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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21
THE LUDGESHIP.

The long list OF names in another column
amount to what may be called decidedly
emphatic invitation to d. p, Jones, Esq, to
put on his war paint and make a fight for the
Circuit Judgeshp in this district, and /: will
be seen that Mr.. Jones accepts the call.
1t is proper to say that the list we publish
is very tar from embracing ali the names that
were handed IN. We set up some 800 or
more and then stopped for want Of "sorts y
and time. Had We printed all the names the
list would be at least halt as much longer.
These names, hastily gathered, indicate the
estimate IN which Mr.. Jones is held by the
people of this county. The list embraces all
shades OF religious or political profession or
belief, and all occupations and walks in life
They show in advance what will be demon.
strated at the polls, that Mr.. Jones is largely
the choice of this county for the judgeship.
In another column Mr.. Geo. w. Stipp, of
Bureau County, is also announced as candi-
date for the judgeship 1t Is due to say that
while Mr.. Supp is generally represented as a
democrat in politics, our understanding is
that he is an independent, or grcenbacker,
having il the last presidential election sup.
ported Peter Cooper. OF course this has
nothing to do with his qualifications for the
iudgeship which lawyers, WHO are better
Judges of such things than we are, consider
are more than fair 1t is understood that he
will poll a very heavy vote in Bureau Coun.
ty, though with the field here pre.occupied by
Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Blanchard, we cannot FRO
mise him a very heavy support in La Sale.
Mr.. Eckels is off the track, Withdrawing in
"a handsomely conceived note in the Prince.
ton Tribune Of yesterday.
Judge Locey, Of La Sale whose name was
mentioned in connection with the judgeship
by the La Sale papers, also declines pc
remptorily, in a card in The last La Sale
Press
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21

Previous to turning the governm ent pei
cent bonds over to asyndicaie for negotiation
Secretary Sherman concluded to offer them
for 80 days TO popular subscription, rather as
a matter of form, however, than with the ex.
pects,ioD that any considerable amount
would be taken. But 10 his surprise the sub,
scriptions on Monday evening, when the 80
days ended, amounted TO over S67 900 coo.
There are about $s0O,0O0,OOO of government
6 per cent. bonds now redeemable, and as
these per cents are quoted a. lO2 in London
and Frankfort, there is thus no doubt that the
whole Of the government g per cent. bonds
can be- converted IRto per ceu;s; saving
some sl6,0OO,0O0 year TO the government in
gold interest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21
FREEING THE BRIDGE.

The Ottawa Republican, on this subject, Is
neither wise or polite. While an earnest
movement, in every sense friendly to Ottawa
interests, is on foot in the towns south of the
river, to raise q fund TO aid in freeing the
Illinois river bridge, the Republican, throws
cold water on the project by presenting i'm
aginery financial objections 10 Ottawa taking
any part in 1t, \ tax levy Of one half of one
per cent On the taxable property of Ottawa
would probably cover all the expense the
undertaking would involve, and this, by
spreading i, over two or three years, could be
saved by curtailing expenses in other direo.
tons. With free bridge at Utica ana
another substantially free at Marselles, 1t is
disgracelul TO Ottawa TO bar approach to her
market by toll gate, levyag tax equal to a
cent bushel on all the corn brought from
the south side tG her market, and adding at
the same rate to the goods sold to the south
side people by our merchants, manufacturers,
dealers, &c.
a cold water dash upon the projec, is es.
pecially inopportune at this time, on the eve
OF negotiations between the bridge company
and citizens as to the price to be paid. The
bridge company will hardly be inclined to
name practicable figure whsn 1t is apparent
that there is no earnest purpose 10 cvnsum
mate the purchase.
The present condition of the bridge Is
such that il ought to be purchasable at a
moderate figure. In a few years 1t must be
rebuilt. An iron bridge like that at Utica
can be put upon the present piers for SEQ 900
II Ottawa is able even TO hold her own, such
an expenditure on her parts few years hence,
ought to be triile If recent expenditures
OF the city council have been extravagant IN
view of this bridge expenditure in prospect,
let the council curtail. There is no use talk.
ing. Either the present Illinois bridge must
be made free, or the city must build free
bridge of her own. This whining over bur
dens that have no existence except in mud
died Imagination is as discrediiable as II Is
injurious TO the best interests of the city.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21
COUNTY CLERK.

