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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30
HUMBLE PIE.

For dozen of years past it has been the
habit Of the republican papers of this state
whenever the name Of 5. Corning Judd was
mentioncd-the name of prominent Illinois
democrat and rs thoroughly upright and hon
orable a man rs the state ever had--to blacken
it with filthy falschoods He was accused of
having raised II company in 1868 to resist the
draft, and TO have been the grand commander
of the knights of the Golden Circle in Illinois,
n reasonable organization in aid of the south
crn rebellion" Mr. Judd bided his time until
these ISLANDERS were repeated several times in a
responsible paper like the Chicago Tribune,
and then he went for the concern IN libel
suit, which, being an able lawyer, he proceed.
ed to prosecute with his usual vigor The T'ri.
JuHo got alarmed, and beginning to hunt up
the evidence To sustain its charges, found it
had none. And thcreupon Joe Metiill proceeds
To eat humble pic and to confess that the great
Tribune had lied. There was no truth whatever
in the statement that Judd had raised com
pany to resist the draft or that lac ever belong.
ed to the Knights of the Golden Circle, or to
any but the Sons of Liberty, and these, Mr..
Medil conicsscs, neither committed, authoriz.
ed or contemplated any crimes or unlawful
acts against the government of this state or Oh
the United States. Therefore, concludes Mr..
Mcdill, these and 'al other unjust reflections
by the Tribune upon the personal character OF
Mr. Judd are hereby withdrawn" Well. we'll
who'd have thought it?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

The latest sensation IN the upper circles
of England was the marriage of Lord Rose.
berry 10 a daughter OF the Baron de- Rothschild
Among the English snohs generally this is re.
gardcu rs an immense condcsccnsion ON the
part Of his lordShip, for although Miss Roth.
schild can bring dowry that no noble family
IN England can equal, She is objected To ON
the ground that she has no blue blood" in
her vein>--that i, that she can't trace her &c
ncalogy back a few hundred years To some say.
age l'ict or Scot OF Norman who in the bust.
ness OF maraudinc and ,hroatcutting rose Sll.
pcrior TO his fellows But where j. the En-.
glish horsc that can trace its blood with Miss
Rothschild, away back beyond the middle
ages, and the ages Of the Ccsars and Ptolcmics.
and of the llcraclidw and David and Abra.
ham, up to old Noah hlmsclrg An English.
man talk Of blue blood! HinJas dir,v
Lady Roscbcry can discount her husbands
eerulcan by 10 per cent and distance him in
the backward swing four thousand years. The
Jews, in short, 80 far as lineage is concerned.
ARE the nohlest of all EohilitieS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

II Is some year, since Mr.. Paine, OF MaSs.i-
chuseits, we believe, announced that he had
succeeded in making cheap Illuminating gas
out Of pure water; but the invention had pref.
~ much gone out of mind, when recently the
subject was revived by Mr. James Winter. of
New York, who has had charge Of the steam
engine in the Cosmopolitan Hotel, andannounc.
6 thaihe has discovered how 10 make illumi.
n ting gas out Of water, at a triflmg cost A num-
Der of capitalists have become interested in the
matter, and sufficient money has been invested
10 build an experimental machine. Some of
the more sanguine believe that the invention
is bound to revolutionize gasmakins, and pro.
vide a new motive power.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30
THE COLD SNAP.

The first and only frost during the present
month of March occurred hereabouts on Mon
day evening, but was not severe enough to do
any damage, as far as we can learn. The fruit
in most danger now is the peach, but as the
buds were not yet open, they escaped uniniured
Our frost was preceded as it was apparently
all over the country north Of the Ohio river
line from the Rocky mountains to the Atlantic
by thunderstorm. North ofus however, the
thunder was followed by II snow storm. In
Canada it was the heaviest of the winter, over
a foot Of snow falling; through New York and
New England the snow fall was much lighter,
but the thermometer went down to IS and
twenty. Snow also fell in Ohio, Michigan, and
Wisconsin, and the frost extended south as far
rs Egypt. 1t is settled, however, that the fruit
in Michigan and southern Illinois, as well as
through most of OHIO and Indiana, as unin.
jured A slight furry of snow here on Thurs
day morning, however, indicates more cold
weather, and the present splendid show for
fruit all over the country is yet subject to II
great many accidents and contingencies.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30
France,

