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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
RAILROAD RATTLE.

The fastest trains in the country now run
between Jersey City and Philadelphis, aud the
Pennsylvania railroad hopes soon to make the
run in one hour and q half A monster loco
motive Is now being built IN the company's
shops at Altoona which is expected to perform
the feat
The Louisville, New Albany i Chicago
road claims that 1t Ia now running the fastest
train in Indiana. 1t makes 22S miles, the dis
lance between Michigan City and Louisville,
in little less than II hours-the schedule
time being 49, e miles an hour-and makes 81
stops The running time between the stations
Is 80 miles an hour. Trains run through from
Louisville to Chicago and return.
1t is stated that Jay Gould has purchased
the entire interest of Thomas A. Scott in the
Texas Pacific road, amounting to nearly 81
100000. At a meeting of the directors IN
Phllsdelrhis, Scott resigned the presidency.
and Gould was elected his successor. Thomas
doxie superintendent.
John Sullivan and Michael Sullivan, labor
ers on the Baltimore s. Ohio railroad, discOv-
cred crooked rail on the track near McKees-
port, Pa, March "a, and while endeavoring to
straighten it in order to prevent train being
wrecked. passenger train came round the
curve. They worked frantically at crow bar
to get the rail replaced, and succeeded just IN
tune to save the train, but were both struck
BY the engine and killed, thus sacrificing two
lives to save many.
Mr.. W. F. White, general passenger agent
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road. an
nounces that second class passengers travelling
over the new Southern Pacific route will go
in second class cars, but on express trains.
The time from Kansas City to San Francisco
will be four and three-qua-ter days. Emi-
grants will go either by emigrant or mixed
trains, the same as they do on the Union Pa
clfc road. They will receive the same &C.
com modstion as they do on the latter route
The time will be eight and half days
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

The season of "5lizzards" being over the
cyclone stops TO the fore. There was an ex.
moition OF that sort in Mississippi, on Wed.
ncsday, commencing mile north Of Herman.
do. II demolished n steam cotton g,u car.
fiec away wagon, team and driver landing
them III ditch; carried blacksmith shop
half milo and dumped it In pond; tore to
pieces ind scattered about dozen of dwelling
houses; ditto couple Of stores, scattering the
goods in all directions so that forest In its
gay vas festooned with calicoes and domes.
sics. SIX or eight men, women and children
Sero killed, some horses and cattle, and even
chickens and rats we're deemed worthy obje
Of The cyclones Jury, hundreds Of both being
slain.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

Time was when ono OF the present Ottawa
RepabliraH scnbblers was regarded As witty
and capable Of getting of some funny things
but as not the most microscope investigation
has discovered anything Of the sort In tha,
journal for several years past. 1t was supposed
his fountain Of humcr had dried up, Not SO
not SOL AS geysers long thought to be extinct
somotimes suddenly break out 10 terrific
discharge; SO by some strange Internal agency
-perhaps by resort TO that Inspiration "
which Brother Mcpherson intimates some
people keep always In the house."--the tor
pid viscera Of the aforesaid or SOME ether Re
pr1tcon scrbbler, has been stirred into vlo.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
OUR CLUBBING

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing both
III the prices named, postage prepaid. The
g tfe--open to old subscribers or new at any
,os, oitce IN the county--is the Cheapest
EVER xADE in this county:
vkEs TRADER and Chicago Weekly 1unts' ~ 10 %
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly 7r'bunf' 2oo
fRss TRADER and Chicago Weekly Inter. .,
OcrG5 ..'..'.' - ''''', - ~
RRsg TRADER aud Chicago Weekly journal. 3oo
TRsE TRADER and st. Louis Rcput1'tun '... y 90
FREE TRADER and st. Louis Gio6o. Democrat. 20
FREE TRADER and n. Y. Weekly Herdd 49, s'o ~
FREE TRADER and Amer!cdn Ag'7cutW"t. - ~ oo
sRRs TRADER and Prairie Farmer. ......:' 3.oo
face TRADER and either OF Harpers publ
CAJlOnss .....,........ '''''''''' - -
rRRE TRADER and ScribR'r. 40
FREE TRADER and Godey'S Lddbs' BOOK. .... 90
yBsE TRADER aud Phfnologicdt Journal ... 5'oO
FREs TRADER and 81. Nicholas. 49,. ....... DO
eRgE TRADER and Dcalorrst's Konh'y...... SO
rRsE TRADER and LittCips Lising ap...... 80
SEyE TR.pER and Western Rardl. .......... 300
sEEr TRADER and Aoores Rural Nctc Yorker $50
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

