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The present generation in South Carolina
seem To have forgotten about Gen. jackson,
and are attempting 10 beat up another nullifi-
cation turmoil. The state is infested by moo n
shine whisky distillers, and recently the L. 5.
revenue agents seI2ed and undertook to confls-
cate some Of these establishments. In TURN
the South Carolina authorities arrested and
imprisoned the revenue agents. The latter
have sued out writs of hdbtds corpus, but il is
sid to be impossible in South Carolim 10
raise posse large enough TO enable the |. 5.
marshal TO execute the writ while the use of
the army in such a case is forbidden. But his
is maniiestly wrong. The use of the army Is
never forbidden to enforce L. $ law. Ii will
be the weakness of President Hayes and not
of the law that must be blamed if the Little
spcck of notification in South Carolina is not
speedily squelched.
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UP HILL WORK,

The scverest blow the cause of the "Nation
ais" has yet received comes of the utter fla
out of their late New York state convention al
Syracuse 1t is held, even by such friendly
journals AS the New York Sun, that the SYRIA
cuse fiasco has demonstrated that nothing Sc
rious is to be feared from party thus showing
itself to be organized without principles OF
ideas. While there are doubtless many per
sons at present dissatisfied with both the Dem
ocratlc and the Republican parties, they cannot
be led off by mere idle defamation and IRA
tional platforms to unite themselves with such
II political movement"
No third party of itself has ever succeeded
in this country. There have been working
mems parties, anti.masonic parties, free soil
parties, Temperance parties, colonization par
ties and abolition parties 1t was only by al
lowing themselves to be absorbed by or merged
into one or The other of the two great parties of
the day that these side shows were ever able to
accomplish anything In turtherancc OF heir
own ideas. There are doubtless among the
many jarring and discordant ideas that secthe
in the brains of the third party zcalots few
that Will command respect and must ultimately
crystalline into legal enactments, butt will not
be done until they are taken up and made eilcc-
tive by one or the other of the two great parties
of the day 1t is not so difficult IA matter as
many imagine to bring really good ideas in
politics or finance 10 iruition. What the Ma
tonal third party xcalots will find more diff.
cult will he To achieve what they pant after
with infinitely more carnestness than the sue
cess of their really good ideas-to wit the at
of Office
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Democratic County Convention.

The Democrats Of La Sale county are request
ed to meet in their respective townships on Sat
urday, the 18th day OF August, 1878, to sppoini
delegates 10 attend a county convention to be
held at the county court house in Ottawa on
Wednesday, August 2lst, 1873, for the purpose OF
nominating candidatca for state senator and mem
bcrs Of the house Of representatives, and for the
various county offices to be filled at the next No
vembcr election; also TO appoint 81 delegates to
represent the county in the congressional con
ycntion called for the 2sth day of August, 1873
at Ottawa, and to transact such other business n
may be deemed appropriate for the good of tho
party.
The apportionmept Of delegates for eacl
township will be as follows:
Adams, 2; Allen, .; Brookdeh, 2, Bruce, 5
Dayton, 2; Deer Park, 2; Dimmios,, 2; Eagle, 3
Earl, 3; Eden, Q; Fall River, Q; Farm Ridge, 2
Freedom .; Grand Rapids, 2; Grovcland, 3
Hope, 2; La Sale, o; Manllcis, 3; Mendoza, 5
Meridcn, 9; Mailer, q, Mission, 9; Worthwhile, .
Ophir 9; Usage, 81 Ottawa, II; otter Creek, 2
Peru, Z; Richiand, q Rutland, 3; Serena, 2
South Ottawa, 2; Troy Grove, 2; Utica, 2 Yer
million, 9; Wallace Q; Waltham, 2.
T. W. BREWER
J. &. CRooKER,
Nm. L. MzLIGAN,
ALEX VAusHEY,
!. A. O'CoSNCR,
WALTER NoGE
J. l.. MoGoRMICK, IN,
- 4, I, i.,.
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Gen. Grant.

