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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Sept. q.
[ BY telegraph
Wheat-Wheat is generally active
but weak and lower and closing firm
at I'll % for cash, and ST 051s for Oc-
tober
Corn Active bnt weak and selling
for 54aaa cash, and 5i4c for October.
Oats Quoted easier and selling at
sac for cash. and 80 &c for Oct.
Rye-Qnoted easier and selling at
75c cash.
Barley-ls quoted easier and sales
were made at VI OF for cash, and I'll o.
for October.
Pork-Quoted strong and higher
selling al 500 90 for cash, and sci 500
II 55 !or October.
Lard-Quoted tirmcr with sales at
$l3 50@55 for cash.
Whiskey - Firmer with sales at
FL l5t5.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

ATTORNEY GENERAL PIERREroNT
tells Mississippi Republicans to or
gani2c for self defense. We will not
hereafter. therefore. be likely to have
further advice given to Republicans
when they hold their rallies. 10 come
unarmed. as they did nj Clinton. Mis-
sissippi. 1t has come to this in the
South. that in order for peaceahlc cit
liens to assemble together for polite
al purposes. they must go armed in
order 10 rcpcl White League assas-
sins. 1t seems to be an impossihility
to arrest these cnt-throats and punish
them under the forms Of law. so cN-
tcnsivc is the organization. and so
difficult is il to find courts and Jurors
who vii! enforce The law against
them. The result of II war OF races
appears inevitable. II i. q terrible
and deplorahlc state of things. and
one very rcpulSivc 10 The naturally
peaceful disposition of the black race
and white Republicans. but evidently
as dcplorable as il may be. the Re-
pnblicans Of Mississippi must fight
the devil with fire. a> the only effect
i've remedy. The pro-slavcry. bar
barrie Democracy Of The South have
not brought upon themselves and
their section woe and destruction
enough in four years war Of rebel
lion against the l'nion. but they must
needs enkindlc the fearful struggle of
races. rs if To pul the finishing touch
To the Bosom of destruction which has
so impoverished the South. II. saws
the Attorney General. the efforts OF
the citizens of The State. through the
State authorities. shall not be AIDE
qnale To suppress the outrages. then
the General Government. upon the
proper invitation 10 do So. will come
To their aid
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

AFTER Il world Of trouble. the Epi>-
copalians of Illinois have amicably
adjusted their contest over the elect
ton of a Bishop. and the mitre has
fallen upon the Rev. DIR. McLaren. of
Cleveland, Ohio. The DR.. was form
crly Il Presbyterian minister, located
at Peoria. H., and only some few
years ago, left the Presbyterian
Church TO join the Episcopalians. lie
is reputed ripe scholar, an eloquent
speaker. and q moderate in his ritual
istic tendencies. The Episcopalians
of Wisconsin have also chosen Bish-
OPP. the Rev. John III. III. Brown. Of
Gohoes. New York, being the favored
candidate.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

THE report of the Federal Commits
sioner of Education for 1854 has
just been published. From il we gath.
cr the following statistics. Whole
number of American Colleges S23.
Whole number of Faculty officers s.
los. Whole number of male students
in college 25,l0l. Whole number OF
female students in college 2,349. There
are ITO schools of theology, 81 of law,
and SO of medicine. The year for
which this report is made, shows a
very large sum of money given as
private bencfactions TO institutions OF
learning, viz: total bcnefaction TO
colleges. 1928, lil; to schools of
Science. S770,556: to schools of theol-
ogy, $Gl9,S0l, and to schools Of med
icinc. $4,000.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

THERE is good news for the advo-
Gates of real money in the announce
mcnt that Carl Schurz. who has just
returned from Europe, will at once
take part in the Ohio campaign and
contribute his splendid abilities as an
orator and logician towards the sue
cess of the Republican party. The
spirit which animaies Mr.. SchurZ in
this determination TO re-cnter poll
tics as a Republican is cyinced in his
declaration that mo greater disaster
could befall the country than the sue
cess of the initiation enthusiasts" Be-
lieving this. he could not remain neu-
trail or silent. He will. il is said. de-
liver six speeches. the dates OF which
are not yet announced. His appear
ance on the stump will be "A feature
Of the campaign, and win greatly
strengthen the Republican side
Chicago Tribune.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
VOLUME OF CURRENCY.

Tho Republican party is charged
with having contracted the currency.
The accusation is utterly haScless. A
siatis'ician has looked up The exact
figures and made ont tabular state
meniS showing precisely the aggrc-
gate circulation each wear since the
Republican party came into power.
In the light of the present campaign
iii Pennsylvania Ga contest in which
the whole country feels intense inter-
esD. that table is of special interest.
Ii is as follows:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
No xs.scoamI for Ts.,s.

