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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

An uncommoniy vicious tramp appeared
near the little town of ellison, Knox county.
last Sunday. During the absence of the fam
lily AT church he entered the farm house Of Mr..
Charles Bclden, near the village On return
ing from church the tramp was seen to escape
to cornficld, and Mr. Bcldcn, who was on
horseback, followed him, commanding him 10
" halt" Tie tramp replied by shot, killing
Mr. B. instantly. About this time man
namet Packard and a boy, Keoter, came up
also on horseback, and commanding the tramp
to halt, were likewise shot, though not fatally.
Then Mr.. McCowen came up and shot at the
tramp, and in return received bullet in the
heart killing him instantly The tramp then
made off and the whole ncighborhood is
and pursuing him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11


The tramps, dead.bcatS, and thieves in gen
eral, who bore 50 conspicuous a part in the late
labor troubles, were doubtless guilty of some
pretty mean things but the meancst act the
worst OF them ever conceived is hopelcssly
eclipsed by the action Of a couple New Jersey
railroad companies. While the mob stood
ready To burn their property and tear up their
tracks, number Of their employees unwill-
ingly thrown out of work, joined the state
militia 10 defend the property of the railroad
companies. For thus leaving the service of
the companies and entering that of the state
as soldiers, the companies have discharged the
men. Gov. Bedle has ordered them to he retained
u he pay Of the state as militia until they can
get other employment.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11
THE LABOR PROBLEM.

The great labor problem, which has occu
| pied the anxious thought of the best minds tol
hundreds of years with no nearer apparent APP
proach to solution than at the beginning, has
been grapped by Mr. Hayess cabinet, who, al;
ter two or three anxious sittings, have hit upon
plan for its ENHANCEMENT in the manner in
dictated below. We are shocked to see the Chi.
cago Times dash cold water on the project, by
lridiculing it as Il piece Of "paternal poppy
cock"
A large part of the Presidents message on
the reasscmbling of Congress will be devoted
TO a consideration of the labor question. 1t is
known that at the numerous Cabinet meetings
held within the past two weeks, this subject
has in several instances been discussed TO the
exclusion of all other matters. Several mem
hers of the Cabinet are known to be in favor of
the passage of Il law providing for the organ
i2aton of commission which shall have Il
due regard for the interest OF all concerned
producers, merchants, railroad employees, and
capitalistS-so that on any question Il fair com
promise may be effected. y member Of the
Cabinet in Il recent conversation spoke Of this
plan, and argued that Congress had right to
pass such q law under the clause Of the Con
,'itUtion authorizing that body to regulate
commerce with foreign nations, and among the
several State, and with the Indian tribes.
He further argued that the theory upon
which our Government is founded is one OF
compromise. lie thought Congress, in its wis
dom, would devise proper manner fer the ~.
pointment Of this commission, 90 that ii should
not be open to undue influences, but be com
posed of persons representing all Interests He
did not favor the Federal Government having
complete control of the subject, because it has
been proposed to have Il bureau of industry
He thought this would fail to effect the OBJ
jcct desired to the satisfaction of all concerned
Besides, such plan would be open to the OBJ
lection of consolidating the business interests
Of the country in the general Government, and
would be in opposition to our representative |
system OF government. Another point referred |
to in the conversation was the fact that rep
commission might be vested with |
power to examine into the dcsrabiity of char
tering new railroads that it might require Ger.
tain conditions to be fulfilled, so as to cstab- !
fish a reasonable certainty that a projected =,
would he rcmuncrative, and that the con- = -
would have means to pay for its constr, u Tt;SSS
and thus avoid disastrous failures >'''''
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

Last Sunday young man at Morris named
Duncan hired team and buggy to 90 to
Seneca, but instead drove to Ottawa and back
A milcs-giying the horses neither amoutll-
full Of feed or drop Of water all day. A local
magistrate fined him 50 under the statute
against cruelty to animals The fine was not
tenth Of What it ought to have been. There
is great deal of this kind of cruelty to ami
mails practiccd every day, and there ought to
be more rigid enforcement Of the law against
1t. Our livery men say that cases are constant
y occurring during this hot and dry weather,
in which, if so disposed, they could have per
sons arrested for this kind of brutality
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

