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Board Of Supervisors.
Equalization of the Assessment Tor iaNe'
OF IS83---Other business OF
the Session.

OF ISS3---Otner busIhehS Va
the Session.
The first session of the Board Of Super
visors OF 1884 was held in the court
house this week, beginning on Monday at
two o'clock.
The clerk called the roll, the entire
Board answering to their names, as fol.
lows; B. j. Butler, Ohlr; James A. Blake,
Serena; VIM. Cuthbertson, Dlmmick ID.
w. Conard, Miller; John II. Carlln, Wal.
than; Z. A. Dearth Farm Ridge; L. S.
Dresser, Groveland; Peter Donlevy, Wal
lace; Samuel Dunavan, Adams +. w.
Fades, Bruce; John Farrell, la Sale; Cas-.
par Fischer, Mendoza Henry Gum, Eden;
Ii. NJ Gallagher, Peru; Amos +. Griffin,
Utica; Walter IIoge, Bruce; Chas. l.. lotf,
man, Eagle; George W. Hogo, Usage;
Henry Helmig, Peru; l.. b. Hickok, Troy
Grove; lanes Jennings, Mission Edward
c. Lewis Deer Park; Evan Lewis North
Vile; William Lauf, Richland; Arthur
Lowman, South Ottawa; VIM. Ii. Mcln-
tyre, Allen; l.. c. Mills, Bruce, John Mil
Ter, Freedom; John Mclaughlin, La Sale;
John Martin, La Sale; Mat. Maierhoier,
Manllus; X. \. Mcbride, Meriden John
Nicholson, Vermillion Michael O,Laugh.
In, Brooktield; Lothrop Perkins, Ottawa;
Samuel L. Parr, Rutland; James Rhodes,
Dayton; w. A. Reynolds Hope; NJ. II.
Sgnor, Earl; Edward c. Swift, Ottawa;
Jas. w. Stevenson, Otter Creek; VIM. G.
Trumbo, Grand Rapids VIM. Truman,
Mendoza; J. p. Wilson, Fall River; Mat
thew White, Ottawa; Mr.. Chairman.
Z. {. Lewis, of Deer Park, nominated
Hon. John Miller for chairman Of the
Board for the ensuing year; and on motion
OF Fades, OF Bruce, the clerk YVES instruct.
ei to cast the psllo, of the Board for Mr..
Miller as chairman, which being done,
Mr. Miller was duly declared unanimously I
chosen chairman.
Mr. Miller on assuming the chair said
he had told Lis friends he was no, all
aspirant to the office; but he would return
continuance of the confidence reposed In I
him. He would make no pledges save 1
that IN all he did he would look to the In I
teres,s of the county.
The appointment Of Evan Lewis as sue s
cessor of LOUIS RoHrer, as supervisor from |
Worthwhile, was read and received, and on c
motion Mr.. Lewis was declared member t
Of the Board. |
f.. &. Lewis said the petition of the c
Young Ladies Library Association OF OF $
tawa for a room III the court house, re- L
ferred to the Building Committee, had not u
been acted on by that body, who preferred
the Board should dispose of it, He moved ;
the matter be postponed untrl Friday at 8
A. NJ, which was agreed to.
Adjourned to 0 A, ". Tuesday
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From Garfield.

GARFIELD, July 1.-THE ram has fixed
the feeling of the farmer in way thst it
is pleasant to meet him.-Oats, filling
splendidly; corn is all O. X. until August,
then it will need more rain; potatoes are
booming.
Dickey Is cutting rye, and the outlook Is
good.
w. ID. Winter met his many friends on
Monday morning with box of cigars, all
because quite handsome young girl had
come to his house, with the intention of
boarding with his family for time not
specified. Timothy Coffee is uncertain
whether it is policy to declare himself out
of the matrimonial market in consequence
of the above arrival, tor he fears she might
think him little "ould" eighteen years
hence.
Mrs. Z. f. Thrasher took passage on the
railroad train for Hastings, Neb., her new
home, on Tuesday, the 10Th.
X. l.. Conners sent two car loads of hogs
TO Chicago this week. lNCOGNITO.
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The floods having receded in the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi valley, and Pennsyl-
vania, New York and New England hay
ing passed through season of lnundation,
Canada now comes III for a drenchlng
The Thames river at London Ont, on
Tuesday rose TO an unprecedented height,
so as 10 carry along a number of houses,
ana 30 persons are known to h ave been
drowned, with many others missing,
Scores Of bridges have been carried away,
and railroad travel in all Ontario or upper
Canada Is badly demoralized
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Rev. Mr.. Hester, OF Grand Ridge, has pur'
chased the residence property of John Gard
ner, in the LIST ward (South ottawa, and will
remove to this city in the near future.
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FRIDAY.

