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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07
GRANGE nEC1sYONs.

The various Masters of the different
State Oranges, have made the follow
ing decisions, which will materially
aid subordinate Oranges in their de-
liberations:
Members not clear on the books
should not be given the annual pass
word.
A Past Master has the same rights as
Pany other member, and no more.
Oranges cannot cOnstituti0nally re-.
FUND or remit any part Ofthe Initiation
fees. e% f Yf
A subordinate Grange cannot change
the bylaw requiring money to accom-
pany tho petition.
A Grange cannot take note for
fees or vote buck any fees after they
have once been paid in.
Standing committees on applications
arc illegal all committees on applica-
tons must be special.
Rituals are not to be distributed
among the different members of the
Grange. butte be kept by one officer.
NO diapensation can be filled out Of
ter the application should bc sent of
by the Deputy.
Every candidate for initiation must
be balloted for, whether the commit
tee reports pro or con. 81 ssss as
| When the n. and o. are both alb
sent, p M. should take the chair,
If there be one present, If none, then
elect Master pro tenn. There Is NO
authority to make the Stewart Master,
and he 10 ontrankcd by the Lecturer.
A Grange cannot change it's place Of
meeting into the Jurisdiction of Anoth.
er Grange without obtaining the con-
sent of the Grange in whose jurisdic.
ton they propose to hold the meet.
ings. g.a...3ss - ~, ,,.
Where persons from one Jurisdiction
are taken into another Grange with.
out consent, the Grange whose terri.
tory was encroached on, may claim tht
fees, but the other Grange retains the
member.
/ do not hold that every true Patron
must forever be farmer. If his rec.
ord remains good, he has perfect
right to follow. any honorable occupa.
ton: Ifa deputy knowingly admits
at the time Of organizing as charter
members, or : Grange shall admit BY
initiation dealer in Intoxicating
liquor or IN habitual drunkard, said
deputy shall, upon complaint, be sub
ject to be deprived of his commission
and said Grange to the surrender Of
its charter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

MEMPHIs, May 5-The statement
may be reiterated that above Napoleon
there is no restitution not relieyed.--
Supplies should be forwarded to re-
sponsiblc parties ct depots below that
point.
Planters who are here trying to pro-
cure hands confirm the statement that
the negroes are relying on the Govern
ment for support, and refuse to work
on tho plantations.
| The river here has already fallen two
inches, and steady decline 10 antici.
pated.
From New Madrid to the mouth of
White river, on the Arkansas side, no
plantation II wholly submerged.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

The combat in the religious world
Of Chicago and which of course has
attracted much attention throughout
the whole country is bearing fruit Of
various kinds. One Of these fruits is
new religious paper started there
called the Chicago Alliance. The
originators of this paper have noted
the awakening among the people and
the interest manifested in the religious
controversy which 10 practically going
on through the arraignment Of Prof.
Swing by Prof. Patton Of the Interior
and the starting of newspaper natur-
ally suggested itself to the Swing
party as necessary medium of de.
tense and the spread of their views, as
well as probably lucky financial hit.
Our mind naturally leads us to favor
the liberal side. We are glad to note
that the day is fast Fastening on when
the attention paid to mems creeds will
be ~ nothing compared with the SUR
vigilance bestowed upon their deeds.
We are in receipt Of the following
just . little bit sensational notice Of
the paper:
We aend Won c0ny of The Alliance
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

The Federaltst, that incompatible
series Of political essays, has no wiser
saying than this: 1.-THE recognized ex-
istence Of right to interfere will
generally prevent the necessity Of ex-
erting It." The McCrary Railway bill
10 distinct recognition Of the right Of
Congress to regulate commerce by rail
among the States, and that is precisely
what the country needs. The mere
passage Of that bill would do moro for
reasonable transportation than the ex-
penditurc Of the immense sums con.
,templated and urged by the Window
report.-Chicago Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

