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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-17
II H R M s.:
15O PER YEAR In ADVANCE.
200 AFTER EXPIRATION OF SIX MONTHS
The Constitutional convention TO,

The Constitutional convention for
Arkansas, has completed its labors
and adjourned to the goth Of October.
The constitution will be submitted to
vote of the people on the 18th Of
October. If it shalt be adopted, the
the members of the convention will
only meet TO adjourn but If rejected,
they will try their hand at it again.
This is q new move in the history Of
constitution making, but they are q
mighty novel set Of chaps down in
Rackensack.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-17

correspondent in Caddo Parish, La, writing in
favor Of the candidacy of ex-Confederste soldier
for Office, furnishe: this glowing tribute:
deeds done by our soldiers-in fact everything
nected or associated with the good cause is dear to
me. God and the angels never looked upon more
glorious spectacle than our little army struggling to
be free. love to look at my old Confederate money
(nOw valueless) because 1t is dear to us all it was
part and parcel of us it was our currency and that
hallowed it; it was the same money our loved Pres
idcnt received as his pay, and that made it sacred
with, and that hallowed it; it was the same money
that the naked sentinel upon the blue cold hills of
Virginia was paid with aud that halowed it and it
was the same money that the gallant soldiers in the
swamps and marshes Of Louisians received IS pay,
and that hallowed it. Shall we forget it all ?-can
We forget it all? No! never Now is the time to
show our gratitude and if we fail to reward merit
wedeserve to be governed by usurper."
49, According TO previous appointment delegation Of
R'y Co. viz: NJ. v. Il. Howell Thos McAchran Of
MoultOn aud II. Ii. Trimble, NJ. II. Jones, J. S. Me-
Nair and WIN. Hill, OF Bloomfield, Iowa, met Gen.
Buell. and others Of the Quincy y st. Paul Ry Co at
in building line Of road from Quincy to some point
on the line of the Central t. II of Iowa at near
Abba via Memphis and Moulton thus completing the
important and only link required in making agrand
also for projecting branch road from the main line
at Moulton, Moravia or Abba to Des Moines, thu,
securing direct communication by rail between Oul
State Capitol and st. Louis the future u S. Capito'
Among other business transacted by the cOmmitte,
il passed Q resolution favorDg the consolidation
the two companies the best means of securing
speedy construction of the road. Therefore com
mittee Of the two companies was appointed to NEE
solidation to be presented TO tho respective com
panies for ratification, after which business wi
be inaugusatcd along the whole liue So says ID
Moulton Recorn,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-17
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Monroe Il W Sc pt 4 81

Mountain John | 15 WIN Bakers Add OFT
McCright b | G 4 q Add do
Mcmahon Pat IA Haynes Add do
McHngh Mrs 8 collars Add do
Marinan Ann l. Thomas hf e hf
sw % n II 40
Mcdonald Mary | 50 collars I'd Add OttumWa
McHugh Pat ne Sc IL 70 IL 40
Ottumwa Driving Park ne pie
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Olney G b collars Adk Ottumwa
Pumroy Geo Sr Q pit 3 hf sw 81 z IL 70
Paften John sw pit sw NV Is ~ l8 =
Painter j 8 Dixan l. H's Add to OttnmwS
Powell Silas lot 10, and Is Richmond
Peck A G Sc ptl 2 81 u l3 81.
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-17

Rector Lewis . T 4 w Add Ottumwa
Russell Geo " Sc hf 80 d b H Add OFT
Simons Henry 10 Haynes Add Ottumwa
Simons Sarah IL do do do
Emily F Ives Is Kellog's sub OF IA Giilmor,
do do y 90 90 do do do do
Stiles 4 Dixon lots 2& 80 u Is 70
Stiles + Hl2 -. -. =. 50h
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Sexton + \ Son NV fri n 80 :. IA las
silyey A l. lots Ii and IL Richmond
Schworm Jacob sc cor Sc ne 80 70 Is 4
Stecks Geo W Ferry lots IS - II
Tisdaic o ID n hf ne ne 35 :. 20
Ward Frank ID ! 6s Haynes Add Ottumwa
Wilson Barrett | Is sc sc IL ;. ;. T.:
do do :. =. g.
wolworth C mia I 4 W Add Ottumwa
Wood Mrs NJ | II b 3 Richmond
Wells John v 81 Pickwick
Brink Dena s collars sub pit
W hfnw ne ~ 70 II Z,
Minnick i g 16 McElroy's $ Add Ottumw
do IL do do do
Taylor James II ID 4 II Add Ottumwa
Unknown IL do do
Miller WIS do do
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-17
If the democratic party be response

