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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
Indians Don't Want to Treat.

RED CLouD AGENCY, Sept. TO-
Matters begin to assume . serious
aspect and appearances indicate that
there will be no Indians here to-day,
notwithstanding they were all told 4
week ago that they would be expect
ed to give q final answer to-day.
With the exception of about q dozen
lodges Of the Loafer band all the In
dams belonging to this Agency have
moved down to Shadren Greek, 20
miles away, ostensibly for the pur-
pose Of consulting with the Spotted
Tail Indians, but it is now thought
here that the move was for the pur-
pose of getting away from the COM
mlssiOners, with whom they do not
wish to treat, as q Spotted Tail In
dian told one of our party, ON condi-
ton that his name should not be made
known; that the Indians at both
Agencies were considering whether
they had better run away from the
Agencies altogether or fight. The
Commissioners now think they will
proceed to Spotted Tail tomorrow
to hold council there, If no Indians
uttcuQ ueres
1t is curious fact that Red Cloud
has been for two months past, in FREE
quent receipt Of letters from Fort
Peck ON the Missouri river, some of
which are SO heavy as to require nine
cents postage. It is reported that the
tenor of these letters is urging him
not to sell foot Of the Black Hills
country.
Grouard, Crooks scout, who came
in recently, saw in Crooks late fight,
q guidon belonging to the 7th cavalry,
also number of horses and saddles
belonging TO Clusters command. He
says the capture Of corn, sugar and
coffee landed ut the mouth Of Pow
der river by an overloaded steamer,
last month, gave the hostiles an album
dance of supplies.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
NEW yo,ak.

A tour in the state Of New York
will convince any honest democrat
that the State is lost to that party.
Republicans all speak in the most
confident terms, while democrats of
the checklist stamp are unable to
stem the current of public opinion.
Tildcn is the laughing stock Of the
whole state. He has got down so low
that those who would like to be his
friends cannot face the storm, and
stink away, avoiding controversy
Outside the cities of New York and
Brooklyn, rural New York will &C
eighty thousand against Tilden. liz
is the universal butt of ridicule
and is not regarded as a whit more
honest than "Boss' Tweed, his ole
pard in political rascality. Should
the tide continue to set against Tildel
for the two months to come as it ha
in the past few weeks, the majorit!
in the state of New York for Haye
and Wheeler will not be excelled b.
that Of any other state in the Union
A recent tour through portion o
state of New York, during which W
took pains to learn the state of publ
opinion, has led us to speak thus con
Ifidently of the result that is to be i
THAT state in November.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20

Larwood Thomas, witness fees go.
Lea d BeAman, attorney fees...........
Lewis F, constable fees.
Lyon I'd, bailif.....
Lotspeich 4, justice fees.
LA1hrOp + L, coroner fees..... ...."..
1cCutcheon Jno. witness feeS.."...
Mortimer 9 b, do ."....
= yers Frank, do ....-...
Miller VIM, do ......
nolumby Jno, township trustee.....
1cCutcheon Jn0, witness fees.......
Myers u, do ...... j.
Myers y 2, audltcr's salary...."..... I.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
The New York Herald on the
Maine Election.

Have you heard the news from
Maine? In spite of the hopes and
predictions of democratic prophets it
now turns out that
Maine went
He'll bent
for the republicans. Every congress-
ional district and every county in the
state, from appearances, gave Cover
nor ConnoY majority. The repub-
licans gained everywhere, and the
victory is sweeping one. The re-
suit was one which there was every
reason to expect, and it shows not on
ly the ardor with which the republic
cans are entering into the campaign,
but that the party is still intact. At
no time since 1850 has Maine done
better for the republican party, and
the achievements of yesterday virtu.
ally decides the Presidential contest.
The desire for change, upon which
the democrats depended SO much for
success, evidently has not taken pos
session of the republican majority,
and SO noiselcssly has this victory
been won that Governor Tilden's
"still hunt" is apparent only on the
part Of his enemies. Following SO
closely upon the Saratoga blunder
and the result in Vermont, the Maine
election cannot fail thoroughly to
dishearten the democracy, making
Indiana as certain for Hayes as Ohio
and Pennsylvania.--N. Y. Herald.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
To ofsbs D. Lee for the Mountain
meadow Massacre.

