davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-05-20
Fursral Of Breckinbridee.,

LEXINGTON, KY, May l9.-The
funeral Of Gen. Breckenridge was at
tended by an immense throng, which
assembled to pay last respects to the
memory Of the great and good man.
Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-05-20

.ET~LUCIy

ST. Louis, May 10.
CATTLE-lnactive and firm prime native
steers, 81 e. rs l4oo average 800; good do, $685.
a1GSe1; mixed stock: 45.241a@5.eo 60 n:
@5.s5, choice corn fed; midding to good
through Texas, s3.75QD5OO. Receipts, l.
800.
Hoas-Firm; shippers, tU75@7s5; ba::
con. f735; good to extrn, Ss.25. Receipts,
,aO0%
LIVERPOOL, May 10.
liREADsruFFs-Quict. Corn, 33s Sd
rest unchanged. q,
49, ~
Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-05-20
eLiverp,po,,,o,,l. POI,
New York Dry Good. Mark.

NEW York, May. 10.
: Dry Goods business depressed. with com.
mission house iobblng trade. prints mar
ket continue excited, many styles selling bI
jobbers in three quarter cocheco, Pacific
Hamilton, Manchester, Merrimac and Sigh
ems prints none in agents hands. Firm
bleascd cottons weak.
Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-05-20

Ncw York Money aaA sock Market.
,} New YoRK. MAY 19.
Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-05-20
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Declared Insane. :
And is Committed to an
.. Insane Asylum.
The Decree Made on tire Petition
o9 her Son Robert.
Insanity Of Mrs. Lincoln.

CnlcAGo, May l9.-ln the county
court at Springfield II charge Of insan-
ity in the. case of Mrs. Lincoln, widow
Of Abraham Lincoln came up to-day;
hearing based on petition filed by
Robt. L. Lincoln, setting forth that
his mother, Mary Lincoln, has proper.
ty and effects notsexcecding $4,000;
that she is non con,pos D,eatis aud in.
capable Of managing her estate, and
praying for the issuance Of an order
for warrant and venire to ascertain
her sanity. The petition was accom-
panied by a certificate OF the family
physician DIR. lsham l.otl'crt. He had
examined Mrs. Lincoln and was Of
opinion she was insane, and fit sub
ject for hospital treatment. Several
witnesses testified to eccentricities in
the conduct Of Mrs. Lincoln, which,
commenced with the assassination Of
Mr.. Lincoln, which have become more.
marked as progressed. Sheimagined
she heard voices in the wall and in.
the entries of her hotel; that she was.
the victim Of plot; her room was
full of unneeded packages Of goods
she had ordered sent to her ROOM
After q short argument the case was
given TO the Jury, who rendered YER
dict in accordance with the facts ellie
lied. She will bc removed to the hos
pital at Batavia, I'll. Her relations
and friends have delayed this step as
long aswas possible, but finally agreed
that nothing else would suffice. After
the verdict Robt. Lincoln took the
hand Of his mother affectionately,
when she exclaimed with rcproacl-
full look; cob! Robert, to think that
my onSwould ever have done this" !"
There few wspcctators in court.
Here a storm in the east accompa-
MED by lightning interrupted further
working Of wires. OPERATOR.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
JUDICIAL JOKING /.

A garrulous lawyer received . good
rebuff under tho guise OF little pleas
antry INDUCED in by Judge Gary 4
few days ago.
81 desire to make brief statement .
pleaded the lawyer, who had already
wearied the Court with lOng-winded
speeches lacking relevancy to the ques-
ton at issue.
"You cannot make . brief statement,
Mr.. -" quietly responded Judge
Gary.
"But, IL the Court please" anxi-
ously exclaimed tho lawyer.
IL simply say you cannot make a
brief statement, and that is ALL" re.
Joined tho Judge, not betraying any
evidence of the intense amusement he
was enjoying at the expense of the
bewildered limb of the law.
well, but my client, -" began
the lawyer, with q countenance ex-
pressive Of agony and anxiety.
Judge Gary, however, would NO
longer torture the counsel, and inter-
rupted him, saying: 81 said you can
not make brief statement. Hereto.
fore your statements to the Court have
been sOmcwhat extended. You can
now 70 on with your brief statement"
The outburst OF merrlment at this
point exhibited the excess Of pleasure
which both Judge and auditors expe.
rienced, and caused the legal scion to
realize the extent of his inanity.
Counsel made his statement, couch
ed in tho most expressive terms, and
40 brief % to be absolutely witty
Inter- Ocean.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01


