davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1880-12-31

at. P~""NNs '"'A~ ot"t ''t
sn.s ~ ecst.."uy mos1hiiR: a cars "lhter
wncat, " ears NO. spfiug, 10 cara No.ad do, 10
e"Fa no RFaao !tui Whcnt}: " cars
~: ,e corn. ~ caes hsh mixed, Il cars ro}eoted
W. ~ en'nii - ears "hto oats' !aclt5 NO. .mlxcu.
eA's leJeetets " oa!a); cars No. j barley, D
~. w. uo e., eats 40 10 Us 'aricy} Iosn''
80 ea's. r u iN,uoo ou' !nspcetca olt: o,.ol ba
"r"', rt sHn w soln, lss" "a.s'dM" Dh oof1oy.
a"o l'1"sls FIotuce hinFke1a were gcnolT|ly
Iutet yes1efaay, except anting thc liIst hour;
""a ,'., nau anse.eu. ihelo WIS
.' npl't''s h.'.o "''sn!ess ~ pc sohe On hutstdo
'', aeSs'''.' nl'A tuo h'tons1o" o' Enta many
.ut7 "us '"'HcIy uo'o!ea 10 tho pnllotlnK ~
.t| rutsss VI. tae luHe.4o" y. sc1hos"E. Inc ottcr
'uI"s op"tao.S "o,o "h'cnl,s tho nnfke!s 1or
Ns4'c''uo.is' prepAreu 10 Waoo ~ ~ they ahw
.sso'. rsas, 'neretos, ahn ttaa'R . itto pask mud
,.t.,na -" W. ", Iotesn W.
..'se,.. "es ~. '.sV."po ~ s'rcngtn. wv tho
.,'s,' . ~ 'es' u.! Rtu''i mcro .E. M a"ss
1"seu ~ ~, m,Knal. ~ + ~ IN ~ e'".u tclleI
..as, ~" si-,eWp =. NY ioe re"euary' iMiu
IN. r.' ,a ~ so's s"asF M IMl.sasy mn sa.oi
~ ,.s .'',a ~, on,t tug c'osca W $"o9
s,'.,,s ee".n rsus,'s, sp''ns "n"t cneeu 10
n'kuu'' ~ "':4o sp'os 'An"asS NM 'a1so ior feo-
t..." .a"' wt.Is "neht u"sea ho'.lois HUE
w., .'e ~ sy ~ "sc psu 4"s 'ahuaty
a",s, M,,, .ot saay. onts ea.suu 10 nRher, nj
"."ss. ~. .,'.' at ,' nI 'nsu 1ut Mus' hto "as
.. Sn"a.a W. o',ao e"s.4 n''o e'sso tor ren-
~, ~, ~ n"a 4Ss-o nene!' ~ f!soo loF e1au
Nv Aslu i''tuees' Ana .aM9''o. Tor No. y. hoRs
W.T. ~ s'tona W a.'4 tor lGht anu NJ $'~Hdo
wv toF hehty. tnttle "cre Actifc aud llrtMer,
WIN ~ SUES III s@.oSt"oo. .-...-.....
III tno lfy'9oo'ls market thern was no notc-
Wor'hy caAfRo. Irado WIS !lteIess, nais usually
tne clso d'ts'fls tae week boswceA Christmas 0ud
~" aehrs. ir;ecs were nonl!.'hl'y steady.
n9uce'ies Hot WIN 0H'y u very light Inquiry,
nnt tlu tnsle OF tho rluskot WIS flrm especially
IoF TUG !eaAihR atnplp 'trtIrirs, N0thin9 new
Wns uese'orcd III tno market Tor dairy products.
Dried fruits and fish wcre fnncttro ntsd un-
chanH:tl- Oils wcrc 4cfcraliy dull, eurmn ulUno
displaying '.uy Hetlytty. riE-tron WIS tirul.
Goal 1uct With 4 continued nettve temand nsitl
was stronR. a further Alynlco In rotall pr!cus
Is talkna Of
l.un,hcr remains rnthor quiet. Tho saca havo
fa!ltn III, aud tho tra,to do not expect n,rcll
bsl''css I'LL the january thaw con.cs Thu drug
AMI ctotnteal hosts report lH0dcrAte detna,lt},
with fow aI'ornstona III prices. tho most note.
wnrthy being nn atlvBnrU III ,)lt!uiun Seeds
wcro 'lnlot und trtn, tho offerings continuing
sIanll with Ill improved Inquiry, especially f0r
In .y,nna,hy win .n Has.ar,, "'ru ,,a.to,s a.,;
" ~, -'s"' 49, ~NAo s'"e'e'h '"N' "o'os N'a
suo present seeei7a uro 9therstslS srpzoll, attd
s"taee s,ooF ~ Hnh'tfy' I!hS was st9auy ntift
sat1ole 10 sh'npnis, Whenever rars could hc OH
aM'He"' "ou' usooHl'enfH, una holM were quiet
nAo sases OF eiedai tsss'ss were s'tphtly lAfRnr.
, 1880-12-31
LIVE S'l'OCKt

