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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
THE State Leader of August 23d

THE State Leader of August 23d
says:
The Ottumwa COURIER publishes
Gov. Kirkwood's speech as II origin
ally appeared in the Register, giving
him credit for saying that he did moi
vote for the salary increase. Will the
COURIER correct and tell its readers
what, he did say?
In our issue of the same date of the
Leader from which we quote, we
made the correction. The Leader
should certainly give us time to learn
the error before we correct it, and not
by inference imply that we will not
note the correction. The correction
was made at the very first opportuni-
ity we had of doing so. The Leader
and its kindred charge that Mr..
kirkwood is salary grabber, be-
cause he supported the increase OF
salary bill passed in 1866, and took
his pay Hereunder, in accordance
with law. They make this charge, as
they well know, without a particle OF
foundation therefor. 1t falls from
their lips and pens stepped in deceit
and falsehoOd. The act of 1866 was
the fifth in the series of increase i'm the
salary of Congressman. II was not
opposed by the people; it was
never found fault with; in fact, it was
indorsed, so far as the acts of Con.
gress are usually indorsed. II was
not passed amid the very closing
hours Of Congress, as was the last
act, against which the people had
spoken in thunder tones fol
months. The last act was, in effect
an act of majority of Congress, in
which the Democrats were deeper in
the mire than anybody else, done in
spite Of the peoples protest, done as
if in contempt of public expression
and at a period when times were hard
and the country felt that economy
was necessary. Ii is simply dishOn'
esty in the Leader and its kindred IN
applying the recently coined appro.
brions epithet to suit another ease
Of salary grabber, TO Klrkwood. This
the Leader knows full well. WHY, II
we were to go back through all thc
legislation of Congress touching i'm.
crease of salary, and apply the rule by
which the Leader judges Kirkwood
we should convict of salary grabbing
some of the most famous and honor.
able statesmen of almost every de.
cade IN the history Of the nation. This
matter is too silly and trifiing to
dwell upon. Making the charge would
shame men Of less brass than white.
washed rebels. If it shall afford Dem.
ocratic journals in their extremity
with something to clatter about, it i,
just as harmless as anything, perhaps
and will not add to their own injury
probably, as If not this, they would
be vending bigger falsehood, if pos
ible.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25-Thc fast mail train
that is to be run between Chicago and
New York after the 18th OF Scptem-
Der, will leave Chicago at 8 p. M, ar
irving in New York tho next night.
Thore will also be another train leav-
ing New York at 4 :l5 a. m. of the
same day, arriving in Chicago at G 80
tho following morning, making the
trip in about twcnty-six hours, a gain
of fourteen hours over the previous
running time.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

A Vicksbnrger who pridcs himself
on his choice language was oyer in
Louisiana the other day on business,
and stopping at a farm house to get a
drink Of water, the woman remarked
that tho crops stood in great need of
rain.
"Ycs, rain ia the great dcsiderainm," !"
he replied, as he handed the tin dipper
back.
"Mary! Mary!" yelled the woman
in loud tones.
A white-heAded girl Of sixteen came
out Of the back room in response to
tho call and the woman continued
"Take SONAR view OF him, Mary |!
He don't look a. II he knew enough to
pl0w cotton, and yet he has just got
oil word as long as from here to tho
mule pen and back, and he may be
holdin' ON to more"
The Vicksburger walked right away
from there VicksbNrg Herald.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

ACCORDING to correspondent of
the State Register, Gen. A. G. Dodge,
Chairman of the investigating COM
mittee of the Reform School, and
Judge Porter, attorney for the Super
intendent, came near to blows OH last
Saturday. They began to lay aside
their coats for the fray, when parties
interferred. The irate Cesar should
behave more sccmly in his old age.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

Mr.. Travis, . Cincinnati lawyer.
fled document worded as follows !:
'The defendant Now on the 28 day of
July 1875 gives notice to the honorble
police court City OF Cincinnati that he
Win Replication for rit erreor to
court Of common poliece and In the
main time he asked that the eentance
and judgment be suspended and born
dxed - ths court may think just"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