Gen. Grant has been received everywhere in
Norway with extraordinary enthusiasm and
crowds follow him about rs if he was wan
derlug free menagerie.
Considerable excitement has been caused in
Paris by the publication in the Temps Of an in
terview with Grant in Norway in the course
of which he denounced Louis Napoleon as
"he enemy of France the betrayer of the re-
public, and the author of useless and fatal
wars" He also said he didn't want to see the
Prince Imperial or any of the Bonapartc fami-
w. As McMahon is a warm Bonapartist, his
next greeting of Grant Will hardly be as cor
dial us it was when Grant first arrived in Paris
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The proverbial summer dullness of Wash
lngton City was slightly disturbed few days
ago by an inciplent labor riot 1t got around
among the laboring men that workmen engag-
ell in excavatinC for the new bureau of engrav-
ing and printing were getting but GO cents a
DAY. \ crowd of idle men gathered and I'M
dertook TO drive the men away from the work
\ strong police force was summoned and dis
persed the rioters and some were placed in the
Lookup Hill, the supervising architect of the
treasury, publishes card denying that the
men worked for 80 cents day, but says, Il
understand that the rate paid by the contract
ors is 81 to sleeper day" Little enough, but
il is hard TO see how riot is to better the case
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In spite of Turkish hesitation in regard to-
the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by
Austria, the latter decided to take possession
at once and negotiate afterwards. Accordingly
on Wednesday the Austrian troops under Gen.
PhillopovCh crossed the frontier into Bosnia.
They were met by Turkish major who pre-
scented to the Austrian commander Il paper,
supposed to be protest but which the latter
refused to receive BY Wednesday evening
the whole 18th army corps had crossed the
Save and were advancing upon Serajevo. No
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Democratic Congressional Convention.

The democracy of the several counties OF the
It'll Congressional District are requested to
send delegates to a Congressional Convention
to be held at the court house in the city of OF
tawa, on Wednesday, August 2sth, 1873, q;
9 o'clock p NJ, to nominate candidate for
congress, and transact such other business as
may be deemed advisable The representation
IN said convention will be one delegate for
every 200 votes cast by the democracy IN 1876,
which will give Kendall 4, Grundy 9, viii 90,
and La Sale 80 delegates,
p, A, ARMSTRONG,
CIARLEY,
JOHN w. CHAPMAN,
ALEX. VAUGHEY,
Dem0cratic CeatfaL COnmittee.
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Gen Garfield while al Atlantic City attend
ing as 4 illness before the Potter committee
last week. like all the rest thought it would be
a nice thing 30 take wash off in salt water
Few Ohio politicians, however can bear such
liberal washing, and in the case of Garfield il
nearly proved fatal. He was seized with yer
tigo and came near drowning. He was con
veyed TO his hotel and with the application of
s'Imulanis, however, soon came around again
all RIGHT
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GEN. SHIELDS AT THE COUNTY FAIR.

| The managers OF our County Agricultural
Board have not only prepared much NOR,
liberal and attractive premium list than wa
ever before offered here TO bring out a com
lpctitive display at the approaching fair tha
shall do honor TO the county, but have added
Immensely to the attractions of the fair by Sc
curing the presence of the war-scarrcd veteran
Gen JAMES SHIELDS, TO deliver an address on
the occasion. The General is not only very
engaging speaker, but is one of those historic
men whom the youth of to-day will be proud
TO speak of in after times us having seen in the
flesh and grasped by the hand. He not only
won renown as II leader in two of our greatest
wars, but showed no less brilliant qualities us
II statesman when rs our senator he so ably
represented Illinois in the councils of the ma
ton, We believe there are thousands of peo.
pie In the county who will feel 1t day well
spent to have once more seen and heard the
voice of this now venerable patriot-Follow.
ing is the Generals letter to Secretary Hoi!.
man, engaging to be present at our coming
County Fair:
CAnRoILToN, No, July 81, 1875
\. VI. HOFFMAN, ESQ.
Dedr SIR Your letter Of the 25th, now in
my hands, is the first that reached me, have
kind old memories connected with Ottawa and
would like to visit it. have engagements at
Grand RAPIDS, Michigan, 9th Aug Mt Nern.
ON, Ill, l4Ih Aug; Galcsburg, 10th Aug; Tin
cinnati, 2Sth Aug; Jancsvllle, Wis, 9th Sept,
&c. &c. Appoint time and | will ride night
and day To fill an appointment, and be assured
will be too glad To visit the homes of my best
friends in old times. Yours sincerely
JAS SHIELDS.
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OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the neutrality-suspicious. 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. a. %
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly 1ridu~. 100
n~eon 265
FREE TRADER and Prairie Farmer. ......... 1oo
FREETRADER and either OF llarper's publ
cations .............. 475
Fprr Tp,nrR and Scyibne,. 475
FREE TRADER nd Godey'S LADIES Book. 900, 3.V
Fvpr Tn, DrR and Lbp Stock Journal ...... 3. 10
FREE TRADER and Phyeno'ogicat J0uradt... 30
FREE TRApER and 81. Nictolas.. ........... $40
FREE TRADER and Demorests Monthly. 80
FREE TRADER and Litteirs Liginq Ay...... S.25
FREE TRADER and Western R,trM. $500. $50
FREE TRADER and Noores Rural Neto Yorker 3.D
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Canada is happy in the prospective presence
there Of BIT of blood of the deepest cerulean
Lord Duilcrin is TO be succeeded as Governor
General by the Marquis Of Lorne, the husband
OF one OF the five or six not oyera,,raciiyc
daughters Of Queen Victoria. The Marquis is
known as a pleasant quiet, inoilensive book
wormIsh sentimental sort of young man who
writes poetry and affects belle-letters, and is
certainly quite contrast TO the vigorous states
man that preceded him
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The extraordinary fall in stocks in the last
ten weeks, especially what are known as
" granger stocks-(lowa, Minnesota and Wis
consin railroads. il is said has involved such
heavy losses To Jay Gould that the belief is
becoming prevalent in New York hat he is
on the eve of going under. Tine rumor alone,
in the case Of bold operator like Gould, SHOULD
be sufficient to crush him.
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The success of the 4 per cent. loan continues
the subject of wonderment in financial quar-
tiers The sales for the last week or two have
averaged nearly half million day. 1t is the
dull season of the year when there is no par.
ticular demand for money among business men,
and people invest their surplus in per cents
rather than let it lie idle or risk it in savings
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Germany.