A week or two ago We mentioned that the
friends Of Jackson r. Shaver, Esq, of Rut
land, were urging him ss candidate fol
the office OF county clerk at the next Novem
bere. ELECTION. We are now advised that the
friends of John c. Campbell, of Streator, will
also present HIM as a candidate. Rake the
county over, or search It with Diogenes
lamp, and We doubt whether two more worthy
or exceptionally competent men for the office
can be found than the gentlsmea named.
As the republicans, however, will run party
candidate, the democrats cannot afford TO
have two candidates. But with such material
to select from they can have little difficulty
TO End . man who viii sweep the board"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21
England.

| The yearly review oftrade, as issued by the
British customs commissioners, shows that
the United States has resumed Its position OF
being the chief source OF the cotton supply,
much to the delriment of India, which sent
065G00 hundred weight less in 1876 than in
1873.
The Nark Lane Express weekly review OF
the British corn trade says: although re.
ports are somewhat contradictory, the general
opinion seems to point to more favorable &C.
real crops than were at one time though.
likely. Wheat ears have filled out under the
influence of increased moisture, and the pros
poets seem to promise fair harvest From
the continent adyices are not so favorable as
they were few weeks since. Considerable
damage has been done to the growing wheat
by recent storms. The trade for arrival car
goes of wheat has ruled firm during the past
week, and prices have improved from one
shilling to two sblllings per quarter, accord.
ing To the quality for cargoes on passage, and
for Shipment there has been az active demand,
and az improvement Of two shillings per
quarter has been established. In maize there
is an advance of sixpence TO ninepence per
quarter. Barley is firm"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21

No wonder Hayes is disguised at the in
d,ctment of the Louisiana returning board
Whatever his civil service reform notions
may be in regard to others, he had FULLY
made up his mind TO reward the scoundrels
whose rascality was the means Of his being
counted in. Two of the Florida returning
board have already been provided tor, and
now DIR. Cogwill, the third, has been appoint
ed marshal of Dakota territory, TO the dis.
gust of the delegate who had a popular can.
didate OF his own. Hayes had also made
full provision for the Louisiana returning
board rascals. Wells Is Surveyor of the Port
of New Orleans, Anderson Collector, and
Kenner and Cassanavc were TO have positions
under the negro Lewis, who has been made
Naval Officer The democrats didn't like
this, and SO they mean to put the men who
made Hayes President INTO the penitentiary.
Judge Levisee, one of the Louisiana electors
who voted for Hayes though he was ineligi-
bic, and a thorough scoundrel, is to be re.
warded with the Brazilian mission.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21
sPECK OF WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA.

A strike has broken on, among the tremen
and brakemen on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad on account of reduction OF 10 per
cent In their wages, and having assembled II
large numbers at Marinsburg, IN West Vir-
ginia, they have for the past two or three
days by force prevented any freight trains
from passing that point in either directlen.
The ralroad authorities called first on ,Ae
Mayor of Martinsburg for aid, but his author.
ity was treated with sovereing contempt. Then
the Governor OF West Virginia was called up.
on, and he sent a volunteer company from
Wheeling, but most OF its members having rel.
atives or friends among the strikers, refused
to fire upon them. Then President Hayes
was appealed to, who responded by procla.
ton warning all persons against taking part
in "any such unlawful proceedings" and By
ordering 100 marines and artillery men from
Baltimore and Washington To the scene @,
disturbance. These arrived at Mar,insburg
at noon on Thursday, and naturally awed the
two or three hundred rioters there gathered
into respectful quiet. During the day half a
dozen of the 100 locomotives and about $50
of the 1900 freight cars that had been stopped
there were safely sent oil about their bust.
ness; but even this formidable display had
no visible effect on driving the strikers into
compliance with the terms of the railroad
company. Indeed, the strike appears 10 be
extending 10 Wheeling, Cincinnati, Pirsburg
&c, and will probably prove general along
the whole road.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21