The carpetbaggers are fleeing from South
Carolina in Il way that suggests the radical
nature Of the change that has taken place there.
Senator Patterson, who is reported to have
said not long since that there was four years
more of good stealing IN the state, has gone to
Washington to escape the legal process Of the
courts Gov Moses was arrested before he
could get away and put on $4,000 BAIL Whit
temore is gone, and so is Gen Dennis, whom
the courts want, and so are many others who
lived in clover while the Republican regime
lasted
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

The Races at Earlville under the auspices
Of The Earlville Park Association, commenced
on Tuesday August a. and will continue four
days. Purses range from $3.50 to $1,000. The
programme shows large number of entries
in all departments, of horses from all parts of
the country. The Earlvillc races have always
been well managed and stand high among
sportsmen and horse fanciers. Earlvlle itself,
by the stimulus they have afforded, has been
able to turn out some Of the most noted stock
Of the country.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11
APPELLATE COURT JUDGES.

The large vote for Mr.. Goodspccd in VIII
county and the apparently singular anxiety of
the people Of that region to monopolize two Of
the Judges of this circuit is said to be explain
ed pyicatey by the statement that Goodspeed's
election will transfer Judge Mcl'obcrs 10 the
Chicago Appellate Court, contamination
which certain Joliet lawyers at least seem TO
regard as dcyoully to be wished; and indeed
there seems to be II prevailing opinion not on
Ily in Joliet but in Chicago thai the Supreme
Courts under Sec. ) of the act in relation to
Appellate Courts, may assign to duty in the
Appellate Court Of the lst District Cook Coun-
y) Circuit Judges residing elsewhere in the
state. Indeed, in other parts Of the state out
side Of Cook county il is charged upon the
people Of that county that the law was pur-
poscly so framed, in order not to diminish the
working capacity Of their Circuit and Superior
Courts, and with view Of unjusly appropri-
ating to Cook county judicial labor not prop
crly belonging to it, by the importation of
three Appellate Judges.
Admitting, for the sake Of the argument,
that such charges are unjust and that it would
be proper, if lawful, for the Supreme Court to
appoint Circuit Judges from counties other
than Cook to act as Appellate Judges in the
1st District, there seems to be an insurmOunta-
Die constitutional difficulty in the way.
Sec. II. of article VI of the constitution pro-
vides that Appellate Courts may be created in
districts formed for that purpose, and section
- of the same article ordains that all officers
provided for in this article shall respectively
reside in the district for which they may be APP
pointed,
Nor can this difficulty be removed by a
change of residence to Cook county, because
Sec. 80 as well as Sec II of Article vi requires
the Circuit Judge so appointed Appellate
Judge to reside in the Circuit for which he was
elected. Therefore it follows that the Circuit
Judge appointed Appellate Judge must reside
in his own Circuit, and that that Circuit must
be IN the Appellate District for which he is APP
pointed Appellate Judge, Hence the appel.
late Court Of Cook county must be composed
of three Cook county Circuit Judges.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

We notice with deep pain the announce
ment Of the death by apopleXy, on the 21tl,
ult, at Burlington, VI, Of A. b. Stafford, prcsi
dent Of the Enterprise Savings Bank, and
cashier Of the City Savings Bank, at Carlo
III. Up to about 1860 lac had been a resident
of Joliet and for several years was connected
with the bank Of Gov. Matteson in that city,
VI whom he was relative. He was a man
noted FOR his rigid business probity and intcg.
rity, and socially as one of the most genial.
iovial as well as true and kind.hearted of men.
lie was brother Of Ex-Governor Stafford, of
Arizona, and Of the somewha, celebrated fe-
male physician, Miss Mary Stafford, known
during the war as the Cairo Swamp Angel, -
on account Of her selfsacrificing devotion to
Tie worl, Of alternating the wants and suffer
ings Of the sick and wounded soldiers, Of whom
G. iro was full during most of the war-a work
In which she shared the profound sympathy
as well a. purse Of her brother.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11
JUDICIAL ELECTION.

