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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10

DEAR SIR Il have on my books an
account of s. against you for
blacksmithing, and l want it, want
it bad. ! have got TO have it. l ought
to be ashamed of myself for not dun
ming you for it long ago, and you
ought to be ashamed of yourself for
not paying it long ago. / have bought
iron and paid for it for years, and
trusted it out in bits all over this
neighborhood, and l cannot afford to
do so any more till some of you
walk up to the captains office and
settle; and what is more, I'll be
d--d If l will! You hear
me now. Walk right up; l love
you like brother, but am not rich
enough to work for nothing and
board myself. Yours, etc.
III. l., BATES,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10

THE Moulton Record is informed
that Hon. L. S. Sampson will be a
candidate for denomination to Con-
gress in this District. That suits us
Judge Sampson is an able aud relia.
bic man, and as he has served but one
term he ought to be, and no doubt
will be, nominated without contest
AlJid Union.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
First Session - 4ith Congress
Senators are Now Asking Co
Mumtlrums
SENATE.
WAsnrSGroN. MAY 6.

WASHINGTON, May 6.
The consideration of the impeach :
mcnt articles was resumed.
Conkling submitted the following
questions to the managers:
First--lf two persons guilty of
crime i'm office cease to be officers at
the same time, one by removal and
the other by resignation, is one rath-
er than the other subject to impcach-
mcnt afterward.
Second-If the distinction between
the two cases exists please state
whether the second. as a private citi-
zen, is liable to impeachment under
the constitution of theUnitcd State il
his having previously held an Office
distinguished him i'm this respect
from other citizens. please trace dis
tinction TO the clause of the constitu.
ton, or to the principle in which IL is
found.
Mitchell, of Oregon, submitted Tho
following questions: The constilu
ton provides that when Tho
President of the United States
+ is tried on impeachment th,
Chief Justice shall preside. Suppose
a late President were impeached fol
high crimes and misdcmeanors com
mitted while President and presented
at the bar of the Senate for trial, wht
would preside, the Chief Justice OF
the President of the Senate?
Owing to the continued indisposi
ton of Manager Knott, he was grant
cd leave to conclude his argument ol
Monday.
Manager jerks then read Ions
argument in favor of the iusisdictiol
of the Senate, when recess was taken
HOUSE.
The House after some business
went into committee of the whole OF
the post office appropriation bill.
SENATE.
/ WASHINGTON, May 5.--Mr. Carpen
ter resumed after recess.
Mr.. Knott followed him for th
managers. He held that the rca
question was whether they exercise,
the functions devolvcd upon them a
the highest court known to our gov
ernmcnt by virtue of Il constitutions
power, or merely at the will an,
pleasure of the accused. There wa
not a solitary syllable in any of tn
provisions Of the constitution whicl
) limited the power of the House o
Representatives to prefer, or of til
Senate to try articles of Impeachment
; to the time which The party accuse
shall remain i'm Office, or TO any othc
time whatever. The very momcn
an impeachable oflense was commit
ted the guilty party became liable /
imprisonment, and there was not
word in any of the provisions of th
constitution OF relieving him fror
that liability upon the termination Q
his Office, whether by resignation o
otherwise. Mr.. Knott said that h
disliked extremely asking favor a
the hands of the Senate, but he wa
suffering such physical pain that h
must ask for adjournment.
The Senate, as court Of impeacl
ment adjourned until tomorrow.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
New York Market.
.lBy Telcgraph.l

lBy TeIcgraph.
New YORK, May 9.
Whcat-dnll. No. 3 Chicago $1,000
l0 do. Milwaukee $l l0@11; do. =
Chicago Sl.l5@19; do. 9 Milwan-
kec Sl.l9@2l. Winter red western
Sl 1902.
Corn--steady. New mixed west
ern 57@6l.
Oats-steady. Mixed western and
State 3T6 4Sc.
fork-hcavy at S2l By.
Lard--heayy at $l2 7o@75.
Whisky-$l H..
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
For the Man that Cam Win.

