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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
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MONTREAL, April 10. = Advices
from Gaspe state that there is great
distress on the coast. The supply OF
-four and hay is giving out and unless
navigation opens early il Is feared
many will die of hunger. One wom-
an died at Percy last week of starva.
tion,and at Maibie dc Brachis several
families are starving. Horses are
dying and farmers are already killing
off their whole stock.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, April 2l.--Dnn Piats
was before Ciymer's Committee to-
day and testified that he used his in-
tluence with the Secretary Of War 10
have Cowles 4 BreSas' moth prevent
ative used in the army and gave them
all the standing they had before the
War Department. They agreed to
give him ) per cent. of the gross re-
ceipts and afterwards raised it to l5
per cent.
He may have received about $4,000
u year, or about $4,000 for his share.
lie afterwards had some misnMdcr-
standing with them and went ts the
Secretary of War and told him he
Considered the patent OF Cowlcs y
&. ~ fraud. Witness eNonerated
,.,a -. !, ;r,l,.i ~ i,iime in the
lappropritt.ul. L.ss s.t. ,alt.>it
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
Frossa Qulacy.

Quincy, ILL.,, April lS.-The Sny
levee, South of this city, has broken
at three points, and a large portion of
the bottom on the Illinois side is
overfowed: Opposite Hannibal
houses and barns have floated away,
and the damage that has been done
cannot be estimated. The entire pop
ulation of the bottom lands have fed
10 the bluffs, in many cases leaving
everything behind. The river here
declined one inch this afternoon, and
il is believed that the worst Is over.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

TIE State Register suggests that tne
denomination Of the Hon. Buren, II
Sherman for State Auditor be made
unanimous. That is all right, but
really there is no need of the sugges.
tion, for the people will do that upon
their own motion. And not to be in
vidious in our remarks, we have no
doubt but Sccor, of the State Land
Office, will come in for q like treat
ment.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

SAMUEL SINNETT, of Muscatine
Iowa, has got it yet. His great worth
and ability not having been appreci.
ated, he has been for few years past
angling in all sorts of waters, and
though thus far he has been the recipi.
ent in large degree, of the luck of the
fisherman according to the old ad-
age, yet he is not cured of news
paper notoricty rs noncntity, and
he has called, as Chairman of the
State Independent Committee Gil
there is such thing) State Conven.
tion of the Independent rcformers, te
meet at Des Moincs on the 10th O
May next, to choose delegates to tht
National Independent Convention
which is TO assemble at Indianapolis
Ind, on May 18th. This cat is of Oh,
extreme grccnback imitation stripe.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
The QWlacy FlSsA.

Quincy, ILL.,, April l9.-Reports
from Sny levee are more favorable
1t is now believed that large portion
of the bottom will not be reached by
the overflow. There are four breaks
in the embankment,th the worst being 3
miles above Hannibal.
In the country south Of Hannibal
the greatest damage has been done
Houses and barns have been washed
away,and farms swept clean of every
thing,
The break at Rockport is not as bad
rs was feared.
The bottoms above the city, as fal
as Warsaw, are oyerflowcd, and it i
estimated that large quantity o
stock has been drowned.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
The Democratic platform in Indi-