Il spite Of the continuous heavy shipment
u gold from England To this country to pay
FOR our western pork and grain, the amount of
golc in the Bank Of England IS greater than
i nae bccn IN many years, being over $75, 600,
300. II is not England, but France and Ger
many from which the gold Is being drawn
Indeed England is suffering with plethora
Of money-is on the eve of an era of wild
sPetllaiicn-"Gcod tlmes," a. they arc too
ofier mistakenly csllod-when capitalists run
wild after all kinds Of new projects and the
stock boards revcl in all descriptions of fan
.gipC
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

Though /, showed here quite smar,ly on
Fndey Of last and on Monday and Tuesday of
this week, the air and ground are SO warm
tia. the snow melted nearly as rapidly as it
fell, causing only very di8agreeabe slush
Il vas not so, however, farther west In mid
de ard northern Iowa snow fell to the depth
u 10 inches and still covers the ground while
IN southern Minnesota, Dakota and northern
Eeb-s6ka from T. to IL inches of snow fell on
Monday and Tuesday, drifting badly, block
ing The railroads, and accompanied with quite
ssnI- freeze up.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

&c1iota seems to be much like all other
gres, ciIes-tlo rough scutr' and "bummer
element greatly outnumberlng the better
class ' Anyhow, at the municipal election in
aha; city on Tuesday f. l.. Child, who the
telegraph reporter for the Chicago Times says
wSs the candidate Of the better class" was
beaten by Wormlcy tho candidate OF the
% To,ser class''-to wit, the people, Somehow
'he people will do such things sometimes,
much IS Eve the better class" may object
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
FOREIGN.

Gladstone no doubt acted wisely In pr2'ur-
ne an adournmen, of parliament, immediate
~ after introducing the Irish land BILL until
after Easter This gives time for careful ex-
animation of the measure, to meet objections
or 10 be ready to accept proper amendments
when the bill again comes up for consideration
The general tone ct the land !eague.s and
Irish members Is untavoraOle to the bill. OF
course objection is made TO the failure TO pro
vide for cases like those Of 1879. where the
non-payment Of rent may be due TO causes
over which the tenant has no control and TO
the courts which arc 10 settle the rents between
landlords and tenants, said tribunals being the
old land courts of 1870, in which the tenants
have no representation and little confidence;
and to the emigration feature. Yet, while
Parnel thinks the blll-especially the first
part of it's full of pitfalls, the second par,
contains many important and benetceAt pro-
visions. and he does not say he will oppose
the bill on its final passage if suitably amended.
The most serious opposition, however, will
come from the tory side, as well rs from such
liberals as the Duke of Argyll. who are large
landhoders themselves and see in the bill
serious departure from some Of the most i'm.
portant principles of English land tenure.
The Duke Of Argyll, in consequence Of his
opposition to the measure, has Withdrawn
from the cabinet.
The only important arrest during the week
is that of Gordon one of tho traversers In the
Irish state trials who has been arrested at
Claremorris, under the coercion act, for lar
guage uttered at a recent land meeting He
was accompanied to the railway train by
crowd with brass band.
Lord Beaconsfield, who Is still very sick, is
said to be in a more hopeful condition and 10
expected slowly to recover.
Bradlaugh who resigned his seat in the
commons on account of not beng able to take
the oath of office, has been re elected by his
Northampton constituency.
Rev. w. Morley Punshon, the distinguished
Wesleyan minister, died on Thursday morn.
Ing at Brxton.
France was last week on the eve Of serious
war with Tunls, on account of outragcs In
Algicrs by the kroumies, subjects of the hey
Of Tunis The bey however, has succumbed
to the determined attitude assumed by France,
and the affair promises to blow over.
Prince Pierre Napoleon died at Versailles
on the 9Th inst. He was the third son of Lu-
Glen, brother OF Napoleon I.
The Russian court made short work of the
nihlllsts arraigued for being concerned Ia the
assassination of the late car. A dozen of
them were found guilty after few days trial
anu on Thursday morning all except one wo-
man In delicate situation were hanged in
st. Petersburg. The guard about the prison
inwhch the condemned were kept was attacked
by party of nihilists, twenty of whom were
captured with bombs in their possession.
Earthquake shocks of considerable violence
still occur daily in the island of scio. Of its
10000 inhabitants, 5000 are said to have been
killed and 10000 injured. Forty thousand
are houseless and destitute and need outside
help.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

