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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12
Tons Of SILVER Coin,

During Q single day last week eight
and . half tons of fine silver bars were
shipped to Philadelphia from the
new assay Office. The quantity stated
in tons sounds enormous, but when
the value is given at only $500, 600, the
fact seems scarcely worthy Of remark.
A ton Of standard gold 10 worth $542, :
600, but ofsilver the trifling sum 1885,
600. 1t 10 surmised that the design IL
to use this silver in the redemption OF
tho ten cent fractional currency, 90 the
first step towards specie pay ment when
the condition of the Federal treasury
warrants.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12

The following papers are just now
dreadful eager to whoop up tho Liber.
als and make them dissatisfied and un-
happy, viz: Ottumws Courier, Cedar
Rapids Republican, Des Moines Regis.
tes, Council Bluffs Nonparcil, Dubuque
Times, Muscatine JouyNal, and Mt.
Pleasant journal. These papers feed
on the Government crib and esteem
themselves highly, because the Gov.
ernmcnt In the plentitude Of Ito good.
ness said 70 them, "childrcn, como in
ont Of the wet" and they came and
brought oil Of their relations with
them. They are q pretty crowd to
want to instruct other people what
they ought to do to be saved.-Bur-
lington Gazette.
To the great mass Of the Republican
party II always appeared plain that
the Democratic party had . sinister
and dishonest purpose in cudd.ing
with dissatisfied Republicans that 1t
would turn ont cheat and . fraud.
Now that the cat 10 let out of the bag
and Republican journals refer TO the
apparent facts, It hurts, and the Gazette
and its kind cornered, In tho absence
Of any argument or any defense for
themselves, begin to mako months.
II . citizen of this country holds an
Official position 1t disqualities him as q
crltic upon the conduct Of Democracy,
Instinctively they charge, judging we
must suppose, from their own concer-
tion OF . Federal officers motives, that
such officer sinks his manhood the
moment he IL commissioned.
It seems to ~ we used to hear from
ths Same source the Same kind Of talk
ln regard to Federal officers In the
Union army. II through the vote OF
ths hosts who fought for four years 10
dlsrupt the union-to make two nation.
alitss outof the ruins o. the Republic
and multiply Federal oa,cer.-if va
ssy through such votes combined v,,h
their sympathisers, new set OF FAD.
eral ohlce holders Of the ex.rah.,
;strips bs installed in Office, the Gazette
viii be happy-it will come in 10,
ito share-and then will the reign
OF purity and reform be inaugurated- +
then win the new order Of governmen,
o@cials b - pure and innocent q,
young doves, and criticism upon The
integrity Of their motives be mosl
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12

Crop reports from various parts Of
Wisconsin indicate that tho recent cold
weather did very little damage to
grain. The general tenor OF the dis
patches show that the less hardy fruits
have received . severe check, II they
have not been entirely cut of by the
unreasonable frost.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12
THE coon YOUNG MAN.

His tairy-colored hair
Is very smooth and sleek,
And little yellow fuzz
Is appointing on his cheek;
His eyes are rather small.
OF weak and watery blue:
His lips are very thin,
And his teeth are very new,
he Is altogether built
On the economic plan,
But then-hes such very, very good young
man!
Ills boots are always brushed
TO very shiny black,
And his linen always stasched
10 stiffness that will crack:
His paper collars At
50 exceedingly close and tight,
And he turns the wrong side out
When they are soiled upon the right.
He Ii altogether dressed
ON the very tightest plan,
but then-hes such very, very good y0unS
man
He never takes drink,
He never takes . smoke;
He never hears Q pun,
He never sees AJoke;
He never makes start.
he never gains IN end,
He never had foe,
And never had Z friend.
He altogether goes
On the negafisipg plan,
But then--he's such very. Yery good young
man!
He always rings the bell
In Q hesitatlng way
Then never makes call,
But always mAkea stay:
He talks to dear mamma
OF tho missions Ia the xaSt,
And listens to papa,
Who is-al0w-to say the least.
BE altogether courts
On the diplomatic plan,
But then-hes such avery, very good young
he croaks . horrid tenor, 81
Whene'er sing asong;
He tries to turn my music, a5+
And always turns it wrong;
He haunts me like nightmare,
And drives on all my beaux,
The wretched, wrotched creature!
And yet he don't propose.
He's Altogether blind
To my own intended plan,
This very. very-good-for. nothing good young
man!
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12

