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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-21
Mem a0hertt8 ements.
NeM advertisements.
For Your Own Sake,
And economy
Do Not Use

Those patent mixed paints dopes made of soap, lime,
whiting &c. for outside painting If you want to paint
white. use Strictly Pure White Lead and Pure Lnseed
Oil If YOU want coers, use Heath Miligan's Strict
Pure COlOred Lead and Pure Linseed Oil. Then you
paint ready for use for inside take Tascotts Enamel,
which is the OLD pioneer mixed paint and is the best,
at 81 go per gallon sell the 81 rs mixed paint for
tiers for all painting materials 1T is the snde paints
that need and get all the highest praised certificates
have 100 different kinds of Knives at prices far
below all others. full and complete line of Toilet
Goods. Drugs, Patent Medicines. COlOgnes. Perfumes,
and everything kept in frs-cass drug store. School
Books new ana second hand. All kinds of Stationery,
Blank Books. Bibles Albums. sc.
BOttOM Prices on ErerytHiny.
E. -. GRTGG5.
uawa May Dui l n
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-21
CLEAN PEOPLE

ncusekeepers Buiiders Painters remember that keep.
large stock Oi LEADS, Paints OILS, EArnshes Psns
Brushes and all kinds Of material for painting VII nt
be una ersold. K. GRlGGs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-21

= Maps, papers and information free,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

AT present the export wheat OF
California finds its way to the mar
kets of Europe in the bottoms OF
sailing vessels, the average time OF
which, from San Francisco to Liver
pool, is one hundred fifty days. 1t
is estimated that with the compile
ton ofthe proposed connection with
the Sunset and New Orleans roads,
thence to Liverpool by vessel, the
time of transit will be reduced to
less than fifty days. The interest on
the product in transit for one hun
dred days and coincident features
will, it is claimed, make the trans
continental route large carrier, to
say nothing of other natural freight
and passenger traffic.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

pa THE complete returns from Indi-
ana give Porter, Republican, 7545
plurality over Landers, Democrat,
and ab,,ut 15,0O0yotes for the Green
hackers. The majorities for the
other Republican state officers viii
be about 800. Both sides seem to
agree that the October election can
be declared illegal, and the Green
hackers intend to vote for state Off
GERS, congressman. etc, at the No
vember election, hoping that they
may upset the October verdict and
thus put their men in. The two new
Republican Supreme Judges could
reverse the decision of the court de-
claring the October election lawful.
but to do so would be. to decide
their own election illegal, and that
would be expecting too much uf hu-
man nature rs developed in the
Hoosier State. To relieve them of
that unpleasant complication the
-Greenbackers will vote for the Re-
publican judges in November, but
they will not be likely to reject a
iona fide election by the people,
made in accordance, with decision
Ct the highest court, for rump
section, by little political side
show.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
EsTRAY NOTICE.

October u. IssD
State OF Texas, County of TravisATo the Hon
orable County Clerk OF Travis County:
The undersigned would respectfully announce
the following estrays, to-wit
One iron-grly mare, s ycars oil, IL hands
high, branded on the left Jaw, Spanish brand
on thigh.
Ono sorrcl mare. Is years old, Is hands high,
branded 40 with nearly full circle underneath,
on the left shoulder, Z ON the thigh.
One bay horse, II hands high branded q !
counterbranded. and Ie(-E-
One brown mare mule, % hands high, Is years
old. branded Us. counter branded &c under II
CT the left shoulder, Spanish brand on thigh. II
on jaw.
one brown mare. years old. branded I'll
with - over IL, counter branled on the left
shoulder. - on the neck
One brown mar. mule branded s With - from
top and bottom On thigh, bIoteh brand on shout
der.
One hay gcldins. years old. branded AL on
One dun mare. branded lis on shoulder. =
One gray mare. branded with over il on
shoulder.
with lower ends 81 the o crossing each other.
One hay mare. goteh cared, branded same a.
shove.
One -orrel mare YEAR, old. Il hands high.
branded =, on shoulder, L on thigh
One sorrel mari, year. old. Il hands high.
branded b E ON len thigh. blotch brand ON
shoulder.
One sorTel MARI, YEAR, old, Il hands high.
branded co on the Jeff shoulder
One bay horse, year. old Il hands high.
branded Ups connected on left shoulder
One black hor-e, year, old, Il hands high,
branded with = acroz= bottom and run
ming up from Il on left thigh
One Dl4ek mare year. old, branded EW
connected.
One bay horse, wears old, II hands high,
branded z X connected on shoulder
one gray horse 10 YEAR, old. Is hands high,
branded IxL on shOzlder-
One gray mare, II yearr old. Is hands high.
branded VI on len shoulder
One gay Feariing, no brand
oc1sNSt GEO. 81. HEISsNER. Co. Cem.r.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

