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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
LOCAL TAXATION AND EXPENDITURE.

The people OF oua"a' VINO usually u''p','
a good deal too much indifference on inc SUI
icct have received rude though 1t Is hoPcu
wholesome waking up TO the subject OF local
taxation and expenditure by the unCcrcmDil-
GUS cali of the irrepressible tax gathercr, VINO
comes with largely increased demands at Il
time when the people are really less able 10
pay than in years past, and when reduction
of taxation was especially to be hoped for
In word the taxation levied upon the town
of Ottawa this ycar-statc, county, city anu
town-foots up to the enormous figure OF So',-
G934G against SG2,OlS3G as about the high'''
figure ever paid in one year heretofore except
during wartimcS
What can be tie apology or motive for tins
extraordinary taxation, and who is rc,lons!-
bic for its imposition? The first impulse Is
for everybody to turn upon the city govern
mcnt and without further inquiry lay me
blame upon them The city authorities having
within the past week published brief tnah-
cial exhibit for the year, we are placed IN pos
session Of figures that enable us in some degree
to weigh their responsibility in the matte ana
TO trace the blame where 1t belongs II there l.
any ....
IN 'lc ilrS' ii'ce ul'ie i'os pcen SI'5"' -
crea'c u N'a'c 'aN"''o'i 'Noi idS' H''' MN
OF 50 Oh inc ooii"I anu S"cilins 'ii' ',,',,.
aggregate from 9"~t"'' III 1910 10 f''i'''''
III Io'' 0'conuly, "n inoicasc Vi INC 'O'uS
taA from 9''0'''| III lo'o 10 S''llo''i J" ,''''
lhlruIy, an increase Vi tie Town l"N iio"'
500 'oo III 100 10 l'o'' III io''' o". .i.,,'
an increase Oh 'llc district school 'aN IRON 9'0'
oo'o' III 800 10 9E''ooo IN 1876 run d"
increase Oh me roau anu piluSe t'A from 81
20 IN lo'o 10 SlS'o'4'oo III lo''. ANA "'N'.S
an increase OIL inc Guy TAX proper from -
'o'oo III lo'o 10 s4lE'-''o III 1870 IL ) 'i'''
last increase "' "pou' Slo'ooo lof "IlI'I o"'S
of thcincrcaSc of about $4,000 above noted
that the city council can properly be held re-
s,or.iIlo
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

There j. apparently no lack o: exhibitors "r
material To represent the industries of thi,
country At the Paris exhibition. The freight
OF the goycrnmen; ship, Constitution,
Supply, and Wyoming being insufficient to az
commodatc the good, Offered Tor the exhibition,
the ship Portsmouth has been placed at the Dis
posal Of Commissioner General Mccormick.
All the space in the American department has
been assigned, and none remains for new eN-
hibitorS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

There has hardly been Il week all this win.
fer that the Illinois river has not been free OF
ice and abundantly high for first class steam
boat navigation; nor have there been twowccks
durinr which boats might not have been run
ming on the canal, and indeed boats have been
running with very little interruption all winter
ON the canal between iockport and Chicago.
Steamboats, on the river nave been running for
several weeks past.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
Italy.

The conservation or coronation" of the new
pope Is To take place at the Sistlnc chapel to-
morrow
Cardinal Simconi has been rcappointed and
confirmed to his post rs pontiiical secretary OF
state, which is interpreted TO mean that the
new pope will maintain the same uncompro-
missing relations towards the Italian govern
mcnt that were held by the late pope, of which.
indeed. there are many other indications.
Cardinal McClosky arrived at Rome on Mon
day. In presenting his homage to the pope he
said he had no reason to deplore the lateness of
his arrival IN Rome, as the conclave had made
81 excellent a choice.
King Humbert on Monday received George
p. Marsh. no presented new credentials as
minister of the nited States
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
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600 D0O
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Leaving to the city for ordinary expenses
for the year about $4,000, less by $1,000 than
the former council had any yet, instead Of
leaving rs II legacy really deficit of some
$4,000, the present council eXpcctto leave about
$4,000 in the treasury, unpledged to the pay
ment of unfinished jobs, but enough to enable
the next council to carry on the city govern
mcnt comfortably until the next taxes are col
lectcd without being obliged us nearly all pre-
ceding councils have been, to resort to tempo
rary loans.
We have omitted in the above figures all
reference 10 the amount paid into the city
treasury for licences, either in 1876 or 1877, as
the amounts for the two years about balance
each other The figures rs regards the various
taxes levied for the respective years are also
not precisely correct, rs we had to distribute
about $4,000 Of railroad tax through the vari-
Gus sums by rough estimate. But the aggrc.
gate is so small rs to cut very little figure any
way
We shall only add, in conclusion, that the
finances of the city for the past year were al
most wholly under the control of Aldermen
Phelps, G.. w Jackson and H. j. Logan, who
constituted the finance committee We have
no more careful men than these or men of
soundcr judgment or more practical knowledge
and good sense We are satisfied from this
hasty examination Of their work, that il will
bear the seyerest scrutiny, and that IN reality
our city finances were never better managed
than during the past year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