Hts Hattie Deuel., the starving suicide at
IOWA City, finally died at noon on Saturday,
after fast of Il days. Two days boforc her
death Dr. Peck, of the medical faculty of the
lowe University, paid her visit and after a
thorough investigation declared that an at
tenn. TO force her to take food would only
1esul: IN making her ravlug maniac withou,
EayiCy her life
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

L, appears the Monongancla city beauty, to
~hon Forepaugh had awarded the honor of
being the handsomest lady in the United
States declines the honor, and in her stead he
has selected Louise Montague, singer in va
riety shows beauty Of the brunette type
and favorltc Of the Bowcry boys. She is to
represent fqlah Rookh in Forepaugh's grand
street pageant
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

It Sherman was not surprised at Shiloh, as
ae says he wasn't, he ought to have been cash
sered FOR the unskilltul disposition of his army.
But though he didn't know what Bcauregard
Vas about, be knew where Whitelaw Reid was.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

not furnish seats; also that the company be
Unable If they keep more than five persons
waiting for cars at the terminus more than
three mlnutes-and these matters they ask the
City Council to provide for by ordinance.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

There are now in the treasury Of the United
States $l73,0000 H1 eft gold coin and bullion and
S55, 000, 900 of silver, making total Of Se2s,
100000 of coin, frr which the government sp-
pears to have not particle Of use. Ut all
events, can any sensible reason be given Why
this coin might not be used to redeem the
Sis6, 900 Of six per cent. bonds that fall
due by the LIST of July, instead of changing.
by WINDOWS curious newly invented stamp
process, the skies into 81 per cent bonds.
thus paying interest on this useless hoard In
the treasury I, is true, the resumption law
REQUIRES q useless coin hoard OF Sl3O,OOO,OOO
to take care Of the greenbacks, but the treas
urer has power, under the resumption act to
sell slo0, 900 900 or more Of 4 per cents to
keep up the resumption balance if necessary,
50 that there would have been no risk TO draw
on the $3.50, 100000 to meet the exigency OF the
skies falling due. Republican management
of the national finances always goes on the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

The richest immigrants who come to this
country are the Russian Mennonites. TWEEN.
~ families of these people recently gave the
areascrcr Of Castle Garden $S5O00 to keep
for them over night.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

The Appellate Court at Mt Vernon, IN this
s,a.e, IN the case Of Mrs. Schuchurdt, the other
day decided that woman cannot under the
laws Of this state hold the office Of mastcr,in
. rhnnnnru
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

Iprinciple of paying all you can TO the bond.
holder at the expense of the taxpayer.
The present coin hoard in the national
treasury is sad to be the largest amount Of
gold that was ever known to be In one place
IN the history of modern times, and probably
more than could be authenticated ~ existing
in single treasury ut any time before in the
world.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-25
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
News From the Old World Through
the Atlantic Ocean.

| LONDON, June PA dispatch
from Vienna to the S andard, say
It is rumored that mines have been
discovered under the foundations of
Kaz)n Cathedral in ST. Petersburg.
Mr. Starley, inventor of ,he mod
ern bicycle and tricle, died yesterday
a. Coventry.
PARIS, June pa correspondent
of the Times says that all the i'll
feeling between the Italians and
Frenchmen is being viewed with
some complacency in Germany.
ROME. June 24-There were re-
newed anti-French demonstrations
last evening at Missina, Tunis and
Milan At the two first named
places troops had to be called out.
Some arrests were made. :,
A morning journal says: ave
are informed ON good author ty that
an exchange of friendly communica~
tons has been proceeding between
Paris and Rome, proving the firm
determination of France and Italy
TO promptly e-estanlish satisfactory
relations"
+ oT' PETERSBURG, June pa Mon
tenegr'n officer named dJanivi ch
went to Winter Palace Yesterday and
demanded an audience with the
Princess of Montenegro. Being re-
fused, he stabbed the officer on duty,
A Russian officer then shot the Mon
tenegrin dead. The incident is not
considered of any political import
ance. It is thought the assailant
wished to present a petition to the
Princess.
LONDON, June 24.-The Daily
Telegraph, in it's financial article
this morning, says: A memorial to
Gladstone, on the international
monetary conference at Paris and
the silver question is now being
signed at most of the London
banks. 1t urges the government to
oHer' as Germany has done, all such
guarantees and practical aid as may
Oe IN It's power toward inducing and
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-25
WASHINGTON.
Miscellaneous News from the Ma
tiOnal Capital.