A little four.year old urchin strayed
into q neighbor's house the other day.
When he got home he told his mother
that he saw shutters in tho floor, and
when he stood On them lots Of hot
came ont,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12

Remains Of u Missing Step-Tather
Found Buried In HIS Daughters
Kitchen.
From the Carrollton tMo.) journal
About eighteen months ago q mar
named Jacob Weaver. who lived with
his step-daughter on his farm about
one mile west of Miles Point, In this
county, was missed by his neighbors.
Grave suspicions were INDUCED by the
community that the old man had been
foully dealt with; but his etep.daugh-
ter, who enjoyed en- unenyiable repu.
tation, and her husband, McMeans,
told plausible story, which their lit
tic daughter seemed TO clearly corro.
borate. They pretended that they had
given the old man 500 and that he
had started on foot toward Hardin, In
Ray county, to make somo purchases,
| and had run OH with the money. This
story did fora time, but the people
renewed their suspicious that the old
man had been murdered, and 1t com
ing to the knowledge OF McMeans
that he and his wife were gravely sus-
picioned, tho family suddenly decam-
ped last fall, taking away all movable
articles, and going, it is supposed, to
Brunswick, where they possibly still
are.
The house which they occupied is q
one story frame, with . kitchen shed
on the north side. A few days since
two youths, who were out hunting,
went into the unoccupied premises to
escape the rain, and with boyish Curl
osity commenced prying into things.
One OF them noticed that part Of the
dirt floor of the kitchen was sunken
down below the rest of II, right under
the place where doubtless the stove
had stood, and on one side crack In
the ground was found, into which .
stick was inserted, and the boys work.
ed out the long hidden mystery. The
hole was grave! Doubtless the stray
cattle driven into the untenanted shed
by the winter blasts had pressed down
the lose earth In the grave, The boys
at once gave the alarm, and the neigh.
bors disinterred the remains OF Mr..
Weaver. DR. Barnes examined the
body, and recognized Il a. tho mis-
sing mans. One arm and part of
one eide were gone, otherwise eigh-
teen months had not rendered the
body entirely unrecoguizable. II was
found that the skull had been crushed
In by blows from an az or some heavy
instrument. This was doubtless the
mode of the old mans death.
The most horrible part OF this inhn-
man transaction is that the step.daugh
ter could have lived 20 long, perhaps
year, and cooked her meals right
Al a u Az - 4
band lay in his rude and bloody grave.
For q few hundred dollars worth OF
truck, she and her husband had mur-
dered him, and they had buried his
poor mutilated, old and weary body
just where. of all places In the world.
. woman, ono would think would
least care to have her victim. For
heartlcssness and depravity, this ex.
ceeds anything recorded In the history
Of the notorious Bender family.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12
WASHINGTON.

WAsHISGToS, May Tho official
bond of Col Parker, postmaster at
New Orleans, is a family affair. Gen.
B. +. Butler his brother-in-l AS
sumes 100000, his nephew by mar
riage, Gov. Adclbert Amcs, of Slissis-
sippi 100000; and the father.in-lsw
of Col. Parker's daughter, $l00, Geo,
making the required 100000.
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MASSACHUSETTS,.

PLYMOUTH, May T. VIM. +. Sturte-
want, the wife murderer, was hanged
this morning in the yard of The county
jail. To the last he maintained the
same stolidity which has characterized
him throughout.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12

