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The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The President and cabinet having gone TO
Yorktown on Monday, accompanied by most
OF the senate, and not returned until yesterday,
of course the week at Washington has been
rather dull and devoid of news items
Gulteau was formally arraigned in the dis
trict court on the l4th. He had been summon.
ed Unexpectedly and looked scared, appre.
hending an attack upon him, but such precau.
tons had been taken that his transfer from
the Jail to the court room was known TO few
He entered the plea Of not guilty and desired
to make statement, but the judge refused to
hear him. The prosecution desired to 90 on
with the trial at once, but Mr. Scoville Gui.
teaus attorney, intimatlng that the defence
would be want of jurisdiction of the court and
malpractice of the physicians, insisted that
he must have time to get witnesses, &c The
court fixed the Both inst. to hear the question
of jurisdiction and the 1th of November to
begin the trial.
John Sherman has evidently received some
comforting assurances from Secretary Window
IN regard to the report made to HIM by the
committee OF treasury officials who investiga
ted custodian Pitneys case, which report is
said to have contained some very damaging
tary of the treasury, or is playing bold game
of bluff. For on Friday Of last week, and
again on Monday, he vOciterously demanded
in the senate that copy of the report, which
Window was SAID to have suppressed out OF
tenderness to Sherman, should be transmitted
to that body. The ferceness of Sherman
seems to have been construed by Edmunds in
to an invitation for somebody to seize him by
the coat-tail, or perhaps it was so pre'arrang
ed.-at all events, the latter promptly objected
to the consideration of the resolution, and il
went over indefinitely.
Postmaster General James having declined
peremptorily to remain in the new cabinet, IL
is now SAID to be settled that it will be consti
tuted about as follows: Frelinghuysen tol
secretary of state; Judge Folger for secretary
of the treasury; Robert T. Lincoln, war; Gen
Edw. ). Bcae navy T. o. Howe, postmaster
general; A. A. Sargent, of California, interior
department; and b. H. Brewster, of Phlladel
phia, attorney general.
The chief excitement of the week in Wash
ington has been over the invitation the presi
dent has given assistant p. VI. General Tyner
to step down and ont. ltgrows out of the stal
route business r. VI. General ia ames having
lntimated to Arthur that there would be nC
effective prosecution of the star route thieves
while Tyner was in the Office 10 cover up theil
tracks Tyner is foaming over with wrath
but his head is undoubtedly as good as off.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22
COST OF TRANSFORMATION.

A note is made of the fact, by the Chicago
organ Of the railroad interests, that a propel
Ter made "a contract at that city week ago 10
take 10000 bushels of corn from Chicago 10
Buffalo at .he rate OF half cent per bushel,
while in other cases vessels have offered 10
carry corn to Buffalo for nothing rs ballast,
but that shippers preferred to send their corn
by rail at cts per bushel from Chicago to
New York, There Is no doubt that farmers
are indebted, as the RatlT0y Age claims, for
these preposterously low rates to the railroads,
or rather to the temporary war of rates"
among the trunk lines; but suppose, as is al
ways to be supposed, the trunk lines should
come to an agreement on rates and there was
no water route open to compete with them, as
so often happens in winter where then would
be your six cents bushel summer rate from
Chicago to New York; 1t is to be borne in
mind that al agreement among the trunk lines
on rates is the rule and a " war of rates" the
rare exception; and while no doubt a war OF
rates is as good as competing water route to
keep down freights it is not by a thousand
to one so reliable. 1t would still be the height
of folly for the people to allow themselves, by
the present accidentally low rates of railroad
freights. to be deluded into consent to drying
up the water routes
Still there is no doubt the cost OF transport
alton has been so enormously decreased in the
last few years by railroads that, as money max.
ing enterprises, the water routes have abun.
dant reason to be discouraged. AS the Rail.
road Age puts it: "The employment of steel
for rails instead iron has changed the condi
ton of the carrying trade, and the railway
will carry the bulk of merchandise which has
to be moved to market And yet, while the
railway has reduced the cost of transportation
to minimum, the shOrtsighted farmers are
meeting in conventions and denounclng rail
ways as the oppressors of the producers"
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22
BLOOD !!

