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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

Illinois democracy are not satisfed
with hood winking Republican far
Iners Into an independent party In
that State They wonld try their
baud on Iowa farmers as well. ".
Mr.. s. NJ. Smith. secretary Of the
Iiiinois Farmers Association, sent An
invitation to the Grangera Of Musca.
tiAe county, Iowa, TO send delegates to
. convention, to be held ~ Springfield,
ILL.,, to inspguratea "A National INDIE
pendent, Party Those lodges are
far too thin for iowa farmers. In the
name Of common sense, the mention
even, Of calling : convention by far.
p,ers Or any other class. Of people 70
form . party ought 10 curse II. When
parties arc to be formed andsrun by
clans or professions, then'will parties
be the worst stamblingblock in the
nation, and . government by the PEG.
pies hunbug sand failure. The Mus.
catine Changers could mot see It, and
refused to hsve anything to do with
such conventions. gs I
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

Previous to the present. year, the
highest vete polled BY the Prohfbl-
tionlsts In Michigan was was !, no Tor
Henry Fish for Governor In $780,
Their vote this year in eleven counties
reported was 2,2l7, and the Detroit
Free Press estinatss that It was 5,000
in the entire State, most Of which WAS
At the expense Of the Repablican tiek.
OF. Inasmuch - the hqnor men had
acloss and e6sctivs ossaaixatioa ,clAim-
ing to control many Thousands ofvotea
and which threw I'll Its sisAuencs
against the Republicans. Its sea,ly
causs for eesgratulstioH that the M
jority WA - lasgs - II Toledo
CONNgeyCtQ(. ar. "a =; s,ss- 49,. .7tf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

The Richmond lva.J Wig asks the
co-operation Of the west with the
soath in political mst4srs. The Chi
cAgo IsIDnne takes up the article OF
che Why and speaks Is though the
west was ready to cooperate with the
south in some things but not in others
We quote from The Tribune as fol.
lows: fgs.
"The Richmond tta) WAy ,of tlls
18th instant contains an article headed
The West and South, in, which = closer
Mpi0n between those two sectOns ia
advocated, SO that the west and south
snay act together, not only upOn ones.
fions Of sectional interest. but also up.
On the great sectional questions which
sanst inswitsbly arise sooa@ in
FEEDERS. legislation affecting the ln-
AuAtsisi trogress ard prosperity Of
the country q we'll ~ khe, political
rights and privileges Of the people.
There 10 great force in the Ar9Awep,
ct the HAia, and there IL great Aeces
sitv for such mutual understanding
hetWAsn the west and south. beeass1
the inteseSfs of the two ara In mauJ
sespects iAdentical, and, - the Viii
Aays, in the AAture of thiugs. they
must aud will work together. -
We wholly oppose any AW,h section
Al cembination. and most OF ~ NJ
wonder sthat any Journal like tho hi
4 "a favor any such sections
e. . u .
Relt thatit was . e,
1870 - south 'bsforl
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

A. According 10 tho Washisytea cot.'
respondent q The Philadslpb ie ~:
Qwirey, tha President steted IN Monday
thst he would not 20 any fnrthefs in
writing to deny thst he Il " YIN % :
candidate for ! third term than ~ hsa
in his letter 70 Richard Smith, sa6 DO
did not think anything would isdnce
him to ailnde to II again 10 letter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

1t must bs ropembered that during
the war the people of the North were
taxed 10 sustain the Union to the OK.
tent OF several hundred millions an
nually. Out Of each laborer's daily
wages there was taken large portion
to pay the expense Of the war. Ont
Of every mans crop or other produc-
ton large share was in effect contis-
Gated to clothe and feed the army and
nourish the sick and disabled. All
this tax amounting to over twelve
millions Of dollars, the people of the
North were compelled to pay. Now,
the people in the Rebel States, who
were exempt FROM that. tax are TO be
refunded the cotton tax, and to be
made % whole - IL no war had taken
place, then let the Northern people be
also made whole and be refunded oil
the. taxes they have had to pay and are
now paving. We question whether
any Republican who gives his atten-
tion, to this matter viii fail to recog-
nize the extreme psrils which must
attend the restoration OF the Demo.
cratic party to power.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