FRIDAY.
On Friday morning the committees
on equalization made their reports, show
ing the following additions and deduc-
tions. which reports were accepted:
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Louis T Sullivan, East St. Louis, Ill.,, says
Browns Iron Bitters is the best medicine
have ever taken. 1t cured me of malarial
fever
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THURSDAY.
Adjourned TO Q A. NJ. Thursday

On Thursday morning the building
committee made report OF their dolngs
a final report and discharge Of the COM
mittee could not not be had for the reason
that the contracts for vault filings and
steam heating are not yet finished. In re
gard to new chimney for boiler house
the committee found brick one would
cost about $1,000 and in view of the fact
that possible changes may yet be needed
the committee selected an iron one at a
cost of 500. A laundry tor the Jail is al
so being built at cost of 1866. The com.
mittee made the following report OF
moneys expended:
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Report received and ordered recorded.
The court house wa,chman asked for an
increase of salary and jailor tor increase of
help. Referred.
On motion OF Swift, Ottawa, h resolu-
ton was adopted ceding little wedge
shaped strip of land from Rutland to town
of Ottawa. The land lies south of the
main canal between the acqueduct bridge
and white bridge The resolution corrects
a description IN a similar resolution
adopted 10 years ago, and was done for the
purpose of giving complete control of the
new read between both bridges.
On motion of Stevenson, the clerk was
authorized to assess all tracts of lana or lots
omitted by the assessors
Walter Hoge, from committee to settle
with county officers, reported a semlan-
nual report from the sheriff, calling atten-
ton to the large Increase of business and
receipts over last year, which were IN the
first SIX months of this year nearly as
great us during the whole of last year
The report showed:
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Farm for Sale.

The South Half OF Section :, r. 81 N.,RSE Ifnot
sold by October LIST 1t will be for rent For and
full particulars enquire NJ law Office of Thomas c. Full.
leron, west SIDE Court House. Ottawa. H.. or of Rich.
ard j. Fullerton on the premises. juy22-tf--
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Following are Yesterdays July delivery
prices at Chicago, MS reported BY II. S. Gil.
National Republican., 1883-02-12

turn for which they arc exempted from irk
some jury duty aro just too innocent for
anything But by the section under which their
pander McGrath "is nrraigned" they arc, each
and every one of them, probably" liable to
to fine of 5000 or ten years imprisonment,
or both The possession Of their names may
bc considered moro valuable TO some people
than anything that could he gained by their
prosecution. OF course, McGmth would
squeal" if prosecuted Tho underlings Of
the commissioner may only have received
tho money whilo left in ignorance Of the
names of their customers. If they have the
names of any great ones of tho city their
prosecution will hardly result in imprison-
ment. The honest business men Of New
York ought to be willing, at II sacrifice, to
perform jury duty. IL cannot be that jury
duty is avoided on business principles" by
any who profess to any public spirit, or moro
especially by any who have been clamoring
for reform
National Republican., 1883-02-12

tion since the presidential election of 1863.
What bourbon man must be who wakes
up now to tho idea that holders of southern
securities over cheerfully abated the amount
Of them because of any such doubt, instead Of
having yielded upon the standard deliver
demand which admits of no debate. The
Tennessee governor is the very tothorest
guv'ncr" of all tho unreconstructcd He is
so well pleased with the generosity which
prompts Tennessee to pay q portion of its
debt that he doubts if any southern state
has settled this class of indebtedness upon
more liberal terms than those pro-
posed" "This class of indebtedness" " sim
ply means the indebtedness incurred by
the state at the times when the old
bourbon democracy was not in Office.
1t is favorite notion of your genuine bour-
bon that 10 laws are of any binding effect
which were not passed with his consent.
Hence tho utter disregard in tho south Of
United States laws protecting the ballot at
elections of congressman and of all laws
passed by congress since 1861. They regard
the time when they are out of power as an
inteTcgnum in the government. If ever
they return TO power in the nation ono may
look to sec u new supreme court composed of
men who will hold that the "olass" Of legis-
lation had since Lincolns first Inauguration
is void This will not prevent them from mali-
ing some liberal concessions. The governor
of Tennessee gives as an illustration of the
bourbon idea OF what is about fair toward
republican legislation. He says the Estate
debt proper" being of democratic origin, will
be paid in full, less interest during the war.
That we may suppose, will be "charged to
Buster" or TO the United States "The con-
tingent debt" being the amount created when
republicans held office, will be settled at " fifty
cents on dollar" with three per cent. inter
est. This promise to pay will be no more
valuable than was the broken promise to pay
sixty cents on a dollar. However, il is n
token of reconciliation with those who trusted
to the honor of Tennessee when she was n re-
publican state, and ut the samc time notice
that hereafter she cannot he bound by any
act of legislature in which the bourbons are
not majority.
National Republican., 1883-02-12
An Informer OF the Old School.