GOVERNOR William Allen, one Of
the leaders of the Democracy of the
Union, who, during the war had not
become, in a measure, an invalid by
reason of his age, in speech deliv-
cred by him ON the 10th of Septem-
ber, 1863, while the nation was in the
throes of rebellion, and while that
distinguished Democrat, Vallanding-
ham, was wandering up and down
Ohio spouting treason, said:
"What could the South do? The
North had shown that 1t not only had
the power of seizing on the whole
country, hut the Government and the
South merely stood by, knowing what
they had to expect at the hands of
their masters. What could the South
do If Lincoln and his. gang chose to
pass laws to abolish slavery? What
use would il be for the South to saw,
'Oh, here's the Constitution ? Mr..
Lincoln had nothing to do but to say,
A. Lincoln, being elected by the
Northern States, have a right TO do
as please with the Southern States
What could the South do? There il
was. Now who ever heard of a man
willing to hold the rights and inter-
ests subject to the will, caprice, and
good pleasure Of another man /? put
the question to you in regard to yonr
own private affairs"
The man who had been u. s. Sem
ator; who had occupied many high
positions at the hands of the people.
couid at that time so far forget the
allegiance due from an American cit
lzen as to utter what he knew In he
the basest falsehoods against Mr..
Lincoln, and defend traitors in omen
rebellion. He could say that h;s
Democratic friends who, though car.
rying on actual war against the !. :
ton, had yet even constitution.
al rights, which the Administration
refused to acknowledge. No man
ever uttered such words, especially a
man Of the intelligence Of VIM. Allen.
unless he was traitor at heart. VIM.
Allen continued on the same line OF
policy during the prosecution of the
war, and on down to the present mo.
ment. He has never uttered word
IN retraction of the above sentiments,
lie, at heart entertains the same sen.
timents to-day he was then a States
Rights Democrat even to the eytent
Of secession, and he is the same now
If he is not, why is it that he has
never shown fruits of change oi
sentiment2 =
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY. IOWA, SEPTEMBER l. 1915
RentifuI Things.
be0ttIOu oNanHS.
Beautiful faces are those that wear
II matters little IL dask or fair
Whole suuled honesty printed there.


Beautiful faces are those that wear
II matters little II dask or fair
Whole souled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are Tn se that show,
Like crystal panes where hearth-flres glow,
beautiful tlOaghts that burn below,
Bean'iful l.ps are those whose words
Leap from the hcart ike songs Of hir,ls.E
Yet whOse utterancs prudence gir,ls.
Beautiful hands are those that io
Work that Ia earnest brave and tue
Moment by moment the long day through,
Beautiful feet are those that 90
On kindly ministPies 70 and fro
Down lowliest ways, u God Wills 1t 60.
Reantiful shoulders arc those that bear
CeAseless burdens Of h0nneiy care
With patience grace and daily prayer.
Beatiinl lives are those that bless
Silent rivers OF happiness,
Whose hidden fountain hut few may guess
Beautiful twilight, Mt set of sun,
feautifnl goal, with race well won,
Beautiful rest, with wOfk We'll DONE
Beautiful graves, where grasses creep,
Where brown leaves fall, where drifts lie dee,
Over WORKOUT han,ls--Uh, beautiful sleep!
Ellen p. AiieIfon
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
II II R M q:
Sl,5O PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
40 90 at sho end Of NIX Months.
The New York World thinks that
Democrats, when they baited for Re-
publican votes, with rag money, have
used very bad batit. Quite likely.

GOVERNOR G. G. CARPENTER speaks
at Eddyville, in this county, on Sat
urday, Oct. I'd. Our County Central
Committee should bear this in mind,
and see to it that the Governor has a
good meeting. He is very effective
upon the stump, and this meeting
should be made the occasion of a
grand rally at that place.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
Postage Reform.