The German elections, in regard to which
considerable interest was felt throughout Eu-
rope, were held on Wednesday, and the results
as to about 100 seats in parliament are II ma
tional liberals, II clcricals, . conservatives II
progresslonists, 3 separatlsts and / socialist
In the remaining % districts second ballots
will be necessary. Though the socialists polled
a larger vote than ever before they have but
one seat in the new to three in the former par
lament.
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II was not Hubbard, Judge Roberts, who
was nominated last week for Governor 10y the
Texas democratic convention. Hubbard had
received majority Of all the votes, which was
supposed TO nominate, but il seems the rules
Of the convention required two-thirls vote,
which was finally obtained by Judge Roberts
Hs Il the present. chief justice Of the state
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-03

The platform of the Illinois republicans,
adopted at the last state convention, has been a
good deal rdiculed and secuted by their breth-
rem at the east. All are willing however, to
concede to it the merit of brevity. Boiled
down. the following is the whole of it;
The greenbackers are not a bad set of fel-
lows: Damn the Democrats"
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FOREIGN NEWS.
England,

Gladstone having freed his mind in refer
ence to the Berlin and Turkish treaty and de-
nounced the latter as "insane" at the Bermond.
sey street banque:., BeacVusrleld and s,l,sht,sv
, also had banquet-thc latter thdet tbe an.
spices OF the Carleton club--on Saturday even.
ing, at which they took occasion to pay Glad.
stone back in his own coin. Lord Beacons.
field in reply to a toast said the work at Berlin
needed no defence and as to the Turkish trea.
ty, he maintained that it diminished, not. in.
creased, British responsibility in the East,
Gladstone, he finally said, was "a sc,phistical
rhetorlcian, inebriated with the ex'lberance Of
his own verbosity and egotistcal nagination ~
Lord Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote
spoke in the same view.
But more important t,chatc on the course
of the British plenipote n,inrles in the Berlin
congress opened in Il e House of Commons on
Monday evening u Jon the resolution of GEN.
sure proposed d Lord Harrington. Lord II.
had lew words. of censure to utter against the
ntrllh agree ,nGent, though he censured Beacons-
HeI" loI nfaRing promises to Greece which
were 4ot fulfilled. But he commented with
g'e' stHVrity on the AngloTurkish treaty and
I" .lseIticd what England would have said to
similar agreement between Turkey and Russia.
On Tuesday evening the debate was con-
tiEucd by Gladstone in II very able speech Of
ever two hours, and then the debate was adj
journed to Thursday
Capt. Bogardus shot a pigeon match on
Monday with Capt Shelley, of the Nottinghill
club, for 81 900. Shelley retired at the S9th
bird, having killed but Ga to Bogardus's r.
The latter continued shooting and killed "a
out of the 100, which is the highest score ever
made in England
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France.