1T was in Philadelphia that Gen
Malone, of Virginia, lately spent
several days, and here all this devil
try was concocted by Republicans
who waited on him and captured
him while there. Roger A. Prior
and Abram S. Hewitt came over in
a hurry from New York to get in @
word in advance of Jewell and Cam.
eron. They wanted him to turn the
Readjuster vote over to the Regu.
lars, but he refused, Jewell and his
crowd saw him after this, and the re.
suit is known, and Malone is Mes.
siah.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
NOTICE
aOl coRns or woon wANrrn

Sealed proposals Will be received at the ofici
Of the Secretary Of State until eleven O'Clock A
NJ, on Friday, the 18th day Of October, 1880, a
| which time and place bids will be opened and
contract awarded for furnishing fuel for the diff
ferent departments Of the state government, a
| follows
For the Governors Office, Is cords Of hard oak
and 10 cords OF dry cedar: For Attorney Gen
| erals Office, u cords OF hard oak an,
5 cords Of dry cedar wood: For Educational De
pariment, 3 cords OF hard oak wood, and cord
OF dry cedar: For Secretary Of State Office 4
cords OF hard oak, and cords OF dry cedar wood
For Comptroller'e Office, 30 cords Of hard oak
and 10 cords Of drt cedar wood, For Treasurer
Office, Is cords OF hard oak and cords Of dr.
cedar wood; For the General Land Once 2
cords OF hard oak, and cords Of dry cedar wood
10 cords Of dry cedar wood-Total (20D Two
hundred and four cords
The wood for the nse OF the Legislature can.
not be paid for until the meeting or said body
in January next.
All wood 20 be sound and of good quality one
half 10 be delivered By December !, and the bal
ance BY January, 1851 AZ such place near the sey.
erzl Offices n the head Of the department MAJ
designate.
Bids must be below the maximum rate. ax.f
by Law tO-Wit: For hard oak wood, I've dollar,
and ten cents per cord; For dry cedar wood. 81,
doilars and ten cents per cord.
Each bid must be accompanied by c,uaranta,
signed by at least two responsible citizen,
guaranteeing. that II the contract be awarded
b said bidder, he will enter into said contrnei
and give good and sufficient bond 10 carry out
the same.
separate hid= will be received for oak and
cedar wood
Proposals must be- sealed and addressed e
the Secretary Of Sfstc and endorsed Proposal
JOHN d. TEMPLEToS.
Secrefary 81 state
ArsrIN. Texas, September 18th, isso.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

Mr.. Cummings, one of Prof. Boll's
colaborers in scientific research in
Texas, delivered the funeral Grafton
at Dallas in memory of the dead
sc, enlist. He said: Heretofore
nothing has been known with re-
gard to the American permian for
nation. Vegetable and animal, and
only few mallusks had been found
until Prof. Boil examined the region
between Big and Little Wichita, in
August. 1877. AT the annual meet
ing Of the Scientific Society OF
America, at Nashville, Prof Marsh,
the vice president of the society,
said in his address: There
are no vertebrates found in the per-
milan formation in the United
States.v This was denied by
Prof. Boil. Subsequently Prof. Cope,
OF Philadelphia, came to this state,
and was shown the head of fossil
fish, in the collection of Prof. Boil,
which he had found in the permain
formation in Texas. Prof. Boil was
at once employed to revisit that re-
gion and make collection. Three
successive times expeditions were
fitted out for him. and each one was
eninently successful in finding fos-
sils hitherto unknown to American
science. During one trip last WIN
ter Prof Boil shipped TO Prof. Cope
more than fifteen hundred pounds
of 70 sils. Prof Boil died of enteri-
tbs. after an illness of ten days.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