Ii il one Of the grandest sources o
pride to the citizens OF Iowa that as /
State we are, nominally speaking. on
Of debt; we have no obligation 81
millions hanging over us to eat up in
interest onc-fourth or one-half Of our
annual levies. What is true of the
State the people of Wapello county
can in the main say Of our county or
ganization. IT il true that for our vasI
railway advantages, we have deb,
created many years ago, which in
round numbers say aggregates seven.
ty-five thousand dollars, and which
We are rapidly paying.
And again what 10 true of the State
is still better exemplified in our young
and growing city. Ottumwa has some
two or three thousand dollars of bonds
ont, issued for building our new City
Hall, and saving this she has no out
standing Indebtedness.
We were led to the train of thought
detailed above by the Comptroller's
report Of Chicago in giving the flnan-
cial situatiou Of the great Lake Me-
tropolis. In 1t he shows that the city
has in buildings, moneys and dues
Gncluding $507.7O3 from David A
Cage property to the amount of 49,
9sl,37s. The debt Of the city, II is up.
palling to note swallows up exactly
the above amount, Of city assets, and
if paid would lsave total balance Of
0 In the Treasnry. The actual expen,
ses Of the city tor the past year were
about $6,063,837, while the disburse.
ments for that time were $lO,4l2,4l5
($2S,527.l6 per day., and the receipts
Sl0,474,29Q OF the receipts "a, $50 Ala
were for taxes collected, and $233, 500
for licenses. The bonded debt IL $l3,-
47s,0O0, all Of which bears z per cent.
interest," except 100000 q 8 per cent.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07
The Chicago Tribune has an elegant

The Chicago Tribune has an elegant
way Of putting it, thus: $50 the
paper-money party have. only ana.
jority Of three Senators, and their
strength is drawn from the least edu'
Gated and most povcrty-stricken sec.
tons Of the country" 1t is a very
well recognized truth that the money
ed men, in close times, when money il
scarce and hard to get, are enabled t.
bleed the moneyless very deep; it il
rather tough though, to be skinned by
the Insurer and then to be tainted also
with the bitter words ignorant and
poverty stricken"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07
LoUisIAMA.

NEW ORLEANS, May 4-Thc Chief
Commissioners reports 10000 ,rAtions
distributed daily. tits Judged $4,000
rations daily for sixty days are requis.
lite to relieve the pressing wants. Gov.
eminent clothing arrived to-day ia
Letters to the Governor from the
overlooked districts speak of the III
ter restitution OF the populaaion. In
Assumption Parish about . thoussnd
people are without the necessaries Of
life, and are living on house tops and
and rata. Their stock 70 all droWnnd.
and the water 10 still rising. .s.aSlfge
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

THERE are some interesting facts In
regard to the sproaching Centennial In
the report Of the Directors. The Di.
rectors say that they have as much
money now pledged ~ the Paris Elk.
position cost, but that the American
people demand something more, some.
thing grander, for the commemoration
OF the hundrdth anniversary Of their
existence ~ . nation. Everything ID
progressing favorably, and It Is expec-
ted that the buildings win be COM
pleted by the LIT Of January, 1876
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New
jersey, are doing their part to push
the great work forward as rapidly .
possible, but the Directors think, 70
make the Centennial all that Il should
be, they must not only have moral
support but pecuniary aid from The
whole county.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

( A MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, dispatch,
dated Sunday, says: There 10 nothing
now to report respecting the railroads.
Only one additional case of q passen-
ger rendering the legal fare has come
to light, which was at Waupun, but
being demonstrated with, he paid full
rates. The opinion Of Mr.. Mitchell
epitomizes that of all the railroads.
OF the Governors proclamation he
says: "The Governor has his own
ideas Of his duty, and 10 doing his best
to carry them out; we have ours and
are doing the same"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