The New York Commercial AdUerti=er
puts rather new phrase on the supposed
perfect Reconstruction of the Hon. l.. @. C
Lamar Of Mississippi. His eulogy on Sum-
ner gave him reputation in the North OF
being in full accord with the new condition
of affairs, the Adrertizer says:
Congressman L. Q. C. Lamar Of Miss
issippi, was lately heralded to the North
BY the southern agents Of the Associated
Press. as the coming orator of the Demo-
cratic. party. With becoming dillidence,
but very firmly, we beg leave to differ from
sae .eses,@ph MAN in hia estimate. His
speech, delivered at the late Democratic
S.ate Convention, which has come to HAND
ny the slower carriage Of tho n,ni,s. is q
mere rehash of the secession harangues Of
Toombs, Wigfall & Co. He says that
"negro suffrage hangs like mistletoe upon
the body polite to sap its life," and that
the North presumed on latent loya
sentiment here which did not exist, and
not finding it, then looked beyond the white
man to the negro for assistance" 1t il
evident that this man, who is sworn Off.
cially to protect the right OF equal suffrage
for all men, is ready to overthrow it at any
time, and really stands where he stood al
the outbreak of the rebellion 10 1861. III
was an erring brother then, but he is by nj
means a peniteht and submissive brother
now. lie is prominently pressed as can
didate for the nomination of Vice President
by the Democracy. Ills Bourbonism is
mpQu astioned.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
to avail thomSolyo, Of his intimate knowl-
edge Of the business OF the bank.

SAN Francisco. Aug. 3l.-United
States revenue ofiicers yesterday seiz-
cd the wholesale liquor house OF Chas.
Jost Il Co at 1923 Clay street. with fiji
teen thousand gallons of spirits.
Last night the men were engaged In
examining the premises Of the Pacific
Distilling and Retinining Co., but as
yet report no. discovery.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 3l.--Mr.
sharon was interviewed, this evening,
with regard to statement credited to
him that the Bank of California would
resume business. He stated in reply
to direct question, eve are moving
heaven aud earth to reopen. 1t Is
possible and not improbable that the
Bank will resume, there is q reason
able probability of it," In reply to q
question as to the rumors of over Issue
of stock and the substitution of worth
less paper in envelopes which had con-
tanned collaterals, and other fraudu-
lent proceedings, he said. l know
nothing about it. l have not been
amongst the clerks or in the vaults.
Bell, one Of the Directors, In reply
to similar question this evening said,
II know Of nothing Of the kind"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
THE PUBLIC CREDIT.

l
Tho Secretary of the Treasury has
called in the last installment of the
500 bonds, necessary to complete the
conversion of $500, 100000 of six per
cent bonds into five per cents. by
this transaction $4,000, 600 interest will
be saved annually to the taxpayers oil
the country.
There is nothing now but the alb.
surdity of infiationists, to prevent the
placing of the four-and-a-halt per
cent. bonds upon the market with sue.
cese. But so long IS that disturbing
element continues, the money lenders
of the United States and Europe, will
be extremely cautions about investing
in United States securities.
The 40 days grace" after the close
of the fiscal year, necessary to ad.
Just the books and show the exact
transactions of the year, have expired
and the financial results OF the year
are known and made public.
The revenues of the year were $685.
O0,05l 10, and the expenditures for
the same period amounted to 1914.
623, 1872 "a.
OF this sum $l47, 4,675 62 was con.
sumed in meeting demands upon the
Treasury for claims, pensions, and
othe expenses groving directly ont Of
the late rebellion. For the previous
year, the tax upon the people for these
objects, was $l57, 1862, 4l6 81.
II the additional cost of the Depart
ments, on account of salaries to the in
creased clerical force required, had
been included, As it probably Is re.
suit of the slave owners war, the
amount for each year would have been
several million dollars larger. AS IL
is, it is terrible array Of figures for
taxpayers to examine, and pay out Of
their earnings. And the worst feature
about 1t is, that it will be q perpetual
annual legacy for many years to come
only showing a small decrease each
year.
But the bills, to the amount above
stated, have been paid by warrants on
the Treasury, for the fiscal year just
closed.
The reduction of the public debt,
I down to the close of the fiscal year
ending June 3,l875, amounted to $780,
95l GAL "a, and of interest on the
same to $4O,68S, 047.34.
sAnd while these large reductions Of
debt and interest have been going on,
the reductions made In the annual
taxes, by acts Of Congress from July,
Ii, 1866, to June 6, 1872, amounted to
s303,672,5SS II.
At the Same time, the credit of the
Government grew stronger, and the
rates of interest paid on United States
bonds decreased.
! Under the Buchanan Administration
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
FnoM II Knoxville Qa.) Jow nal ex-

