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St. Paul Markets.
ST. PAUL, October 10, 1877.
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS.

PRODUCE AND PROV lSlONs.
The produce trade has been ouly fairly
active during the week under review, with
marked change in quotations in very few
commodities. A considerable proportion OF
the trade of the week has been transacted with |
lumbermen of the St. Croix and Chippewa |
rivers, as we'll as with the Black river of Wis
consin, and the upper Mississippi OF Mime |
sofa The demand for produce from the
Northwest and Manitoba has boon quiet COM
nared with that of the last few years, as all
That region is now raising fair proportion OF
its own produce, and will soon have stuff to
sell. The Lake Superior mining regions are
still quite active buyers OF the necessarles OF
| life, the most Of which they can obtain more
cheaplv here than from any other distributing
point. Chicago and Detroit not excepted. The
| local trade has been moderate.
| FIOITR-A brisk eastern order trade has
been experienced for good and the best quail
tiles of XXXX straight and patent process
flour, at regular prices. Several country
mills, until lately unknown, have so well
established their reputation at the East with
-four dealers and consumers, that their prod
net il wanted in considerable amounts. There
appears to have been no change in quotations.
Good ssstraight' xxx flour, from which no
lmiddlings have been taken, is held at s.. 50
at. 90 per Dbl, and tavorite city mills brands
can be sold to the trade at So 70 patent pro
cess flour is held at 50. OO09 90 " Dbl. In
ferior qualities are in light inquiry and prices
! range from So. 90 to So for Xxx and XXX.
, Bottled corn meal is held at 81 3O0l 40 y lOO
! lbs. Rye flour is now in fair supply at SOU
a5. so " Dbl.
} WHEAT-The markets of the world have
improved, and in the speculative markets
e there is more or less excitement, with de
1 cided upward tendency. During the week
i | the quotation at this point has been reduced
e to CSC for No. l, followed shortly after by al
advance to 97c. Yesterday there was goot
e deal of competition among buyers on tn
ii street, and as high as $l.Ol was paid for few
r choice lots, but the regular quotation wa
v $l.OO. The deliveries from farmers wagon
n are to fair extent, and by rail unusuall
" Large The grain does not remain long Il
store, however, but is promptly shipped on
to New York or Liverpool, on orders hic
pay buyers a fair profit, in most cases. IN
&C fact is our splendid quality OF wheat OF tn
% wear s growth is wanted by millers and shil
90 pers. at what must be considered by any res
.I Nc sonable person good round price ,considerin
no the big crop that has been produced in all II
~ - wheat growing regions of the United States.
is. The following are the quotations OF No.
nd wheat in the great markets yesterday an
OF yesterday week:
its Last week This week.
'es Iiverpool los lis cd los 3ill1s Cd
eo New York sl.34gl.35i $l.S
IS Chicago 1.l0s 1.13a@l.14
GE Milwaukee 1.10A 1.15f
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Groceries.

We would call attention to the advertise
ment Of Frank YAM which appears IN anotner
tbe citizens Of Dakota county and the south
sr err, nart-of Washington county, as can honest
man-the noblest work OF God" HIS
rc,ied upon. Those who deal with him will
vet lust what they order, of the best quality
and AZ the lowest prices
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GREENBACK CONTENTION nv
DAKOTA COUNTY.

Read the call elsewhere IN thls
paper. received just as we go TO ples ms
signed by many of the leading cltize ~
Of old Dakota. Now the music Nc
gins.
C On with the dance, :.
Let icy be unconfned'
There will be thunder storms ans
e.rthmakes. hurricanes, and typhoo'iS
tL,s fall in Dakota county. 49,, ~
Remember the date.--Oct. 2otn, a ~
:, :, al Pennington. No caucus $,
are necessary; come out oiio '''
to hear the truth and help Il.
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1aaKET REPORTS
Milwaukee, Produce Market
1Jx,-ArYyCp Oct

FLOUR-Firm and higher.
GRAIN-Wheat opened 1850 higher;
closed firm and good demand; No. l, nara,
S. 20; No. 1,sl.16A; No. 2, 81. ION seller no .
RECEIpTS-Flour, 1896 barrels; wheat,
225 90S bushels.
SHIPMENTS Flour, IS, 0oS barrels;w heat
13l 1876 bushels.
FLUCTUATIONS OF THE WEEK.
Tho following arethe fluctuations OF wheat:
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The Kansas Pacific
HOMESTEAD,

