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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19
HONEST OPINIONS.

The Wilmington 1dcocate is neutral, or
rather independent paper, with no political
leanings save to the side of honesty and right.
Naturally, therefore, it favors the election to
Congress IN this district of the Hon. VIM. s.
Brooks in whose favor it pens the following
vigorous article:
aft there ever was time when the conser-
yative voice of the people IN this country
should predominant, that time is now with
fraud and political barnacles on one side, and
a mischievous and threatening initiation party
on the other, it behooves all patriotic voters 10
cody consider the situation and observe the
horizon as il is. For that reason we commend
the policy of sending such men to congress as
Hon. W. s. Brooks, of Joliet. God knows,
ana every intelligent man in this district
knows. that that gentleman's heart and soul IS
ia accord with the best interests OF this coun-
try-the best interests of the farmer, mechanic,
and laborer regardless of how these interests
will affect the ShylOcks of Wall street Intel
ligent voters also know that the election OF
Alexander Campbell is not within range OF
accident; then will they throw away votes upon
him and re-eect Hayes Mr. Brooks can be
trusted implicitly; he would do double the
amount of work in congress that Mr. Camp
bell would attempt, and furthermore his views
are very IdISely III a,Soiu Mlth tpo i"''N.
named He is in the prime Of manhood anu
in ripe experience-legislative and parliamen-
tary. The best men throughout the district
urged and urged repeatedly before Brooks
would consent To become candidate, ana mat
fact alone shows that the office perslstently
sought the man and not, as is too often the
case, that the man sought the nomination
we implore the farmers, miners, mechanics,
and working men IN this vicinity To think over
this matter; If they are not acquainted with
Mr.. Brooks let them inquire of him OF those
that are and we are fully satisfied that all agree
with us in that he is far-rery tdr-the best
material for congress now before the people Of
the district
OF the same character is the following hon
est expression of the Chicago Daily Neirs,
paper of decided republican leanings;
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

One result of the Democratic victory in In
diana, as it seems that that victory has been
completed by the capture of the Senate, will be
the prompt redlstricting of the state fot con
gressional and legislative purposes. The ger
rymander of 1872 was the greatest effort of O.
p. Morton's life. The democrats carried the
state in 1876 by 5000, and yet secured but OF
the 10 congressman. Under that apporton
ment it took $1,000 democrats to elect u con
gresham, while it only required $4,000 repub
ljcans
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

Readers of the New York daily papers for
the last few weeks have had Offered them each
lay from three 10 five columns of evidence
speeches, Sc., in the billings murder case, on
trial at Bal's'ou, y. Y. Billings is wealthy
S-uaJr a,1 l..s.:.'cl fr Killing his wife. Is
nobody ha- rad al this Evidence, and few
may not even know the outcome NJ the trial,
we can state that the argument of the case
closed on saturday when it went to The jury.
The result IS not unusual. Eleven mulish ju-
-'r- 'ahorcd two day 10 bring the meek, Sensi-
bic, patient 18th man to their way Of seeing
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19
A CLEAN OF SENSE IN TENNESSEE.

The work of Postmaster General Key, whom
John Sherman sent to Tennessee to organize a
republican victory by putting INTO the field
and hiring stump speakers to run National
Grccnback side show in opposition to the
Democratic party, has come to grief. Key
succeeded in having National Greenback
convention duly held and state ticket
nominated, and quite corps Of noisy green
back orators were duly hired and sent to the
state; but somehow the machine wouldn't
grind. First the candidate for state treasurer
backed off; then the auditor, then another
candidate or two; and finally the Hon. Lewis
Tillman, who had been nominated for gov
crnor, also flew the track, declaring the con-
test hopeless one for the greenback cause,
and as division in favor of republicanism
and the national bank and gold hondocracy
disgraceful. So the great greenback cause,
under the head of "Natonalism "has collapsed
i'm Tennessee
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

