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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08
HIS ROYAL PROGRESS.

His Majesty Ulysses the First, after HI.
grand reception at San Francisco having visit
ed his loyal subjects on the Pacific coast as fa
north rs Washington territory returned to thu
South and about the Goth ult turned his face
eastward. He left California in a special train
consisting of Pullman palace car several
sleepers and dining car. No special atten
ton was paid him in his progress towards the
rising sun until he reached Laramie, where
there was a big turn out" of Wyomingers, and
a formal reception. The ceremony was re
peated at Cheyenne, OgalaIa Sidney, &c, un
til Nov 1st, when he reached Omaha, where
there was "bIg boom,' consisting of a turn
out of the military and monster procession
moving under street arches, sc. There being
no hotel in the city fit to entertain so royal a
party, they were sent to the soldier barracks
and made the guests OF Gen. Crook Sunday
was passed at Omaha, and IN the morning the
General attended services at the Methodist
church, the parson in his address to the
Throne of Grace" informing the Lord that
"this is no ordinary occasion, because we are
honored by the presence of distinguished
fellowcitizen who has been feted around the
world and now is pleased to worship with u.s."
The boom left Omaha at 0 A. 81 Monday
morning and moved by measured stages across
Iowa, stopping from 10 to 40 minutes at the
principal stations to have a mayoral speech
flung at the great Ulysses and a hurried shak
ing of hands all round Burlington was reach
ed at 10 +. NJ. The town had turned out to
meet the distinguished travellers, and amid a
blaze of torchlights and the clangor of bands,
the roll of drums and booming of canon the
party were escorted to hotel and taken care
of for the night.
Burlington was evacuated on Tuesday morn
ing ut o'clock. The same routine of Is to 40
minutes stoppage at each important station
was observed as the day before with the little
mayoral speeches, handshaking, &c, until the
party reached Mendoza the only incident by
the way out OF the regular routine being that
at the good, loyal city of Gaesburg some ruff
him on the ear. The brute did the act so
adroltly as not to be discovered otherwise he
would have been kicked to death on the spot,
AS he deserved to be.
At Mendoza the royal cortege was met by n
special tram from Chicago, bringing Gov. Cul-
lom, Gov. Smith of Wisconsin, L. b. Wash
burn, John A. Logan, &c, &c. Two or three
thousand people had gathered at the depot rs
the train arrived at 9:20 A. NJ. A procession
was formed and the Grant party were marched
to the Baptist church, where Mayor Hastings
tortured them with speech, to which Grant
made very brief reply. There was delay
of nearly an hour when the two special trains
switched on to the Illinois Central track and
moved out towards Galena arriving at the lat.
ter city 4 O'Clock p. NJ. Here there was an
other as gorgeous reception" as so small
town could be expected to get up, and then for
a few days the great travellers rested. General
Grant is expected to remain quietly at Galena
until next week, when he will resume his trav-
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The most interesting item in the foreign
news of the week relates to the growing com
plicatlons between England and Turkey. The
recent anti-Russian treaty between Germany
and Austria virtually placed them in the cate.
CORY with England against Russia, and left
the last named power in such state OF isola-
ton that it appears to have gone to work to
patch up an alliance with Turkey. OF course
a negotiation of that sort was the most delicate
imaginable, but had proceeded with such sue
cess that the first thing England knew of 1t,
about the whole Turkish cabinet was in the
pay and interest of Russia.
Considering that England had made itself
the especial guardian of Turkey, the discovery
of these Russian intrigues and their success
were looked upon about the same as If Russia
had corrupted Beaconsfed's own cabinet. OF
course England would stand no such nonsense.
Her Minister, Layard, was instructed to de-
mand of the porte not only the removal of the
suspected members of the Turkish cabinet, but
as the Sultan had agreed in the Berlin treaty
10 effect certain important reforms in ASIA, he
WIS also W ucLuduu Tue tuloICtiiitiit W tuosc
reforms; and considering that any serious at
tempt of that sort on the part of the Sultan
would result in his prompt deposition by his
own subjects, this demand on the part OF Eng
land was about equivalent to demand that
he should vacate his throne. The demand of
England was backed by threat of at once or
lering the English fleet to,enter the Bospho
rus OF course Turkey Quailed at these de-
mands, but how the matter will enc is yet I'M
decided.
The English papers continue to speak cheer
fully of the revival of the iron industries and
the favorable effect on other trades and bust
ness
There is serious distress in Southwest Ire
land and the government has been applied to
for and, but without success. Cardinal Man
ming has authorized general subscription !
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08
TUESDAYS RESULT IN THIS COUNTY.

