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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-21
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION

DY ORDER OF THE REPUBLICAN TERRI.
ID torial Central Committee. duly assembled
pursuant to notice this 18th day of July. A. D..
1878, at New Tacoma. Washington Territory. no.
tice is hereby given that REPUBLICAN TERRI
TORIAL CONVENTION is called to assemble At
Vancouver, Clarke County, ". T., on
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

NEGRO EMIGRATION TO LIBERIA.-lntelll.
gence has been received of the arrival in Ii
IBERIA of the ship Azor, which sailed few
months ago from Charleston for Africa with
some 300 negro emigrants on board. The ship
had pretty hard passage. The water gave
out and some thirty passengers died of ship
fever The rest, however, were cared for on
their arrival and the company agrees to pro
vide for them for six months. There are said
to be several thousand more negroes III Vir
gnia, North and South Carolina anxiously
awaiting passage to Liberia under the auspices
of the same company. Forty sailed from New
York on Wednesday in the bark Liberia
Land is described as plenty and cheap in Iii
IBERIA, the climate healthy for the negro, and
the soil so fruitful that a few hours work a
day by the women will easily raise all that is
needed to support the population in comfort
Certainly no intelligent "gemman of color
can ask anything better than that
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

Hon. O. A. Marshall, state senator from
Will county, owns up, in communication in
the last Joliet Phnair, to the soft impeachment
of having congressional aspirations. He thinks
this district ought to have man IN congress
who can do something in favor of the river i'm
provement and enlargement of the Illinois ca
nal; and as he (Mr. MarshalD was the author
of the bill in our state senate under which the
Copperas Creek dam and lock were built, he is
(modcstly speaking) just the man to take care
of that great interest in congress As the re-
publicans have about decided to re-nominate
p. c. Hayes, who seems to care very little
about our canal and river Improvement, the
only consolation we can offer Mr.. Marshall is,
that the democrats will doubtless nominate
and elect Mr.. Reddick, or Mr.. Brooks, or Mr..
Steel IN Hayes's stead, and in the hands of eth
er of these gentlemen our canal and river will
doubtless be as well taken care ofas they would
be by Mr. Marshall himself.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

The republicans of Iowa held large and
rather turbulent state convention at Des
Moines on Wednesday, The strife was not so
much over the candidates to he nominated as
to what treatment was to be meted out to that
eminent fraud Mr.. Rutherford b. Hayes. The
implacables got control of the convention and
the fraud Jared badly. He was censured for
putting anti-silver men on the silver commits
sion, and for abandoning true republican prln-
clples in showing favor to the "pernlcious
democratic dogma of home rule" Buren H.
Sherman was nominated for auditor OF state
Geo w. Berris for treasurer; j. X. Powers for
register of the land Office, and j. ii. Rethrock
for judge of the supreme court. platform
of II resolutions was adopted, reading as if 1t
had been resurrected from lost political car
pet sack of 1868 or GA as the resolutions speak
of the civil war as still raging and manifest a
determination to fight it out on this line TO the
bitter end.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

Some marplot, during the sly attempt OF
John Sherman to get through congress an ap-
preparation to pay the expenses OF Hayes 5
commission to Louisiana to unseat Packard
and make legislature for Gov. Nichols, hunt
ed up the bills the appropriation is intended to
cover, and the items are rather astounding for
these hard times. 1t appears that each of the
five patriots cost about 800 day, and, in
GLIDING railroad fares and incidentals, about
5000 a day. They seem TO have made the
most of the opportunity, and they must have
had good time to have run up any such bill
inside of few weeks.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
THE TREACEERoUS SAVAGE.