as]1o uSlA VT
+ CATlhE-ThO llGnand was AZ Actty0 NJ IN either
oftha preceding days Ut tho Hoek. and prtcos quito ~
fnvutablo 10 sucrx. Eurtrnry t0 9eMoru SxEscfAlls
l',o receipts showed ony xaht lnctoaao. They wsro
about lG ulnkIng tulal fir tho axpltc p'rttoa Ut
tho week 0f ALL head, whien II long WY short OF
tlta Asoraac. Irao 0p1nod hrtakiy und Vt a enfl0F
hour than usual. Hn1 coltHMol uulisa un the kuI'-
ply WAS exhausted. Tho tupny was betor than ft'r
xnmu 1Ays pAEL TI1ra largur nn|ah9r Ut cutll0
suited tho wnnta Ut shippers md s'Au1r proper.
tioM than usual ut thu hcaIMwa1 class, Theru wara
nu.n0Faus ss!va Ut tiU4 A lsld keyUFa' at sa7s1uA
Not much ttudinu lions anler tlts though fuW
acsnb lots WsRt NJ LOW ~ taa4l3.A e'caerx Metu In
En,lt1 suully, und siloru wnh gIt,t call for them
thu tuw sie wurs u1AvM NJ iHl lA4tes ltulGhsi.
AHd clnngts buXtlt Ut f:tk9.lhh Hals MGfu w4ntsd
Vt Et!U4A1s pgr l Iba, ~ u qualify. Tha h.aFket
QUOTATIONS..
ExtEo tse1yas-f5Eadea ste0s1, wel4ilh9 lsM
Ciiuteo Hseyss-tims, til. md Wull-iuta,oI
ssoes, wSlaainE W Is I,1ii ss.:......,.,. GoDs,a7s
ns ..x1 S laii Ata0L7s
ina i&a IL i.1N x7s1ls
uutGliGTs' Sl0rk-l'u0r u clln}on Steers AlI
CUaiiuu,, 10 eltlca GuwA suF clty Slaughter,
wplxh&lIH w ~ 14K1 4O41M
blncx Gatllu-Guu4uuh Gutllu, Na!EhnK uu
,nslsi Si ;Ii co;.. is;ss .i @''sA
bu;is md ssaawas stes -. ....,.'...,. i7saan
, 1880-12-31
MINING NEWS.

Gptetal Dt,pateh to 1as Chicago 1ftbunt,
llosTtx, ncp D. -tn lniulng shures tlioro was
quite brlsk movement. Quincy advanced
troul a3A to ASA, hut subsequently fell OH 10
4Ak; pewab!c fsom &,!i to2a; franklin from II
10 lsS; lIuroM from 5.4 tod; Copper Falls IroM
IVA to ltI; Atlautlc Irom IL " Wi. Ceutral
, 1880-12-31
BALTIMORE.
TMtTiMnNE, Ml,. Dgc. n,-kLoUit-i1uti, Heak, and

ia AEri,Ir,sE. ail. Dcc. .n,-FLoUlt-i1u.. Heak, and
unchanged.
unAtS-Whuat-W Western hluher and strin; No. l
W1xterls winter rod. tat nn1 Decouter, tltGii+si
january. a1,lietllEGi Februnty. &L17slli3. A.a1ch
tlEas9eel:1 t"rh-WesIurn higher. but tr,u, Wrst%
era mixed, pt and iIeeanstor. aN{a fur ulli tic lur
iiewi 'lnaHary. Ggs&st19tu; Fc1rHry. 6lc+ Uuts-No
trananctl''n1. ltye quiet ut aScutl.W. 49,,
IlAf-Uncllnnget,
PHnslsi,SB-uuIl md without chanas
HafTTEtt-tulls pEtmu u ehu.co Western packed, IL
0%H; fnit, tsaxie.
t:tit1-Flrn, frc&h. Ts21ac; lined, A1Nc-
.pErNutIEM.-N Naa!nal.
tN1rEH'Es-tnHre ilr,n, lilo carzoos ordinary u
satt. iisGS .: G1;s sugac !iEstl 4 host, 'eta.
FnEnIltTs-'rn lAy!ritall pdr Hieatnor unchanged.
nEEti'rh Ft,Nr. lasD hrlAI w,,uat, u w but GVEn,
sM!rME%Fs- Lent. q, asa bai cArn, none.
sALSs-HhenI, tx. lU but curtl. ". - bu.
, 1880-12-31