The following statement shows the redue-
tions made in the rates Of letter postage be.
tween the United States and foreign powers,
under the administration ofthe Republican
party. The first column Of figures shows
the rates OF postage on half ounce letters in
1861 the second column gives the rates In
1875, aud the last column shows the amount
Of reduction:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

~ 1871 Josiah 7. Young's majority
lUa secretary of State, was 57,S62,
Grants majority, 6O,37O. In 1873 Gov.
Carpenters majority was % h5s
ioungs majority In iS74. 2s. .ls3. ma,
Jority ON Congressman. 95 3O0 TING
fairest test of all IL perhans IN Com1
gresham. Every vote is then M. % .ai,,
brought out, or nearly SO. for ~
hght Is in districts, and the interest Of
each candidate is well looked after.
According TO this view, the Republi.
can party Of Iowa has lost *, 600 votes
in less than three years, an average 81
lSW q year. It viii only take 4
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
Bavard Of ths Rnoklvn l..... ~,

Bsyard, Of the Brooklyn Argus, talks
thus "She stood over the washtub with
one Of her husbands stockings in her haud,
and remarked to Aiss Miggles: "Hs's been
. good husband to me. never had no
trouble with him. Its going on seven
years now that I've washed for him. Do
! think it's sskin' too much? Obi no
one shirt week, two, collars, one pair OF
stockings, one pocket. handkerchief, and no
drawers. He's what call whole man,
- 1iggles. And she slashed fly Of the
Dack q her neck with the dripping stock
.a and went 70 work again like true
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

One Isaac FAncher, Of Sandy Hill, N. Y,
has uttered prediction that the world will
be destroyed July Ath, 1876, bssing hi
prediction on the verse in Isaiah, "For the
child shall die hundred years DID," Thi.
is hard on Philadelphia. Fancher is evi.
IDENTIFY bearing Centennial stock.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

The so-called greenback conven.
ton at Detroit, Michigan, was com.
plete failure. The Hon. Matt Car.
penter, of Wisconsin, was advertised
as one of the speakers, without au-
thority. There was but one promi-
nent man present, viz: Judge Kelley,
of Pa. The whole crowd numbered
only a few hundred, when many
thousands were expected.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

JOSIAH DOANE, of Hamilton county,
has been placed by the Democratic
Central Committee, upon the "What
is it ticket as candidate for State
School Superintendent, in place of
A. r. Wright, declined. The assem-
bling Of the Committee at Des
Moines, for the purpose Of hitching
on new tail to their kite, must have
been most cherries task.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
The New York Canal Fraud

ALBANY. Aug. 24-The investigation
of the canal contracts of Holden, Dem
nison u Co., was continued to-day by
the legislative committee.
The whole evidence goes to show
that the contractors received from the
State thousands of dollars for work
which was never performed.
The Sheriff of Onondaga county
yesterday attached the property OF
Dennison, Beldin & Co, to the amount
of $605, ,00O in excess of tho amount
claimed to have been illegally OBJ
tanned from the State.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
PROM NEBRASKA.

SANiioNs NcD., aug %Su, 1910.
EDrToRs COURIER, Gents Onr har-
vest is at last over. and although it has
been long tedious one, it has been
one that bids fair to amply reward us
for our labors in trying to prescrve It.
Owing to there being so much rain
during the harvest season great deal
Of grain has been damaged, and some
entirely lost; still there is enough left
for homo consumption with surplus
for shipment. All small grain did
well, and our corn cannot be beat in
any country. 1t is variously estima-
ted at from sixty to ninety bushels per
acre. and potatoes are simply splendid (;
but is is thought that they will not
bring anything this fall, owing to the
fact that they are 30 plenty that they
will not command any price. All other
vegetables are tho same, such as mol
Ions, pumpkins, rquashee, SC. Ne
braskA cannot be looked upon as be-
ing a hard country to make living in,
but with all our boasted abundance we
cannot come up with some of our Kan
sas friends in blowing, but We prefer
to let our country do its own blowing.
We do not claim TO have forty bushels
of wheat to the acre, but claim to have
q fair crop, and will lot the statietics
show who is ahead.
With our super-abundanc OF every
thing else, We have also the usual
amount of candidates for office, all
willing TO sacrifice themselves for the
good Of the people, especially is this
the case with the aspirants 10 the Office
of County Commissioner and Treas
urer.
Isee by the COURIER that old Wapel-
10 has done herself credit as usual in
getting out good Republican ticket,
and hope none of them will be com.
PEELED to take trip up that river that
boasts such briny name. am sorry
to see the name Of my old friend Billy
Caldwell left out, but presume that a
good man has been chosen in his stead.
l am not acquainted with the gentle-
man, but will say that il he makes a.
good an Auditor as Billy did, he will
do--that's all.
l am pleased to see that my old
friend G. A. Derby is still alive and
doing well, although we are not far
apart, yet we do not see each other,
but yet it is pleasant to know that
such men as Derby are around, and
will venture the remark that should
the Republicans of Seward county
honor him with any position they
would never havc cause to regret il.
Hoping that the COURIER may never
fail in its ever-welcome weekly visits
to our domicil, and that it and all
others OF its iik may prosper, am
truly you're, j. II. SPRINGER.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
OOUR TsHIP. MA1RlAGE AND DI-
VOICE.