From II Knoxville Qa.) JOlu nal eX-
ira, we CLEAN that the Democracy of
Marion county essayed to hold a
County Convention at Knoxville on
last Saturday, 2Sth inst. Due notice
had been given, and, in order to
arouse the faithful, the State ensign
bearer Of the Democratic party, the
renowned Letter, had also been an
noilnccd by posters distributed over
the county, to speak on that day TO
the convention, but 10 and behold the
faithful had not gathered in. Some
thing like half the townships only.
were represented at the commence
ment, and so Letter was put up to
have hrs say, while somebody might
be drummcd mp TO represent the de-
lfnqucni townships. The Journal
gives quite full synopsis of his
speech. Ills remarks, we should Judge.
were so common place and pointlcss
as to be hardly worthy Of notice. lie
found fault with kirkwood for tax
ing position on the temperance ques-
ton, saving that he had no right to
do so, because his platform said moth
ing about it, and finally that this ques-
ton was no party measure anyway,
Such an ambIins, shuiiling, lame way
of treating this matter, is an especial
J. sorry move for him with his party,
for if our opponents have anything
rs IA key note 10 their campaign, it is
whiskey straight After Letter had
finished speaking, the further pro-
ceedings OF the convention are given
by the journal as follows:
On motion the Clerk called the roll
OF townships to ascertain how many
were represented. The following
nine townships out Of the fifteen an
swered: Knoxville, Lake Prairie.
Perry. Pleasant Grove, Red Rock,
Summit, Union and Washington.
II MAS snggested that there might
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

FALL SEEDING.-Where oats stubble
is to be seeded to wheat, it is my prsc.
tice to pillow it up 40 soon as the oats
are removed. l find 1t easier work
than to wait till September, after the
sun has baked it for Q month. pillow
as deep as possible, with an ordinary
steel pillow, and at seeding time, scatter
the manure and cross plow, compara-
lively shallow, placing the manure
where it will be Immediately available
to the young wheat when it sprouts-
then harrow the field smoothly before
sowing the grain. By this method the
oats stubble 10 left below. undistur bed,
to keep the soil loose, and furnish adj
ditional food when II rots. / have
drilled In my wheat for the last two
years, and believe the extra yield Of
the two crops above what they would
have been sowed broadcast. has 81.
ready paid for the drill, and IL 10 still
as good - ever.-C0r. Ohio Farmer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

A GOLD basis is 10 guarantee
against panics aud failures. Califor-
MIA is i'm the midst of a terrible tiuah-
cial panic. They are II fast people out
there. and the presence of the shipin.
ore in their hills and valleys gets up
an unhealthy amount of steam. and
speculation runs wild bctimcs. Every
body clamors for their deposits, and
win continue to clamor until they
lind that they cannot get them, when
they will begin to come to their sens
es and get quiet. II is impossible to
tell. before hand, where or who il
will strike. A few days, and proba
bly, all will be running smooth again
Our dispatches show that the reverse
was too much for Ralston. Presiden,
of the Bank of California, and hi,
death is the finale of his financial col.
lapse.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

The Democracy of the Senatorial
District comprising Monroe aud
Wayne counties, have nominated DIR,
A. A. Ramsey of Abba, as their stand
ard bearer against Judge Ill. l.. DASH
iel. The Doctor is found in very bad
company, indeed, and when the cleo
ton comes of. will find that those
who have cajoled him into breaking
faith with the Republican party. will
abandon him TO utter and hopeless
defeat. lie will he surprised AT the
treachery of his new found allies, and
ing majority with which Judge
Da shiel will he elected.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

