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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

every living thing on at least so much of the
world as shall be exposed to Its rays, must be
killed by the heat. While Prof Proctor seems
to be IN dead earnest, the philosophers gener.
ally laugh at his fears, maintaining, in the
first place. that he is all out IN bis Identified
ton OF the comets in question, bur even should
he be correct about that, so enormous is the
size of the sun compared to the comet, that
even should the latter fall into the former, no
appreclable effect could be felt at this distance
from such a comparatively slight addition to
Its fuel II would be like pitching pound
of coal into furnace charged with thousand
burning tons.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

On our inside pages will be found an inter.
esting communication on roads, prepared for
last week, but unayoidably crowded out by
late advertising matter. This subject is one
of the greatest Importance to the public of this
county. We complain of excessive railroad
tariffs and clamor for cheap transportation
Hennepin canals aud ship canals, four track
freight lines of railroad from the Atlantic to
the Pacific owned by the government to trans.
port grain, etc, at first cost; but suppose we
had them, the fact would nevertheless remain
that with roads IN their present condition
throughout this county the transportation of
grain to market would cost a sum sufficient to
eat up all the saving gained by such routes.
Farmers should haul, If they would have 1t
cost the least money, when there Is nothing
But during every open winter this is practica
bly, impossible on account of the roads. 1t
must be done some time. 1t is possible the
time of good roads may come when
other work is imperative. Then it will cost
many farmers rs much to haul grain TO mar.
ket five or ten miles away as 1t does after
wards from Chicago to Buffalo or New York.
Really this subject is one that should be
earnestly considered by farmers. 1t is the
most commonplace Of axloms that it Is only
the difference between the receipts and the ex-
pendiiures that gives the profits AS farming
IS as much business matter as selling dry
goods. everything that cuts down a farmers
expenses increases his profits
Just now the county is struggling with i'm
passable roads. Business Is pretty much sus.
rended in a large proportion OF the county.
Farmers are lying idle, with thousands OF
bushels of grain waiting for delivery. All this
Is expensive. Here is little matter, but it
shows the condition of things. The city is
starving for butter, and the creamery in this
city Is idle for want of cream-the owners
can't get to the farmers and the farmers can't
get get the cream to them. And we venture
To say that the losses these cream sellers will
sustain during this one mud blockade would
more than pay their proportion of tax to
gravel the roads from their places to town.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04
TILDEN

OF course they are not dffaid Of Samuel j
Tilden but somehow, whenever his name is
mentioned, the republican editors and party
managers seem to be seized with spasm
While the New York papers make mention OF
his daily morning horseback rides of ten OF
fifteen miles, and of his spending hours each
day In overseeing the work on the new man.
sion he is erecting and climbing four or five
flights of stairs with the agility of fifteen
year old youth, the republican press and letter
writer's never fail to represent him as equity
rheumatic, paralytlc, in the last stage of de.
|crepitudc, liable to dropIof any day, and Ger.
tain to die within three or four years at the
most.
AT the same time they never fail to add that
MIR. Tilden 10 scheming day and night and
bending all his energies to secure the
democratic nomination for the presidency in
1884. Inhrm and decrepid as he -, he has a
vast bureau of correspondence organized daily
overseeing and directing It's work, noting con.
tents and debating hundreds of letters pertain.
Ing 70, shaping and organizing political move
ments IN all parts Of the country
Among the lates, csnsrds, the offspring of
these republican tremors, Is one that Mr. Til.
den has written to John NJ Palmer, of this
state asking him to take the second place
with him on the Democratic Presidential
ticket in 1884 OF course Mr. Palmer, on be.
ing asked as to the truth of the report, says
there is nothing whatever in it-that 1t is
purely sensational-a ridiculous canard.
From all of which we infer, that while
Samuel J. Tilden is bodily In more than aver.
age robust condition and mentally as clear and
vigorous as ever he is quietly attending to his
own business ready and possibly even q little
anxious to make the run for presidency in
1884, but with acuteness enough to see that his
chances to secure the democratic nomination
are tenfold greater through reliance on the
free, spontaneous action Of the party than ON
any scheming, pipelaying or setting OF pins
on his part.
And that is just what alls the republican
leaders. They are thrown into spasms at the
very thought of such a nomination OF Tilden
The great issue of the campaign, in that case
would turn upon the giant fraud of 1876
which itself is wholly indefensible, and the de
Tense of the miserable administration of old
fraud Hayes that grew out Of it, No wonder
the republican leaders look forward to such d
campaign with The most dismal forsbodings
and no wonder they are eager to kill off Til
deH In advance TO avert such q direiul out
Come
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