rRcMACAUSIS VS.. BURIAL AMI
CREMATION.
ppor. Albert r.. Leeds has lengthy
commu nication in the Scientific Amer
lean. in which he discusses the ques-
ton of the proper disposition Of the
dead, and combSts both The plsnfiI
burial in. use and that d Nv
He says that nature g. 0h, or as it
ed, which u a. isis. He says,
| is csAz R0tten log, a fallen leaf
~ ~ fusect or animal, which
Lot burning slowly, combining in,
sensibly with the oxygen, which is
present in the air, or desolving in wa
ter, and becoming converted into fer
tilizers. Burying deep in the earth is
against this process in nature, and so,
also, is cremation or the rapid burn
ing of the body, for he says, /" all the
power exerted by the burning fuel to
break up the animal tissues into car
bonic acid and water, would have to
be put forth again, in order to recon-
bine them into those compounds of
carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, which
make up the cells and fibers of ami
mails and flowers" ~ i.
He therefore says (" the stoutest
granite exposed to the action of the
air and rain, eventually crumblcs into
sand, and for most rocks few years
suffice. Cannot similar agencies dis.
pose of the few pounds, mostly Of car
Donate Of lime, making up the animal
skeleton? 1t would not be necessary
to employ chemicals having a violen,
caustic action, like lime or acids
which, in consequence, suggest opera.
tons repulsivc to our sentiments oil
tender respect for the dead. It would
suffice to surround the body with
some substance which would carry
| oxygen to the tissues and allow the
products of slow combustion thus eff
fected, to be distributed through the
soil. Such q substance, for example,
is the hydratcd oxide of iron"
He then proceeds TO say that he
would have cemeteries not transient
or banished 10 distant spots, but have
them permanent and convenient. Let
them be kept sacred and decorated
with monumental treasures of art, but
fertilized by the slow decay of the
bodies deposited there and 80 do away
with any i'll effects Of depositing them
below the coil.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07
WAsniNcToN.

WASHINGTON, May 4.--Committee
on Ways and Means to-day submitted
their report in the Sanborn contract
case. They recite the origin of the
law and give q history Of the first con-
tracts given under II, especially Sam
born's. They say that paid Govern
ment officers furnished Sanborn in.
formation by means of which he
obtained the contract for the collection
of unpaid taxes, &C.; that when he
obtained the list of delinquent rail-
roads he was instructed by Treasury
officers to add the naines Of nearly ail
the railroads In the United States, and
his contract was made to indicate 692
roads, instead of $50 as originally con.
templated. While the law provides
that three persons assist the proper
persona in collecting, this contract
provides that paid Government OIL
Gals shall assist the contractor. II
appears that the Commissioned OF
Internal Revenue wrote the Secretary
of tho Treasury remonstrance against
this method OF collecting, which wal
never answered. Is.s
In no case does the Committee find
the contractor assisting the Govern.
ment officers, but the whole Govern.
ment machinery was ct the disposAl Of
Sanborn. 1t is the opinion Of the
Committee that large per centage Of
the amount collected under the con-
tract would have been easily collected
through the regular channels and wa
not the proper subject Of . contract
When the Committee, feeling alarmed
at the looseness with which the Treas
ury Department was conducted, at.
tempted to elicit from its three highes,
officers where the responsibility rest
ed, each one professed ignorance Of
the matter and attempted to slight the
responsibility. The incongrufty OF
testimony given by these gentlemen il
deplorable, and the fact cannot be IT,
nored by the Committee that their de-
servo severe condemnation for the
manner in which they permitted this
law to be administered.
The Committee found nothing i'm.
peaching the integrity of 6ecfetariel
Boutwell, or Richardson, and thu
testimony proves NO corrupt motive
| in their action. In justice TO Sec'y Bout
we'll 1t must be said that contracts fol
| the collection of taxes have been put
! in since Secretary Guthrie's time d
office, in extraordinary cases, end
when the present Secretary came init
office, he found quito . number Of suci
contracts in existence, but after IN OK
amination of them he found mo law
authorizing them, and 20 had them an
/ nullaH IA lss3 i4N&5 gs3k ffFB
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07
CHICAGe MAHKEr.
CHICAGO. May 6.

