The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-10

We've found the golden fleece!
--Jvrcr.JOu,ndi.
They keep on coming. Here's one from the
Mendoza Bulhtin: eve hear It stated that Mr..
G. w. Gardner, of this town, will be candidate
for sheriff this fall subject to the decision of the
Republican County Convention. Mr.. Gardneris
one of our solid farmers, and a good business
man, and if nominated would make strong
candidate" And here is still another from the
same source: "We hear it limited that Hon.
NJ. A. Mickey, Of this city, is to be nominated by
the Democrats as candidate for State Senator,
at their forthcoming convention-an evidence
that the unterrifed" are going to bring oat
their very best men in their efforts to carry the
county representative ticket this fall" The edi-
tor must have sat up with the compositor lot to
get names mixed here--the articles read 50 ma
chine like.
The Joa,nal in an article on "Mitch's" says of
the stove: at is medium Canon stove with
drum We have always known this is most
remarkable stove, in many ways; but we had
never Caught on" to the idea Of its having an
ecclesiastical side!
Morris has organized Young Mems Republi
can Club. The Herald says Messrs. McDougall
and Nattingcr, of this city, were there and gave
brief history Of the club formed in Ottawa two
years ago." and encouraged the Morris boys "to
do likewise" We should like to have heard that
History" 1t must have been interesting-fas-
cinating-brillant; for of all political "moves"
developed in Ottawa the work of the late young
Mems Rep. Club" was the most wonderful
Touching the scheme, LAID to the charge of S.
Z. Parr, of Rutland, Of remodeling the boundar-
les of La Sale county towns so that they shall
be the same as the boundaries of the congress
ional townships; that is, reduce the number
from 81 to 80, and run the rivers through towns
and not between them, the Marseilles Pldtnoedter
says: "lf Sam Parr succeeds it will gain him
more favor with his constituents than any ether
move that he could make. He has Rutland solid
to back him. The north half because it wishes
thereby to avoid the Illinois river bridge tax from
which they Claim to receive no direct benefit
The south because 1t believes that those that
dance should pay the fiddler. Willing to bear
its share of the burden manfully, it hopes those
who use the bridge most will at least pay some
thing toward keeping itup." So after all it's only
matter of paying for bridget
AN EXPLANATION.
Chicago capitalist having remarked that
Rockford was destined to become second
Rochester, having all the elements for great and
rapid growth in q grand water power, magniii-
cent surrounding country and abundant capital,
the Register takes occasion to say: ave can tell
Chicago and the rest Of mankind, not only that
all of these things that he says are SO, but that
the abundant capital of which the Chicago gen.
tleman speaks Of comes, much OF 1t, froma source
of which he and they little dream-from the fore
handed farmers Of this county. One of the same
farmers, ON Saturday, made loan OF $1,000,
through Mr.. c. W. Sheldon, to one of the most
thrivil ond substantial Of the many manufac
turing panies of this city, and at the low rate
OF 6 per cent. This same farmer twenty-five
wears ago was u borrower at "a per cent interest.
He borrowed money to pay for land and was
then not worth $1,000 He has now probably
loaned out in this and Oge county over 100000.
Many other farmers of this county have been
equally successful in their Accommodations, and
are putting their money freely into the business
enterprises of this city" The Rockford water
power is not one.fourth what that of this city
could be made, and is long since all utilized and
coal is hauled TO that city from Braidwood and
Streator gia Chicago. But the people of Rock
fsrd are alive, look into new schemes for making
money and their town, and when they see good
thing, no matter how big or how small, 'go for
it," and all seem to pull together couple Of
weeks ago 100000 capital were needed to move
the Racine Silver Plating Works to Rockford. 1t
was raised in less than two hours!
The republican party managers OF this county |
that is, the great guns at Ottawa, have declared
war on the La Sale County HereM, the sprghtly !
German paper of this city. The Hero'd you see, |
though a republican newspaper, had the impu-
dence to support Judge Craig during the late ju- |
dicial canvass. The great guns in Ottawa ddn't
like it. OF course not. They declared they
would take pains to remember TIE German re-
publican papers that did this thing land nearly |
all. if not all, in the district did so), and would
particularly remember the Herod. Indeed the
wrath Of the whole party is conferred or the head
of the Herold and If the Heyod isn't crushed out
of existence by the great guns of this city it |
won't be their fault
But the Haou seems to take the matter philo-
sophically; in fact, it is growing fat under this
weight of iniquity and opprobrium. Its fighting
weight has increased decidedly during the week,
and pluck, never wanting in the composition Of
the HroId, Is adding hre to the extra weight and
general good condition of the pugilist. And so
the Hereld this week appears the apostle Of toll
Grafton, damning the prohibition ideas of the re
publican party on the one hand and the growing
tendencies toward know nothn gism exhibited on