THE Democratic platform in Indi-
ana endeavors to make its chief point
on finances. The result shows the
most cowardly utterances upon this
subject. 1t pretends to call for specie
resumption at some time between
now and the judgment day, and i'm.
mediately thereafter proposes to in.
crease the legal tender notes about
800, 100000, when we can't redeem
what we have already got. It is
catch-penny, oily CANNON piece of
nonsense, and if it can be successful
in the Hoosicr State it will be most
sad commentary upon the honesty
and intelligence of the people of that
State. The Chicago Times speaks as
follows of the convention aud its re-
suits:
"The furious democratic fight i'm
Indiana between the Landers and
Holman faction, that is, the fight be-
tween rag-baby large and rag-baby
small, terminated yesterday i'm the
withdrawal of the chief combatants,
and the nomination of Mr.. J. ID. Will
liams as compromise candidate for
Governor. Before the result was
reached, however, the air, which had
previously been solemnizcd by DEM
Ocratic prayer, was rent by the hOwls
and shricks and curses, and filed with
locks OF cotton, bits of old cloth, and
other shreds of the rag-baby, Mr.. j.
D. Williams, the nominee, Is distin-
guishca economist in the present
House of Representatives. He illus
trates economy in his own person by
wearing jeans clothing, and his idea
of statesmanseip is to introduce the
backwoods mode of life in Washing
ton, substitute poles and logs for
planks in building bridges, make
greenbacks sequal to the wants of
trade" and make Oily-gammon Hen
bricks President of the Cenfederacy.
He is long, lathy, raw-honed speci-
men of the genus Hoosier, is said to
resemble Abraham Lincoln in some
physical respects, and is nominated
because it is believed that his appear
ance on the political platform in the
butternut districts will prove effect
/ i've.
The platform opens with an elabor-
ate but cheap denunciation of corrup.
ton in high places ;mourns over hard
times, floods, and other things, which
are, of course, attributable to Repub.
lican misrule commends the Confed.
crate House for cutting down ex.
penditNres and tlinging mud in every
direction until the public has become
fairly su1liocated Herewith; demand,
the substitution of greenbacks fol
bank-notes, and the immediate repea
of the resumption act swears eterna
democratic fidelity to the common
schools, provided that 'niggers' shal
not share in its advantages; favor
the pcnsioning of widows and chill
dren of soldiers; pledges the dele
gates to the convention on the btidg
to vote as unit; opposes the pay
ment of the rebel debt, as though tha
was not already prohibited by tn
J Constitution, and pays CLOWN!
tribute to that famous two-horse ri
der, Tom Hendricks, who ho.preposes l.
resume specie payments by gain,
fixedly in thedirection OF resumption
: That is all.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
The Dictator.

HANNIBAL, Mo-, April IL. The
Dictator attempted to pass the bridge
between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning.
There are five piers, and the draw is
peculiarly situated with reference to
the channel. The Dictator passed
through and came out at the upper
end ofthe draw all right, but jnst as
she did so an adverse current caught
the bow, twisted the boat out of her
bearings, and in moment she went
drifting down on the pier, striking it
amidships. She hung in this posi-
ton two or three minutes, while the
timbers were parting, then careened
and went out of sight. The very
brief delay was enough to save half
the lives. As the tow boat went
down the lashings of the barge held
fast few seconds, and the outer edge
of the barge was raised up from the
water, caught the west span of the
bridge, and, acting with prodigious
lever force, actually lifted the span
from the piers, and dropped it Off in
to the river, completely wrecked.
Those known to be saved are Lee
Wagner, Captain; Willis Blakesley,
pilot Orlando Cotter, chief engineer
Ed. Deigan, first mate -. Losier. fore
man; Nick Sausser, watchman Chris
Kraft and Thomas Reynolds, deck
hands, and Amanda McAfee, cham
bermaid. The lost were Pat Carey,
Dick Grouse and Frank Sheineman,
firemcn; Charles Brown and Joe
Scissor, deck hands; William Foster,
second engineer; Henry Young, first
clerk also the cook, cabin hoy, and a
baggagcman, names unknown. The
current is so swift that it is impossi.
BILE to say where the boat now lies
The craft and cargo are put down as
a total loss,
The accident TO lac bridge, in con-
nectiOn with the high wuter, isa so
rious blow to the railroad business
here for the present. The length OF
the bridge span is $50 feet, and the
cost ofreplacing ii is estimated by per.
sons having knowledge of such bust.
ness not far from $4,000. The bridge
was built in 1871 by the Detroit
Bridge and the Iron Company, and il
is believed that within 80 days at the
furthest, under ordinary circum.
stances, it will be fully replaced. The
chief officer of the Wabash road
reached Hannibal by special train
this afternoon, and the work of re,
placing the missing span of the
bridge will without doubt begin a
| once.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
Crous Nm Ohio .pd ,ua,.mn