In order to say something the larger
journals Of the country and their en-
terprising correspondents are swift to
predict that the President in his forth
coming message is 10 thunder away
with great vigor for speedy return
to specie pryment. Beyond question
their talk 10 all e.s-cothetsr0 and they
don't know anything about the real
facts in the case. Last winter Con-
gress fooled away one-llalf its time in
discussion over the financial question.
Opinions were as various and numer-
Gus as there were members, and the
same 10 true among the people. Final
ly all that was done was to settle the
greenback reserve question and au-
thorize more banks in the west aud
south. Thus much they did, and 1t
was we'll enough, but very poor pay
for the deal Of time spent npon it.
Now let the matter rest. HAnother
attempt be made to legislate II will
only serve tho purpose of spending
the time of Congress frnitlessly. The
country will work itsef, ~ it has been
doing, out Of its financial difficMlties
better than any Legislative doctoriss
can do It. Is
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26
R1eeRERlIX Of TsaE wEsr.
Under this bead tho Chicago Ifj

SS~Ss $500 sSssUNs. sssV SeeAb98V AtD-
SMas Of the sd insl gives An estimate Of
+ estsra produots maskstsd this yesr.
Ne allsgss That ~ lar1lsrs Of The
/ ~ eemalenced ~ yssr fsll handel
~ ~ psoospds ora. Ne fssl -
lagpse4 tn Tie estsep Dduosss Hsss
neyeF 6ettpr Hesnqnsrsied With eeady
eash preeeed = than tAsy nov eEs.r II
Aoes asam n ~ that thsrp, Apst bs
scattered among The farmers Iris ysas
. greater amount OF cash thsn
any year before By very many mil.
lions, and that ~ > consequence We
may look for stjssisG thrifty. prosper
oss timss. q On ~ products but the
single szticle o. wheat prices ~ Ut.
|9s mn Rsys b essa r. n.'y
The zvtSsss ssys; n ~ eaa6sal
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

-Corpulent' 90 HI r should IKE
. ticket for the train. Booking cleI,
(who thinks 80 Win make ! joln)--
Yes: VIM you - In tho psssengsr
trsin Or cattls trsinf 4 Lady-WeiI, Il
ron are . specimen OF what I shall
experience y ~ Raesenges trsin, give
~ ! tisket ~ ~ sattls tsaia, ~ ~
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26
New York Market.

By telegraph.
Whest-Quiet but scarcely o Afih.
No. 2 Chicago H. M0ls 1O3k ) No. 2
Milwaukee 81 15@l l6;sNo.r a 6pri9g
81 1901 n. MI.
Corn Steady old anoat 93o; aew
S8080c a6oat. 49, r 49,
Oats steady mixed 060 3<6.i
Pork-Quiet ct @2L, il SrsI pam
Lard-Steady Ct lie per n. j, sss
Whiskey-$I COX. ,s
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

81. Lo;,lu ,,.,, Nov. 7. q,

ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 81.
BY telegraph. ~ 'asss =, ~
wheat Firmer; No. - Red 81 10;
No. 8 Rsd,opsncd at u OzE al o., but
cloeing at u o.. ~, l3s.a4 KS
Oats-Dull ct Sole.
Barley--Firm ~ ii 35@1 40. ~
Whiskey S,eadyatsel GO. n
Pork-Quiet and firm 1t $40 1s0
20 90 bid cash--e2l 90 asked for Feb.
Lard Held firm at ID. 5O013 Is per
100 pounds. y aslsss -
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