Judge Gary yesterday sentenced tho fol-
lowing prlSorersto the I'enltentlary: George
Foster. burglary, three years; .lnl,n Casey,
burglary. two ycars; Dayld Morrison. burg.
iary, one year; Wesley Adams, malicious
mischief, one yeNr. The following wcrD sent
10 the House OF Correction: John Ryan, lar
.tny. four months: Jnmcs' Mccarthy,
larceny. thrun months. a npw trial
wus granted William Schmidt, WHO WIS
found guilty Inst week Of nssnult with III
tent to commit rape UPON l'aul1nn Flctscl,er,
sau well, on Dlvislun street. 'fhn .recag-
llza,lcn nf lsaae Mitchell, charged with
rape. was teelnfttl forfeited.
Judge ltAwGs yesterday sentenced William
FlnMllgHl to t!Mn year In StatG'S Prison for
burglary, anu William Ol.rAry was sent To
the House or Correction for one yenr for rs
sal.lt with fnteht to do bnlly injury. Frank
lIennpssny will nlso sojourn ut thu same ru-
sort lor six ni9it!ls e fur receiving stolen
III thu eases vt Chnres Hare. c|,urscd with
receiving stolen property, n,lA .Jnlnes Wal
den,, fur petit larceny, sel!tcrcu WAS sils-
pended .
Among tho parties Inlictctl yesterday by
the tirn,ul Jury were l.iXZtD Stncilcy. nlus
"hrnnkiyn llll," for thu murder 1T 1sha,A
Williams. proprietor Ut n l0w.tl0Wn Clnrlt
street asHtgnatlnn den, n!M AbrWn. llDbinsDll,
tile l,enrborn street clgnr nlan!ltnct!rcr, for
mythical stock was stared.
Fourteen prisoners WerN turned out Of tho
Ja!! Yesterday by nrtler hf tho Grand Jtry,
whit failed tu find true bills against tiletl>,
Tho GrIntl Jury yesterday >leurtl th[rty-six
cases alu returned slNtGUM true bilis.
, 1880-12-31

#, l.hrts. nrc. sl.-FLal'll-ilu.l ind unchanged.
uHAlS-WEvat Auhet nnd y.o6t M. RID. sa}$f3
1HH&a cnah tsl.k3t<tyso January; slGl}a5tu|H feb-
ruary, s!l&4J tt4N AArrh, tku1}ta .t4 Apts ttuGH
sIay. NJ. do uiu; Nh. 4du. Saie b!d. Eufa hIfhes
As,a llow, els}ku caAh 5s3s1:su Jnnaaryt Hska5>ao
February; a411 AIto alny. ualx hiXhor and slow Ut
:De cnsh, a>sc lid January, ,Ec LID February. Rys
higher Ut ILL, Harley dull 3nl unchanged.
LEAn-uulI, it{t nsked.
AtTrEH-unchanRul.
EuNs-unchnnxeA.
NNthKr-Qllet 1T TILL p ... .,.
1liuviSiDNg- VuFk tlnl at st..75 n8ked. pty 5at
MsuMs H!inAy unchanged. NAeun JUL ut e}f<s N's+
NErEtrFa-F1uut. HUI bflAt WhBnt. 1QO put coEns
y 1AU hui OATS kll1 b0; barleyt lYl&N bu1 ~,
-kltuF, wv bs!ss Hhunt. s9uD pul eos't
, 1880-12-31

Tho following were tho receipts md shipments
OF tue lending articles Of produce Ia this city
during tho twenty -four hours ending " o'clock
Thursday morning. Tho corresponding time
lust ycnr wlts Now Years Day:
, 1880-12-31