In spite of the solemn asseverations on all
sides that publics should cut no figure in the
judicial election last Monday, the vote in this
county was rs nearly strictly political as at a
Presidential election. Blanchard received
what republican votes were cast, and Jones and
Stipp received the democratic votes. Stipp
got more votes at few Of the principal polls
for the simple reason that he had men there to
coax ont the voters while Mr.. Jones had not
gone to that trouble and expense.
In VIII county, however, the people ignored
politics and voted generally for Goodspccd.
What votes were cast against him were appa-
rcntly solely from motives of personal likes or
dislikcs.
Grundy voted mainly on political grounds,
the republicans voting for GOOdspccd and
Blanchard, and the Democrats for Jones and
Stipp.
Bcreau voted for Goodspeed purely out OF
spite for LaSallc, her motto being that, though
she was unable to agree on a candidate Of her
own, she was ready for " anything to beat La
Sale" I've split my own milk-therctorc
I'll spill yours
All over the district the vote was absurdly
small-nOt fourth Of II vote being pollcd-
and more than half of these especially cOaXed
to turn out. 1t is Il poor plan 10 have such
elections at offtimcs. 1t would he much bet
ter every way to have full vote on judges as
on other officers at Il general election. Fol
lnMinr WIS the VOTE OF the cnIniN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

Gov Robinson, OF New York, has pardoncd
Frank Walwouh, who was sent to the pcni-
Tertiary several year, ago for shooting his
father. The father OF Frank, twill be rcmcm-
bcrcd, was Mansfield Tracy WalwoTh, son Of
thcemincnt Chancellor Walworth, of New York,
and his mother the daughter Of Col. John j.
Hardin, Of Illinois, who was killed at the bat
tie of Bucna Vista, during the Mexican war
The father, who can harlv bc said 10 have been
sane, by a long continued, pm .tent course Of
illucatment OF Franks mother coupled with
repeated threats TO kill her, had 50 wrought
on the young mans mind that finally, during
Il private interview at hotel in New York
ci;y-Gt which nobody ever had any means OF
knowing what else occuwed-young Frank
shot his father dead. Gov. Robinson, after re-
viewing the facts of the case, says: The NOR.
bid mental condition Of the prisoner resulting
from his malady, and his great terror of his
that the murder for which he stands convicted
was caused either by the insanity attendant
upon one Of his epilcptic paroXysms, or the
mpression-possibly mistaken onc-that his |
fathers silent approach toward himself was
with murderous intent, and his own action nee. |
,Ssary To save his life. In either event he is y
lot legally responsible for it. At all ever
The Governor adds, the only question no. =
whether the interests Of society yet .
he detention OF an cpilcptic in the a. H.. ''',''
insane convictS where he has long
d." He thinks not, and therci; > '''- P'''o'
pardon, consigning him 10 the 49,. -.
tricken mother, who alone
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

On Friday of last week Pelstring's cgar.boX
mandatory at Cincinnati took fire few
minutes before s O'Clock A. NJ II was rcgu
lar Undertook affair, full ofinilammable matcri
al, and burnt like loose straw. The fire orig
mated in the cellar There were some fifty
girls regularly employed in the establishment
but only part of them had arrived when the
fire broke out. Some fifteen or twenty, how.
ever, were in the third and fourth stories
Some escaped through the windows upon the
roofs Of other buildings, but ten persisted in
The flames.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

The latest dispatches from the thcatcr of In.
dian hostlitics in Idaho and Montana are, that
Gen Howard, after resting week to contcm.
plate his laurels won in driving the Chief 10.
scph and his band out of Idaho into the more
weakly defended Montana, has started on his
trail in pursuit, with go mounted men and a
train Of $50 pack mules At last accounts
Howard had reached the summit between the
Lolo and Clearwater ION the border between
Montana and ldahoJ while Joseph, after form
ing junction with Looking Glass and White
Bird, was at Ross Hole, fifty miles southeast
Meantime Gen. GiJb,n, with the Montana vol
unteers, is hunting Joseph's band from the
east, and expects Ia strike him about the
9Th
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