| While the result of the election IN this coun
ty last Tuesday cuts no more figure politically
than thunderstorm on the same day would
political swashbucklers and wouldbe leaders
who strained every nerve to force it into a pc
lincal contest. The simple question was, when
the county has an officer thoroughly tried and
exceptionally faithful aud competent shall he
be dismissed to make room for new and un.
tried man simply to crafty little party ma.
levolcnce and greed? 1t Is a debatable ques.
ton-so debatable that great books have been
written on the subject-whether rnder any
circumstances the voter IS justified in casting
his ballot, to consider any question in making
his choice of candidates except (Which is the
best man ~ superior honesty and fitness being
in all cases Of such supreme Importance as to
override every consideration of mere party
success While we are not prepared to go that
length, we do maintain however, that IN all
cases where political principles or measures Of
vital Importance are not directly involved, so
important is it to have in our public offices
the best men who will give the people their
best service" that it is Sulpable in the voter
to allow party principles to sway his vote in
favor of the inferior man.
The people Of this county, IN voting for the
repeated reelection of Mr.. Raymond during
the last eight years, have been governed by
that high and common sense principle. They
have given party foolishness and bammerism
a rest, and like men of sense in business mat.
tiers, have voted to give the county IN its ser
vice the use of the best and fittest man. Would
that in all our non.politlcal offices, from cor
oner up to Supreme Judge, the same common
sense principle could always be made to gov
ern.
We know all about the depth and potency
Of party prejudice-how it gets into ones
very blood and warps every thought, lnten.
,ified as the feeling is now, and rapidly
growing more so in view Of the approaching
presidential contest, 1t was not strange that
IN Tuesday many estimable republicans
If thorough honesty and good sense-yet al
owed themselves to be swayed by their party
OF the four thousand republl-
AN voters on Tuesday less than thousand
probably had strength enough to break the
,arty CHAINS and vote with an eye single to the
public good. Yet even such a vote was not
'nly great compliment to Mr. Raymond, tor
which he can never feel too grateful, but also
involves a most gratifying assurance to the
'uDlic that in this county at least we are still
bovc the sway Of sheer political bummerlsm
that in this county at least parties can carry
70 elections under the party whip-that voters
re not to be bulldozed into voting for second
ate against first rate men, and that any politi-
al party, If it would succeed, at least in "off
ears" must depend for success solely on ex-
rcising good sense enough to nominate the 4
est men. The millennium in our local poll. ,
cs will have come when the same rule is in.
xoraby enforced IN filling every non.politlcal c
fho" euou in proo,slonti"i years. Il
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

The FREE TRADER SAID last week, IN re-
spouse to abuse IN the Ottawa Republican of
Mr.. Raymond for accommodating people by CIV.
ing them time to pay their taxes that Mr. Cul-
len had himself been so accommodated with
regard to his taxes for 1877" Mr. Cullen
denies, and produces the record to show that
on March 9th, 1877, he paid to r. o. Black
his taxes for "1S7G" Of course that don't
meet the point: the FREE TRADER spoke of
his taxes for 1877, not 1876 and on also refer.
ing to the record finds on Delinquent Book, D.
1906, that Mir Cullen paid his taxes for 1877 to
Mr.. Raymond S3S.S0-June Goth, lS7S-three
months after the publication of the delinquent
list and seven months after they were due I'VE
have no desire to fight the campaign over
again after the election" but why should Mr.
Cullen refer to this matter again unless he
could tell the truth? Is this crookedness get
ting chronics
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