II wa. tho splendid jewels woru by Nine.
{lbL!tlnrd, sle WIFI Of u lubAcco laulIutactutGr,
1t a! ut the futler!es, IN 1870. thAt t!rst 9AS0
k4ptl,:on tho Idea of snnkin1 tue tobacet, trade
Stute t31DE01h,ly. It Yields nt,W 10 tho French
n,vpeuulent IN uunuxi pluht ot about t5o'uo,- >
NJ
, 1880-12-31

Thu Hal Ssnrt EnHv Nelrs anys:
We UNDERSTAND TINT the Hon. llltssctl saRc IL
Mt prcernf pshItttinr Il tnilc ur l,rfcps nw r,il-
Ing, ~ cnln!nrrtl viii, lht+e NJ ytnr l,.t,. Wa
III tlut kt,w whether lie Includes Wnl'nsh In 1
list hut Elr ought tn III ~. MIR. s,tgr wntfltt 10
well 10 remember tliat the futuru ls vi mitch
i,nrt' rourern 10 Wnft street thnn tllp pnst. Ac-
cortsnH to Sir; Hngn'H t'acA tho s!neK t,.,,rkct
1T. rMu1. hut It wifi mt ID 50. 1t. l'nuf Is /,
prtNt DIN! moro likely h arli ut III tflAn t drop
otf tu No. tho 4urcs it which large numbers pf
his snnturinR pnals wcrc nlA,a.
The following lE,lrrs. tuken together with tho
closing quotations OF yesterdays business, Will
rive rshnl ilen nj Tho progressive anil ynriI
improvement Of 1,riucs In tho last month;
, 1880-12-31

y. Scllel,lrnp ai,tl John N, ursIn began n
suil yesterday for S1,0oo ngainst Joseph A..
Tanner.
william Dollcrty sued Henry Taylor for
SI,UUJ.
Thu People, fnr tho lisc Of u. r. lloknmp.
commenced n suit IN debt for S10,0 ,003 against
Hurry unrtuiS.
, 1880-12-31
l{Y TELEGRAPH.
NEM 4.Qftif.

NEW YOnK, Dec. W-Goycrnn,cnts strong, n:ij
Il per cent higher for hs. 4Hs, and Is.
lsal'roal bonds strung and active.
State securities dull and Aotul,,ut.
Tho stock market wus characterized by n
bltoyant tono Utmost throughout tho day, uud
prices advanced shnrpy In tho general list. Tho
special fcutarcs were Northwest, st. Paul. Union
Pacific, Wcssert. unton, ard coal shares. Tho
advancc runged Il to vi pur cent, and. with tho
exception Of Michigan Central, which reacted
por cent, tho highest quotations woro current ut
tho close. Western UnIon rose per cent, de-
cttncd . per cent, and closed ut recovery OF
Ia: Ohio preferred ulvancgd per cent, fell otf
bpur cnilt. md recovered . pur ce'lt. The deul-
tnss on tho stock ExchanHc toward tho close
wero larHc. ind characterized by considerable
excitement, tue tone nf speculation hArIng bccu
fnOrc tniDyhtlt fhMn ut uty tI,lu thls week. ftl
the tinMl salea tho RrenteSt hctivIty VIII. III tho
trunk lne and Hrntlyer stocks Anh tho Western
Union. Tho closing quotations OF tho duy IN IL
nutnDer ut lnsttti,crs wGrG tho highest Of tho
year. ScvGl7ll leAtiiuY stoaks sultt rx-tlIylttcul
lii tito lite business, utid. allowing for dividends,
Qllntntiuns ,n,t.la III this WY were higher thu,i
lMfore. Thls was urtlcRlnrfy the cIsu with
ltock island, which continues III nctlyo tlnnln,td
for Investment. Uvcr ST.. ,UW wuro altb.crlbed
to-tuy for tho S75OUu uM bn,ltls nn stock t,rurcu
by WncrlshoIIer i, Co for the building nr tho
,lini, !ne OF tho Mcxtc,ln Natiou4l Hailroal
from the Elty Of Mexico IA Laredo.
lu1,..
, 1880-12-31