We are told in the Dublin dispatches that
wretch named Kavanagh is swearing away
tho lives of mon whom he charges with hay-
ing been engaged in the assassination of Lord
Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke. Kav-
anagh swcars that he is the carman who
drove the assassins to the scene of their ilcndsh
job and that he saw the crime committed.
This miscreant tcstifes that "on driUing from
the scene of The murder they took turn to the
left, then crossed the bridge to the rightalong
tho Inchscoro road. Delaney directed him
where to drive. He drove rapidly until he
reached round the town three miles from tho
park. Here Tom Kelly alighted. die then
drove round to Lesson park, stopping at n
public house near Lesson bridge. Brady then
paid and dismissed him. On Sunday morning
he met Brady again at Townsend street and
ycceired tuo pounds, Brady Gfterwdrd bought
him harness" This creature says he became
an "informer Thursday last. The only cor
is that other witnesses testify that Kavanagh
was, previous to the murders, ut the public
house where he claims to have been when he
was hired us the assassns' charioteer.
Atrocous as was the assassination of Lord
Cavendish and Mr.. Burke--and there is moth
ing in tho annals of crime moro brutal or re-
volting-it would be matched by the infamy
of executing men upon the Unsupported testi-
mony of wretch like Kavanagh, who
swears to having shared and concealed
the crime, and to have subsequently taken
as blaclSmail "two pounds" and some
"harness." A hardened villain, with whom
such tale could be true, would
as readily add two pounds and harness to his
store by swearing against innocent mon as
he pretonds to have done by his part in the
not more terrible crime of assassination. Fer
the credit of English law and English charac-
ter it is 30 be hoped that no demand for
victims will be strong enough to induce the
sacrifice of men merely because they arc de-
nounced by an informer of Kavanagh's ad-
mitted character. There is not dog of any
degree in England tho lilo Of which should be
endangered by the word Of such creature.
National Republican., 1883-02-12
pnIiticnl rriirIfV.

The national taxes are now needlessly bur
thcnsomc to the people. The amount col
lcctcd each year is largely in excess of the
necessary annual expenses. They were levied
by congress- when all was needed to meet cur
rent expenses and that part of tho national
debt then maturing. The necessity for SO
much revenue has ceased The excess is ac-
cumulatng in the treasury. The vaults are
full of coin. Many thousands of dollars are
called for by the secretary to build additional
vaults for the storage of useless money.
Why not reduce the taxes and thus dimin-
ish the flow of useless money into tho treas
ury? Why continue such burthcn on tax
payers?
The foregoing facts arc undisputcd. They
are admitted by every member Of congress.
The president and cabinet have no power to
reduce taxation. The taxes are levied by acts
of congress, and must be collected until con-
grcss shall change the law.
Why does congress delay? Tho republican
members of both branches have been striving
to pass such measures during the last year and
more But why have they not succeeded ?
Simply because the democratic members have
pcrsistently intcrposed distractions, and have
resolved to continue this opposition to the end
of the present congress.
On what is this concerted, unanimous, per-
sistcnt opposition based2 The motive is rs
cruel as it is base The democratic members
think that tho passage of laws reducing taxes
would be popular with the people, In this
congress the house of rcprescntativesisre srepub.
lican and, therefore, tho passage of such
laws would reflect credit on the republican
party If it can be driftcd over another year,
and the good deed then performed by demo-
cratic house, that party would hope to secure
ths popular approval. This is tho whole
story.
1t is another Fitz-John Porter case. Rather
than permit Gen. Pope to reap the glory of n
victory, he was charged with refusing to put
useless destruction of thousands of human
lives. The belief that he was controlled by
this motive blighted his fame and obliterated
a military reputation previously brilliant. 1t
would have been possible for him to have
performed only ono other act more diaboli-
| cal-to hare turned his o,cn guns on the ulion
forces,
And this is precisely what the democratic
members of the present congress ara now do
ing. They arc voting against the reduction
of taxes and thus Furnishing tho people, to
prevent the passage of necessary and popu-
lar measure by republican house.
They may succeed. But we beg them to
bcar in mind that tho people of the United
States are not all idiots. They will in the
| end put tho responsibility whore it properly
belongs.
National Republican., 1883-02-12
A nJod,I lourbon Govcrnor.