A shsrp-nosed woman with IRON
gray hair called at the Grand Trunk
ticket Office yesterday, and after buy
ing one ticket 10 Port Huron she asked
the agent:
.'Say, can't a fool ride for half-fare p
GLOW old 10 he !? asked the agent.
"Fifty-three.
"No, madam, yon will have to buy a
full ticket"
"And you won't throw OFF,"
Couldn't, madam"
She went around TO the other side
of the Office, where her husband sat on
a trunk and reaching out Tor more
money she ssid:
"Stop looking cross-eyed, and give
me the cash, for we can't discount
cents worth. - Detroit Free Press.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

The so-called Peoples party. which
carried the election in Chicago last
year and now ontrageonsly misgov-
erns that city. are having trouble as
to how they shall organize-that is
under what name. The Central Com
mittec had one meeting and adjourn
ed without coming to any agreement.
They had better import few of the
Iowa mongrels and they will solve
the problem at once by sending them
out to battle nameless. This would
avoid all collision. and nip in the bud
any probable discussions in the ranks
of the faithful.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
ORIGINAL NOTICE

To JolN i. JOURNEY, JAMES i. COURTNEY
RoBkRT u. COURTNEY and BENJAMIN & PAR,
kER lon and each of YOU are hereby notified
that there Is now on file the petition and supple
mental petition of John W. McGlasson as exec
utor of the last will of Lucinda Courtney. de
eeased, in the Clerk Office of the Circuit Cont
of Wapello County, Iowa, asking the said Court
10 authorize and empower him as executor to sell
The undivided one-third of the following de-
scribed land belonging to the estate of Lucinda
Courtney, deceased. to-wit: The Southwest half
ct the Southwest quarter Of Section Eleven,
township 70 Range y, situated in the county OF
Boone, OF the State of Iowa, 80 that he may be
able 10 pay The debts against said iestatrix, 4 es-
tate, and comply with the conditions Of her said
will And thai unless yon appear and make de-
Tense thereto, on or before noon of the Second sy
OF the next term of said Court to be begun ana
held AT The Court House, in Ottumwa, in said
County, on The e5th day of October 1875, default
will be entered and the prayer of the petitioner
granted.
september 18th, 1879.
CHAMBERS & McELROY.
sept e2wlt ATTORNEYS for petitioner.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
FROM NEW YORK,
TEae New York Liberals will
Maintain their Organization
Wife Murder and Terrible
Suicide.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2l.-The city del
egaiion to the Liberal Republican
State Convention in caucus last night
determined that il. would be unadvisa.
bic to nominate a State ticket. 1t WAS
also determined that the principles
ennnciated by tho Liberals in 1872
should be reaffirmed and their organi-
zation maintained.
AT East Brunswick, New Jersey,
yesterday. James Garland,a music dea-
Ter and teacher, shot his wife three
times. then believing her dead locked
himself in his room and shot himself
three times. He opened the main ar.
terry of his arm and failing to die
quickly enough crushed his own skull
with heavy hammer. He was breath
ing when found, bnt died shortly after.
His wife ia seriously but not fatally
wounded,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

The Democratic State Convention
of New York in its resolution on f.
nance. seems To have taken pains to
fefossss saorass..llEectaa~ai ilitl ,A.aaIAls
| with the Democracy of PENNSYLVANIA
and Ohio. The finance resolution OF
the two latter States is identical. word
for word. Ii was framed in n catch
penny style. intended TO gull voters.
Ii is adroitly put together. containing
totally false arraignment of the Re
publican party, and is Il cheat and Il
fraud. The New York Democracy
take direct issue with ii in the tartest
oflanguagc. as follows: . We declare
" for speedy resumption" This is di-
rectly opposed by Pennsylvania and
Ohio Democracy. Again they say
We declare the present volume of
currency greater than can be absorbed
by business. and any attempt to in
crease The volume Of currency would
interrupt the healing process with in
dusiry, and worse than futile to re-
store confidence: il would paralyze
enterprise. rob labor of its too seantv
employment. stiilc the progress OF adj
minlstrativc reform. and inilict last
ing dishonor upon the credit. intelli-
@encc and character OF The country. ="
Directly the opposite Of this say The
Democracy of Ohio and pennsylva-
MIA. They want 10 double or treble
the circulation of grccnhacks 10 bet
icr the condition Of laborers and en-
llvcn the Industries of The country. as
they say. ii is i battle of no small
magnitude in The Democratic camp.
which arrays The Democracy of New
York against their party friends in
the next two largest states of the ma
ton. upon SO vital an issue rs the IL
nanees The want Of common honesty
i'll the Democratic party, however.
will easily adjust itself to this state of
things. A party that stiiled lis senti-
mcnts to swallow Greeley and his
platform for Il few months. To spew
it all up after it had answered its pur-
pose, will certainly adjust this little
affair. Rogues and traitors never
really fall ont until such times rs they
have division of the spoils to make.
Let them once be successful in the ma
| ton. and then look ont for the fur to
fly. TIL then the kite will be per-
mltted 10 fill its sails from any point.
only so il can fly, as the Keoklk Con-
ststutio,, puts it. lei ii be Democracy
in one county Liberal Democracy in
another, and anti-monop in still an
| other no matter. only SO they win.
Democracy will get the increase final
| " for sure. and all is well.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

