The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-17
From Mendoza,

MENDOZA, July 1.-THE enthusiasm OF the
Hancock BOYS has not abated one iota, bat con-
tlnucs to boom daily. The numerous recruits
that are rallying around the Hancock stand
ard surprises the most sanguine expectations
of the democrats. Already we have over 300
voters enrolled and expect to swell the number
to four hundred. Last Tuesday evening the
democrats convened at POOLS Hall and organ
lied Hancock club. NJ. A. Mickey, our ex
mayor, was elected president Mr. Mickey
was formerly IA republican, but like all other
men Of intelligence he asserted his indepen
dence of the rotten hulk called the republican
party, and to-day we find him leading and
staunch supporter of Gen. Hancock. Some
of the republicans have been barking at HIM
like parcel of dogs, but they have discover
ed, to their great chagrin, that he possesses too
much logic and intelligence for them, and are
returning quietly to their kennels. "A Splen-
did Republican Club Organized in Mendoza"
is the way the Reporter puts it in speaking of
the crowd of about fifty or sixty that congre-
gated at Washington Hall last Thursday even
ing to organize Garfield club Both of the
republican papers did some LOUD advertising
in calling for a meeting Tuesday" evening,
but the affair proved g complete tizzle. There
were about enough present to fill half OF the
offices, so they failed to effect an organization,
and concluded to try it again. Accordingly
the city was literally flooded with posters an
nounclng meeting for Thursday evening the
Sth of July. On the afternoon of the Sth
Frcnch's Military Band paraded the street to
work up sentiment for the Garfield men. But
Notwithstanding all their efforts they succeed
ed in enticlng only about fifty or sixty men
into Washington Hall, where they organized
their Garfield club, with 5. S. Chlds rs prc3i-
dent. The township central committee had
been canvassing the alleys and by ways and
succeeded in obtaining the names of about
sixty Garfield men, which, added to the names
of the fifty citizens who attended the meeting,
gave their club a membership of about 10.
They have since increased to 1877 Among
their number Is Mr.. Harris citizen of Neb.,
VIM. Woods, a citizen of Lee, and a fellow
named McGalliard, from Ohio, who is here
counting one of our numerous marriagcable
blondes; so you will observe they are hard up
for material
l.. b. Croker is worse. HIS pulse is very
irregular. That assessment of $500 as con
tribution fund for civil service reform has
shattered his nervous system so badly that il
is hardly possible he will survive the shock.
If he survives until next March 1t is quite
probable that he will resign the laborious pc
sition of L. ). Internal Revenue Collector, and
in the most unpatriotic manner refuse TO serve
his dear country any longer
Prof. McGregor has severed his connection
with the Mendoza school, of which he has
hppn nrincinal for eight wears and goes Ia |. "A
Sale TO supcrintend the schools at that place.
We congratulate the citizens of La Sale for
having secured the services of so competent
an educator. JUNIUs
A grandchild of General Hancock, four
months of age, died from the effects of the heat
in New York, on Monday. One hundred 9th,
er fatalities from the same cause were reported