The New York Jouynak 0J Commerce
says that the negroes of Georgia had
not the slightest cause for rebellion
but rs there was no rebellion and no
attempt nj Que. il would hc much
more correct to say that the whites of
the South had no cause for hcinc
scared about an instruction that ex-
listed only in ,lcir Imagination.
We have har,ll, The shadow of a
doubt b,,, lhat time will show tina,
the Commercial is entirely correct in
the above. Whatever of evidence has
appeared of any rebellion of blacks
in Georgia, is the cunning device of
rascally white Democrats, who are
i'm reality, not near rs morally rclia-
BILE citizens as fair average of the
colorcd people, notwithstanding they
have been for generations the slaves
Of these whites, and subjected to al
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
New York Market.
NEW York, Aug. 81

NEW YORK, Aug. 81
by Telegraph.
Wheat - Irregular and unsettled !;
soft one to two cents lower; prime
scarce but steady. No. Chicago 81 %
OK; No. 2 Milwaukee 81 38@39; No.
l Spring 81 46@50; winter red west
ern 45@46.
Corn Western steam mixed 74a77 !;
do sail 78079c.
Oats-Quiet and firm. Mixed west
ern, steam, $4,000.
Barley-DulI and unchanged.
Rye-Dnll.
Pork-Heavy ct $40 98@2l.
Lard-Heavy, new steam, at 1890
l3A.
Whiskey--$l "a.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01


THERE is trouble in the Democrat,
camp of this county over the manner
of selecting the Chairman of the
County Central Committee. Our
friend Sam B. Evans, was pushed to
the front as Chairman before com
mittee was appointed. This haste, of
course, indicated that there was war
floating in the breeze, aud celebrity
one Of the prime causes Of success in
a campaign--was seized upon by
Sans friends. 1t mattercd not if the
course pursued was novel and with
ont precedent. sudden and severe al
tacks Of collie require unusual and
hasty treatment. and Sam's backcrs
were ready and within. to net. II
creates quite II bubble among the
faithful. but what of that: the chan
who was out of meat must have the
woodchuck nj any cost.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

well and favorably known all along
the line between this city and Omaha.
In the "thrce cities" he also has very
many friends and acquaintances.
His strange l0ss---so sudden and un-
expected--has overwhelmed the hearts
of his parents and near friends
especially his betrothcd--with great
sorrow, and we trust that the sad mys-
terry may be soon happily solved.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

FROM the Ne,rS we learn that the
Hon. +. :. Sampson. of Si"o"rncy.
has so far recovered from the severe
attack of fever, which has Frustrated
him for weeks. that la is once more
able to leave his house for moderate
exercise in the open air. The Judge
has been very sick, indeed. and we
are happy to chronicle his returning
health
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

CHICAGO, August 28.-Dr. II. j. Pat.
terson, In charge Of the asylum where
Mrs. Lincoln 10 confined, writes to the
Tribune denying tho recent statement
that he has given . certificate that she
sheuld be discharged. He did say that
under certain circumstances Il might
be- safe for her to visit her sister ct
Springfield, but she IL at present more
perturbed In mind than when he made
that statement to her SON, and he
denies the story OF being locked mp.
She receives visitors, and has the use
Of 8 carriage, and will soon visit her
friends in Batavia.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

SAN FARNcIsc,, Aug. 30-An inyestiga
tion shows the condition Of the banks af
fairs to be far worse than was dreamed Of
The Executive Committee and Board o
Trustees, whose duty it was to verify thu
monthly exhibit Of the manages, have beer
systematically deceived. For some tint
past these monthly exhibits have failed t
detail the true state Of affairs.
At the time Of the crash the bank wal
rotten through and through; the Who'll,
capital Of $4,000, 900 and the surplus Of
one and half millions on top Of that ars
gone, and sad balance of indebtedness re-
mains, for which the stockholders In their
individual capacity are liable to be called
on.
OF the assets to large nominal amount,
are discovered, upon which a small percent
age only can be realized, many are worth
less. The bank has lattsrly been heavy
borrower, In quiet way, In this market,
and half the wealthiest capitalists have
been victimized.
A prominent Banker reports that the
immediate cause Of the demand by the Di.
rectors of the Bank of California for the
resignation Of Raiston, was the discovery
by the Directors during the inves,ig CATION,
that there were bills receivable from ire.
sponsible parties aggregating in the neigh
borhood Of million dollars, with no col
laterals. 1t ID also reported that It was
the intention Of the Directors to have suts
called Ralston into their councils,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