For weeks the republican papers of New
York lectured the democrats IN the New York
legislature on the immortality Of making any
bargain with the Tammany democrats so as
to get their votes; but somehow, when the re
pubicans made a bargain with the Tammany
democrats, giving them the best committees
and half the offices for their votes the same
republican papers seem to think it all right
II is very hard sometimes to catch on" to the
ethics of the party Of great moral ideas"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

Not long ago We mentioned, in our resume
OF the foreign news, that the Khed,ve Of Egyp,
had been compelled by the military to dismiss
his ministry and appoint new set The poor
Khedive is still under the complete domino
tion of his army, at the head of which is Gen
Chas. p. Stone, remembered as the blunderer
at Balls Bluff during the American civil war
now Pasha Jones, and military hlghcockalor.
UNI in Egypt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

A week ago Jennie Westbrook, a comely
though somewhat masculine appearing young
girl, was arrested in New York city for wear
ing mems clothing. On hearing before Jus
tice Power she proved that in her male gart
she had been able to find plenty Of work al
good wages while in female garb she had near
ly starved. The Justice decided that there
was no law against her wearing mems attire
under the circumstances, and treating her ar
rest as malicious, promptly discharged her
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04
OUR CLUBBING

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the followingpublicatio furnishing both
1t the prices named, postage prepaid. The
offer-open to old subscribers or new at any
post office IN the county-ls the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE IN this county:
FRss TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. %
FRBB TRADER ana Uncago Weekly Tribune. 2.65
eRss TRADER ana Chicago Weekly Inter .,
Ocean .,...'.; Se co
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Journal 265
FACE TRADER and st. Louis Republican 49,. I'D
FREE TRADER and St. Louis Globe Democrat. 100
FAR TRADER and n. Y. Weekly Herald =. $50
FRBB TRADER and american Agric,Aturist. 2.6O
PRRs TRADER and Prairie Farmer. $3.50. 3.OO
FREE TRADER and either of Harper's publ
cAtlOnb. '''''
FRRR TRADER and Scribner. ................ AID
FRBR TRADER and Godeys Ladies' Book. 800. 800
FREE TRADER and Physiological Joarndl... BOY
FREE TRADER and 81. Nicholas. ............ $40
TRBE TRADER and Demorest's Monthly .... 80
FRRE TRADER and Littelps Lining Age..... o.25
ERIE TRADER and Western Rural. .......... 800
FnBE TRADER and MoOre's Rural Mem Yorker $50
PREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Hera'd.. 2.35
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

The scientific world is considerably exer.
cised over one of Professor Proc,or's late Fla.
miliar Talks" in which he identifies the grea!
comet of 1868 with that of ls43 and again with
that which appeared IN the southern hemis-
phere in 1880, maintaining that the comet is
so rapidly shortening the period Of its revolu
ton that by 1897 1t will reappear when II
must fall into the sun, whereby our solar lum'
mary will gain such an accession OF fuel that
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

The Aurora Beacon Tears" President Ar
thur will commit grave error" if he restores
Fltz John Porter to the army, as report says
he is about to do, and quotes, for the PresI
dents admonition, the following paragraph
from a speech of John A. Logan anent Gen
Porter
The man who fits his hand 10 the law to re-
store that man today to the army of the Unit
ed States will strike a blow-yes, sir heavy
blow-on the discipline OF the army-that will
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

be calculated 10 demorallze 1t, and he will
strike blow at the Union men who stood by
this country while Fitz John Porter faltered |!
If the "blow on the discipline of the army
involves half as heavy blow as the above ex-
tract involves ION" the Queens English, the
President, in its dellverance, must be armed
with five ton trip hammer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

versy. Knowing as his audience did that the
orator cherished passionate feeling concerning
those events, the temperance of his treatment
OF them was regarded as truly admirable
Upon the whole while the occasion was no
doubt splendid opportunity for Mr.. Blaine
to pose IN most advantageous position before
the country, he made such use of it to reap
from it every advantage or laurel there was
in IL
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

