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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

The importation Of gold into this country
for the past month or so has been something
almost phenomenal. The amount actually re-
ceived at New York in the last six weeks has
been about s13,0OO,00O, and Paris dispatch
says that s5,GOO,0O0 Of French gold are on
their way to this country TO pay for grain, so
that our gold importation for eight weeks will
be in the neIghborhood of $4,000, 900, or near
81, 100000 per week. At this rate the impor-
ta,ions for the rest of the year will reach $685.
0OO, 900, and their total amount from the time
the movement began will be upward OF s52,-
OO0,O 600 The movement hitherto has far ex-
ceeded anything ever before known IN the
history of the country, the largest excess of
specie imports over exports in any one year
having been something more than Sl6,0eO,cOO
in 1861 The excess in seven weeks OF this
year will overtop that of theyear 1861 by more
than million dollars.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

The trial Of Henry j. Gully, in kemper
county Miss, last week, for the murder OF
Cornclia Chisholm, resulted, as everybody had
predicted, in a verdict of rot guilty. Such a
verdict was manifes,ly not justified by the evil
dence. which was as clear as human evidence
can easily make 1t, that Gully was guilty His
acauit,al was due, therefore, solely TO the fact
that his family influence and domination IN
the county is so great that no jury could be
found in il who dared to render different
verdict. The fact shows a state of society de
plorable enough, no DOUBT but whether the
general government would therefore be JUST
fed In taking away from Mississippi her state
goyernmcn, and reducing her to the condition
Of conquered province, presents;a very differ
ent question.
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BUNCoMBE BUsTED.-Last fall one Judge
Collier, OF Galloway county, Missouri, offered
himself as a candidate for the Office of probate
judge, and pledged himself if elected to serve
for salary Of 81 200 per year, which is about
onehalf the salary allowed by law. He was
elected, but the attorney general of the state,
being law-abiding man, filed an information
in the nature of quo warranto against the
Judge, and the case went to the supreme court
Of the state. The chief justice declared the
pledge of Judge Collier to be in the nature of
court, held that whether viewed in moral,
political or legal aspect the means of procur-
ing his election was inconsistent with sound
policy and contrary to good morals, and con-
sequently declared the office vacant.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

Whether a purely political outrage OF not
the barbarous atrocity enacted few days ago
at Westervillc, Ohio has at least as much
right to be called political as the shooting OF
Dixon in Mississippi. 1t had Its origin IN ex
actly the same contempt for law and individu
al rights. The town Is temperance strong
hold of the state, yet appears to have had
enough beer drinkers to attract to it vender
of that mild Teutonic beverage. Last sun
day night his house was blown to atoms by
means of powerful explosive deposited in
close proximity TO the room in which he and
his family were sleeping. They escaped will
their lives, but sadly manned and shattered by
the trighiful conclusion. The fanatics may
imagine they have done a good work, -. i
the cause of temperance can be propagatei
only by sucA savage means, 1t must soon los,
cast al least in civilized communities.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20
FOREIGN NEWS.