Through the kindLess of VI. II, C,,p,Se,.
lin, their secretary, we are in receip, ,fiac 70.
port for the year 1876 of the r;airv,,d and
Warehouse Commissioners Of tbS. .g,to !,
is made up mostly of statistic 3, tho form of
what printers call rule am .s,,s., O.,,,z ~ and
covers nearly 800 page 5.So only ;p,orma.
ton worth reproducin We arv abe to.glcan
rom Il nasty glance over its pages, is that Hi.
MOI, Oh december I, 1876 had fif,y-two rail
roads OF which nst1 ei gh, during that year had
n n ,D'o " .ey dividends. Seventeen roads,
wiz, -'-'' miles of track, are in the hands of
90. During the year ending June 30,
~ ~, Sat- passengers and 1872 employees were
Il on the roads in the state. The roads
4,3it 6S,244 employees on their list-an IN
Grease of nearly 10000 over the previous year.
The report before us must have cost four or
five thousand dollars to print, to say nothing
of-the expense of supporting Board about
whose only visible employment was to collect
e>c.expensivo and arid figures, and really it
is hard to see how the state gets back lis
moneys worth.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11
GLE &tet gradet.
Ottawa, H.. Saturday, August IL, 1877.
Gov. Cullom has appointed as trustees of the

Gov. Cullom has appointed as trustees of the
Eastern Insane Asylum, which commission
has lust decided to locate at Kankakee, John
H. Clough of Chicago VIM Reddick, of OF
tawa; and VIM. F. Murphy, of Tuscola, Doug
las county. Gov. Cullom is showing com
mendable liberality and good sense, not only
in giving one place out of every three to dem
ocrats on the various state boards he appoints,
but in appointing such democrats-as in the
case of Mr.. Reddick for instance-as do honor
TO the party Under the watchful eyes OF men
like Mr. Reddick there will be no state house job
berry in the erection of the Eastern Insane Asy-
Inn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11
VIII county voted as follows:
THOSE RAILROAD BONDS AGAIN

Considerable interest is felt in the decision
now daily expected, of Judge Drummond in
the case Of our Ottawa town bonds voted ia
the Fox River Valley Railroad us re-argued
before the L. s. court at Chicago last week.
1t will be remembered that the case was re-.
manded back by the L. 5. Supreme Court to
Judge Drummonds court with instructions
that were supposed to end the case by estab.
fishing the invalidity of the bonds The hold
ers of the bonds, however imagined that they
could make point against the gsuilicicncy of
the proof that the law under which the bonds
were issued had not passed the Illinois legis.
laturc, and on this point there was re.argr-
ment before Judge Drummond last week. by
Judge Eldrcdgc, Wilson and Berry for the
bondholdcrs, and Judge Dckey Barge and
Dixon for the town. On Saturday last the
Judge took he'case under adviscmcnt and the
Of his decision is daily looked
for
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

Quite military fever seems to have broken
out in this state. Equipments both for cavalry
and infantry companies have crowded in upon
the adjutant general at Springfield so rapidly
that he has given notice that he has no equip.
ments for cavalry, and also that there are no
more arms or equipments for infantry compan-
les. Those companies that have already re
ported will be equipped but for the present, at
least, neither arms nor equipments can be sup
piled 10 new companies
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

la spite of the fact tina, few colored men had
seats in the recent Georgia constitutional con
ven,ion, contrary to the predictions If the
bloody shiYters, the Bill of Rights as adopted
asserts full rights ci citizenship for all men,
and pledges the state to the protection OF all its
people in their citizenship; and iiabolishes
Imprisonment fer debt and ioggirg as pun
ishmcnt for crime
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

An unpleasant disagreement has arisen be-
tween two loving uncles-to wit, Uncle Billy
Mckee, of the ST. Louis Globe Democrats and
Uncle Samuel. The latter has sued the former
for the trihing sum of $2,3l4,20O, in which
amount he alleges Billy got the start of him
while boss of the St Louis whisky ring Who
would ever have dreamed Of suing an editor
for such sum, before the republicans invent
ed the whisky ring?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