The heavy rams and floods which FOR the
past two weeks have afflicted the south, break
lng the levees of the Mississippi and flooding
vast districts of country, have shifted to the
northeast Canada, Vermont, Massachusetts
&C, on Wednesday and Thursday we're de
luged with rains that swept away many rail
road bridges and caused several serious catas
trophies, two IN Vermont, each attended with
loss of life
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

The COUNTY HoUsE-1he Board of Sinner
visors of this county hold another session mex,
week, and among other pressing business to
engage their attention Is the selection of a
warden and matron Of the county asylum
There are halt dozen of applicants for the
position, among whom the more promInen,
are Adam Mecay, Justus Harris and o. W
Fuf. II Is no part Of our purpose to cham
pion the cause OF either OF these candidates
but admonished by past experience, there arc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

Though Stephen w. Dorsey was indicted
several weeks ago and is soon to be put upon
trial as king among the star route thieves
he Is still the honored and trusted secretary OF
the Republican National Committee There
Is no disgrace in stealing so long as the pub
lie treasury is the victim.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

In q fit of crankish sentimentalism Cyrus
W. Field, Of New York, year ago erected a
monument to the memory Of Major Andre,
the British spy whom Washington had execu.
ted,-the monument beng erected near Tap.
pan, Rockland county, New York, on the spot
where Andre was hanged in 1880 A week
ago a stranger arrived at Port Jervis, and IN.
CURED the way to the monument Naxt morn
ing 1t was found that the stranger had not only
found the monument but had very consider.
ably defaced IT, On the monument he had
raised an American flag, to which were pinned
some verses, the last of which was as follows
Americans resolve, proclaim
That in our own dear land
Never, while the people reign,
Shall treason statue stand
And he who dares erect it next
On fair Columbia's breast,
With fulsOme or with false preteXt,
Shall dangle from its crest
The poetic vandal has been traced out hy
the police and found to be one Hendricks, a
New York city prlnter,-"tlled with patriotic
emotion" but little cranky
No doubt the erection of monument TO
Andre by an American was in sufficiently bad
taste. He needed none, for he has one INVEST
minister Abbey; yet having been erected, its
desecra ton is no. less an act of Vandalism
which few right.thinking people will not fail
to condemn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

SIN. Pettingill & Co., the well.known New
York advertising agents, bnrned out at the
great Park Row fire, have located at 2G3
Broadway.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-04

An artesian well, at Hoyts shop, Aurora, is
feet inches Ia depth, is completed, and the
pump throwing $50 barrels of water daily. The
water is very pure and soft, and but slightly im'
prevuated with mineral.
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tkyet impossible TO liIure accurately
an ,be appropriation bill that is incubNting
n hr I..i.hiqn; bnt it is going to be
enormous. Wt,hill not be surprised to see
h foa M over a haIi million Of dollars.
The nsplycn Of West Virginia will bat
,beitcy,s more than once when they come
n .4pi Il, Tile appropriation for the Hos.
pinlb tbc Insane is increased from $S2,-
80 !, las, wear tooycr $4,000 this year,
that oithc prat, Dunb and Blind Asylum
from S,lOyOtos.S,djO, that Of Public Print.
IN, md stationery from 5000 to SS4, 600,
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Tue Senate Yesterday conCurred in tho
AWse appropriation bill, except in two
orthrc uaimprtant particulars. When
the eOill was wlyr consideration Senator
Dawson moyrl to amend, as regards the
interest plrabe to iae schools on the
anoan'nkrn blythe State out Of the fund,
Na'ioGjre tleSbo2Is the benefit Of the
laisNSt Up 70 the date Of the declaration Of
the aPfortormcntto the counties by the
Auditor on the l0,h of Junel, but this
1svo'el down, although, to their credit
d 4 sail, tbcrc were three Democrats
Who rriI.el 70 concur in this act OF injus'
toe to The schools Of the State. As the
matter stands tho schools will only get
aei'in'etst il they get it oil, up to the
Raot Frbmnry Of this year, and even
The ard iHstaIlmcnt Of this they will not
Nt until the l5,h Of September, and the
second iusallmcnt not until the 18th Of
DeceWgT. So&at almost n years interest
NlII'tIIl@!nauaDwhcn theyget theinter-
est dueiFom the lilhof February, 1851, up
t0the li'l Of February, 1882, as provided
IN the appropriation bill.
We presume lhat tho Democracy, in
view the large shortage staring them in
he lace and in view also Of the flct that
ar Jailed in lSi5, and again in 1877, and
tania lSi0, topay even the back inter
Sa'eFi' i'Ua,ap appropriated, ,tiloughtthat the
Fitopriaiiontbis year fora year'sarrearsof
la'ueSt was aIItlcy could stand. Anything
n The nature Of asudicn change of base
.nl0 be avoided. So they concluded to
at down on Senator Dawson's just and
FOFtamCnimcGt \ party that holds
"aSdmwn extra sessions and taxes the
Ie0psasthc rate Of $50 per day for time
'Peatin s,fnynrandcr schemes, has no
surplus Nsc0hto as,r on the schools.
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OHIO SOLONS