The United States ship Supply, from New
York, with exhibits for the approaching inter
national exposition at Paris, arrived at Havre,
Saturday.
The cooperation of Germany in the art eX-
hibition is becoming more and more cordial,
and 1t is thought that all the German princes
except Frederick William and Frederick
Charles will visit the exhibition.
The chamber of deputies and senate have
been at hot disagreement during the week
over the point that the senate had restored APP
preparations to the budget bill which the cham
bcrs had stricken out. The chambers deny
the right of the senate to add to the budget.
The dispute is still unsettled.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

United States Senator Dorsey, of Arkansas,
one of the last remains Of carpetbagger sway
IN that state, has got into serious trouble that
may end in his being booted out of the senate
He helped some relatives, il is said, to Fat mail
contracts in Arkansas, and made pretty free
use of certain bonds signed in blank, in viola
ton Of law Like Blaine, however, Mr. Dor.
sey is sand to be fortunate in having brother,
in.law, upon whom he hopes TO be able to sad
dc the inconvenicnt disclosures
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

Mr. ". W. CalkinS an Ottawa raised and
educated man, but now of Chicago, is getting
unto himself quite a name in the scientific
world We find this in a scientific Journal
Mr.. W. w. CalkInS announces in the .lDts"i-
ca. Naturalist that he has to,nd RUt,Ad ctr
fbrdfd ON the Yves, coast of Florida, AT Cedar
KEYS. Ii occurred in shallow water, occupy
Ing dead shells OF H,rc,aIrio MortoHj, also
attached Ia the pretty coral O'RliHd dJHS1
Tho specimens have been submitted To experts
Tor Identification. who find tina: 1t is a Pacific
or Nest Coast shell, not heretofore known To
exist on the eastern coast of North America,
and adds another species to the list common To
both oceans There are a few cruStacea and
fishes known Ia bc common Ia the two shores,
indicating thai in Tertiary times the lsthmus
of Panama lay under the ocean, rs its geologi-
cal structure shows must have been the case.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

Mr. Edison, the inventor of the telephone
and seven other wonders of the world has Just
brought out another wonder which he calls
the aerophone. \ \. \. WORTH reporter has
seen and describes the instrument, but rs the
description is so beclouded in technical terms
as to be unintelligible to any but the scientific
reader, it is sufficient To give what Mr. Edison
claims it will do lie told the reporter that
Placed upon a locomotive, the machine will
raise its voice and announce in giant tones,
that can be heard for miles. Il am engine
Marmadulle, and will stop at Boonton sta
ton" or whatever warning or information 1t
chooses. 1T is quite simple SAID Mr.. Edi-
son, smiling upon the perpleNed reporter,
but if you don't understand ii altogether just
take my word for it that this thing will utter
words which can be heard distinctly four
miles off, and wait patiently for few weeks,
when will demonstrate what | say 70 you
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

win England fight? Why not? She is
certainly getting ready. What has she to fear
from Russia? Though the English army may
be without veterans to cope at once with the
battcscarrcd soldiers of Russia, she has entered
into a close alliance with Turkey and she has
plenty of soldiers that showed themselves man
tor man more than match for the Russians
on many a field. 1t was not want of soldiers,
but money to pay them, that placed Turkey at
a disadvantage with Russia. England has the
money; she has also the iron clads, the amn.u
milton, the provisions and all kinds of SUPPLIES
in abundance; and where the Turks are weak
in numbers she can reinforce them with Eng.
lish reserves. France will keep Germany at
bay, Austria has no will to fight, Servia is con.
tent with what she has, Hungary hates the
Muscovitc, and it will bc-not Russia against
Turkey, but Russia against England and Tur.
key. Who can doubt the issue of such con.
test? Yes, England is in dead earnest now
and means war
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

Anti Tramp vigilance committees have been
organized in some of the western cities, in
view of the swarms which the warm sun of the
spring will soon loosen from their alternating
quarters in Chicago. In Janesville they have
thus early commenced operations, and no Sat,
urday some thirty of these strangers were
gathered into the Inequalities of the jail,
and on Monday set to work breaking stone to
liquidatc the accrued clam against them for
board. If the exodus from the metropolis has
commenced so early it is probable some will
pass this way, and would it not be good plan
tor our city to put them to work breaking
stone to macadamizc some of our maine bust.
ness Streets
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

