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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-21

The careful authorities prohibited the sale of
bread until it had been twenty.four hours out
of the oven, that the waste in cutting might
be diminished. When bread was dear work
was often scarce, and the misery endured was
dreadful. And the men explained 1t all by
saying that the country was over-peoplcd
They perversely shut out the boundless sup.
plies Of food which the world was longing to
send them, and then bemoaned the deficiency.
Philosophers specuuted upon methods for re-
stralning the increase of the population and
they looked forward with hopeless desponden.
cy upon the constant growth of the popula
ton for whom already there was not suflicIency
of food. 1t seemed TO many observers as if
nature, like some poor men, was bringing into
the world larger number of children than
she had the means to rear
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 1880.

says:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug 3 1880.
HoM IIUlidm H. ERgiiSh, IadtanaDoiis, I.d
My DEAR Sn-l beg to return to you my
thanks for your letter, and Tor the kind aSsur
anCc Of your remembrance Of our old rela
tons | remember with great interest and
affection all the exciting period of other days
and nothing At the present Is more agreeable
than To find that circumstances have brought
US once more together IN politics.
My relations with public affairs need hard.
ly be referred to- and | do not mention 1t even
now save to explain to you as an old friend
that my great purpose is to do what little
can In the time that is left me to promote the
reconciliation of the sections. 1t seems to me
to be SO monstrous that after seventeen year.
of peace we should still be in the midst of re
CrmlnatiOA and partial war, and that the
party with which | have been identified for
twenty-five years, after having made such a
glorious record, has no prouder boast than to
seek to govern the country by revIving pas
siOnS and prcudlces, of which we ought long
since to have been ashamed.
| was for General Grants nomination for a
third term, believing that although he had
around him some very questionable men, he
had the courage of one conviction at least,
and that was to make all sacrifices to con
vince the south that he had fully forgiven
them, and was anxious to restore them to
prosperity. That failing had supposed that
all personal interest in poli,ics was gone with
me, until my ola friend Hancock, whom
have known longer than Grant, who was born
in Il neighhoring county and whose father
knew, was nominated at Cincinnati for presi.
dent, His action at Gettysburg had so awal
ened my admiration seventeen years ago, that
when came to consider his character forgot
everything but that and his noble efforts for
our common country Allow me to say that
when your name was added to his, my desire
to support him on these general grounds was
greatly strengthened
A great deal of interest is excited about
Indiana and Pennsylvania. It is almost too
much to hope that Pennsylvania Will 90
against Garfield. Here the rings have II
stronghold, and here our people have learned
to submit to the rings, and here holding office
has become Il family inheritance and a sort
OF fashion among politicians who live upon
place. But the acceSsiOns to Hancock and
English are so numerous, the evidence of the
break in the old line is so strong, that | shall
not be surprised ii Pennsylvania goes AS you
and | desire. Always yours,
4 W FppNEy
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JOHN W. FORNEy.
why lie Left the Republicans and supports
Hancock and English.

The following letter, received by Hon Will
liam II. English from his old friend and tor.
mer associate, Col. John W. Forney, Will be
read with general interest. Colonel Forncy
has for many years been one of the most nc
tive and influential republicans in rennsylva.
mia, but like thousands Of honest men in that
party, he thinks the time has come when there
on lit to be a change, and that Hancock and
English ought to be elected. Read what he
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professional GarDs.
n TO r N e Y S.

G. 80 - LIE. Attorney at Law. Ohice with B f.
Lincoln, ~ Ii Sale street, Ottawa illinois, fcb2l 50
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CHARLES II. brush. LoRHSZo LELAND tR
DIR USH X LEILA ID, Attorneys nj Law
~ iOat oIHce bIOck' Ottawa, ILLINOIS. jal3O
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w BlJSHN ELL, Attorney at Law, Ottawa ILL.,
". WIN practice in any of the courts In this state
Close attention paid To COLLECTIONS Conyeyancps carefully
made and abstracts prepared with Notary public
onste west oi court House. Janl,1y
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EDWIN s. LELAND. HIRAM gILneRr
| III "a y ID ~ GILBERT, Attorneys Al Law
~ ONCE in Opera House Block Ottawa, III junl4ig
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II r. TRAIN OR, Attorney at Law Otlce owe
~. OsiIan & Hapcmans Book Store, OTTAWA iii decl
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w, BRGWER, Attorney and Counselor at Law
i. and Notary Public. Rooms No H. u and 49, Opera
House Block, Ottawa, III. ianI19
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nANID "A. COOK Attorney at Law ONCE
- Rooms and Armory woods Block, Ottawa, III
I.clA
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*, y LEWIS. ,....-.- c. y. HOBKRT.
| EWIS * HOBEIST, Attorneys and Colnselors
~ At Law. Opera House Block, Ottawa, H. sepl3 9tf
, 1880-12-05

