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The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

Gen. Grant, at last accounts, was in New
Mexico, making daily excursions among the
mines and placers around Santa Fe and return
ing in the evening to that city. From Santa
Fe the party will go to Albuquerque, and
from there they will go to Colorado Springs.
The general appears to view politics just now
with some disgust, and it is not certain that he
will even get back to Illinois in time to vote
He SAYS he was misled by his friends as to his
trength before the Chicago convention, ana
if he had known that he was in minority
he would never have permitted his name
to be mentioned there. As to hancock, he
SAYS the democrats in nominating him had Tor
once hit the nail on the head, and that their
chances of success were excellent. He has nc
unklnd words for Garfield, but expresses the
opinion that he has rather too many volumes
of congressional debates behind HIM to make
a smooth and successful canvass.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

Politics seem to be warming up" down in
Iroquois. A week ago the republicans OF
Watseka painted a shirt red and inscribed on
one side Of it Hancock Murdered! 4" and on
the other Hancock's Shirt" and then in O
public place they hung the bloody emblem on
a cross. The next day some Union soldiers
dug hole, put the bloody shirt into it, and
over ii raised liberty pole, on which they
unfurled the Hancock and English banner,
and ratified their nomination with speeches,
music and the greatest enthusiasm.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17
GARFIELD ACCEPTS.

Gen. Garfield's letter of acceptance appeared
in the papers on last Tuesday morning. 1t
is of moderate length, and as it consists OF
little beyond a repetition of the meaningless
platitudes of the Chicago platform, it general
ly satisfies his party. The General starts out
with the usual republican formula that "thls
is Nation" with big NJ as if some other
party denied the universally accepted truism,
and asserts, what again none assert more
strongly than the democrats, that every elector
in the Nation" should be permitted to cast
his vote without intimidation, (only he don't
say, as the democrats do, by government bay
onets as we'll as bulldozers). He approves the
part of the platform touching popular educa-
ton, free from sectarlan influence" Intending
dig at the Catholics, but whom it don't hIt)
Icongratulates the people on the resumption OF
specie payment and the decrease of the public
debt; forgots to say anything about the dol
lar of our daddles;" thinks moderately pro
tectlve tariff good thing, and favors-ln IN this
matter going outside of the platform-the
keeping up of the levees on the Mississippi
river at the national expense. lie also at
tempts to strengthen the wlshy washy express
ion of his party platform on the subject OF
Chinese immigration, going back on his own
record so far as to favor legislation to decrease
the heather irruption. The most notable and
only really significant point in the whole let
Ter is his flat repudiation of the Hayes civil
service reform humbuggery by the announce
ment that should he (Gartield) be elected presl
dent, instead of being guided by any competi
tive examination tomfoolery or promotion IN
the civil service for merit or by gradation, he
will allow the republican senators and repre-
sentatlvcs largely to control IN the selection OF
public officers.
The letter is of course criticised by the hon
est evil service reformers in the party who
don't like the idea OF members of congress
distributing the spols; the western free trade
republicans think he might have been les:
emphatic in his expressions in favor OF pro
lection; the eastern gold-standard people think
/ he might have said something against the fur
ther coinage of the gold dollar; and the bloody
shirt bigots are of course Mortified at the ide'
of wasting money on Mississippi levee'
south of Mason and Dixon's line. Upon tht
whole, however, there is no denying that the
letter is a fair reflex of the party platform as
well as of the party's general aspirations.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

