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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

All the canals in the country north of Mason
and Dixon's line were closed by ice by Mon
day and navigation, except on the lower rivers
is efectually suspended for the season. The
Illinois canal closed a week ago; the New
York canal locked its last boat into the Hud
son on Monday; the Lachine canal passed IT.
last boat on Tuesday; St. CLAIR river IS frozen
over; the straits Of Mackinac are closed peo
pie on Tuesday crossed the Delaware on ice
above Philadelphia, and boating Is stopped
the whole length Of the Ohio river The freeze
came so sudden that hundreds of canal boat.
everywhere are frozen IN, and large fleet O
vessels is frozen up IN the chain of lakes. Sew
enty-four vessels bound for Chicago ar,
stuck" 10 Lake Erie alone and % IN Lake "
Clair. The general freeze up is month il
advance of last year
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

1t Secretary Evarts had been so disposed, he
could have relieved Garfield of serious en-
barrassment before the election, growing on,
of his unfortunate position on the Chinese
question, by assurances that the question was
on the eve Of settlement on basis that must
auguration of the new president 1t will be
remembered that President Hayes vetoed the
Chinese bill passed by congress last winter on
the ground that it contravened the provisions
of the Burlingame treaty. This led to the
appointment of commission to China to pro.
pose modification Of that treaty. The com
mission proceeded to that country early last
spring, and was there very short time indeed
before it found out that the Chinese govern.
ment was quite as ready to modify the Burlin.
game treaty with view TO the restriction of
emigration to this country as our own govern.
ment was 1t took time, of course, to perfect
the details Of the treaty, but Evarts could have
told the country long before the election as
well US now, that the Burlingame treaty would
be so modified as TO restrict emigration from
China as the bill vetoed by President Hayes
proposed to not over 10 by any one vessel and
to stop the operations entirely OF the emigra
ton companies. Mr., Evarts now informs the
country that such treaty has been concluded
and that it will be laid before the senate at an
early day for ratification.
The fact is, there never was any controversy
between China and the United States on thai
subject China Is quite as unwilling that her
people shall come here as we possibly can
be to receive them. Aside from thai, she
has no desire but to DO on the best possible
terms with the United States To-day she
stands face to face with Russia with whom
she Is almost certain to have war in the spring
and she desires nothing more earnestly thar
the sympathy of the United States in tha
struggle. And all our interests should inclin,
us in her favor. The power of England Is al
ready overweenlng in China, and if joinet
with her Russia should occupy China 1t woulC
no longer be possible market for American
manufactures anu American enterprises.
would be as thoroughly locked up as Siberl
or India. China is our nearest neighbor OF
the Pacific coast, and We look TO Chinese com
merce as one OF the elements in building VI
our Pacific empire. Our administration shout,
not be insensible to the intrigues of Russ,s
China has given Russia no cause for war. Sh
is one Of the most peaceful of countries, an
she has IN her history many times stood insul
!, and rapine rather than enter into war.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

One of the notabilities at present in New
York is Esoofally Hlptala, Bombay mer
chant prince, who comes to see the United
States, accompanied by four wives and large
retinue of servants He will visit Boston
Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago and St
Louis, and probably return home by way OF
San Francisco. He looks like any other well
TODD Asatlc, and excltes curiosity chiefly as a
man who is able to keep four wives in dutltul
subsection without any apparent domestic tur
mOil or fuss
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

The Joliet Republican says of Joseph E.
Brown, recently elected to the United States
Senate from Georgia as conservative" al
Senator Brown represents the conservatives,
then we pity the poor devils who fall into the
hands of the Democrats there who are radical
Joseph +. Brown was member of the Repub
Ilcan National Convention at Chicago IN 1865
and helped to nominate Grant Tor president
That he is no longer republican was the re
5l.lt ofthe carpet Dagger enormities which the
Grant administration thrust upon and upheld
IN his state and which necessarily droye every
decent white man in the south out of the re
publican party. If no man can be "conser
vative" unless he is willing to submit to whole
sale robbery, we fear 1t viii be long Will,
before conservative" party in the republican
sense VIII be organized In the south.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27
DEATH OF GOV. WILLIAMS,