SALT LAKE, Sept. l9.-The follow
ing special has been received here.
bEAvrR, Utah, Sept. 18.-In the Lee
trial this morning Spicer made a mo-
tion that Lee be discharged on the.
grounds that the statutes under which
he was indicted had been repcaied by
on act of the Government and Terri
torial Legislature passed and coming
into effect March 4th, 1875. Hc WIKI
several sections Of the New Penal.
Code, citing numerous 1tftlIcrities.-
The prosecution made no reply.
Judg Boormah, replying, said, II do
mot think there is anything in the
points raised, admitting that the stat
ute of 1862 is expressly repealed, but
the authorities cited were not appli-
cable to the case" and he could not see
that any jubilee was granted to John
ID. Lee by the Territorial Legislature
or by the law. Denny began the
opening address for the prosecution
this morning and continued till recess
at 2 80 p. M, combining himself to the
acts of Lee in exciting the Indians to
attack the emigrants before the an
swer to the message sent Brigham
Young was received, AID acting in
oppositiOn to /, the directions Of
council at Cedar, showing that Lei
was the main leader in the massacr,
from beginning to end. M Va
j. q. Foster followed for the de-
Tense, and advanced the theory tina
Lee participated in the massacre from
. higher authority, and that the wit
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20

Tlden, however, with all this light
before him, tickled the ear of the
money changers of the East, and took
special pains to declare, for instance,
that the interest on our bonded in
debtedness was only payable in gold.
He declared gold to be the legal ten
der of the country, in the face Of all
the noise that was then being made
upon the subject. Itcould not, there
fore, have been mistake in the choice
of words simply, but he, evidently
for purpose, made the gold dollar
the only legal tender, and distorted
the facts in regard to the bonds,
which declare that the interest shall
be paid in coin. Under the Consti-
tuition both gold and silver are legal
tender. Tilden, the 81, 100000 broker
says gold, only, is q legal tender.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
Leading Democratic Paper
Throws Up the Sponge for
Slippery Sam.

The campaign is lost, the organiza-
ton and its legitimate purposes re-
main. But these, too, are in extreme
peril, and, nnder the dcmoralizing
faulty Of the imposter, Tilden, they
are in danger of permanent eclipse.
His candidacy is an error, q calamity,
a fraud. Before the situation be-
comes more desperate, before the
whole future of the party is involved
in the disaster of the present, a halt
should be sounded. The National
Committee ought at once to unite in
demanding that Samuel j. Tilden, the
pretender in management and the
fraud in political morals, immediate
ly retire from the ticket, and leave
the party he has SO nearly ruined a
chance of salvation from ultimate
overthrow brooklyn Argus, Dem.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
FOR the

The Chicago Times is the principal
Tilden organ in this western country,
although that paper before Tilden's
nomination and almost daily since,
has shown that Tilden was unfit to
he President.
We should like to have the Irish
men hereabouts put the following in
theirpipes and smoke it, taken from
the Times of the 18th inst:
"The Irish World is of opinion
that Mr.. Adams sighted the Irish,
too. "And," it adds, "only that the
Irish in this country are the dutiful
slaves and niggers of the democratic
party, the ring-masters of that party
would never dare affront them with
such nomination"
"That may be SO, but nevertheless
the Irish in this country will walk
right up and vote early, and as often
as possible, for Mr.. Adams, il the
tell them they must.
And for once in their lives they will
vote for capable and respectable
man. Perhaps after they have aston
ished themselves by voting for such
men a few times they will wake up
sufficiently to cast off the Bourbon
yoke, and begin to do their own pc.
litical thinking" tttf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
AAMsuRc OUTCOME.

From San Antonio, Texas, comes
intelligence by mail of a most horri-
BILE outrage committed at Eagle Lake,
Colorado county, the central part of
Texas. Thirteen negroes were killed.
The slaughter would have been much
greater but for fight. One poor fell
low was torn from the arms of his
shrieking wife and shot seven times
in the legs and arms, before being
killed. This deliberate prolongation
of his agony was such savagry as the
Sioux delight in. Most of the me-
grocs were taken from their homes
at night, dragged away from terrified
wives and children, and shot ut once.
Here is a specimen paragraph from
the letters: s.
"Night before last Captain j. N.
Baughman, for several years Sheriff
Of Wharton county, was taken from
his sick bed, where he had been con-
fined for week, tied up to tree, for
he could not stand by himself, and
eighteen bullets put into his body by
this same gang Of murderers who are
engaged in killing the negroes. Mr..
Baughman kept a little store at
Eagle Lake, and had the temerity to
openly denOunce the wholesale MUIR
der of negroes. Since he was killed
the lying scoundrels who killed him,
or their friends, have started the pre-
pOsterOus story that he was melting
the negroes to riot and killing of
white men. In short, after the MUIR
dering scoundrels had killed some
thirteen negroes, and driven fifty or
sixty from their homes, they attempt
to make it appear that Baughman
was to blame for the butchery. I
know Baughman well; he was quiz
ct unassuming man, prepossessing in
his personal appearance, and about
35 years of age. lie served in the
federal army"
The last sentence tells the whole
story. ale served in the federal
army" That was enough. To have
a black skin or loyal record is
capital offense with Mr.. Tilden's
Southern misunderstanding Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
Total .................-...
The State Leader says !:

"Tilden might have had more in
come if he hadn't sent four companies
of soldiers into the field, armed and
equipped, in 1863"
The above is the last democratic
squeal about Tilden's income rascal
ity. The Leader knows that it lies
when it says Tilden armed and equip
ped soldiers for the Union army. He
utterly refused to do any thing of the
kind. When many of his brother
democrats were participating in IN
ion meetings and contributing to the
cause, Tilden invariably refused to
attend the meetings or give dime.
He all the time declared the war
wrong, infamous and a failure. Be-
sides this, it is not Tilden's income
tax for 1863, but that of 1862, about
which so much is said. He made no
return in 1868; he SO guarded his
pocket and hated the government be-
cause it was whipping rebels, that he
would not make any income returns
after 1852. 80 sa, 5000 80.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
VOTING PRkcINcTa OF CENTER
T0WM0AlP.


WHEREAS, at special meeting of
the Board Of Supervisors Of Wapello
County, Iowa held at the Court House
ON the 28th day of August A. D., 1875
in pursuance, to call made by the
Auditor as required by Sec. 30l, of
the Code Of 1873, for the purpose Of
redistricting Center Township said
County into three or more voting pre-
cincts and al
WHEREAS, at said special meeting Of
the Board of Supervisors did in ac-
cordance with Chapter 3, Sec. COS, Of
the Code Of 1878, divide said Center
Township in said County into three
voting Precincts as follows:
Precinct No. l composed of all that
portion Of Center Township inside Of
the old corporate limits Of the City of
Ottumwa, east Of Green Street. ex-
tended, before the extension Of the
corporate limits Of the City of Ottum-
wa, Of june, A. ID. 1876. l.iea.ia u
Precinct No. 2, composed Of all that
portion Of Center Township inside Of
the old corporate limits Of the City
Of Ottumwa, west Of Market Street,
before the extension of June, A. ID.
1876, and all Of said Township out
side Of said old corporate limits lying
south Of the Des Moines river.
Precinct No. 3, composed Of all that
portion Of Center. Township inside Of
the old corporate limits Of the City of
Ottumwa before the extension Of June,
A. D., 1875, between the east side Of
Market Street, and the west side OF
Green Street. extended, and all that
portion Of Center township outside Of
said old corporate limits lying north
Of the Des M0ines river.
Therefore be it known that in COM
pliance with Chap. 8, Sec Coz, Of the
Code I do hereby publish and pro-
claim that henceforth the voting pre-
cincts Of said Center Township Wap-
clio County Iowa are established as
aforesaid by said Board OF Supervi-
s0rs. M. b. MYERS. 'ssr
Auditor WApello 90.
w. H. REsoR, Dep'ty. se2s3ww
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20

The Butler and anti-Butler factions
have fused in his District, which Sc
cures the widows return to Congress
by large majority. Ben. Butlerism
isn't the highest type of statesman
ship. But then too much ought not
to be expected from a man who voted
fifty-two times to make jeff. Davis
President at Charleston, and who
graduated in the school of Massachu-
sets Democracy. Nevertheless such
fellows make better servants than
masters, and if the Republican party
can use Butler--as Crook and Terry
use friendly Indians-to scalp Ben
Hill, Proctor Knott & Co., in the
Forthcoming Congress, then Ben. But.
Ter will not have lived entirely in
vain
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
oa,c,na.. rorvcn.