Two or three laughs when lover is near.
Two or three winks with q Kind of leer,
Two or three fr0wns if he frtes 10 caress,
Two or three Now don I yoA rumple my drcss'
Two or three "Ah! wicked nan, go away!,'
Two or three times if you w1nf him to STAY:
Two or three smiles TO wheenile him ON,
! w0 or three times to an ice cream saloon;
Two or three '"NOeso IL invited and then
Two or three hints, meaning Ask me again, !,
Two or three sighs aud little heigf-ho,
Two or three pats when consening to GO;
Two or three whispers fond love to express,
Two or three Noes all intended Tor ,'Yes.r'
Two or three carriage rides, just for a treat
Two or three hugs In lonely retreat,
Two or three seedlings, and when that is done
Two or three kisses though be asked for but one;
Two or three billet. .lOux, DEAREST" and then
Two or three qiarrels, and make up again:
Two or three times to church or ball,
Two or three "Feel rather dBid that 8 all!''
Two or three blushes and hang down the head
Two or three times when requested to wei;
Two or three "Noes!" and then Eyes. dearest
love!p
Two or three days rs fond = q dove;
Two or three times, then refllse TO obey,
Two or three weeks after hase your own way;
Two or three months IL you Follow this course,
Two or three times you may wed and divorce.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

One year c,ssys the Vicksburg Herald,
they cla'ped hands over gate in the dusk
OF evening, and she said abe would be his
little angel until life was no more. Yes
terday noon he went home and found his
Sunday suit in strips on the floor, his silk
hat kicked in, and his fne boots cut down,
and she yelled out from the bedroom 1Is
that You, you old alligator? Well, don't
think you'll trot oil again without splitting
any wood!'
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

Behold the tidal wavel North Carolina.
Democratic for years past, has just gone
Republican by 10000 majority, and the
Republicans gain 1000 ON 1871, and 10000
on 1873, even in Kentucky. Ohio is COM
Ing with her old-fashioned Republican
thunder, and Iowa will reverberate louder
than ever.-- Cincinnati Times.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01


DETROIT, Aug. 25.-The Greenback
Convention, which was called BY
Moses W. Field, is considered fail.
ure. AT least 10000 people were ex.
pected, but at the hour of orgxniza.
tion only some 600 were present. w
ID. Kelley, Matt Carpenter, Wendell
Phillips, Senator Gordon, NJ. Horton,
of Ills, and Jas Buchanan, of Indiana,
wero announced as speakers, but only
Kelley and Horton are In town. or
ficers of the meeting were announced
and secretaries appointed, after which
Kelley commenced speaking.
The Committee on Resolutions re-
ported number of resolutions, which
wore unanimously adopted, setting
forth that the Government owes 10 tho
people an absolutely safe and uniform
currency, adapted to their VARYING
needs, in amount and OF valuo moi
materially different from that of other
civilized nations.
3. That tho providing ofa currency
for the people is an attribute of SOW
crcignty, aud we demand that the Gov.
ernment Of the United States shall
perform this duty in such manner AZ
to furnish the public an amount OF
currency adequate to the business re-
quirements of the country, and inde-
peudent Of the action of banks or pri.
vatc corporations.
4. That we are neither repndiation-
lists nor inflationists, but friends of
safe and reliable currency; that we
propose to redeem the grecnback cir.
culation of the United States at the
pleasure of the holders thereof in
bonds of the United States, bearing a
low rate of interest, convertible at the
pleasure of the holders into green.
backs, thus redeeming the promises oil
the Government when it first Issued
greenbacks to fund them when desired
into interest paying bonds.
B. That we are In favor of the issue
Of United States bonds bearing inter-
est not to exceed 1865 per cent. to an
amount equal to the whole Govern.
ment debt; said bonds being chang.
able and interchangeable with green.
backs at par on demand.
Z. That the enactment of the last
Congress, providing for the resump-
tion OF specie payments in 1879, ia i'm
possible Of execution and disastrous
in its effects upon tho business of the
country, and we demand its immedi-
ate repeal.
8. That we recommend the organ
ization of greenback clubs in every
State of the Union to carry out the
principles set forth in the above reso-
lutione.
After the resolutions had been
adopted, Mr.. Daniels, of Virginia
made sreech.
The Convention then took recess
until evening.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