The Columbia College boat crew had re-
ceptlon at the American quarters of the Expo
sition building on Saturday.
The municipal offices in Paris arc being
united by the Edison telephone.
The Prince of Wales has returned home af-
ter banquetng with the great republican Gam
beta
4 woman's rights convention met at Paris
on the Goth with Julia Ward Howe, of Boston,
and NJ. Martin, municipal counselor Of Paris,
as presidents.
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The c. b. X q. railroad company are putting
am IRON bridge across Fox river at Sheridan
a bridge similar to that across The Illinois
river at Ottawa.
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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

FOR STATE TREASURER
Ell. CRONKRITE,
OF Stephenson County,
FOR SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
S. M. ETTER,
or Sapgamon County.
FOR CLERK or SUPREME COURT
HIRAM r. ENOCH,
OF Wnnebago County,
FOR CLERK OF APPELLATE COURT.
JAMES r. WASH,
OF Livingston County
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ONE DAYS DELAY.
A HEARTRENDING STORY FROM THE SOUTH.

| A HEARTRENDING STORY FROM THE SOUTH
There was no happier household in the
sunny South than Jacob Poitevent's al
Grenada, two months ago. Alack; the
fever broke out and the father sent three
of his children into the country, intending
to go himself on thu following day with
his wife and two remaining daughters.
The delay was fatal. Before morning,
Molly, a lovely maiden, who had been
nursing a sick friend, was delirious, and in
few days was dead. Scarcely had the
bereaved parents pressed fare we'll kiss on
the cold lips of their dead daughter, before
the second daughter was battling with the
fever. 1t was then that the sorrowing
father wrote to his sister: "Mollie is dead,
and Ora, we fear, will soon follow ber; our
family physician is dead, our neighbors are
all dee or moved out of town no nurse
or help Of any kind to be had for love or
money. am doing the cooking and my
dear wife the nursing. Pray for u.s." AT
ter while there came a feeble little note
from the sick gil: "They are all dead
but me. | knew VII father and mother
died, but could not kiss them good-by. I
IN better and have kind nurse but oh,
SO few ever recover that may relapse and
follow the others yet" 1t was many weeks
before the sick girl could be taken from the
plague-stricken town into the country where
hhsE mhrapfiheaT afheaT ap9p 91pg pestefs IhfR ansG
leans Picdyune Cora has come cut to
us, but so weak that am jealous of every
breath that fan her white check. Mother
was sick in the same roc m with Cha; faith
er in the adjoining room. The Rev. Mr..
McCracken play ID with mother bofore she
died, and when asked by the holy man OF
God if she had a last message to leave, she
answered, Tell son to be good boy and
meet me in heaven Then turning her
tace towards Ora's bed, she said: Kiss
all my children for me, and tell your dear
father good-hy for little while Mother
died on the 9th and father on the 28th.
Fathers nurse thought that he might re-
cover, and did not tell him of mothers
death. He knew nothing of it until he
met her in heaven"
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clINalNs TO THE MAST.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE DURING LAST
WEEKS STORM.
Nantucket, Mass, Enquirer.