The Ottawa Free I'rdder is becoming more
and more reckless III its campaign talk, and
says that Oakcs Ames produced Garlicld'S re-
celpts for money paid on credit mobilier stock
This is broad talsehood and statements OF
that sort will do the Free Trdder'S cause good
only among the most ignorant of its readers
The well informed it will disgust.---AUrOrd
Beacon.
The FREE TRADER spoke OF j. W. Patter.
sons receipts, though Ames also produced a
memorandum showing that he had paid Gar
field 1929 in cash besides paying 81 600 for
him for credit mobiller stock and Mr. Gar
field never denied receiving the $329 though
after the exposure he wanted Ames TO peIjure
himself and swear it was loan
The whole story was beautifully told by the
Cincinnati COmme,rial, staunch republican
paper, in an editorial in March 1878, and as
we cannot hope to improve on it we beg to
copy it for the BedcOn's benefit:
after Ames had testified the second time
as to the gallt of Garfield, fixing ii upon him
clearly and WQmistdku6ly, the general at once
notified them that he would come before them
and refute the vile ISLANDERS that the menda
cious man from Massachusetts had poured out
against him. The day and The hour came, but
simultaneously came not Garfield. He had
heard that Ames (who was then reluctantly
producing the receipts that Patterson had
signed) had in his possession other such docu
ments to prove the correctness of his testimony
in respect to others, and the gallant general
whose flashing blade was wont to CLEAN down
the line in the CORY days of the past decade
found that to stay away was prudent, and h(
never appeared. The complacent committee
forbore to question Ames further as to Gar
fields statement and his own, and the papers
were consequently never produced"
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

BEECHER is nothing If not sensational. On
the 4th of July he made very remarkable
speech, IN which he was reported, at least, as
saying that the Bible is not to be swallowed
whole, but slfted; that the story of the Fall OF
Man is gigantic lle;" that he doesn't accept
the Mosaic economy or the theory OF the
Atonement accepted by the orthodox brethren
and that the notion that men must do certain
things under penalty of being destroyed should
be "tramped under FOOT" The speech being
allowed to have its run and to be talked about
for week Beecher again took up the theme
last Sunday evening, when he denied or went
back on" most of his former statements and
made an elaborate profession of his faith, TAX.
ing for his heads the inspiration o.. the Bible
the sinfuness of man; the necessity of con-
version; the nature of the Trinity; the ques'
ton of the Atonemcnt; the doctrine of future
punishment, etc, giving in short condensa
ton of the entire system Of Christian theology
IN one hours discourse, in answer to what be
called "press proclamation that he had
abandoned the faith OF his fathers and
espoused infdel views. Having thus set him.
self right, he announced to his congregation
that after next Sunday he should take his
usual three months vacation in the White
Mountains
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OTTAWA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY, JULY H. 1880.

faced lot these Hayeses, and Fosters and Gar
fields. There is nothing square or manly about
them. They are all great professors of morals
and that sort of thing. They don't swear;
they drink ;her whisky out of oranges, and
they talk like eXhorters." In short the
present Ohio man, in Conklng's estimation,
is born hypocrite, and he hates hypocrites.
And his friends concludes: "lf was Roscoe
Conkling I'd rather be the head of power
ful minority in the senate, and take my chances
with president like Hancock, than to be the
tail end of another Ohio administration.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

The republicans convention of the Peoria
district last week, after most
exciting session and large number of ballots,
nominated a Galesburg note broker named
Lewis for congress, over Emery, of the 7rdn-
script, whom Peoria county ardently supported.
Not little plqued over their defeat, the vex-
alton of the Peoria republicans was changed
to indignation and disgust, when Mr. Lewis
took the stand and after thanking the conven-
ton tor his nomination told them he should,
if elected, esteem it a great honor to represent
the wealth, intelligence and aristocracy of the
Ninth Congressional District" 1t is conced-
ed that the speech will cost him thousand
votes, and that the Peoria district will be very
likely to send man to congress to represent
the whole people, and not one exclusively to
represent its wealth and aristocracy in congress
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17
GETTING INTO LINE.