OPINIONS OF PHILADELPHIA PRES

Evcsy one Who enjoys really good acting In q ro1-
icAlit: coWedS. that Is wholly c1vnu and decent,
Bulletin. ~
-, IS pure and euprenely funny. For three hours
tue 1uh WAS ulroartous"-fhe Inquirer.
tens; the nudfence was kept tn iolT mood The en-
Lire eventuC."-putc Lcd;er.
such combination OF ludicrous situations. laugh
note events and general mixing up 0f persones Us
~lih."-The Kec0rd.
There Is not more rnlrth- provoking play On the
poafus than the 'StFatcgtsts. .-rhe Press.f
MONDAY Dec. II first appearance in Chicago of
the xe1y selehrated bOsroS IDEAL oFERA CO. ln-
E!nar Alice Carrie. Lizzie Burton, Tom Karl. Myron
~ y httney..N. H. Fessenden H c. Barnatec, W.
- Nc1lunald, George ErothiuKhaun. md 4 full Se-
lected ChptuK. ~
, 1880-12-05

The sale Of Seats .riu begin o.. THURSDAY,
Der. ., ut the Isoz- Office Of the Grand, anl at
tie a&sic Store Of Lezris d Ge.ceu, 153 Safest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-15
miscellaneous.

How ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN.-When
Grants second term OF office had expired,
he was Immediately put in training for a
third term by the thugs and thieves, who,
though gorged with toot and swag, still
craved more plumber. He was to be kept
out Of the way for four years. lest he might
jniure himself and them by some indiscreet
word or act. 4 government vessel without
authority of law was placed at his disposal
for a tour round the world. Agents for
the conspirators engineered magnifi-
cent fetes and receptions for HIM in
every capital in Europe. Emperors.
kings, queens, royal leaders and
princcly men, came forward to DO
honor to the most boorish of Americans.
Gorgeous pageants awaited him in Europe,
Asia and Africa. The time of the Chicago
convention drew near, and the 'eld com
mander' must come home, to arouse the
popular enthusiasm to fever heat. He came
with a ship load of presents from crowned
heads and met with such a welcome at San
Francisco, as was never given to the Faith
er of his Country. Cannon doomed, bells
rang, tens of thousands of human voices
cheered, and the whole city was made gay
with flags carrying notices In his praise.
Banquets, revelry, gay professions, smiles
from the fairest of the fair. honor from the
bravest of the brave, the adulation of the
press, the worship of the pulpit!-all these
in bewlldering confusion were given to the
greatest man the world ever saw" Loyal
preachers in loyal prayers thanked Goo
thot He had made such a perfect man as a
model for all generations. The loyal con-
pregations cheered, stamped and yelled,
and in their alteration of the popular hero
forgot Him, who was despised and rejec-
ted OF man." Then came the long journey
Of ten thousand miles of dead head travel,
palace cars put at his disposal, elegant sa-
looms fitted up for him on ocean and river
steamers cities vieing with each other all
along the route North, South, East and
West, in the costliness Of their o%vations and
the extravaganza of their eulOgies of 1.-THE
first captain Of all the ages More money
was spent in these grand demonstrations
than Washington found necessary for the
animal expenses of the Government.
The managers of all these theatrical shows
expect golden opportunities for plumber