COLUMBIA, S. c., May 5.-The DEM
ocratic State Convention elected Gen.
Geo. Bratton, Hon. w. ID. Porter, ID.
Wyatt Aiken, and Gen. j. ID. Kcnne-
dy, delegates at large to the National
Convention. Ex-Gov. Perry is one
Of the District delegates. The dele
gates are uninstructed, and have diff
fcrcnt preferences as TO candidates.
but will vote i'll the convention for
the candidate most likely to win.
A heated debate is going on upon
the platform pledging the party of
the State TO accept the National Dem
ocratic platform and TO nominating a
straight out Democratic ticket. with
| prospects Of its adoption.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10

OMAHA, May Elm the Circuit
Court Yesterday, Justice Miller rem.
dered q decision in the case Of the
United States VS.. The b. Il M. R. r.
in Nebraska, involving the title to ono
hundred and fifty thousand acres of
land, lying on the north side of said
road, confirming the title of the road
thereto, and dismissing the bill.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10

THE keosauqua Republican nomin-
ates Hon. Morris J. Williams, OF
Ottumwa. for Attorney General, and
the Ottumwa COURIER heartily sec.
onds the nomination, though having
"no knowledge that the Judge will
be candidate for the place, having
had no intimation from him or his
friends of such an intention" Judge
Williams is an able practitioner, en-.
dowed with a rich experience, and il
chosen for the position would effect
lively champion the interests of thu
State.-Albid Union.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
Chicago Market,
CHICAGO, May 8.
[ BY telegraph

[ BY Telegraph
Wheat-strong and higher and
closed very firm at 991 &C cash 81 OOs6
@ June; VI O1Ma@A July.
Corii--lirm and higher at 4GiSc
cash; 4554c June 465ac July.
Oats-dnllat 3Oaac May; 81 Il % &c
Rye--G2c.
earlcy--strong and higher at 60, d.
cash or May.
Pork--unscitled, weak and lower
at x2O BOO 40 cash $40 70 July.
Lnrd--nnsettled and lower at Sl1.-.
70 cash; VIZ y June; Sl2 ST. July.
Whisky-SI OF.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
st. Louis Market.

fBy Telegraph.
Wheat-higher. No FAN 81. 40 for
cash or June and 81 Al bid at close
y 70 duly. No. SIPS bid. No. 4
95lac.
Corn-dnll and lower at 45s6c cash !.
451sc June.
Oats-dull 34c bid June.
Rye--higher at Csc.
Whisky-wanted W at 81 OS.
Pork-dull at $2l so.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
Georgia Isepub,,c. :, !.

ATLANTA, May 5-The State Con
vention adjourned after two day;
session. The delegates at large /,
the Cincinnati Convention are il. p
Farrow, James Atkins, IL. NJ. Turner
lcolored), Geo. Wallace (colored)
The delegation will stand-Blainc,
3 Bristow, @; Morton, 5; Conkling
5. There are l3 whites and 8 colorcd
The Convention indorsed the ad-
ministration Of President Grant. /,
adjourned without nominating n
Governor oran ELECTORAL ticket, rec
ommending q convention for that
that purpose to assemble at Macon
before the LIST OF Augtst.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
The Dsfsesent Effect ~ Wes sundays,
From the West Liberty Independent

A wet Sunday night affects two
classes of lovers in opposite ways. To
him who is engaged it is godscnd,
as ii enables him to snug up to her in
the parlor, and have the whole even
ing to himself; but to the other lover,
he who is not engaged, a rainy sun
day night is most painful episode.
His footing at the house isn't sure
enough to warrant his going there
through the storm, and all he can do
is to attend the church and stand i'm
the vestibule,and pull up his shirt col
lar, in the despairing hope that she may
appear. She don't, nf course, and he
goes back to his dreary home wretch
ed and miserable beyond description.
o, those days of ecstatic idiocy How
their memory overc0mes us.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
Chicago Live Stock Market
CHIcAao, May 8.

~ CHIcAao, May O.,
Hogs Receipts 5000. Opened firm
nnt closed weak and 5@lOc lower
Llght W lu@ Is; packing ~ OO@7 20: /:
shipping 81 l5@ 35. ~
and easy. "'u
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
Explosion Of q magazine q.