Telegraph dispatches last Saturday an.
nounced the death that day, at his home in
Knox county, OF James d. Williams, governor
of Indiana-familiarly known as Blue Jeans
Williams" His wife had died some six
months ago, and though his health had been
falr-yet not robust-up to that time, the event
seemed to prey upon him so that he was never
quite himself afterwards The deceased was
born IN Pickaway county, Ohio Jan 9th, 1903,
and up to the time OF his death had served the
state for twenty one consecutive years as a
member of the Legislature, representative In
the national congress and governor of the state.
HIS reputation for honesty and integrity in
public life was never questioned. lie was one
of the honest legislators of the 10Th century
and his disease caused the. deepest feeling of
regret among all who knew HIM or were &C.
qualnted with his public record
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

Census Commissioner Walker, after a grea
deal OF importantly aud solemn protesting
finally appeased St Louis by ordering a re
count Of noses in that city, the census takers il
June last having wholly failed to bring up hel
population to any thing like satisfactory fig
ure The second count has just been com
pleted and adds 26,7l9 to the former figures as
the population of St Louis IN June last. Thi.
raises the city from 324, 1876 to 350,0l5-stll
about 10000 behind Chicago, which st. Loui.
is so ambitious to equal.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27
Gen. Garfield and family LEFT Mentor, o

Gen. Garfield and family left Mentor, Ohio,
on Monday, for Washington. Arriving at
Harrisburg at noon next day, the party hav.
ing two hours to wait for the Washington
train, accepted an Invitation OF Don Cameron
to dine with him. There was no reception OF
fuss of any kind, either on his arrival or de
parture. The president reached Washington
in the evening, and again there was no "recep
ton" or speech making, as indeed there hao
been none anywhere on the route But dur
ing his brief stoppage at Harrisburg the new
presldens seems to have completely captured
the Camcrons. Old Simon, next day, IN ar
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

The saying of Sidney Smith that 1T re
quired a surgical operation to get joke into q
Scotchmans head" was ludicrously illus.
trated IN New York few days ago. Some of
the younger alumni of Yale college had jol-
LITIGATION at Delmonicos, IN the course of
which one Of the wags being called upon to
make speech, tried to excuse himself by say.
ing that he was Unexpectedly called upon "in
consequence of the failure of Archibald Forbes
and Sarah Bernhsrdt to fulfill their engage.
ment to deliver the sermon on this OCCASION ~
OF course this was intended as the sheerest joke,
and not a very bright one at that; but all New
York was put upon broad grin next day by
the appearance in the Herald and World of a
solemn card from Archibald Forbes, denying
that he had made any engagement to deliver
sermon" on the occasion referred to-
While Mr.. Forbes has gained worldwide
reputation as a war correspondent and lee
turer, and has faced royal courts and military
camps by the score, he was after all only q
Sco;chman, and thus wholly unable to stanG
the jovial fire Of few mad.cap Yale gradu
ates
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

are in a sad way. In Utica, few miles east,
other fuel is reported to have suppanted the
"back diamonds" in domestic uses, and Mendoza
has subsisted week on two car loads. Little
better is the condition Of things III this city,
where coal is quoted az extraordinarily high
prices. The cause is an unprccedcntly heavy
northwestern trade, and the importation Of the
La Sale Coal Company's three large mines.
The dearth in com bustibcs in La Sale, with eX
haustless thousands Of tons of coal Immediately
under foot, is, to say the least, slightly phenom.
email" In Ottawa there has all week been a
scarcity Of all kinds-hard coal, Streator soft, o
Ottawa strip coal, customers being supplied in
small lots only, though thousands of tons have
gone through town over the Burlin gton road
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27
THE RAILROADS.

