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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.

Professor Frank Hail. OF the Sugar Grove
(Kane County, Industrial School, was the
Greenback candidate for state superintendent
of public instruction two years ago and has
been renominated by that party for the same
office. He ran away ahead Of his party, get.
ting some Ga, 600 votes, while the democratic
candidate was beaten but 30, 600 votes, showing
that if Hall with his greenback vote had also
received the democratic vote, he would have
been elected by SO 600 majority.
Mr., Hall, while the nominee of the green.
hackers, is however SAID to be little more q
much of politician anyway, his whole soul
being wrapped upln his profession as teacher,
in which he has probably no superior in the
state The office of superintendent of schools
is not in any sense political office. 1t has
no patronage connected with it, and in his in.
tercourse with the teachers and children OF
the state it would be an outrage for the super.
intendent to teach or talk politics. Therefore
it has been suggested, as the republicans have
nominated u man tor the office solely because
he is politician and not on account of any
qualifications as an educator TO recommend
HIM, why might not the democrats also nom-
nate Mr.. Hall, a non bipartisan but exceptionally
capable man, and thus defeat protested pol
tical hummer, without any fitness tor the Of
fee?
Such movement on the part of the demo
Gratis we see Is strongly endorsed by leading
democrats of Cook Will, Kane, La Sale and
other counties and really we are unable to see
any very strong objection to it. Such course,
1t is true, would not give us a straightout dem
ocrat ia the office, but neither would the other
course, of nominating such democrat, for
that, so far from nsuring his election, would
only be to insure that of the political hummer
Stratlon, already referred to-. We throw out
the thought tor the serious consideration of
the democracy of this county.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

There has been new adjustment of the sal
aries of postmastcrs in Illinois according to
the increase or decrease of the business of their
offices during the past two years BY the re-.
adjustment the salary of the postmaster at Au.
rora is cut down from $4,000 to $4,000; at
Mendoza from 2,l00 to $1,000; while the pay
of the postmaster at Earlville is increased
800; at La Sale and Marseillcs 5000 each,
and at Streator $500.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

ANY wool grower gays the New York
Post, "who advocates a high tariff on wool is
an idiot. Don't the wool growers know that
we cannot use domestic wool to advantage
without foreign mixtures, and that consequent.
ly the more of the foreign article we can get,
and the cheaper VIC can get 1t, the more Of our
own we can consume in manufacturers This
high tariff on wool forces US to import foreign
wooden fabrics"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

The Rev. Jas. Reed, of Springfield, corrects
the Iowa prohlbltionist Finch, who attributed
he had rather see every house IN Illinois a
grog.shop than see the republican party de-
feated," by saying it was not Lieut. Governor
Hamilton, but that it was Speaker Thomas of
the house who maze the remark. Well, isn't
the republican speaker of the house just as
big man as the president Of the senate!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

The Joliet SIM has lnformatIon-no enc
else has the ncws--that Carter Harrison Is
sending "bar'ls of money" to La Sale and
win counties TO capture the representatives 10
vote for him for United States senator. Carter
can have our votes, bar'l or no bari, but we'd
like to see the bari.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19
New sheled corn was received in the Chi
cago market on Monday from Waco, Texas.

c. A. Welton, the auditor of the Des Moines
and Fort Dodge railroad, of Iowa, killed him
self at Princeton, Ill.,, with revolver. Cause
his exposure as a blgamist. He married
the daughter OF a respectable farmer at
Princeton last spring, and the discovery of the
fact that he had another wife living IN Brook.
lyn, N. Y, drove hum to selfdestruCtiOn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

At Newark, n. j., on Monday, child fell
out of third story window and lady pass.
ing underneath, hearing the child's scream,
caught 1t in her arms, and neither the woman
or child was hurt in the least
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

Secretary Lincoln, being an Illinois man
don't evidently share the general hostility iei'
at Washington towards the Hennepin canal
project, but has already given orders TO en-
rineers to proceed al once with the survey and
estimate, the work 10 be done IN time TO re
mort TO congress in December. The next ap-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

Cyclones are not peculiarly western ins'i-
tuition. They hal one in Connecticut week
ago, and on Monday they had hearty one at
Bangor, Name, which caused great destruc-
ton OF property Houses were unrooied,
s,ceples blown down, and the town flooded
with water.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

