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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

Who Is Richard IIanlon, anyway? viii
some one answers Jack Reddick says he was
born in La Sale, graduated in one of the best
colleges and taught school at New Orleans Al
what college did he graduate? How long has
he lived outside the state in New Orleans OF
elsewhere Did he ever teach public school
in Illinois, if so where Is he Il voter in this
state at the present time ?-Otdca Repub
ticdn.
The principal Of the La Sale High School,
a republican, with whom Mr.. Cullen is well
acquainted and whose word he will not dis
pute informs us that Mr.. lIanlon is athorough
scholar, a fine teacher, a very capable business
man and an accomplished gentleman. lie has
for some time past held an important position
in the La Sale zinc works, in which his capac.
ity for affairs was thoroughly tested and 50
well approved by his employers AS TO secure
their fullest confidence and friendship We
have none but the highest regard for Mr. Vii.
liams, the present county school superintcn.
dent, but we hoce heard teachers say that he is
thoroughly antiquated and old-fogyish in his
ideas, and that younger hand and head, with
Il few modern ideas injected in the manage
ment Of our school affairs could not fail To bc
II vast improvement,
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FRANCE.

occasionally one of our financial philoso-
pliers Of the Brick Pomeroy- Peter CooperDr.
Hooton .Kewanee Smith tribe, refers TO the
financial condition of France in style like the
following, which we copy from Pomeroy's
Democrat:
Hon. +. b. Washburn has arrived home
from Paris During an interview in New
York, Sept %, he stated that the working
classes OF France were generally well off, and
that French commerce f1ourishes, and the con-
ditlon OF France is prosperous in the extreme.
This is the result of her business men having
81 ,S000O0,000 of full legal tender paper money
to use, at about 211a per cent interest.
France during and after her war with Prus
STA, never issued a paper dollar of her own,
but authorized the Bank of France from time
to time to increase her issues which were
made legal tender in all cases, until the
highest total, in July 1872, reached $64O,OOO,-
000-about One-third Of the sum as stated by
Brick Pomcroy; and though this paper was
made legal tender, it never, except for short
time in 1872, went below par in gold and the
common circulation continued to be gold and
silver, as it is today. Since 1872 the bank has
been steadily accumulating gold and contract
ing its issue, until now its circulation is less
than $400,0000O0 and the gold in its vaults
exceeds that amount. The bank is required
by law to resume specie payment on the first
of January 1878, but IN point of fact Is pay
ing specie now and has been for year, as far
as the government will permit 1t to do So For
the life of us we are at loss to see how an AZ
gument in favor of deprecated currency and
against specie payment can be drawn from the
example of France.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

The Rock River Methodist conference OF
this state has just closed its annual session at
Princeton Its proceedings were not of unus
ual interest. Dr. Thomas, who by previous
conference he'd been virtually punished for
supposed liberal tendencies by Punishment
from one of the leading Chicago pulpits to the
rural parish of Aurora, is returned to Chicago
to the pulpit of his chief prosecutor, DIR. Jut-
kins, and the latter is sent to Craze at Aurora
For the Joliet District" which includes
Ottawa, the following appointments were made
for the ensuing year:
VIII. Gloss, Presiding Elder, Joliet--Otta-
wa Street, n. II. Axtell; Richard street, f. G.
Arnold: Kankakee, Fisrt Church, William
Aug Smith; Second Church, w. r. Hoadley,
Ottawa, r. r. Strowbridge; Morris, Sanford
Washburn; Plainfield, J. w. Phelps; Lock
port, w. II. Strout; Lemont, NJ. II. Plumb;
Wilmington, f. W. Drew; Elwood, William
Clark; Channahon, r. b. Bibbins; Lisbon,
G. w. Winslow; Peotone, Henry Hill; Man
tcnoe, J S. Norris; Minooka James Borbridge;
Plattville Gideon Libby Frankfort and New
Lenox, G. X Hoover; Crete, II. U. Reynolds;
West Peotone, n. Critchett Momence, John
Roads; Twelve Mile.Grove, A. III. Needham;
Seneca and Marseilles. Thomas Sweet; Man
Illus, G. NJ. Hurlbut, supply; La Sale, j, II.
Alling; Peru supplied by II. r. Antes; No
kena, X. Gillepsie; Blue Island and Morgan
Park, {. w. Crawl Dalton and Thornton,
-; South Chicago, -; Genier, +. Ire
va Monee, W, H. Crawford
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n day or two of the fort and are doubtless