Rumors of threatened serious Indian trou.
bles come from northern Wisconsin. There
are said to be 5000 Indians, mostly Chippc.
was, in and around Burnett county, of whom
half are ugly, dangerous characters. Indeed
dispatches have been received at Madison that
the Indians have commenced shooting and the
whites are fleeing for life. The general i'm.
preston, however, Is that it Is mainly an un.
founded scare.
From Idaho the latest intelligence is that
the Bannocks have gathered in force near Stein
Mountain. Howard is gathering all his avail
able troops intending TO surround the Indians
aud force them 10 surrender. \ large proper.
ton of the Piutes it is said are ready to join
the Bannocks.
From Northern Nebraska there are pretty
straight reports that Spotted Tail and his band
of Sioux are about getting ready to resume the
hair-lifiing business
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

Our esteemed below citizen, Hon. j. ID. "a
ton. ON the occasion of a visit on Tuesday tc
Bloomington, was honored with quite a pleas
ant complimentary "trcat" He was rendered
a banquet at the Ashley House in company
with the Hon. o. ii. Browning, Judge Reeves
Hon. T. +. Upton, Hon. a. +. Stevenson
Lawrence Weldon, etc. Judge Cation respond
ed to the toast, The Judicial History of Hi
nois," in Every happy manner" the brief re
port says; and o. II. Browning was equally
Celicitous in his "reminiscences of the Early
Bar of Illinois" These old fellows doubles:
find world of enjoyment in fighting ovel
their early forensic BATTLES at such reunions
TO say nothing of the accompanying feast o
reason and flow of SOUL" or " tlowin' bole ~
or words TO that effect.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

"Niggcr suffrage" is breeding new and un.
expected complication in South Carolina. 1t
was hard on the whites when the negroes were
all republicans and carried the elections in
their own way, because while the whites owned
all the property the negroes levied taxes on
them without mercy and as rocklessly wasted
the money. Suddenly the negroes got disgust
ed with Hayes and the republican party and
turned democrats. But this made things as
bad MS ever. The negroes attend the democrat
ic caucuses, and outvotng the whites, take all
the Offices just as they did when they were
republicans The white democrats try their
best TO kick them out of the party but they
won't 20, and they are terribly puzzled ovei
the new question how to get along with SC
many negroes in the party without permitting
them to rule it,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

STRAwBERRIEs-Thc season has been very
favorable to the strawberry, and the fruit has
been abundant and cheap all over the state
Out of fifty or more varieties cultivated in
this vicinity, however, none has yet approach
cd the Wilson for combination of the variou,
qualities of size yield and keeping Sonic are
larger and of finer flavor, but are soft and
squushy and won't keep; others that are solid
and would bear transportation are small and OF
poor flavor
However. new star has arisen in the straw
berry armament that is to give the Wilson q
hard brush. This is the Crescent Seeding
originated a few years ago with Mr.. VIM
Parmlee, of New Haven, Conn. Mr.. Galu
sha near Morris, Grundy Co, had bed of q
couple of acres, three years old, in full bear
ing this season, and the field is sand TO have
been a sight. The Wilson does well to yield
600 quarts to the acre. Mr.. Galusha's Ores
cents welded $1,000. While the berry avera
ges much larger than the Wilson, 1t is claimed
to he as good a keeper, of much finer flavor
and vastly more hardy and prolific.
&c Hathaway, of the West Ottawa Gar
dens and Nursery, set out an acre or two OF
the Crescents this spring which are thus far
doing splendidly, and if the berry is what Is
claimed for it. we shall see it in its glory here
next season.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

Now that the house last Saturday, by two
emphatic votes, declared that no attack is med.
itated on the presidents title, through the re-
Violations of the Potter committee and that
there is, therefore, to be no mexicanization or
revolution, what objection can honest republi.
cans have to the investigation going on until
the last minute detail of the great electoral
fraud is dragged to light: After mans house
is plundered and burned down, he is at leas,
entitled TO know who the scosndrels are tha,
did it, and TO the satisfaction OF seeing them
duly punished Tweed stole few millions and
died in Jail. What is the stealing of afew mil
lions compared to robbing the people Of tn,
presidcncy' IfJohn Sherman, Stanley Mat
thews, Wells, Kellogg, &c, &c, were guilty o
that great crime, why should they escape pun
ishment any more than Tweeds
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