The absence of Mr. Reddick from the late
prohibition convention at Bloomington seems
to be the source of great deal of worriment
both to the prohibition and the republican
papers. He neither attended the body in per-
son or sent letter. The truth Is, that while
Mr.. Reddick Is q prohlbItionist and will vote
for prohibition whenever he gets the chance
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

preparation asked for will be 100000 to com.
mence the excavation provided the people of
the state vote in November to turn the Illinois
and Michigan canal over to the general gov
eminent
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

name will be presented to the republican
county convention as such. No one will at
tempt to deny the eminent fitness of the man
for the Office, since the Major is one Of the
best lawyers of the La Sale county bar -
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

The republican congressional central com.
miitee met here yesterday and fixed Sept Is
as the date for the congressional convention
for this district.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

JupGE.-We have it from excellent authori-
ty that Mai John III. Widmer has about made
up his mine to be a candidate for probate
Judge, and It Is more than probable that his
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-19

The Hon. BENJAMIN III. HILL. United States
Senator from Georgia, died at his home in
Atlanta on Wednesday morning. He had
The National tribune., 1882-03-25

It was almost Christmas before we were
again ready for southwark movement, and
as q British vessel of war was hanging
around to see how we performed, we steamed
boldly off to seaward without anybody's
assistance, but at about dusk we were taken
In tow by a powerful steamship. We made
the trip to Fortress Monroe without par
ticular incident, and there Joined the original
celebrated Monitor, and on the Doth of De-
cember started for Beaufort, S. C. Each IRON
clad was towed by huge sidewheel steam
ship. At first the Monitor was far to the rear
of us, but finally got ahead.
A TERRIBLE STORM.
"At midnight the water commenced steal
ing in at the turret base of the Passaic, and
the pumps were put to work. By noon the
next day we were Off Hatteras in rough
sea, and new leaks were being constantly
announced. At in the evening the main
pumps gave out. All this time the gale was
steadily increasing in fury. shah never
forget that night. I was up In the turret
from till II, and the scene was terrifying.
AT times our vessel was completely
under water. The waves would rush clear
across the decks, and boil and hiss around
the turret, and sometimes dash clear over il.
1t was like going to sea in stovepipe. ALI
around sky and sea was ,inky darkness.
The bow would bury itself completely in the
surges, and II would look like the entire
The National tribune., 1882-03-25
CEN. GRANT AS AN rRrsHmAN

On the occasion Of the st. Patrick's BAN
ouet in New York the toast: "The United
States of America" was responded to by
Gen. Grant. AS he rose the company gave
vent to enthusiastic applause, and the
guests health was drunk by the entire COM
>pany standing and giving three cheers and
a tiger There was much merriment when
Judge Daily announced that the General
was IN Irishman by being made a citizen
of the capital of Ireland during his conti-
mental trip. The cheering was again re-
newed as the ex.President spoke. He said
that it was true that he was an Irishman.
He said he became one in Dublin in January,
1879. He found it rather embarrassing to
say what he wanted to- and therefore, he
would ask Mr.. Depew to say what he could
say were the latter in his position. He
would say for himself, however, that he
hoped all Irishmen would take advantage
of the opportunities which this country
gave them to show what they are worth. It
was one of the grand features Of America
that there was no country On earth that ex-
tended to the poor and humble a better
chance to lift themselves upward if they
had the stamina and the inherent merit to
raise themselves in the world The speaker
had seen all countries, but he came back
fro his travels better American than
when he went away.
The National tribune., 1882-03-25