NEW York, May 6.-Just before II
o'clock Tonight an explosion took
place in the Magazine of the Delaware
Lackawana " Great Western II. r.
Co., in which were stored Giant pow.
der and glyccrine used for blasting
in the Bergen tunnel outside of .Jer.
sey City. The explosion aroused all
New York and inquiries showed thai
buildings within radius of two
miles, had been more or less damag.
ed. In the absence of knowledge OF
the cause it is attributed to a strike.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10

THE Charlton Patriot heartily Sec
onds the nomination of the Hon.
Morris J. Williams, of Ottumwa, for
Attorncy General.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
An Autograph Letter Of L.ncelu.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, w ASHINGTUN,
Nov. IL, 1861.
TO TIE Hon. Secretary Of War,
My DEAR SiR:-I personally wish
Jacob r. Freer, of New Jersey, to be
appointed Colonel for colored regi.
ment and this regardless Of whether
he can tell the exact shade of Julias
Casar's hair. Yours Truly,
A. LINCOLN.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
Snec,. pnvn,amt IN u

| WASHINGTON, May G.--On and after
Monday next, checks on the Treasury
will be paid in silver il desired.
This will wipe out the premium ON
silver and put as much coin afloat as
the public want.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10

the regulations Of honorable men be-
fore tribunals which in their methods
of Jurisprudence remind us of the
star chamber, and whose intcrpreta-
ton of the laws Of evidence and of
the rights of the accused were bor-
rowed from the Spanish inquisition.
Nay, Mr.. President, the penitcnti-
ary and the mad-house have given up
their dead in this general resurrection
of falsehood and perjury. 1t is but
a few days since the whole country
was startled with the foreshadowing
of some terrible revelation against
the elected chief of the Republic.
We were told that he had committed
crime so atrocious that it could not
be named but when it was exhibited
to the American people in its unparal-
leled enormity nothing but the short
est methods of the quickest impeach-
mcnt would stand between yon, Mr..
President, and the White House,
which l hope, at some day, you will
reach By a less circuitous route. And,
Mr.. President, when this accusation
was put to the proof, when the tcsti-
mony upon which all these charges
had been made was adduced, it ap.
peared that crazy man was ready to
to testify, with solemnity that left
no doubt Of the sincerity of his con.
viction, that the spirit of General
Grant was accustomed to pass thro
the key-hOle of his chamber by night
and to stand beside his bed. And
upon the promise of that testimony
and nothing else whatever, a thou.
sand newspapers opened their batter.
who had borne the flag of his coun.
try in.triumph from the fallen ram.
parts of Fort Donelson to the captur
ed citadel of the rebellion. and wht
had been twice elected by the peopl,
to the highest place in their gift.
The miserable instruments of al
this scandal will be likely to escap,
or will be beaten with "few stripes.
Reputation, they have none to be in
jurcd: generally as poor in purse o.
they arc in honor, they laugh at fine
and confiscations; and the universe
contempt in which they are held b.
those who suffer from them and b.
those who employ them will proba
| uls PcscASC thC pCuASCuNuIy lTOHi lu
contamination of their presence. But
sir, behind these are men who have
name and stake in the country, mel
who employ or encourage these mis-
cradle instruments in scandals wit
which they scorn to soil their owl
hands, but from which they cxpec
profit to party. Let these men turf
to history. Its pages are full of il
Illustrations of
"Bloody Instructions, which, being taught,
Return to plague the inventor"
And history will be reversed if tn
poisoned shafts which they hav
placed in the hands of others are no
turned upon their own defenseles
bosoms, if their own regulations d.
not suffer by the methods by whic
they have allowed others to be assail
ed, and if the distress which the
have carried to the innocent homes o
others is not returned to their own.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
A DUN.