Is published by the Land Department OF the
Kansas Pacific Railway Company, to supply
the large and increasing demand for informa-
ton respecting Kansas, and especially the mag
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German, lOc; Cast, lie; cast tool steel, soc.
IRON.
Three-cent card rates.
Per Pound
Chains. coil y 10c; 5-16. lie; l2al2a
Chains binding, 5-l6, 1870; s-.. liz
Drawing knives, Douglas extra 5Oal0
do Farmers. 6Oa1O
Drag teeth, plain head, add 4 ,4c; s,a
and inch, 3Ac.-
do patent head, add &C.
Files, American File Co. so
F;lss Rntchar's 80
Grindstones, Huron, per ton; Is w
Hammers Parker's No. adze eye per
Hammers, Maydola's, No. X, adze eye
per doc 49,. 10 so
Eatchets Yelkes & Plumb, claw shing-
Cling, No. -; No 9 Z 80; No 3D.. 10
Matches. Yerks & Plum pei dog ex...- 30
Hinges strap and I, discount .......... 40
Knobs, mineral door. do ........- %
Knobs porcelain do %
Lanterns, tubular, No Der doz $500 IL 90
Lantern Patent do do - 90
Planes, Auburn Observation-Disclosures. %
do C2vug3.. 30
Locks, Russell & Erwins, discount. %
Screws gimlet point. ........ so
Stove Polish, James per gross. ~ 80
| do Dixon's per gross. ... so
Sad irons extra polish per fb ... Axe
Saws. Distin's hand, 26-inches .. % 90
Saws, Distins' plain tooth cross-cut.
per foot 55
Saws Great American, per foot .... 60
Per Doe
Shovels-Chapin's black steel edge :. IL so
Rowland's black steel edge 9 50
Rowland's polished steel -. 10 SO
Spades - Chapin's black steel edge. IL so
RowIand's black steel edge so
Scoops - Chapin's grain, c No A.. - 90
Axes. Hunts 80. 49, 80. 80. $l0 o.
do st Paul ...... go. 80. zee. ..... 10 Os
( Discount
Aueers. Doulas' extra, C S.. q
i Auaer bits: Donglas' extra G. S........ a
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~ MATCHES. Cheapest IN the k a"s.
WV Tor term. address COULTER 6SO'1hscssO
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The Wheels Are Always Opposite Each Other,

and DOWN
oes necks Most % NV
when
main FEVER and (whh sunny
ching
nicely possibly done
othahe
sleeves lerepace aintal nominal cost
cit three horses aOl eaSe
IL ' ont the ground pozn1 H1S1
IL coAn0" o'' y - TT has no side whatever.
Riding and waking culo'a-
d@phO
heel
Postal Laws Home Hachn D
Fl]rSt & Bradley Mfg 90.
& North esplanes St chicago, 1l1noas
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HARDW ARE.
Pillow STEEL.

German, 10c; Cast, lie; cast tool steel, soc.
IRON.
Three cent card rates.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-29

President Hayes and party on Tuesday re.
turned to Washington, after swinging around
the southern segment of his viatic circle. The
President and cabinet ministers who accom-.
panied him are quite overcome with delight at
the enthusiasm Of their southern reception.
The original plan was TO go no further than
Tennessee, but the trip through that state was
so delightful that the journey was extended to
Atlanta, in the heart of Georgia. There, ~
everywhere else the sentiment was the same.
Everyone" says the obsequious Bohemian
who accompanied the party as chronicler, 1.-THE
people joined in doing the President homage
His speeches took them by storm, and no man
appeared to criticise them. 1t has been the
most uniformly spontaneous tribute the south
ever gave man. The President especially
tried 10 make himself accessible to the colored
people, and never refused to see them singly
or in delegations or Disseminated against
them in any respect yet he heard not a com
plant from them as to the workings of the So
called southern policy. The blacks agree
with the whites that the relation of the race
was never better than to-day. The testimony
is universal through that section where the
president travelled"
The party spent Sunday at Knoxville, Tenn,
and on Tuesday returned to Washington by
way of Lynchburg and Charlottesville But
what! bitterness, after all, must this univer-
cal testimony TO the happy fruits of the appli.
cation of the democratic policy to the south be
10 the bloody shirt party of the north especial
~ when they reflect on the depth Of iniquity
and fraud in which they wallowed to secure
tile Inauguration of a president TO pursue cx
actly al opposite course.
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.