CHAPTER liz, acts of 1879, pro-
-vides that '.all ballots shall be writ
ten or printed on plainswhite paper,
without any picture, sign, vignette,
device or stamp or mark, except the
writing or printing. in black ink or
black pencil, of the names of the can
didates, and the several offices to be
flied. and except the name of the
political party whose candidates are
on the ticket; provided that all bal
lots containing the name of any can
didate pasted over the name of any
other candidate shall not be COUNTIES
for such candidate whose name is
so pasted, and any ticket not in con-
formity with the above shall not be
counted.n Ballots cast, not in CON-
pliance with this act, viii be illegal.
Candidates and voters can not be
too careful in seeing that its provis-
ions are complied with to the letter,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
IMPERIAL MANNERS AT THE WHITE
HOUSE,


The imperial extravaganza of Re-
publican rule is shown in the ex-
penses of the White House during
the last twelve years, which have
reached q no less sum than S1.404,-
1925, an average annual expendi-
ture of $l17,009.35. During the last
four years Democratic Congress
has held the purse strings, and the
cost of supporting the presidential
mansion was but S22S,o9O. 1t is thus
shown that during the eight pre-
vious years the average annual eX-
pense was $l46,940, against $57,-
1880, difference of nearly three
to one. The average annual ex-
penses of repairs under Democratic
rule was $4,000, while under Repub-
lican rule it was $25,195, or an in
crease of over 4hO per cent. Thirty
seven thousand dollars was spent
for the culture of greenhouse plants,
$4,000 for trees for the nursery, ETC.,
$500 for flower pots,- baskets, etc
The employees in this American
palace have received $SSS4S, OF
which $4,000 has been paid to
ashers, and Sl9,36O to doorkeeper.
A .rockaway, was n bought for the
President for $s0l out Of the public
funds, and under the head of "appro-
priation for repairs, fuel, etc., the
purchase of croqnet set for SIC is
found, while the set of china about.
which so much has been said cost.
free of, duty, $2996.50. Under the
Democratic Presidents there was no
such imperial extravaganza. Mill
tary lackeys and ushers were I'M
known, the money of the people was
aud honestly applied to
the legitimate expensesiof the gov
eminent, and not to CRAFTY the vul-
gar caprices OF the Presidents
family,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

THE Post says the STATESMAN i'm
properly assailed A. B. Norton, be-
cause of his bloody shirt utterances
in Indiana. In this speech, Judge
Norton said: r-ss.. ..a
p" They allow no freedom of senti-
ment in the South that is not Demo-
cratic. They have made the term
carpet-bagger a most obnoxious
one, yet here in Indiana, not two out
of ten of the older men but have
moved in from other states; yet woe
unto you if you are Republican and
move into any state of the South.
j. Will the Post answer if these ac-
cusations against Southern people
are true. and, if so, how is it to be ac-
counted for that q Republican, even
a Northern man, attempts to shape
public sentiment against Democracy
in Texas through the columns of the
Post2 r- -sfs p
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

The indianapolis NewS, of Octo-
Der 18th, says that Mr.. English says
he has not for moment thought OF
giving up the contest in Indiana
that the fight would be made for
success in November just as though
there had been no reverse in Octo-
Der. He says the Republicans of the
United States added a million dol
lars to the wealth of Indiana in or
der to gain a temporary advantage
at the election in October, and as he
is interested in the financial pros
perity of the state. he will at least
force the Republicans to keep up
their assessments and contributions
for Indiana. He takes a very philo-
sophical view of the situation, and
proposes, from this until November,
to give the Republicans 1.-THE very
best fight in the shop"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

THE Attorney General thus gives
his opinion touching matters refer
ring to 1.-THE election: HoiiC'Hroa s.f-
L. Each qualified elector must vote
in the election precinct of his resi-.
dence. This is absolutely necessary
2. If citizen ha, resided in the
state for one year, and in the county
for six months, he is entitled to vote
for all officers. state, county, and
precinct. d, al ia'' f''.
8. If lie has resided in the state for
one year and in district six months
he is entitled to vote for state and
district officers only. If a voter de-
sires to vote for district officer
whether congressional, Legislative
or judicial, not having resided in
the county in which he offers to vote
for the term of six months. then he
would be entitled to do so, provided
he is resident of the state for one
year, and votes in the election pre-.
cinct of his'residence. " 7'"' =
The judges Of election must de-
eide as to the right to vote when
the ballot,is presented. '1u'r.~'
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
zuA-sknoTaIste the st. Iyouis- Repnb.