Tho new governor Of Tennessee, elected by
tho fierce democracy who will never, never,
never hayo anything to do with ropudation,
and who cannot even tolerate the refusal of
Virginia TO pay West Nirginias debt-this
brand new governor has inst given his views
on the public debt In his message to the legis-
laturo. lIo says the state cannot think of
paying tho full face of the Sli,0OO,OO0 bonds
" issued TO railroads Immediately after the
war, when a majority of the citizens were
disiranchisod." What if other southern states
were to repudiato on the ground that the
bonds were issued before tho war, when a
majority Of the citizens were SlareS :
He says that the devastation of war, usuupa-
tion, and misrule Of state government, the
tardy recuperaton thereirom, and ho doubtful
authority of tho state governments which issued
CO rtain of these bonds, have been recognized
and acted on by the holders Of other southern
securities as Just and equitable reasons for an
abatement of the amount of the debt" The
authority Of the state governments recognized
by congress in lieu of the provisional govern
ments erected under President Johnson's
proclamations has not been called in ques-
National Republican., 1883-02-12
BRANCH OFFICES.

The following is II list OF the branch Offices in
Washington. Others viii be added hereafter:
W. s. RoosES News Stands at the ARLINGTON
HorEt WuLAHD's HOTEL, and METROPOLITAN
UoTEI.
RoosG & QurrN's News stand, NATIONAL HOTEL
j.. i. QUEEN, ST. JAMES HOTEL.
RIGGS HousE News stand.
EBBITr UoU-E News stand.
AMEnICAS House News stand.
W. S. TnoMrsoNs Drug store.
G. II. FiCKLNG's Drug store, Georgetown.
J. BRADLEY ADAMsS Book Stores.
c. Il. DuTouR, Druggist, ISIS Fourteenth street.
II. Il. FERGUSON, Druggist corner Second and
Pennsylvania aycnuc $. L.
5. L. LEWIS, Druggist, corner Fourteenth and
streets.
G. G. c. snrs, Druggist, corner Fourteenth and
Now York avenue.
w. I. SCALA, Druggist 500 East Capitol street.
II. A JOHNSTON, druggist, corner Tenth and o
streets northwest
National Republican., 1883-02-12
Arc thcsc MBnsIness Principles 80

Three subordinatCs of the commissioner of
jurors in New York city and a shyster lawyer
have been arrested, the latter for bribing the
former and the former for being bribed.
Cunningham, Jarvis and Kcegan were n
ring in the Office engaged in taking pay
from business men for not being summoned as
jurors, and McGrath, the alleged lawyer,
was the medium through whom the bribery
was done.
The right of trial by jury is supposed to
be the chief corner stone on which rest life,
liberty, and property in this country. To
guard the selection of jurors from all taint
of corruption the Office of commissioner of
jurors exists in New York This is deemed
safer than for tho selection to be trusted to
deputies in the sheriff's Office, or even to lot
under the direction of any officer not specially
selected for the purpose. The three inside
worthless above named, led by Cunningham,
mado an arrangement with the outsider, Nc
Grath, whereby business men who would pay
him bribe, to be divided with them, should
be saved from the annoyance of being called
on to take their turn in doing jury duty. OF
course the low rascals who We're thus willing
from jury duty the highly respectable business
men who were willing to pay twill be pro-
ceeded against"-a Commissioner Caul-
field informs the YriJHne-undcr the
statute (which provides that any public
official receiving money for any account not
authorized by law shall be punishable by fine
of 49, 600 or imprisonment for ten years, or
both" VIII be proceeded against says
the offended commissioner when alluding to
his three subordinatcs. But as to McGrath,
who served rs the go-bctwccn of these offend
ems and tho business men who shared in
their vile work, we arc told ais arraigncd" "
under section which provides that any per-
son who gives amy money to influence officials
shall be punished in like manner us the
officials whom he brides" lis ar
raignod" is much milder language than
"wll be proceeded against" The rea-
son Ol lulo lAuJ Db lHltIICu Nutn II Is lN-
marked that ut McGmth's house were found
long lists of names of business men who had
paid money to the ring" Many letters were
found in his possession also "somo Of the
writers stating that they had paid money
to be excused from jury duty" McGrath OBJ
tanned from his inside pals the names of mer-
chants aud others who were to be on the list
from which jurors were to be drawn, aud
then by calling on them obtained from s25 to
800 each for seeing that they were not ex-
| posed to such an annoyance. The police
refuse to give tho names of these
/ merchants. The Tribune reporter as
suros the public that 1T was thought" by.
/ whom it does not appear, that many Of the
merchants had given money believing that
thoy were paying legal fine, and probably
they did not think they were bribng any
onc.n The merchants Of New York who pay
from $25 TO 500 to a seedy stranger, holding
no Office, under the impression that it is
legal fine to which they have subjected them
selves in some unknown manner, and in re
National Republican., 1883-02-12
A Word Tor Irnn Orc.