! CHICAGO. May 6.
Flour-Dnll and unchanged.
Wheat = Irregular, unsettled and
Iower 1t II PAN cash or l 26x Jauss
( Corn-Dull and lower ct 685< caah
or May 64l< juno. 800. s,as'..
Oats--Actiye and higher At 4711<c.
Rye-Steady 1t 02c. 74'ss s9A7 III
Bsrley--Dull, with No. 2quetsd ct
81 42@8c. ssiss nAslai gfi;
Pork--Easier ct SIG 80 oaah Qr Nay |;
Lard-Weak and lower q $l0 l2Hc
~ cwt. ...s'i., 4,
Bulk Mcats- Firm and abcut X o.
q cent higher. 81
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

The saloons of Cedar Rapids, about
thirty in number, oil closed May LIST,
in preference to paying license. The
Republscan says the same is true of the
saloons in Marion. Seven-eights Of
the saloons Of the county arc included
in this number.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

Late essays about the Devil have
awakened considerable controversy
about his habitation, and among it the
old one Of JedidiahB urchard, the reviv-
alist which the Cleveland Herald gives
as foilows:
Burchard and Finney--the latter still
living at Oberlin-were walking near
q furnace, into the fires Of which they
could look. Burchard arrested Finney
by the question: "Finney, do you wish
to know how hot hell is2 III tell you.
You zee that white heat In Bill Smith's
furnace: well, suppose man could
live in hell. and should jump from
hell into that furnace; that furnace 10
90 much colder than hell that the man
would freeze TO death in i've minutes"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

WE know of but one man in Page
county who is going to change from q
Republican to pretended anti-mo-
nopolist, but we know of great many
Republicans who voted with the DEM
ocrats, Last year, who will do so no
more, God forgiving them.-Page
County Herald.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07
HUMOROUS.

( A cynical writer says: "Tako COM
pany of boys chasing butterflies; put
long-tailed coats on the boys, and turn
the butterflies into dollars, and you
have q beautiful panorama of the
world" @ tass.g aa..lf
81 am not afraid of a barrel Of cider,''
said topper 70 q temperance man. II
presume mol, was the reply; "from
your appearance, guess barrel Of
cider would run at your approach."
In certain town OF Massachusetts
was an old fashioned country tavern,
kept by an inveterate wag named
Davis. On . cold wintry day . good
looking lrishman, who was passing
through the village, called ct the tavern
to warm himself. The landlord and
several of his neighbors eat cozily
chatting before the fire, and politely
made way for the traveller to take 1
seat among them. "a cowld day.
says he. Affirmed unanimously. can
what's the news ?" says he. "There is
nothing new" replied the host, "only''
jim his dry way-ssthey say the
DEVILS dead" SAN sure says Pat,
"that is news indade." After . while
he rose walked across the room,
placed como coppers on the bar,
returned to the fire, and resumed his
seat. Z Tho landlord having also gone
to tbs bar, inquired of the traveller
what he'd have to drink for his mon
ey. Nothing 1t ALL" was the reply
"Why, then, did you lay this money
here?" "An' sure, SIR" replied Pat,
Its the custom in me own country,
when chap loses his daddy, 70 give
hius a fsw .SsPfcrs 70 nUtP hiua Psy fsr
the wake.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

The Prince of Wales body is becom-
ing portly and about as active as his
brains,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

+ RAINY Sundays are heavens own
punishment to those paniered saints
who forgot the text in critcising new
styles on the only pleasant Sunday
since Easter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

Disraeli thinks his death "would
cause some little confusion just now
So much of England is wrapped up in
him.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

Petroleum V. Nasty, J. r. Locke,
is fat, happy and 24O.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

BE careful how you shoot at ducks,
as you may hit . goose. A st. Paul
man tried it, and left . thumb on the
field of his fame fresh and CORY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

Nasts occupation draps on him too
much, and he has been compelled to
quit the stand. 3 svs3 4y
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

Mira j. Blenk was Instantly killed
ct Dallas Center, Dallas county, by
Undertaking TO carry up stairs . rifle,
when the hammer caught ON the step
dischargipg tho gun, the bali striking
brain. #lfg : 5Hlil,T' ,gsar,.i
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07
ARKAMoAs