Guarding Against PeVnIRtIons In the
Departments-rhe smith sunday Law
Special Dispatch to the tntcltiseucCr.
CoLuMnus, March 22.-WiIson's Senate
bill, requiring the several State officers to
make monthly reports to the Auditor Of the
State, respecting money dawn by them 70.
spectively during the preceding month, SO
as to guard against errors, irregularities OF
peculations in the several State depart.
ments and in the State institutions, was
passed in the House to-day.
In the Senate to-day petitions for the
passage OF the Smith Sunday bill were pre-.
sented by Senators Pollack, walcott,
Brigham and the President, There will be
a convention held here tomorrow in the
interest ofthe Smith Sunday bill, and the
Columbus ministerial association has sent
invitations to its friends and co.laborers in
all parts OF the State to attend. The con-
veption will be large.
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KNIGHTS or HONOR.
Msetlag OF the Grand Lodge at ParLets.
burE-rhe Newly Elected Omeers.

Special Dispatch to the lntellIgencer.
PAREEsDuRo, W. Va, March 9Th,
Grand Lodge Of West Virginia Knights 0
Honor closed two days session in thil
city tonight The session has been ,
pleasant and profitable one. The report,
Of the various Grand Officers, as well a,
the delegates from the subordinate lodges
show an encouraging and hearty growth oI
tho order in the State. Some twenty
lodges were represented, representing a
membership Of about eight hundred in The
State, Last night the delegates visited the
skating rink, by invitation Of the Blanner
Hassett lodge, Of this city, and some Of the
delegates tried the rollers without fatal 70.
suits
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year.
IN. Gibbons, Of ParkeisbnT, Grand
Dictator.
ro5S'2. .. ,SsIasa,i iiis4taSRNs.s On, Gard
Vice Dictator.
W. L. Wiley, Of New Martinsyille,
Grand Assistant Dictator.
) 0, II. Bruce, OF Piedmont, Grand Re-
porter.
:, 0. G. scoaeld, Of Parkersburg, Grand
Treasurer.
:. G. /. crunmer, Of Wheeling, Grand
Chaplain,
VIM. MOrehead, of MOrgantown, Grand
Guide.
A. J. Stone, Of Fairmont. Grand Guar
dian.
LIB. Purdy, of Moundsyille, Grand SEN
tinel.
=, Joseph AtOreland, Of Morgantown, Grand
Trustee.
Judge okey johnson, Of Wheeling, and
J. A. Ewing, of Moundsvillo, Representa-
tives to the Supreme Lodge.
G. W. Fried, of Nfartinsburs, and r. c.
Dunnington, Of Fairmont, Alternate Rep
resentativcs, l..
The order now extends to every State in
the Union. 1t numbers one hundred and
tlfty thousand and pays about sS,OOO,oOO,
in benetitsannually. s.
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WILLIAM,N RInTnnAY.
nerIln In Holiday AttIre-ThanAssIvIng
Chnrah herYInnA