The large and we'll known Chicago Dry
goods house of Setteauer Bros. & Co. suspend
ed payment on Monday. Their liabilities are
placed at $l,,j0,0OO and assets of all kinds a,
sl,70OOOO. They were the third largest dry
goods firm in Chicago, and did business OF
about $GOOO,OO year. Thesuspension seems
TO have caused SO much excitement in New
York as to threaten small panic. The Stct
tauers connection with the dry goods trade of
the metropolis was extensive Twenty of their
heaviest creditors reside there, but none of
them are said to be endangered by the loss.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

\ man named Geo. Shepherd, claiming to
have been one Of Quantrelrs men during the
war and to be well acquainted with the James
boys and the participants in the recent train
robbery near Kansas City, was employed by
The police of that city to assist in capturing
The robbers in question After an absence of
several weeks he returned on Monday TO Kan.
sas City with story that he had been with
The gang, had concocted with them sundry
bold robberies, and finally, when near the In.
dian territory, riding with Jesse James-oth.
ers Of the party being scattered-he suddenly
turned upon James, and telling him "you rob.
bed and murdered my nephew and have been
waiting long for this opportunity for revenge"
turned upon and shot him, James falling
from his horse dead. Shepherd then put spurs
70 his horse and fled for Kansas CITY. Others
OF the party, learning what had happened. fol.
lowed him. Shepherd fired at his pursuers
and hitting the foremost under the arm. storm.
ed him and thus made good his escape
Shepherd arrived in Kansas City IN very di.
lapidated condition, and parts of his story are
proved TO be true, but as no trace OF the body
of Jesse James could be found where he claim.
ed to have dropped him nor any blood marks
The story Of Jesse's death is doubted.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

Now what do you think of yourselves? Our
little political brigadiers of the stalwart label
who organized the recent election campaign in
this county on purely political basis, and
traversed the whole county in person and filled
it with circulars declaring that vote for Ray
mond was equal to vote for a rebel and trai
tor and that his election would be disastrous
republican defeat,-what do you think of the
result9 Have the republicans, after so bolster
GUS fight, really sustained disastrous de.
teat?" Is this result to react fatally on the
party success next fall? Is the republican par.
ty really 600 in the minority in La Sale coun.
ty? Stuff and nonsense. Such talk was no
less nonsense before than it is after the election
Mr.. Raymond got 4,04S votes and Webster 34S9.
Mr. Raymond got about the same vote he got
two years ago and has majority of some 300
over all candidates opposed to him just as he
had two years ago. AT least 500 republicans
voted for him then and as many voted for him
on Tuesday, and next year the same republl.
cans Will vote for the stalwart nominee for the
presidency as they voted for Hayes for congress
a year ago, What a mighty outcome for such
a violent splurge! La Sale county is evident
ly poor practice ground for young political
bummers and bulldOzers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

The .Stredt0r Free Press has changed hands,
Mr. Walter Hoge retiring and Mr. Fornof as
Stunning entire control. The paper is also to be
from a semi-weekly to weekly.
With Mr.. Hoge, we presume, retires the dem
ocratic part of the concern, Mr.. Fornof, the
last we saw of him figuring in politics. having
been IN u convention at Ottawa as a green.
hacker, though we see 1t limited that the paper
hereafter will lean TO the side of republican.
ism. Mr. Hoge, during his brief apprentice.
ship on the Press, developed into political
writer of very respectable ability and no doubt
ere long will loom up in a position better pro.
portioned to his capacity, than running little
one horse patent inside local sheet like the
Press.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

among the Catholic temperance organizations
of Great Britain in aid of the sufferers
Capt Carey, who was with Prince Napoleon
at the time of his death in South Africa, though
acquitted by a court martial of blame In the
matter, finds his position in the army so I'M
pleasant that he has resigned, and proposes to
enter the church.
Heavy SHOWS have fallen IN Scotland, inter
iering in some places with the gathering OF
the harvest
Silver Is steadily advancing IN London, the
latest quotation being 53l2.
Heavy and destructive floods continue to de
vastate Southern Spain,
The Spanish government has about agreed
on measure for the gradual emancipation OF
the slaves IN Cuba.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08
RED RIBBON REPUBLICANIsM.