The democrats and all others intending to affil
late with that party in opposition the republican
party, at the coming November election, are in
yited to meet at their various places OF holding
their town caucus respectively, on Saturday, the
Goth day of September, 1877 to appoint delegates
to attend county convention to meet at Ottawa
On Tuesday, October ID, 1877,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for the
various county offices to be filled mt the next Nov
ember election, and to transact such other bust
ness as may be deemed appropriate for the good
70 the party.
Anew apportlonment OF delegates has been made
on the basis Of one delegate for each town, one
delegate for each 100 democratic votes cast at the
last presidential election, one delegate for each
fraction Of Is votes or more over lOO. On that
basis the several towns will be entitled to the fol
lowing number Of delegates respectively:
Adams 2, Allen 2, BroOkfield 2 Bruce 8, Day
ton 2, Deer Park 2, Dimmick 3 Eagle 3, Earl 3,
Eden 2, Fall River 2, Farm Ridge 2, Freedom 2,
Grand Rapids 2, Groveand 3, Hope 2, La Sale 3,
Malus 8, Mendoza 8, Meriden 2 Miller 2, Mission
2, Worthwhile q Ophlr 2, Usage 3, Ottawa IL, OF
ter Creek 2, Peru z, Richland 2, Rutland 3, Serc-
ma 2, South Ottawa 2, Troy Grove 2 Utica 2, Yer
million 9, Wallace 2, Waltham2
WV. OsMAN,
N, DUNCAN,
A. VAUGHEY,
=. DoNLEvY,
j w. BROWNE,
L.W. BREWER,
Uen Co. Central Committee.
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THE STATE FAIR,

THE state fair" says the Freeport Bulletin
''was grand and unprecedented success" Tn
what particular regard is not explained. It is
presumable, however, that enough money was
taken in to pay the $4,000 offered as premi.
ums, pay the other expenses, and leave few
thousand dollars in the treasury. The Bulh.
TN admits, however, that tbs success was
achieved at a pretty heavy expense, as well of
money as unremitting labor on the part of
many citizens of Freeport who are in no wav
reimbursed out of the receipts. In the same
way Ottawa in 1873 expended about $4,000
to have the fair, and it was also an "unnrece-
dented success" That is, the receipts were
about $4,000 above those of any preceding, or,
for that mater, subsequent fair, unless those at
Freeport have exceeded the receipts of the
first Ottawa fair, which were about $4,000
But the next two state fairs at Ottawa-in
1870 and lS76-on account of both hitting
rainy and excessively disagreeable weather.
were failures, not in the character and number
Of stock and articles shown, for in both the
latter cases the show was superior to the first.
but in the attendance of spectators on account
of the weather. And so, by fixing the fair in
the equinoctial week, the second fair at Free
port, should it be held there, is just as liable
to prove failure as it did at Ottawa Hardly
ever more than one fair in three happens to hit
good weather 1t was so at Ottawa-it was so
at Chicago. If the state board want successful
fairs every year, they must stop the itinerant
system; purchase their own grounds at some
central point and fix them up permanently, so
that the fair can be held whether it rains or
shines; and not go Alleging from town to
town to spend ten or fifteen thousand dollars
foolishly fixing up for the great state fair, in
the hope that it will bring money enough to the
town to make up the loss, when the universal
experience is that it never does anything of
the sort Ottawa, all in all, expended some
$25, 900 over the state fair, and neither her
traders or hotels ever got back one dollar in
ten of it.
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Seneca Dottings.

SENECA, Sept "a, 1877.
As Jacob Howe was returning nome to SEN
eca from W. II. McIntyre's last Saturday he
was crossing the new railroad about ten miles
south of Seneca, and just as the horses came
onto the track the engine of a passing freight
struck them and killed both horses and threw
Mr.. Howe about twenty feet onto his head and
injured Kim so that he lived but an hour after.
His daughter, a young girl about fourteen
years of age, was thrown from the wagon and
badly injured. 1t is feared she will not re-
cover.
The Old Settlers Reunion and dance at IN
derhill Hall the Goth WAS very pleasant al
fair. There was quite large attendance. IL
was managed by \. HoldcTman and Z.
Malaise. Ii. ".
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CUBA.