ST. LOUIS. Sept l7.--General John
Mcdonald, Internal Revenue snpervi-
sor Of this District, and Col. John A..
Joyce have been indicted In tho cas-
tern District for conspiracy with par
ties in ST. Joseph and Kansas City to
defrsud the United States of revenue.
Fieneman & Co., of Kansas City,
charged with revenue frauda, have
compromised by making good the
amount of revenue due. 1t is believ-
cd it will cost the firm forty thousand
dollars, -
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

THE Burlington Gazette. Democrat
ic organ. repeats and seconds anoth-
er Democratic organs advice to Re-
pnblicans. as follows:
..The Council Bluffs Globe says. and
s:ihe remark is respectfully dedicated
10 orr Republican brethren:
The Good Tcmplars support all
the State ticket except kirkwood.
Tlcy take his name from the head OF
The iickct and put J. II. Iozier in his
place"
JEFF Davis. Boss Tweed, White
seagucr Democrats all over the South
would give The same advice to Re-
publicans, and the incentive TO call
out such advice would be the same
with all these as with the Gazette and
Globe. viz: to elect the Democratic
to get the Republicans TO
,ull their cheetnute from the fire.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

In 1859 the specie was S275.O00.OOO /:
the paper $l93306.0O0. total of only
Sl6S.3b,ooO. a per capita of Sl5.30.
Wilie the per capita of 1874 was S2l.-
30. The Republican party has in
creased the circulation per capita over
% per cent. Our volume of circulat-
ing medium is larger. in proportion
to the population. than either Eng
land or Germany. The charge of con-
traction IS so grossly false that il cam
not fail TO react against the party
prcfcrring ir.-Chicago Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
HIGHWAY NOTICE.
AUDITORS OFFICE, WAfELLo COUNTY
OIrIAIWA IOWA Aug o. lQr5

AUDITORS OFFICE, WAfELLo COUNTY,
OTruMwA. Iowa, Aug. %, 1876 I
To all trhom IL may concern.
The Commissioner appointed TO reduce width Of
highway, as follows, viz: Commencing at ths
jefferson County Line between >ecs / and l2
and running west little over one mile To- the end
OF X. Is. McClain's Lane, thence north about GO
corner OF southwest \ southeast u Section Two
az, thence west to the Marysviile and ashland
highway; all In Township No. ~ Range q west
haa reported in favor OF the reduction TO uni
form width OF 40 feet, and all object ons thereto
or claims for damages must he filed In the Audi
tor % Office before noon of the Goth tlay of
October, A. ID. 1875, or the width OF such high-
way will he reduced without reference thereto.
sept lwft WM. III, CALDWELL,
CountvAuiltor.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
iscesEaReGgss.