Here's the style of duns that a
blacksmith up in Manchester sends
out.
MANCHESTER, Iowa, Jan. 81, 1876.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10
81. Louis Live Stock Market,

By telegraph.
Hogs- Receipts -. Higher
orkers $6 4O@S0; bacon $6 75 butch
ers ~ l0@4O.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-05-10

AppOlnteu u cOmmlttee to investigate
all my expenditures and accounts
from the beginning of the war up to
January, 1863. This investigation
was prosecuted with great diligence
until late in the spring of 1863 aud
after the breaking up Of the Iegisla.
tnre. Failing to find anything wrong
in my accounts, to the amount of even
one cent, the Democratic majority OF
the committee refused to make any
report at all; but the Republican mi.
nority made q report endorsing and
sustaining my official conduct in every
particular.
Senator Anthony, Of Rhode Island
speaking of Mr.. Morton's defense
arose upon the latter's taking his seat
and said:
well remember, Mr.. President, the
bold and patriotic course that was
taken by the Senator from Indiana
then the governor of the State, at The
interesting period to which lie has
referred. Ivividly recall the thrill OF
exultation which passed through
every loyal heart when he sent howl
ing to their homes the men who, trait
ors alike to the General Government
and to their own State, false both to
the Union and to the pretcntions OF
State rights upon which those who
revolted against the Union alone de-
Tended themselves, gave aid and CON-
fort to the common enemy in arms
alike against the United States and
the State of Indiana.
1t is not strange that that act, as
every other act of every public man,
right or wrong, good or bad true or
imputed, is made the occasion of Will
ficatiOn; for we live in time Of pub
lie scandal and no man who holds any
public position, scarcely any man
who interests himself in public af-
fairs, escapes the general vitupcra-
ton. Men whose lives have been
passed in the reputable and even in
the illnstrions service of their coun-
try are held up to the cxccration OF
the people whose goodwill they en-
JOY and whose gratitude some Of
them have earned. The testimony
has been worthy Of the accusation.
Discharged employees, broken-down
contractors, Illicit disHlleVS, disap-
pointed office-seekers, men compared
to whom Titus Oates was Q credible
witness, have been permitted TO drag
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-12-21

oland. The new Australian clip is no"
coming upon the Sydney market. The to-
tai shipments from Sydney during the year
ending October LIST compare as follows:
1874. bales...... los. 400 1875. bales..-l15,4W
1S7'............1l3,s00 1S7e.~.~...-.l3s,7W
For account Of the new year, say from DC
tobcr 1st to Goth, only w shipments had
been made, amounting to $3.50 bales; but
there were six vessels i'm berth for London,
ali of which, it was expected, would take
more or less Wool. At the close OF 1879
there were G3, $685. 900 sheep in the Austral-
len Colonies and New Zealand. A few
months ago the drouth was so severe in
some of the Colonies that sheep were sold
for 25c apiece. Later adviccs, however, are
more favorable.--San Francisco R4tletia,
Nov. Esd.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-12-21
THE WOOL TRADE

The deliveries of California wool at San
francisco show a..marked falling off. Last
week the receipts were less than 1900 bales,
which, is, the smallest quantity in three
months. Since July 1st,. We have received
$4,000 bales, against less than 10000 bales
for the last six months in 1875. Several
thousand bales are yet to come forward.
The local demand has been good, and ship
ments have been, active. Ner since the fall
clip began to arrive; so that there is butlit-
tie accumulation Of stock at present and
most of the surplus now in the State will be
shippodsfn tho next thirty or forty days.
The Eastern inquiry for tho past week or
two has been quiet, but prices are main
tanned. A telegram from Boston reports.
that market bare Of California spring, and
manufacturers are nowt taking theef fall clip.
Tho fourth of the series of London sales was
commenced on the 30th ult. The quantity:
aatalogued for the first day was about 5000
bales. The attendance was unprecedented,
and competition was, of course, active,
while prices were from, Id to I'd per ID high
or on nearly all descriptions, as compared
with the closing rates at the previous. series
IN August. The total7arrivals for the sale
amounted to 173,o00 bales, including Go $500
bales from ,Capetown, while most of the re-
mainder was from Australia and New Zea-
land. About 5000 bales of this alone was
shipped direct to the Continent. On the
third day of the sale, competition was still
active. and openino urices were, s,lstoinaxl
Gable advioes since received confirm the re.
ports by mail, and show that tile interest
was kept up throughout the SALE. Frees
were so exceptionally good that some l0ts
which had been purchased at Cape Town
tps. the United. States were ordered, to En-
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-12-21
L,IV { ST
WHAT IS PURE BLooD7