No painter ever sees his own pictures, no
vocalist hears himsefsing, and no orator knows
how he talks. The monograph, however, over
comes this hitherto impossibility! nilsson,
Kellogg and Carey can have their own bcauti-
full vocalizatlons Photographed and reproduced
with themselves rs auditors, and John A. Lo-
gan may have the modification some day Of
hearing one Of his own stump howls!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

The returning board prosecution at New Or
leans is not ended, it seems, by the decision in
the Anderson case. 1t is said the Wells and
avoid the tcchnicality that Anderson escaped
on, and a conviction of either Of the others can
be made to stick. Gen. Ogden, the attorney
general, is on his high heels and will fight the
case to the bitter end
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

The Ind,peadent, Il new column page pa.
per- to be issued scmi-weekly, comes 10 us
from Morris, published by Piny Crawford and
Kutz. 1t processes to belong TO no political
party, and promises To devote itself mainly
10 the interests Of Grundy county. With the
HeraH and RJomer already there, it looks
ike pretty rash adventure to start a third pa.
per, and that semi-weckly, in town like
Morris
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, iurnishingboth
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 IN this county:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. 81 %
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Tribune. 100
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Inter- ..
Ocean Observation-Disclosures. '''''.''''' =, W.
FREE TRADER and Prairie Farmer. .......:.. 3'oo
FREE TRADER and either of Harpcr's publ
cations. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...'''.'''''' -.
FREE TRADER and !Scrfbmr. ...............' 40
FREE TRADER nd Godeys Ladies Book. 3'W
FREE TRADER and Liue Stock Journal. ....'' o.I2
FREE TRADER and Phrenol0gicat Journal DO
FREE TRADER and 81. Nicholas. ............ so
FREE TRADER and Demoresfs Uontty..... 3.oo
FREE TRADER and Lhtelps Lining Age...... SO
FREE TRADER and Western Rural. .......... no
FREE TRADER and 4Hoore's Rural Mem Yorker $50
All subscriptions as above MUST be strictly
in adrance. Remittances may be made bymon-
ey order or registered letter, by express at the
Sa6npr's cost
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

y note from Herman II. Enoch, Esq, editor
of the Rockford JoUnd', advises Us that he
is II candidate for the democratic nomination
for the office of clerk of the appellate court OF
this district The nomination will probably
be made by the delegates from the district To
the state convention 10 meet on the 1lth rruX
Mr. +. has been county treasurer of Winneba-
90 county for eight years, which, rs Il democrat
in 81 intensely dark a republican region, is
certainly a strong attcstation OF his personal
popularity aud worth and the ability with
which the Rockford JograGl is edited shows
that hc is man of education and part,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Eastern Question.

There is hardly any appreciable change since
our last in the situation on the Eastern ques-
ton. While the publication of the terms of
the treaty of peace seem to leave England with.
out sufficient preteXt for going to war, yet
having taken her staad that all the articles of
the treaty must be submitted to the congress
for ratification, John Bulls obstinacy will not
permit him to recede from that position, es-
pecially since France and Italy say, if England
refuses to participate in the congress on that
ground they must also refuse, as it will be no
congress unless all the signatories of the treaty
of Paris take part in it, 1t is certain that Rus
STA has replied to England's last demand that
she sees no reason to change her former views,
though it is said Count Schouvalotf took the
responsibility to withhold the answer day or
two until he got permission to accompany its
delivery to Lord Derby with some softening
Explanations.
Thus, then, it is about settled that the con
gress will not meet, and what remains is, that
Russia may get the assent of Germany and
Austria to the treaty and then England must
either accept 1t as a fact accomplished, or go
to war. Austria is TO be conciliated by Russia's
agreeing to give up the project of anneXing
Bessaraba, Ignatieff being now at Vienna to
make the proposal England will be without
allies, except that Germany will be held back
from interference by France, while it is pretty
certain that IA close alliance Is about concluded
between England and Turkey
That England is bent on war is further and
almost conclusvely evidenced by the fact that
Lord Derby, thus far the strong tower for peace
in the British cabinet, on Thursday evening
resigned the portfolio of foreign affairs, giving
as his reason that the cabinet had arrived at
certain conclusions of a grave and important
character, in which he was otable to concur"
The grave and important conclusion" referred
TO is explained to be the decision of the cabinet
in view of the failure Of the congress, to call
out the British reserves, which of course can
only portend speedy war.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

