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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

General Trumbull. Of Dubuque
having submitted an inquiry to the
Chicago Tribune weather lost bank
notes innrc to the benefit of the bank,
that paper explains by saying that the
Government and not the bank Il the
gamer by all currency lost. or des-
troyed by accident.
When National Bank goes into
liquidation, or withdraws its circnla-
ton, it is required to deposit with
the Comptroller of the Currency a
sum Of legal-tendep greenbacks or
gold coins equal tothc number Of
dollars Of notes issued to it by the
Government, Consequently, if any
bank notes aturn mp missing" and are
never presented for redemption, the
Government gains the amount, and
the stockholders lose IL.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

=
1t is worth while for all farmers tc
remember that thorough culture /;
better than three mortgages on theil
farms.
| That good fences pay better than
lawsuits with your neighbors.
That hay is a good deal cheaper
made in summer than purchased in
winter.
That more stock perish from FAM
inc than founder.
That horse who lays his ears back
and looks lightning when any one
approaches him, Is vicious. DO not
buy him. 8l
That scrimping the feed Of fatten-
ing hogs Is waste of grain.
That over-fel fowls will not lay
eggs.
That educating children properly
is money le9t at 100 per cent.
That oAc evening spent at homo in
stndy, Is more profitable than ten
spent in loangipg about country tav-
erns.
That cows should always be MIXED
regularly and clean. 6.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

4 most extraordinary outrage was
committed in Oak Hill Cemetery III
Woonsoeket, X. L.. on Saturday night.
From sixty 10 seventy marble nonu-
ments, head-stoncs. fuot-siones. and
granite ornaments were overturned
and thrown around. some broken by
the fall and some badly injured after
they were down. A very neat monu-
ment belonging 10 William S. Balcoml
is injured. Another. erected by War
ren Esty, is broken III two over The
cnrbstano. Granite ornaments nj
Lyman a. Cooks ior were overture
ed but not injured. Others were
wrcnchea ont OF their sockets and the
bolts twisted. Foot-stones were
thrown about promiscuously and
many stones We're overturned with
little injury. The Providence .JoalnuI
says thatthe outrage has aroused Very
naturally q deep feeling of mdigia.
ton. The destruction was extensive
Monuments which have been in the
cemetery for a score of Years aud
grounds occupied only as of yes,er.
day We're alike ovcrthrown and de-
faced. There was no method in the
barbarous madness. Ii we look al
the names of those whose burial
places have been disfigurcd or dciil-
ed, we lind that they are those ot
whom the miscrcants could have
known nothing: Of those who were
without enemies in life, and those
who were and are not merely without
enemies. but in various degrees and
ways the benetactcrs of the town. In
the devastation there was no individ.
ual purpose. Very clearly the work
was performed by considerable
number Of persons.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29
SENATOR McDoNALp, Of Indiana,
the Democratic colleague OF Senator

SENATOR MCDONALD, OF Indiana,
the Democratic colleague Of Senator
Morton, gave notice upon tho last
day Of the sitting of Congress before
the holiday adjournment, that he
wonld, at future time, introduce a
series of resolutions as d substitute
for those offered by Morton, relating
to the character of the Union formed
under the Federal Constitution.
Though urged t~submit his reso.
lutions, he declined to do so before
the adjournment. Mcdonald Is known
TO be Of the same opinion as Eaton, of
Connecticut. Doubtless his resolu.
tons viii assert that the Government
Is but a confederation Of States, leav-
ing IL open, as Senator Eaton has an.
nounced, for The right of State to
seccdc. Both Mcdonald and Eaton
were errant Copperheads during the
war, Eaton going SO far in the early
days Of the rebellion as to declare thai
Connecticut troops should not leave
for the seat of war without march
ing over his dead body. The troops
went, however, and Eaton did no.
die. The gauge Of battle between fht
two great contending parties liei
right here. II was thought to have
beclfAsettled by tho result of the war,
but when the American people put
their trust in that party which rebel
led, they viii find they have trusted
IN vain any professions made Of al
abandonment of the extreme ole
States Right doctrines. We shall
await with the deepest interest III,
ldismssion which Ii to arise npcn III,
issues 70 be made mp by the Two IN
diana Senator's. Il Is hieh timo tia
we knew, from a full discussion 4
| the national halls oflcRislation. u her,
the two great parties stand.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