under the Empire. But 10! the Chicago
Convention pricked the bubble and the col
lapse has come. A few weeks ago millions
we're ready to bow the knee to the coming
Cesar. and now none 50 Door as to do him
revernce.-By Gen. ID. H. Hill, IN Southern
Home.
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Gen. Grant says he was shown a pelce OF
land in China which had been under %cultiva-
ton every year for 5000 years without de-
terioration of the soil. This result is effec-
ted by returning to the soil everything
taken from it that is not consumed. Here,
then, is the secret of the remarkable rich
ness of Chinese soil.
Net and Pet Woods, of Marion, Ohio,
warned their father that if he took a second
wife they would eSterminate her. He dis
obeyed. The girls armed themselves with
r~evolvers on the night of the marriage,
broke open the door of the bridal chamber,
and fired several shots into the darkness;
They missed their stepmother, however, and
slightly wounded their father.
From a communication in the Raleigh
Ners written by Mrs. Mary b. Clarke, We
notice that Mr.. Richmond Pearson, son Of
the late Chief j Justice, is building a fine Noun
tain hotel in Buncombe county, few a miles
from Asheville. He has commenced the
the laying out of a part of several hundred
acres which is to be planted in blue grass
for the pasturage af blooded stock, with the
Intention of carrying on a dairy farm. Sue
cess to him.
Asheville Citizen: Prof. Wilson, a scient-
iSt of PEI nay.vania, accompanied by a dozen
or more gentlemen from the same State, ar
rived here over the Western North Carolina
Railroad Tuesday evening, on a special
train, having spent the day on the noun
tains. Prof. Wilson and his party are en-
gagged in making scientific observations OF
our country and climate, and will spend a
week or two in this locality. The census
returns of AshevilIe will show a population
OF about 2, 100, nearly equally divided be-
tween the whites and blacks. The popula-
ton of the town in 1870 was fourteen hun
bred and odd, showing an increase during
the ten years of something above ninety per
cents.
A Paris authority on American affairs
tells the following truthful story about an
adventure that befell the dancer, Sangalli:
- - Once when a manageress OF a travel
ling circus In the wild of Ohio. she was sud
denly attacked by a band Of savage Sioux
Indians, led by the redoubtable Sitting
Bull Everybody fed and all was conster-
nation and despair, many persons being
drowned In the tempestuous waves OF the
mighty Amazon. Suddenly this heroine
sprang upon an unsaddled horse, rallied
around her P. 7. Barnum and a few others
81 her employees, and with a revolver IN
nand, attacked and dispersed the murder
GUS red devils. Kansas City rewarded her
Dtn a commemorative medal. and Co:
pu1alobill, of Lieut.-Gen. Sherldan's staff.
Anelt at her feet and offered her his hand
and fortune"
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~ARTICHOzES FO3
I can furnish the Jerusalem Artichokes at 81 60 per
bushel, or s. per barrel. Will yield from SUI 90 l,50
bushels per acre; take bushel to the acre. Cash With
order. MATT AThlNbO0.
sprl3-tf Ashevine. NC.
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RICH AND PETERSBURG
RAILROAD COMPANY