The rcntwatcr Lumber Company tietl n
libel yesterday ngalnst Hc Manhattan Fire
Insurance Company to recover 22,o00 iisl,r.
nllce on i tlrce-luurths interest III tic pro.
]elIcr Trader. md another against tic t;ruut
Western INSURANCE. Company to recover
Si n I'll" ysssel ;s sprs a'sak Oh sho llt n
Nas Abandoned.
, 1880-12-31
shuFt Shnm-iI., d 81 Sho1
rihA. tiers. fiturx. etfaft.
1.onsc. part Fn1teu...... t1.E0 tt.tu Ht.Hl f;.O
l)is. 4"J4gti.,.,......... G.th &.I E.su tf.W
Jtttttury, ltitIsB. ...+,..., EM 4LU tE,sD f.7U
EGhrlHry, 1uuHu .,..... H.tr!9sx| 4.10 E.iW G.M

stort r,bs, ncIlsr fehrunty, closed ut HiIatJ.|6.
CuGer!!nnis n.s st tanE sHt @ han,s M II
hEe; Nuen hat,s. xaale nyuTARe, itfHb2l..
itaGun quoted ut 4SIet6c tur shoulders. G{A7c for
short rIbs sta7Ar tur short clcas*, s6&tu for hams
hSl CanvAsed Nild packed. ..s
lfEEF-WHN 1nlet at &1.;dha9f1 for mess, f3.tlIlQQ
for Hxt1a hIosa, and fiauNt lH.CD for haus.
, 1880-12-31

ngnaht rnS n"t particularly ati.ve te ark0t
E"r u iest !leht :,iiinw 1t ?isiia IND iir IL TX.
"a MsMyy "s xi!s9. The n!rrli.aa we're nare ttNn
sGs ssfGK H. w .S n yss 1:;t,a ~, %, rst' ~ s
wnrt tncli!tct! II tho Arrivals itt inv tnles wern
te'i hnn~ t4ln. l!y mum m0tint nit lilo iAs t,;.I
chAIiHctl nwiprA, nhl Thu InEkut tu5ilru tIritt,
, 1880-12-31

rrrrnscr",a liz sai that wlntrr w.,cnt ts
tnvcr hurt by Frt'4nE. untcsa Il Mirrnatrs will,
thnwfnE; nst,. thut tho ErcNtrr part of the wlN-
ter whcnt Ii now cnvcrc,l with snnw, which ,cts
ns blanket. Moreover, the damage from thnw-
Ing II '1tt,cHr1y rs Erent now ns IL ,sctl to bc, III
tho Aud Itlus AynI, when tho S.Irut wns sowi
brth,Arlat. It fa now drilled In. md IL ,nuch
less lnhta tn 'annau thnnt II nrhrcr tho surfner.
IL Ia ton enr1y To lWtI tha wheat 1nsrlsrt un tho
fact ri scyero wuAthor however Il 1tl,ly lc intur
=, III thu arnaun.
1'l,cy nr, now talking atioMt II. ". Rogers, tr..
for President, mud Jamca Van fnwnrcn for sco-
Usu1 fivo, nf thn l,mr,l Ut Trlldo, with X. ".
DnnhauA graduating III tho First Fleo cilnir.
Othors n,ny ITO thought Of. but tho discussion or
tho ali.itnportAnt question. "Mnst wo ao7" iNs
h1therta nvcrshsttlnwctl tho nlilor. Now TINT It
Il apparently srtttcIl, tho Presidential question
Nl1ounl up, and nny Dc expected to 1T tho
great topte fnr to.t!ay. Tho lsoa.l decided
yesterday to htlort tic recommendation uf tho
Committee III regLi1l to tho now lucutlon, tho
yotc bcnH !tsj for, to 1lE) nE,,,ils..
, 1880-12-31
lfI.l.1Y.:l.1a4 ....,.-
S r 'O.CKS y.
norGllf AND s0,n OH CARRIED on MARGIN.
DAY & FIELD,
Melnarfa d: the New YqfQ Stock Exchange
sao La Satto-st.
Al,NEi,T NJ, DAy, EriEs W. FIELD Jll
TILE COURTS.

4 C,ONTE%Tf:l3 SAT4E.
,,,,,, = r,.i,r i,rut :, I'M W.nlnas1ov IN
'A's's ~; lsiei NV! :" ~. ~. 9,'..t,,:. -
thp superior Court n;sa'ist l''o C"niee 1lems
Mutual LEft.lnssiraace Co'nhany, Henry i.
Am",,s,us , t. Evnms IN co,.,t,cl tl,cn 10 Iced
s|t"'A' i..a;,. .s''.'s.,, ~, $500 .t,ni o;,nrt
~ lil,u ees.'n ri"pss' Nv sasS ;,s LILY ao"".
TIC :ol'i "t ocsoprr last Ifacy ~ ilnll ea,ar
lot OF lulnl OIL tic southeast cnr,,er uf Dcar-
horn ouL Nn,,rno s.rcrts ItuiI said tr II
, 1880-12-31