tercourse, no matter how pure, is very
easily dark shaded in the thoughts OF
the listener, when told in words, that
! would disappear had the listener have
had the benefit Of his sense Of seeing
as we'll as hearing in making mp his
judgment.
We cannot but deeply sympathize
with the lady who thus stands between
her children and the cold, whitening
shame Of the world. We cannot SYM
pa,hize with the contrary act on the
part of the husband, especially since
he comes into court beyond all ques-
tion with very unclean hands, and not
only that, but with a record in his
writings of advocating very loose
marital relations, Very naturally, in
our minds eye, We can see how the
strong and towering intellect Of Tilton
with decent treatment towards her,
ought to have led the affections of his
wife where he listed, and so, there not
have been the commission Of an indis-
cretion even, on her part. The case is
probably near its close, and it is high.
ly probable that whatever be its result
40 tar as the verdict Of the jury is con.
cerncd, there will yet remain a two.
sided Judgment with the people. We
have only to say that we believe most
solcmnly that upon sucl delicate quea-
tions, involving such vital interests,
not only to the reputation of tho i'm
mediate parties, but also to those of the
innocent children and moro still. the
faith in, and respect for, the marital
relation by all people. demands that
there must be clear and practically
unmistakable proof Of guilt, or else We
should checrful!y acquiesce in and ac-
knowledge the parties charged as In
nocent. Having said SO much more
than we had set ont to, in noticing the
extract at tho head Of this article, we
will not refrain from adding that we
are most emphatically opposed to tho
parochial visiting of ladies very much
INDUCED by some ministers. 1t is q
mistake-it is FALSE, e,-that there is In the
clerical profession an insurance against
the commission of wrong above and
beyond the assurance that exists in
the conduct of other recognized good
men. The privileged domestic famili.
arity accorded to the one, with equal
propriety is due to the other no less
and no more, and we feel thoroughly
warranted in saying that very much
ofthe visiting and familiarity INDUCED
in by many. ministers is radically ont
of place in either.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12

Alta recent meeting of society COM
posed Of men from the Emerald Isle,
a member made the following motion !:
Mr.. President-I move yes whi.ewash
the ceiling green, In honor of the old
FAC
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THE oUTlook.

Murat Hststead 10 one Of the Ablest
and best known newspaper men In the
country. He has been for years the
editor OF the Cincinnati Commercial,
which 10 paper Of large circulation
and uncommon ability. It was former
" . conservative sort of Republican
sheet, but It has of late been of the
Guerrilla persuasion. Mr.. Halstead
was one Of the leading spirits in the
Liberal movement, and perhaps had
more to do with the Cincinnati con.
vention and the unfortunate candidacy
of Horace Greeley than any other man
living.
The following taken from his pen
In late issue of that paper, shows tho
result Of his labors in disrupting the
Republican party:
"The sixty Confederate officers who
are In the next House will, to . great
extent, control that body, in which
there will be plentiful lack of com.
petent leaders; there will be an intro.
duction of rebel war claims, move.
ment looking to pensioning rebel sol.
diera, and possibly towards conpensa.
tion for slaves, the whole to be backed
by tremendous imitation; Senator
EatOn's State flag will be thrown to
tho breeze In the several sovereign
States, each acting for itself in its own
capacity"
The Chicago Times of the 81 inst.
has leading editorial of similar inn
port, from which We make tho follow
ing extract:
"The old policy was the maintenance
and extension ofslavery. The presen.
policy, 90 far 40 1t has been disclosed,
is the Improvement Of the "waste
places Of the South" by means OF APP
propriations from the public treasury.
1t 70 avowedly sectional policy,-a
policy which proposes to benefit one
section at the expense of all sections.
And the country 10 given to under.
Stand that "the South" meaning the
Democracy Of the Southern States. lie
united In support of this policy, and
Will act a. unit In the Forty y.four,h
throats OF the Democrats OF the North
ern States "The South" viii not pre-
sent : candidate OF It's own for Speak
or. 1t will concede the speakership
to the Northern Democracy. But Il
will prescribe Mr.. Kerr, because he
has heretofore been opposed to the
principle undertaking that which Is
DOW put forward as the Southern
policy, and 1t will bestow its favors
upon some northern Democrat who
will accept its political programme.
All OF which forcibly reminds one OF
the time when "the South" dictated
the policy of tho Democratic party as
despotically o. Bismarck now dictates
tho policy Of Germany.
II sectionalism 10 to be revived, It
will be well for tho country to know
why, and upon what basis. II 1t is on
the basis Of the assumption of South.
eru State debts, OF payment for slaves,
or anything that 10 conceivable as a
distinct Southern purpose, 1t would
be we'll for the country to know II be
fore giving its confidence to . party
which appears to be passing once more
under the absolute control of united
South"
tits woll enough for tho people to
understand that these notes of warn
ing come from the leading Liberal and
the leading Democratic papers in the
West.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12