To PrudA Rose, George Rose. Emma Crowley
y Napoleon Rose, zuba Rcec, suman Rose, Flor
ence n. Skillman:-
You ave hereby notified that on or before the
Rose, plaintiff, will be flied In the Clerks office
OF tns Circuit Court Of Wapello county, Iowa.
made, that the following described properly he
sold and the proces do divided AZ for in said
petition. toiwit: Lot number % In the city OF Ut-
thS sUnth Wsst quarter 81 section is, township r.
range 49, running thence south 81 chains, thence
east chains, thence north 6t chains, thence west
to the place Of beginning, 8 chains, 3 acres, and
that yun be required 70 paw an equitable propOr-
tson OF the oost thereof. And shat unless you ap-
pear and make defense thereto, on or before noon
OF the second day of the next term OF said court,
~ be began and held at the Court House In Ottun-
wn In said county, on the I'D day OF October 1879,
defeult VIII ~ entered Ana . judgment and decree
rendered thereon sgainst yon.
0-S4w ~, w. H.. C. JACQUES
sept. ., 1875 So, Plaintiff ATTY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
SECOND DAY.

SESoNu DA
September, 9Th, 1876.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Members all present.
President Michael in the chair.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings
read and approved.
Board proceeded to the examine
ton of claims. Ten o'clock, the time
set for the final hearing of the road
petition of Sven Pierson, laid over
until two o'clock, Pm.
The petition Of John Prosser for
the abatement of taxes for the year
1876 on lots 2, 3, and 4, in block l, and
lots 6 and z, block 2, in the town OF
Richmond, said lots being situated
on the bank of the Dcs Moines river
and that the whole of said lots have
been washed away. Also some notes
listed by the Assessor as the property
Of said John Prosser.
Mr.. Mccullough moved that the
petition be granted as far as relates
to said lots, and rejected as to the
notes. Yeas and nays called for.
Mr.. Mccullough, aye; Mr.. Wright
aye; Mr.. Michael, aye. Chair de-
clared the motion carried.
The road petition of Sven Pierson
laid over until Sept. 9th, at 2 o'clock
Two o'clock, the time having ar
rived for the final hearing of the road
petition of w. j. Pickerel, ct. al, wa
continued till tomorrow at 2 o'clocl
for final action. On motion adjourn
ed till tomorrow morning ats o'cl'k
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
sLANpER,Nc HAYES.

WITHIN the past three weeks, DEM
ocrats overwhelmed with the proof
of rascality on the part of Tilden, have
virtually acknowledged their inabil-
ity to defend him, and as last resort
they have opened their lying batter
les upon Hayes, telling such egregi-
Gus falschoods as to disgust every
body. For instance, the State Leader,
the Capital organ of the party, last
week declared editorialIy that Hayes
gave $4,000 to the women crusaders
of Ohio. So foolish lie carries with
it its own refutation.
A more specific charge has been
made by alleging that on the 9Th of
July last Hayes wrote a letter to one
Samuel j. Tyler, Secretary of the
American Alliance, in which he &C.
cepted a membership in secret po'
litical society, which declared that
suffrage and the right of Office should
be limited to persons born in this
country. Any man of reflection ought
to see at once that this story is com.
pletc fabrication. In the first place
Governor Hayes in all his political
life never uttered such sentiment
and never entertained such views
Again, to believe such a story, ont
must suppose that Hayes is stupid
blockhead, because he must know
that it would be ruinous to his popu
larity. 1t is almost incredible to sup
pose that such story could find I
single person who would be deceived
| by it, but to set at rest all doubts il
the mind of everybody, Gov. Haye
authorizes a correspondent of tn
Cincinnati co., Times to make tn
following positive denial of thi
Know Nothing charge:
j l. Governor Hayes never wrot
any such letter.
/ 2. He ne yer belonged to secre
political society, and would not, un
der any circumstances, join one.
i 3. The sentiment imputed to hir
as we'll as the act is totally repugnan
to every act and belief of his life.
| A. There is not one word Of trut
or truth semblance even, in any Q
the charges. They are complete fab
rications.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
We should conclude that Judge
pronosoi In holt T;ldnn

We should conclude that Judge
Ilcndershott proposed to bolt Tilden.
In his letter of acceptance of the DEM
ocratic nomination for Congress in
this district, which we find published
in to-day's Ottumwa Democrat, we
notice that he announces himself as
against the act demonetizing silver,
while his master, Tilden in his letter
of acceptance, written long after the
silver agitation commenced, as we
showed by publishing an extract from
it yesterday, declares that the princi-
pal and interest of the public debt
should be paid in Gold. IA.
Now how are we going to tell what
the true democratic gospel of reform
is, when two such eminent doctors as
Hendcrshott aud Tilden disagree
about it?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
rhev Now want 10 lpe Good andi.