Minister Noyes obeys the invitation of the
Potter Committee and comes home from Paris
to tell what he knows about the theft of the
electoral vote OF Florida for Hayes. To an in
terviewer he has already confessed and denied
not that he diG-not-do 1t, and that McLin is
Il great liar. We believe Schuyler Coltax in
the same mild way confessed that he never ac
cepted 100 shares of credit mobilier stock from
Cakes Ames, but somehow they proved it on
him nevertheless Instead of telling it to the
newspaper reporters, however, the country
wants Benny Noyes to tell his story to Mr..
Potter and Ben. Butler. Perhaps then he will
be able to satisfy the general curiosity why, il
he went to Florida only to see fair count, he
was so imprudont as to lock himself up with
the two republican members of the returning
board while the democratic member was vain
| " knocking for admttance. OF course, they
were arranging for fair count but it is queer
that the democratic member of the board
| had to be excluded from the conference.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
SAYS the Aurora Bedc0R.

The following bit of history respecting the
Electoral Commission bill, is not void of inter
est at this time. The Electoral Commission
bill was Il Democratic measure, and received
the almost unanimous vote of that party, but
one Democratic Senator voting against it, and
only 10 out of 40 Democrats IN the House:
In the Senate Jan. %, 1877:
Mr.. SHERMAN-Can you tell me how they
will decide?
Mr.. TnURMAN-No. If / conld / Should
not Cote for tie Dill.
1t the Senate Jan. pa:
Mr.. BAYARD-But in the present case we
submit the decisions as to the matters in ques-
ton to a certain tribunal and we command
them to do nothing but exercise their own
judgment. What that judgment wiNbe zee ca,1-
nat f0retel, and ace hare no right to ask.
In the House Jan. %:
Mr.. lIEwTTT-NO man can predict who
will become President by virtue fits operation,
but all men can predict that IL rW be tie man
trhO is ldWfuUY 6iected 10 be President
In the House Jan. 90:
Mr.. LAMAR repeat, this bill avoids the
necessity of any submission of the defeated
party TO what it may consider either fraud or
force The result, trhdteoer IL mag be, ciH hare
been redchedby the patriotic consemgboh par
ties.
1t is very common thing for men to risk
money or other valuable property on a game
of cards, but nobody is surprised if the loser
kicks up row when he finds that he lost be
cause the cards were stocked. The pledge
made to the democrats, before they voted for 1t,
was that the electoral commission should go
behind the fraudulent certificates of the Cover
nors of FLORIDA and Louisiana; but VIXEN the
commission came to vote it was found to be
stocked to : against an honest trial of the case
submitted to them. The democrats, for the
sake OF peace, submitted to the swindlc, but
they are at least entitled to the poor satisfaction
of knowing how and by whom the cards were
stocked.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

The Morris Heruld-P. c. Hayes's o"n pa
per-is a little snappish with Brother Cullen
and some other disappointed office seekers "
in La Sale about opposing the denomination
of Mr.. Hayes now that his denomination is as
sured But Mr. Hayes seems to forget that
those fellows who are grouty over not receiving
what they considered their share Of official
pap" as he elegantly decribes them, stand in
the formidable relation towards him of the
outs against the ms, and the outs are always
in the majority. Though they may not be
able TO defeat his nomination, the innumerable
throng of outs if they have the spirit Of a
mosquito, can make themselves terribly felt at
the polls. 1t won't always do to kick mules.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Conference.

The Berlin conference held its first real bus
mess session on Monday, but as its proceed
ngs are kept strictly secret, there is no pre-
tense that the thousand rumors in regard to
them have any basis OF ascertained truth.
That the members, however, are very earnest
over something and that the sessions are not
without deep excitement is easily seen in the
countenances and bearing of the diplomatists.
The first bone of contention, it appears, is
found in the settlement of the Bulgarian ques-
ton, and on Thursday the contention grew so
high that it is said it was only by the en-
forcement of an adjournment that Bismark
prevented a dissolution of the congress, and it
is said no more meetings will be held until an
understanding is arrived at.
Through some mismanagement, the text of
the agreement between England and Russia
has got into the papers, and causes sharp crit.
cism especially by the German and Russian
press, as virtually disposing of the weightiest
questions upon which it was supposed the
congress would pass
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
stocked.