If the democratic party be response
BILE for an impending war of races in |
the South, it deserves to be destroyed
forever, to be trampled out of exist
ence as the author of the direst poss-
ible calamity that could befall any
people. If it can be shown that the
democratic party has made, we do not
say frantic efforts, but any effort what
ever to widen the gaping breach be-
tween the white people and the ne
groes of the South, then we will con-
ceds that the Democratic party is no
longer worthy of public confidence or
Of popular support.-N. Y. World.
We take the World at its word, and
challenge it to show any evidence
whatever from single Southern Re-
publican newspaper that the black or
white Republicans propose Ito inaug-
urate war of races. On the other
hand, to prove that the war Of races
is already begun on the part of the
Democratic party, we cite the follow
ing extracts from Democratic journals.
The Westyille (Miss.) Ne,os says:
The white mans party is the only
salvation for the State. Show the ne.
gro his place and make him keep it,
II We can't vote him down we can
knock him down, and the result will
be the same.
The Vicxsburg Herald saya:
The top rail 10 on top in Vicksburg
and Memphis, and will soon be so
everywhere else Ia tho South. Ii our
political prosperity demands It, the
negro population must be thinned out
to giUe place for schite labor.
The Shreveport Times says:
There has been some red handed
work done In this parish (Caddo) that
was necessary, but it was evidently
done by cool, determined and just
men, who knew just how far to 60,
and we doubt not If the same kind OF
work is necessary. it will be done.
Dl the Grant Parish nssisere tie
following lapgusge is uso3 ~ she
same pepers
We Aas assifl that we ftss3 3, cord .pttg
0pppfoee What tbe S.hise I.ssa. ~ d; rsitt {
aud Rapides did at ls0ffax .fbeyS hite
man. VIII does not ID a crsatitge y.
bsse thst he shames tAe wuyst I'll l.ie
speeiaa. SYe say agaiu aa gTa eniua
to carry chs elections Ia this State tsis
iaii.
These eyttscgs might be continued
almost without limit, but it IS anaec-
essary. sEe slbnlit il the Language
4aeted from fh6ss Democrats organs
means aps ths6H. 4 means aetoIIai-
nation PIP the psft qf the democratic
party Atsfs Sson,l 10 terec negroes ta
4 vote as white nlea alstate, or 10 keep
theniaaway from the palss, OF, faiiing
in both these directions, to knock
them down. that is tosay, 10 Kill
them. 81 this is not d wa 81 raeGs
viii tho yorse he kind eaesgh - ssitl
ps WIS. ltis tatsg-t teeua.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-17

Kelley Julia IS collars 2d OFT
keltner G 4 rs Hinsey 4 Hedrick add OFT
Leonand Mad ne NV % u A 10
Lindsey VIM 81 Haynes add OFT
LaForceJ WI Mccullough add OFT
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-11-03
Burning a COrpsN

The idea of "Cremating'' the dead has
received a practical illustration in Europe.
The London Times Berlin correspondent
writes that the body Of Lady Dixie was
burned ON the 10th inst, at Dresden,
strangers being permitted to be present.
The coffin was placed in the chamber fur
mace and six minutes later the coffin burst;
five minutes more and the flesh began to
to melt away. Ten minutes more and
the skeleton was laid bare. Another ten
minutes and the bones began to crumble.
Seventy-fye minutes after the introduc-
tion of the coffin all that remained of Lady
Dixie and the coffin were six pounds Of
dust.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-12
The Patrons of Husbandry.

A Washington letter writer says; "There ia
no political measure now before the country preg-
nant with n. ore important and benehcent result
to the producers OF material wealth than the
measures adopted and rejected by this powerful
order. II the wisdom and honesty that have
hitherto directed its course shall continue to pre-
vail in its councils for few years more, it will
become an Emporium ta iniperio, and to its coun-
ellis and protection will the people of the United
States look more confdingly and more Affection
ately than to the Federal and the several State
Governments This all seems visionary, OF course.
But look at ihe facts upon which base my pre-
diction.
Mr. William Saunders, Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the National Grange, told me,
the other day, that the cash purchases at first
hands, by the several Oranges, ior their respective
members, already aggregate $500, 900 per week =
more than $4,000 900 year. and that these pur-
chases are made at an average of 20 per cent less
than the prices individual farmers would have to
pay. Now, it must be plain to the hopeful man
that when the officers upon whom devolves the
duty of purchasing, shall have extended and per-
fected their arrangements, and when tha 00U, 900
members OF tile order shall have swelled up to
s. 600 000 the cash purchases will amount, easily,
to $l0,000,000 a week, or 520,000,eo0 q year
Soon, the order viii do its own banking and in
surance business. 1t will assure both the lives
and property of its members. Some of its lead
ing men have been engaged, for some time, in de-
vsing plans for accomplishing these results in the
best way; and ii is possible that some plan will
receive the sanction Of the next National Grange,
which convenes this week at ST. Louis"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-12
The Reduction of the Army.