There is every indication that the British
will have all the war against Afghanistan of {
year ago to fight over again before they car
re.occupy Cabul, Though Yakoob Khan may
adhere to the English, he is little better than
a prisoner in the hands Of his people, the AT
ghans being again substantially united in theii
determination to fight the British. Substanti
ally the same plan OF operations Of year age
must be followed IN the present advance, with
an equal force, with the only difference that
they will now start from the scientific from
tier" saving time to that extent Revolt of the
native troops is the order in all directions, the
latest uprising being at llerat, where the regi
ments mutimed and murdered all their Off
GERS that adhered to the English
While affairs in India are thus full of i'll
omen, the news from South Africa is more
cheerful. Indeed, Gen. Wolsley tclcgraphs
that the Zulu war is at an end, King Cetewayc
having been captured and all his chiefs hav
ing surrendered to the English.
The industrial depression in England con
unues unabated. Indeed, the news from all
quarters relates only to attempts to reduce
wages, strikes, dismissal of operatives, lock
outs, etc The Bedford cotton mills have
closed, throwing 100 operatives out OF work
The Preston spinners have shortened time toe
hours. At Mossley every mill IN the district
will be closed in week. And so on all
around. In the iron districts alone is there a
slight CLEAN of improvement
The grain market continues firm, with prices
advancing Samples of new English wheat
exhibited ia Mark Lane nave been so wretch
cdly poor that the operations there must con
tinue mainly in foreign wheat. T. C. Scott IA
well known high authority in such matters
shows that the surplus in America, Russia and
the East is 505,00O quarters less than the az
grega:c deficiency of Europe so that further
rise in breadstutfs is inevitable.
The discomfort among the tenantry in Ire.
land continues on the increase. ~ Il meeting
of tenants in Mallow last Saturday 10000 per-
sons were present and resolutions were passed
demanding, in view of the distress IN Ireland,
the establishment of system of state relief.
\ large portion OF the Irish harvest has been
urreparably lost, and potatoes have been parti-
ally blighted,
In reference to the French harvest Estenne,
the great agricultural authority says it has
been good IN four departments, fair in twenty
four, poor in forty, and bad in fifteen. This
year the aggregate crop will be ninety million
hectolitres, against ninety.tive last year. This
will make necessary the importation Of five or
six million hectoltres "a hectolitres is about
100 lbs)
Five million dollars of gold were sent from
France during the week to the L. 5. to pay
for grain.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

GEN. GRAST.-The steamer City of Toxic
on which Gen. Grant Is a passenger, 10 expect
ed to arrive at San Francisco on Saturday OF
this week today, though the time of the Pa
cific steamers is so uncertain that her arrival
may be delayed until the next Wednesday
San Francisco, however, is busy making pre-
parations. The sand lots, on which Kesrney
talked of hanging Gen. Grant, instead OF
beng decorated with a galows, will DC occu
pied by battery of guns to fire a salute in his
honor. The streets of San Francisco are to be
gally decorated, anu some 500 soldiers Of the
late war will attend him a. an escort
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

The Chicago Stoch;man of Saturday mentions
one OF the boldest thefts we ever heard of as
having occurred at Shirley, Mclean county,
in this state, on the 18th inst Cattle thieves
entered the pasture Of Mr.. F. NJ. Funk and
drove out fourteen head of steers, proceeding
with them to Normal, where they were loaded
on cars and shipped to Chicago. Mr. Funk
hearing of the theft and the shipment of his
cattle followed them to Chicago by the next
tram and found them in the stock yards but
not yet sold, as they had arrived after business
hours the day before. 1t was not long before
the alleged owner was found, who gave his
name as Amos Strayer and SAID he was from
Harrisburg, Pa He also SAID he had a con-
federate named George Hayden, who was to
have met him in Chicago, but failed to do so.
Strayer was taken back to Mclean county and
lodged in Jail to await trial for his bold
theft
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20
YELLOW FEVER.

There are really some Indications that the
yellow fever scourge at Memphis is subsldlng
The daily average of new cases during the past
week has been but Il against 20 last week, and
the deaths have averaged about seven daily
against u last week.
The appeal Of the Howard Association for
aid from abroad has been answered by another
check for $4,000 from Jay Could, with an in.
timatlon that they are at liberty to draw upon
him at any time for more when necessity i'm
.pells them. The receipts from other quar-
tiers average about $4,000 per day, so that they
are in no danger of falling short.
There has been but one new case at New
Orleans during the week; but there is great
excitement at ConcordIa Miss on account OF
the sudden appearance there, on Monday, of
six malignant cases of yellow fever. Three of
the cases have died and the Towards have sent
nurses, but at latest dates there had been no
moro cases there.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