in day or two Of the fort and are doubtless
there now
wounded-botll his own and of the enemy
and having them duly attended to, has fallen
back to the Missouri river and is awaiting
conveyance by steamer to Yankton with his
prisoners, there to await the further order of
the Washington government, which seems,
now that Joseph after so long Il chase has been
captured, to be greatly puzzled what to do
with him and his badly tattered followers
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We mentioned last week the arrest in jersey,
neal New York city, Of a clerical adulterer
from Elgin, H. named Alfred Thompson
who hal been on a vacation trip to Europe
leaving a wife and family at home, and who
on his return had fallen in with strange
woman whom, after passing several weeks
with her in adulterous relations, he robbed,
&c The man was arraigned before Recorder
Hackeit ON Tuesday, and after a hearing, in
which he seems to have borne himself with
brutal indecency, was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary. The Recorder, in passing sentence up
on him, addressed him softly and gently as
follows: We'll, sir, a more filthy beast new.
er met with, and a more degraded perJurer !
never saw. am sorry | cannot give you a
longer sentence. The sentence Of the court is
that you he confined to state prison for the
term Of five years"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

The Kansas City papers make the startling
statement that il is about TO be judicialy
proved that the Joel Collins lately sho; in Kan
sas on the superstition that he was one of the
Big Springs train robbers on the l. p. rail.
road, had no connection with that robbery
whatever, and that the 100000 in gold found
in his possession was his own money, honestly
made in the cattle trade The reason why he
showed fight when approached by the sheriff
and posse who shot him is said to have been
because he imagined they were robbers who
intended to kill him for his money. ..t
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

CLEOPATRAS NEEDLEs.-FOr about two
of the Levant, near Alexandria, two beautiful
monoiths, of rose colored syenite, known as
Cleopatra's Needles. They were about 20 feet in
height, and had apparently ages before been
cut out Of solid stone in upper Egypt, from
where, in the time of Cleopatra, they had been
transported to Alexandria and there set up. A
year ago the Khedive of Egypt offered to let
England have one of these monoliths, and
after years hard study how to take il down
and transport it to England, Mr.. Dixon, an ac-
compllshed engineer, undertook the job, and a
week or two ago the stone was placed on an
ingenously constructed float and started for
England In the Bay of Biscay the float got
damaged by storm and went to the bottom;
but now the news comes that the English
steamer Fitzmaurice has recovered the caiss0n
in which the monolith was packed and it is
again on its way to England
What is of more interest to us, however, is
that the Khedive of Egypt offered the other
Needle" to the U. s. if they would take it
away and now it is announced that a wealthy
citizen of New York has agreed to bear the
expense, and contract has actually been en-
tered into with Mr.. Dixon to take down, encase
and put upon similar float the other mono
| 18th, and transport it to New York, where,
within few months, doubtless, it will be duly
set up in Central Park,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

Iowa held an election for state officers and
members of the legislature on Tuesday Of last
week, and willie the republicans, of course
have carried the state, their monster majority
of 10000, which for the last fifteen years they
were able 10 roll up at each election, has been
badly shattered. They elected their governor
by plurality of about 10000 over the demo
cratic candidate, but the greenbackers and
temperance parties polled about 10000 votes
so that the republican party is really left in a
minority
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

In the last issue of the Ottawa Free Trader
we find the following choice sentiment:
THE Greenbackers propose TO use an Edge
combc to scratch up voters for their ticket. A
few finetooth combs might be useful for that
purpose"
If that means anything il means that the
"Greenbackers" are a filthy, lousy set, probab-
" because most of them hercabons are me.
chanics and laborers What do the Green.
hackers think of such refined compliments
On election day they will De asked to vote for
the Democratic candidates "nll the same
Ottdud Republicdm
Fudge and nonsense. Any man WIN u
thimblefull of brains knows that the talk about
a fine.tooth comb simply means, that in the
opinion of the FREE TRADER such voters are
scarce and hard to find. Doubtless to the edi.
tor of the Republican, in whose amber locks
the use of q finc.tooth comb is a constant and
pressing necessity the mention of that search
ing little implement can only awaken lousy
and filthy associations, as exhibited above.
But men generally are not so unhappily stu.
ated
BY the way, is not the sudden zeal manifest
ed by the Republican in behalf OF the green
hackers a foolish expenditure? The democrats
of the west are greenbackers anyhow and can
consistently vote their own party ticket. Re
publcans only are obliged to rcpudiate their
party nominations if they desire to vote for
greenbackers and against the Hayes-Sherman
financial theories Thus it is found that the
"indepenlcn; greenbackers' are generally re-
IL in nhin Il
so in Iowa a; the late election. In the latter
state the republicans lost about 5000 votes,
which was just the vote the greenback ticket
received. the democrats about holding their
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France,