The National Greenbackers may well he
proud of the victory they achieved in Ohio
for John Sherman and Wall street The effect
it is having in Washington must be peculiarly
soothing to the honest greenbackers' soul.
Says Washington dispatch:
There will be no more fooling with green
backery by the republican campaign managers
in Washington. Gorham's financial here,ieS
are To be sat down on" hereafter and only the
hardest of hard money speeches and docu-
mcnts will be circulated by the party commit
tee The stiilening of hackbones under the
influence OF the October elections has been
quite remarkable
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

While there may be some shrewdness in the
attempt of the republicans to divert attention
from their own rascality by making hubbub
that Tlldens friends tried to bride the Florida
returning board, they will hardly succeed IN
causing people to forget that while the friends
of Tilden tailed, the friends of Hayes fully
and shamefully succeeded in the same attempt
While the Tilden men failed IN bribng the
board TO do what was right, the republicans
bought them TO dc what was wrong.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with. the followingpublicatio furnishing both
at the prices named, postage prepaid. The Of
er-open to old subscribers or new at any
post office IN the cOunty-is the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE IN this county:
FREs TRApxR and Chicago Weekly Times. 81. 65
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Tribune. 265
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Inter.
Oted0 ...'.''''''''''' go W.
FREE TRADER and Prairie Farmer. ......... 800
FREE TRADER and either Of Harper's publ
ChtOns.
FREE TRADER and .Scyrbner. ................ 475
FREE TRADER nd Godeys Ladies Book.... $40
FREE TRADER and Live Stock Journal. 800. y 10
FREE TRADER and archaeological Journal. 80. 375
FRRR TRADER and 81. Nicholas. 375
FRRe Tn DER and Democrats N0nthlp. 3S5
FREE TRADER and Litelrs Living Age...... S25
FREE TRADER and Western Rural. .......... $50
FREE TRADxR and Moore's Rural Neo Yorker $50
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

Erie canal during the past season in conse.
quence Of the low rate Of tolls, is leading to a
cry along the canal to abolish the tolls alto.
gether Candidates for the New York legls-
lature are being run on that issue in number
of counties. Either the canal must be made
free, or New York, the states great metropo-
LIS, will lose large part Of its trade, which
the railroads are carrying off to Boston, Phila-
ielphia, Baltimore, DC.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

Judge Lynch has been holding court ovel
in Indiana. One night last week seven ne
grocs entered house of ill-tame at Mt Yer
non, Ind, and ravlshed tour white women
Four Of the negroes were arrested next day
and in an attempt to arrest fiji, named Hair
rs, Oscar Thomas was shot by Harris's faith
er, who was arrested the son escaping Fri
day night the four negroes and Harris wer,
sunmarlly dragged from the Jail by a mol
and hanged. .sHH az
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19
GERMANY.

The discussion Of the socialist bill IN the
Reichstag, which had continued so long, was
brought to a close on the 10th by the adoption
of all the clauses in committee. Bismarck
seems to have come to an agreement with the
national liberals in the matter, SO that the ulti-
mate passage is so well assured that the Gen.
trail socialist committee has voluntarily dis.
solved, advising its members to propagate
their political ideas in private life.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

Official returns from all but two counties in
Ohio, and the known results in these two, give
majority of 1854 for the republican candi
date for secretary of state. The figures are a
good deal below the earlier estimates, and show
plainly enough that but for John Sherman's
adroit manipulation of the National Green
hackers Mr.. Hayes and Honest John" would
have received terrible drubbing on their own
native health,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19
Italy.

The volcanic activity of Vesuvius is steadi-
ly increasing.
Count Won Bismarck, nephew of the Ger
man Chancellor, committed suicide Venice
on Tuesday with revolver,
In consequence of representations of Cardin-
al McClosky, the Vatican is said to be taking
measures for very considerable development
of Catholicism in America.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