| mere Is no Cndngc 10 nOtc curing the week
in the war oR fares between the five roads en-
gagged in the strife. Each one declares thai
the contest will be ended at an hours motto,
from the other four confesslng themselves in
the wrong, but the "othcr four" perverscly re
| fuse to TESS. Meanwhile fares from or &c
Kansas city, st. Louis &c, can be bought fol-
almost any trlile the passenger chooses to offer
The Tribune of Sunday asserted with conf
dence that the war was "on its last legs" and
would be over soon after President Humphreys
of the Wabash arrived on Wednesday, but the
arrival of that gentleman on the day named
seemed to make no difference, and his talk
with the newspaper men certainly gave no en-
couragement of q speedy settlement.
The first perceptIble result of the freeze up
Of navigation is that all the railroads leading
out of Chicago are blocked with traffic The
says the Times, "was never so heavy as at the
psesent time. The yard men are overworked
but continue their labors uncomplainingly,
many of them remaining on duty twenty out
Va thS houiS. AHS oioC u ChS III
all directions on all lines, for forty, fifty, and
even seventy.five miles from Chicago are
crowded with cars"
Speaking Of the extension Of the Atchison,
Topeka and Kansas company of their road to
the City Of Mexico, Chicago paper says
"The company hope to complete their road
from FL Paso 20 the City of Mexico in three
years. The line is already surveyed from the
City of Mexico north to the city of Leon, a dis.
lance OF 267 miles, and they are heading direct.
for Ell Paso The Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe road will reach FL Paso, on the Mexican
frontier, by the 1st of April next, and the
Mexican Central expects to build from both
ends as soon as the Atchison, Topeka and San.
ia Fe reaches FL Paso. From Kansas City /.
will be direct line under one ownership to
the City of Mexico"
The Northern Pacific has secured from a
syndicate of American and European bankers
the sum of forty millions dollars, by the sale
of bonds at prices ranging from 80 cents to
par. Director Wright reports the rails laid to
diets the completion of the road within three
years. Steel rails Will soon be shipped around
the Horn, to be laid on the western end, the
metal for three hundred miles having been
purchased within the past few days.
A Boston dispatch of the Goth says that at a
meeting of the railroad presidents in New
FORK, including Vanderbilt, Coolidge, of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road and John
NJ, Forbes of the Chicago Burlington and
Quincy road, an alliance was consummated of
the interests Of the New York Central Lake
Shore, Atlantic and Pacific railroads and the
roads fast mentioned, forming community
of interests in opposition to the Gould roads
and accomplishing one of the mos: gigantic
combinations ever attempted
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27
Weaver made very pretentious canvass q

Weaver made very pretcntious canvass OF
some of the southern states, with republl
can backing, but the greenback vote in thai
section does not materialize to any great ex
tent. He receives In Alabama 4,551, in Ar
kansas 4O2G, and IN Mississippi 57S3. The
republican vote in these states aggregates
$4,000 The republican managers knew
how to separate their own ches,nuts from the
pile Mr. Weaver had raked up.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

interview with F. A. Burr, of the Philadelphia
Press, said he had great faith in Garfield, and
believed not only that his administration
would be successful, but that he would newt.
ably be his own successor. Indeed 1t looked
very much from his talk as if the Camerons
had dropped Grant for the third term and had
decided to attach themselves to the coat tail
of Garfield for the succession in 1884
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

The failure of j. g. w. Hossack, grain deal
ers, bankers, warehousemen, &c, at Odell last
week was for over 100000, the heaviest fail,
ure ever known In Livingston county a
large proportion of the loss will fall on farm
ers in the vicinity though Chicago parties are
also heavy losers John Williams and Z. Ken
yon are the assignees. 1t is expected the firm
will be able to pay about so cts. on the dollar
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

1t turns out that one of the Hancock cleo.
tors was chosen in Indiana. AT late day IN
the canvass the republicans found out that one
of their electoral aEdidates-Thomas W. Ben
nett to Withheld federal Office and was no,
eligible, whereupon his name was taken of
the ticket and another substituted. In mum
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