CINCINNATI, April 20. = Returns
from fifty-seyen points in Ohio as to
the condition of crops, published in
the Commercial this morning. indi-
cate that peaches are totally de-
stroyed or badly injured; Of other
fruits Is report indications for good
crops; 2 fair 81, badly injured.
OF wheat, II report good crops
ii fair, and % badly injured.
Fifty points in Indiana indicate
that peaches are badly injured OF
other fruits, 60 good, II fair aud II
badly injured.
Of wheat, 10 good, IL fair ana 2i
badly injured.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
TELEGRAPHIC.
A Noisy Democratic Conven.
t1Nn NJ Ind d2AmRnO1fs.

INDIANAPOLIS, April l9.-The DEM
ocratic State Convention was called
to order at 10 80 this morning by
Gen. Manson. An organization was
effected by selecting Hon. Thomas Il.
Cobb as permanent Chairman.
A ballot for a candidate for Gov
crnor was proposed. Hon. VIM. j.
Holman, Hon. Franklin Landers and
Judge Niblock being before the Con-
vention. Mr.. Landers appeared in the
gallery and demanded that his name
be withdrawn, for the reason that he
had from the first intended and did
now intend that his name and Judge
Holman's should not be before the
convention together. This was met
with cries of "Nol'' Mo-" from all
parts Of the house, and confusion
prevailed.
AT this point the name of ID. w.
Vorheis was presented as COM
promise but roll call being impossi-
bic on account of confusion, the COM
mittee on resolutions reported. A
ballot was again attempted, but with
out avail.
Landers again appeared and de-
manded that his name be withdrawn
when James ID. Williams was offered
as compromise, and an attempt to
nominate him by acclamation was
made.
The Chairman ordered roll call
when Landers was again nominated,
it being understood that Holman had
withdrawn. The widest excitement
prevailed, and finally, after the band
had played an air, balloting again
commenced, delegates voting accord
ing to their preference and not re-
garding the withdrawal, resulting as
follows: Holman, GIG; Landcrs, S98
Manson, 90; Williams, 90; no choice,
$50 being necessary. Landers ap-
peared again, demanding to be heard,
protesting against his name being
used.
The chair announced that Holman
and Landcrs were both Withdrawn
with Williams only before the con-
vention and ordered another ballot
which was taken and it being evident
toward the close that Williams was
elected it was moved and carried that
James ID. Williams be declared the
unanimous choice of the convention
for Governor. Isaac p. Gray was
nominated for Lieutenant Governor
by acclamation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

ton of q drowning man who was rem
dered desperate in the situation i'm
which he found himself. A turn in
the river proved favorable to him.
The boat drifted out of deep water,
and very soon after this the half
drowned man succeeded in reaching
the oppositebank in safety.
Meanwhile Andrew Kemp had
been making strenuous efforts to save
the ill-fated and struggling Broad
hurst. The old fcrryman was, un-
happily, not successful in his attempt
to save the life of the gallant officer
Irwhose lifeless body was picked up by
fishermen on the following morn
ing.
The sequel may be briefly told
Major Broadhurst and Sir William
Taynton, in the earlier portion OF
their lives, had been on the closest
terms of intimacy; but as years went
on that friendship was exchanged for
a lasting animosity on the part of the
Baronet, who had learned to look up
on his quondam friend as q rival
Lady Taynton, before her marriage
with her present lord was greatly at
tached to the gallant officer. In al.
dition to this, Broadhurst knew a
number of ugly circumstances con-
nected with the master of Monks
wood, Sir William, although in pos
session of the title and estates Of the
Tayntons, was at best but an usurper
he was not the rightful heir. Doc
uments, affidavits and papers proving
his illegitamacy, together with certain
crimes which rendered him amenable
to the law, had come into the possess
sion OF Broadhurst, some of them, in
deed, obtained by purchase; and it
was for the purpose OF placing them
in the hands of lady Taynton that he
had sought an interview with the
mistress of MonkswOOd.
For her sake he had striven sue
cessfully enough to obtain these doc
uments, which were in themselves
sufficient to hurl her husband from
the position he occupied. The sacri-
flee the Major had made cost him his
life.
When the issue of the conflict be-
came known to Lady Taynton, and
the dead body of the Major was dis
covered, recrimination passed be-
tween husband and wife. On the
following day Sir William fell by
his own hand.
Lady Taynton, soon after her hus-
bands death, retired from the world
and devoted the remainder of her life
to acts of charity.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
The Southcrn Overflow +,