How Is TnIs?-Several communications
come to us for publication going for" Mr..
Stockslcgcr, the county clerk. The say lac SOL
EMMY promised to many who supported him
at the last election that no reports in the settle
ment of estates should be made ont by him or
his clerks during his term of office, hut that he
has altogether broken this promise The
making out of these reports, it seems, is no
part of the duty of the clerk or his employees,
and the job and the perquisites usually fell in
to the basket of attorneys and men of that
ilk. Now, however, Mr.. Stocksleger keeps
one of his clerks constantly employed in max.
ing out such papers, for which he charges a
round fee but in no way accounts for TO the
county, but Grams ii down into his pocket
though the clerk who does the work Is paid BY
the county As the county pays Mr. 5. and
his clerks 70. all their time during Office hours
il would seem either that he should account
to the county for fees earned in this way, or
tina, he should employ clerk at his own ex.
pense for that purpose.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

Nj Postmaster Corbus, of La Sale, cut rath-
er Il sorry figure in the Republican convention
on Tuesday in his attempt to smuggle in q
bogus set of delegates from his town. Though
a majority of the members of the convention
seemed to be friendly to Mr.. Hayes, in whose
behalf he was scheming they intimated to Mr..
Corbus that, while that sort of game was per-
fectly legitimate when played against demo-
Gratis in the way of stealing congressman, l. 5
Senators or even Presidents, yet on the princi-
pie of honor among thieves" it wouldn't do
for Enlightened" republicans to play it on each
other
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

The demonstration Of the Chicago Com
munists last Sunday, in regard to which some
uneasiness was felt, passed off as peaceably as
a Sunday school picnic. The procession mum
bered about 5000, in which few bore arms
though a number of red flags were displayed
About 90 policemen were present, who had nc
difficulty in maintaining perfect order. There
were a few violent speeches made, but til,
crowd were 50 largely pre-occupied with bee
drinking and the sports that the speakers has
very few hearers
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
GERMANY.

Arrests of socialists continue to be made and
the business is by no means slackened by prev
alent report that an attempt upon the life OF
the Crown Prince Frederick William is medi-
tated.
The physicians in attendance on Emperor
William publish a formal declaration that his
progress has been satisfactory almost beyond
Expectation; but the patient, besides transmit
tin: pain, suffers much from helplessness, be-
ing unable to use his arms. Complete recov-
cry can only be effected in long time, after
possibly many obstacles and much pain.
The Old Catholic synod of Switzerland by
vote of 70 to % adopted aresolution III favor
of the marriage of the clergy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

BIG RACE At LoUIsvILLE.-On the 4th OF
July the turf history of the country is to have
a new chapter added TO it in the contest be
tween two equally famous race horses, Ten
Brock Of Kentucky and Mollie Mccarthy, the
hitherto invincible queen of California. Ten
Brock has the best record for all distances
from l to miles, and Mollie has beaten three
horses that have beaten Ten Brock. The race
will doubtless attract an immense concourse
! OF sporting men and Spectators.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing both
at the prices named, postage prepaid. The Of
fer-open to old subscribers or new at any
post office IN the county-is the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE III this county:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. .s2.o 90
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly tribune. "'o'
FREE TRADER anu |A''"s0 265
FREE TRADER and Prairie Farmer. ......,. DIV
FREE TRADER and either of Harper's publ --
,, cati1 2r, ~, ori c.;bner 475
ThEh ,r',', IA Ga5eJs LnI;es' Book $50
FREE TRADER and Lire Stock Journal . 10 10
FREE TRADER and PArenologicdt journal. % ID
FREE TRADER and 81. Nicholds .;;;.'..... go . 90
FREE TRADER and Demoresfs 4Nonthty...... 3S o
Fprp Trader and Littelrs Liping Age...... So
rnEE nv II ,,,,,n and Wyestern R,lrai $50
FREE TRADER and Noore's Rural Neao Yorker sioo
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
CONGRESSMAN.