Politics are up to boiling heat In the Old
Dominion, having reached that stage when
reason and argument no longer avail and
questions of controversy are settled-not cx.
actly in the old puritan fashion, by apostolic
blows and knocks, but by coffee and pistols,
IN accordance with the miscalled code of hon
or" The controversy which could only be de.
clded by the wage Of battle arose over certain
letters written by one Blair, the re.adjuster
candidate for attorney general. said letters
showing that Blair was carrying water on two
shoulders. Bair-brought to book-said the
letters were forgeries, while his neighbors
swore they were genuine. Discussing the
point. State Senator Riddleberger and con-
gresham George ID. Wise found words so In
adequate to the solution Of the point at issue
that the word "liar" was passed, followed by
a challenge TO mortal combat. The two met
ten miles north of Richmond early last Satur.
day morning and exchanged three shots at ten
PAGES, carefully missing each other, however,
upon which their friends decided that "honah"
was satisfied, and the belligerents shook hands
vowlng eternal friendship hencefor,h and tor
ever thereafter. One r. F. Belrne, Rich
mond editor, who had taken part in the con.
troversy and had been invited by Rddleberger
to the same matinee, witnessing his joy on es-
Gaping Wlse's bullets, was good enough to
forego his privilege Of taking shot at Rid
dleberger's carcass and permitted police
officer, who was conveniently at hand, TO stay
prolongation Of the sport by a judicious
arrest.
But more notable duel than the above,
growing out of the Virginia campaign, was
that which loOmed up about the same time
between Gen. Jubal A. Early and the redoubt
able Gen. Malone. Early, IN speech some
where in Virginia, with no less bluntness
than truth, had denounced Malone as mis-.
cradle liar and coward" Time, occasion
and circumstances were such that Malone was
obliged to take notice of the speech and every
body expected of course, he would send Early
a challenge But he didn't For fear he
might do so he had himself promptly arrested,
and then published q card in which he SAID he
could obtain no satisfaction by fighting Gen.
Early and had concluded to let him proceed
with his insults with lmpunlty. Gen. Early is
vergng upon 80 years, and is infrm OF body,
but stout in heart as ever and as willing to
fight as eat. Malone evidently has no taste
to become his target
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

Virginia held his reception at Lafayette Hall
and at o'clock, on the arrival of President
Arthur and his cabinet, the ceremonies of laying
the corner stone of the monument by the ma.
sonic fraternity was commenced, They were
long and tedious, and the heat was so intense
that three,fourths of the spectators left before
they were concluded The Grand Master wore
the sash and apron presented to George Wash.
ngton by Gen. Lafayette, and the prayer was
made by grandson of Gov. Nelson, who com.
manded the Virginia militia at the siege Of
Yorktown. Secretary Blame, with the French
guests, though in the harbor did not, for some
reason, attend the corner stone ceremonies and
the improbable story is told that the French
guests were soured and jealous because more
attention had been shown the German guests,
SINCE their arrival in the country, then them.
selves.
The second DAYS celebration was chiefly
notable for the gathering Of all the notabllities
at Lafayette Hall, and speeches by President
Arthur, Max Outray Of the French delegation
in French, and Baron Steuben in German.
Though according TO the programme the
ceremonies were to be prolonged until Friday
evening, they were really brought to close
on Thursday, with something like anaval dis
play IN the bay ending with salute of the
flag of Great Britain.
Gen. Hancock seems to have been the lion
OF the celebration, and except to the compare
lively few of the thousands present who were
provided for on board the ship
ping or in special structures on shore, the
whole three or four days seem to have been a
season of endless discomfort
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

Washington City is in tremor over big
scandal In which Congressman John B. Clark
of Missouri and his wife are the prominent fig
ures. Like the oleaglnou Chrlstiancy, the
Missouri NJ. c. was trapped into marrying a
pretty treasury girl or woman, a fascinating
young widow named Mrs G. Jacoby We'll. He
accuses her Of infidelity and charges that in
company with disreputabe men she has been
In the habit, night after night, of visiting sa-
looms and other bad places about the city and
coming home during the "wee sma hours in
a state of beastly Observation-Disclosures he
seeks to turn her out of house and home and
institutes proceedings for divorce. The lady,
on the other hand, Is out in card insisting
stoutly that every allegation against her by her
husband Is false land the alligator knows It,"
On the contrary she has tried her best to live
with HIM as loving, faithful wife,-has never
been outside of the house at night except in his
company and never met any gentlemen at her
house or out of II. But her husband is slave
to drink, Is frequently intoxicated, and when
in that condition invariably beats and abuses
her in the most shameful manner, a week ago
while intoxicated treating her with such vic
lence that she was obliged to consult lawyer
as to means of selfprotectiOn.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