Geo. w. Curtis, OF Harpers Weekly,
scemA 10 think, in dead earnest, that
the shird term dodge Of the Herald
and the I,vIMne did have some effect
on the elections, and what IL still more
curious and unaccountable, Curtis has
shimself taken up the dcfunct Ceser
cry and says Grant ought TO speak ont
settle the thing by his uneqaivocai re-
fasal 10 be embraced in the list Of can.
didates. We saw one New Yorker
out this way since the election, and hs
begun ON the result OF tho elections by
saving that the third term talk had I
good deal TO do with 1t. All We have
to Say il that EASTERN Republicans are
very easily frightened st phantoms,
And wonderfully foolish TO be gulled
bya newspaper like the Herald which
Tstfthc world has known for. years il
utterly reckless Of candor. It 10 really
silly for Curtis to call upon Grant Il
deny that he is 4 candidate, and he
win do no such senile act. There il
NO more room for Grant to be 4 can.
didate for President, in our opinion,
than there is for Queen Victoria to be
such candidate and nobody knows il
better than he docs. 49,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26


csmrAassisnss Dsutlae, nspsrs..
The annual report or Hon. IN
Douglass, Commissloner. Of Internal
Revenue, inside to Tie Secretary u The!
Treasury for the FISCAL year ending
JUNE 10th, list, Il pnblishid.
TAe;sstimates 6aas - advance Tor
that year, were one HUNDRED millions
Of doliars, but the collection reached
sl0s,644, 7A69S, although in September
and October Of that year, during tho
panic the collections fell off to the
amount OF 81, l44,6O7.
At the time Of his last report the
new system Of collecting the special
and other taxes had not been on trial
long enough to speak definitely as to
its beneficial results.
The Commissioners now Shove that
by mastering ont eighteen hundred
assessors, and deputies, thus saving
the government 100000 annually
the collection Of the revenues has not
been retarded, but upon The contrary.
the collections, month by month, and
year by year, are exceeding the esti-
mates.
l During that year, u, SIS, 0es gallons
of distilled spirits were produced
from all sources, yielding At 20 cents
per gallon tax, the sum Of $4S, 7s)Q,4k3,.
40. ~, rs rs.
! The next most important item IN
the receipts is from tobacco, ciEars
aud snuff, which produced = tax Of
4 So, 242,S75.62. This was based ON, !
tax of 20 cents per pound on manufac.
tured tobacco, % cents per pound on
snuff, and 80 cents per hundred on
4 cigars.
/ Ale aud beer brought in IS, 30A $40.
| Tax ON bank checks, perfumery,
cosmetics, matches, patent medicines.
&c, which come under the head oil
proprietary stamps, paid in total Of
~, l3O,844. The Commissioner sug-
gests that An increase Of ten cenis per
Igallon on distilled spirits would oiIset
the tax on the last mentioned sources
Of revenue. This would certainly ~.
lieye the Revenue Department Of the
most odious feature Of the law, and
one exceedingly dificult 10 enforce
without much trouble and litigation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

let w suppose case. Suppose that
smith is an interloper. Suppose that he
has no claim to his Office. Suppose that
he represents factious minority which
after having been beaten At the polls, is
now trying to bring chaos and anarchy
10 Arkansas. Suppose all shsse. things
are true land they are not bya any
manner of means) in what respect ia
his course diilerent from that pursued
heretofore by the Democratic party In
the South!
Heretofore the Republican party hiss
been held responsible because IL could
not pacify the turbulent rebel spirits
ofthe South. Now that the Johnny
Rebs have come into power there, vi
propose TO hold them responsible, 70
the antics Of all the dead bcats of III
Smith persuasion. 1t is Z poor rul
which wont work both. ways. ~
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

The New York World, the implsca:
Bile old Bourbon organ, has the follow.
ing alternative list Of Cabinet officers
when the putrid reminiscence romes
into power:
State Dcpsrtment-Bs yard or Sey.
mour. ~
Treasury-Tilden or THURMAN.
War oiiice-McClellsn or "Dickf
Taylor. a
Navy-Pendleton or Charles Levi
Woodbury.. 80 sss.a
Interior Hendricks or Casaerly.
Post 0fiice-Eston or Stevenson. /
Department of Justice Charles
O'Conor or George Ticknor Curtis.
1t will be observed that the Fentons
Schurz, Tiptons, Stones, and all III,
other little and big Liberals are utterly
ignored. Every man in the above lis
was either an armed rebel in the front
or else in full sympathy with tina
cause except perhaps Mcclellan, ant
it 10 questionable if any general Office
on the Federal side rendered such ma
terial aid to the Confederacy a
Mcclellan saving and excepting N. +
Banks.
1t never was the intention of tn
astute leaders of the democratic part,
to 60 into this Liberal and Reform
movement any farther than to- aid il
demoralixing the Republican party
They never intended TO en.rnst an,
soreheaded Republican with powe,
where it was possible to elect demo
crat. They liked the treason but de
spised the traitors. And now in thei
representations asto the Cabinet o.
the second place ON the Democrat,
ticket for 1876 no Liberal Republican
IL ever mentioned. We should like t
ask our Liberal friends how they Xix,
IL far ~ they have got, and If this is
the entertainment TO which they were
tnyited2
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