On Saturday of last week the Hon. VIM. II.
English, democratic candidate for the vice
presidency, arrived in New York, with view,
on the following Monday, to meet the Demo.
cratic National Committee as we'll as commit.
tee of the Cine innatl convention, and in COM
pany with them to pay his respects to General
Hancock. On Monday the National Commit,
tee met and organized by reclcctng the Hon.
w. III. Barnum, of Connecticut, chairman and
f. o. Prince, of Boston, secretary, Then the
members of the committee, IN company with
the commtte appointed by the Cincinnati
convention, proceeded to Governors Island to
officially notify Gen Hancock and Mr.. Eng
lish of their nomination. Gen. Stockton was
the spokesman of the party, the candidates re-
plying briefly, both promising, however, in a
very short time to prepare and send the COM
mitee tor publication formal letters of ac.
CeptanCe.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

go Oil Company" of which he claimed to be
the chief manager and proprietor. A number
of people took stock but none of them ever
realized cent on the investment and when
the thing was sifted to the bottom 1t was
found to be wicked swindle. Brother or
foot, Brother Stoughtop, Brother John V. Far
well, and others of that class figure in the his
tory, and all of them appear to agree that the
pious brother from Ohio, IN this little affair
ut least, had played the part of an arrant fraud,
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

OF the famous Grant trlumvirate, Conkllng,
Cameron and Logan, the last alone seems 10
have recovered sufficiently from the strain OF
the effort to pull the old man through to be
able to take part In the contest in favor of
Garfield Cameron's health is SO seriously
impaired that he will need the whole summer
at the White Sulphur Springs in Virginia for
recuperation, while Conking has about con-
cluded that his health will require HIM to
spend the summer in Europe. Anyhow
whether he concludes on that or to have ma
larial fever he will take no active part in the
campaign. A putative Albany friend OF his
says his dislike OF Garfield dates back some
time aud reports him as saying: They raise
different breed of men in Ohio now from
the generation to which Chase and Wade be-
onged. They are sEifty, shallow, double
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

FoREIGN-The British parliament is main
ly occupied with Irish affairs, and Mr.. CLAD
stone finds them to involve enough difficulties
to tax his utmost address and ingenuity to
handle them. Already break up Of the cabl.
net on account of them is threatened, the mar
quls of Lansdowne, under secretary for India,
having resigned because he Is unable to con-
cur with the rest of the ministry in their pro-
posed legislation for Ireland. The marquis
being himself heavy landholder in Ireland,
and one of the kind that always squeezed his
tenants to the last limit, his opposition to a
measure intended to ameliorate the condition
Of the tenantry was natural, and his resigna-
ton therefore attracts little attention. The
proposed legislation Is that tenants shall not
be evicted for non-payment of rent without
compensation, etc, and appropriating money
for the future relief of actual distress in the
island. The bill is unsatisfactory to Parnell
and most of the Irish home rulers and land
reformers, as not going far enough, who there
fore join the tories in opposing it, so that there
is great doubt whether Gladstone will be able
to get it through parliament
Accounts agree that while acute distress
still exists IN many parts Of Ireland, the area
of the famine has largely diminished. No
further contributions from America will be
needed beyond funds already raised, which,
however, should be forwarded without delay
Both famine and famine fever are raging in
the county Mayo; but early potatoes are rpen-
ing, and in a month the northwest crops,
which are good, will be ripe, when it Is hoped
the distress will cease.
While crop prospects in England and
France are by no means discouraging, the
English and French stocks of grain are ey-
haustcd, and a large importation has set in,
chiefly from America, Russia having prohlb.
lted the expectation of grain for the present.
Sales on Monday, in spite of the heavy arri.
vals were readily made at an advance of
shilling on the previous week, and prices
tended upward. Sales on Monday were made
at ABS 3D. against 43s. 4d. for the same grade
of wheat year ago. Maze and oats are also
in demand at higher prices.
A frightful collery explosion occurred on
Thursday at the South Wales Colliery Co.'S
new pit, six miles from Newport. At least
200 men were in the pit at the time of whom
not one will probably come out alive. AT last
accounts but hree bodies had been recovered.
France on Wednesday celebrated, amid grea
pomp and rejoicing, the anniversary of the de-
struction of the Bastle which to republican
France Is regarded about in the same light as
the 4th Of July in America. The day was all
the more joyous because the festivities were
participated in by several thousand commun-
lists who had just been amnestied and returned
from abroad after from five to ten years of
punishment.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