this afternoon TO appoint delegates to the dem
ocratic county convention to meet at Ottawa
next Thursday The caucus will be held at the
court house at O'Clock p. m, and of course all
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30
Italy.

The head OF the Jesuits recently proposed to
return to Rome, but the pope received the
proposition very coldly The JesuitS are,
therefore, opposing the pope's general policy.
Cardinal hi Pietro has been appointed pom
titcial camcrengo, not Cardinal Moricinni, as
before stated
A consistory was held at the Vatican on
Thursday. The pope delivered the allocution,
and then nominated the Scotch cpiscopate as
follows; Rt Rev John Strain, ID. d., metro
politan archbishop of st. Andrews at Edin-
burgh; Charles Eyre, archbishop Of Glasgow
Mac Donald bishopof Aberdeen; MacLachian,
bishop of Galloway, and Macdonald, bishop
of Argyle Rev. Rigg is to he bishop of
Dunkeld
His holiness then appointed Father Chatcrd,
rector of the American college at Rome, bishop
of Vincennes, and Father Reeve, bishop of
Richmond He then made the profession OF
faith according to established usage, and took
oath to the apostolic constitution. Finally he
conferred the hat on Cardinal MCClosky, OF
New York, who, after the conSiStory, had a pri-
waite audience with the pope.
The pope in his alocution said the loss ol
temporal power rendered the free exercise OF
spiritual power impossible.
Gen. Grant is still at Rome, and on Thurs
day visited the studios of the American artists.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30
England.

The great walking match in London for
purses amounting to about $3,700, the highest
to receive $4,000, in which there were 30 en-
tries, though but seventeen started, the highest
prize going to the man who walked farthest in
consecutive days, ended on Saturday evening
in the triumph of OLeary, Of Chicago, who
made $50 miles in 130 hours and 10 minutes,
the greatest walking feat on record Vaughan,
his principal opponent, made 800 miles, and
Brown, the next, made Al miles. Only one
other, Ide, continued on the track to the close,
he making 40j miles. 10000 spectators are
said to have witnessed the close of the match.
The British naval training ship, the Fury
dice with some 300 men on board, capsized in
a squal on the south coast Of the Isle of Wight
on Sunday and all but three or four were lost.
The weather throughout England is very
cold and farming operations are impeded. The
grain markets are feverish.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

New Hampshire is stubborn in her Rcpubli.
canism.-.SdHdoich GdzCitc
Just so. Webster says, 1.-THE stubborn man is
unreasonable, and grows more oJstadtc the
more clearly his unreasonablcncsS is exposed"
Yes, the New Hampshire republicans are stub
born"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

The Iowa legislature, previous to it, adjourn
mcnt a few days ago passed Il bill restoring
capital punishment The experiment OF abol
Ishing judicial murder while the other sort
flourished unchecked did not work To the sat.
islaction of anybody but those who deserved
hanging.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

Mendoza does not seem TO be very inviting
field for the temperance retormers. DR. Reyn
oldS, one of the most Successful apostles IN the
red ribbon cause, closed hard weeks labor
there on the 22d, and had succeeded in tying
the ribbon on but 100, and these mostly
of the class that never drink anyhow. The
only way To scare such hard cases aS Mendoza
seems to be largely made up OF into temper
ancc is to place dozen Of well armed soldiers
in every saloon with orders, whenever they see
a man raise a glass OF liquor to his mouth, "to
shoot him on the spot"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

C. ID Trimblc, OF Springfield, is a candidate
for clerk Of the appellate court Fort, L,roa
D,Bs0cTdt.
&. d. Trimblc is clerk OF the supreme court
at Ottawa and never lived At Springfield. lie
has a brother, y. VI. Trimblc, formerly of
Princeton now at Ottawa who would like TO
be- clerk Of the appellate court of this district
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

The new penilenuary at Chester is to be
built largely by labor drawn from the peniten-
tiary at Joliet. Two hundred convictS were
sent on Thursday down to Chester,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30

J. VI. Wallace, Of Sterling, suffering lroa
too much business cares, went to h, barn OH
Thursday of last week, threw one end Of rope
over a raitcr, fastened the other around his
neck and deliberately >tranrlcl himself
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-30
WHISKY TAX.
TAIiIkE,.