s. = RscA ~ uSSss ana CHEESE
There viii undoubtedly be scarci
" Of good butter Ahroughout the
Wsst during the coming NintSf. Ii
fAnt there always has been, but from
this on, until next spring the price
must rule high; for, while the excep-
tionally fine fAll weather has kent the
pastures flush and green, the previous
drouth had 20 dried the COWS that the
full measure Of benefit could mot be
realised only ID those exceptional ca
ses where plenty Of water and full feed
had been provided during the previ.
luus;dfy weather III
The high price Of butter has. tended
10 draw out c0npfdeEabie quantities of
that which has heretofore been kept
Tor winter ISLES, and there seems now
10 be but little doubt that, before the
winter b half gonep thoss lots of but.
ter that are OF, such excellent quality
% to keep perfectly, win bring higher
6guros than have ever befor prevailed
In the West On December 1, 1872,
tho price of the best Western butter
was q cents, and the best cheese IA
and Is cents per pound. For cor.
responding date III 1873, the best but
ter was worth as cent?. and the hest
cheese 13I cent?. All This vrilin0 the
best Western cheese 4 worth In cents
and really first-class butter 4 so hard "a
get that tits quickly taken at 40 cents,
although II IL generally quoted. some
what lower. The retail price Of ths
best tnb butter 10 40 cents, and really
superior fresh. made butter wouldl
bring 90 cekes. AZ, theee /. prices ! "a
batter and cheese. lie msnulactnre
Il better buainese that anv Other AZ.
partment 81 farm Iabor.
Now cheese can not 80 econOmicslIy
madeip cold Weethpe. MT huttef oan
bs,ieyeu enly have nev cows.nlenty 81
feed. and YARN shalfer. W. ahoulil
not IS % III .surDrieed before TO
mouthi kavG rxased Is eea rood tnh
bntter tltafili a INV ccnta.s a M
price Il doees mot take . s0od COW loua
% nay for herselG - III - ~,
/, Batter. IN winter s. veil q In anna
mer, to command the best price, mus(
NOT only b 1lrn In IL texture, lightly
salted, and OF GOOD color. but it musi
ALSO r1tsiu the natural aroma. which
delarn,inee n 4 rreak measure ia Val
ne. To secure this. the yerv best hav
must Be fed. II c0nhedtfon with X III
erai eupplv ~ corn. noesi Nrnni N 4 ~
(.carro(s can b fed, daily IL a. better,
The atables mnet s. Kant perfectly
clean ana neat: Tia m{lk.r0om Ii
which the mflk g oet mu1f 80 az u
uniform tamDeratnre = Dosaible. vary.
Il s-- Anl- A--S -I1sS.-- = -syv~S
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

Tire treaapecs of the Missouri State
HraSgs has proved defaplter to the
tune OF ssOcdo. tits sad that there
IL hope that A. good part OF 1t can be
realized intime'o ont Of his property
~ ased the funds OF the Grange in
his own hssspess. u is the same old
.story and only shSps That no society
ssd no orgsnisation pfaay .hina Is free
lfoW 1Rch dsfalcatIous.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