The second convention Of the new diocese
Of Quincy, in this state, to elect bishop, met
this week, and after struggle OF two days ana
taking some forty or fifty ballots, ended in the
election Of the Rev. DR. Alexander Burgess, OF
Springfield, Mass, as bishop. A telegram was
received from DR. Burgess before the adjourn
,nent of the convention inumating that he
would probably accept the position.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
GERMANY.

IN, Nati0,,ol Zeit'mg cordially welcomes
Bayarl Taylor'S appointment as United States
minister to Germany As one comforting homo!
or Germany and America alike, and calculat-
ell tn strengthen thcalready strong ties between
the two countries. President Hayes" says
The Ng;ioEaIZoitrhg. deserves Gcrmany's sin
cere thanks
The Reichsiag has been engaged for a week
in lao; debate of the proposal 10 increase the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

AquIlla Toland, living near Decatur, H.
committed suicied last Saturday morning by
Blowing his brains out with a pistol lie
Invited friend TO call and see him at 10
O'Clock. When the friend had got within a
Few PAGES of the door of his room he heard Il
pistol shot; when in the door he saw Toland
shool himself the second time lie had pre-
pared bed, and after the second shot fell upon
u saving Goodbye old fellow" and expired
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

The illtrcatmcnt Of Webster by the lIavcs
administration, IN his removal from the La
Sale post office when dozens less deserving
were retained, has done the grccnbackcrs the
good service of giving them another organ.
Web is now pretty well harneSscd as an organ
of The new National" party and il in full
howl for the reelection of Alexander Camp
bell 10 Congress
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

OsweS" has the champion somnambulist m
the person Of George Pcckham. who not long
ago walked twelve miles to Fulton without
awaking. and who the other morning awoLe
70 find himself full dressed and aboard the
Iidland train about 10 start for New York
He dreamed that he was going to Calilorni,
and was awakned by the jar Of the locomotive
~ If coupled on the train.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

Since the attempt 20 seize the remains of
Abraham Lincon from the monument in
Springfield, Ill. in November 1876, persons
in charge of Mount Vernon have feared some
attempt would be made to steal Washington :
coffin. and have lately connected the tomb
with the residence on the grounds by = bur
glar alarm.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

Cha.les Miller, a we'll known citizen Of
Icndoia, on Friday Of last week. while walk.
ing The street in apparent good health. sudden.
~ dropped desd--a supposed victim Of heart
disease
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

great preparations to celebrate the centenary
of Robert Emmets birth, which occurs on the
4th Of March--neXt Monday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing po'i
at the prices named, postage prepaid Inc OF
fer-open to old subscribers or new at any
post office in the county-is the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE IN this county:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Iu'fS'' 80 %
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly IFt6'ue' 100
FRrE TRADER and Chicago Weekly mar -
FREE TRADER and Prairie Farmer. .."..:.' ]'oO
FREE TRADER and either OF Harper puOh- =.
cations. :.
FREE TRADER and IS1ibnDr. .....:.:..; 80
ERE TRADER nd Godcys LWitcS Boo6.... 3.W
FRE. TRADER and Lire stock JouuTM. ....... 90
FRrE TRADER and PhrnoloJicM JO,H1m ... 80
FREE TRADER and 81. Nicholas. 80
FREE TRADER and DcmorcSts Nonhly...... 30
FREE TRADER and LtteTS Lifnq Agc...... So
TREE TRADER and Western Ruya'. .......... ~
FREE TRADER and Noore's Rmdt Noo lo'&er 3.1t
All subscriptions as above MUST be strictly
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

The Irish people Of New York, Philadel-
Ibis. -. Louls and other cities an making
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

All subscriptions as above MUST be strictly
IN ddcaace. Rcmittances may be made bymon-
ey order or registered letter. orby express at the
cplncr'S cost
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
{ LOSE.