And still England's woes accumulate! 70
the war in South Africa not yet over and a new
protrscted and expensive war in prospect in
India, is added the misfortune that her new
wheat crop, IN addition to being short by 10
per cent, is found, when brought to market,
to be wretchedly poor in quality. What other
country could have borne up rs Britain has
under the disasters Of the last two years? An
industrial and agricultural depression of I'M
eXampled severity, and banks and great com
mcrcial houses failing by the score yet her
annual revenue is hardly diminished, and
though there is undoubtedly much suffering,
there is no starvation, while almost any other
nation subjected to such trials would long ere
this have been thrown upon the charity of the
world
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

Rev. DIR. Samuel S. Harris, late of st. James
Church, Chicago, was on Wednesday duly
consecrated Bishop OF the Diocese of Eastern
Michigan, at Detroit, in place Of Bishop Nc
Croskey, whose fall, disgrace and resignation
cheated such stir year ago. Bishop VIII.
mer, Of Alabama, acted as consecrating bishop
assisted by the bishops of seven other dioceses
as well as a hundred clergymen from Michi
gan and adjoining states. The sermon on the
occasion was preached BY Bishop Clarkson, o.
Nebraska.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

The one only man in this country who has
now possible chance of being not only big.
ern General Grant" but "bigcrn "A whole
presidential electoral college with an 8 to 7
commission thrown IN, is Congressman the
Rev. De La Matyr of Indiana. The result OF
the recent California election leaves the states,
IN case the election of the next president is
forced into the House of Representatives.
equally balanced--1S to 1S-wih the casting
vote in the hands OF Mr. De La Matyr, the
greenbacker who Swings" the odd vote that
controls Indiana, her congressional delegation
standing 6 republicans to 6 democrats, with
Mr. De La Matyr between them There is,
however, 50 little probability that the next
presidential election will get into the house
that it won't be safe for Mr.. De La Matyr to
commence banking very extensively just yet
on such possibility. The next presidential
election will be square, stsndup fight be-
tween the democrats and republicans. The
greenback diversion may have much to do in
helping one or the other of these parties TO
carry certain states, but nobody but hopeless
idiot has an idea that the grccnbackers or any
other party aside from the democratic or re.
publican, Will carry the electors of a single
state. So one or the other of these parties
must win on the electoral vote, and Mr. De La
Matyrs chances to become what the Creator
certainly never made hIm--a big man-neces
sarily vanish
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

Bob Ingersoll's Liberal League" at Cincin-
natl last Sunday was attended by about 200
delegates, who, beyond some pretty wild
speeches, did no other business than oprovide
for calling a convention in 1880 to consider
the project of making presidential nomina-
ton, and to pass resolution of deep sympa'
thy with NJ. ID. Bennett the man langulshlng
in prison for circulating obscene literature"
through the mail.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

The WIsconsin.State Insane Asylum at Del,
avian was destroyed by fire on Monday morn
ing All the inmates and much loose property
were got out in safety but the building was
totally destroyed. The building had cost the
state $250,00O.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20
nuR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE iRADt J,
with thcfolowing publications. furnishing ~ Do'n
at the prices named, postage prepaid nc VI.
fer-open 10 old subscribers or new at any
post office IN the county-ls inc chhAlh9i
EVER MADE IN this county: .oc-
Eprr TpAprR and Chicago Weekly Times. ~ 10
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Tribune. 100
FARE TRADER and Chicago Weekly inter- . O.,
OC(dyl .............. ..''.. ''''''''' - nn
FRyE TRADER and Prairie Farmer. ......,' o'oo
FREE TRADER and either OF Harpers puO'i- ~.
cations. ............ '''''''
FpPe TRADER and .Scribner. ................ 10
FREE TRADER and Godeys LADIES' Book .'.' 3 3oo
FREE TRADER and Phre.ologicdl Journal. 3'o ~
FRgE TRADER and 81. Nicholas. ...........' 3'D
FREE TRADER and DemoreS's ho"'hsy..'..' 3 80
I, 'En IN ,,,,.,, and Wes,c,, R,lr1i ~ 800
FARE TRADER and Moore Rurat Neto Yorker 800
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