WASHINGTON, June 24-The Pres
ident has recognized Lebanon Drury
as British consular agent at Bruins
wick, Ga.
No official information has been
received at the Interior Department
relative to the repor ed exodus of
the white intruders from the limits
of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
nations, Indian Territory. The pub
llshed statements concerning the
movement of troops and the existing
tenor and distress in the Territory
is generally discredi ed at the In
terior Department, The Secretary
of the Interior, however, has de>
cided, in view of the uncertainty of
the laws bearing on the questions
involved, to submit all legal guess
tions to the Attorney-General, and
urging a speedy opinion from him.
In the mean time, United States In
dian Agent Tufts has been dire cted
by the Secre ary to request Gov
ernor McCurtain to suspend action
under the permit law until fur
ther advised by the department..
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-25
MINOR DISPATCHES

CHICAGO, June 24.-In the Mississippi
Amateur Rowing Association regatta
Peoria yesterday, Munfocd, of New Olleans
won the senior single scull race easily in
15 minutes and 395 seconds. The .en.
ion foul cared shell race was won by the
Minnesota cldb in 13 minutes ard Il
seconds
NEW ORLEANS, June 24.-Eleven cases Of
sunstroke werereportedye yesterday, several OF
which were fatal
Aspecial from Yazoo, Miss, says Mick
Cupid colored, killed his mother-in-law
and dangerously wounded her son. The
murderer was arrested.
GALVESTON, TEX, June 24-A special to
the News from San Saba, Tex, says: L.
3. Chapman, aprominent stock man, suffer-
tl,S from relapse of the mumps, Jumped
rom an upper story window of his house,
ran INTO a store near. by and shot himself
the brain.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-25
afUr PUsEsE Cards.

It is estimated that during the
fiscal year ending June 80, there
"ill be used 32O, 600, ,OCO postal cards,
making total for the last four years
Of almost precisely 1,0J0,0O0,00O
The proposals for bids for the
next four years called for 2,0OO,0O0,-
600, and 1t Is not unlikely that the
number sold next yeac w IL amount
to very nearly 5OO,000,OO0. The
100000 sold this year, if connected
end to end, would form a girdlt
round the world. These cards are
often bought in very large quantities
by business houses for advertising
purposes. Orders have been re,
ceiyed for as many as 40 600 at one
time. But the great bulk are sold
IN smallJOts for correspondence.
The postal officials say the future
of postal cards depends to some ex-
tent upon the rate of letter postage
II that should be reduced to two
cents it is expected that the demand
for postal cards would be reduced.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-25
- Not Guilty"

From the Charleston News and Courier.
Outside of South Carolina the ac-
auittal of Col. Cash will probably be
regarded as license, il not an in
vitation, to commit murder under
the forms Of the so-called Code Of
Honor. This is a natural view to
take OF the proceedings, in consid-
Grafton of the admissions of the ac-
cused when giving testimony in his
own defense. But there were at
tendant circumstances which explain
an otherwise unaccountable result,
and Justify the belief that what the
verdict actually meant is, Not gull
ty, but don't do it again"
The laws against dueling in South
Carolina had not been enforced, and
were regarded as a nullity. Until
the trial Of Col. Cash there had been
only one trial for murder, for killing
in a duel, since South Carolina was
British colony. Col. Cash had a
right to expect that it would fare no
worse with him than with scores of
other successful duellists, and it was
principally the peculiar and shock
ing nature of the proceedings before
and at therencontre which so aroused
public sentiment as to require the
vigorous prosecution of the red
handed of,rnder. At the first trial
the jury were unable to agree. The
second trial turns Col. Cash loose
again, but we fancy that he has re-
ceived a lesson which will not be
soon forgotten.
How, in the light of the testimony,
is the verdict Of the jury to be ex
planned Political trials have accus-
toned the public to seeing iuries,
when feeling runs high. take counsel
of their wishes or their fears. Proba
bly, the jury did not relish the idea
of placing Colonel Cash In position
to be sentenced to death. But there
was no chance, at any time, that the
pun shment in this particular case
would be severe or ignominious
The very persons who are most
active in opposing duelling and in
demanding The trial of duellists
would have protested against any
extreme penalty in the present in
stance. They had no revenge tc
crafty. Their main expectation was
that the law would be made known
and that fair warning would be given
that thereafter the law would be en-,
! forced to the letter.
Since the Cash-Shannon tragedy
killing in duel has been made mur,
der by an act of assembly, and every
person holding an Office under The
State is required to take an oath tina
he has not engaged in a duel since
January, 1881. There has not beer
a hostile encounter under the code il
South Carolina this year, so far as We
have heard. This is great gain, 6
long stride forward. Ii the Cash
Shannon duel and it's sequences dt
not absolutely put an end to duel
ling in this State they will act as {
powerful deterrent. Those who en-
gage in duels now will run a double
risk. When they have escaped thei1
adversalys bu let they must be ready
to seek safety in exile-or face
squareIy the hangman's moose or the
striped uniform of the penitentiary
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-25
Squatters to be Driven frona
Indian Lands. .