We have already referred to the reduction OF
the army several times in the GAZETTE within a
few weeks, and We are now more firmly conync-
ed than ever that reduction IN this part OF the
service could be made with benefit and safety
snd thereby millions OF money would be saved
tnat i nov needlessly wasted.
There are now scattered over the country many
thousands of men Who are we'll acquainted with
military tactics who served in the army as officers,
ana also thousands upon thousands of men W no
understand military duty; there is therefore no
excuse lor a standing army lt more than enough
to Sam On the forts and protect the frontiers.-
Fifteen thousand men IS ample for this purpose.
Il We had a hundred thousand they would aot
prevent indian outbreaks. Nothing will prevent
mi lu! absolute subiection. The passion OF the
aylgs Is sure to breal. out III bloody deeds occa-
=Ionally aud whenever bold and reckless chief
anIs IN opportunity to crafty his love for imag-
inary revenge and desiles to indulge in the pleas
ures OF The war dance.
The country could call 10 arms tc day hun
Ifod lold more men prepared for entering the
Geld ho have done military duty than it could at
any time previous 10 1850 or lSGl the expense,
ihele!ore, ol a standing army OF moro than fifteen
ta,a-anl men Is entirely unnecessary, and ought
not to be incurre
We are crcdibly informed by members of Con-
'ress TIA, e,uGJ men belonging to the army were
sent 10 aid in the construction of the Northern
Pacific Railroad; and it is further said that there
are 1000 men now engaged in and about the cap
tai serving as walters and doing mental service
TOR officers of the government while drawing pay
Is soldiers, These things are really disgraceful,
N We refer to an article elsewhere on the sub
ject from contemporary to prove that we are not
alone in this opinion. Let the army be properly
reduced and taxation need not he added upou our
sugar and coffee.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-12

the country, protect its border and fght its
battles, are detailed to act as coachmen, foot
men and grooms In houses in. Washington. =
There can be no dispute about this disgrace
| full fact, for it has been stated by leadlngke-
publican member upon the floor W the House
and passed unchallenged. 1t seems to be
matter of common notoriety at Washington.
but it has heretofore been spread before ihe
country in such manner as TO demand Tor lt
universal credence.
We are at q loss to know how even con-
science sored by the demoralizing indu'
ence of the atmosphere OF the Capitol car
reconcile itself To the propriety OF using the
enlisted men OF the army as private SER
wants. In the autebellum days good deaf
used to be said about the practice OF the
President In using the Marine Band to sur :
ply the music desired upon reception days
ut the White House nut the usage was
plausiby defended on the score that the
music was for the pleasure OF all the citi
zens of the country who were Tree 10 call
upol these occasions upon Its Chief Ma8is-
trate. But it would trouble the most ex-
pert casuist TO lay in what manner the
cttizsns OF tho country are benefited by the
employment of its soldiers in the halls and
the stables of Washington magnates. 1t is
no wonder that In place where tho tone of
public sentiment is such as to enable a
Cabinet Minister to use government
soldier as his private servant, we shouid
hear frequently of the occurrence OF emoez
Zelments and frauds upon the part OF ali
classes of government employees. Uncle
Sam In Washington circles seems TO be con-
sidered fair game for all who can success
fully fleece him; ana we cannot be surprised
that a subordinate clerk should feel himself
at liberty 10 reach his hand into the public
treasury whenever occasion offers, having
before his eyes the daily example set him
bv his superior officers in using for their
own private purposes the equipaRes pro-
vided bv the government 10 enable them to
discharge their pu bile duties, and the SOL
diers enlisted to ensure the public safety.
If the standing army of the United States is
TO be used for such purposes as these, the
people will demand its abolition. There
can be no possible need Tor 1000 or for 100
soldiers in the District of columbia. There
are no forts there to be garrisoned and no
enemy to he guarded against. There was
no justification Tor the use of 1000 other SOL
diers to help Jay Cooke Il Co., to build the
Northern Pacific Railroad. a private enter
prise. There was no need of an army in
Louisiana to defeat the will OF the people
there, and place over them at the point of
bayOnet, government not of their choice;
an ilegitimste use of governmental power
which mas returned to plague its Inventors,
who are now at loss to devise proper
mode of retreat from the entanglements into
which 1t has led them.-Ldncdstcr InteiH-
OeRcer.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-12
More vIiIainy Exposed In Washington