The Chinese OF Sacramento have
embarked in the undertaking bnai-
ness.
--Rey. w. II. Milburn, the blind
preacher. has thirteen lectures to select
from next season.
"A post oflice in Michigan hcars
the name of Headache, and its post
master throbs with patriotic dcyo-
ton.
An Englishman preferred dcathto
8 moiher-in-l law, an6 hutg himself tn
clothes post rather ,han live with
her.
AN intellectual panper has APP
difeFcnJ 1angGs%es, AMI yet" II nS4t n
success.
--A 81. Louis physician has offered
reward of 900 tor an authenticated
case of death frcm eating ripe water
melon.
Alexander II. Stevens, The light
weight of the Southern Conicderacy,
is getting atoa', they say. lie now
weighs So lbs.
There is an old c0dgcr living in
Lodi. Ohio. who claims 10 TO older
than "0td Bill" Allen. Ne gays he
Was born in 1859.
The people in the United States
| over 100 years of age-f;t subjects for
the Centennial-now count mp just 4l2
as far "a heard from.
-Teauessec's new school law pro
vides that for like service OF male aud
female teachers like saiarira shall be
paid, and that is right.
The Bnflato Express hits the bulls
eye when it sRys: "rhov need an
American rifle team in every negro
settlement in the South
One of the happiest and most in
dependent of all human occupations Is
that OF an intelligent farmer. whore
land is paid for, and who keeps cut of
debt.
An Odd Fcilowa' asylum ia Ia be
built By the brethren OF Jacksonville,
| Fla. for the benefit of those in the
order who seek the State for their
benefit.
Gen. Thos. Fletcher will deliver
| the address at tho annual reunion OF
| the Army of the Tennessee. at Dca
Moincs. Iowa. ON the a9th and 30th Of
| this month.
"A Lcwistown, Maine, merchant
| has in his window a sample of combs
of the style of forty years ago, and
| which is again becoming the thing. 1t
is nine inches across and eight inches
in height.
The three wonders OF the world
at present are--How ilnif accumulates
in vest pockets, where pins so TO. and
why, when man comes out of ga
loon. he looks one way and goes the
| other.--Netc 1oYk II iorl4.
A son OF brigham Young. with
the wild name. Don Carlos Young, has
entered the School of Engineers in
Troy. By the peculiar extent OF his
family circle. the old head Mormon is
enabled to nc represented III nearly
every college OF both continents.
Captain Richard ,king. The Texas
~sCattle King has been visiting at
YIarroasburg, Ky. At his ranch in
Texas Captain King has onciield OF
10000 acres within one fence. He re-
gently filled All order by telegraph for
$4,000 beeves.
"A Yickeburg, Miss, steamboat
rOnster predicts ii hard winter He
says: When you see RIO many Rkccters
mol singing Il biz, but getiiD' down
right square 10 business, pou may
know dcy's layin' in supply OF per-
vishnns tor hard winter. OATS my
sign
Tho Chicago ministers are trying
so preach down the pinned-hack
dresses, and a Canadian priest threat
aned the pinned-back women OF his
congregation with communication
1t may farther be remarked that San
cho Panza once declared war against g
windmill.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
ORIGINAL NOTICE

\. A HAwSs, Defendant: You are hereby no.
titled that on or before The 18th day of September
1873, the petition OF NJ A. Hawks will be filed i'm
The CLERK q office of the Circuit Cont OF Wanel-
10 County, Iowa, claiming of you u divorce. for
the reasons set ont in said petition. Ard that nm
less yon appear and make defense thereto, on or
before noon OF The second day of said Court, 10
be begun and held nj the Court House in Ottumwa.
in said County, ON the 25th day of October. 1876
default will be entered and a Judgment and decree
rendered thereon against you.
Dated September le,h, 1875
w. II. c. JAQUES.
sept 15-wit Plaintiff q Attorney.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

OMAHA, Sept. l7,--At the Demo.
cratic State Convention held q, FIRE.
mont yesterday, resolutions were
adopted favoring retrenchment aud
reform in the management of govern
ment affairs, sound currency, coin OF
its equivalent; deprecating attempts to
commit tho Democratic party to u sys-
TEN of paper money based upon an
unconstitutional exercise of Federal
power.
Hon. G. j. Scoiicld was elected per-
manent President; Louis May FIRE.
mont. Secretary; Judge Of the Su-
prone Gourt,E A. Thomas OF Browns
pilfa
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
Original NOTICE

To PANEL Moss. EDWARD Moss and IIrEILA
Moss: Aou and each Of You are hereby not fed
that there is now on file the petition Of James
Mitchell, as guardian Of Haria Moss, an insane
person, III the Clerks Office of the Circuit ourt
to authorize anu empower him, as snch guardian,
10 sell the West half of the Northeast quarter OF
Section Thirty one. Township ~. North of Range
ia west containing eighty acres, more or less
and situated in Wapello county Iowa, for the
purpose of supporting and maintaining said in
sane person And that unless YOU appear and
make defense thereto, on or before noon of the
second Gay or the next term of said Court, 10 be
negun, anu held 1T the Court House, in uttumwa.
default win be entered against Won and the PRAYER
Of the petitioner granted.
September i9th, 1875. -
CHAMBERS & McELRoY,
sept 22-wn Attorneys for Petitioner
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