An illustration of the close work between
parties in the senate was given in the case OF
the election of president pro TEN on Tuesday
in the absence of Vice President Wheeler. The
vote stood % for Ferry and 2G for Thurman,
but Conkling happening TO come in Just then
voted for Ferry and thus elected him. But
five minutes behind Conkling Coke OF Texas
walked in. who. if he had happened in a min
ute before Conklng, would have decided the
election IN favor of Thurman. Judge Davis
voted with the democrats for Thurman.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

An odd proposition was introduced i'll the
house ON Monday by Mr. Southland, . amend
the constitution so that hereafter there shall
every six wears be elected by direct vote of the
people three presidents who shall unitedly
form an executive council and perform the du-
ties now devolvcl upon the president alone.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 3d.
The run on the banks is still kept
up with the same activity as yester-
day. Extra precautions were taken
by the police ON account of the ad-
vent of circus, with it's attendant
professional thieves, and the deposl-
tors are guarded against pickpock-
cts. Up to this time all checks are
cashed in the Providence National
bank. In this bank are piled up
great quantities of bills of all demo-
limitations. A continuous supply of
funds is arriving daily and is as
rapidly paid out. The panic-stricken
people will not be assured of the
safety of the bank, and many of the
women are carrying large sums in
the bosoms of their dresses, being
afraid to deposit or leave the same
at any place for fear of loosipg it..
The bank officials will probably re-
fuse to receive greater portion of
the money again on deposit after
the panic Is over.
Such a spectacle is a shameful
commentary on the financial legis-
lation of this country. A postal
savings bank law, as is proposed by
Congressman Phillips, or the inter
convertible bond and currency
plan, would stop all such scenes as
the above. Yet Congress, governed
by bankers, refuses to legislate for
the protection or the accommodation
of the people, and the latter, though
they have the power by their votes
to protect their rights and interests
seem incapable of exercising the in
telligence necessary to effect those
objects.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10

"Thats our family tree" said an
Arkansas youth, as he pointed to a
vigorous hemlock. ga good many
of our folks have been hung on that
tree for borrin' horses after dark"
An exchange speaks of ''Deatb,
the monster" Bubbins says Death
always seemed pleasant to him, but
then Bubbins lived next door to 8
girl who is learning to play the
Mabel Waltzes on $75 meIodeon-
Rome Sentinel.
The dams on the Tittabawassee
and Tobacco rivers, owned and con-
trolled by the Tittabawassee boom
company. will be in operation next
week.-Republican.
Any one who has ever heard the
festive TittabsWassee raftsman
swear will absent himself when
those dams begin to operate.-De-
troit News.
on his Cue, he was aecOsted roughly
by a Hoodlum, who besought him
to pull down his Vest. Accustomed
to take things Coolie, the Disciple
of Confucius showed no confusion.
al have no such Garment" he said,
"but 1 will willingly exhibit the
Sword Trick for your Edification."
With that he drew his Two-edged
Sword, and made q dexteriou us
flourish before the Eyes of the
Hoodlum. Their, Wiping his Wea-
pom and returning it to its Scab-
bard, he politely offered his Snuff
box, and the Hoodlum sneeZed his
amputated Head from his unsuspec-
ting shoulders.
AOraI-Down with the China
man, wholesale, retail, and pig
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10
Bustness NIaxtns.