President Blanchard, of the La Sale Red
Ribbon Club, on the eve of the recent election
prepared and flooded the county with menda-
cious and malicious circulars, charging A. N.
Hoffman and w. X. Lecky, of Ottawa, with
having visited La Sale and starting the sa
looms on Saturday night and running them red
hot till Monday morning for Raymond" These
circulars were printed and circulated every
where on election day and the day previous, to
prejudice Red Ribbon voters against Mr. Ray.
mond. These lying circulars stated that Mr.
Webster was urged to fight the ID with fire,
but refused" This was to influence red rib,
bon voters to support Webster. Two or three
certain republican county officers and prom
inent lawyer of the opposite party, we'll know
that money was freely spent not only in all tho
saloons of La Sale, but in every saloon in the
county, in behalf of Webster.
These circulars were sent broadcast among
the temperance people, by this extra officlous
president of the La Sale Red Ribbon club in
which he was aided by the president Of the
Ottawa Red Ribbon Club, and also by the pres
ident OF the county Red Ribbon organization.
These men thus sought to prejudice voters
of the clubs against Mr.. Raymond whom they
know to be praclcal temperance man, and
total abstainer from intoxicating drinks TO
gain votes for Webster, who is well known to
them to be practical drinkerl
Coming from these persons in their official A.,
capacity, one as the writer and the others asa
endorsers, the distribution of these false Off
clal documents among the clubs and the PEG.
pie was mean attempt to place democratic
Red Ribboners in false position, against
which enter my individual protest.
If this organization is to become mere po-
litical machine, prefer to fight tor sobriety
free from political dictation | cannot atfill-
ate with an organization when it is to be de-
graded into mere wetnurse for the political
abortion or microscopcal protopasm known
rs the Ottawa Young Mems Republican Club.
When any temperance society stoops to poke
Is nose into political squabble, 1t exhibits its
,osterior and invites well given kick, which
10 earnest temperance man should fail to sd.
minister. JIG. ARMSTRONG,
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DIR CLuRRING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the publications furnishing both
at the prices named, postage prepaid, The Of
ser--open to old subscribers or new at any
post olllce IN the County-ls the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE III this county:
yeER TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. 81 .65
rRgg TRADER and Chicago Weekly Tribune. 2,65
TREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Inter-
Octdn ..................... ''.'''''' S'o w.
FREE TRADER and Prai,ie Farmer .......... 300
YRHE TRADER and either Of 1larpcr's publ
gnrg TpApRR and Scyibner. AIS
FREE TRADER and Goieys Latiies Book 80. 300
Free TRADER and Phrenoiogical Journal. 80. 300
Fnpy TnApFR and 81. Nicholns. $50
PRRE TRADER and Dsnoresfs Nonthlv. 375
ppgE TRADER and LitteWs Living Age...... S25
ynrr TKIpEn and Western R,udt ....... 800
YREg TRADER and Noore's Rurdi Nep Yorker 3 80
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

There were heavy SHOWS on Monday in New
England and parts Of New York, the fall vary
ing from eight to twelve inches in depth and
III some localities reaching fifteen inches,
There was fall OF an inch or two at Ottawa
on Sunday morning and for few days the air
was quite winterish, but for the last few days
il has grown mild again, the snow Of course
having disappeared.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