IT is said, with the best showing of
reason for the truth OF the statement,
that Speaker Kerr sold himself to
Taminany for ihc Spcakership. Many
Democratic journals said so at the
time Of his selection by The caucus.
OF Iowa Democratic journals. the
Gazette. of Burlington, was conspic
nous and pointed in this criticism OF
Kerr. Since tho appointment of the
committees by him, Ii is very mani
fest thai part OF the goods TO be de-
liyered by Kerr, i'm case he should be
chosen Speaker through Tammany
influence, was thai Tammany should
also arrange the committees. All this
was in the interest of Tilden. OF New
York. for President. Kerr was made
Speaker from the West, and Illinois
was given the craftsmanship Of the
WAYS and Means Committee, the
place next to that of Speaker, and
four other chairmanships. Missouri
was also fed bountifully, and Fernan-
do Wood snnbbed, as well rs the
whole Of the Eastern States, which
were thought sure for Tilden at any
rate. The Western Democratic yahoos
are so cnnningly and carefully han.
died that they don't seem To know
when they are taken in and sold ont
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29
Terrible Massacre Of Egypti
Troops.

New YORK. Dec. 24.-Thc sWt
Section of Bremen. of Dee. Sth, q
tains the following account of
capture and massacre Of a dctachm
of Egyptian troops by the Abys
mans. briefly reported some time I
by cable:
1t says we have had bad news II
Abysimlia. La an expedition
about two thousand men sent by
khcdive. under the command of
Arendrop, Dane, TO subjugate
Abyssimians. he was drawn 3
ambushand nearly every man slaf:
cred. iGeNeArendrop. the Pasha
many other oneeIs were liter
hacked in pieces. thGlT<a0dS stllel
spears before the AbyssiifnlAt
and their bodies sent to wild be
Maekillap Pasha is said to be :
and a prisoner of Colonel Routh.
the American troops nothing
known, and only one officer (Sh
escaped. An expedition compri
twelve thousand men, infantry, q
ry and artillery, is to set out !
Cairo without delay and will
joined by every American ofIic
the Egyptian service, including
Stone
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

NEW York, Dec. 22.-At the sew
entieth annual dinner of the New
England Society tonight. President
Bailey presided, having at his right
! President Grant and on his left Gen.
eral Sherman. President Grant did
not speak, but Gen. Sherman, i'm reply
to the toast, '.Army and Navy said :
Upon the civilization of New England
is based the civilization OF North
America. The black man is as free
as l am. The Japanese are free to
come here SO are the Chinese. but the
civilization of New England will re-
main and will govern this Continent.
A New England man, go where he
will, carries centre which charging
will affect everything he comes in con-
tact with. He is the embodiment Of
all English speaking people. who he
lieyes in honesty, truth and patriot
ism. Referring TO the result of the
late war, he declared there never was
such an example of conqucrors giving
conquered the same rights they then,-
selves possessed. The moment the
vanquished laid down their arms we
said to them: Go home and go to
work for the flag which is to be the
common one of our homes say to
every Southern man who will go with
us heart and hand to build up this
land, they are welcome Just as II
born on the very surface Of Plymouth
Rock; but IL they cherish any hopes
for the old conflict, a storm will rise
over their heads ten times as heavy rs
the last one. l speak for the. army
aud nayy--men of bone and muscle
the brain and sincw: the aggregate
American. He spoke Of the hard
times and said the trouble is the pco-
/ pie flock too much to the cities. ask
them to come Nest there is no trouble
in ST. Louis. There is plenty to cal
and drink there, and we will give you
hearty welcome and God speed to the
best land west of MS. Ii the people oi
New York will learn a lesson OF thu
pilgrim fathers and go back to some.
what OF their economy, the national
debt will be eXtinguishcd in five year;
and specie payments would com,
naturally. Let us go back to the tim,
rs before the war il necessary. Imy
self will give an example of earning
| my own living, but in doing so lct ii,
still keep ourselves prepared for WA
whenever ii COMES: let us keep thu
art of war before us, so that we will
mot have the modification of sending
TO Germany for soldiers to drill oul
soldiers in the next war. (Grcal
| tehcerinw.3
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