1t will thus be seen that goods on the above
list that can now be bought for 1856, in 1865
cost 1892, or more than three times their
present price. At the same time the common
wages of day laborcrs was $500 day in 1855
against about 1925 as the average today; or
suppose it to be but 81, the laborer to-day can
buy so per cent. more with his 81 than he
could in 1865 with his g. The same will ap.
ply in the case of most journeymen mechan'
les, clerks, &c, few of whose wages have been
reduced over 80 per cent, while the purchas.
Ing power of their wages has been at least
doubled. Thus we come again to realize the
truth of what Daniel Webster said forty years
ago; -. Fl.
"Of all the contrivances for cheating the la
boring classes of mankind, none have been
more effectual than that which dcludes them
with deprecated cheapl paper money. 1t is
the most effectual Of inventions for fertilizing
the rich mans field by the sweat of the poor
mans brow. Ordinary tyranny, oppression,
excessive taxation, bear lightly on the masses
of community, compared with fraudulent cur
rencies, and the robberies committed by deprc-
ciated paper money. We have suffered more
from this cause than from any other cause or
calamity 1t has killed more men, pervaded
and corrupted the choicest interests of our
country more, and done more injustice than
even the arms and articles Of our enemy"
Webster spoke thus prophetically during
the initiation of 1885, but his prophecy is as
truthful in its application to these times as it
was so surprisingly verified in 1885, 40.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

Dispatches from Pittsburg slate that The lit
tie town of Ednburg, Pa, WAS almost totally
destroyed 10y fire on the morning of the i3il
INST. Over 80 buildings were burning in
Guiding MI the business HOUSES of the town
Loss about 500, largely insured. We sus
pect the name Of the place rs gwen in the dis
patches is misprint,-and that Ebensburg, in
Cambria county, is meant
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

Potter, the wheelbarrow man, who pas ed
through Ottawa last spring on his way to Cali
lorna pushing wheelbarrow from Boston on
bet of $1,000 to accomplish the distance
within given time, won his bet, arriving at
San Francisco on the 10Th inst. As he entered
the city about noon crowd gathered around
and greeted him with enthusiastic cheers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

During the marriage ceremony of a negro
couple on Wednesday night in church at
Lynchburg, Va, the church being full of peo-
pie at the time, some Of the plastering of the
ceiling fell, upon which cry was raised that
the roof was falling. A fearful panic and
rush for the door ensued, in which the bride
and groom and other persons were crushed
TO death, and a number Of Others badly in.
iured
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19
Turkey.

The danger of drifting into war with Aus.
tria is supposed to be past The porte notl-
fed Austria that 1t would regard the occupa-
which Austria assured the porte that she had
no intention of marching upon that point.
There is growing uneaslness as to the tar
diness of Russia in Withdrawing her armies
from the vicinity of Constantinope. Russia
insists on separte treaty with Turkey, and
claims that meantime she remains in Roumelia
under an article of the treaty of Stefano, with
which the Berlin settlement in no way con-
flicts.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

The mysterious murder of Geo. Crawford OF
the canal boat Rosencrans, whose dead body
was found In the canal at Joliet last week is
in fair way to be cleared up The sheriff OF
Will county has arrested the Captain of the
boat his wife and the driver on evidence suf
ficiently strong, he thinks, to justify their i'm
nrisonmpnt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

As the elections for congressman stand the
Republicans have reelected but q members
where they have 80 in the present congress,
and if they can find any consolation in that
situation thew are welcome to il.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

the case, but failed, and the trial closed with
out verdict The eleven jurors wanted to
hang the murderer, but the l2th juror was
determined the jury should hang" and gain
ed his point
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

Eugene 4. Cronin, the man who enjoyed
some notorleiy during the presidential count
q. claiming 10 be an clcctor from Oregon, dicl
at Portland, in that State, on the 18th INST.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19

Hon Justin $ Morrill, was ON Tuesday
elected for another term OF siX years to the
L. S Senate 10y the Legislature Of Vermont
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
E. L. CRONKRITE,

FOR STATE TREASURER,
E. CRONKRITE,
OF Stephenson County.
poR SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INsTRUCTIc
s. M. ETTER,
or Sangamon County.
FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT.
HIRAM r. ENOCH,
or winnebago County.
FOR CLERK OF APPELLATE COURT.
JAMES r. WASH,
OF Livingston County
CONGRESS-,
Hon. w. s. BROOKS.
SENATE,
LYMAN II. TOWER.
REPRESENTATIVES,,
GEO. w. ARMSTRONG,
JOHN MILLER.
FOR SHERIFF,
NELS NELSON, I'd.
CORONER,
DIR. G. w. REYNOLDS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19
France