Last season r. was attacked with
the cholera, and his friends and physi.
CLANS gave him up ~ lost case. AZ
he lay there apparently on his death
bed, the doctor asked him ifthe medi.
elmo he had taken had in any manner
affected his teeth. ~ don't know"
family whispered p, "but you can see,
they are in the top drawer Of the bu-
yssu. Nrs P. will hand them 10 you"
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Il declare solemnly, before you,
without fear of man. and with faith In
God, that / am innocent of this crime
charged against me-"
The above is recognized as the latest
explicit denial Of guilt by Mrs. Tilton,
contained In the letter which she pre-
sented TO Judge Nelson in open court
She asked to be admitted to testify
and tell her whole sad story of welded
life In defense OF her honor and the
good name OF her children. To her
letter the Judge replied that the stat.
utes OF the State excluded her from
the witness stand-that is, that 1t was
beyond the power OF any person or
persons, while the present statutes ex-
listed, to make her testimony admis.
siblc, or, ii permitted to be given to
the jury, to make 1t legal testimony.
This is one of the lingering enthrall.
ments which have come down to us
from times when laws swallowed mp
entirely in the husband the individn.
ality of the wife. Tho lips of Mrs.
Tilton, by all principles OF right and
justice, should no more be sealed than
those other husband. Whatever may be
said Of the errors committed by all the
parties, and they are many, yet it seems
to us clearly that this case is a battle
between the plaintiff on the one hand
to poison the whole country with a
light and trivial regard for the conju-
gal relations, and on the other hand
to maintain it's sacrodness and sustain
the honor Of the two distinguished
families. 1t will be q long time, in
our opinion, befofea fair, high-mlnded
public will, without far stronger evil
dence than has been adduced, consign
Mrs. Tilton and her children to in
fanny. When two parties solcmnly
affirm that they have not been guilty
of tho crime in controversy-persons
who have borne a good name through
long series of years--though it be
unsatisfactory to the scandsl.lovine
portion of society, we must believe
that the conslderatc, honestly.inten-
toned portion of the people will de.
mand that proof of the act must be
clearly and unequivocAlly proven
This trial has dragged to light all the
skeletons In the domestic relations
pertaining to the families Of the
parties. and 1t must be admitted that
much has been shown that 10 very
silly-much that is very censurable
1t 10 pertinent to suggest, however
that each reader Of al this sad tale
might remember much within his OWL
knowledge, within his own home
circle, that wonld present sad skele'
ton II the bonfire were once lighted
ana the best legal talent employed te
drag u before the public In open court
IN al its silly and deformed aspects
And yet with all tho over gushing
things said, written and done, whiol
might be brought to light, there wa,
10 reality NO moro than culpable In
discretion aud not crime, though Ii,
eager, gaping crowd would litter and
crack jokes, and jump readily to . con
clusion that the greatest Of offensel
| had been committed, Ereedom az In,
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ed most to be credited with honesty
most worthy of the Liberals crcdence.

We want to preach short ecrmor
from long text The Good Book
| says, There is that scattereth abroad
and yet increase,h rand there is that
withholdeth more than 10 meet, and il
tendeth to povertyl"
We promise this sermon shall be
very brief-its application is pertinen!
to the people Of this city and county
just now. II our citizens will scatter
abroad in the sense of Improving the
home enterprise on foot, viz: Our
magnificent water project, the increase
will be ten fold in the first twelve
months after its completion, and 4
thousand fold In the next twenty
years.
If our people withhold moro than IL
meet, viz: Withhold so as to fail in
this enterprise, they will surely not
only tend to poverty but they will get
it to their sorrow. Men say that they
have all they can carry now-that they
can't promise money, because there is
no sale for. their lots or their land
because the amount of goods they sell
will not warrant their making greater
their obligations-because judging of
their business by the past, they dare
not incur any more expenditures
such men refuse to scatter abroad that
they may increase--t refuse to do
what we have done as people so
many times, viz: Insure for us public
improvements and 40 gather to US
more population, moro wealth, more
business, moro Of everything which
has given to us our prosperity and
prominence. Such men decline to
SOW that they may reap an hundred
fold, they are penny wise and pound
foolish, and any community Of such
people would live in towns where the
grass would grow in the streets and
the tinkle of the cow bell tho biggest
noise that would DO heard. Again
there are those who pray, or rather
(prey) in their hearts that their neigh.
bors will scatter, and they will then be
mighty lively In scraping in the in
crease-they are opposed to sowing,
but are always in at the harvest. They
are very glad to SEQ committee of
citizens working up subscription to q
public enterprise perambulating our
streets, SO long as they do not trouble
them-so long as they do not break in
upon their business-they never have
any time to talk upon the subject
though incidentally they will very
often infuiro how tho subscription is
getting along. Such parties are after
the increase secured by tho scattering
Of their neighbors. Would all the
people interested in this enterprise by
direct returns therefrom, scatter what
they could easily do, the seed would
spront at once and the increase be-
gin to roll in upon us. This COM
munity has q good many of these
reapers but tnot sewers, and tho way
they are not esteemed by their fellow
citizens is well known. We shall
probably take another text on come
other tack in day or two and it may
be text suitable to funeral sermon,
unless there be good many who get
of the reaping list alone and add their
names to the sowing list.
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OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA. MAY
A Man Ground up in N windmiil