"Who is this Herr Zegoyina, any
Way said yonng lady the other
evening ~ . mixed party sis he the
new tenor that came out with Til
ems. or is he in the Salyina line z"
"Why. how absnrdly yon do talk,
PhGbe.' replied another young
lady, just as ifevery one did not know
1 that il was new sort OF dress. Its
shirred and gorcd, and cut bias, and
folded on Itself, and trimmed with
+! knitc-pleating OF the same material" /"
4 Here the young lady was interrupt
cd by a corroborativc Young man.
i who remarked that she was just talk
ing.
Herr Zegovina. said the gentle
man, "is French for her pull-back,
you knoW."
Another yonng man who had had
4 the advantage OF foreign travel, set
( them all right with the loftincss OF
conscious superiority.
THE Herzegovina he explained,
sis the national dance of the Hunga-
rian peasantry, like the cachua, or the
bolerO, or the fan,lango. or the RAM
des Vaches. or the balalaika, you
know. Many time have l seen
them bounding in its airy measures,
while the heavy minarets and mimo-
sas wave their tops in"
I 81 beg your pardon" observed an
other innocent who had been abroad,
II think you are conf0unding it with
1 the liOgovcrizna--a sort of polka
| which l saw danced by the Hungari-
ans, and also by the Dalmatians and
/ Dar,lanellcs. Herzegovina is light
! Albanian wine, a good deal like
/ Rndesheinler.'
! ''Ah, YOU are right" admitted the
first traveller, 1.-THE similarity OF sound
deceived me-"
The explanation did not, after all,
prove satisfactory, and the young
ladies who thirsted after knowledge
prosecuted still further inquiries. A
truthful young man responded:
/ II thought from the fuss the papers
were making, it was new sort OF
game, like bunko."
Finally an appeal was made to the
| wealthy and experienced old gentle
man who was the host of the eve.
ming, who, from his wide knowledge
of men and things, was supposed t.
be well posted on every subject.
"Run away, children, said the good
and wise old man, as he beamed
blandly on his two fair daughters
run away, and don't bother your
heads about the currency question
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

Bret lIarte was lecturing in Penn.
sylvania a short time ago. At one O1
Ills appointments he felt very mucl
depressed. 1t is popularity of hu,
morists, we are told, to be nnacconnt
ably melancholy and gloomy al
times. Harte was in this mood now
One of the committee went in back
of the scenes to see him, and the dc.
pressed humorist welcomed him as q
CLEAN Af unusual good sunshine
They shook haHds--lIapte earnestly
and the committee man decorOusly
MIR. Harte," he said gravely, syop
will find this an unusually healthy
city,"
"Ahw said the pleased humorist
"Yes. The death rate is only one q
day
At this juncture lIarte took tht
cammittce man by the arm, and hnr.
redly asked: &
rs he dead ?"
dead r calculated the COMMITTEES
man. '.Who dead!"
"Why,the man for to-day p was tht
grave reply.
HIS GOtltnlttee uiiH sliEeu Win ui
his might into the immovable face pl
the lecturer.
Isn't there n clerk here. or regis
trar, or coroner, or something likt
that, of whom yon could lind on
whether the man for this day had
died z"
"Why, yes, suppose so." slowly
replied the committee man.
''Wonld yon be so good, then, Il
find 0nl. and before commence ths
lecture, if possible. whether that mal
is dead? Ii he is dead, then am al
right, for am to leave the city earl,
tomorrow morning; but il he ms
dead, l cannot help but feel nneas,
about myself. and ] am not well to
night"
The nd-hearted committee mai
Immediately hurried away TO get thI
| information.
| When in his room AT the hotel TIM
night a servant told him thata gen
tleman wished him to step dow
stairs IN the hall, as he wanted 10 So
him. Mr.. liarte Went down, an,
there met the committee man.
II am sorry, Mr.. Harte. to disturb
yon," he said; sbut 1 could not ge
the information earlier. It's al
right. That death rate / spoke o
lrGs merely The dref0ge.''
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

BosroN, Dec. 23.-A company, or
ganized six months ago as the Hing
ham Manufacturing Company, will
an alleged capital stock Of $l00O0
has gone into bankruptcy, with liabil|
tiles of $4,000. and no assets, $50,
600 of the liabilities being in notes
the money obtained upon which wa
used by the officers for private pur
poses. Not a dollar of capital wa
ever paid i'm. Chas. NJ. Strauss, clerl
ofthc company, has been indicted 70
perjury, in making affidavit as to tn.
capital. and the other officers will d.
similarly served.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29


An Atlanta youth, gotten up in th'
latest style, left q West End car ant
tripped across to q house whore lit
tie boy was sitting on the front steps
whiting with Barlow knife. Th'
boy looked up and said:
II say, young man, yer don't wan
ter be comm around here any mor'
yer don't" lsj
"Why Charley, what's the mat
ter f' q
"Cause there's feller what wears
a diamond bfes pin and rides in hi
own horse and buggy a comm hert
TO see Sis now, and a feller like You
what has to ride around in bob-tail.
ed street-kar, haint got no show, 'cepl
to take q front seat on the fence and
watch them fixins things for the wed.
din "
The-young man turned AWAY. look
ing like sweet potato vine after Z
black frost.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