The Paris exposition being near its close,
the papers are specializing on the financial re-
suit. The receipts from all sources are footed
up at 100000 francs and total expenses at
ii, 300, 900, leaving 100000 on the wrong
side of the ledger. But the indirect tax in.
come has increased about 70,OOO,OO0O in conse-
quence of the fair, SO that the city is still some
go, 900 900 francs or $1200000O ahead.
The awards to the American exhibitors at
the exposition number $50, namely: Ten
grand prizes, thirty diplomas of honor, one
hundred and thirty.four gold medals, two hun
dred silver medals, two hundred and twenty
bronze medals, and one hundred and ffty-six
honorable mentions. The aggregate is larger
than the whole number of American exhibit
ors at the Paris exposition of 1867, or at the
Vienna exposition of 1873, and is larger pro-
portion awarded to exhibitors than to any 9th
err nation represented at the exhibition.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-19
FOREIGN NEWS.
Great Britain.

There is very little news from India this
week. The English are massing troops with
the intention Of attacking Ali Musjid, in the
Khyber Pass, while the ameer is said to have
reinforced the garrison with nine regiments.
Meantime the answer from the Amer Of Ca
bull to the British summons has arrived and Is
pronounced unsatisfactory, so that there is
nothing left tor England but to move on the
enemy's works, in which the less time wasted
the better, for the ameer 1t is said, is so we'll
prepared for war that he may even cross the
border and enter the Punjaub before England
is fully prepared to repel him, an achievement
which would so humiliate England in the eyes
of the natives as to threaten serious consequen.
ices
During the performance on Friday evening
of last week al the Coliseum theatre in Liver.
pool, fight occurred IN the pit when cry Of
fire was raised, and the audience becoming
panic stricken made general rush for the
boX-ofce entrance. There were five other
ways Of egress, but the rush was towards this
"well,' which became so choked up that two
women, three boys and thirty.two strong, able.
bodied men were smothsred to death before the
panic could be allayed.
The week has been one of unusual gloom in
commercial quarters in England. Failures
have followed each other so closely and rapid.
ly that 1t is hard to say who is SAFE Dough,
Balfour e. Co., of Manchester, have failed with
liabilities estimated at $lO0OO0OO; IT, ID. Find
lay & Co.. East India merchants of Glasgow,
have failed for 100000; Messrs. Carton, stock
brokers of Manchester, have failed, &c.
About an average crop of wheat in England
having been secured and roots promising well,
the corn market is dull with weakening prices.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-01-26
Where the Proceeds of a Bank
Robbery were Secreted.

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says: Doubtless there are no two per-
sons living whom the people and press
of Western Massachusetts will be more
delighted to have crowded out of sight
and mind than the Northampton Bank
burglars. But there are a few more
things to be said about them before they
are finally consigned to the oblivion of
a prison workshop. One of the items
of their historic career, about which the
public has been anxious to know, ever
since it was ascertained that the bulk of
the stolen securities remained in town
awhile after the robbery, has been the
local hiding-place of those bonds. Sus-
picion has long pointed to the Bridge
Street school-house, so often mentioned
during the trials as containing the attic
where the burglars camped while ma
turing their plans. This was, in fact,
the hiding-place of the bonds; they
were not hid, however, under the plat
form, but inside of an inclOsed and sta
tionary bench, which was fastened to
the wall at the right of the teachers
chair. This bench was made for little
children to sit on, and the wall above it
is painted black, so that they can stand
on the bench and draw. The
burglars made skillful preparation
for depositing the plumber while it was
yet lying behind the doors of the
bank vaults. They first cut the nails
that fastened down the top of the bench
by running a cold-chisel under the top
board so that they ceased to hold, al
though the nail-heads on the surface of
the board showed no signs of having
been disturbed. Holes were then bored
in the board, and large screws inserted
to hold it down, the heads being sunk
below the surface, and covered with
beeswax, exactly the color of the board.
The concealment of these screws was
thus made so perfect that the bank Off
GERS had trouble to find them a few
months ago, when they opened the
bench at the suggestion of the burglars.
The latter told them after the July trial
that they would find enough under that
bench to satisfy them that the bonds
had been there, also remarking that
they would have to "find the screws
before they took off the cover. When
two of the Directors who went to the
school-house to make an examination saw
the bench waa apparently nailed dow n
one said to the other, g They lied
to us,'' but, after little investigation,
the screws were found, and, when the
cover was off, quite collection of bur-
glars tools and Cashier Whittlesey's
bunch of keys, marked with his name,
and missed since the robbery, were re-
vealed to the eyes of the wondering bank
men. The school-house had been in
use in the interval since the robbery.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-01-26
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