The French elections which took place on
Sunday, passed off without disturbance, and re-
suited in brilliant victory for the republicans
in spite of all McMahon's threatenings and vi
olent measures. The republicans claim to have
335 members to the conservatives POS. The
result apparently leaves McMahon no alterna-
tive but to resign or kick up a row, for he re-
peatedly and solemnly declared before the
election that he would not be the president of
u liberal and anti-clerical republic.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

The visit of President Hayes to Georgia hat
q splendid effect Within week after he lef
Atlanta the Georgia republican state centra
committee got together and resolved to dis
band, any further attempt to keep up party
organization in the state being useless Yet
after all, Georgia is not the only state in which
the party has gone to the demnition bowows
There's Ohio, for instance.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

1t is said Congressman Morrison, Of this
state, for opposing Randall for Speaker, is to
be degraded from the head of the ways and
means committee to some inferior committee
Can Randall afford to fight Morrison? Can a
buzzard make anything by undertaking Ia
fight an eagle? t#
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20
The only significant thing about the low,
and Ohio elections last Tuesday was the SIR

The only significant thing about the Iowa
and Ohio elections last Tuesday was the sur
prisingly large greenback vote In Ohio tho
Cooper vote last fall did not reach 1900: ON
Tuesday IL was nearly 10000 In Iowa the
greenbackers did not muster 5000 votes last
fall; on Tuesday they polled 10000 In Cali.
iornia the week before the Independents elect
al enough members of the Legislature Ia So
cure the balance Of power, which will give
them greenback candidate for United States
Senator.-PIainfeld Nass
How we apples swim" In Ohio the 30.
600 votes which the Mars credits To the green.
hackers were c;lsi by the Workingmen's party,
in opposition 10 the democrats. who had an.
nounced themselves and were recognized a. the
real greenback psrty. In Iowa and California
the third party that cast the above above votes
called itself the independent" or "Indepcnd.
ent Workingmen's Party" Such Green.
back Party n thai We have here and there in
Illinois that is unable or unwilling To define
its principles or tell in what respect its objects
and aims differ from those If the democratic
party, is certainly unknown in Ohio, Iowa or
California
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

The greenbackers of Springfield made a
slight mistake when they insisted, the other
evening, on ex-Gov. Palmer addressing their
meeting. The Governor being present and
called out declined for some time, but finally
was forced TO the stand, upon which he pro
ceeded calmly to say that specie payments
were inevitable, and the sooner they were reach.
ed the better il would be for everybody.
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THE INDIANS.

Since the victory of Gen Miles over the
Neg Perces, Sitting Bull is less lofty in his
bearing, and now consents TO meet the L. ;.
half way-at Fort Walsh-just
across the Canada line, and to treat with them
The commissioners at last accounts were with
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20
i niia.

A small war cloud has arisen above the hor-
lion in India. The emr of Afghanistan, al
armed at the action of the Indian government
in stationing troops at the capital of Beloo-
chistan, which he rightly regards as perma-
nent occupation of the country, has called his
fellow chieftains to war.
1t is estimated that the famine will cost
the Indian government Sl5,000O00 exclusive
of the loss of revenue and other indirect effects.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