This Is rather the best yet. An English
paper says: Jefferson Davis, the Ameri.
can rebel, has been invited to address the
Winnebsgo natives. N. B.-The Winnie
bagoes are tribe Of Indians, formerly OF
Wisconsin State. but now removed TO an
agency in Nebraska State"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
WAsuIxoros. Aug. GA teleefs

WAsmNGroN, Aug. GA telegfsm
received at tho Navy Department this
morning from Captain Edward Sim.
son, commanding The u. 8. Steamer
Omaha Annonncos that the State Of
Panama has declared war sgainst the
Government Of Columbia. Tho De-
partment Immediately issued orders
to Rear Admiral MuliAny, command
ing the North Atlantic station. TO hold
his available force In readiness, pro-
ceed without delay to the Isthmus, It
necessary for the protection Of Ameri-
can interests. aass
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

BALTIMORE, Aug. 26-ltis now a
cer,ained that the liabilities of Sc :
ling, Ahrens & Co.. smoun, to 81 0l-
000,of which Sl,o0U,G Is due in l;al,i-
more to merchants. hspks aud private
banking houses The ,im EN-, les fi
$40 men in their rcliueries aud barrel
factory. Tho Immediate csuse OF The
failure 10 said to be the shrinksge in
mOlese0s,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
'After January =, 1915.
Mrs. Pomeroy, Of Boston, believes that

Mrs. Poncroy, Of Boston, believes that
her boy Jesse Is innocent Of the crimes
attributed to Kim. and that his execution
will be murder. She Gays be confessed TO
save her and younger brother from pun.
ishmens; that he 10 generous hearted boy,
has never been given to cruelty in any
shape. etc., etc. Poor woman! It Ia nat.
urAl that she should believe in her boy and
try to save him; but the evidsacs d alto
gether sgsinlt him.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

MELBouRN. Aug. 24.-The foot and
mouth disease has broken out with
great violence at Doisetshire, where
twelve thousand animals are down
with the disease. The distemper ie
spreading with great rapidity.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

PoRT Horn, Mich, Aug. PA bot
tie was found which washed ashore
this morning containing the follow
ing: "Over lake Michigan at 8 p. m,
of the evening of starting. About
thirty miles from Chicago; about g.
GOO feet high; gale coming from the
northeast. Balloon getting out of or
der gas escaping fast can't remain up
much longer; will surely land in the
lake. Fearful storm.
[Signedl "DoNALDsoN."
The writing is well preserved.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
TELAEGRAPHIC.
FOREIGN.

VIENNA, Aug. H.--Oflicial reports
show that tho wheat crops in Austria
and Hungary have fallen Off both in
quantity and quality, and will not
yield more than 5 100000 quiRtals.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

GENEVA, Aug. 24.-The National
Council have passed resolutions for
the suppression of Converts and Sis.
tiers of Charity.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
Reform SCHOOL INVESTIGATION.
The Testimony Concluded, and Snpt.

Especial Dispatch to the State Register)
ELDoRA, Aug. 4.-This afternoon,
after all the evidence had been sub
mitted before the Iowa Reform School
Investigation Committee, Prof Joseph
McCarty was reinstated to the office
of Superintendent.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

LONDON, Aug. 25.-The American
war steamers Congress- and Hartford
arrived at Tripon on Saturday last.
A number of the officers who landed
from the Congress were hooted by the
rabble. Satisfaction was given for the
insults to the officers who landed, but
not for the previous insult to the
American Consul. Up to Sunday both
vessels remained at Tripoli.