The Kane county fair at Elgin last week,
like that Of Grundy, Kendall and other coun.
ties in the northern part of the state, proved a
financial failure. The Geneva Republican says
:" the show of stock was small, though very
good, and beyond that there was scarcely any.
thing. In point Of numbers in attendance it
was also failure. The old-time fairs of Kane
county have passed away, and the people are
getting sick of these humbugs"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

The New York hotels report an unexampled
briskness of business They find great diff
Guilty in finding room enough for their guests
who are full of business" and seem to have
plenty of money. There is also remarkable
appreciation noted in New York real estate
especially IN business quarters
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

The Penn Hoahtly, a Philadelphia publica
ton of marked literary ability and conserva
tive political views, says that its hope for the
Republican party is in 1.-THE good sense of Gen
Grant" which will prevent him from accept
ing thirdter nomination for the presidency
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

Elgin has decidedly new industry, in the
hands of a Mr.. Soule, who is in his third year
of frog farming He has an acre and quar-
ter devoted to the frog industry. The kind
grown is the "Goslin frog" much larger than
the common sort. Mr.. s. will next season
furnish st. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati
with frogs, and is confident Of success IN the
husiness
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20
foppING DEPARTMENT.

Onr facilities for doing all kinds Of job Work. IN the va
rous STYLES Of the art not surpassed in TINS secuo n
We respectfully solicit those wishing anything u""e " ~
line to give II, a call BY the judicous anu Hp''' 10,
tai, MANI, a mans fortune has been made and the
Hed is still open. Tryit.
Orders BIZ mail promptly attended to-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

tam or oht IL ''o D 81 pp''
Showing still an ant.rcpublcan majority IN
the state of two or three hundred. 1t is thus
manifest, that in spite of the late victory
Maine continues a doubtful state. 1t is cvi.
dent that Blaine can't carry it for the presl-
dency, nor Sherman, nor Conkling, if opposed
by some such candidate as Davis or Hancock,
or Hendricks, whom both the Democrats and
Greenbackers should cordially support.
As to the relative vote Of the Democrats and
Greonbackcrs, the figures, while indicating an
increase Of the Grcenback and a decrease Of
the Democratic vote, only show that more
Democrats voted the Greenpack ticket this
year than last year, while the Republicans who
voted with the Greenbackcrs last year were
driven back into the party fold by the dra
gooning and bulldozing of Blaine and his paid
army of licutenan,s and assistants.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

The New York World, as large u paper a.
the Chicago Tribune, and the ablesi democratic
journal in the country. has reduced iu price
10 cents copy during the pending political
campslgn In New York
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20
MAINE.

The republican victory last week in Maine
was one of those PyrrhIan successes that
are worse than defeats. In spite of the heav
lest campaign work ever done IN the state and
the expenditure of half million of money
largely wrung from the poor clerks in Wash
ington, and the largest vote by 10000 ever poll
ed in the state, Main, that hitherto at every
election but one for twenty years past had been
good for republican majority of from 10000
to 10000 returns a small opposition majority
The complete fOOtlngs are rs follows
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

ing Buffalo was throYn from the track.
This a confined a funeral party from
Dayton, O., bound for Medina, n. Y.
Some Elk or dght persons were injured
severely, among whom was 0. E. Britt,
OF Milwaukee, for many years general
freight agent Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railway. First reports said
Mr.. BIRTHS spine was broken, but later
accounts STATED there was hopes of his
recovery, as his injuries were not as
bad as at tirstsupposed.
AN Atlanta Georgia, telegram of June
23d says the dwelling house OF j. F.
Reynolds, nea Jonesboro, was destroy
ed by fire last night. and in it were
burned his daughter and sister-in-law,
young girls o - and Is years. The
fire originated in their room, which
was locked on the inside. They were
so blinded or b~ewildered that they could
not open the door, although Reynolds,
who had been awakened by the roaring
flames, called to them, and tried to
break the door in. He then went to
save bis wife, and barely succeeded in
getting her out. He was very badly
burned, and il is feared fatally.
SAYS a Karsas City dispatch Of June
25th: Charles l.. Hart and wife died at
3 o'clock this morning. Yesterday
morning Mrs. Hart made q tea of stra-
monium under the impression that 1t
was boneset. The effect of the deadly
herb was noticed almost Immediately.
All that science could do to ave the
lives Of the deceased was done. From
early yesterday morning until the mo-
ment of death eight skilled physicians
labored in vain to restore the I'M
fortunate couple. Mrs. Hart died
twenty minutes before her husband
and both we're in an unconscious
state for hours before death.
Everything known to medical science
was used, including electricity, which
operated favorably for several hours.
By this calamity two little children are
left to the care of grandparents and one
of them at least would have been in
cluded in the death list, but she had
oversight herself and was late at the
breakfast table. The deceased couple
came here five years ago. Hart was
an employee Of Bullene, Moores 4
Emery. His age was 81 and that of
his wife 33.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
FIRES.