LITTLE Rock, May 2-The situation
is unchanged. go
The Democratic Conservative StsAs
Central State Committee 10 calling On
the people to support Baxter. .,,s,.1s =,
A number Of Democrats In On I'd.
dress advised tho people to stand BY
Brooks. Nothing from Pine Bluffs
to-day. "A tr.s,
An attempt was made about dark
this evening by some one supposed to
belong to the State House party to %.
sassinate the agent Of the Associated
Press. Shots were fired from the ont
side by some person concealed in .
lumber pilclinto the window, where
the agent was supposed to be sitting.
Tho agent had iuak lafE his desk aud
had turned the light partially down.
The ball passed through the Window.
scattering tho glass over his desk. Z.
/ Sr. Louis, May 4.-The Dsssoout's
Little Rock special ;says sSupreme
Court Judges Searle and Bennett we're
arrested on the. Memphis train ct Au-
gusta last night by Captain Williams
and an armed band acting under Bax-
tcr's orders. They had not been heard
nes. sssi. Da.l. 80 as.-.A.L
az. :" . .a.;n,. a'o sy w I; ,p.SSn ~
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u ua,nas wi i'osc in'orieies ior thoir
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MIlLE AAOSh3 may ~. p AOVpS
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

GRANT says he shall veto any at
tempt to initiate his time Of Office to a
third term.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

| The announcement that Colonel
John r. Fellows, ext Confederate, 10 to
be the orator ON the occasion of the
unvailing Of the Ellsworth monument
this week at Saratoga has raised .
great breeze at Troy, and it is threat
ened that the National Guard at Troy
will refuse to attend the ceremony.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

The manufacture of .riAed gun
weighing 81 tons, has been begun At
the Woolwich Arsenal, England. 1t
will throw shot Of about 1900
pounds weight and is intended for
the ironclad Inflexible, which viii car
ry four guns of this kind in its turret.
They will be the largest pieces OF or
dinance in the world. The InAexible
is building at Portsmouth,, aud will
have twenty-four inches of solid iron
plating, and be constructed so as to
carry guns weighing $50 tons. She IL
meant for . ses-going vessel. AS ~
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

Alexdroyna is like fish out of
water in England, and, poor thing, is
hOmesick,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

Spring Snow Storsns IN the Ease.
In Lewis county, N. r.. the fall of
snow on last Saturday was over TWEEN
ty inches. In Oswego county, N. r.,
the fall ct the same time was equally
heavy, and the soldest ihhabitant" de-
clares nothing In his memory has par.
alleled It on the 18th Of April. But
the oldest inhabitants have miserable
memories. About Albany and Troy,
by the same storm, hundreds OF trees
were ruined, and tslegraphic wires
broken. In Utica like damage was
done to the trees and shrubberY. The
Albany Journal says: In Bennington,
VT, the steeple Of the Congregational
Church, 16O feet IN height, was blown
down, crushing an adjoining house
At Boston Corners, on the Harlem
Road, the trains had to stop through
fears of being blown from the track.
The snow drifted at some points ON
the Harlem Road TO the depth of four
feet, and near Rutland, Vt, to the
depth of ten feet. The Hudson steam
ers could not move Saturday night.
On the 18th day Of May, 1884, Os-
wego, N. Y, and that vicinity were
visited with very severe and drifting
snow-storm, which, it the writer re-
members correctly, lasted all day, kill
ing the birds, breaking down the limbs
of trees, and doing more serious dam.
age, EEsl fFsal a4ad 3e{ .slil vets
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

NEwYoRK, May 6-The grand jury
reform commissioners Of charities and
correction charging them with extrav.
agancc In buying dry goods.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

THE, Emperor .of lussia and the
Grand Dukes Alexis and Constantine
have arrived in Berlin On their way to
England $500 INV /
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

CHIoAao, Nay 9aaFi
Hog1 Receipts 1900 quiet and 3
shade lower; inferior to choice a 90
@6 so. " a3sIsIa; 9,lj
Cattle Receipts 40OO; dull and l2kl
cents lower. 81
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07

4 A Chicago pork-packer, whose pew
rent was raised to $25 exclaimed /:
"Great Cesar! here's = nice state Of
affairs-the Gospel going up and pork
going down. What's to become of
us 2"