BERLlN March 99.-Thc city is
gayly decorated, to-day being the
anniversary Of Emperor Williams
birthday. The thanksgiving services at
the churches were numcrously attended.
The Emperor commenced receiving con-
gratulNtiOns at 10 o'clock this morning
and stood throughout the reception with
out manifesting any sign Of fatigue.
Great crowds OF psople "ssey,h!c,. in I'm.
S4s ~ n :..s Slaies.
" upon his appearance on the balcony.
The Emperor replying to the deputation Of
the Conservative Central Committee, who
presented III address expressing their
devotion to his NI1jesty, said
that every new period Of life reminded him
that It was the Almighty who at certain
times chose his instruments. God had
called upon him to carry out certain tasks.
Neither in civil nor in military mat
ters had he ever failed to find fit
and capable men for his purposes.
The timestwere serious, considering that
the Car, year ago, had fallen a victim to
party anarchy. Who could now deem him
self safey The Emperor said he had learn
ed with pleasure that the country had large.
ly approved his recent message, He laid
great stress upon the importance Of fcrv.
ent religious feeling, which he had often
exhorted the people to cultivate. He re-
terred with deep emotion to the preserva-
ton of the life Of the Empress.
ST. PETERsnuRG, March 22.-The Car
has telegraphed congratulatory message
TO Emperor William expressing the hope
that his life, necessary to the peace Of Eu.
rope and the maintenance OF friendly rela.
tions between Russia and Germany, might
be long preserved
At q state dinner given this evening in
the Gatschina Palace, TO which all the
members OF the German Embassy, De Girs
OF the foreign office and all the Knights Of
the German orler-Red Eagle-were in.
vited, the Car toasted Emperor William.
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WASHINGTON, March 92,-The Chinese
bill was taken up by the House to-day, and
Washbprne spoke in its favor, claiming
that continuance OF Chinese immigration
would bring about the greatest of all dan
ger to labor. lie contended there was no
4nology between the immigration from
Europe aud that from China. 1t was
the part of wisdom not to degrade labor,
but 10 bring labor and capital in accord.
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AN IMPORTANT DECIsIoN
Touching the Collection of insurance

CINCINNATI, March 22.-Judgc Force Of
the Supreme Court, OF this city, to-day
rendered an important decision touching
the jurisdiction in suits against foreign in
surance companies. The cases before the
conrt were the suits OF the Mohr 4 Mohr
distilling company, Of Lafayette, Indiana,
against the New Hampshire, Peoples OF
Newark and Union of Philadelphia,
Insurance Companies TO recover on the
policies on the distillety burned Mt La
iayette. The defendants plea against ju-
risdiction was overruled, the court holding
that suit may be brought in any State where
the Insurance Companies do business, re.
gardless OF the place where the policy was
issued or the property situated,
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WASHINGTON, March 29.-The minority
report Of the House Committee says: The
effort to secure the admission Of Da-
kota as q State was purely political
move, agitated exclusively in the in
terest of certain politicians, who
are seeking to accomplish their ambitions
designs, and that Of those who appeared in
Washington in behalf OF the admission, not
one was agriculturalist. Indications are
that the admission Of Dakota, will be-
come party question, with the Democrats
solidly opposed.
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BERLIN, March Bismarck, in con-
versing with members OF the Russian Diet,
stated that he was prepared for the rejec-
ton OF the tobacco monopoly bill by the
Reichstag He did not intend to
dissolve The Reichstag in the event Of its
rejecting the bill, but would leave the
question to time, hoping the tobacco iac-
tors themselves would eventually ask for
State monopoly. It is also ramored that
Bismarck will resign on account OF the ad-
verse vote.
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who Is counted as onu Of Chafee's best
hackers, Is now here and ChaiIee Is to ar.
rive here tomorrow. Some Of Secretary
Kirkwood's friends now admit that they
arc satisfied he Is TO be retired.
Mr.. Teller 10 spoken Of as entirely accept
able to Cameron, Logan and other stall
wart leaders, and that Is q straw indicating
which the way wind blows. 1t is men.
toned that the prominent stalwarts have
been holding frequent conferences with
Senator Teller during the past several
days, and his relations with them have ap.
parently grown more intimate than before.
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~ .51eos,ya,lrnt Of Indiana has

-..,,, .5r,ftaea4rut Of Indiana has
AV'''' =, srprrintcndent Of
.,,oos sgns tnnt he rn"S 't'S'''!s'f.'
'.n,,Ii, %.S,Ii i:noaatot history, and suggest,
n, 1,,', , rtom. II, lad visited a school
us.,s ~ the teacher was ignorant OF tie pre-
,.D, "aSL Ioas,Ildes Nd Of 'furkcy. A teacher ap.
Diisl Die 70 BIN fora license. He was asked
r,'Ir !" s,n. n ,ac present governor OF Indiana.
The = n,pon,c promptly came, Arthur"
II, "a, aglin a,kyd how he came to be
,,rgnot and the answer was equally
'nnH, "by the Grecnback vote" lie
r,,,,,, lha. teachers be examined not
osIr oa textbook history, but on the un.
vdlten hi.,oryoitoday.