A mysterious IRE, evidently of incendisry
origin, was discovered on the Cunard steamer
Bothnia, lying at her pier IN New York, last
Sunday morning The fire had been klndled
In the passage way aft the main saloon, and
was extinguished before much damage was
done. Bottles filled with ln1ammable sub.
stances were found where the fire broke out
All conjecture is at fault as to the lncendaries
A number of hands were discharged from the
vessel the day before, and these are partly sus
pected but in the absence of anybody else up.
on whom definitely TO iasteu the crime, it is
laid, of course, to the Fenians
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

treasurer, they we're again corslled IN the ring
pen at Harrisburg and made to vote for Bailey,
the candidate of boss Cameron.
Mr.. Wolfe now comes forward and proposes
to try whether there is virtue and manhood
enough in the republican party of the Keystone
state to throw Off the Cameron shackles. De,
feat Bailey by an overwhelming vote, and he
thinks the thing is done 1t is true, it may
give one officer for year or two to the demo
Gratis, but it Will show at least the lmpotency
of the Cameron ring, aud that there is decency
and manhood enough left in the party to justl.
fy It's further existence as n political organiza-
ton.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

from Quincy the low lands arc all inundated
to the bluffs seven miles from the river Al.
most all the inhabitants have fled to that city
or have moved to the bluffs, Many hogs and
cattle have been drowned, and many more
killed by railroad trains, the animals going on
the embankment that being the only ground
that can be found above water.
On Thursday the river was falling at st.
Paul and down as far as Dubuque and on a
stand below that, so that the flood has doubt.
less passed It's height At St. LOUIS and below
the rise was not sufficient to cause any alarm
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

A rather interesting experiment upon the
virtue and intelligence OF the republican party
OF Pennsylvania Is just now beng made by
Mr.. Chas. 5. Wolfe, independent republican
candidate for state treasurer. Hitherto the
party in that state has been regarded as a sort
of ieudal serfdom of the Camerons, father and
son. In 1876 three-fourths Of the party were
for Blaine, but my lord Cameron went to Gin.
cinnati and sold them out TO Hayes; in 1880
the same threefourths were again wild for
Blaine, but their feudal lord went 10 Chicago
and transferred them to Grant. In 1879 the
party had elected Legislature two-thlrds of
which was nti.Cameron, but when the time
came TO elect U. s. Senator, they were coral.
led like cattle in support Of the Cameron can.
didate; and q month or two ago, when the
party had sent 300 delegates to a state conven.
ton, 200 Of whom were instructed 70 nominate
she anti-C CsnefUu candidate Davies for state
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

Professor King, the aeronaut, who with a
companion made an ascension from Chicago
In his big balloon on Thursday of last week
and after rising mile IN the air sailed off to.
wards the southwest, has not been heard from
since, unless he was really seen, as is claimed,
on Friday morning passing over Melrcse a
town about 20 miles east of La Crosse, Wis,
moving towards ST. Paul; or, as is again
claimed, he was seen onWednesday morning
passing over Geneseo, III. While these sup
posed glimpses of his balloon may Justify
hopes Of his safety, there is a general fear that
King and his companion have gone to join
Donaldson and Wise In the realms of the
mysterious unknown.
p 5. A dispatch yesterday stated that the
balloonlsts had landed on Tuesday in the
woods of Wisconsin, and after a hard tramp
and nearly starving to death had arrived safe
on Thursday night at Chippewa Falls
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22
DAMAGING FLOODS.

The heavy rains in Minnesota, Wisconsin
Iowa and Illinois during the past week have
caused renewed destructive floods along tht
upper Mississippi from ST. Paul to Keokuk
At the latter city the water was two inches
higher on Wednesday than during the bigt
water last spring. The Wabash and Rock Is
land railroads were a foot under water, and
general suspension of work in the railroad
shops and round houses became necessary.
At Clinton all the saw mills and paper mills
had to shut down, and numerous building
had to be vacated Hundreds of tons of hay
on the bottom lands were swept away ant
thousands Of acres of corn are ruined
Above Quincy the Warsaw levee, which re
claims 1900 acres of land, broke on Wednes
day, the water rapidly spreading over the coun
try. a large proportion Of the land wassowI
in winter wheat, all of which Is ruined 4
great deal OF corn shared the destruction anC
the loss of the farmers IN buildings, stock, &c
is immense.
But the most serious loss Is from the renew
't bANhhihB vi Nit iSNtt D'loN 'SuluCN
The break occurred abont two miles aboy,
Scou's Landing, the crevasse on Wednesda,
evening being 200 feet wide The flood viii
prove more disastrous than IT was in spring
A largely increased acreage in winter whea
has been sown, which was growing finely, an,
promised an immense yield. The large corr
crop on the bottom lands had not vet been sc
cured, and hundreds Of thousands of bushel
will be lost; and, to add to the general deslruc
ton, the rise of the river has come upon In
people SO suddenly and so Unexpectedly ,ha
the bottoms are s,ill full OF cattle, horses, an,
other live stock II will be impossible to saw
either grain or the lrve stock, and in man,
cases, the farmers will lose even their house
hold effects.
AT Quincy the water on Wednesday was Fl "
inches above high water mark last spring
The railroad freight houses are surrounded b,
water and the freight was being removed I,
Hannibal and ST. Joseph. Across the nve
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22
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The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