Hurrah for the Buckeye governor, Young
lie says lac wouldn't cali on the United States
for troops until every pan In Ohio had been
whipped" That sentence ought to be put up
IN chrome form and a COPY Of it sent to every
governor in the country
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

The commissioners appointed to locate The
Eastern Insane .i'-.n, for the erection Of
which the last Legislature made an ap,ropria-
ton, have about ~,,,iel down upon the choice
of Kankaker 1he iocation Of the new peBi-
teniiary appea.- az. = hang bcwecn Chester
and Grafton, viii - chsnccs 10 favor of the
latter.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

The Marshall county papers are discussing
the question. shall our judges he lawyers -
There seems to he Il wealthy tinker, or cooper,
or something of that sort, down there that
wants to he elected judge, and some OF the pa
pers are advocating his claims The question
is the same as if one asked, Shall our barrel
makers he coopers; or shall the people that
make our clothes be taiiorsg
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

,,na,, ,,o ,ha ~f,, l%Se, last week were
['Hth't Frank Gilbert's
i'i,','',''',''' s'ctg5-',rer at Chicago had
A'atcofnt of his inability tn
CIV "a, i'of Il sends, Frank was at Washing
'ot'' VII" " 4 eends'n order, taking the oath
= nm f'e'was- obliged To give fUnds to the
,'''''' %@t SJoa009 lie takes possession of
'ne hsse ~ soon rs the money can be counted
q nj JtctrantGr made.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

l'iCe, TIE man who some months ago shot
AMI Sifle,l the spiriHaist ;. 5. jones, in Chi
cage had his trial a.iew days ago, and the jury,
instead df sentencing him to be hung, pro
|nonced him crazy a> bed bug and ordered
him TO he sent u The insane asylum ai Jack
soryillc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11

In the Kane Judicial district, including IN,
counties Of Kane, Kendall, Dupage, etc. CLAIR,
w Cpian was elected jadgc on MONDAY.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-14
neaMS.

In West Fairlee, September 9, L. $. soUTHwo, g.
aged Is years.
=, IN Cabot, February II, Lucy DOLBY, widow q. d %
Dolby, aged 10 years
In Stowe, February JULIA o. CAMP, widow a. O.. %.
Camp, aged 10 years.
IN pnnaeld February !. HOLBRooK, son Of Dr. { 3D..
ana Edna II. smith, aged months.
In Peru, January H. Ms. SALLY BURT, n-..
years-the Oldest person in the place.
In Williamstown February I, JENNIE MAY PEI i.s.
daughter of Cornelius Pettis aged years and moni
In East Montpelier January ~, IRENA pERsCN
widow OF the late r. f. Persons in the 6jh year Of cr
Inst bloomsbury, February $, Deacon JAMES HAElIN
aged VI years tile Oldest man In town. He leaves 1i
years old
In westhed, y. Y, February I, Mrs LAURA Dixie,
eldest daughter Of the late Thomas Davis Of this vage
aged II years.
2. Deacon ROBERT BARNEY. for many years a Wei
known resident OF Rutland, aged 20 years
IN Bolton, February 9, LAURA 4. MORSE wife Of Rus
sell Morserased 81 years. The funeral was from her late
residence on Sunday afternoon February H. and very
largely attended Rev. Dr. W. Underwood the Mctlo-
from John 81: 26.
In Greensboro, December %, 1876, ANNETTE wife of
only her own family but the community have sustained
great loss Mrs Cnlderwood lived for those around her
Not amid the halls of wealth alone she found
the cottages Of the poor she might be doing all her
power TO relieve suffering. Her uncommon cheerfuluess
and extreme kindness won the affection Of all. None knew
Eer but to love her.
Alas that Nettie should die,
In all her youthful bloom;
That death should seal that bright eve,
And stamp It for the tomb.
'Tis grief to yield her up
To those pale realms Of shade,
To drink the bitter cup
At deaths stern fiat made.
Her form, as it moved among us,
Our hearts forget
Her eyes, with ardor beaming,
Or with compassion wet.
We trust she has gone before us,
70 ne land Of the blessed,
And oh may her mantle
rest