A prominent merchant has COM
piled the following maxims from
his own inquiry and experience.
lst. Choose the kind of business
you understand.
I'd. Capital is positively requir-
ed in business, even if you have re-
al estate outside and credit eyer so
good.
Sd. One kind of business is as
much as a man can manage success
fully. Investments on the outside
do not generally pay, especially if
you require the money in your bu-
siness.
4th. Buy cautiously and Just
what you want, and do not be per-
suaded to purchase what you do
not need, if you do, you will soon
want what you can't buy.
9Th. Insure your stock; insure
your store insure your dwelling,
if you have one. If the rate is
high it is only because the risk is
great, aud of course you should not
take the risk yourself. A business
that will not pay for insuring will
not Justify running.
9Th. Sell to good, responsible
parties only. Sell on specified
time, and when your money ia due,
demand it; do not let the account
stand without note or interest for
an indefinite period.
7th. Sell at reasonable profit and
never misrepresent to effect sale.
9Th. Live within your income /;
keep your business to yourself !;
have patience, and you will sue
coed.
9th. Competition is the life OF
trade, bat in trying to run your
competitor out of business. be care
full you do not run yourself out.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10
Ee00z Notice.

kToS sa the c 0lstTe'
William Brown, PEaiRti6, Us William Scott,
John Scott, Josephus Scott, Lucy Scott,
Nelson Scott, Samuel E. Scott, and William
Scott, (minor heirs of Lafayette Scott, de-
ceased), and James Clark, their guarIiian),
Jane Scott CWidow), and Serena Scott, Ma
rian Scott, Lucy Scott, Sarah Scott and
Rebecca Scott, (minor heirs of Fran kiln
Scott, deceased, by Jane Scott, their next
@ AID defendants will take notice: That
- they have been sued by the above named
plaintln; that his petition has been fled in
the ofice of the clerk Of said Court; That the
names of the parties to said action are as
must answer said petition on or before June
18TH 1873, or the same Will be taken as true
and Judgment rendered accordingly, parti-
tioning the following described real estate in
Lyon county, Kansas-to- wit; The south half
section thirty five, township seventeen, range
twelve; the southwest quarter section one,
township eighteen, range twelve; the north
naIf section one, township tWenty-one, range
tens and the southeast quarter section one,
township tWenty-one, range ten, amongst said
parties In the folIowlng ProPortions-yiz; TO
said Plaintiff three fourths, to said William
Scott John Scott, Josephus Scott each one
twentieth; to said Lucy Scott and Jane Scott,
each one-fortieth to said Nelson Scot, Samuel
e. Scott and William Scott, each one hundred
and twentieth; 20 said Serena Scout, Marian
Scott, Lucy Scott, Sarah Scott, and Rebecca
Scott, each one two hundred and fortieth.
And that, in case said real estate cannot be
so divided without manifest injury thereto,
that the same be sold in accordance with law,
and that the proceeds be divided in the above
named proportion. and for costs and reas-
CUNNINGHAM & MCCARTY,
1S-3t Att'ys for Plaintiff.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10

Bankrupt-A man that gives eV-
erything to a lawyer SO his credi-
cors will be sure to get it.
Assignee-Is the chap who has
the deal and gives himself four
aces.
A Bank-Is place where people
put their money so it will be handy
when other folks want it.
A Depositor-ls man who don't
know how to spend his money, and
gets the cashier to show him.
President-Is big fat man who
promises to boss the jnb and after
wards sublets it.
A Director-Is one of those who
accept trust that don't involve the
use of either their eyes or ears.
Cashier-Ts often a man who IN
dertakes to support a wife, six
children and a brown stone front
on fifty dollars a month, and be
honest.
Collaterals-Are certain pieces o.
paper as good as gold, due and pay.
able on the first day of April.
Alphabetically consist of five
chairs and an old stove; to these
may be added spittoon if the'bust
amt a bad one.-Chicago Com
Adv.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10
XaFIeGlRa.

A little boys first pair of trous-
ers always fit if the pockets are
deep enough.
A woman would sooner rule q
heart than fill it. The same re-
mark will apply with equal truth to
a pocket book.
"Dying in poverty" says mod
ern moralist, sis nothing-it is liv-
ing in poverty that comes hard on a
fellow"
Mr.. Barnum insists that animals
will not drink whiskey. Yet Mr..
Darwin, in the face of such an an
tagonistic fact, holds omplacently
to his theory of the descent of man.
At Union Mills, N. B., last week,
as six-year-old child was run
ming across the floor with a pair of
scissors in it's hand it tripped and
fell, and driving the points of the
scissors into it's heart, died instant.
ly.
Bridget-"Wot's the most genteel
thing for lady as is lady to carry
in the street, Nora?" Cook-"Sure
thin, some prefers a three volume
book, but prefers a roll of music
mYself-quite careless aud aisy
like
A stranger seeing an Irishman
leaning against q post, watching 6
funeral procession coming out of 6
brick house at his side, spoke t.
him, when the following dialogue
ensued: els that a funeral ?" "Y es
sir, I'm thinking it is" ANYBODY
of distinction ?" 81 reckon it lie
SIR" "Who is it that died ?" "Tht
gentleman in the coffin, SIR"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10
EducafIonaL