New ORLEANS. April l9-The levec
is broken at Point Lookout in Carol
parish. This is the largest protection
levee in the State OF Louisiana. The
break here is one mile wide aud the
waters are flowing through without a
rifle. The loss there Is tremendous
and it is estimated that it will reduce
the crop sent to this city one-quartel
Of a million bales. On the Mississip.
pi side the Buckridge and Wade
breaks will devastate Coliver, ,Jacque-
ia and Warren counties the loss will
be equally as large on the opposite
side,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
INDIANA DEAOGR ATTIC CONvEN.
TION

INDIANA DE1OGR ATTIC CONVEN-
T19N.
The great fight which has been for
months going on in Indiana between
the Hon. Franklin Lander and Hon.
w. S. Holman for Governor, cnlmi-
mated yesterday i'm the State Convcn-
ton at indianapolis. The convention
was stormy in the extreme, and not
! withstanding the high contracting
parties had fixed up the affair before
the assembling Of the convention, it
took the hardest wark in the world
for the wire.pullers' behind the scene
to make the delegates representing
1900 votes TO dance as they were told
| to. As soon as the convention was
organized and Holman and Lander
mentioned as candidates, Lander APP
pcared upon the scene, and it was
very soon apparent that he had got
his price for getting out of the way,
and was ready to sell out his friends.
He raised his voice above the eternal
din that prevailed and announced that
he had determined long since that his
name should not go before the con.
vention when the name of Holman
was presented. Immediately from all
] parts of the hall there came vociferons
cries of mo no ! and vote they would
for Lander. They had not laborcd fol
months i'm dead earnest to come there
and be hoodwinked and sold out
they saw the thin guise Lander had
put on, and found that their champion
had been shorn Of his grit very mys
, teriously oil at once, only to leave hi
partisans with their heels in the air
T They were mad, they were, and
! very good sized bedlam in the hal
made il impossible for sometime t
D proceed with business. Finally
q vote was had, and Holman received
q GIG votes and Lander sos, with few
J. scattering votes for Jas. d. Williams
! member Of Congress from the 2n'
4 district, and Gen. Manson. This ballo
/. having been counted and announce,
! Lander again arose in the conventio
: and demanded that his name shanl
: positively be withdrawn, the Chair
q man at the same time Withdrawn
r. the name of Holman. In the cours
q of the proceedings the name of Dan
J. Voorhees, was thrown in as compre
$. mise candidate, but without avail
,e Upon Lander's second withdraw;
o the Chairman announced that thei
1t was no candidate before the convci
0, ton bui Williams. sun a vote WI
Q insisted upon, and during the pr
" grcss Of this vote, it being seen th'
10 Williams would win, same one move
n that he be declared the nomine
IN which was carried amid the wilde
N confusion.
lg Probably the members 0f that COZ
st yentinn who fought nit Lander Il
so many weary months, went hon
!" the sorest headed set Of fellows th
es ever dispersed themselves from co
n vention. They felt badly, and wi
ve reason. If we are not greatly mi
taken, the result of yesterdays wo
NJ in Indiana has lost the State to Il
ly Democracy beyond all possible hoI
ch -------===zss--.-
| n "a a 1 .
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
A CostIy Quarrel Over . Elfty-Cens
Knife.