A correspondent Of the Morris A'dere"de"
saws there are two cases Of genuine leprosy IN
the town of Lisbon, Kendall county. They
are Norwegians and have the disease in the
most loathsOmc form.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

Some enemy of John A. Logan's, evidently
10 make him appear ridiculous, suggests his
appointment as minister to England. John
would have to be accompanied by all inter
prefer as the English people don't understand
ChncinW
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27


CONFERENCE.-The death of Gov. William.
of Indiana, threatens to lead to serious com.
pllcations in that state. The constitution re.
quires that before either the newly elected
Governor or Lieutenant Governor can be in.
augurated both houses of the Legislature must
be organized. The senate is tie, and Gray,
the present Lieutenant Governor, had the cast
ing vote, leaving that body under the control
of the democrats. But as the present Lieu
tenant Governor, by the death of Gov. Viii.
liams, becomes Governor, the senate is LET,
without presiding officer until one iselected
and unless there Is a detection from one side
or the other which is certainly not to be count
ed upon, it will be impossible to organize the
senate. This Will not only indefinitely post
pone the Inauguration of the new Governor
and Lieutenant Governor, but defeat the cleo
ton, by the present legislature, of successor
to Mcdonald IN the United States Senate. As
the L. $. Senate, without the election of Mr.
McDonald's successor In Indiana, will remain
certa lnly democratic after the 4th of March
the fact offers an additional inducement to the
dem ocrats of the Indiana Senate to stand firm
and to force the election of senator over to ,
new legislature IN which they are reasonably
certain of having a majority.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

of counties, however, the republicans hadn't
heard of the change and voted the ticket as
originally nominated, so that one of their men
falls some 5000 short Of an election and b. 5
Parker . Hancock elector, Is chosen There
is profanity in consequence in betting circles,
losers of bets against Garfield carrying the
electoral vote of the state refusing to pay up.
II remains an unsettled question whether the
republicans have not lost three electors IN
New York by the came kind of q bunder.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27
OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY. NOVEMBER q. 1880.

way to Jail protested his innocence, "hoping
the Almighty would paralyze him if he was
guilty" lie was but few hours in Jail when
he was stricken with paralysis. The affair
has created a profound sensation In the com
munity where he lives
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

Henry Lemon, a young man living near
Reading, Pa, was arrested on the charge Of
having robbed his grandmother, and on the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

Salviu,, the great French tragedlan, has ar
rived at New York, and is under engagement
for one hundred nights In the principal cities
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

A La Sale telegram say ''coal famine Of dis
agreeably large proportions is prevailing in and
about this city-the working mines being unable
to meet one-half the demand. Neighboring
cities chiefly dependent upon La Sale for fuel
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27
Texas has cotton crop this year estimated
at 81, 100000 bales, and valued at $50, 100000

Senator Conking calls the New York Ma
ton that hectic patch of bumptious pedan-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

There is a very pretty fight on the taps over
the Ohio Senatorship. There is no doubt that
John Sherman wants 1t, not because he can't
remain at the head Of the treasury department
under Garfield for the latter has rendered him
the appointment, but because he wants to pun.
lsh Charley Foster, the present Buckeye Gov
ernor. At first Sherman was mad at Garfield,
under the impression that it was mainly Gar.
field with Fosters aid, that had sold him out
at Chicago; but few days ago Hayes got
Garfield and Sherman together and such mu.
tual explanations took place AS to satisfy Sher.
man that Foster was the chief criminal, and
now he has decided to 90 for hin and TO com.
pei Garfield to help him for he has sense
enough to see that he Can do nothing without
the latter's and, tor, as matters now stand, the
whisper of Garfield IN Ohio Will be heard fur.
thcr than the loudest shouts of John Sherman
Foster, 1t seems the Gartield.Sherman inter
view has satisfied the latter, is alone response.
bic tor the Sherman slaughter at Chicago. 1t
was he who perslstently pursuaded the Blaine
men not to come over IN a body to Sherman
but to hold off for more satisfactory dark
horse that he promised to trot out in due time
Whether that horse was Garfield or some 9th
er animal, of course Garfield couldn't be ex
pected to reveal, but 1t was enough for Sher,
man that there was no concealment OF Fosters
exuberant and frantic outburst of joy when
he found Sherman was laid out and Garfield
nominated. SO nothing can appease Sherman
but the head Of Foster on a charger, and though
to turn against his friend Foster and help Sher
man IS inexpressibly painful and distressing
to Garfield, Sherman talks of nothing but
blood If he refuses, and Garfield succumbs to
the dire exigency OF the situation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-27