Judge Loughridse, OF the House Committee on
appropriations has discovered that the govern
mt mt has Leen charged with the maintenance of
more Indians than there is in existence. For in
stance he has learned from trustworthy sources
that the Indians between the Rocky Mountains
and the Sierra Nevadas, put down in the last re-
Pot ot the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs as
numbering nearly $1,000, actually number but
10000. Though this is greater disparity than
would hold throughout, there is no doubt in the
mud oi tue committee that there rs an overesti-
mate of.about one-thrd OF the numbers given.
The Judge has accordingly recommended a reduc-
ton OF II, 100000 III the estimate Indian appro-
pnallons. Why are not the perpetrators of such
frauds prosecuted and punishedf Can the Grant
Administration answer.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-12
SOLDIERS AS SERVANTS.

IL discussing the army appropriation bill
in the House of Representatives on Tuesday
week, Mr. Wheeler, Republican, of New
/ orE, the member OF the Committee on
Appropriations who had the bill in charge
said
The bill appropriates money enough to re-
crult htty-two hundred men in the next fiscal
year. Inc theory OF the Committee on Ap-
preparations Is that these men shall 90 to re-
crult the frontier regiments. If they will not
suffice | will tell you where there are plenty
prominent officials IN Washington, and take
cut OF them the enlisted men who are acting
as private servants, and put the army uniforms
on them and SEND them TO their regiments.
These two sources, the men who furnish the
200 recruits, and the men who are engaged
as private servants, degrading the character
OF soldiers in the houses of officials and about
the departments, will supply all the force
that is needed for the regular army.
Mr.. Ward (Rep., Ii, } asked Mr.. Wheeler if
De knew how many enlisted men were en-
ployed in the departments and in the houses
ot officials.
Mr.. Wheeler-That is a record which l do
not care to make up. The sources of infor-
nation are open to him as well as to any olher
me IL Der of the House.
Mr.. Potter (Dem., y. ! - had been inform.
ed b. distinguished member of the Admins
tratlon party that there were a thousand en-
listed men in the District of Columbia: Let
them be placed on the frontier, they were NOT
wanted about the drawing rooms stairWays
Of Washington officials, Last year there was
force OF nearly two thousand men sent our
with surveying party for the Northern Pa
cifc Railway.
The developments which are now being ra.
pidly male In regard to the fraudulent prac-
Ices Of government officials at Washington,
and the devices 10 which they are wont to re-
sort TO saddle the private expenses of their
housholds upon the government are of such
nature as to shock the country, indicating as
they do the low standard of honesty which
prevails among the very highest officials Of
the nation. 1t was but a few weeks since
tnat the opposition engendered by the nomi.
nation, of Attorney General Williams induced
one Of the Republican members of Congress
who was permitted to have ready access to
the records, 10 procure and have published a
statement of the expenses incurred by the
United States in keeping up a driving estab-
lshment for the private use Of the Attorney
Generals wife. We have not yet recovered
from our astonishment at thus learning that
the Government provides elegant landaulets
and stylish horses for the use of the wives OF
the Cabinet Officers when we learn, in the
course of debate in Congress that the United
States also supplies the private servants re-
CURED by its high officials. The soldiers en-
listed into the army to garrison the forts Of
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-12

Tie Radical papers OF Philadelphia express
sreat alarm at the prospect of tbs election of A.
h. Mcclure as Mayor. Their alarm appears to
oe chiefly, as they assert from the fear that such
al election will place that city in the hands OF the
Democrats. But the real fear arises from the fact
that the frauds Of the Radicals will be exposed
and The Ring deprived of the ability to continue
- commi. other frauds
, 1874-10-28
rhe Religious ascsiof OF Rliu nnsi
f.kIixDts