The Democrats of La Sale county are request
ed to meet at their usual places OF holding town
caucusscs in their respective townships on Satir-
day, the 7th day Of August 4. d, loso, at lhe
ferent time and place be appointed by township
committees), to appoint delegates to attend a
county convention to be held at the county Court
House in Ottawa, on Thursday, the 18th day OF
August, A. D. 1880, at 2 O'Clock r. NJ. OF said DAY,
for the purpose OF nominating S pG'h1eraUe a%dsia
states attorney, recorder, coroner and rep
resentatives to the state legislature, and also
for the purpose Of selecting delegates to repre-
sent La Sale county at the congressional conyen,
ton of this, seventh, district when called, ana
to transact such other business as may be deemed
onpropriate for the good of the party.
The several towns will be entitled to the ioi-
lowing number of delegates respectively:
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

The by no means brilliant outlook for the
growing crops in Europe, with the complete
exhaustion of the stock of old wheat has raised
prices somewhat at all the leading European
ports and stimulated renewed enormous
export from this country. During the month
of June 13,67G,OOO bushels of grain were
shipped from New York. This exceeds by
5,OOO, 900 bushels the largest monthly shipment
ever made from that port. The shipments for
this month, 1t Is expected, will reach $4,000,
600. The effect has already been, in spite of
our heavy importation of foreign manufac-
lures to bring down foreign exchange to a
point that gold importation must soon be re-
newed.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

"The defeat of Garfield, which seems newt
able" remarks a cotemporary, "will carry with
it a lesson and a warning to all young Amerl'
cans who are looking forward to political
career. 1t will admonish them that no wash
has vet been invented which will take the
spots out OF public mans record or cleanse
his hands of the stain of bribe."
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

A Rockford parson, the Rev. Mead Holmes,
has made the discovery that James a. Garfield
is gift" of divine providence to the repub.
lican party The Journal has no doubt, how
ever, when Mr. Garfelds attention is called
to the matter, he will promptly correct brother
Holmes by assuring him that like Oakes
Ames, he is mistaken. He Is not gift" but
a ulnnn ~
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

The Hon E. JOY Morris, prominent re-
publican politician of Philadelphia, having
frequently represented that city in congress,
and served as United States Minister TO Con-
stantinople during the administration of Presi-
dent Lincoln, heartily seconds his old friend
John W. Forney IN proclaiming his purpose
to support for the presidency Pennsylvania's
distinguished son and hero, Gen. Hancock.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

The first case Of yellow fever this summer
made its appearance at New Orleans on Mon
day, the victim beng young seaman who
had arrived on vessel from Rio de Janicro
The ship and the remainder OF her crew were
Immediately sent back to the qrarantnc
u.atipn
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

Gen. John b. lIawley, late assistant sccre.
tary of the treasury, and Hon. James X. Ed
sail, attorney general Of Illinois, have decided
to make their permanent residence in Chicago
and will practice law under the name OF Ed'
sail e Hawley.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

of the Sny, twenty miles south Of the cutoff
and about twenty. three miles from the break.
Although the break occurred at midnight
Tuesday, it was not until Thursday morning
that the flood appeared in the Sny at the Clark
farm, ana 1t did not fill the banks of that small
stream until late hour Friday night In fact
the flood was nearly seventy hours IN going
twenty.three miles.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

vention from this county, and the least the
coming convention can do Is to make It's ac-
ton conform to the new unit rule doctrine so
solemnly and emphatcally announced as "a
principle or dogma OF the great republican
N
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

The Hon Joseph II. Chandler, for many
wears edit Of the United States gazette, one
of the fir daily papers Philadelphia ever
had, and erwards member Of congress, died
at Phila phia on the 10th INST, aged SO yrs,
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

A portion of Waterloo, Iowa, was flooded
last Sunday by heavy rain. Two boys and a
GIRL were drowned, barns and small houses
were moved off, and many large buildings
partly submerged. Loss about $4,000
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