II, tho estate Of Hermann NnMhnlE lIanr-
blee1wr. n!ins Hermann Iiaarh!cchcr, letters
of administration wrre Issued yesterday ia
ArM!l ". ElchenburR, untlcr bon,ls for
Si,NO.
III the rs,ato OF Charles j. IIelslcr, letters
OF guardianship were lssllal to Leotle L.
l.rnll, under bomt fur 81 ,xW
, 1880-12-31

| NlIOUa!.COtS-Wa Was quet and steniy. \ fow lots
rulg furwar, und tho consigned, tnr, II guUted
l to under thu quotations. which asa for the stock Il,
, 1880-12-31

William Friedrich fled a bill yesterday
neal,lst his wife 1,osa OH tile ground Of
lcsertiul,.
, 1880-12-31
1'JIl: CALL.

TIE I--NI4H.
1rnGE nIttMMOSH-N0 curt
lENOE nf.nMiE1T-Su court.
APPELLATE CnENT-NO court.
JuuuE SMlTit-Su court.
JruuE iSTlnSY-So court.
9uiN;E WlLlJ..MsOS- No announcement.
ICDt;E .IAakESDH-SH court,
jrDI1: GAHDSER-Su Gull.
.lCbf;E itth,E1ts--SD c0lrl.
lrnnE slt0As-TAu Wells haLcas corpus case.
lrM,H 1C1Ey-Sn cutlrt.
lUIH;E HAltS1al-Su court.
ItEGE GAHy-sl0ntlAy cail-Sfotipns Tor now
trials and srifrnCta. ...
JUnGEs MttAN Ann ItAwEs-Motp!ay cnll--
Nos &, II. u, lu. ~ u, III, GJi. xo, U3G, Us,
aud ~.
, 1880-12-31

JUDGEMENTS,
SUPERIOR CoulT-JulHlt: Wir.LIAMsox-O, X.
Lapha,,l. 1t uI., Y. El!as I.awltx, 2:jll.N5.
ClIsCr1r COunr-JuDGE siullAv--J. u. Uevcl-
ling, usv. ete, Y. Joseph and T. y. WAdlulgh, eur
ilIsAees, S1l1a.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31

appropriation to improve the Illinois river and
deepen and widen the Illinois and Michigan
canal SO that vessels of Z feet draft may readily
navigate such channels Of communication,
and thus complete the work that nature has so
nearly accomplished of uniting the waters OF
the Mississippi with the great northern lakes.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year;
A. T. Forsythe, Master; j. NJ. Chambers,
Secy.; Geo, Bell, Treas. Mrs. Clara II. Wolfe,
Chaplain; John Odell, Stewards A. Kreider,
Assistant Steward A. T, Strange, Lecturer;
b. Esterly, Gate Keeper; Mrs. Velina Ashley,
Ceres; Mrs. Mary +. Trott. Pomona; Mrs.
Hannah Green, Flora Mary NJ. Meyers, Lady
Assistant Steward.
Executive Committee-G. w. Curtis, f. A.
Giller, j. X. Shaver.
The State Agency at Chicago will be con.
tinued, and the Grange Ne,cS published anoth.
er year. monthly, as heretofore, both under the
control of J. NJ. Chambers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31
IHrERIsr.