ParsoD Brownlow, in the Knoxville
(renn } Chronicle, tell the young men Of
his town some unpleasant truths. He says !:
"They live, after fashion, on the good
names of their ancestors, and subsist by
contracting debts they never mean to pay.
They will hang around the courthouse a
week in order to get on the jury one day.
They will talk politics whole decade to
get miserable little Office that an enter
prising young man would scorn to fill.
They manage to get appointed sometimes
to trusts where they have the handling of
sums Of money which they fail to account
for. They 60 on from laziness to dissipa-
ton to dishonesty, and probably land In
the penitcntary. We have said time and
time again that ideness is the great curse
OF our Southern country, and it will con.
tinue to be so until these drones in society,
to which we have alluded, are driven either
to work or out Of the country.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
Chairman State Central Committee
ON. q. q. WRIGHT

THE Hon. John y. Stone has been
nominated for Representative i'm
Mills county, by The Republicans.
Mr.. Young has represented Mills
county very acccptably in the House
some wears ago. and later in the Sen
ate. He is a gentleman Of ability.
and always makes his mark in the
Legislature.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

ST.. Louis, Aug. 81.
By telegraph
Wheat Steady. No. 2 Fall 81 39a4
asked cash; Al Sept.
Corn-Lower ct 62 cash.
Oats-Lower at 34@35 cash; 341s@
September.
Rye-Qaiet at 79c.
Whisky-Firm at $l2l.
Pork-Dull; small lots $2l 50@75.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

the privations of such condition.
Our own experience with the two
races of the South. forces us to the
conclusion that not one time in n
hundred when instructions occur.
are the blacks at fault.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01


William 9. RalstOn, the late presi-
dent Of the Bank OF California, was q
man who had, In comparatively brief
period, attained the summit OF finAn-
cial greatness, and was looked upon
% one Of the leading bankers Of A mer-
lea. His success had been won, not 90
much by careful calculation a. by bril-
liant cOnps In the world Of money, by
dash, by bold aud unparalleled strokes.
He was man who risked all to gain
his point, and who, by native shrewd-
moss which gave him an insight into
men and stock operations of the day,
was enabled to carry his point at ali
hazards. He WAS man Of perhaps 80
years OF age, aud his early life was not
characterized by any remarkable ex-
amples of enterprise such as his later
years developed. Coming mp 40 he
did from an humble walk, he pushed
himself along by bis inherent genius,
until he finally grow to be one OF the
acknowledged money. kings Of the
world. Throughout his career, which
was, ct best, peculiarly varied in its
character, Mr.. Ralston has occupied a
position which has been perfect an
omaly, and which has defed q thor
ough and successfnl analysis.
A. far back % 1866 and 1856, imme-
diately subsequent to the srgonautic
days which filled the Pacific slope with
. race Of adventurs0me and daring
men, he 10 found In the mines of south.
ern California, eking out an uncertain
existence, either % an employe of ono
Of the many mining companies which
abounded there at that period, or soon
afterward living in comparative ease
% superintendent. Shortly after.
ward, and when tho fortunes of the
new state had been established, and no
had won for himself . degree Of indie
pendence, he ID to be traced to San
Francisco, whore he secured the posi-
ton of purser upon steamer own.
cd by the Pacific Mail company and
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01
From Council Bluffs Nonpareil
WHERE IL HE.

sudden and Strange Disappearance
OF CHARLES r. BarkeF-Vs here and
when lass Secn-PrObabiiity Of FOui
PAay-His Visit 10 Dnvenp0Rs-Hls
Engagement 10 Judge Balslwln,s
Daughtcr-The Fruitless search for
Him-lIis PersOnnel.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 81.
BY telegraph.
Wheat - Lower; No. 2 81 Tx
cash, l Is Sept, and l5A Aug.
Corn-Firm at GlA for No. 2.
Oats-Siesdy. No 2, 37x. q
Barley Unsettled. No. PSI 05.
Rye-Steady at 81.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

be Democrats present from some 9TH
cr townships. and they were request
ed to announce themselves.
Hiram Durham of Clay. said he
expected to vote the ticket. but not
being delegate. he did not feel free
to cast the vote of his township in the
convention.
A motion was made to adjourn to
next Saturday.
The Chair admitted Mr.. Durham to
the privilege of the floor to make a
motion.
Mr.. Durham moved to amend the
motion for adjournment by naming
Sept llth. Carried. Adjourned.
Seven townships for which no dele.
gates could be drummcd up. What
Il commentary on Marion county De-
mocracy. Mccormack, of the Dem.
ocrdt, is on a sand bar-better send to
Marshalltown for eX- Governor Stone