soldiers carried the wounded man to the
hospital, where, in few days, he made a
statement of the affair to the civil authori-
ties. The commanding officer gave Roberts
an order at once, detailing his company on
scouting duty, and advised him to go as far
as San Antonio, and report the whole affair
to General Persifer Smith. On his way he
stopped at military post, where he related
to the commanding officer the above occur
renee, and learned that an order had been is
sued for the removal of his company, and
the most of his regiment, to New Mexico,
an order which he gladly obeyed.
WHY THE GAMBLERS WERE HUNG.
While lying in camp at Hatch's Ranch.
New Mexico, the paymaster paid visit to
the camp and paid the company off. Previ-
Gus to his arrival Captain Roberts sent for
his faithful sergeant and said, major Fry,
the paymaster, is on his way here, and I sup
pose, as usual, the gamblers will follow and
win all the money from the men. Sergeant,
l wish the gamblers were all hung; here
are these men toiling all the year round for
to hoard it up, but before they have hardly
time to count it over and see how much
they have, gang of these Internal gamblers
swoop down upon the camp and carry the
money all off to Santa Fe. Sergeant, they
ought to be hung, every one of them, but, of
course, we can't do anything with them"
The man saluted his commander and retired
The next day the sergeant reported at head
quarters and announced that two of the
gamblers were in camp. "They are here,
are they" shouted the irate captain. "They
are here to rob these men, and there is no
law to punish them. They can steal all the
hard-earned wages of these soldiers and get
off scot free. Sergeant, they ought to be
hung; they ought to be cut in pieces alive;
hanging is too good for them" With this
outburst the captain subsided behind his
novel, and the sergeant took his departure.
On the following morning the sergeant
knocked at the door at headquarters. "Come
in," said the captain. The sergeant touched
his hat and quietly remarked, "Those gam
blers are hung, sir" "What is that" said
the captain, those gamblers hung! who
hung them?" II don't know, sit" solemnly
replied the sergeant; II was down at the
creek watering the horses, and found them
both hanging to the limb of a tree; they
were both dead. Must have been hanging
there all night. I think" he sagely re-
marked, that after they had won all the
boys money, their consciences got to hurt
ing them, and they hung themselves" "That
probably accounts for it," said the captain,
conscience doth make towards of us all"
A coroner's jury was hastily impanneled,
who sat upon the bodies" and brought in
a verdict of suicide from causes unknown
to the iuryN.
The National tribune., 1882-03-25
A DISGuSrEp SURGEON.

On the return march from Meriden to
Vicksburg when near Canton we went into
camp about noon to remain couple of days
until our supply train could bring us sup
plies. Tents were pitched, dinner prepared
and eaten, and the boys were at home" in
about forty minutes after stacking arms A
party of US at headquarters had settled
merry voice, which could belong to no one
but Adjutant Hershey, was heard exclain-
ing the ship has arrived,v and said ship,
one Of the colonel's riding boots, came to
anchor on our table, scattering cards, crib
bage board and players in a hurry. Then
the fun commenced and there was a regular
fleet of ships" consisting of boots, camp
chairs, stools, coffee pots and whatever we
could lay our hands on. In the midst Of the
fun along came soldier carrying tobacco
sign, an image Of a negro holding a bunch
of cigars in his hand. The colonel seized
this ship" and launched 1t at one of us
boys, but it fell short and its enc arm was
broken off The fun loving mind of the
adiutant atonce saw chance for good joke,
and a truce was called, and an ar1nistice en-
tered into for the purpose of caring for the
wounded. The poor cuss was taken up,
carried to the colone's tent and put to bed,
his arm being carefully placed by his side
and tenderly covered over with blanket,
and an orderly dispatched to brigade head
quarters to summon the brigade surgeon to
assist in setting broken limb. The surgeon,
who was rather pompous gentleman but a
great lover of his professor and always ready
to obey a summons where any surgery was re-
quired, was found just sitting down to late
dinner, but he ordered his horse saddled and
started Immediately for the sufferer, know
ing all needed implements could be procured
there. On arriving at the regiment and in
quiring for the hurt man he was directed to
the colonel's tent. Riding up to it he dis
spoke to the colonel and adjutant,
who stood one at either end of the tent.
passed to the cot, drew down the blanket,
took hold of the, arm, when Of course the
cheat was apparent. Had the adiutant's
head been where that arm struck, his fight
ing days would have been over, but luckily
he was not in port when that ship arrived.
About as disgusted doctor as you ever saw
his horse and rode out of camp
amidst the laughter of all who were in the
secret The doctor had his revenge when
the next morning an order was received to
play no moro practical jokes on profess
The National tribune., 1882-03-25

The dinner given by the President on
Wednesday night was the most brilliant
social affair of the season. The guests in
cluded Gen. and Mrs. Grant, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fish, Representative and Mrs. Robson, Sen
ator and Mrs. Logan, Gen. and Miss Beale,
Senator and Mrs. Jones, Speaker and Mrs.
Keifer, Gen. and Mrs. McKeever, and others.
The table decorations were artistically ar
ranged, the floral array being unusually
handsome. The centre piece was pyramid
of pink roses, with pendant branches Of
white, jacqueminot and yellow buds.
The National tribune., 1882-03-25
\ A B c D E F
d G.