After the experience of this state with ,he
board of railroad commissioners, state chari-
table board, &c, II certainly required ssme
courage In the Legislature 10 create any more
boards" Yet they did pass a law creating
a "State Board of Health" 10 cost the state
about $4,000 year, bu, for whs, Inscruta-
BILE purpose no attemp; has yet been made to
reveal. However, the board" exists, and
had its first meeting a, Springfield the other
day. 1t organized by electing Dr. H. Rauch,
of Chicago, as President The members also
drew for terms of Office DR.. warder drew
the longest term, seven years, and Professor
Baieman drew the shortest one year. The
salary Of the Secretary was fixed at $1,000,
but the election of permsaent secretary was
deferred until legal opinion can be obtained
from the Attorney General constituting the
legal powers and duties OF the board The
board adjourned to meet at the Grand Pacific,
In Chicago, next Monday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21

1t seems Blaine could not get through his
18th Of July speech at Woodstock without a
prevarlcatlon He declared that the Southern
States which have "changed their COnsltu,
tons since the period of reconstruction have
"ln every instance save one struck out the
paramount authority of the Union and the
paramount allegiance OF the citizen to the ma
tonal government" The Springfield RepuJ-
Aedn easily proves that North Carolina, Mis-,
slssippi, Alabama and Texas have done moth.
ing Of the kind.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21


CROP PgosrECTs.-The Chicago Tribune
of Saturday publishes brief dispatches from
all over the northwest, reporting the condi.
ton Of the crops, The general result is that
in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin,
and Kansas the spring wheat is coming out
splendidly, the fine weather OF The past week
having practically placed The crop beyond
the reach of harm. The same .tunate con.
ditIons have done world OF inod to the
struggling corn in Illinois, Missouri, and 9th.
'er States, enabling the farmers 80 undo in
great measure the mischief done by heavy
rams. All other grains seem secure for u
bounliful yield, and the best of it is that what
is now tlattering prospect will soon be II Ger.
talnty.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21
THE APPELLATE COURT LAW.

For a week or two past the Chicago Times
has been laboring to prove that the bill o!
the last Legislature providing for an appellate
court had not legally passed the Legislature,
as the final vote on 1t in the house was not
! taken by yeas and nays. The vote in ques.
ton, The I'imcs says, was on recedlng from a
| house amendment t. which The senate had
| disagreed and which had therefore been re-
/ ferred TO a conference committee. The com.
mittee reported in favor Of dropping the
amendment and both houses agreed Ia the
report, but not, In the house, by call Of The
yeas and nays, which, under the decisions of
our Supreme Court, the Times maintains
was fatal 10 the bill.
ltappcars however, thar the Times is en-
tlcely of in the matter. A note from G. II.
Harlow, Secretary of State, shows that the
difficulty referred to by the Times relates to
the Circuit Court bill and not that in refer.
cuce TO the appellate court. The house had
attached to the bIll which first passed the
senate, an amendment requiring the judges
TO be elected by the minority representation or
cumulative VollnS system, as members OF the
legislature are elected, aad the senate rcfus.
ing to concur, sent it back 10 the house. 1t
was then referred to conference committee,
who, in the last days of the session, reported
against the amendment, and both houses
adopted their report, but without vote by
ayes and noes. Mr.. Harlow says, however,
that, in the opinion Of good parliamcntarians
IN Springfield, the informaliies are not suf
fcient 10 affect the validity of the act. In
the opinion of the people generally, neverlhe.
less, suspicion has been lodged, and they
will be best pleased If some authoritative de-
cision is had upon the matter before their
rights and the public treasury are largely
ieopardized by the working of the new sys,
ten, If the act is weak
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21

The Princeton Tribune exhibits bad taste
as well bad temper in its objurgations against
La Sale county in The matter Of the Judge.
snip. The disposition OF this county was to
.e. Bureau have the judge if they could agree
among themselves on candidate and we
begged them for a month to do so; but obyi-
ously Ter people were inadequate to the I'M
dertaking. Meantime the canvass took such
& turn as to show that Will county would get
the Judge, unless La Sale, which certainly
has twice rs much claim as Will because she
has twice as much business in court as Will
and Bureau pat together, put forward a
claim in its own behalf Under these cir
cums.ances Jones and Blanchard became
candidates here aud either of them can un-
quesuonably beat the hoggish pretense of
VIII 10y the help Of Bureau. But if Bureau
follows the advice Of the TrijuRc and helps
Win under the TrtJuae's cry of Anything
to beat La Sale" why, all we have to say is,
that some day doubtless the whirligig of
time will bring around It's reyenges for La
Sale on little Bureau"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21