They Now want to be Good indians.
CHICAGO, Sept. l8.-The following
has been received at military head
quarters:
FoRT LARAMIE, Sept. 18th.
GEN. r. c. DRUM, Chicago.-The
following despatch has just been re-
ceived from the department Of Dako-
tab. Colonel Carlin reports that Kill
Eagle and Little Wound, with one
hundred and fortypeople all arms and
ammunition, and about one hundred
ponies surrendered to him at Stand
ing Rock on the 9Th. Twenty nine
men surrendered, all of whom were
in the fight on Little Big Horn.
(Signea) P. H. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General.
Gen. Drum sent the following to
Gen. Sheridan:
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIV. MOI
CHICAGO, Sept. 10th.
LIEUT.. GEN. r. HI. SHERIDAN, FIT.
LARAMIE, Wyoming.-Colonel Buck,
commanding Cheyenne Agency, under
date of the 9th inst, says as follows |:
/ have had messages yesterday and
to-day direct from the hostile camp,
and they report the camp near Slim
Buttes, $50 miles distant. They re-
port Gen. Terry's colum on Beaver
creek, moving towards the Missouri
River, and the Indians as very desi-
rOus of surrendering.
/ have stated to the messengers
that it could only be unconditional
viz: The surrender of their arms,
remain rs prisoners and submit to
what ever punishment and other
treatment the proper authorities
might dictate. (Signed.)
r. q. DRUM,
Assistant AdJt. General
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20

Democrats ought to know that in
the last Democratic State Convention
in New York and which nominated
Robinson for Governor only 53 out
the 100 counties of the State were
and only 20 delegates
present. New York democracy see
the handwriting ON the wall and they
wont come to the scratch.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
THIRD DAY.
September 9Th, 1876.


Board met pursuant to adjournment
Members all present
President Michael in the chair.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings
read and approved.
The appointment of r. w. Boyd
deputy collector for Columbia town.
ship and the corporation of the city
of Eddyville, approved.
The bond of II. w. Boyd, deputy
collector for Columbia township and
the corporation of the city of Eddy
vile, approved.
Board proceeded to the examina-
ton of claims.
Now, at ten o'clock, the time set for
the hearing of the road petition OF
Stephen Morley, ct. al. Mr.. Morley
appearing, and John Coyan appear
ing as attorney for G. nurd and
Thomas Whalen, claimants for dam
ages, by agreement the time for hear
ing Of the case was postponed till
o'clock, r. NJ, of this day.
At one O'Clock, the time set for the
hearing Of the road petition OF
Stephen Morley, Ell. al, Mr.. Worley
appearing by his attorney, S. w
Summers, and John Coyan appeared
as attorney for Mr.. Hurd and Whal.
en-, and proceeded to the examination
of witnesses, pending which the
board adjourned till tomorrow morn.
ing at 3 o'clock.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20
1000 Bags Of Winter Wheat Flour
$l.50 per bag. N ~ /.
@ MoRIARrY & MoLAuGHLrN.t b
SOMETHING TO TAT.
Hams, Breakfast Bacon \ Dried

AAOb4Apy AAV0hA0bt A0COu ~ DIlCU
Beef, per h., only IL
Clear sides, best quality per ib Ii
Bolted white corn meal, per SIX .35
Choice winter wheat four per Ok l.5O
Choice white wheat -four, per s'k l. 5
Very best -four in market, none
better, guaranteed l,05
Spring wheat -four, good 1926
Choice Carolina rice, ~ lbs loo
Cofees-Rio, Laguira, and Bra /.
I'll, per lib from 20, td .25
Standard A. sugar 81 lbs loo
Matches, per box only los
New choice white fish in hlf bills 500
Two good cigars for E.. .O5
Kingsford's silver gloss starch !, 10
Choice new teas, lower thpps any
house in the West. :.
As we sell double more g0Qdsi tha:,'
any house in the same line In Ottum-
wa we can afford and do sell goods
cheaper than any house In the West,
making NO bad debts, letting every
man pay for his own goods and no
Nc buy al our goods for cash, and
wiileell chekper than any hQpse doing
! credit business. Come and zee us.
NoHiAnFy q McIAuoHLIH,
q 3-de-W1m Ottumwa, lows.