The rooms extended from one side Of the vessel
10 the other, a distance Of about q feet, and the
ceiling feet high.
A-Anchor-room, 10 feet long, and somewhat
triangular in shape.
B-Captain's room, IL by q feet.
C-Waroroom officers quarters, Is by n feet.
D-Berth deck, where the men eat, lived, and
slept 20 by q feet; also, contained power-maga-
zine and dispensary
E-Coal-bnnkers on either side of the turret
turret-chamber bread room, hammock-roo &c.
F-Englne-r -room pumps, DC.
G-Ihe hold, about 4 - feet deep; storage place
H-Bow.
These figures" continued the Captain,
are not precise. I am merely guessing
They will serve, however, to give your readers
a tolerable idea There were 100 souls of us
on board and every man of US eat, slept. and
lived under the level Of the sea. We were
like so many rats cooped up in an iron box
and sunk under the level of the water, At
first our only permanent point of eagress
was by way of the turret, but a tall escane
pipe was afterwards put up over the ENGINE
room, with a ladder running up through it.
and another ladder extending from the ton
of it to the deck, and the men were drilled
frequently in going up through this pine at
double-quick time. In fine weather, while
lying at anchor, the matches were left omen
for purposes of ventilation, but in action or
on a voyage were sealed Theoretically. The
atmosphere was always damp from the sea
water and iron surroundings, and foul from
the breathing of so many persons. We had
half dozen eight-inch air ports over the
berth deck, which could be closed at will,
and pipes were eventually put over them,
but the atmosphere was always abominable.
The moment the matches were closed lanterns
had to be lighted. The matches had to be
always ready to be closed at moments
notice, for whenever the waves rolled the
water washed clear across the decks, and a
deluge down the matches meant trip for us
to the bottom. If shell from the enemy
had found hatch conveniently open the
same result could have been expected.
The National tribune., 1882-03-25
Campfire Stories.

We invite contributions for this Department
from cx-soldicr readers. Let the stories be
told briefly as possble.-ED TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1882-03-25
" w. S. ROsECRANS.
"MaiOr-GeneraI y

General Garfeld's part in the battle was
well expressed in my official report ITO
Brigadier-General James A. Garfield, chief
of staff, am especially indebted for the
clear and ready manner in which he seized
the points of action and movement, and ex-
pressed in orders the ideas of the general
The National tribune., 1882-03-25
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. %, 1863.

TO A. LINCOLN, President:
I'VE hold this point and cannot be dis
lodged except by very superior numbers and
after great battle. Immediate disposition
should bemade for covering our communi-
cations by ordering down every available
man from Kentucky to Bridgeport and
and having all reinforcements you
can send hurried up.
The National tribune., 1882-03-25

OUT RIDER,
and his brigade shattered and falling back
towards the northwest. left directions for
Sheridan to form his men as'soon as possible
upon the slope of the woods northwest of
the Widow Glenn's house. and Davis's division
to halt and form ON the ridge, and then move
backwards and over to the northwest, so as
to cover the Dry Valley road between the
battlefield and Chattanooga. Leaving some
of my staff to see these orders executed, ac-
companied by Major Bond, General Garfield,
and an orderly or two, I proceeded towards
the center of the line, passing under the fire
Of a brigade of the enemy, formed on the
verge of the field occupied recently as my
headquarters stand, and found some of Van
Ceve's troops in retreat. Meanwhile the
roar of battle continued on our centre and
left. We proceeded along the slopes on the
east side of the valley to position whence
road went in the direction of Rossville,
and halted and listened to the sound Of the
battle. I said to General Garfield: "We
don't know how much the enemy may i'm
prove the breach he has made in our lines to
come down this road, which leads to the rear
Of our position and to the rear of Rossville
Our cavalry are covering Posts brigade with
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-12
BREYITIES,

A. II. Bar has been appointed as Notary
Public of Siskiyou county, to reside at Gala
hans Ranch.
The presentation of shells and other speci-
mems to the Perry Seminary was not made
by Mr. Stearns, but by MIR. Stevens.
WA. Land, the proprietor of the Western
Hotel, is having the floor of the Office, read
ingroom and main entrance removed, and the
same replaced with handsome tiling.
Yesterday the aoon train from San Fran
cisco did not arrive until 1:30. The delay
was caused by the engine on the Antioch
train breaking down and blocking up the
track.
The steamer Flora came down from Squaw
Hill Wednesday with barge loaded with
1000 sacks of wheat, to be taken below by
the steamer Modoc yesterday. The Flora
was held at Squaw Hill two days, on account
of the heavy north winds making it almost
impossible to travel and handle the barge.
The extra train to San Francisco will be
put on the route next Monday. leaving here
at 6:10 A. VI. and arriving al $50 p. NJ. The
overland will leave here for the Bay at 7:35
instead of 7:20 A. N. The accommodation
train to Marysville will leave here at 5:15 A.
NJ. instead of $50. as at present. The Stock
ton train will leave here at LAO A. NJ instead
of 11:50.
The Coroner held an inquest yesterday
upon the body of George Cromner, found in
the river Wednesday. The verdict was that
death was caused by drowning, April S0th.
He was aged 2S years, and was a native of
Belfast, ireland. His relatives in San Fran.
cisco have been notified of the finding Of the
body, but have not yet replied as to what
disposition is to be made of the remains.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-12
PASSENGER LISTS.