4 Young Hartford merchant called
on Young lady few evenings
since, and was shown into the parlor
TO await her appearance, when the
lamps being unlit, he removed a
large quid OF tobacco from his moutl,
and threw il out of the window, as
he supposed. When the lady APP
pearcd with light, the most pron,-
incnt object IN the room was the
Young man staring i'm very cmbar-
rassed way AZ a big chunk of tobacco
pinning the lace curtain to the mn.
opened window.
Some day ia the distant future the
little nigger in the barber shop who
silently holds out his hand for 10 cts
for striking a mans nose with a brush
broom will be laid away tn rest. and
catnip planted to hide the spot,-De-
tyois Free Press.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

NJ. KERR, when asked, when will
the Committee on the Pacific Rail-
road be announced?' z replied: Not
until can find seven honest men to
put on it. Democratic principles are
either better for the government OF
the country than Republican,, or. Mr..
Speaker Kerr has a most happy facul-
ty of guarding well the points most
likely to be assailed by corrupting
Influences. In either case the country
isto be congratulated burlington Ga
zette.
So il took Kerr ncariysthrec weeks
Gf we are to credit the G6zelte with
being correct) to find seven honest
men out OF nearly two hundred Dem
acrats in the House, or certainly he
would have announced the Railroad
Committee before the Goth inst. Has
this great Democratic reform party
become so devoid of honest Congress
men that only seven honest ones are to
be found after weeks of persevcring
toll and investigation
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

Going 10 Usher In tho Centennial

CINCINNATI. Dec. 23.-A large mrt4
ing of citizens was held at the City
Buildings tonight, and initiatory steps
taken for grand celebration OF the
inaugural of the Centennial year on
New Years eve at midnight. It il
proposed to celebrate the event by
ringing of all the bells of the city,
firing of cannon and grand military
and civic procession. Mayor johnson,
was requested by the meeting to issue
a proclamation inviting all citizens IL
participate in the carnival. Great in
tercst was manifested.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

The State Register says: Mrs. FOs-
Ter. Of Clinton, the first lady lawyer
in Iowa, has just won her first case in
the Supreme Court. 1t was in a
Clinton county suit. The lower court
decided against the lady's client. The
case went up on appeal, and the high
er court reversed the opinion below.
The opposing counsel was Deputy c.
S. Marshal Heberling. Score the
first legal victory for woman. and
credit it to j. Ellen Foster.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

THE State Register OF the 23d inst,
publishes lengthy articles from the
Hd,ckeye and Gate CITY, touching the
candidacy of the Hon. James Harlan
for the Sepatorship. The Haack,eyc is
the earnest and able champion of Mr..
Harlan. and the Gate City his ablest
and most decided opponent among
the journals of the State. The Regis.
ter then proceeds TO give quite
lengthy editorial touching the contro-
versy between these two journals, and
speaking Of the Durant $4,000, among
other things. says:
"For ourselves, we do not like the
looks Off il. Bnt we would not insist
too stnbb0rnly that il certainly and
conclusively is evidence of corruption
ON his part. For we remember that
we once held that his official course
in the Cherokee land matter was in
fallible evidence oil greater corruption
OH his pari. than this is claimed by
any one TO be, and sill. The Supreme
Court of the United States has since
decided that hia course then and
therein was egalandright. We could
not believe then that his action in that
regard would ever. or could ever be
vindicaied. just rs il seems TO ns.now
that il will be quite hard work. IN
deed, to explain 10 his credit or vim
dication the Durani $1,000 mat
/ ter"
On the 9TH day of January. 1871, the
Register opened its notorious fight
against Senator Harlan, the Senator
then being in Washington engaged in
his Senatorial duties. II will be rec
objected how persistcntly and fnrios-
| ly, and 10 what an inierminable extent
the Register rained down upon the
head of Mr.. Harlan allegations of cor-
ruption, from about the middle Of
December until the Senatorial clec-
Ition following, abont thirty days
| thereafter. IL H. therefore, matter
which we desire 10 record, (and we
do il with great pleasure and in just
/ ice 10 the Registe,), that il was, as il
now declares, in error in making its
charges. twill not, therefore, be in
order for Democratic journals TO quote
the Register as Republican authority
| TO sustain the old Gen. II. v. Boynton
charges againsi'Mr. Harlan. 1t took,
il seems, q U. s. Supreme Court de-
cision, however, 10 disabuse the
minds OF the Register folk upon this
subject, which came in due course OF
judicial procedure, some years after
\ the Senatorial contest had been dccid-
ed, i'm which the charges played SO
conspicuous part in the last month
of the fight.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

The President OF the Centennial
Board Of Finance publishes a card
saying the citizens Of Philadelphia
contributed the funds necessary to
entertain the Centennial visitors last
Saturday, and that the Centennial
Board OF Finance bore no part of the
expense.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29
Fire st-Red o.