The following remarks were made by
President Welch, of the Iowa Agricultural
College. ut the recent Shorthorn breeders
convention;
While coming here to-day, / was thinking
of the important subject-how long shall
y thoroughbred animal be bred by crossing
with a scrub before becoming pure blood !:
The English rule is, to cross fou times with
the female and five times with the male.
We take halfblood and cross with a pure
blood, and we have a quarter-blood, ana at
the fifth cross we will have an animal that
has thirty-one parts pure-bfood to ono part
scrsb-that is, if we compute the crosses
mathcnatically j; but when VIC take into
consideration the fact that the pure-blood
animal is prepotent over the scrtsb> Their the
animal has but a minute portion OF scrub
blood. When a pure-blooded Shosthorn
bull is crossed with a scrub cow, the result
cannot be computed automatically, for the
prepotence of the thoroughbred animal
over the scrub controls, to a greater or less
degree, the value of the progeny. The flu
ture beef and butter of the country depends
ON the value Of the crossing. / crossed a
common cow, q poor. mixer, with an Ayr
shire. bull, and the result was an Ayrshire
calf, resembling his male parent, and with
one pcrccptible point IN favor ofits mother ;
thus ha,scrub was almost entirely lost. 1t
is impossible to say that a certain number of
crosses will produce arithmstical results.
The Shorthorn bull is the most prepotent
animal on..earth, not particularly, but gen
orally; and for example we will take the
seventeens.. Suppose there have been nine
teen crosses since the importation of 1911,
at the present time t%heres.weuld be one two-
thousandth part of scrub blood in a straight
seventeen (that is, il. it was computed arith-
metically(; but when you take into consid~
Grafton the prepotence, Of the ptsDe-b1ood
over the scrub, you would have an animal
as near perfection as it is possible to get.
Where are the excehencies of the Short
horn, but his merit and power to transmit
that excellence and merit to his progeny?
Lrecognize, also> the value of strains of
families. The value of a strain is, that
particular family produces the best Short
horns. We often. find. that, by reversion, a
very homely or inferior bull, if he be of
good family, will breed back to some of his
ancestors, and produce them. The princi-
pie that like begets like, seems to be the
true doctrine.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-12-21

5000 Can't be made by every agent eTsff
RODO month in the business we turnls1.
put those willing to work can easily esIg =
aozen dollars a day right in their own local.
aias5 no room to explain here. Business pfassls
ana honorable. Woaen, and boys and girls y. y
vel as men. We Will furnish a complete Qaies
VS., ~ INC business pays better than anything shs
f - Dear expense Of starting you. Partiaa;sss
ttat. write and see. Farmers and mechaal,sfSS
,aeif sons and daughters, and all classes in nsa s
paslns work at hoaae, should write to us and
Ia boz "o9ui the work at once. Now is the ahss
o'h tAeia!. Address TRUE Geo, Anguish, 49,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-12-21
FAIRBAEK g. eos SCALE

lay takes, Forks, Fork Handles, Scoop Shovels
baiiey Forks, and a full supply Of repairs fol ~ Y
KINDS OF Machinery and Wagons sold by us, Vhlca
thlns Kept By a iirst-class Agricultural House.
June %, 1sT6-3l-3m. ~
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-12-21

We solicit the special attention of, breed
ers to oH Livestock Directory.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-12-21

Mr. Il. E. Wood, of Boyle county, KY,
shipped recently, forNew York, fifteen car
loads of fat cattle, purchased in Boyle and
Garrard counties. Fifty head averaged Il
627 lbs., anu the balance 1,57Slbs. each.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-12-21

At a late meeting of the Montreal (Can.)
Veterinary College, the President, Prof. D..
McLachran, gave a dental account of a most.
singular and interesting case of abscess in
the perlcardiun, caaseds by the presence
of,a'portion of an ordinary ladyas hair pin.
Wihch by some unaccountable means was
imbedded therein. The case has no paral-
lei and has brought forth considerable spec
uiat'on in both veterinary ard medieaI
science as to the manner in which this for
eign body rea ched the heart, causing the
death of the ANIMAL.
, 1876-02-07

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