Deacon Osman was relieved of his chair.
manship of the Democratic County Commit
tee after having served his twenty-one years.
Now, would it not be the proper thing to re-
lieve s. w. Raymond from the burdens of of
flee, he having fed at the public crib trenty-
one gears '-Otta,oa Republican,.
Deacon" Osman was chairman OF the coun.
ty committee about four years, and Mr.. Ray
mond has been county treasurer just four years.
Ifholding an Office over four years in succession
is too long, pray why don't the Republican, go
for" Mr. j. T. Cameron, who has been post
master eight years, and under republican civil
service tOmtoolery is about to be reapponted
for four years more9 Or why not oppose the
reelection of Mr.. Rinaldo Williams, who has
already held Office six or eight years, or Judge
Miller, who is up for eight years? To be con-
sistent the Republican,, when the time comes,
must oppose the reelection of Judge Leland
to the appellate court and of all our present
able judges of the supreme court, for their of.
fees are not "A whit less connected with poll
tics or less dependent for efficiency on protes-
slp1dl training anu skill uldH lllc OlllCc Oh
county treasurer.
There are very obvious reasons why the Re
publican has conceived such spite against
Mr. Raymond, but the reasons are quite AS OBJ
vious why the people want to continue him in
that Office and why they do not want TO dis
place him for such IA novice in the business AS
Mr. Isaac Ames. The latter is doubtless a
very amiabe old gentleman, but it is undeni.
able that for the business of taking charge of
the ponderous and complicated ledgers and
tax books Of the county he is about as well
qualified as Cullen is for the position of chief
justice of the supreme court of the United
States. Doubtless Mr. Ames, if elected, could
hire competent book-keepers To do the work,
but in these days Of multitudinous infidelities
among book-keepers and cashiers, Justification
of entries and big stealing and deialcaiions
generally. no man ought to be placed in a po-
sition where he is officially responsible for
such vast interests dependent upon the minu-
test accuracy of ponderous complicated books
and accounts among which he must be as ut
terly befogged and lost rs IA rudderlcSS smack
in mid-occan without sail or compass.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

The Gseenback County committee held a
mec,ingin Ottawa on Tuesday TO overhaul and
patch uptheir ticket. The Hon. ben Ldge-
comb hSing peremptorily declined to be a
candidat, for county treasurer, one Isaac Ma
son. Of otter Creek, was substituted in his
place. having been reported that W. ii.
Gilman. d Mendoza, would decline the nomi
nation 10, county Judge, that gentleman being
present was Intercepted IN the subject and re-
piled ihathe had not declined and was willing
10 lie candidate IL the committee desired IL
Thus retfied the I" independent greenbacker''
ticket nov stands a follows:
For Comfy Judge, W W. Gilman.
For Comfy Clerk. J. b. Perry.
For Comfy Treasurer. Isaac Mason;
For County Superintendent of Schools, Rich
ard Hanln.
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APPROPRIATIONS.

The Presidents message, published else
where and the communications OF the secre-
tary Of the treasury of war and of the navy,
ask If the present session the following appro-
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LOBBY.

Oneof the worst indications thus far is the
presclre of an unusually large and impudent
lobby. The members are said to swarm upon
the flor of the house and jostle the congress
men apund as easily and dcfantly as if they
had already completed in a caucus Of their
own al the business of the session, and were
around for the house 10 ratify
their acton and go home. There is certainly
groundfor a suspicion in the sudden and APP
palling increase in the dimensions of this ne
farious crowd that the speakers fine promises
of econsrny are made to the ear only to be bro
ken 10 he hope.
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PEACE.

Thus far not the slightest sign has occurred
of melitated fight on the president by the
bloody-llirters. All appear to I've in frame
to makethe best terms possible with the pres
jlcnt ami thus secure a share Of the offices.
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APPOINTMENT

AtDut 800 appointments were sent to the
senate for confirmation on Wednesday-most-
ly postmasters among them the only no
table one being that of Gen. Harlan,
of KY, to fill the vacancy on the supreme
bench caused by the resignation of Judge Da
Wis. The friends of Bristow make serious
charges against Harlan, saying he represented
falsely to the president that Brlstow did not
desire and would not accept the appointment,
when in fact he was anxious to get it and Har-
Ian knew it. There may trouble enough grow
out Of the squabble to interfere with Harlan's
confirmation
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SENATE-THIRD DAY
Thursday. Jan. 4fh.1S17