A few weeks ago the Chicago pspers no
iiced a singular demand in that city for cured
meats, of which large purchases were being
made, mainly on French account In the
same connection the ". Y. World notices
heavy purchases in tina; city OF new wheat
for Angus, aud September delivery, also
manly on French account, and at full prices.
The World adds. There is nothing in the re-
ports &c Continental markets and crops to &C
count fcr this urgency, or even to explsin the
audiences Of the demand; and the general
inference amosg the merchants is that France
or Germany, or both. rsosi be preparing for
var
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21
THE LOUISIANA INDICTMENTS.

If Hayes and HIS cabinet last week were
smittcn with "A 1.-THE OF the trepidatiOn Wash
ington correspondents represented them to be
laboring under in view of the indictment
| bya New Orleans grand jury, of the Louisi'
I ana returning board, the event shows thcil
scare to have been Causcless. The indictment
IN question, ii turns out, proposes no such
comprehensive investigation as Hayes and his
cabinet feared, into the louisiana FRAUDS, the
full discovering Of which would doubtless
demonstrate that he holds the presidential of
flee as usurpcr. Whether 1t is true or moi
that the Hayes commissioners entered with
Nichols, as the price of his recognition, into
such bargain as amounted to compromising
a felony, the grand jury indictment In ques
ton amounts to no violation Of even such q
corrupt agreement. The only charge Of Grim
inality against the members Of the returning
board relates to the forging Of the returns OF
Vernon parish The forgery involved but
l78 votes, which alone could affect none OF
the Hayes electors. Yet that the returning
board did forge The returns Of that parish
not indeed to secure the choice Of the Hayes
electors, or the election of Packard, but to
save rcpublica an judge, there is not the re.
n otest question. There Is upon the mind of
this entire nation profound conviction that
the members Of the Louisiana returning
board did, with their eyes wide open and
with full intent and purpose, make such
a false and fraudulent count of the vote of
ors and gave them to Hayes; but the many
fearful hazards to which our institutions by
that crime were exposed having been fortu-
nately averted by The settlement last winter,
there is no desire now to disturb that settle.
ment, or ever to put on record any additional
glaring proctor there are mountain piles
of 1t already on record-that that settlement
was shameful wrong. Yet the nation does
cherish longing that those returning board
scoundrels, who so heartlcss!y and wantonly
brought upon her such perlls, shall in some
way get their deserts. The New Orleans in.
dlctment in question promises to accomplish
this in the neatest way possible. The Louisl-
ana law under which they acted makes the
forging and Counterfeiting OF any election re-
turns penitentiary otfensc. From score
or more of such acts the board were guilty of,
the grand jury select one-where the proof is
indisputablc and as demonstrate as Ques-
lien IN simple arithmetic, and for that one
act propose to send the rascaA for few years
10 the penientlary. 1t is not a "politcal'
prosecution in any sense. It's a mere mat
er OF local administration of justice. The
grand jury that finds the indictment is made
up of men Of both political parties, and half
l dozen Of its members arc negroes, Yet all
agree that n CRIME so glaring and far-reaching
II Its dangerous consequences as that the re-
urnlng board scoundrels were guilty of
should not go without some punishment. In
his surely the entire nation must applaud
hem.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21

The evidence accumulates that Senator
Grover Orlbed his way INTO an election. 1t il
proved that he paid 500 to $1,000 each for
votes and gave promise of office to others
1t Thus appears that while trying TO steal a
vote for Tilden, he was bribing his own way
into the senate. Grover wants reforming Re
publican papers pdSstm.
The evidence is that one w II n Stiles
swOre that the day after Growers election Il"
saw man come out of Growers Office with
$3.50 in his hand, and that he Stiles heard
that another man got $1,000 for voting for
Grover. Further evidence is, that about a
dozen Of Sules's neighbors being called up
on TO testify as to his reputation for truth and
veracity, all swore that they would not be-
lieve him under oath The evidence further
IS, that one Lake testified that he had been
hired by one Highly, an enemy of Growers, to
testify that he was known 10 the fact that
money had been paid by Grover for votes,
but Lake admitted that he knew nothing of
the kind. Upon the whole, the Grover inves
tigation thus far has proved arldculous farce
But were there even some foundation for the
charges against him, It would require good
deal of cheek in republican leaders like Nor
ton to insist on his exclusion from the senate
on that account, after having even refused to
investigate the case of Simon Cameron,
though he had brlbed the Pennsylvania legis
la,ure so openly that one member drew from
his pocket on the floor of the house $4,000
that Cameron had paid him for his vote, and
three other members were expelled for receiv
ing Cameron's brides.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21
FOEIGN NEWS,
The Turko-Russian War.