HIS Fraudulency Mr.. Hayes has appointed
the 9Th of November as day Of thanksgiv-
ing and praise "for the benefits received from
a bountitul Providence" About % governors
will now feel IN duty bound to overhaul their
Sunday school lore for suitable religious
phrases with which to decorate similar procla.
nations by way of seconding the old frauds
recommendation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

Bonner, who has been in the habit ofbuying
each troter in turn that makes the fastest time
on record, will now have to add st. Julien to
his stud, The horse was put over the San
Francisco course to crafty Gen. Grant and
made the unprecedented record of 2l24-the
hast preceding best record having been that of
Rarus 213li
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

The streets of Memphis were covered with
Ice on Sunday morning and Yellow Jack took
his leave for the season. There have been no
new cases reported since Monday, and most OF
the old are Convalescent
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08
THAT BIG BUST HUNT.

EDITORS FREE TRADER-I was astonlshed
to see that account IN your paper of Oct. 25th
of Big Fox Hunt up IN Serena, Rutland, &c.
for it is lie from beginning to end In the
first place, the hunt had not been long talked
Of" as the account says. had seen the main
parties to it every week for weeks before and
not one of them ever mentioned to me that
such hunt was IN contemplation Not only
had l seen them but hunted with them. In the
next place, there were no "new recruits to be
initiated that is sheer invention; and an
to meeting beneath the hospitable roof of one
Of the hunters when the hunt was over to ap.
pease the inner man and do justice to the good
things prepared for the OCCASION" nothing
could be more preposterOus, for such thing
was never heard or even thought of.
But the falschood that concerns me par
ticularly and is most barefaced and malicious
going to the grounds IN the fore part of the
light with my dogs and run all the foxes out
of the country Now that is an internal lie
am told Mr.. Hammond, the author of the ly-
ing account in question: is gentleman and
incapable of doing any one gross injustice.
All | have to say is, then, that through the
mendacity and malice of Others he has been
made to father lie of which none but a cow
ard would knowingly be guilty. His informer
| take to be a certain individual recognized
more for the number of acres he owns than for
his good looks or the amount OF brain he car
ricS.
Next the account says | had had an invita-
ton to join this grand hunt. That is another
falsehood. saw the getterup of the hunt a
few days before it came off, but he said moth
ing about the proposed hunt, and SO of course
lid not inrite me to join 1t.
There are a few hunters in these parts that
pretend to be sportsmen and for the past few
years have paid some one to write glowing ac-
counts of every little chase they had even if
but a rabbit chase. 1t is surprising how many
people there are who have more money than
brains. In the past two years have taken part
in fifty fox chases,-having at times as many
as four foxes running at once, but we never
thought it worth printing in the papers. We
never had however, any such Grand Hunts "
as those pictured in the papers, though we
hunted over the same grounds and run the same
foxes
1t may be that there is difference in dogs.
| have heard old hunters say there was great
difference in fox hounds, as some would run
fox half day and not catch or hole him while
others would hole or catch HIM IN twenty-five
7 sd
Il difference in hounds, So there are many
asses in these parts who think they are hunters
and sportsmen; and there are numbskulls with
pencil and pen-asses who think they are men;
but the biggest Jack OF all seems to be the snob
who reports for the fox hunters. j. l.. G..
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08
.JODBING DEPARTMENT.

Our facilities for doing all kinds Of JOB Work. In the va
rtus styles of the art not surpassed In this section anu
We respectfully solicit those wishing anything done III 's
me 70 give us call BY the judIcious and liberal use Of
.,,, ink many mans fortune has been made and the
HsId ia still open Try it,
Orders ny mail promptly attended to.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

els IN the interest Of the big BOOM" giving it
a shaking up first at Chicago, and then pro-
ceeding to indianapolis, Louisville Cincin'
natl &c &c
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-08

Mr. Wolfe, the democratic candidate for sur
veyor, was most numerically slaughtered by
his friends-0tdaod Republican,.
There was no slaughter about it. The dem.
ocrsts were simply consistent in maintaining
that 1t was not political contest and voted for