@AsEHeIABte the ST. Louis Repa6-
iicGn states that Secretary Thomp-
! son donbts the validity of the OHIO
election, since the validity Of the dc.
cisiOn ofthe IndianaSupreIne Court
holding that the constitutional
amendment changing the date of
the state election from October to
November was not adopted. He
SAYS, I ~
--Atthe election just over two Re-
publican judges have been elected.
1t is not improbable that if the ques-
ton is raised-and it will be-the
former decision may be reversed by
the new judges, in conjunction with
their Democratic ally, and thus il
would be decided that the election
in October was illegal. In order to
make the matter certainly it may
be deemed advisable to hold another
election for governor, and, in fact,
for every state office in November.
A number of cur ablest legal minds
now have the question under advise
ment, and it may be that they will
decide it to be the safer course to
hold q new election.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

The New Haven BnioR argues
that Indiana is not essential to The
Democracy, and that The Republi-
cans can not win without New Y ork.
The Republicans will not have either
New York or Indiana. The Un,on
says that thousands of Greenback-
ers voted for Porter in Indiana who
will support Weaver in November.
They traded votes for Porter in re
turn for votes for De La Matyr in
the seventeenth congressional dis
trict. All over the state they voted
direct for Porter on the. advice of
Weaver and the managers of the
party The theory urged was that
if Landers~ were elected 1T would
make certain Hancock's election, and
this would deprive the Greenback-
ers of all strength in November.
The Republicans paid handsomely
for the Greenback support of Porter.
Should it prove definitely that the
latter is. chosen Governor, it viii
argue nothing for the November
contest, as then the Greenbackers
win support Weaver in preference
TO Garfield.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
4 SLIP BETWEEN THE cur AND
THE LIP. 7-f.,fa- - -

.I
Garfields Chinese labor letter is
playing sad havoc with his chances
ior the presidency. A photograph
copy of it was printed first in the
Truth, and Immediately a terrible
Juror was raised among the working
classes. of. New Y ork. The widest
excitement prevailed, and the news
paper office was thronged all day to
compare Garfield's writing with the
copy. There was no doubt about
the authenticity of. the letter, and
the Democratic executive commit
teeh plates forwarded to all the
papers ofthe Pacific states. and hum
dreds of thousands of copies of the
letter is being forwarded to all parts
of the country. Impromptu meet
ings were held all over the city of
New York and in New Jersey,
Long Island and Connecticut, which
have been characterized by intense
enthusiasm. Workingmen are eve
rywhere deserving the Garfield ban
ner and rallying to the support of
Hancock, and nothing, it now ap-
pears, can resist the tidal wave
which will sweep him into
the presidency. The letter itself
bears upon its face undenia-
bic evidences of Garfield's author
ship, and so far no attempts have
been made bv the Republicans to
iauthoritatively deny it. 1t is written
on clean white paper, bearing the
head of the House of Representa-
tives on the regular congressional
forms. 1t is in a clean. legible' hand.
without erasures, and shows Mr..
Gartield's characteristic phrase and
style throughout. 1t bears the
congressional postmarlS, '"Washing-
ton, d. c., January %, 1880" There
can be no question as to its genuine
ness, as 1t has passed through a MI
croscopie examination, and has been
submitted to experienced experts
and to a great number off prominent
men who are familiar with Gen.
Garfeld's handwriting, and, it is
added, ON the authority of Congress-
man. Hewitt, in Ease it is disputed. an
other similar letter is ready for pub
lication of the same tenor, lwrittea
to another party. The general opin-
ion is that this is only one ola number
addressed TO the, various employers
and corporate societies at the time
Garfield was "double backing" Sher-
man nominations, just after he had
been elected to the Senate to serge
for six years. 49, -. 81 ,7tr..
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
IN THE Tolls.