The embargo on war news from the Dam
ube has been so rigid during the week that
what has leaked through is indefinite, often
contradictory and unreliable
There is no doubt, however, that the Rus
SLAMS have driven the Turks entirely out Of
the Dobrudscha and are masters OF the line OF
| Trajans wall from Tchernavoda to Kus,endi
occupying both those places, which the Turks
have abandoned
There Is no doubt that the Turks, about the
18th, took Nikopolls, driving the Turks oat,
or taking the entire garrison o! coco and
forty guns prisoners, Some accounts say
the garrison escaped-o,hers that it was CAP.
tured.
Then, as completing the operations for the
week against the Notifications on the Danube,
the Russians have now invested Rutschuk
with q force of 10000 men and competent
|, siege train, and there is little doubt hut with.
in week this fortress Will also fall.
Meantime a large force has been steadily
moving towards the Balkans, epcountering
and having short battles with Turkish forces
step by step, but who IN each case are com
PEELED TO recede. At the same time power
full cavalry force under Gen. Gourka succeed
ed in finding passage way through the Bal
kans by the Tlvarditzka pass, route which
the Turks regarded as lmpracticable and had
not guarded, having watched for the Russians
by the Shipka pass. The sudden appear ance
of Gourka with IS battalions therefore, on
the south OF the Balkans, was another grand
surprise to Turkey, and, according TO pro-
Russian accounts, they arc no little dismayed
by the event. Gourka is hard at work I'M
proving the Tivardtzka pass, so that in
week he has no doubt both artillery and
the whole Russian army can follow and take
the defenders OF the other passes in the rear.
The Russians are quite confident Of an easy
march now to Adrianople
On the other side the Turks affect to regard
the movement of Gourka with Indifference,
saying as soon rs Suleiman pasha arrives with
his army Of 10000 from Montenegro, the Tiv.
arditzka pass will lie closed and the retreat OF
Gourka and all the Russians south of the Bal
kans being cut of, they will fall an easy prey.
These obvious advantages gained by the
Russians, however, have renewed strong ru.
mors OF negotiations for peace The sultan
Is evidently sick of the war; and 1t is said that
the Car is also quarreling with the Grand
Duke Nichols on the subject the latter In
sisting on going to Constantinoplc, while the
Gar says he Will be ready for peace as soon
as Rutschuk surrendcrs
There is nothing new from Asia. The
Turkish ommander-Mukh,ar pasha--is at
kars, having yictulated the fortress appar-
emily for winters stay, while the Russians
are gathering towards AleXandropel, in their
own territory
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-21

| n GUBERNATOR1L JAMBOREE-Some en-
Iterprising Philadelphians, probably in the
interest of Phlladelphias little Centennial
annex, have, by an offer OF deadhead hotel
and railroad fares, succeeded in getting the
consent of nearly all of the surviving govern.
IOrs /. lie |, 5. l. meet at Philadelphia on
he 25.l Of l2xt month. After grand recep.
lion IN Independence Hall on the Goth, and
another next day in Paramount Park, and
then a general inspection of the other lions
of the Quaker City, their "eycellencies' will
be treated to free ride to Cape May, and
thence to New York, where Gov. Robinson
and Mayor Ely will be the hosts during three
days, winding up with grand dinner, "serv-
ed in foreign style" Next the jaunt will be
extended to Boston aud Lowell, "where the
surviving governors will be invited to par
take of a mixed dinner, wherein will be CON.
bined all that is excellent in the cookery of
America and Europe. The trip may be eX
tended to Washington, but this is not certain
as YETI