CARL1N, May 11th.-Passed here to-day, to
arrive in Sacramento tomorrow Mrs. E
Woodruff, Wells; Leo. Bergholz, L. H.
Demirg and wife, Miss Wintringh ham. Robert
Schwaihold, NJ J. Hughes, New York J.
S. Morgan, L. Wintringham and wife, San
Or; Captain Joseph Steele, Boston Miss L.
Keyes, Michigan; G. H. B. Carter, Omaha
E. L. Stern, John Fitzgerald, Denver, Col;
K. d. Clark, wife and son, Salt Lake Mrs.
Marshall and child, Pittsburg, Pa; Henry
Smith. Julius Wettman, Chicago D. S. Glib
son, Illinois; 1S9 emigrant passengers, in
Guiding 50 males, to arrive in Sacramento
May 18th.
NEwHALL, May 11th.-Passed here TO- day
to arrive in San Francisco tomorrow j.
Edwin, Massachusetts, G. A. Haskell, Los
Angeles Mrs. J. A. Taft, Lancaster, Mass;
Mrs. G. W. Packard, Alameda = J. Z. Whit.
lip, Tucson Mrs. Vanderlip and son, Napa;
S. NJ. Jacobs, Tucson Mrs. r. E. Faring-
ton, Maricopa; Mrs. J. L. Fisher, Prescott
T. K. Smith, Cameron, Mo-; l.. P. Kraft,
Bellville, ILL.,; j. A. Reavis, San Francisco
J. A. Scott and wife, Mrs. A. McCasker
Mrs E. Dodge, Los Angeles n. G.. Man
Bon, II. F. Williams. San Francisco H. S.
Abbott, Columbus, o.; ]. F. Braston, New
York; B. D. Pike, San Francisco E. S.
hulliu, cuHsylfaula IL. ~ LOrln0, DOs-
ton !; Marsden Manson, San Francisco w.
J. Graves and wife, Massachusetts William
Gregory, Portland; H. S. Chroych. Santa
Fe; J. FL. Hall, Kansas City; NJ X. Bar
rett and one prisoner Los Angeles; Hiram
Moore. Oakland; A. Lawson, Wilcox; j.
Shaver, San Bernardino; S. Little, Death
Valley: James A. Bell New York; A. NJ.
Glass, Lockport julia Taret, Texas; W. S.
Vanslyke, San Bernardino; George Witt
man, John Brady, Mrs. r. T. Stumbt, H. G.
Newhall, San Francisco.
OMAHA, May 11th.-Left here to-day, to
arrive in Sacramento May 18th Mrs. Blsd.
en-, r. s. Bladen, Philadelphia J. S. Knapp
and wife, Fort Madison, Ia. Laura F. Ba-
con, Chicago; Alice Durham, Marion, Iowa;
Mrs. A. Hone, Oakland; DR.. Watt, Toronto;
d. G. c. Hollister. Cambridge, Penn. w.
H. Sargent, New York.
Sixty-six through emigrants left on last
nights emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra.
mento May 18th.
KANSAS CRY (Mo.l, May 11th.-Passed
Topeka to-day, to arive in San Francisco
May 18th: J. p. Pullands, l.. n. Stand
bury, New York; P. H. Dorbv. Philadel.
phis /; l.. B. Brown, Boston 2. Z. Sherman,
Detroit; A. III. Honeroad, Chicago E. w.
Sherburn, st. Louis; d. Dow, Milwaukee.
KANSAS CITY tMo.) May 11th.-Passed
Topeka to-day, to arrive in San Francisco
May 16th: d. A. Bentley and wife, New
York Mrs. o. V. Waltz, Maricopa j. +.
Reynolds and wife. Mrs. McLaiD, San Fran
cisco; +. Lawlar, III. J. Hall, New York
2. b. Reed and wife, Kansas City.