- !
The condition to which Virginia
has been broughtvby vthg Aah9ne
wing of the Demo cratie part is not
vsry creditalle to the Old Dpmln-
ion Some time ago we predicted.
Lthst Should Indiana go Republican,
these Readjusters would unite with
the Republicans, while they would
become the very best of Democrats
in all respects should the reyerse be
the result. The prediction was true,
since it now turns out that on con-
gressiOnal questions there has been
a carefully considered arrange
ment entered into, by which
in certain districts the Reptib-
lican candidates secure The sup
port of Republicans, while in
others the Republicans obtain the
support of Readjusters. The plan is
that the Readjusters are to give the
Republican candidates no trouble in
the Norfolk and Petersburg dis
tricts, where the Republican party
has more strength than in any other
part of the state. In the other seven
districts the Readjusters are to have
the support and influence of the Re-
publicans. The names of the Read
juster candidates for Congress will
be printed upon their Hancock and
English and the Garfield and Arthur
tickets, thus insuring the vote of all
the negroes in their districts. The
inducement which led the Republi-
can managers to adopt this scheme
is the hope that they may be able to
secure an additional congressman
from Virginia in the election Of
Dezendorf in the Norfolk district.
The Funder Democrats are making
efforts TO secure adherents of both
wings of the party to concentrate
upon Goode, regardless of their dis
sensions on the debt question. In
a measure this plan will sue
coed, but Judge Lacy, the Dem
Ocratic Readjuster will remain in
the field and draw off enough
strength from the whites to leave
Goodies chances for election, very
slight. In that district the negroes
have about two thousand more votes.
than the whites. 1t is understood
that fund will be furnished to pay
up the poll tax, which is necessary
to the right of franchise in Virginia.
Thus il may be seen into what tolls
poor old Virginia has been dragged
by these Democratic discussions, by
which the most coveted result, that
ofmaking Congress Republican in
stead of Democratic, is probably to
be achieved. -. $50 49, 30 a..
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

i, y REPEATERs are being shipped to
Florida in largo numbers. Among
a package of kilograms, returned by,
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany to Chairman arnum, as vouch-
ers for money paid the company,
there fell by accident two from Mar
shall Jewell. The kilograms are
written upon Western Union blanks
and are as follows:i T' -in'f mn
80 fi.v .h'tfE RUSH, October IL.
TG Hon g.. GasTlsl 3 ESyeS care of HJonkin'
L telegraphed Yesterday. viii
provide as reqeested two hundred
each for Calender and yourself, as
compensation. r. p. ''.''. '''l..'
[sfgnedl MARSHALL JEWELL,
. IT Paid. -7H'f Sie.L !oi ~ ~
li-2t' ariRusH, October IL, 1880.
TOP. W. Wicker, collector Of Key West, Fla,
The City Of Dallas took @a150,a
the City of Texas G10O," and. the
Colorado 400" for Key West, Men
on dock i Z ms att rpcted to say nothing
(26 Paid) MARSHAL JEWELL. );
The, numbers $50, 100 and 10O,in
this, last telegram mean so many
men, These kilograms, Or rather
the one addressed to. F. w. Wicker,
United States collector at the port
of Key West, Florida, tells its own
story. The sun had not gone down
in the State of Indiana, when one of
the greatest frauds, ever perpetrated
on free government and free bal
lot was about to be consummated,
when the chairman. of the national
Republican committee and an official
of the United States government
were preparing to repeat in the State
of Florida the infamy then about to
be contaminated, in the.State of In
diana u The Democratic committee
were advised, previous to the re-
ceipt of these kilograms, that the
State of Florida was, about to be
overrun by the repeaters of our large
cities The kilograms of Mr.. Jewell
only confirm what the committee
well knew to be the fact. ,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
A NEW PLAN oE SLAVERY.
Gen. Garfield's letter to Mr.. H. L

Gen. Garfield's letter to Mr.. II. L.
Moreg, # the Employers Upion, at
IAN, Massachusetts, takes he
ground d bat he Chinese que fiot is
not apdblic one, bat, as he expresses
it, ~oniS a question of private and
corporate economy, and individuals
and companies have the right to buy
labor cheretkey cos, setif the eAedp-
est.n1 -Asta ths- ChiAsss.treatyw which
.Permltsthe immigration. of Chinese
in unlimited numbers to this coun-
try, and who's. abregation the work
ingmen of the United States united
" demand, he is equally positive
and explicit: 81 am not prepared
TO say that il should be abrogated
Hntil our great manufacturing inter-
ests are conserved in the matter of
labor" This means that the doors
to Mongolian immigration shall be
kept wide open, and the Chinese be
invited to come in hordes to the Pa
cific States and to spread over the
West and the East ''till our. great
manufacturing interests are CON
served in the matter of labor"-that
is, till the wages of American work
ing men are reduced TO the low level
I'ofrates IN China. This is the doctrine
of the Massachusetts, shoe manu-
facturers it is the doctrine of the
great railroad and mining monopo-
lists and ranch-owners of California,
and it is the doctrine of Garfield,
who uses the money of these
wealthy men, TO secure his election,
while the Chicago platform, upon
which he pretends to run, attempts
to appease those who are opposed
to free trade in labor. His PROPOSE
ton is ten times more. monstrous
than an attempt to revive the Afri-
can slave trade.