Erem TIE Aer Pg}s 1rtdtHe. ,.
Thoro comes strange rnnor from England aH
70 Jota Stuatt Mills religious bolief. 1t III said
Mat lis poatI,umo,ls ossnys which arc probably
pnallshau by tAs time, Will Know shat he was
MIRO orkhodox tl.an lIss beon supposed Hinoa h1s
death. lie u,akes III them it is declared, pro-
ieasion OF TleiBla.
From The London !snectator.
Gufzot'e will contuinB U curious confession Of
faith, il, which the old sAtoamau decla es that
born Protestant. ln had t'rcd the liberty wiicl
the Protestant ChuruA gives Of iliquiry4 nutl
doubt, and that for nomo tlmo ho hau held that
tho ullausatsa reason Of nun is conlpctont to
furnish him wjtI, Boution OF the greas problem
Of duty n,.d destiny. md TINT is uhakHsased will
is equal to tho task OF regulating hia lire accord"
ing 10 ti,p mora! lav. iIo haa. howeyer; @Ian-
do,o,l this baliof. llo VIA convinced ihnt w
arc cl,iltlrpn III Gods hands, unable to p"lotrato
to Ills uloliyoH or uItimnto aasiglIs and io do
olafos himself quite resiEuod to 40 !areo saaIo
Of lgunraueo aod woaknosa." ~ belloyo N Gods
aud udore Him, without attempting TO comprehend
Him" Ilc contoqscsa Il profound bolief III tue
kosiuaueut Loyoiauons Of tho ualvesso BY God,
, 1874-10-28
MISCELLANEOUS

Tho nonton Post estimates Dutlor's wealth at
a1.2S0. .oa0.
-Gourgo N. 1,eebc, tho Democratic candidate
tos Constegs tss u.e Eouvteents. pintrsc! oi Now
yao;r waA AetinE qosorn9r Of iknnaas "lou TINT
Tho Assignee for tltc cstalo Of Fl. 4. Helm
bold IL now pnYlng tho ii,at disi1iuMl Of 10 per
cent to those creditors whose Claims hnvo been
rnolerly proven.
-pllolrp, tho convicted cashior OF tho Now
York Stale Treasury Department, IL to to placod
In ehargo of tho shoe shop of tho Albany Peni-
tentAry.
IA pttsburg post.onl cTer1; rms somewhat
Hurried when q wo,l-drcsscl rslal, called for
iassed through tho window to pay for tlien ilvo
crisp Rl,u1O billa. 1fa was a patcnt-nlcdic1no
man.
-salom II, Wales, tho nopuhllcan nominee for
Mayor OF Now York City, IL n natlyo III MaR-
satusatta, h,s canao to Now York Mt an early
ugo md ousagcl IN commercial pursuits. lie
Nns au enthusiastic student OF scictcot md u
lJvor Of art ala soon retired from b'.sneas Inr.
B,itH. lie wAs Tot tweu,yfour years editor OF the
-l'Io vito Of Uddcrsool,, tho condemned MR.
1crcr, refuses to visit her huBbund, hut will in
fow dayY 1uik Baltimore. untl with her child. on
Journey to Caiforlln. where H,io lhsonds olrnnf
boarding hoIse. Silo ]sas not nccn tho wrotchcd
man lpr Arveral monsls.
Tho Hoatou Transcript savs: strhoge who
witno BOD tim horror nj Reverb, and hosts Of 9TH
err, will be elad to hoe TINT tho Eastern Railroad
Las paid bl2.No0 to Jolleraon G.. nowo, tho
heroic lraEonl.u WHO lost hip legs bv staying ut
his post bcswecn! tho two cars witch wero
crushed togetler."
Many ycars ngo, Gardner Brewer, tho ro-
cen.ly-leceaach Bostos. millionaire, offered hia
uaughtor oil anuual income of $4,000 upon cou-
dI.iou that sllo would remain stugie. Mlss Drow-
or accepted tho offer.
An inventory hus boon mado out Of tho
articles found in tho stomach Of tho lunatio
shoemaker who died in the 1rcstwic!s Asylum iM
England tho other day. In I'll tncsc were 1,a4l
a,tlc1es. namely, 1,G39 alioe.nakara' sparan!as,
tour-incl, cur ltaiis 10 throe-l,c cut mills, .
two-and-a.hntf-,ncu cut nails. IS two-;nch cut
mills, 40 half-inch cut nails, thrao-quarter-inc1
cut nails, 80 tncks, braas naila, . brass brace
buttons, 10 pieces OF bucl;lcs pin, IA bits Of
glass, ii small pebbles, pieces Of striug. piece
of lcatler ,lreo ll.chea long. piece Of lead fur
lnclles 1ong, md m American ,1egging awl tho
total weislt BENG II puslnds u ounces.