Champaign, ILL.,, has two ladies in
its new school board.
In the competition at the Iowa
State University, Miss George
Countryman bore eff the prize for
proficiency in Oratory.
Many lows towns have elected
women to the Office of school dIrec-
tor under the new state law allow
ing women to hold Office.
Princeton will send q party to
Denver to witness the solar eclipse
of July %. It will be occupied
principally with spectroscopic work.
Prof. w. .. Pierce, of the Illinois
Wesleyan University, has resigned
and will re enter the regular work
of the ministry in Indiana.
Rev. Joseph Emery, of the NJ. z.
CGurch, South, has been nominated
by the Oregon Democratic Conven-
ton for superintendent of public
schools.
Of the 356 American colleges,
only sixteen have libraries OF over
% GOO volumes. The largest col.
lege library in the country is Har-
wards containing 10000 volumes.
A contemporary says: GA true
education is that which will enable
q man to summon up all his knowI.
edge, all his faculties, at moments
notice, and to concentrate them all
on the question before him. Such
an education is worth having"
The New England Jeurnsl OF
E6Ucafian eava. egTho faek IL ha
coming apparent thst the move
ment to cast out the Bible from the
common schools is only the begin
ming of q crusade to the eHthrone in
American affairs 3 set of secular.
lists, more narrow and intolerani
and destructive of the most precioui
interests Of human society, thas
any religious nristocracy, Christian
Aohamm sdan CT Pagan, The worIf
hiss yet seen.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10

DR.. R. D'Unger, Minneapolis,
Wis, says in the Chicago Tribune,
that the tincture of red chinchona
bark, pure, will cure all appetite
for liquor. He makes a pint OF
alcoholic tincture, reddish brown,
from a pound of pulverized bark,
and gives a tesspoonful three or
four times a day, or as often as the
patient Graves a drink. In some
cases he gives larger doses, and
adds in case of great restlessness,
ten to twenty grains bromide of
potassium. If this remedy will really
cure a drunksrd of all desire for
liquors, the fact should be pub
iished as widely as possible. DIR.
D'Unger says druggists generally
furnish the inferior yellow bark,
costing 80 to 35 cents per pound,
instead of the superior red bark,
costing 50 per pound. Therefore he
careful about the bark.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10

William 81. Vanderbilt has do
mated 81 900 for the enlargement of
the library of the Vanderbilt Uni
versity. It will be remembered
that Mr.. Vanderbilt had previously
gwen 81 600 to be expended in books
for the Biblical Department of the
University.
A carefully prepared table has
just been completed by DIR. Hitch
cock, of Amherot College, which
proves, from statistics concerning
eleven New England colleges, that
there are proportionally less coll
lege-educated men now than in the
early part of the century.
It was decidedly fortunate that
the United States ship Wyoming
sprung . leak while she was near
enough to the coast TO reach q har-
Dor before sinking. She was RIM
into q drv-dock with the intention
of stopping the lesk and renewing
the cauiking of few Of the seams,
but ia the progress of that vol il
has been discovered that the lower
portions Of the hull ere nearly all
rotten, and that some weeks will be
required Go put the ship in seawor-
thy condition. The cargo OF ex-
hibits for Paris will probably be
unloaded and sent forward By an.
other vessel.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10

Secretary Evarts, of the department
of State has recently sent circular to
officers Of our foreign consular service
requesting reports on the following
subjects: First, price of labor among
iaborers of all classes; second, cost of
living Of laboring classes third, COM
parison of the present cost of living
and rates of wages with that for the
last ten years; fourth, the cost of pro-
duce and the market price; fifth, the
amount Of paper money In circulation
and It's relative value to silver and
gold, together with its fluctuations
during as many years as can DO accur-
aeely obtained, aud the causes which
have produced fluctuations. This in
formation II fully published, wiz be
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