MORE CoMET.-Prof. Klein, of Louisville
claims TO have discovered a new comet in the
heavens that overlays all the numerous other
stellar vagrants discovered this year. 1t is a
double comet, or comets, attended with nine
smaller ones, all in circle, closely rescmb
hing one of Saturn's rings. He thinks they
are the comet of 1856, supposed to have been
destroyed, but which Is now revolving in very
nearly Its old orbit, in fragments. Unfor,un
s,ely Prof. Klein fails to tell In what quarter
OF the heavens to look for this singular phe
nomenoD.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

Judge jameson, of Chicago, instructs his
grand Jury to indict all operators on the board
Of trade who buy or sell grain for future deliv,
ery. "where the intent of the parties Is clear
iha, there shall be no delivery of the commod-
ity sold, bu, only II payment OF differences by
the party losing upon the rise or fall of the
market"-the plain English of which IS, that
dealing IN op,ions--the main business of that
east gambling institution known as the Chica-
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22
THE YORKTOWN CELEBRATION

Anything like the merest outline of the past
weeks pageant at Yorktown in honor of the
surrender of CORVALLIS at that dilapidated vii.
age just one hundred years ago, would of
course be impossible IN the space at our com
mand 1t must suffice to say that the pageant,
though massive and gorgeous enough, really
fell far short of what had been anticipated for
1t. One reason for this was the unpropltious
state of the weather, being excessively hot and
dusty up 10 Wednesday and after that wet,
chilly and uncomfortable. The navy was ont
in force full up to promise, seven huge men of
war being drawn up in front of Yorktown on
Tuesday morning, with other shipping run.
ming into hundreds of steamers, ships, and 9th.
er water craft OF the 10000 soldiers expected
not over ten thousand appeared, and of the H..
600 free masons promised less than half the
number were present. Nor was the rush of
visitors anything like what was expected
Aside from the military, free masons, invited
guests, &c, 10000 would be big figure tor
the 10000 so confidently looked for All the
preliminary programme before the 18th, such
as the formal opening Of the Moore House on
the 18th, with an address by the Hon. John
Goode; the address of Carl Schurz and others
on the 14th, the national regetta on the 18th,
the japanese fire works In the evening; the
observances in honor of Cornwallis's flag of
truce on the 18th, &c, &c.,-were omitted.
The celebration in no part really opened be.
fore the nth, which was ushered In by an ar.
tillery salute. At 10 o'clock the Governor of
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

About three hundred ex.Unlon prisoners OF
war met at Springfield on Wednesday in re
sponse to an invitation to hold reunion
there. Exactly what they met for, unless to
give the hotel and saloon keepers of that city
benefit, nobody seemed able to tell. Gen
McClernand made speech to them, the gis,
OF which appears to have been an attempt to
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

The Garfield fund Cyrus W. Field announce:
closed, the total amount of subscriptions re
ceivcd and paid to the L. S. Trus, Company
for Mrs. Garfield being S37O,345. With this
amount $30O,000 L. s. 4 per cent reglsterd
bonds have been purchased at a cost of $34S,
96S, leaving a cash balance Of $l1,376,- all OF
which, bonds and cash, have been handed over
70 Mrs. Garfield.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

The new Indiana liquor law, soon to 60 in
to effect, fines dealers who sell liquor to drunk
iects them to imprisonment and disiranchse
ment for the third or subsequent oiIenses; and
persons guilty Of drunkenness are served ex
actly In the same way
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

II am stalwart of the stalwartsr exclaim
ed Guiteau when he--made Arthur president
81 am trimmer of the trimmers ~ Is the next
president maker.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

AS matter of personal safety President
Arthur no doubt is well pleased with the selec'
ton of David Davis as the next possible
president. There is no Guiteau crazy enough
to think of killing Arthur to put the noun
famous Illinois senator IN his place.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

The great argument against the continued
coinage of silver, because nobody wants it,
is answered by the assistant treasurer at Bos
ton, who says the demand for the last two
months has been in excess of the supply.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

Louis A. Wilt, Governor Of Louisiana
died at his home in New Orleans on Sunday
morning of consumption. He is succeeded in
the office by Lieut.. Gov. Samuel d. McEnery
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

"Chester A. Arthur, president Of the United
States by the grace of-winning prize in the
lottery of assassination '."-Edmunds.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

1t IS now David DAVIS that seems to holC
the winning ticket in Senator Edmundss Ike
publican "lottery of assassination"
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-22

Diphtheria Is alarmlngly prevalent at Lacon
in this state, says the Home Journdl.