COUNCIL BLuFF, Dec. 23.-A FIRE Al,
hed Oak at o'clock this morning
DESTROYED the entire east side build .
ngs ofthe public square. That sideu
OF the square was built solid with
frames. The fire broke out ina 0ns.
story building belonging to II. Hop-
pen, of Newark, N. r., and OccuDieaf
by ID. j. Ockeson as ware room. The
nre, not withstanding the perfect calm
ness OF the air, spread rapidly, and in
about two hours that whole side OF
the square, except the building. In
which was the drug store of Wheelock
y Clarke, was in ashes. The Hoppen
building was insured in the KeoEuk
State Company for a few hundred
dollars. The next South was q good
two story builsiing, owned by W.T..
johnson, of Ottumwa, and occupied
by Lewis & Childs, hardware; mo- in
surance on buildings. loss $1,000.
Lewis y Childs' loss is about 5000
insured in the Commercial Of st. Louis
for $l,OOO. The next two were one
story buildings. The first was 0Wn-
ed by III. a. Thompson, occupied as g 4!
warehouse by Lewis N Childs. Loss
on building $500. Tho second waHss
owned by Mike Osborn, occupied by
Mrs. III. r. Lewis millinery store loss 4
on building 500 no insurance. The
corner building was owned and o.. 4
cupied by JQss Fisher as grocrry5
store 500; insurance on build
ing $l,O00, i'm the Mercantile 0f
Chicago, on goods for $500 in Com-
mercial of st. Louis. The twO-story
brick building north Of tho ono 81, E&s
which the fire originated, was owned
by Whittier n Dearborn, and used as y
a harness manufactory. Loss on tho
building and goods. about 1900; in-
sured in the Mercantile, Of Chicago
for 81 600; in the Globe Of Chicago
for $1,000. The next was One-stOry
bnilding towned by I. w. Crandall;
loss $4O0-no insurance. The next
two were one story. owned and occl-
pied hy Isaac Payne as restaurant
and tobacco store. Loss $4,000; solme
insurance. The next was a building
owned by Thos Rogers. Loss $500
no insurance. The next building was
a One-story frame, owned by Il. w.
and was torn down to pre-
vent the spreading of the fire. Whee-
lock & Clark's drug store occupied &
the same building. The goods were
carried out in hasty manner and
We're damaged to the extent Of some
two hundred dollars. The loss to Mr..
Ockerson. who occupied the building
in which the fire originated, is about
$1,000. The total loss is about $20.-
600. The fire is believed to be the
work of an inccndiary.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29
The Ps.ssy,vansass very !

WAsHINeToN, Dec. 20. The
sylvanians have been in consu
tonight, and the result promlses
wrath In tho House. They 81
as they are one-tenth Of tho j
they are entitled 10 be rerresen
every important committee, bt
they are on no committee Of
qnence, and are without 3 com
room even, and that nine pros
committees have no Pennylvani'
them, and further, that the Rt
cans from that State are we'll Il
ed for. They talk loudly toni
holding q formal meeting 10 rer
the entire arrangement.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29
The ny nansssc Explealen-Iaa
ble FAeAl1gr,

LONDON, Dec. 2l,--A Tones
from Berlin Gays Il IL now Aace
that the number killed by III
sion At Bremen Haven is12Sl
wounded. The Bremen All
mittee report that 20 or the
are hopclessly mainlcd, and III
H widows and l'sh orphans
victims OF the disasicr, tor She
of whom II il proposed to rails
scription Of $s5,0 900,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23.--At BoOnsIoI
Howard county, Mo-. Jos. Thor
qnarrcled with u man named Mite
ell. OH Saturday last. and was strus
by him on the head with club al
killed.
Near Junction City, Kansas, {
Tuesday. Geo. Hunter, colored, III
Geo. Davidson. white, had an lltcrc
ton about their cattle, aud Hunt
shot and killed Davidson.