BREAD SAUCE.-Pour boiling milk on
a slice of bread without crust, then beat
it fine and add little salt and whole
pepper-corns; serve it hot in sauce
tureen.
SOFT GINGER CAKE.-1 cup of mo-
lasses, tablespoonfuls of melted short
ening, heaping teaspoonful of soda, !
cup quite warm water, ginger; do not
stir too stiff, and bake in fiat pan.
HARD GINGER CAKE.-1 cup of mo-
lasses, cup of shortening; fill the cup
with hot water and heaping teaspoon
full soda added; gingeri mix, roll and
bake on fiat tin, cut in squares or dia-
monds before baking.
SUGAR COOKIEs.-1 full cup of sugar,
cup of butter, 3 beaten eggs, l scant
teaspoonful of soda dry, nutmeg or
caraway, roll thin; bake quick. Press
raisin in the center and strew little
white sugar over before baking, it makes
them very nice.
To CURE HAMs.-To 100 pounds of
meat, take quart of molasses, 2 pounds
of brown sugar, and 3 ounces of salt
peter. Make pickle that will bear an
egg; put these ingredients in it. Pack
the meat tightly, and pour it over. Let
it remain in the pickle 6 weeks, then
put it in the meat room; let it dry well,
then smoke few days, and when suf-
ficiently smoked, put in bags and keep
them in a dark room.
CHARLOTTE RUSsE.-Take l pint of
milk, ounce of gelatine dissolved in l
! gill of hot milk, the whites of 2 eggs
beaten to a stiff froth, l cup of pulver-
lied sugar. Flavor with extract of va
nilla. Mix the milk, eggs and sugar,
! flavor and beat in the gelatine. Ii
should be quite cold before it is added.
Line mold with slices of sponge cake,
fill with this mixture and set it in a COO
| place.
VANILLA CARAMELs-Boil clarified
sugar favored with the essence of va
nilla until it is very brittle, and then
pour it out on a very carefully oiled
sheet of tin. When sufficiently cool to
receive an impression of the finger,
mark it out in squares an inch in size
after which, glaze them with another
coat of sugar; then place them out in a
dry place to harden, and put in an air
| tight can for preservation. 20 ...-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-01-26
A Strange Discovery.

Indiana reports a mystery in the find
ing. neal: Vevay of human skeleton in
the stump of a sycamore tree. The tree
was blown down in 1860, but or 10
feet of the stump have remained stand
ing until somebody concluded to burn
it down the other day. The peculiar
odor led the man to cut into the stump,
where he found the skull and some 9TH
er parts of a body, with remnants of a
stocking and some buttons, the whole
being in a hollow just about large
enough to hold man. The neighbors
at once began specializing whose body
it could be, and soon concluded that it
must be the remains of John C. Cline,
an honest German, who had worked for
farmer near by fourteen years, till he
started six years ago for Philadelphia,
where he expected to get some money,
promising to return in week, but new
er after being heard of. As no motive
for his disappearance has ever been
known, the conclusion is almost ire
sistibie that he was murdered for his
money, and his body then hiG away in
this hollow stump, where it is now found
only by the merest accident.