Nantucket, Mass.,. Enquirer.
Mr.. Chas. Killeenf mate of the schooner
Eta A. Simpson, and the sole survivor O.
her wreck, gives the following narrative O.
the terrible ha.dships of the crew
'We left Bath, Me-, Friday, the It'll
inst, bound to Baltimore with cargo o.
ice We took the gale Saturday forenoon
at the foot of the shoals, from the east al
noon it was thick, and we came to an an
chor at the east end of Norton's shoal, let,
ting go the three anchols; at p. m. the
wind was blowing hurricane from the N.
N. E., and the schooner dragged over the
shoal, pounding hard. At 3 o'clock in the
evening the vessel rolled over in seven
fathoms cf water, probably from her cargo
shifting, and we all took to the mizzen
| rigging. Just before she went over l told
the captain We had better get the boat
ready to lower, but he remarked that she
| would not live in such foam, and we had
best cling to the largest piece of wood The
second sea that boarded us swept away two
of the men. The rest hung on till about 5
o'clock in the morning, when they began to
60. The man On my right became raying
maniac, and soon succumbed, the rest fol-
lowing soon after, Capt. Hart and wife and
myself still clinging. The sea was breaking
over us to the height of 10 Or Is feet contin-
ually, and, as it dashed against us, it
seemed as if it would dash us to pieces.
"Early Sunday morning we saw the
steamers Matthias Vineyard and Dexter
come out, and told Hart to hold his wife
tight while tried to signal them. Put my
coat on the shear pore for waif, but they
probably did not see it, as they made their
way to vessels on Tuckernuck shoal. Dur
ing this time Capt. HIATT lost his hold on
his wife, and | had to jump to his assist
ance, and we drew her back to place of
safety. When we perceived we were not
to be rescued by the steamers, Mrs. Hart
became discouraged, and soon gave up, Slip
ping from our grasp about 2 p. M, lat which
time she wa5 about dlawing her last
breath. The sea was washing by us at the
NatcV NCCPs AAO ltao CA LIS W liO COLu-
pletely unnerved Capt. Hart. who turned to
me and shook my hand, saying, after had
tried to console him and get him to hold on
longer | CAN'T do it; you may, you are a
tough man; don't care now whether live
Or die He gave me his ring and some
money, with the request that if was saved
would send it to his parents, and then
handed me his watch asking me to keep it
as memento. At 8 p. m. Sunday evening
he was wandering in his mind and l was
obliged to lash him to keep him flom going
overheard. About O'Clock Monday morn
ing he died, with his head Aesting on my
knee. I secured his body and stood up
waiting events.
"My feelings through all this ordeal
we're far from being pleasant, but some
;bipp ;blpap seemed etss iis'ae->-afs s0e-.y
i party in party in boat from Edgar
own, and was taken off. The boat was
200 small to take off the captains body,too,
out we afterward returned in whaleboat
and took it from the vessel.'
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BEAUTY REST.
A HINT TO LADIES ON THE BANIsH1SG or
WRINKLES.

The London Pail Mall Gazette saws.
What should the lady do who perceiyes
the flrst trace Of a crows foot in the face
rejected by her mirror? She should lend
an ear to the Comtesse de Bassanville edi-
tress OF the Almanach du Savior Viyye
In the number for the year 1879, lust is
sound advice is offered as to the best means
ior opposing the rayages of time, Crows
1eet, indeed, cannot be altogether removed
but there is no reason why they should as
sumo too prominent an appearance if ma
lures own most agreeable remedy be re-
sorted to. when you are past twenty
hve, says Nine. de Bassauvile (and her
counsels are rendered to gentlemen as we'll
as ladles), never let more than five or six
hours pass without closing your eyes for a
short tlme-say ten minutes; not necessari-
ly to sleep, but to repose the muscles of the
eye.' Of course every movement and play
OF the face necessarily tends to fatione
these musces-whether it be smile or the
expression of surprise or fixed attention.
Inc closing of the eyelids is therefore rec
commended as a beauty rest The mus
cles, reposed, lose their tendency to that
nervous contraction which translates itself
into wrinkles. 1t might, however. be
objected to this prescription that in our
busy age few persons can find leisure TO
close their eyelids at odd times during the
day; that to many enforced inactiou-a
condition of absolute repose without sleep
is intolerable and finally, that if man
or woman happens to be tired. a ten min
utes nap may develop into folty winks' or
a long doze, which is refreshing enough at
the time, but loses precious slice of the
day and insures sleepless night. Few,
indeed share that enviable peculiarity of
the late Baron Buusen, who could 90 to
sleep for three minutes, and then wake
with powers restored and a Single -bearted
appetite for Egyptian chronology or any
light work.
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Grain Crop OF Europe and America.
American Miller.

Europe now produces on an average
5. 600, 600, 600 bushels Of grain, Of which
Russia produces one-third, Germany and
France 250, 600, 600 bushels each, and Aus
tria SOC, 600, 900. The United States pro-
duces ], 600, 900 bushels, or about the same
as Russia. In order to appreciate the ad-
yantages of the United States, the popuia-
tion should be taken into consideration.
This. forthe United States, 40, O00.OOO, and
therefore we produce forty bushels per
head while Europe, with a population OF
quite 800, 600, 900, produces only l6 bush
els per head Russia, 26 bushels per head;
Great Britain. only four bushels per head.
AS the average quantity of grain consumed
per head is Is bushels, we produce nearly
three times as much as we want; Russia,
scarcely twice its wants; Europe, On an
average, all needed, and Great Britain not
much over one-fonrth. It will be seen that
the general production far exceeds the con
SUMPTION, but this excess is absorbed bJ
breweries and distilleries all over the
world, which do more to keep the price o.
] hreadstuffs at a high figure than anything
else.