The dispute between the Smith and
Carman families of Merrick, l.. /.
over the ownership ola fifty-cent
knife has progressed from the County
Court of Queens County to the Gen
eral Term. Three years ago Mr.
Joseph Smith, a wealthy farmer
bought for his daughter Marietta .
fifty-cent knife. She carried il until
one evening about a year and a half fagc
when young man who was visiting
her borrowed it and took it with him
Miss Smith missed it, and thought sh.
had lost it. A few DAYS after that she
called on Miss Mary L. Carman. the
daughter of another wealthy Long
Island farmer, and saw the knife on
the mantlepiece, and claimed it. Miss
Carman said that the young man
who had taken it from Miss Smith
had made her present of it. Miss
Smith took the knife and went home
The two families took up the dis.
plite, and the trouble threw the church
into a ferment. At church meeting
it was agreed to submit the case t6
Lott Carman, Abel Smith and George
Q. Andrews. They decided that they
could not adjust the difference. Il
the knife was Miss Smiths. she had
no right to take it out of Miss Car
mans house, and she ought TO sue foI
it if she wished it back. According
ly, they gave the knife back to Miss
Carman. Miss Smiths father decided
to sue. A search warrant was OBJ
tanned. and before Justice Bennett al
examination was had. The knife wa
awarded to Miss Smith, but tn,
Justice handed it to Miss Carman b.
by mistake. and she would not give j
up. A replevin suit was then insti
tuted before Judge Lott, which ende'
in Miss Smiths favor again, but Mis-
Carman's father appealed The case 4
the County Court and the knife di,
not go out Of the family. Judg
Armstrong decided the case in favo
of Miss Carman, and now Mis-
Smiths father has paid Mr.. Mott, hi
lawyer, another fee to take it befor
the General Term, and to have hi
points printed. Both families atten'
the same church in Merrick, and OF
Sunday mornings after the Smitl
family have taken their seat Mis-
Carman, who has seat near by, take
out the coveted knife and toys wit
it SO conspicuously that the Smit
family can not help seeing it aud get
ting in rage.-Nep York San.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

JUDGE BARTLEy, of Ohio, or Tom
BARLEY, as he used to be Familiarity
styled in Ohio, has been before the
Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of Justice, and told a
story that client of his related to
him, which, if true, would involve
Secretary Bristow i'm bad black
mailing job. Tom BARLEY is son Of
former old and well known citizen
of the Buckyeye State, long since
deceased, viz: Mordecai BARLEY, for
several terms a member Of Congress,
and once Governor Of Ohio. The
father was a Wing, and the son al
ways a violent Democrat. The client
of Tom is a kcntuckian by the name
of s. Taylor Suit, and the latter came
before the committee and denied in
toto the statement Of Barley. One
or the other of these witnesses has
evidently lied outright. As to the
story itself, however the question of
veracity may be settled, there can
hardly be a doubt that there is no
foundation for the charge against
BristOw. s& @ss39 10
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

GEs. CUrsER has stirred up hor-
nets nest, and the evidence has ac-
cumulated in such abundance that 1t
will certainly render him amenable
to n court martial, with dead cer-
tainty of his conviction.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
Care of "Daily Nears.' >

Cafe OIL "lJally ~ edcS.
Supervisor Hcdrick, upon the
receipt of this letter, went to Chicago ;
hunted up Mangin's boarding house /;
found that he was an utterly unrelia-
bic person that he had been rotten
with nameless disease, and that the
remnant of him had gone off and en-
listed in the regular army in a regi-
mcnt in Arizona, and that is the last
heard of Mangin until the Burlington
Gazette resurrected him and found
in him a congenial spirit to interview.
In the same interview which we
quote FROM in the uazeste, Alangin
admits that he was aparty to the al.
legged thctts, and he seems to be resnt'
rected by the general Jail deliver.
just now going on all over the coun
try, in which there is no end to thu
thieves yhp know all about others
stealing as wei as themselves, bu
wherein, unfortunately for the coun
try, their robberies are barred by thu
statute of Limitation. OF this fragran
class the Burlington Gazette seems Il
be the appropriate champion.