Tie JOY OF the .DemOcfAte OF the
north over the recent Republican
reverses was. but weak and lnkewarm
compared with that Of the south. Mr..
John Morgan, Of Albany, endorsed by
the Journal Of that city al leading
and perfectly truthful man, statea that
he was visiting Virginia, and present
At \ jubilee in Richmond, when one 81
the orators of the occasion, III the
course Of Z speech Of congrathlation
upon the results of the recent election,
produced . Confederate nag, ahdNaS.
ing Il exultingly before the audience
declared that he expected yet to liv,
and die under that glorions banner
A sentiment which was greeted with
enthusiastic applause by the Democrat.
ic crowd in attendance.
Z. So when onfederate officer Of the
late rebel army visits this county, we
are assured that he is thoroughly loyal
to the Union, but especially go since
the Democratic victories at the polls.
Since Democracy was on the side of
the rebels in the war, since they re-
solved the war for the Union . failure,
and opposed every effort made by, the
government to suppress rebellion, 10 II
evidence OF the loyalty of late rebel
that he is especially loya! 10 the coun-
try because mis- friends are successful
north. who favored letting rebels de.
stroy the Union rather than whipping
them? To us it would appear perfect
ly natural that sncA = loyal man would
DO pleased to see his late allies in re-
, belli0n successful. a- i
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

The Daily Graphic, an illnstrated
daily published 1t New York, Il in
vestigatins .Spiritualism, and - almost
daily presenting TO it, readers descrip-
tions of scesnces, and also pictures Of
so.called materialized spirits. Among
other things the editors have addresa-
ed letters to prominent men inviting
them 10 unite with the Graphic in an
investigation Of Tic subject. All OF
them plead press Of business, and
some reply in an off.hand way, SEEM
ing to regard the matter a. Of little
importance. It H. noticeable, howev-
Or, that the REV. Tllos. X. Beecher re-
plies in The following singular and
somewhat startling manner:
"Your circular indicates most rea-
soDabie request. It 10 indeed q burn
ing shame thxt men called scientific
| and investigators should be 90 hope.
lessly matcrialistic that they will not
look towards tho only windows
through which the twilight Of q great
discovery is shining. Thirty years
ago ! would bass sacrificed every
thing to undertake, without 'encour-
agement, the work to which you now
invite me and others. But ~ matters
now stand, I have not the time or
strength to do the work; and had l
both. my standing isnot such among
men of science that discoveries made
by me, however important, could even
| arrest attention, much less command
respect. Profoundly distrustful of
| much that honest but unframed men
| tell US of spiritual manifestations, IL
yet remains that where there 10 90
much smoke Of notoriety, there must
be some fire or fact, How much let
him declare whom you succeed in
pressing into Your service as investi-
gator and reporter. Sincerely regret
ting that cannot be the man, I re-
main, &c.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

A serious controversy hss broken
out in the Frank street Methodist
Church Of Rochester, N. Y, the Rev.
J.. j. Landers, pastor. A quarrel re-
Gently arose between the pastor and
the trustees in the matter Of salary,
aud At the church meeting to consider
the subject the lie passed around very
industriously. The pastor has now
brought suit ia fhs courts 10 recover
the arrears due him, and has also mo-
titled several members Of his A0ck
that il they do not stop retailing slan-
ders about him, be will bring como
more suits. This has mad tho effect -
stop proceedings pending the suit, ahd
leaves the shepherd free 10 discipline
his flock through the medium OF the
law.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26

IT is one Of the hopeful signs Of the
times for tie producers or the West
to see tho Baltimore 4 OHIO Railroad
tapping shSit csrfyfas tssdA IL lines
havs now ioachsd Chicago aaad Il y
one of the very soundest railways in
the coustry. The holders OF tho stock
own thsIroad, sud It hes not besn'frit-
tered sway by. means OF watsied
stocks and bonds, end finally lsnded n
to the pocket Of some railroad mag
nate like Vanderbilt. The Commo-
dore 10 greatly troubled just ut this
time about II, because he cannot coax
Ito management into . cut-throst oper-
alton to take the lions share out of the
producers, after the close of naviga-
ton. This new competing road to the
seaboard h, indeed, . great thing for
the West, especially sinoe II reaches
the Atlantic at . point 90 much nearer
inland than New York. We hope IL
will still further extend its lines in the
near future, further and further into
the heart Of the great Northwest.