Thursday, Jan. 4th, 1877.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment
President Simms in the Chair; roll called
| Bills. CallicOtt, Carter, Catchings. Currie,
tewell, FITZGERALD, Foote, Furlong. Hooker,
Johnston, McCabe, McCaSkin, REYNOLDS,
shirley, Stewart, TayIoy, Terry. Thorn pson
ABsENT-Messrs. Chalmers Everett, G raw
Griffin. Mcneil Mendenhall. Nets, Nor
gan, Oldham, Pratt. Smith, Thornton, Tut
tie, White-l4
Leave of absence granted Mr.. Nets.
message for Executive session was re-
ceIVed from the Governor
BY Mr.. Thompson To authorize the is
suance of executions in certain cases not
now provided for; also to prohibit the Civ
ing OF liens for growing crops or crops to
be grown also 90 repeal the law changing
the boundary lines OF Amite county, APP
proved May 10, 1871, also to repeal the act
TO amend and cOnstruc laws in reference to
pleadings, etc, in the chaneery courts, APP
proved January 20, 1875; all referred.
MI. McCaskill, chairman, reported the
pill to provide for the assessment of lands
In ISSsqucEa county do pass.
BY MIR. Thompson: a resolution provi-
ding for a committee on chancery and
chancery courts; adopted. Committee
Messrs Thompson, Fitzgerald, Barry,
Jewell and Hooker.
The unfinished business of last session
was taken up and the bills referred to APP
propriate committees. Adjourned
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the Senate vas organized AID ready for
business
by Mr.. BIker: For joirt com mittee r
wait upon the Governor and inform him
that the Legislature Was organized, etc
adopted. House Com mittee-- Messrs. Baker
Clifton and Tison
BY 9Ir. TTice: II 3. To extend the time
OF paying taxes in Monroe and Noxubee
countie-; Mr.. Brown moved to add Tunica
Mr.. Miller to add Copiah :. Mr. Harper To
refer To special committee Of five: Mr.
Guthrie TO refer to Committee of WAYS and
Means; Mr.. Jones to table; lost Motion
To refer lost, and the bill went to a special
Commute of five--Messrs. Harper Hicks,
Guyton Johnson of Winston aud Rowan
Leave of absence was granted Mes.rs.
Hudson, Erwin. Lester, Blount and Hebron.
GovERNoR's MESSAGE
Mr.. Falconer, Governors Private Score
tary, appeared at the bar OF the House and
submitted the message which was read
| See message elsewhere In this issue.J
Mr.. Harper moved that 1000 copies of the
message be printed; Mr. Rogers to amend
by 1000 copies; Mr.. Miller to make il
osO0O; lost; Mr.. Guthrie to strike out 900
and insert 2,500 tabled: Mr. Jones Of
Kinds To print 800 copies tabled Mr. Leigh.
to print 1000 copies ;carried and the resoIu-
loh as amended was adopted.
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Saturday, Jan. 6, 1877.

Senate met pursuant TO adjournment
President Sims in the Chair; roll called.
/ PRES ENT-MessrS. Allen Barry, Bills
/ Calicptt Carter, Cltchings, Chalmers, Cur
RE. Fifz Gerald, Furiong. Johnston, Me-
/ Cabe, McCaskill. Oldham, Rev Goltls. Shir-
! ley, Smith, Stewart. Tay loT, Terry. Thomp-
/ son, Tuttie-2i.
! ABsENT-Messrs. Albright. Everett, Few
ell Foote, Gray, Griffin, Hooker, Mcneil,
Mendephall, Nets, Morgan, Pratt, Thorn
ton, White-l3.
Leave OF absence was granted Mr.. Hook
Mr.. Allen, Chairman, reported number
of bills of last session.
Mr.. Chalmers. Chairman, reported one
bill.
Mr. Thompson. Chairman, reported a
numb erof bills of last sessiont do not pass.
BY Mr. Furlong: \ concurrent reSolu-
ton, providing that the Educational Com
Mite be instructed to inquire into the
practicability of increasing the time for
keeping open the public schools. etc; adopt
ed.
By Mr.. Taylor: To repeal section 4G2,
Code II, and to provide substitute there
for; referred.
By Mr.. Furlong: To provide for the edu
cation OF State cadets of the Mississippi In
Stjtuta, with memorial; referred.
By Mr.. FurlOng: To regulate the puhli-
cation of legal ad geTtisements Mr.. Jewell
t. indefinitely postpone; Mr.. Reynolds, TO
refer; carried
BY Mr.. Jewell; To make it a misdemcan-
or for any member of the Legislature 10
speculate in State warrants; referred.
BY Mr.. McCabe: To provide for a new
assessment of lands in Scott Co; referred.
By Mr.. Chalmers: To assist in the educa-
ton of nome teachers; referred.
The bill to incorporate the West Point
Bar and Law Library Association passed.
y large number of House and Senate
bills of last session were Indefinitely post
poned.
II. B., 20. s. to authorize the Secretary
of State to furnish the Code Of 1871 to GER
tain officers passed
A large number of House bills were read
and referred.
By Mr. Barry: To increase the time of
holding Chancery Court in Clay county;
referred
by Mr. Carter: That the morning hour
shall be 10 o'clock; adopted.
Mr.. Jewell called up Ii. B. to provide for
the collection of outstanding revenue for
1876 Several amendments were offered
and the bill was recon mitted. Adjourned.