"A vote for Hancock" says republican or
gan, us vote against continued prosperity"
The continued prosperity referred to is prob
ably that of the whisky rlngsters, Credit No
bilier thieves and men of that sort
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

LIE Safe Co,aty Democratic central Co"omhtcc
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17

l.. w. BREWER,
w. X. MILLIGAN,
ALEX. VAUGHEY,
A. J. O'CoNOR,
j. J.. MCCORMICK,
s. G.. WILEY,
WM. GRAHAM,
WALTER HoGR,
PETER DoNAHuE,
w Er,,nV n,,.N
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

EN
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. w. S. HANCOCK,
OF Pennsylvania.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
VIM. II. ENGLISH,
OF Indiana.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
GOVERNOR,
LYMAN TRUMBULL,
of Cook.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
LEWIS b. PARSONS,
of Clay.
SECRETARY OF STATE,
JOHN II. OBERLY,
of Alexander,
AUDITOR,
LEWIS c. STARKEL,
of st. CLAIR.
TREASURER,
THOMAS BUTTERWORTH,
OF Winnebago.
ATTORNEY GENERAL,
LAWRENCE HARMON,
of Peoria,
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IT WAS THE CAT.

A bashful young peasant was greatly cap
tivated by the charms of pretty girl in his
own station in life ; he was exceedingly anx-
ious to ask her to marry him. and had often
resolved to do so, but so far his courage had
always failed him when the opportunity ar.
rived. However, one night he resolved to
hear his fate in spite of his modesty, so he
started off to spend the evening with her
When he arrived, to his JOY her parents were
from home, and she was seated knitting at
the kitchen fire, with big gray cat lying at
her feet. jamie sat down beside her, but
not word could he say, till, at the end of
half an hour, he inwsrdly resolved to finish
this business, so acting on a happy thought
he placed the cat upon his knee and STAN
mered forth Pussy, ask Lizzie will she
marry me p Lizzie blushed and smiled but
managed to say Pussy, tell jamie I'll take
him
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A COMPLICATED CASE,

Gentlemen, My case Is briefly rs follows Ihave had
Cntarh for ton years each car with increasing 81.
verify. For uiue years ad not lr, athcd through
one nOstril Ia dropplngs In tho throat avery bad
cough, asthma bad as 10 be obliged 10 Ike remedy
for II at night before heug able to lie down aud sleep.
and n constant duh pain in my head. My head was
ut times tull Of catarrhal matt Rs to iulure my
sense Of hearing ~ comp me to several times
in the night to clear IT aud my thoat h. fore could
sleep Every ct these distressing vWpoms has dis
app ArCd under the Of not quite thrce bottles OF
SANFuEps RADICAL CURE. Wy heHrug sfully stored.
have no asthmatlc symptoms, cough, droppings
~ the ihro t. no headache, and ~ every way better
than have been for ycdrs. could feel the effects of
the CURy on appetite, my Kidneys and in fact,
every part Of my system. What has been done In my
case is wholly the effect of the RADICAL CuHy
Very respectfully, c. II. LAWRENCE.
FITCIiHun
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The seven wonders OF the world were: The
pyramids of Egypt, the hanging gardens of
Babylon, the tomb of Mausolos, the temple
of Diana at Ephesus, the colossus of Rhodes,
the statue of Zeus by Phidas, and the pal
ace of Cyrus that was cemented with gold
But all these wonders, excepting pyramids,
have gone out of commission.
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1t is estimated that about 5000 miles of
new railroads are now under contract, and it
is thought by men in position to know that
more miles of railroad will be built during
1880 in the United States than during any
year before.
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send FOR special private terms and particulars which
mail free. IS Outht free. Don't complain OF hard
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Shakespeare foresaw that oleomsrgarine
would some day be used as term of re-
proach, when he wrote "Oh, thou mechan-
ical salt-butter man !"- Puck,