowa, and
lis vas, property seems TO be managed with
uncommon ability.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30
THC WRONG MAN HUNG.

| Most of our older citizens remember the
case of Mary Murphy, who was murdered
near Pontiac, in Livingston county, in 1861,
The girl lived al Rocks Creek, some five
rallies south of Pontiac, but was employed in
the latter town rs a servant. One Saturday
she had gone home to spend Sunday, and was
not seen for IS days afterwards, when her body
was found near the railroad track, so conceal
ed and with such marks upon il as to show
that she had been ioully dealt with. negro
named Morris,who had been seen on the rail-
road track the day of the murder and IN the
vicinity where the body WAS found, was pur
sued and arrested for the crime. The only
evidence against him was, his having been
seen at the place at such an unfortunate time,
and that he had some blood on his clothes
The negro of course vehemently protested his
innocence. AT the trial, he explained the blood
on his clothes by showing that he had had Il
fight in Bloomington the day before the muir
der, aud was really hurrrying towards Chlca-
go to escape the vengeance of his Blooming
ton enemies. However, the popular mind was
intensely excited at the time, and the current
ran so strong against the poor negro that the
jury pronounced him guilty. He was sen.
fenced to be hung and IN due time the sentence
was carried into execution.
Now comes the sequel. There was known
about Pontiac hard character named Hide.
brand. He had joined band of horse thieves
and cutthroas headed by notorious charac-
ter named "Hawkeye Bill' Hilderbrand is
now in the Jacksonville, Ind, peniten,lary,
and has just written a confession, which is
published in the Louisville CourterJouyual
In that confession he states tina, Hawkeye
Bin died IN 1866 in au underground stable
hear Dubuque. A few hours before he died
he made confession Of his various crimes,
Among other things HawKcye Bill said that
while he, Bill Britt, } oe Montana alias French
joe" half-ttecd Indian named Sioux, and
Charles Logue alias "Big Curtis" were run
ming some stolen horses through from Iowa
to Michigan, they captured young woman
on the railroad track near Pontiac, took her
into the woods and kept her two days and
then murdered her. That young womans
name was Mary Murphy, and for this CRIME
a negro named Morris was hung at Kanka.
kee, Ills. Bill Brit, French Joe and Sioux
were hung in the west and Big Curtis died
in the Allegheny, Pa, prison.
This is the substance of Hilderbrand's con-
Iesslon, and of ITS truthfulness there exists no
doubt in the minds Of those most familiar
with all the details of the horrid and unfortu
nate affair Morris was an innocent man
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30
IOWA REPUBLICANS.

The Republicans OF Iowa held state con
yention at Des Moines on Wednesday, and
as 1t was the first important republican state
convention since the development of the
Hayes policy, considerable interest was fel,
all over the country in its proceedings. The
result was generally anticipated. Iowa re.
publican;sm is unable to take step IN ad
vance with Hayes and clings to the "putrid
past and the oritiamme OF the bloody shirt
The convention was the largest ever held by
the party in the state, and 20 make sure that
no rash endorsement Of Hayes might DC
forced through The body, the bloody shutters
had brought Louisiana Packard TO Des
Meines as horrible example" for the con.
temptation aud stitienlng up of the weak
kneed. The committee on resolutlcns ig.
nored Hayes entirely IN their report, but the
Hayesites offered amendments endorsing the
Hayes southern policy, and the convention
was forced to square vote on the question,
the amendments being voted down by large
amid the utmost tumult and ex.
citement,
The convention nominated John H. Gear
on the first ballot tor Governor, and Frank
T. Campbell, of Jasper county, for Lieuten-
ant Governor. Chief Justice Day was re-
for Supreme Judge and Prof
Won Coellen for superintendent OF public II,
structinu'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

a paper is being buslly circulated about
the city and county in favor of Charles
Blanchard for the circuit JudgeshiP, while
another movement is on foot TO bring out ID.
p. Jones' Esq, as candidate. 1t looks as II
there is TO be no lack Of candidates, at least
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

At Hannibal, Mo, on Wednesday, Mr.. Geo.
L. Crosby, wife and two children were drown
ed They had tsken a carriage ride to The
country and on their way home were caught
in a shower. Having to cross creek near
town, now terribly swollen by the shower,
the bridge gave way under them AMI all were
swept down by the flood and drowned. Three
of the bodies we're soon recovered bat the
fourih-thai OF daughter-is s,iil missing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

Tue carpenters, having begun work on Mon
day on the enlargement OF the C., 3. & Q. depot
in Ills CITY, are almost done with the job, the
huIldiug icing extended abou; IL or Is feet a;
the south end, Increasing The size OF she waiting
rooms, which Improvement has ong been
needed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

The Union Pacific railroad, it is announc.
ed has closed contract for the immediate
construction of a railroad from Cheyenne to
the Black Hills. The distance Is about two
hundred miles directly north.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30
Englan,.i.

There were sensational rumors At the be-
ginning OF the week that the English cabinet
had decided not to allow Russia even tenn
porarily to occupy Constantinople and had
also concluded to occupy Egypt with British
troops and had asked parliament for 5,O0o,'
0G0 for war contingencies; all OF which was
interpreted 20 mean that England had virtu.
ally thrown of her neutrality and decided to
take part IN the great Eastern war. There
seems TO be no foundation for this. England
Will make 10 opposition TO temporary Rus
sian occupation of Constantinople, and as
Russia disclaims all designs on the Suez
canal, England has no occasion to send
troops to Egypt.
The movements OF Gen. Grant during the
week may be briefly summarized. On the
2lst he attended special performance oil
the nalian Opera, given in his honor. Al
bani sang e'Star Spangled banner, ana
other American national airs. The opera OF
the Child of the Regiment was then gwen
On the 23d he attended a banquet given oy
the corporation of Trinity House, at which
the Prince OF Wales presided, and lol OF
German princes as well as Engish Eafis'
Dukes &c, were present. On the 2'th Grant
and family went to Windsor and were the
guests of the Queen at Wincsor castle n
great banquet in their honor was given IN
the evening. On Wednesday they returned
to London, and on Thursday the eS-President
attended great banquet in his honor at
Liverpool where he appeared in a Generals
iull uniform.
William Lloyd Garrison, who is now In
England, partook of apublic breakfast given
IN his honor ct Devonshire by the British
Anu-Slavery Society Oh Tuesday.
France.
anar n vaeks debate IN The senate. marked
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be terrible swearing on the part of Cullom,
Oglesby and the machine managers generally,
but Miss Sweet snaps her fingers as If she
knew she WIS safe
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Afer weeks debate IN the senate, marked