I The action of the recent republican conven.
| tions in this district foreshadows the re-nomi.
nation of p. c. Hayes as the candidate of that
party for congress Grundy and Kendall have
already pronounced in his favor. viii is as
good as pledged for him. and of the 16 dele
gates appointed by the republican convention
on Tuesday to represent La Sale County in
the congressional convention, at least 10 are
recognized Hayes men. This settles the hash
of the innumerable throng."
The republicans having thus early obiiging-
ly shown their hand it now remains for the
democrats to decide what they will do. The
rumpus at the republican caucus in La Sale
last Saturday, as well as like indications in
other localities, shows that although Hayes
may have no trouble to secure his renomlna-
ton, he is by means sure Of as pleasant sail
ing when it comes to the matter of his re-elc'
ton. While two years ago he went through
under the impetus of high party excitement
when everybody voted the straight ticket, the
case may be entirely different when he is com
PEELED to run on his own merits, especially if
opposed by confesscdly much better and
ADLER man.
Such a man the democrats will have no
trouble to bring out against Inn. They have
such men as William Reddick, and G.. w
Armstrong, of this county; and W. A. Steel,
W. S. Brooks, Judge DIN and r. Z. Barber, OF
Will county, among many others, to choose
from Who doubts that Mr.. Reddick would
beat Hayes 1900 in tins county? Or that Steel
or Brooks would beat HIM 1000 III VIII coun-
ty? 1900 against him in La Sale county with
the full democratic vote of the rest of the dis.
trict would wipe out Hayes incontlnently and
so would 1000 majority against him in Will
with the full democratic vote for his opponent
in the rest of the district
| The democrats have nothing to do but act
sensi5ly in their choice Of candidate to be
sure of gaining the next congressman in this
district.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
England.

The labor strikes are generally caving in.
At Burnley on Monday 1000 operatives resum-
ed work, and at Blackburn at least half the
operatives agreed to resume at reduction Of
10 per cent On Wednesday most of the cot
ton mills throughout Lancashire had reopened
and the weavers resumed work, though gener-
ally the spinners held off.
Oxford University has conferred the honor
AIRY degree of d. C.. l.. upon Hon Edwards
Pierpont, late minister of the United States to
Great Britain.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

II is the old story The war with the Modoc
Indians. in which half million ofdollars were
expended and many valuable lives lost was
caused by the rascality of couple of Indian
agents. In the same way the Nez Perces a
wear ago were driven into hostilues by the
hal faith ofthe white settlers and Indian agents
and now comes the humiliaiing confession that
the Bannock Indians, in the same region, are
roatled INTO hostilities by the failure of the In
dian Bureau 10 keep faith in supplying the
Indians with provisions promised them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

If Boss Tweed, Cakes Ames and Schuyler
Colfax deserved the political death to which
they were consigned, what doom awaits John
Sherman and Stanley Matthews, in comparison
with whose crime that of Tweed, or of ColtaX
and Ames sinks into insignllicance?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

Thirty thousand people met at Valley Forge,
near Philadelphia, on Wednesday, to celebrate
the centenary Of the evacuation of that valley
by Washington's army. The historic ground,
trodden by the bare and bleeding feet of patriot
soldiers, and hallowed by the agonized prayers
of Washington, was strewn with flowers. The
literary and oratorical exercises were presided
over 10y Gov lIartranft.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
HANGED!

George Sherry and jeremiah Connolly, TIT
two Chicago murderers sentenced to be hang
ed Yesterday, but in whose behalf such strenu
Gus efforts were made to get respite, were du
" hanged between 10 and ii O'CLOCK IN s'ric
accordance with their sentence The eXecu
ton took place quietly in the Jail yard ano
was accomplished without accident. Nei'hcI
had anything to say on the gallows.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

The Chicago JourRdl last week published
the Cook county tax list, making one hundred
and twenty-six pages, and amounting, it is cs
timatcd to $4,000. 1t should be recollectcd
however, that 1t must have cost the J0urHd
some $4,000 to print it, and in addition, re
port says, the Office was blackmailcd to the
amount of $4,000 more "for the good Of the
Dgifvn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22

The Iowa convention did better A year
ago, when Hayes was yet regarded as honest,
they gave him the cold shoulder; but now
that he is proved to have had a hand in the
great Louisiana fraud by which he was elected
they fly to his rescue and cordially curse the
democrats for uncovering the fraud that elected
him