Kansas, at the late election, adopted con-
stitutlonal amendment, by a small majority,
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of all IN
toxicating liquors in that state. 1t IS a virtual
adoption of the Maine law with all the solem-
nifty of constitutional provision. While the
state gave Garfield over 10000 majority, the
majority for the an.illquor amendment was
but 5000, so that many republicans besides
the body OF the democrats must have voted
against it. A strong argument against it was
that it would divert emigration from the state,
and of kind too that was notwithstanding
German immigration; for while the Germans
are great stlckers for personal liberty in the
matter of eating ana drinking, they are an ex.
Iceptonally temperate people, as well as frugal,
thrifty and industrious. There Is little pros
pect, however, that the law Will amount to
much in Kansas The idea of forcing total
abstinence upon, for instance, the cattle deal
ing, herding and driving population that gath
er annually around Wichita and other border
points Is absurd The west is not adapted to
violent experiments of this sort Iowa has
tried prohibition several times, and each time
signally failed. Ohio has had constitutional
provision for a number of years prohibiting
the traffic in intoxicating liquors in that state,
yet the state Is full of big distleres and liquor
is as free there as in any other state The
west needs century of training yet before it
will be ready to submit to laws looking so
much like the state poking Its nose into
matters that ouly concern private individuals.
The daily gazette., 1880-04-20
The Work of Charity.

The family OF Thomas Snowden, Iht
q Englishman Who died at Josep'
Stoeckle's boarding house, on Tuesday
at ernoon, as stat d i'll yesterdays GA
,zETTE, is in very destitute condition
They arrived from England only ta oday,
ago, and now, deprived by death Of thtil
- natural supporter, they will be com
pelled to return home. For this pur-
pose money is bei'g collected. all,
moved by the sad circums' ances of the
case some people are contributing qult'
- literally for their rellef. The society
4 of Sons of st. George is also looki' =
into the case.
Any person desiring to contribut.
to the aid of this suffering and help
8 less family can leave their contribu
tions with Col. George II. Robinette
at the City Treasurer's office.
The daily gazette., 1880-04-20
CONFESS.

lii the House yo bills and resolutions
were Introduced under the call OF Slalrs
aud referred. On motion of MIR. Cox
tho rules were suspended and the Nev
Yotk International Exhibition bill VIA
taken up aud passed-143 to So witt
amendments, which will send il back I,
the Senate for concurrence. A motion
to suspend the rules anu take up til,
Mex ican Soldiers Pension bill was d.
ftated. after some fiilibHsterir g by tn,
Republicans. Adjourned.
The Senate Coininitlee Oh Railtoad,
yesterday, by vote OF Z to 4, decides
to recommend an extension OF The tim,
for completing the Northern Pac,h,
Railroad Of SIX years. TIE measuI,
agreed upon also provides that the lrea
@agriculLural lands within the o'd mum
bert d seciious of the grant shall be sol'
to actual settlers at a cost not exceed
ing $3.50 p'r acre. The COMMITTEE
also, by one majority, decided TO report
without recommendation, the bill OF
Senator Garland extending the time fol
completion of the Texas Pacific Rail
road, amended SO as TO be similar to til,
n rthern Pacific Raj road bill. Severa
III tmbeis If the Committee say Nh,
Texas Pacific bill will probably ST Gu,
a favorable recomne ndaJiou before it il
ctually reported.