1lIA1lIAeOAAh WA AAAN4
Commencing WEDNESDAY, January 21st, 1879, trains
on this road will run as follows:
LEAVE SOUTH.
12:OO M.-Through Mail, daily, connecting 70
charleston, Savannah, Augusta, aud
Aiken (via charleston, Raleigh, Jack
sonville-parlOr cars to Wilmington
Stops only at Chester and Manchester
1920 A. M.-Lynchburg Express daily Except Sunday
makes close connection at Petersburg
with the Atlanta, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad for Bristol, Chattanooga, Nash
vile, Memphis, Lynchburg, Farmville,
and other local stations on that road,
making same time as by any other line.
Stops at all regular stations.
4:3O P. INSTRUMENTATION train daily except sun
day.. Passengers taking this train will
make close connection at Petersburg for
Norfolk.
1925 P. M.-Through Mail, daily, connecting for We'll
don, Wilmington, Raleigh, charleston,
Savannah. Augusta, columbia, Atlanta,
leans, and all points South and South
west via Charleston. Pullman Sleeping
Car from Washington for Wilmington,
Charleston and the South. Stops only
at Manchester and Chester.
10 100 a. M.-Through Freight Train, daily except Sun
day. with passenger car attached.
LEAVE PETERSBURG r
6:s5 A. M.-rhre9gh Mail, daily, connecting with
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac and chesapeake & Ohio railroads,
for all points North, East and " est,
daily except Sunday. stops at Man
chester and Chester, and at Halfway
and at Drewry's Bluff on Signal.
1925 A. Train daily Except Sun
day.. Stops at sill stations.
7 :o5 p. -Lynchburg Express daily Except Sunday.
Stops at Chester and Manchester.
3:4i +. M.-Through Mail daily, connecting with Rich
mond, fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad for all points East and West.
Also making close connection with the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad for the
Virginia Springs and all points North
and West. This train stops at Man
chester and chester, and at Halfway
and at Drewry's Bluff on signal.
100 P. M.-Freight Train daily Except Sunday with
passenger car attached.
An trains leaving Petersburg will start from the Ap-
pomatox Depot
a. SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAINS leave Richmond at
$40 A. NJ. and 4 :25 p. NJ; leave Petersburg at 80
Am. and 4:25 M. every Sunday.
THEO. n. KLINE, General Superintendent.
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No. /. MAIL leave- Richmond daily. ex-
cept Sunday. for Huntington. Connects
CLOSELY at GOrdonsvi'le for L~ynchburg.
No } EXPRESS runs daily and connects
at Huntington with Steamers for Ports
mouth, Maysville and Cincinnati. Con-
meets closely at Gordonsville for Lynchburg.
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No. 2 MAIL leaves Huntington daily, ex>
cept Saturday. for Richmond. Connects
closely at Gordonsville for Washington.
No. 4 EMPRESS, G. B.. S. & 2. P. Steam~
ers. leaves Cincinnati at 400 p. m. daily.
and is due at Huntington to connect with
No. 4 Express, which runs daily tt Rich
mond. Connects closely at Charlottevii efor
L~ynchburg and Danville. Connects closely
at Gordonsville for Washington.
For Rates. Ticke's. Baggage Checks, &C.,
apply to Railroad Agents. Raleigh, n. {.
CONWAY HOWARD W. M. S DUNN,
G.. p. & T. A. ENG'R & SUPT
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THE SOUTH

WILL BE PUBLISHED IN BALTIMORE
hereafter. One issue will be missed on account of the
change, and a month will be added to every subscrip-
ton date and advertising contract. Exchanges and COR
respondents viii address
THF
Baltimore, Md.
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Raleigh & Augusta Airline R. r.
Company:
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

To take effect at 7 90 a. 10. Monday, May 10Th, 1879.
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RICHMOND, YORK RIVER AND CHESAPEAKE r. X.
f OF TRAINS.
- TAXING EFFECT JANUARY g., 1880.
PASSENGER TRAINS.
3: OO P. NJ. Leave Richmond daily except Sunday CEN
nectin. at West Point on Tuesday, Thurs
day, and Saturday with steamers for all
landings on the York river and for Balti-
more.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAINS. 81
$50 A. NJ. Leave Richmond daily except Sunlayt
10 90 A. NJ. { connecting at West Point. with steamers
for Baltimore on Monday, Tuesday, We'd
nesday, Thursday, and Saturday; with
steamers for New York on Monday, Med
nesday, and Friday; with steamers for
Providence and Boston on Tuesday and
Friday.
PASSENGER TRAINS.
0 100 A. NJ. Arrive at Richmond daily except Sunday
connecting at West Point tuesday, Thurs
day, and Saturday with steamers from
Baltimore.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAINS.
1855 p. NJ. Arrive at Richmond daily except sunday
500 p NJ. / connecting at West Point with steamers
from Baltimore, New York, Providence,
and Boston,
No transfer of freight at Richmond to or from south
ern points Cars run through between Atlanta and
West Point.
Careful handling and dispatch, with Lowest rates,
guaranteed.
Through bills OF Ia ling, with guaranteed rates, is
sued TO all northern aud western points.
For information, apply at Office of the company,
Twenty-third and Dock-streets, Richmond, Va.
feb 19tf n. I. DOUGLAS, superintendent.
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re4ram.1 Unr.no, &c. CARDS. name !: ,oe q Aa.~d o.ra,sn
~ 800 iOaL NEutou RrA Chnnnvlk. Conn.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-10-21
General HancOck's Pledge.