Woods tariff bill wa. on Wednesday mad,
The order of the day for April 4th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-21
Eight Miles Under Water.

lg The attempt of Robert, Russell, the
champion diver, to walk eight miles in
five hours, under water, took place On
Long Island Sound Friday, at South
Brother, and Ricker's Island Russell
made the attempt for a wager of 81 900.
At11:30 A. NJ. he put on diving suit
weighing 210 pounds. A boat with
judges, air pumps and lifeline accom-
panied him. He walked sixty five feet
under water over a measured course
sone-sixth of a mile in length, which he
had to traverse forty-eight times. Rus
sell is five feet nine inches in height,
and weighs $50 pounds. He recently
accomplished the same feat at Bridge
port, Conn. He made the first mile in
% minutes, which was 2 minutes ahead
Of time, as his average time was q
minutes to the mile. He made the Sec
ond mile in 80 minutes. On the third,
one Of his stakes under water broke, and
he had to come to the top. IttOok him
81 minutes to make the third mile, hay
ing to stop 10 minutes by the accident.
The fourth was made in AZ minutes, the
fifth mile in 80, the sixth in 20, and on
theseventh he fellagainst a rock and
injured his, hip. He made the eighth
mile in 30 minutes, and finished %
minutes ahead Of time, covering eight
miles in four hours and 81 minutes.
He was completely exhausted at the
nosii4 aaEUeWs
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-21
WASHINGTON.
YELLOW FEVER CURRENCY.


A Washington special of the 18th says
New Orleans and other banks in the
yellow fever sections have sent their
mutilated currency here without being
disinfected. Large quantities arrived
to-day, and the counting of it created
CONSERVATION among the lady counters
in the treasury.
Gen.. Bradley, second-assistant post
master general, says the department is
seriously inconvenieuced from the fact
that the United States mail bags sent
to the yellow fever sections are not re-
turned
'' '''' WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE.
A Chicago Tribune special from Wash
ington under date of Aug. 18th says
members Of the republican state COM
mitteetof Ohio have made formal COM
plant to President Hayes that Post
master Sage, Of Cincinnati, not only re-
turned the circular Of the committee
asking for contribution. for campaign
expenses, but that his letter declining
to contribute was very tart in It's terms.
Extracts from Sage's letters to the COM
mittee were sent to the president.
Washington advices Of Aug. 18th
state that there seems to be no reason
for the assertion that there is anything
startingly new in the Mexican business.
The National Republican had double
loaded editorial this morning predicting
war, but this is not official No new &C
ton will be taken here until new circum-
stances upon the border demand it.
Gen. Ord is to be backed strongly, and
until he acts no new developments can
be expected. He has carte blanche,
however, and has IL in his power by a
vigorous policy to put an end to the
border troubles which have been a
source of dishonorable annoyance for
| twenty-five years. Those who predict
INN ediate trouble say that Gen. Sher-
man will stop at Omaha and 60 to Tex
as, if needed, instead of New Mexico, as
has been publicly stated. but as the
| overt act of marauding must come from
the Mexieans before any new change will
take place. It is not easy to say when
the trouble will begin. Gen Ord has no
orders to cross into Mexico to punish
for past misdeeds, but to wait for the
present. When they come the new
policy ofvigor will be sharply develop
pd r.....--sf b.. -....--r. ..r.... ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-21
Comments of the Press

The Chicago Inter-Ocea1 opens an article OF
considerable length thus:
1t Is refreshing in the midst of time of an
eclipse OF faith POLITICAL to read such article
as Senator Cameron, of Wisconsin, contributes to
the carrent number of the North Anaerican Re
gietf. 1t has the genuine republican ring to it,
and considering the necessary terseness OF such