New ORLEANS, June PA spe-
cial to the Democrat from Little
Rock says: Advices from Fort
Smith indicate that the afftirs in he
Chickasaw and Choctaw nations have
reached a crisis. Z Te United States
cavalry, at f rt Sill, are ordered to
report for duty to United States
Az Mt Tufts at Muscogee, June "a,
to Cooperate with the Choctaw
militia, under Governor McCurtain,
IN removing the white intruders and
,heir stock from the limits of the
nation. All persons not Indians or
,ntermarried W tn them are classed
as intruders, and will be driven out.
The order of Punishment will be
speedily and etfectualjy executed.
The Choctaw militia, 300 strong,
will form a juncture with the United
States troops at Fort McAllister.
Great terror and distress exists, and
more than 300 families have crossed
the border in the last ten days, leav-
ing everything behind. The roads
are lined with flying fugitives, who
have abandoned their cabins to the
Il lmes, their growing crops to de-
struction and their stock on the
ranches. A number of the whites
refuse to leave and threaten to fight
if force is used, claiming that they
hold genuine permits from the au-
| thorities.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-25
Important Railroad News.

R1cHMtND, Va, June 24.-The
stockholders of the Richmond and
Allegheny Railroad Company held 8
meeting yesterday for the purpose
of considering the terms of consoli-
da'ion with the Atlantic and North4
western, and Ohio Central Railroad
Companies. The contract, which
had been already accepted by the
directors of the three companies,
and which was proposed with view
to equalizing the interests of the
several companies under it, was subs
mitted and voted upon ia the affirm
ative. Under the terms of con-
solidation the following gentlemen
will be directors of the new company,
which will be known as the Rich
mond, Allegheny and Ohio Central
Railroad: VIM. H. Barnum, of Con
necticut ; Calvin S. Brice, of Ohio F;
Daniel ?. Ellis, Cleveland; Francis
o. French, New York; Joseph IL.
Gray, Boston; Joseph S Miller,
Wheeling; Henry G. Parsons, Rich~
mond; Geo. I. Seney, Brooklyn ;
Sam S. Hilhar, New York; Geo. T.
Stone, Cleveland Saml Thomas,
Columbus, Ohio, and Chas. E. Wait
ham, Richmond. This consolidation
prac tically connects the city of R.ch-
mond with Toledo, Ohio.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-25
The Tennessee Scribblers.

New YORK, June 24.-The mem
bers OF the Tennessee Press As
sociation will meet at the Asto1
House this evening and go in body
to the Pennsylvania Railroad depot,
where they will take a train for
Washington, D. G. They will re-
main at the capital about six days
and then start for home. A number
of them went to Long Branch to-
day, while others are visiting vari-
Gus places of interest in this CITY.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-25
Vermont Preparing for the York
town Celebration.

BURLNGToE, Vi, June 24-Gov.
Farnham arrived yesterday and had
a con ultation with Quarterma- ter
General Kingsley, Adjutant General
Peck and Col Geo L. Childs, to
decide upon the arrangements fo1
Vermouts representa-. at the
Yorktown Centennial. The Ransom
Guards of st. Adams, the Estey
Guards of Brattleboro and compa-
MES B and L of the First Regiment
We're designated as the governors S
military escort there The steam r
francis has been chartered for the
mp and will be Vermont headquar-
terS at Yorktown.