The iron mining interest will not appreci-
ate the sympathy for American labor which
refuses to protect American ore against that
mined in Africa. The American laborcrs
who dolvo in the mines of Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, and
Alabama are as well entitled to be protected
against the slave labor of Africa us are those
who work in manufacturing establishments
to be protected against the starvation wages
of Europe. The republican party is not in
favor of free trade in raw materials rs
with rs its duty on coal, marble, and
granite. Why should there be duty Of
u dollat and a hal" ton on rough granite,
and only half dollar ton on iron ore? If
the policy of protection shall be made to ap-
pear mere convenience to certain interests
1t will go down with crash in 1884. If we
are to have an American system, and not n
mere dicker between producers of foreign raw
material and eastern manufacturers, then re-
spect will be paid to the great iron mining
interests in developing which protective
duty is absolutely necessary.
National Republican., 1883-02-12

The vote Of the senate on tho reduction Of
the tobacco tax from twelve to eight cents
was mainly the result Of the unremitting
labors of Gen, Malone, as is understood and
conceded by all who are familiar with tho
progress of the work in that body Ho is de.
voted to the interests Of his state, and his
consideration for the rights and interests of
Others secures for him u hearing when hers
arc at stake.
National Republican., 1883-02-12

If the tariff question is dealt with at the
present session there will be less objection to
Sam Randall, the Pennsylvania protectionist,
for speaker But if the question is left open
till the next congress, then the revcnue-only
democracy win want a man of their own for
that position. In the latter case, will Randall
be candidate for the protection votes with
out regard TO party?
National Republican., 1883-02-12
nlnralnnll .IeNrrIl.

1t Is not an extravagant uso OF words TO
say that no life of sixty years in this country
ever contained more of successful activity than
that of Hon. Marshall Jewell, just closed. His
place in politics was due to his many sue
ccsses as business man, and he valued his
political elevations as well-earned honors,
while nc held always to business as his best
hold, knowing that he owed all to that. His
long and honorable career probably found its
fullest and highest expression in tho govern
orship Of his own state. The full sketches of
his life will furnish encouragement for tho
ambitious and hope for the persistent, though
tho men are few who can WOO fortune with
such unvarying success as did Marshall jew
ell. AS chairman of the republican national
committee he was active, liberal, and COM
plaisant.
National Republican., 1883-02-12

II Mr. Van II, Manning will be kind
enough to take the depositons of the secrc-
tary, treasurer, and clerks OF the republican
congressional committee he will do Gen.
Chalmers the kindness Of showing that tho
result in the second Mississippi district was
not due to the aid popularity, but enormously,
supposed to have been furnished by the COM
mittee, but to the win or the voters of the
district. The aid given Gon. Chalmers, if
any, will prove to have been disgracoruny
small
National Republican., 1883-02-12
MONDAY. FEBRUARY q 1883.
The NNcnti,cr Tn-nnv.

For the middle atlantic states, h,ciuding the District
Of Columbia jar wcdlhcr, uorttccst IN Soulhtcest
1otnds, rising barometer, stationary or SgM flR in
temperature.
Eur ccdher is indicated 0r Nt10 England on Tues.
ddy; Jttr rcabc is also indicated for he ohio uac,
ho loucr iatc rcGioB and the northern portion of he
middle states on IUesd0y.
Yesterdays thCrmometcr.--70. M, 3i2o; II n. M,
57.Oo 5p. m, 5000; p. m, j2O9; IL p. m 5iO5;
maximum, Jl35; minimum, 2g.O2.