The townIof Webster, near Boston,
was visited ty Il $4,000 fire June oath.
The Crescent City Oil-Works at Me-
chanicsville, La, were destroyed oy fire
June Oath. Loss, $4,000.
AN Oconto, Wis, dispatch of June
Odd says one and a half million shin
giles, the property Of the Oconto COM
pany, were burned here this afternoon.
Value, 50, 100; no insurance.
BUFFALO os.L 49,,
the Empire and Marine elevators burn
ed to-day; also, the small dwelling
houses and ice houses adjoining the I'M
completed building were badly dam
aged. Loss, $4,000, mostly insured.
The elevators were not in use, but were
in the elevators association.
THE residence of Mrs. VIM. Lean, of
Ottawa township, Wis, with its furni-
ture and contents, was destroyed by fire
June Oath. 1t is supposed to be the
work Of al intendiary. No insurance.
Two years agoMrs. Leans husband was
strucg by lighting and instantly killed,
the same fab setting fire to a barn
that, with all is contents of grain and
stock, a conumed.
A RENO, N,vada, dispatch of June
24th says the snow-sheds one and a
half miles cas- of Cisco took fire at
1890 O'Clock tbs morning. The east
bound overland train ran through it.
The west-bounc train was detained six
hours. Nine hundred feet of sheds
were burnt. Tie fire is snnnosed to
have been caus'd by tramps.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
G
YELLOW feverwas reported at Lisbon,

YELLOW feverwas reported at Lisbon,
June %.
AT New-Casth-on-Tyne June 23rd
Plaisted, of New York, was badly de-
feated in a privae sculling match by
Nicholson.
IT was reported in Paris June oath
that the Bonaparists had abandoned
their plans for a p~stitution of the En-
pre-.
A MOVEMENT Wis begun in London,
June 23d, to procure. a suitable monu-
ment for the deadPrince Imperial.
QUEEN VICTORIA visited ex-Empress
Eugene June 23l. The ex-Empress had
sufficiently ~recoveed from her recent
blow to attend divine services.
A PARIS dispatcl of June oath says
during the pilgrimage of 10000 Poles
to the miracle worting picture at Cren-
stoSen' htteen pilgrims were killed in a
thunder storm.
Says a Paris dispatch of June 23rd:
If Prince Jerome napoleon or bis son
asplres to the throne the expulsion of
one or both from Fance will be Pro-
posed.
a CORRESPONDENT al Berlin reports
under date OF June 23td that there
were seventeen hlndred and thirty
eontiasrauons in Russia during the
month OF May occasioning a loss of
100000 rubles.
A Berlin dispatch of June Goth, saws
the directors Of the Imperial Bank of
Germany, have passed resolutions de-
caring that an ~inuease of the silver
coinage O German. is impecatively
necessary.
\ Paris dispatch # June oath says
Ferdinand de Lasse,s, in a lecture at
Amiens stated that he first sod of the
ta Fam cana would be turned Jan. l,
lSo9, ana that with 5000 Movies, in-
Guiding some Cainesea and $4,000 Brazil
ian negroes, tile wars would be COM
pleted IN eight years,
FRINGE jerome Bonaparte pub