CHEYENNE. Sept. 2l.-The treaty
council, near Red Cloud. held its first
session on Saturday. After much
Wrangling among the Indians rs to
the locality where the council should
be held, Gen. Terry, on part Of The
Commissioners. settled on the ground
near Crow Buttes. and the Indians
were notified that this selection was
final. gen. Bradley, Colonel Stanton,
Capt. Mink, and others officers. an
rived at Camp Robinson Oh Thursday.
aud Capt. Mills company of Sd caval-
ry was Immediately ordered from
Camp Sheridan to Red Cloud. The
force now AT Red Cloud consists Of
three companies of cavalry and Four
OF infantry Lieut.. Vcroni with Co.
l., Sd cavalry, was ordered to escort
Col. Stanton to Spotted Tail, and
thence ON his expedition into the
Northern Bad Lands.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

Notice Is hereby given TO all persons interested,
that on the 9th day of September A. D., 1876 the
undersigned was appointed by the Clerk OF The
Gircnit Court of Wapello County. iowa, Admin
isiraior Of The Estate OF John Brown, diseased
late OF said County. All person indebted to said
and those having claims against the same will
present them legally authenticated, to said Court
Tor allowance. w. II. 7, BOGGS
snptl5w2t' Administra,or
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
Chicago Five Stock Market.
CnicAGo, Sept. 81.
BY telegraph.

CHICAGO, Sept. Il.
BY telegraph
H0GS.-The receipts Of hogs in the
last twenty-iour hours were five thou
sand five hundred. The market is
strong and active for all excepting
Philadelphias which are nine dollars !;
the supply Of prime fair to choice
grades is not equal TO tht demand.
Sales of common to choice grades
were made at 81 G0@7 90; Workers
81 90@S 90; common to heavy grades
are quotable at 81 75@S 90; good to
prime heavy are selling at 80 00@
s Is.
CATrLE.--The receipts of cattle in
the last twenty fonr hours were three
Thousand and nine hundred. The
market is steady. Butchers stock is q
shade better; choice shipping beevcs
are qnotable at So 90@G 40; medium
to fair grades are selling at 81 SOC
4 so; Through Texans and Colorado
steers are selling at So 25@4 Is.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
BEEcuEr would stop tioodiuo Il

BEEcuEE would stop flooding the
country with the depravcd gossip in
high life. so prevalent in Brooklyn.
and of which the whole nation. and.
indeed. the whole civilized world got
a six months surfeit. Moulton and
Tilton would moi down with the food
gates, but would actively set the cur
rent running again. Moulton's rea-
son is. that he cannot be indicted for
libel and have the indictment dis
missed, because such proceeding
would injure his reputation. This is
all bosh. Nobody, really. has the
most feint idea that either convic-
ton, nor vet an acquittal. can be had
in any case touching this huge mon
stcr Of Brooklyn SANDER. The coun-
try has been cursed with its rehearsal.
and public Judgment passed one way
or the other, and it is totally unworthy
of the further attention and time of
the people or the courts: besides il is
a siupendous sluice-way of poison 10
public morality. Both parties should
refrain from further airing of the
filthy story. Beecher, in expressing
his willingness to do so. does well,
while Moulton. in declining to
do so. loses in the good opinion of
mankind. "A man like Moulton. who
occupies the position of charging his
wife's pastor with want of chastity
towards his lady communicates. and
still the wife of the accuser. without
the husbands objection, sitting UNI
der that pastors ministrations, can
gain absolutely nothing, save i'm as
near as possible, utter oblivion of all
that pertains to such conduct.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22

To y. III. DREAMER, Defendant: You are here.
by notified thar the Iowa National Bank of Ottum-
VA Plainiin, has filed its petition with the Clerk
OF the District Court OF Wapello County, Iowa
claiming OF YOU on account Four Hundred and
SiStyninc and S0-l00 Dollars, and interest and
cost, and asking an attachment against your prop
erty Now, unless You appear and defend on or
before noon OF the I'd day of the next term of said
Court, TO commence, at Ottumwa in said Conn
ty, January 18th, 1876, Your default will he taken
and Judgment rendered against You "a prayed.
WIN MCNETI,
sept92wit Attorney for Plaintiff.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
Chairman State Central Committee.
HON. G. G. WRIGHT
HON. HIRAM PRICE

IT is now proper for LETTER to be-
come jealous of the Democratic pa
pcrs of tins State. for they are saving
ten good words for Lozier now to one
for Lefiler. Boiling Republicans on
the temperance question ought to
take plenty of Democratic papers. for
they are doing very earnest work for
Lozier.