General Hancock, as candidate of the
Democratic party, declares that he will
oppose the payment of rebel claims, and
maintain the principle that disloyalty
cannot be recompensed for its own
wrong.
The Democratic party, the sponsor
of General Hancock, declares that a
free ballot is the right preservative of
all rights, and that it will maintain that
principle inviolate in every part of the
Union.
1t is only few months since the
party made this declaration in its Ma
tional platform; but since then we have
seen the Fright" tramped under foot
in Alabama without n word of protest
or an effort to preserve it by those who
made the declaration; and the world
takes notice of the fact that, by a denial
of that same right, it is proposed to
carry the whole South for Hancock and
the Democratic ticket.
The letter of the Democratic nomi-
nee regarding these Southern claims is
couched in vigorous language, an
nounces a wholesome principle, and is
q gratifying document to read; but the
candidate must mean more than the
party he upholds, and his professions
and promises must be much more sim
cere than theirs, or this promise to veto
Southern claims is a very worthless bit
of rhetoric, having no practical value
as security againsG the encroachmcuts
of hungry party flushed and encour-
aged by a great victory.
That General Hancock does not COM
prehend the gravity of this claim busi-
neas n evident from the manner In
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Hooker and Chalmers, of Mississippi;
Messrs. Lay, Clark. Hatch and Buck
ner, of Missouri; Messrs. Scales, Arm
field and Vance, of North Carolina;
Messrs. Richardson, Aiken, Evans and
Tillman, of South Carolina; Messrs.
House. Whitthorne, Atkins and Simon
ton, of Tenn; Messrs. Culberson and
Jones, of Texas; Messrs. Beale, Cabell,
Hunton and Richmond, of Virginia.
These gentlemen all did their level best
to destroy the Government by arms,
and, having failed in that, are now
trying to obtain control of it through
the Democratic party. They will all
vote as they shot. They can hardly be
blamed. They were educated to hate
Northern ideas and Northern civiliza-
ton, and to believe that Southern ideas
and Southern interests should rule the
country. This was what they fought
for during the war, and what they have
iabored and intrigued for since. They
know perfectly well that the election Of
Hancock and English will be a Southern
triumph, and that in such an event, the
South will rule the North. Hence they
are consistent in voting as they shot,
I73di0ndpOliS Journal.
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Entertaining Relatives During the Fair.

A gentleman rushed into this office
yesterday afternoon with a hunted and
despairing look about him which at
tracted general attention.
"What 1 want to KNOW" he ejacu-
lated, "is, how many and what degrees
of kindred am in duty bound TO lodge
and entertain during Fair week. 1
have made arrangementslo looking to the
safe bestowal Of my relations. my
wife's, several friends of my father and
grandfather, six ladies that knew my
deceased mother-in-law when she was
q girl, and two dozen fellows that
claimed to have gone to the same col
lege with me. though the fact that
ever went to such a place is new one
on me. Having done this much be-
gan to feel that the returns were all in,
when a fellow whom 1 never saw be-
fore rang me up about $3.50 this morn
ing with a sincerity that was most cap
tivating. He proceeded to explain that
his sister had been my mother-in-law's s
cook when 1 was visiting there some
time ago; that he had come to town
pretty short of money, and that he
knew that if he found me everything
would be all right. Now, where in the
world is this thing going to stop. and
what am l going to do with this new
found relation ?"
The case was taken under advisement,
a solemn session of the wise men of the
Office was held, and the applicant for
information is hereby informed that If
he has not capital enough to go into the
hotel business, and never had a coach
man who has married somebody's
daughter and retired on an independ-
ence. that he had better give his would
be guest a note to the family plumber, to
whom he is probably indebted in other
ways. and who will not mind showing
this mark of affection.-St. Louis Globe
De,uocr0k
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FAILURE.

Long ago you said to me, Sweet:
A glorious kingdom before you lies"
You pointed Il out To my willing fect;
You lighted the way with your loving eyes
Many the triumphs the years have brought
Keen the pleasures. but keener the pain;.
stand by your side In the realm OF thought,
And ask myself, Is it loss or gain2
You give to me honor and trust know;
But you think with regret of my simple ways,
My fond unwisdom of long ago.
Though 1 speak with the wisdom OF God and
men,
cThis is the bitter that spoils my sweet,
i know full well that never again
Can quicken your pulse by q single beat
You arc not to blame-there is naught to be
said;
Ever by fate is our planning crost
did the best that could, love-led,
Forthe sake of winning what have lost.
-CdriOttd Perry.