A Man Greuud up ia n Windmill
From the Rochester tAlinn) Post.
A most horrible accident occurred
at Potsdam last Friday. Potsdam is a
,, little hamlet about eight miles north
east of this city, on tho road to Plain.
view. ON Greenwood Prairie, and In
tho centre of q settlement of thrifty
German farmer. Messrs Corauske
u Buetow have wind grist mill there
On Friday Of last week, . little after
l O'Clock in the afternoon, the wind
mill became unmansgeable by reason
OF high wind. A number OF men
gathered about, and four of them went
up into the tower supporting tho
windmill, to endeavor to turn the
machinery so as to throw the fan into
the wind. The party was headed by
VIM. A. McCarren, q very athletic
young man Of about 27 years, who
worked at blacksmith shop in Pots
dam. The others who went with him
were John Haft, August Trabnp and
Henry Peters.
On getting to tho top Of the tower
the men were crowded into very
small space on q platform about
three feet wide, and McCar-
rem, standing on q timber and in a
cramped position, thrust crowbar in
to the machinery, which was running
at q fearful rate, to stop it, but the
motion Of the machinery threw him
OIL his balance and his foot slipped un-
der cog wheel. As he felt himself
darwin into the machinery he cried out
"Boys, save me, l'm caughtw and q
couple of the men standing by caught
him BY the legs and body and tried to
draw him out.
They held on to him until he was
drawn in nearly up TO his shoulders,
when, finding they could not help him
but were in great danger of being
themselves drawn in, they let 90, and
one of them, Henry Peters, jumped
distance of twenty feet to a landing
below In the tower. He was bruised,
but not seriously hurt.
Poor McCarren's last words were
those given above; he is thought to
have died almost ct once after utter.
ing them. His body was rapidly
drawn In and passed through q space
OF not more than two inches In width
between the wheel and q timber,
crushing 1t into pulp OF quivering,
bleeding flesh, held together by the
torn clothing, and hanging from the
timbers in horrid, ehapelcss mass. |
The arms and part of the legs were
not 80 thoroughly crushed, but were
badly torn and mangled by the cogs.
The whole body was passed through
In this way clear TO the head, which
was stopped by q crowbar that had
been left In the wheel by one of the
men. The head was afterwards sev-
cred from the body with q knife, in
order to extricate IL. All this, we are
told, took place within two or three
minutes. The tower was dripping
with blood. The Mortified men At
tempted to stop the mill by crowdIDg
grain into the stones, but had to aban- |
don the effort, aud after few hours
1t in some way stopped itself.
Z 1t is strange fact that Mr.. McCar-
ren's watch was found in his vest
pocket uninjured, and was running
regularly after the accident. His
pocket. book was also uninjured.
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NEBRASKA.

OMAHA, May 7.--Red Cloud, Spot
ted Tail and fifteen other Indian
Chiefs and soldiers arrived at Fort
Laramie last evening, in charge OF
agents Sarille aud Howard. They
leave for Washington via Cheyenne
and Omaha to-day.
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WASHINGTON, May 5.--The displace-
ment of Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Douglass, was surprise to
that gentleman. Yesterday afternoon
Secretary Bristow called on him ssy-
ing he did so at the request of the
President, and informed him of his
displacement.
Ex-senator Pratt has accepted the
position. Douglass was assured that
it was not because Of his integrity as
man and officer was impugned, and he
expressed himself satisfied with this.