In June last Martinez Campos, the new Cap.
tain General of Cuba, sent his chief of staff
Gen. Arderius, to Madrid, with letter repre-.
sentlng to the government that unless different
system of tactics was adopted towards Cuba
the wisest thing for Spain to do was to recog.
nize the islands independence While the
records IN the war office at Madrid showed tina,
there were $4,000 Spanish soldiers in Cuba, and
that such numbers were actually receiving
pay, Gen. Campos said the real number there
was less than 10000, and unless achievements
to the number of 10000 were sent him at once,
he would prefer TO throw up the command and
return home The letter carried by Arderius
by some accident got into the papers, and ere
ated quite stir at the time, but its authentici-
ty we believe was never questioned. However,
though the camarila at Madrid affected to treat
it lightly, they had too important interests to
subserve in keeping Gen. Campos out of Spain
To allow him to return, and therefore promised
To send him all the troops he asked for. Tele-
grams of the Goth from Havana announce the
arrival during the preceding week of these
promised reinforcements in Cuba. Instead of
60 600 men, they consist Of about l., 600, mostly
boys, enlisted in the northern part Of Spain,
unacclimated and raw, none of them ever
having handled musket OF smelt powder.
They have arrived just rs the yellow fever is
raging with unusual fatality in the island and
before winter half Of them will probably fall
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-29

1t was no surprise, after what had appeared
in the Chicago papers last week, to see the an
nouncement in the Chicago papers on Monday
evening, that the Fidelity Insurance Company
of John c. Haines had, along with that OF
Spencer and Meyers, closed its doors. 1t lis bu,
fair TO say, however, that the steal in this last
case Is not near as great as in the Others. While
Meyers left but sixtytwo dollars and twenty
eight cents in his bank to pay some 100000
that he owed his depositors, and Spencer ran
away with nearly million Of money belong
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EpIToRs FREE TRADER: AS it seems my
notice of your article on "Greenback Move
ments.r in yours of the 18th, has aroused your
ire, all the more deadly because an "anony
mons scribbler" chose to avail himself Of the
ready columns of republican newspaper, !
have decided this time to address yourself
| shall first ask you to believe that / neither
had nor have any desire for newspaper con
troversy, and have no ambition to court an
editorial notice." and as it seems have Of
Tended against common decency in using the
Republican, beg to plead that my education
has been defective, having been chiefly acquir.
ed at the work bench, was never at college,
and never edited paper.
Now, sir, when you assert that my letter to
the Republican adds confirmation to the gener.
nj suspicion that this whole movement is in
sympathy with, and intended to aid the republi-
can party, YOU assert what is not true; for
while despise the democratic, detest the re-
publican party.
As to my unique reply to your query, l stick
to and re-afiirm it. Tho lay no claim to
originality" yield in that to you, l think my
reply from the glib and classic tongue of Wen
dell Phillips sounds just as sensible as do such
gems of literature as "swashbuckler," "hyfa.
lutin swash," "humbug" &c, from the glib
and facile pen of the FREE TRADER editor.
To come down to business, do you not mani.
fest deplorable ignorance" in saying "there is
nothing in the St Louis platform unfriendly
to the greenback ?" Ask your cook to make
you an omelette without eggs. If she succeeds
you may then persuade yourself that we can
have resumption without contraction.
How do you know that all the greenback
clubs are clamoring for reconciliation of sill
yer? There is one club at least not clamorng
for it. True it is the reconciliation of silver is
demanded, but you do not seem to comprehend
the reason and motive of the demand. There
is one thing you do know, that is how to set
up man of straw, and wish you joy in the
innocent pleasure of knocking him down.
You ask me to define myself Why you
have so thoroughly defined me that scarcely
know what | believe, not being gifted with
your friend Tim Rhodess intelligence of
comprehension"
You ask me quite number of questions.
As the answering of one has brought such a
deluge of wrath on my head fear if should
answer the rest You would annihilate me.
have not intended to argue the currency
question, not believing am equal to the task,
and do not want to trespass unreasonably on
your space.
Now, sir, In the foregoing, as in my previ-
Gus letters, there is no offensiveness expressed
or intended. have called no names, nor as
sumed that because we cannot agree, therefore
you are treacherous, dishonest, indecent l
ought not to be your teacher in the proprietes.
AS l have answered, though with "swash, v
your trenchant "incisve question" again
ask, is it gentlemanly to call names, even when
the names are yelled in classic slang?
A GREENBACKER.
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POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.