The Freeport Bulletin thinks the platform
of the democrats in next falls election for mem
beers of the legislature in this state should be
reduction Of interest to six per cent. "A 10"
rate of interest,"" says the Bulletin, us neces
sity of trade, and every man who seeks an cleo
ton next November should be pledged to vote
for six per cent. rs the rate of interest to be
charged. New York has passed a law of this
character, and why not Illinois" New YORK
has for years had her legal rate OF interest
at or per cent, bot makes no absurd attempt
to change or modify the law of nature in re-
gard to supply and demand, and allows the
rate of interest in the loan market pretty much
to regulate itself as we often see the daily quo
tations in Wall street range from 3 to ~ per
cent, according to the character of the securi-
ties offered, the supply Of money, &c.
There is nothing about which people are so
easily and largely humbugged as this matter
OF interest. For years the standing rate Of in
terest for loans in Illinois had been 10 to II
per cent. but about three years ago money for
investment became so plenty that the papers
were full of advertisements offering millions
on good farm property" or productive city
property" at 6, I and s per cent Then the
legislature fixed the legal rate Of interest in IL
lnois at per cent. and thought they had done
a wonderful thing. But let money once more
become scarce and tight, and see how soon your
per cent. interest law will be torn into shreds,
spit upon, evaded and defed.
The truth Is, the tendency of advancing In
tellgence Is against usury laws at all as a reg
ulator of the open loan market The countries
in which the ordinary rate of interest is lowest
have wiped usury laws from their statute books
as relics of barbarism. Great Britain and
Denmark abolished their usury laws in 1854,
Sweden abolished them in 1866, Norway in
1857, Holland in 1858, Italy in 1866, Belgium
IN 1865, and Russia in 1879 In this country
there are no usury laws in Massachusetts or
Rhode Island, the two greatest manufacturing
states of the country, and very curiously, our
Freeport contemporary must think, In these very
states the current rate Of interest is lower than
in any other state IN the Union, as the current
rate is lower IN all the European nations we
have named as abolshing the usury laws lex
cept possibly Russia than in any of the Euro
pean nations that still cling TO the barbarous
relic
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31
WHAT THE WESTERN DEMOCRATS PRO.
POSE

"What do the Western Democrats propose
asks the New York World assuming that Voor
hces, Beck, Blackburn, &c, are true opponents
of the ideas of the Western Democracy. The
World is for Bayard and proposes to run HIM
on the Bayard resolution as the principal plank
in the Democratic Platform, which of course
Beck and Voorhees, oppose.
Well, the western democracy, while depre
eating any interference at present with the cur
rcncv and content to let well enough alone, are
yet not so hidebound in their opposition to
true JacksOnian currency ideas that they would
vote against Mr., Bayard for proposing to take
from the greenback its legal tender quality
They agree that the issue of legal tender paper
by the government especially in time Of peace
and plenty, is such doubtful stretch OF au.
thority-lndeed is so clearly unconstitution-
al-that they are not unwilling to have the
government currency placed on an equal foot,
ing with all other paper money, to depend for
It's credit on the certainty of its prompt redemp-
ton in coin on presentation
Do Wullc tllt "tStclu Noulu hN" v
lily support Mr. Bayard, if the democratic nom,
inee and would with equal If not greater cheer
iulness support Sanford f. Church or Horatio
Seymour, if either should be the nominee, they
will only do so in consideration that the New
York Democracy shall heal their foolish diff.
fcrences among themselves and give the dem.
ocracy an assurance that they can carry that
state, as well as New Jersey and Connecticut,
for their candidate.
Otherwise very different programme will
have to be adopted. Despairing Of such a cor.
dial union of the discordant elements of the
New York democracy as will insure the cleo
toral vote of that state for the democratic nom.
inee, the western democracy will be compelled
to take the rcins in their own hands. New
York given over to the enemy through the folly
Of her own democracy, the western democracy
will demand q candidate that can carry other
states that will make up for the loss of New
York. Such candidate they believe they can
find in VIM. Ii. English of Indiana David
Davis of Illinois, or Hendricks or Palmer, or
some other strong western man. We believe
with English or Davis we can carry Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, and the Pacific states, and those
will be enough with the south to give us the
president.
So that Mr.. World, is what the Western
Democracy propose. We beg, firstly, of you
Democrats of New York 20 cease making asses
of yourselves and to give us u candidate that
you can elect, If you can't do that, we shall
try to find a candidate Of our own whom ire
can elect.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31

The Aurora Beacon disputes the accuracy of
Judge Leland's recent claim that the Republi.
can Party had It's birth on the first OF August
1854 in Ottawa, citing the fact that "Repub-
lican" state convention assembled at Madison,
Wis, as early as July 1854, and that "Repub-
lican" county convention was held in Kane
county, Ill., Aug. 4th, 1854.
We remember very distinctly the meeting
held in the court house yard in Ottawa in
1854, of which Judge Leland speaks, and st
which he was the principal spokesman; and
we also remember as clearly that Judge Leland,
in that speech, referred to and heartily en-
dorsed-as the meeting also did in Its resolu-
tlens-a movement in Massachusetts in favor
of the organization Of a new party under the
name of Republican. Doubtless the meeting
at Ottawa was one OF the earliest to adopt the
name and it gave the new party tremendous
boost" in this quarter, but it was not the birth
agony of the beast that subsequently devel-
oped into such a monster.