The Democrats of Wisconsin held their state
convention on Wednesday and nominated a
strong ticket for state officers. J, A. Mallory
was nominated for Governor, II, Il. Davis for
Lieutenant Governor and Jas. b. Hayes for
Secretary of State. The platform condemns
the fraud and chicanery by which Tilden was
cheated out of his election to the presidency
declares opposition to subsidies; declares
against the republican financial policy which
withdraws capital from taxation and makes
currency bonds payable in gold declares in
favor of greenbacks as the exclusive paper cur.
rcncy; in favor of the reconciliation of silver
and against protective tariff.
The republicans of New York on the same
day. held their convention at Rochester The
race throughout the state had been between
the friends of President Hayes and his policy
led by G.. w. Curtis, and the opponents OF
of Hayes, led by Roscoe Conkling, to get pos.
session of the convention. On assembling at
Rochester and counting noses Il was found
that the Conklingites were largely in the ma.
jority, and they at once took control of the con
vention, Conkling leading off in a thoroughly
prepared, but scathingly bitter and acrimoni
Gus speech, ostensibly attacking G.. w. Curtis
but in reality aiming at President Hayes and
his southern and more particularly his civil
service policy. The speech was so offensive
to the Hayes party, that most of them left the
Iconvention-and the Conkling faction went on
and made the nominations TO suit themselves
The ticket nominated was as follows:
For Secretary of State-John c. Churchill
For Comptroller-Francis Sylvester.
For State Treasurer-W l.. Bostwick.
For Attorney General-Grenville Tremaine
For State Engineer-IIoward Soule.
While the ticket itself is said not TO be bad
one, and under other circumstances would b.
acceptable to the party generally, the manner
of its nomination was such that il is believed
the Hayes or Curtis wing of the party will
generally oppose it, so that nothing but the
sheerest and most inexcusable laundering can
help the democrats from carrying New York
this fall by an overwhelming majority While
Conkling by his course has thus doubtless nc.
complished his primary object of 'rebuking''
Hayes in New York, he has also succeeded
beautifully in rendering his own reelection to
the Senate impossible. The party for the
nonce at least is hopelessly split up.
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ophir and Vicinity.
OPHIR, Sept. "a, 1877.

OPHIR, Sept "a, 1877.
Threshing in this region is all done. The
best piece of oats raised in this neighborhood
was owned by Geo, Herger, Jr.
A serious accident occurred to Oscar Chaplin
the other day. As he was unloading stone at
the bottom of the hill at Utica, a rifle bullet
came along and took off one of his fingers. A
law ought to be passed prohibiting careless
rifle shooting on our prairies.
The dance in the Masonic hall at Homer I'm.
der the management of Mr.. Sweeney, was
success. There were over 40 couple present.
The music was furnished by Messrs Anderson
and Lamb, and was tirstclass. Mr.. Sweeney
is a thorough gentleman and the general opin-
ion is that school superintendent Williams
was greatly in the wrong when he took his
document from him.
Two white prairie schooners pulled out of
Homer last Monday, bound for Kansas. DR..
Powell owned one and the RAynearson broth
ers the other. The boys had painted on their
wagon for motto, kansas or bust"
AT the temperance meeting last Friday, the
TOOlll WIS ClONuCu w ONClho"iho, many
had to go away for want of room. Some very
fine speeches were made in the debate by Mr.
Kennedy, Miss Brewster and Miss n. Chaplin.
Miss Chaplin made more points than all the
rest put together. She is a very fine speaker
and a good scholar Mr.. Warrick got some
what confused at first in his lecture but came
out all right and gave his opponent just hail
Columbia.
Among our happy ones this week arc Robt-
McQuirter and Miss S. Stevenson.
We are sorry to chronicle the death Of MIR.
Hoflmyer, of Dimmick,
The directors of the Teeldistrict have secured
the services of Mr.. II. McNally as teacher for
the winter term Hank is good teacher and
a gentleman.
Sorry to learn that Miss Brewster is about to
sell out. She will be missed by all her old
neighbors. But then she will probably OILY
move across the road and change her name.
The Homer school house is finished and
sets off the town to good advantage
Mr. Ernest Krausse is very i'll, but it is hop
ed not beyond recovery.
Jas Gillmour is able to be around again and
will return 10 Ottawa in few days.
HERCULES,